mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4412, the national aeronautics and space administration authorization act of 2014, as amended. the clerk: h.r. 4412, a bill to authorize the programs of the national aeronautics and space administration and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. johnson, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 4412, the bill now under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: and mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, nasa has accomplished some of the most awe-inspires space initiatives in the hi

oscars with "mr. smith goes to washington." he was at an extraordinary peak achievement and reputation before the war broke out. >> as an italian immigrant, the u.s. was fighting his home country with mussolini in alliance with hitler's germany, correct? >> his family was sicilian and they emigrated to america when he was a very small boy. he really had no particularly deep memories of living anywhere other than america, but he was acutely conscious that his status as an immigrant diminished him in the eyes of many americans who were suspicious of foreigners. that can sound paranoid or oversensitive, but if you look at some of the stories that were written about capra, even at the height of his success, it was not uncommon for writers to compare him to an italian -- greengrocer. i mean, stereotypes were in full force and deployed in an ugly way. his war work, which was central to the war film making effort, was about articulating his patriotism about asserting his identity as an american. >> let me ask you about two of his bodi

mr. smith: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, last week i spent four days in nigeria, and i met with one of the girls who escaped after the infamous mid april school abduction. this brave young woman has suffered much, was clearly traumatized and in deep emotional pain. you could hear it in your voice, you could see it in your eyes as she sat motionless recounting her tragic story. yet, she spoke of concern not for herself but for her friends and classmates who remain in captivity. she pleaded for their rescue nd for their protection. in nigeria i met with a muslim father with two girls who was abducted from the school. he said the agony was unbearable. had underscores that boko haram brutalizes muslims as well. last week i met with other boko haram victims, including a christian mother whose two daughters were abducted in february of 2012. for the past two years, this mom has had no idea where her two girls are or whether or not those two daughters are dead or alive. she told me he

mr. smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman.nd two important parts to this and one is that the chairman just mentioned and i will get to in a second, but the first is that this whole notion that we have somehow broken present and that this negotiation that we exchanged with terrorists and went against a longstanding u.s. policy and that is the essential criticism from the speaker yesterday, and i believe it is absolutely wrong given the situation that we were in as you described it. we went to war in afghanistan, and sergeant bergdahl was fighting in the war, and we were fighting directly against the taliban. for the first couple of months they were the government and knocked out and they kept fighting as an insurgent force. could you walk us through, and maybe mr. preston, a as the law eier, you can get into this how you view this and whether or not it is a precedent, because it does not seem to be. there are exchanges as you have mentioned in just about every war that we have fought of prisoners and whatever one may think of t

mr. smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for holding this hearing. thank you to our witnesses for being here. i think this is a very appropriate issue for congress to exercise over sight on and there are a lot of questions that need to be answered and i'm pleased the administration's here today to attempt to answer those questions. i also want to agree up front with the chairman that one thing we shouldn't talk about today is the cirques of sergeant bergdahl's -- sorry, mr. bergdahl's capture. i'm happy about that. i regrettably at the briefing we had on monday that issue did come up. there simply is no proof, no evidence, i think the way mr. bergdahl has been slaernded has been scandalous. you know, and i hope we'll take a step back and do what admiral winifield said we'll get him home, get him healthy and figure out what happened and due process will be exercised. that should not be discussed today. what should be discussed are the circumstances of this deal. and i think the chairman raised a number of appropriate questions, and i have enormous sym

mr. smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for holding this hearing. thank you to our witnesses for being here. i think this is a very appropriate issue for congress to exercise over sight on and there are a lot of questions that need to be answered and i'm pleased the administration's here today to attempt to answer those questions. i also want to agree up front with the chairman that one thing we shouldn't talk about today is the cirques of sergeant bergdahl's -- sorry, mr. bergdahl's capture. i'm happy about that. i regrettably at the briefing we had on monday that issue did come up. there simply is no proof, no evidence, i think the way mr. bergdahl has been slaernded has been scandalous. you know, and i hope we'll take a step back and do what admiral winifield said we'll get him home, get him healthy and figure out what happened and due process will be exercised. that should not be discussed today. what should be discussed are the circumstances of this deal. and i think the chairman raised a number of appropriate questions, and i have enormous sym

mr. smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for holding this hearing. thank you to our witnesses for being here. i think this is a very appropriate issue for congress to exercise over sight on and there are a lot of questions that need to be answered and i'm pleased the administration's here today to attempt to answer those questions. i also want to agree up front with the chairman that one thing we shouldn't talk about today is the cirques of sergeant bergdahl's -- sorry, mr. bergdahl's capture. i'm happy about that. i regrettably at the briefing we had on monday that issue did come up. there simply is no proof, no evidence, i think the way mr. bergdahl has been slaernded has been scandalous. you know, and i hope we'll take a step back and do what admiral winifield said we'll get him home, get him healthy and figure out what happened and due process will be exercised. that should not be discussed today. what should be discussed are the circumstances of this deal. and i think the chairman raised a number of appropriate questions, and i have enormous sym

we did get him back and we don't have anymore p.o.w.s. >> mr. smith? >> mr. chairman, if i could just on the point of who we negotiated with. originally this was worked through the qataris and they were talking to the taliban. there is no evidence that we negotiated with the haqqani network. it was always the taliban. it was the taliban reaching out. it is pretty straightforward that the people we were negotiating with were the taliban. who held, when, where, wherever? the people we were talking to about the release and the people who apparently controlled the release is the former taliban government and now the insurgents. is that not correct? >> that is correct. >> my only gloss on that would be my understanding is in the very early going there were direct talks between the u.s. government and taliban and later became indirect with the qataris. there was never a direct time we were negotiating with the haqqani. there were no demands or concessions made by or to the haqqanis as far as i am aware of. >> i was going to use an example earlier but mr. ronion had

military in uniform, in the senate, and now in this very tough job that you hold. >> thank you. >> mr. smithank you, mr. chairman. two very important parts to this. one is the one the chairman mentioned which i'll get to in a second. the first is the whole notion that we have somehow broken precedent and that in negotiation we negotiated with terrorists in exchange for this and it went against a long standing u.s. policy. that's been the central criticism from the speaker yesterday and i think it's just absolutely wrong given the situation that we were in as you described it. we went to war in afghanistan. sergeant bergdahl was fighting in that war. we were fighting directly against the taliban. for the first couple months, they were the government. they were knocked out and they kept fighting as an insurgent force. could you walk us through and maybe mr. preston as the lawyer can sort of get into this, how you view this and whether or not this is unprecedented. it doesn't seem to be. there are exchanges as you mentioned just about every war we fought of prisoners. whatever one may think of

mr. smith is an expert and a career member of the foreign service class of minister counselor serving as deputy assistant secretary and assistant director at the state department. a position he has held since 2009. he has served as regional security office of the u.s. embassy in tokyo and the u.s. embassy in rangoon and served as deputy regional security officer and 22nd tours in cairo. we urge you to introduce to the committee and we appreciate their willingness to join in your service on behalf of our country. your full statements will be included in the record. without objection i ask you to summarize your openings in five minutes or so so that we can enter into dialogue with each of you and with that mr. nehlen you are recognized first. c. thank you very much mr. chairman. mr. chairman ranking member corker distinguished members of the senate foreign relations committee it is an honor to appear before you as the nominee for ambassador to honduras. i'm deeply grateful to the president and th

a man with a strangely distorted voice demanded to speak to mrs. smith. to prove the call was not a hoax, he described the black and yellow bathing suit shari was wearing beneath her shorts and shirt. >> he said he would release her. he said that she was fine, they were watching tv. >> he made no ransom demand, but he told the smiths that they would be receiving a letter in the morning. >> my reaction was that individual whose got some sophistication in the crime he's committing, this is not the first time he's engaged in a crime of some sort, probably has been thinking about a crime like this for quite some time. >> agent walker agreed that the best hope of finding shari could come from the letter her abductor promise was coming. >> we woke up the postmaster in lexington on the weekend and started looking through the mail. >> and everybody put on plastic gloves and we all sorted through the mail until we found the letter addressed to the smiths. >> inside was a letter in shari's handwriting. at the top of the first page was the heading "last will and tes

mr. smith, my questions have largely been asked and answered, so i won't pursue them. i would just instruct the nominees that there will be, the record will be open for, until -- for the next 48 hours. to the extent that questions are submitted to any of you, i'd urge you to respond to them expeditiously so that we could move your nominations before a business committee meeting of the relation, foreign relations committee. and with the gratitude for your willingness to serve, this panel is excused, and i would call upon our second panel today. james nealon, nominated to be the ambassador to honduras. [inaudible conversations] >> if we could have everyone who is not staying for the rest of the hearing, please, leave the room. [inaudible conversations] >> all right. as we have everybody exit, let me for the sake of time and votes that are going to be coming, our second panel is james nealon, nominated to be ambassador of hon curious. -- honduras. being apprehended and held, the government of hond

it turns out mr. smith caucus with the republicans in the state capitol with the long term hope they would let him run for mayor of new york city on the republican line on the ballot. malcolm smith was later charged with basically attempting to bribe his way on to the ballot for new york mayor. that corruption trial is going on right now in new york. the jury heard secretly taped conversations. >>> always a risky and provocative move to decide to change parties if you are a politician. if it seems like you were promised something in order to switch your political affiliation from one party to another or to change the balance of power in your legislative body that can land you in trouble or gross out people in your state. the state senate in virginia looked like this last night, evenly divided. 20 democrats and 20 republicans virginia. virginia is one of the states with off-year elections. who republicans chose as lieutenant governor, e.w. jackson did stuff like misspell the word commandments on his own book

questions about sergeant bergdahl's capture rs mr. smith noted and you, mr.ate from our effort to recover him. because we do whatever it takes to recover any and every u.s. service member held in captivity. this pledge is woven into the fabric of our nation and our military. as former central commander marine general recently put it, bottom line, "the bottom line is we don't leave people behind. that is the beginning, and that is the end of what we stand for. we keep faith with the guys that sign on, and that is all there is to it." as for the circumstances surrounding his captivity as secretary of the army and army chief of staff will review later, and they said clearly last week that the army will review, they will review this exchange, circumstance captivity of sergeant bergdahl in a comprehensive, coordinated effort that will include speaking with sergeant bergdahl. and i think i need not remind anybody on this committee, like any american sergeant bergdahl has rights. and his conduct will be judged on the facts, not political hearsay, posturing charges o

mr. smithhe really wanted is to run for mayor of new york and turns ou he agreed to caucus with republicans in the state capitol with the long-term hope they would let him run for mayor of new york city on the republican line on the ballot. malcolm smith was later charged with basically attempting to bribe his way on to the ballot for new york city mayor and that of course is illegal. the corruption trial is going on right now in new york. the jury heard secretly taped conversation cans between mr. smith and a government informant today. it's always a risky and pro-vok five move to decide to change parties if you are a politician, right? if it seems like you were promised something in order to switch your political affiliation from one party to another or to change the balance of power in your legislative body, that can land you in legal trouble or at the least gross out everybody in your state, right in the state senate and in the great commonwealth of virginia looked like this as of last nigh

tonight mr. smith goes to the ballpark. >> reporter: it's hard to walk through a park and not stop to watch kids play baseball. we can see ourselves on the field. >> when i hit that ball i'm like yes, i got a hit. >> reporter: we remember what it was like just to be on a team. how great. imagine it to have been these guys the first boys to ever play little league baseball, 75 years ago in williamsport, pennsylvania. >> we had bats, we could swing. we had an umpire. we were really living that first game. >> reporter: until then baseball was strictly sand lot stuff and then a man came along and said do you want to be on a team. >> we said yes. >> this is great. this is like a dream. >> reporter: charlie smith. huck frazier. dave henneman. bill bexar. dick howser. they played on real teams with real coaches. >> they were all volunteers. >> reporter: the men remember the games like they were played yesterday. >> i got waffled the first game. >> reporter: you got waffled? >> yes. >> reporter: heck, yes. tha

mr. smith. >> chairman mendend h enen enee he's, i honored to appear before you as obama's nominee for ofm. my entire professional life has been dedicated to public service. beginning with my first career as a police officer in raleigh, north carolina. to my assignments in tokyo, cairo. to my current role, i have strived to improve the conditions in which our colleagues live and work. i believe my dedication and commitment in this regard will serve me well if given the opportunity to lead this office. regulating the activities of foreign missions in the united states to protect our foreign policy and national security interests. protecting the u.s. public from abuses and privileges by members of the foreign missions and the provision of service and assistance to the foreign mission community and the united states on a res ip rick ol basis. as you are aware it was et established in 1982. in passing the act, congress made it clear that it is a proper subject for the sker eyes of federal jurisdict

mr. smith: mr. speaker, tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors are surging across our southern border. according to an internal border patrol report, the blame falls squarely on the president. reports show that 95% of the illegal immigrants interviewed came to the u.s. to get a free pass from the president's announced amnesty policy. his failure to enforce immigration laws and his promise of amnesty by executive order entices these immigrant children to enter the u.s. illegally. the assessment for this year alone is expected to reach 90,000, 15 times more than four years ago. the president's solution is to issue public service announcements in central america. but the administration's actions speak louder than their words. the president's pro-amnesty policies have caused this crisis. the real solution to the border surge is to enforce current immigration laws, not undermine them as the president has done. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose

. >> the point that mr. smith made is that this conflict may not end in december, just because the majority of our troops are pulled out. is that your understanding? >> that is my understanding as well, sir. >> we thought the conflict was over in iraq and we see that it is not. it continues to go on. now, the second thing, i may have left a wrong impression when i was talking to the secretary saying that if you had given the same report that that probably would have just solved everything. we still have big concerns about the five. and i didn't mention that when we were briefed in november of '11 and january of '12 that there was real concern of members of congress that those five be released, in fact there was real opposition to it. and that's why we were real concerned that we weren't told other than if we'd re-enter those negotiations you'd be told and then we weren't. so those are things that we really need to have clarified and worked through. mr. thornberry. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i'd lik

mr. smith? >> this was pretty popular because its suggest suggests broadcasters should be doing something differently to try to capture that market or to take those customers? >> if i -- i mean, this is the thing about broadcasting. they were just doing what we were doing with antennas, but they were charging people for stuff going free over the airwaves and that's what triggers copyright law. i mean, my own sense is we're interested in every viewer having access to our content as long as it's done lawfully. >> it's been suggested to me today by a few people that areo could try to respond to this by going to congress, lobbying. i know the house judiciary chair said that the decision highlights how they should look at the copyright laws again. how would nab react to that? you have a plan for a congressional battle over these rules? >> look, we -- i'm not suggesting the copyright laws shouldn't be visited, but copyrye law from my experience as a u.s. senator is difficult to do because it's essenti

this is pretty darn close to mr. smithto washington. >> the democrats did not think that they had a shot. that is how the democratic candidate got in there. this is not a hot seat for the democrats. now it is. but i think overall what the cantor election tells us is this anger at washington, we see it in the polls all the time and sometimes forget the voters are filling in those polls. the unhappiness with washington in general and the republican establishment in particular is what caught up to them. a lot of people expect the republicans to do more. these of republican voters who are not happy with president obama, though these happy people in america presumably and they believe that the republican leaders have not done enough to distinguish themselves and chart a growth agenda. lou: no offense, but i was glad to be a will to say he did not sound like an economics professor. how do you feel about that? >> he sounded like real guy. he's in his charming, engaging, but it is one thing to be a cul-de-sac republican and is som

we are going to have a second round for members who are here if they desire, so mr. smith, if you want a second round, you can certainly -- mr. johnson, do you have follow-up questions? i will go, and then you if you have any. let me start with mr. bergmayer. mentioned net neutrality and that they were committed to the fcc's -- and some of their guidance, but you know, i am not sure what the on net neutrality is. it seems to me they are backing from what was originally conceived as net neutrality. >> as i understand it, at&t is committed to following the 2010 open internet order. those rules are partly vacated by the d c circuit, but part of the merger condition, certainly at&t might promise to abide by those rules, even if they are no longer enforced for some of the industry. i think there is a question about the extent of protection they offer to wireless users. or is apple, while they provide less protection to wireless users than for wired lines broadband users, they provide no protection, and one of the areas where they provide section is for services that the provide

until the supreme court acts and says it is not constitutional, it is, as mr. smith said earlier, the law. mr. franks. >>> thank you mr. chairman and thank both of you for being here. mr. secretary i believe as i know you do that one of america's greatest and most sacred treasures is the men and women in uniform who risk and sometimes sacrifice their lives for the cause of american freedom. and further that as a nation we do owe it to each one of them to carry them from the battlefield and back to their home and families. it is also my belief that these heroes down to the last person would reject gaining their release through an unprecedented negotiation with the jihaddist terrorists that would categorically break american law that would return five high value terrorists that would diminish the security of the united states and it would place a bounty on all of our men and women in uniform and ultimately essentially weaken america's hold on this priceless freedom for which generations have fought and died. mr. secretary, i also agree with you that everyone of our mil

and mr. smith happened. >> angelina comes along with her big lips. >> starred in the movie, fatal mistakes. mr.mr. and mrs. mitch. >> jennifer hasn't gotten over it apparently, she reportedly is seeing a confidence counselor. psychiatrist. >> okay. >> i am preparation of ever having to run into any of them, like if they all go to george clooney's wedding, you know who she will run into? >> brad and angelina? >> so the last time jennifer and brad were seen at a same public event was during the 2009 oscar's when she was a presenter, flight. >> right. >> now sources say jennifer wants to avoid any awkward end count first she has to be face-to-face, especially with angelina, as she attends the wedding of george clooney, with brad. >> so she can come up with strategies, for the awkward encounter. but isn't it nice that we all know about this? wouldn't you prefer? >> i'm sure she is horrified this leaked out. >> now we will all be wondering at the welding, what did she supply. >> and what was the advice

i want to commend our sponsor, mr. smith from new jersey, and i understand our prime co-sponsor, democrat, mr. mike doyle from the great state of pennsylvania, for sponsoring this bill. autism is serious and does not discriminate. people in all racial, social, economic and ethnic groups are impacted, mr. speaker. autism awareness and research is something people from all walks of life can support. one in 68 children is diagnosed with autism. let me say that again. one in 68. that is a disturbing statistic. this legislation will help direct autism research on a federal level. this research is vital and i'm glad my colleagues and i have come together in a bipartisan manner to continue autism research, early identification, intervention and education. i'm proud to support this legislation and i urge my colleagues to pass this final passage of this legislation. thank you, mr. speaker, and i again thank the chairman and my for sponsoring the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: mr. spe

this was house of cards meets mr. smith goes to washington.. and media fumbling around all week trying to answer this and it was just immigration, which was an issue, that it was laura ingraham's radio show or radio call people. let me tell you what it is. you had a perfect storm come together. you had a man who is the representative of the leadership the american people including republican voters detest and feel have failed. he has been part of the entire let's not rock the boat, give obama his budget, give him his defic deficit, screwing around with the immigration stuff. spends all of this his doosh represent what brat campaigned against wall street, all of which cantor represented and he sat there. >> i want to get to twitter. does cantor watch show that. >> a sage man. i think the media is biased and when they are neutral, outsiders of have a chance. >> you can continue the conversation with the political insiders on twitter at fn insiders. gentlemen, always good to have you here. thank you for being here. that's it for fox report on sun

mrs. smith taught second grade this way with this book, they all talk about it, now everyone in second grade is doing it that way. imagine i am a 20th percentile teacher. ms. smith is an amazing teacher. in the schools, it is almost the reverse. i am an artist. i'm like, there's no way you are telling me how to make a movie. let us all be free. yet, that's not what this is. system, knowledge that has been built over time from amazing people. we don't each have to invent how to teach these kids. you can learn from everybody else. in these schools, it is incredibly prospective -- prescriptive. , how to teach. all the doors are open in these classrooms and the principal comes in and out of the classrooms. mr. johnson, you did not acknowledge that he -- betty over there. speak louder, move quicker. practices. best data is a critical mass. get data on your class, little johnny is doing this well and you need to focus on this. they are getting 11 times per year versus 16 times per year. there's an inc

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. >> questions about sergeant bergdahl's capture, or as mr. smith noted, and you, mr.arate from the effort to recover him. we do whatever it takes to recover any and every u.s. service member held in captivity. >> he also didn't think much about the kind of coverage sergeant bergdahl's family has received. >> like most americans, i've been offended and disappointed in how the bergdahl family's been treated by some in this country. no family deserves this. >> bergdahl swap is just one of a series of examples of this administration trying to tie up loose ends, and getting messy results. another example in the headlines today, exit from iraq. for the last 24 hours an al qaeda splinter group seized the city of mosul sending 500,000 people fleeing, leaving a lot of questions about what's going to follow next. joining me in the studio, co-author of a rope and a prayer, about the seven months he expect as a captive of the taliban. david, let's talk about this hearing today on bergdahl. as someone who was also kidnapped by the taliban, and actually your wife then fought to fre

so, mr. smith, if you want a second round, you can. mr. johnson, do you have any follow-up questions? i'll go and then you if you have any. let me start with, mr mr. bergmayer, mr. stephenson sort of mentioned net neutrality and that they were committed to the fcc's -- some of their guidance. i'm not sure what the fcc's position on net neutrality is. it seems to me they're backing away from what was originally conceived as net neutrality. >> as i understand it, at&t has committed to follow the 2010 open rules. they were partly vacated by the dc circuit but part of a merger condition at&t may promise to abide by those rules even if they're no longer enforced for some of the industry. i think there's a question about the extent of protection they offer to wireless users. for example, while they offer less than wire line broadband users, they don't provide no protection. one of the areas where they offer protection is for services that the provider themselves offers. there are some cases where you can't discriminate against competing services

to say oh mr. smith will pay a little more and mrs. jones will pay a little less. but the overall tax burden will be the same. let's be unabashedly for returning more money to iowa, leaving it here to create jobs. [cheers and applause] but how do we get bigger and better? i think we don't give up our core message. but part of our message has to reach out to people where they are. so i spent a lot of time in the last year going to historicically black colleges, going to predominantly hispanic audiences. going to berkeley. going to places republicans haven't gone before. but i'm not going there and changing my message. i'm going there with the same message. i spoke to the conservative political action committee and i told them, you know what? we're conservatives and we believe in the second amendment but we also believe in the fourth amendment, we also believe in privacy. [cheers and applause] i took that exact message to berkeley. and i was received in both places. young people will vote for us. but it isn't that you don't meet young people and say i'm not voting fo

i am on the way to mrs. smith who represents the middle ground of someone who works very hard and who will only go ask for assistance if it is a last resort. well, this is a great house. >> thank you. >> it is really cute. >> it is an awesome neighborhood and i was really lucky to find this place here. >> you like the neighborhood over here, too? >> yes. >> yes. >> it is like my mom, and she still corrects me. my mom still does that. did i hear a dog bark when we came in? >> yes. >> where is the puppy? >> come on, tessie. >> look at that face. look at that face! >> this is my son and that is my dogger. let's see what we have here. >> later today, ms. smith has to work her part-time shift at lowe's, but this morning, she is taking time out of her busy life to have breakfast. >> and look at that, look at how good the fluffy eggs look. tell me what you make on average versus the expenses. >> every two weeks, my check may be between $400 and $600 and it varies depending upon the hours. >> and you don't know how many h

don't do this, mr. smith. certainly had no idea he was about to pull a gun. >> without warning smith reaches into his satchel and pulls out a revolver. >> he pulled it out. i saw the barrel. i immediately started backing up as quickly as i could to create some distance and to get my gun out. >> corporal mecham backs up and out of the camera's view and st stumbles to the ground. >> when he was yelling at me to roll over, my blood went cold. that's when i knew i didn't have any time left. i had to go for my gun right then. >> lying flat on his back, mecham quickly pulls out his gun. >> he fired the first shot, and i can still to this day, i can see the muzzle flash. i can smell the smoke. i can hear the boom. i can hear it all. >> but mecham is not hit and begins firing back. >> i know all total i hit him five times. i don't know how many hit him as he was standing over me and how many may have struck him as he was running away. >> as corporal smith unloads, daniel smith runs for cover in a ditch. >> he turned t

. >> the point mr. smith made is this conflict may not end in december just because the majority of our troops are pulled out. >> that is my understanding as well, sir. >> we thought the conflict was over in iraq and we see that it is not. that it continues to go on. the second thing. i may have left the wrong impression when i was talking to the secretary saying that if you had given the same report that that probably would have solved everything. we still have big concerns about the five and i didn't mention that when we were briefed in november of '11 and january of '12, that there was real concern of members of congress that those five would be released. there was real opposition to it. that's why we're very concerned we weren't told other than if we reenter those negotiations we would be told and then we weren't. those are things that we really need to have clarified and work through. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i would like to just begin with a brief additional observation on the notifica

mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: mr. speaker, americans know that liberal media bias is a major problem in our country. they realize that our democracy rests on a fair and balanced news coverage. instead of reporting the facts, though, the national liberal media pushes the agenda of the administration. a recent rasmussen poll found that americans now believe media bias is a bigger problem than large campaign contributions. it also found that a majority of americans believe the news media has too much power and influence over government decisions. this is largely because many americans believe that the media goes easy on this administration. americans will continue to view the media as a problem until it provides fair and balanced coverage. the media should give the american people the facts, not tell them what to think. the

mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered, the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, americans do not trust the liberal national media to provide them with accurate, fair and balanced news. a recent poll conducted by the brookings and public religious institute found that only 23% of americans consider the national broadcast news networks to be their most trusted news outlet. but 26% of independents listed fox news as their most trusted network compared to only 17% who chose the broadcast networks. the least trusted network, according to the poll, is msnbc. only 5% of americans selected the network as their most trusted news source. americans dis-- americans' distrust of the liberal national media will continue to grow until the media stops telling them what to think. there's a good reason why fox news has been the highest rated cable news network for 12 straight years.

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if he wins, it's going to be mr. smith and walenski goes to washington.tie should be counterintuitive about this bridge thing. if i was him, i would just come out and say, "yeah, i shut the bridge down. guess what? i'm going to shut it down again if you don't shut up, all right?" [ laughter ] "you're going to come into jersey. you're going to find my fat ass in lanes one and two with a traffic cone turned upside down, eating haagen dazs out of it if you don't shut up, all right?" [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: we have -- my father's from pittsburgh. you're from pittsburgh. my dad claims the people -- >> did you stay there at all, seth? >> seth: when i was real young, i lived there for a little bit, but my dad says you can never leave pittsburgh. is that true for you as well? >> yeah, i met your father that night at the -- we were at the french embassy. imagine that. two pittsburgh mooks were standing at the french embassy. and you'd just killed at that presidential dinner, and -- i could hear right away as soon as your father opened his mouth, i said

. >> the point that mr. smith ma made, this conflict may not end in december just because majority of our troops are pulled out. >> that is my understanding as well, sir. >> we felt the conflict was over in iraq, but we see it is not. it continues to go on now. the second thing i may have left the wrong impression talking to secretary, the same report that probably would have sold everything. we still have big concerns about the five, i didn't mention when we were briefed in november of '11 and january of '12 there was real concerns of members of congress that those five would be released. in fact there was real opposition to it. and that's why we are very concerned we weren't told that if we'd reentered those negotiations, you would be told and then we weren't. worked through. miss thornberry. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i like to begin with a brief additional observation on notification issue. for the past several years this committee worked on a bipartisan basis to establish an oversight structur

. >> in the point that mr. smith made is that this, this conflict may not end in december just because the majority of our troops are pulled out. >> that is my understanding as well, sir. >> i mean, we thought that the conflict was over in iraq, and we see that it is not. it continues to go on. now, second thing, and i may have left a wrong impression when i was talking to secretary saying that if you had given the same report that probably would have just solved everything. we still have big concerns about the five. i didn't mention that when we were briefed in november of '11 and january of '12 that there was real concerns of members of congress that those five would be released and in fact, real opposition to it. and that is why we are very concerned that we weren't told, other than if we re-enter the negotiations that you would be told and that we weren't. so those are the things that we really need to have clarified and worked through. mr. thornberry. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i would like to be

the purpose is to bring in the pre-smith law and no supreme court case to suggest -- >> when mr. smith was hammering out tank tur rets, not giving unemployment benefits because he objected to hammering out tank turrets, was he exercising the religion? of course he was. that's something that the religious beliefs forbade. that's what's going on in the hobby lobby case. >> important to note is that while i have no doubt that the green family and the hahn families have that objection, the law doesn't place burdens on the people as an individual but an obligation on the corporate entity hobby lobby or con stow yeah wood to offer health plans and must provide the full range of fda contraception and the individuals don't have a claim to bring and i think that the corporate entity upon which there is actually the requirement doesn't have a claim to bring because never in the history of free exercise law has a secular for-profit commercial entity been understood to share the -- >> preventing unintended pregnancy is a compelling interest. >> all right. fantastic. now that we're all -- now that

the purpose is to bring in the pre-smith law and no supreme court case to suggest -- >> when mr. smith was hammering out tank tur rets, not giving unemployment benefits because he objected to hammering out tank turrets, was he exercising the religion? of course he was. that's something that the religious beliefs forbade. that's what's going on in the hobby lobby case. >> important to note is that while i have no doubt that the green family and the hahn families have that objection, the law doesn't place burdens on the people as an individual but an obligation on the corporate entity hobby lobby or con stow yeah wood to offer health plans and must provide the full range of fda contraception and the individuals don't have a claim to bring and i think that the corporate entity upon which there is actually the requirement doesn't have a claim to bring because never in the history of free exercise law has a secular for-profit commercial entity been understood to share the -- >> preventing unintended pregnancy is a compelling interest. >> all right. fantastic. now that we're all -- now that