. >> as far as the drugs are concerned, it was mr. welchho had access for that. >> reporter: in oakland, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> u.s. defense secretary leon panetta went to georgia today to deliver a message to the troops. he said bad behavior has consequences. this is the first time he addressed the issue with troops and he stressed only a small number of american forces have been involved in scandal. he said inappropriate photos can become headlines in second. >> it can put your fellow service members at risk. it can hurt morale, damage our standings in the world and cost lives. >> he called on the troops to honor their military values. his message has been passed long to commanders. >>> in 6 minutes theuch dates on a -- an update. >>> the family of junior seau said they will donate his brain to research to see if his blows had any role in his death. he shot himself on wednesday. he played 20 seasons in the nfl. doctors say brain trauma can effect judgment. he did not leave a suicide note. >>> opd, you can't hide. >> protest

. >> as far as the drugs are concerned, it was mr. welch had access for that. >> reporter: in oakland, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> u.s. defense secretary leon panetta went to georgia today to deliver a message to the troops. he said bad behavior has consequences. this is the first time he addressed the issue with troops and he stressed only a small number of american forces have been involved in scandal. he said inappropriate photos can become headlines in second. >> it can put your fellow service members at risk. it can hurt morale, damage our standings in the world and cost lives. >> he called on the troops to honor their military values. his message has been passed long to commanders. >>> in 6 minutes theuch dates on a -- an update. >>> the family of junior seau said they will donate his brain to research to see if his blows had any role in his death. he shot himself on wednesday. he played 20 seasons in the nfl. doctors say brain trauma can effect judgment. he did not leave a suicide note. >>> opd, you can't hide. >> protester

. -- mr. welch: thank you. the challenge is whether we are going to take seriously the violence that is inflicted against women throughout this country. and this legislation has to address what is a very serious problem in this country. women are being subject to violent attacks. and do we have it in our heart, do we have it in our will to provide legal protections to women who are the victims of assaults and violent conduct in this country? it's really that simple. and that should apply to all women. and any person who is attacked on the basis of gender should be protected and what their views are about anything other than -- what their views are in politics, what their views are in sexual ownertation, what their views are on anything, are irrelevant to the basic, independent right that all of us have, men and women have, incidentally, to live our life in peace and with protection and with confidence that our physical integrity will not be violated. it's really as simple as that. so this is a question of wheth

>> i know this hurts you, mr. welch. >> i'll say it hurts. >> mr. chairman, as a point of personal privilege, i'd like to finish this. >> senator, i think it hurts you, too, sir. if there is a god in heaven, it will do neither you nor your cause any good. i will not discuss it further. i will not ask mr. cohn any more witnesses. you, mr. chairman, may if you will, call the next witness. >> mccarthy never recovered. his tactics had been opposed fm thoutset by a handful of courageous republican senators, and now they pressed their case with renewed vigor. i was working that summer on capitol hill during my college break, and finagled myself into the senate chamber the very day one of them, senator ralph flanders of vermont, introduced a motion to censure joseph mccarthy. when it eventually passed 67 to 22, mccarthy was finished. he soon disappeared from the front pages, and three years later, he was dead. it all came bk the other night, ascongresman west summoned those foul spirits from the vasty deep. the ghost stepped out of the past. like mccarthy,

i now yield a minute to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. mr. welch: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, this bill seeks to achieve a very worthy goal, reduce the debt of the united states and establish a sustainable level of spending. i share that goal, but i oppose this bill for two reasons. first, the proponents of this bill know or they certainly should know, this bill won't be passed by the senate or signed by the president. that turns us into a political manifesto, not a practical proposal. secondly and most importantly, the design of this bill guarantees that it will fail. our budget is a three-prong stool. domestic spending, pentagon spending and revenues. if you want a strong and durable stool you need three legs. this budget cuts two away. it takes revenues off the table completely and it exempting the pentagon with its nearly $700 billion for making any contribution to debt reduction. mr. speaker, our debt problem is serious but solvable. 100 of us in this house, 60 democrats and 40 republicans, wrote to the supercommittee and we said the obvious. put everything o

the chair recognizes the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch, for five minutes. mr. elch: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, right now families across this country are sitting around their kitchen tables trying to figure out how they can send their kids to college. they're talking about how to finance a college education when the cost of that is rising faster than the cost of health care. parents are making some very difficult decisions. should we refinance our homes and dwindle our retirement? how much money can we borrow? how much can we ask our kids to borrow in order to put this financial package together? and for the first time many of these parents are considering the unthinkable. maybe they can't afford to send their kids to college. meanwhile, in 52 days if congress does not act, a very bad situation will get worse. on july 1, the interest rates on the stafford student loans will double from 3.4% to 6.8%. vermont students, american students and parents need action from congress and need it now. over the past few weeks, i've been asking vermonters to share th

i now yield a minute to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. mr. welch: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, this bill seeks to achieve a very worthy goal, reduce the debt of the united states and establish a sustainable level of spending. i share that goal, but i oppose this bill for two reasons. first, the proponents of this bill know or they certainly should know, this bill won't be passed by the senate or signed by the president. that tur us into a political manifesto, not a practical proposal. secondly and most importantly, the design of this bill guarantees that it will fail. our budget is a three-prong stool. domestic spending, pentagon ending and revenues. if you want a strong and durable stool you need three legs. this budget cuts two away. it takes revenues off the table completely and it expting the pentagon with its nearly $700 billion for making any contribution to debt reduction. mr. speaker, our debt problem is serious but solvable. 100 of us in this house, 60 democrats and 40 republicans, wrote to the supercommittee and we said the obvious. put everything on the

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