mr. zeldin of new york. section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used by the administrator of the federal aviation administration to institute an administrative or civil action as defined in section 47107 of title 49 united states code, against the sponsor of the heast hampton airport in east hampton, new york. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 287, the gentleman from new york and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. zeldin: thank you, madam chair. i'm proud to represent a district that is home to some of the most scenic destinations in the country and all forms of transportation are part of our tourism economy. yet with the high season upon us many of my constituents are finding themselves bewildered by actions of the f.a.a. federal agencies ought to stand by their word and keep their commitments to members of congress and the citizens we represent. in 2012 the f.a.a. made assurances to my predecessor that in light o

mr. zeldin: i understand the frustration. it seems like something that if it gives you access and you know the answer in five minutes. mr. hart: we were surprised by the complexity of it ourselves and we're experts at this. mr. zeldin: the entire route, i know you are it has always of these cooperation from the cell phone companies and all of the cell phone towers and pings on towers. for the families that the real advocacy, to try to get your answers and amtrak's efforts and all of you here for that cause the frustration on our end too is on behalf of twinlts and -- on behalf of constituents and families who are eager. they understand when this takes longer than others but maybe they don't understand why we don't have more answers as far as the engineer goes. thanks for being here. >> that is correct, gentle lady -- >> thank you. i very much appreciate and support all of the efforts in the northeast corridor but i would like to shift to the mps for just a few minutes at 11:19 on june 24th, 2011, a tractor-trailer driving nort

mr. zeldin. mr. zeldin: only in congress do you have a resolution to authorizize the use of force because you want to authorize the use of force. it is it's pretty insulting that you'd propose a resolution to withdraw troops and then accuse the other side of cowardice. there needs to be more of a strategy to defeat isis or lack thereof. we have a duty here in congress to set up our troops to succeed, not fail. there has been a lot of debate with regard to the authorization and use of military force. i'm proud to serve on the foreign affairs committee. chairman royce has had multiple hearings, discussing the authorization for the use of military force. secretary kerry was before the committee, he was asked, is this authorization -- does this authorization authorize offensive action? he said no. there was a five paragraph letter since with the authorization request talking about the need to use special operations forces and we can't get a straight answer from this administration as to whether or not he'

mr. zeldin. mr. zeldin: only in congress do you have a resolution to authorizize the use of force because you want to authorize the use of force. it is it's pretty insulting that you'd propose a resolution to withdraw troops and then accuse the other side of cowardice. there needs to be more of a strategy to defeat isis or lack thereof. we have a duty here in congress to set up our troops to succeed, not fail. there has been a lot of debate with regard to the authorization and use of military force. i'm proud to serve on the foreign affairs committee. chairman royce has had multiple hearings, discussing the authorization for the use of military force. secretary kerry was before the committee, he was asked, is this authorization -- does this authorization authorize offensive action? he said no. there was a five paragraph letter since with the authorization request talking about the need to use special operations forces and we can't get a straight answer from this administration as to whether or not he'

mr. zeldin. mr. zeldin: only in congress do you have a resolution to authorizize the use of force because you want to authorize the use of force. it is it's pretty insulting that you'd propose a resolution to withdraw troops and then accuse the other side of cowardice. there needs to be more of a strategy to defeat isis or lack thereof. we have a duty here in congress to set up our troops to succeed, not fail. there has been a lot of debate with regard to the authorization and use of military force. i'm proud to serve on the foreign affairs committee. chairman royce has had multiple hearings, discussing the authorization for the use of military force. secretary kerry was before the committee, he was asked, is this authorization -- does this authorization authorize offensive action? he said no. there was a five paragraph letter since with the authorization request talking about the need to use special operations forces and we can't get a straight answer from this administration as to whether or not he'

mr. zeldin: iran is a nags led by an regime thretening the stability of the free world. that is nothing new. iran supports terrorism and working to overthrow foreign governments. since 1984, over 30 years ago united states has called iran a state sponsor of terrorism. not only for their direct participation in attacks, but for their financing and other support for others who pursue terror. iran has given stability to the united states and blowing up u.s. warships, pledging to wipe israel off the map and chanting death to america. the iranian government threatens peace and democracy all across the globe. nuclear weapons in the hands of our enemies harms the security of our freedoms and liberties that united states has worked hard to defend. the iranian government came to the goshting table. in texas they called it a two off-suit. oil was $100 a barrel. millions ever iranians took to the streets to overthrow their own government. the president of the united states made it out to be their just their problem, not ours now look at the present dickament we find ourselves today