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, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 112-111 offered by mr. smith of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 283. the nays are 140. the amendment is agreed to. the house will come to order. the committee will be in order. will all members take their conversations from

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from virginia, member of the appropriations committee, mr. moran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. moran: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, if this resolution passes and we weaken nato's mission, gaddafi mayvery well prevail. his forces will then kill, rape, and torture all those libyans who oppose him as he is already trying to do. gaddafi has reportedly kidnapped thousands of people, including young students to serve as human shields and marcat the vanguard of his forces. if any of his own soldiers refuse to gun down unarmed innocent civilians, they are shot immediately. once he's done with his own people, he'll turn his attention to those nato and middle eastern nation that is attacked him and seek revenge. remember, this is a man who is already responsible for the deaths of 189 innocent passengers on pan am 103. let's face it, this is not about whether the obama administration ha

mr. smith: mr. chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from ohio. ms. kaptur: yes, i'd like to yield a minute to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry. thank you. mr. terry: thank you. the chair: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized for one minute. mr. terry: mr. chairman, since the founding of the republic, our patent system has been based on the premise that an inventor is entitled to a patent for their work and not simply the first person to file a patent application. indeed article 1, section 8, clause 8 of the constitution specifically states that to promote the progress of science and useful arts, congress shall have the power to secure to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. nowhere does it say filers have that right. under no rule of construction or interpretation can this clause mean anything other than what it says. and, mr. chairman, i find it comforting to know that certainly i'

mr. smith: i yield 30 seconds. mr. goodlatte: over 140 tax strategy patents have been issued and more applications are pending. tax strategy patents have the potential to affect tens of millions of everyday taxpayers, many who don't realize that these patents exist. the tax code is already complicated enough without also expecting taxpayers and their advisors to become ongoing experts in patent law. hundreds of orlingsings in -- organizations in fact support these reforms. it is important th this house support the manager's amendment and by the way the united states chamber of commerce supports the maner's amendment and the bill. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lofgren: may i inquire how much time remains? the chair: the gentlewoman from california has 20 minutes remaining. ms. lofgren: thank you. the chair: and the gentleman from texas has 17 1/2 minutes. ms. lofgren: at this point i would be honored to recognize the gentlelady fr

mr. smith: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from from north carolina, mr. coble. the chair: the dean of the north carolina delegation, mr. coble, is recognized for three minutes. mr. coble: i thank the gentleman from texas and it was my belief that diversion had ended. let me make my statement and maybe we can get to this subsequently. a robust patent system is critical to develop a strong economy and it serves this goal by ending diversion of user fees to other agencies. ending diversion is essential to a robust and strong patent system, it seems to me. this is not a new concept. it has been a controversial issue for many years but we are at a point if we aren't doing something, the office will be overwhelmed. i answer, two words, bag log, pendency. the number of pending applications is around 700,000 and average time for an application to be reviewed is 30 months. this is unacceptable and the number of pending claims that should be, approximately 300,000 and the pendency time period sho

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i now yield three minutes to the distinguished minority whip, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the previous speaker deludes himself and he's my friend, if he thinks the message we send today goes only to the president. the message will go to all over the world. the message will go to muammar gaddafi. the message will go to our nato allies. the message will go to every nation of the world that america does not keep faith with his allies. america must lead. we must not equivocate. such a course would encourage the enemies of peace, the bullies of the world, people around the world look to our country's strength in their struggle for democracy and basic human rights. as it happens, i said that in 1999 when clinton sent troops to stop the genocide in bosnia and he did so, and the authorization lost on this floor shamefully 213-213. one of the darkest

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from georgia, member of the foreign affairs committee and also a member of the nato parliamentary assembly, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. scott: thank you very much. thank you very much, mr. smith. what we have here is two essential arguments. one is more of an intramural argument between congress and the white house. but it is a misplaced argument because there is no president that's come to this congress for a declaration of war since world war ii. and granted we have been in seven or eight major conflicts. so this is much greater than this conflict between the white house and this congress. unfortunately i believe that this measure is just an attempt to rather in a strong way get the attention of the president. maybe to chastise the president a bit. so surely. but i think if you look at the record there were communications here, but there is a larger profound message here. it's

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker.ee minutes to the distinguished minority whip, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro mpore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the previous speaker deludes himself and he's my friend, if he thinks thmessage we send today goes only to the president. the message will go to all over the world. the message will go to muammar gaddafi. the message will go to our nato allies. the message will go to every nation of the world that america does not keep faith with his allies. america must lead. we must not equivocate. such a course would encourage the enemies of peace, the bullies of the world, people around the world look to our country's strength in their struggle for democracy and basic human rights. as it happens, i said that in 1999 when clinton se troops to stop the genocide in bosnia and he did so, and the authorization lost on this floor shamefully 213-213. one of the darkest days i have served in

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker.hree minutes to the distinguished minority whip, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the previous speaker deludes himself and he's my friend, if he thinks the message we send today goes only to the president. the message will go to all over the world. the message will go to muammar gaddafi. the message will go to our nato allies. the message will go to every nation of the world that america does not keep faith with his allies. america must lead. we must not equivocate. such a course would encourage the enemies of peace, the bullies of the world, people around the world look to our country's strength in their struggle for democracy and basic human rights. as it happens, i said that in 1999 when clinton sent troops to stop the genocide in bosnia and he did so, and the authorization lost on this floor shamefully 213-213. one of the darkest days i have se

mr. smith. our next witness is michael downing, who is the chief in commanding officer of counterterrorism and special operations bureau. in may of last year, he was elected president of the leadership and counter-terrorism alumni association. let me also express regret to the committee that one of the officers was killed in afghanistan in march of this year. he was a reserve officer serving in afghanistan. we look over to your testimony and thank you for flying from the west coast to be with us. >> good morning. chairman king, writing member thompson, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the los angeles police department's view and strategy to this most important phenomenon relating to the threat of muslim american radicalization in u.s. prisons. must've been -- much has been written of the past five or six years. as we have seen violent extremists targeting innocent civilians were plotting against the united states, we have also seen a surge in

dunleavy, mr. smith, mr. downey, let me ask you, how do you suggest that we monitor radicalization while simultaneously respecting the faith of islam? and i'm also concerned a great deal about what we do for individuals in terms of helping them reintegrate back into normal life, so what kind of support activity would you suggest for these individuals as they leave? >> i think the same way we have institutionalized reporting suspicious activity across the united states through indicators and warnings, we have used that process to educate people, where we used to get many reports of what would be called muslims with cameras, which have commit nod crime no indicator of a terrorist nexus but because people were afraid and uneducated, they would report this. so in the same sense to bring this into the prison system so that they know there's a distinction between somebody who is practicing a faith and somebody who is practicing a violent form of a hijacked faith or a cut and peys version of another faith and there

mr. smith: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington continues to reserve his time. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: madam speaker, i yield 1 1/2 minutes to my friend and colleague, the chairman of the subcommittee on strategic forces, the gentleman from ohio, mr. turner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. turner: thank you, chairman mckeon. the president has not made the case for a military conflict in libya. he has told us who we are against, gaddafi, but he has not told white house we are for. secretary gates -- told us who we are for. secretary gates has told us we know very little about the opposition, we know very little about the rebels. we don't know their geopolitical view to their neighbors, we don't know their view to us. we do not know their commitment to domestic diversity. are we going to have atrocities? we don't know their ideology, we don't know their preferred form of government and we don't know the

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. yield myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. smith: thank you. the bottom line with this resolution, and i think the gentleman made a lot of very fair points, i certainly think that the white house could have handled it better in terms of communicating with congress, but what this resolution would do that he has presented would be to end our mission in libya. so all of the debates and arguments that you heard from the previous discussion apply to this just as well. it has some limited options in terms of what the president could continue to do in support of nato, but it very specifically disallows any effort at air support, any effort at suppressing opposition fire. it does allow for aerial refueling, it allows for rescue missions, but what the military has made clear is they will not do that without all ofhe other assets that are necessary to suppress ene fire, enemy fire. we are not going to send off our aerial refueling app

as mr. smithestified this procedures in place which follow gangs in the present three we have particles in place for that. unfortunately because too many instances of political correctness we do not have protocols to follow. that's why this is unique and i would say your party had control for four years and not one hearing at all on skinheads, nazis, white supremacist not all. suddenly this and she emerges when we start talking about muslim radicalization. that is the purpose of this committee. we have the judiciary committee to deal with other prisons. to reach gangs are important, the nazis important, the purpose of this committee is to combat islamic terrorism, because this the terrorist threat to the country. if we find out that neo-nazis are a foreign power were coming to the country we will investigate but if we find out that every nation -- >> [inaudible] >> no, it's my time -- every nation allied with a foreign power we will address it. we are not going to spread out and investigate everyt

mr. smith: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington continues to reserve his time. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: madam speaker, i yield 1 1/2 minutes to my friend and colleague, the chairman of the subcommittee on strategic forces, the gentman from ohio, mr. turner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. turner: thank you, chairman mckeon. thpresident has not made the case for a military conflict in libya. he has told us who we are against, gaddafi, but he has not told white house we are for. secretary gates -- told us who we are for. secretary gates has told us we know very little about the opposition, we know very little about the rebels. we don't know their geopolitical view to their neighbors, we don't know their view to us. we do not know their commitment to domestic diversity. are we going to have atrocities? we don't know their ideology, we don't know their preferred form of government and we don't know their c

dunleavy, mr. smith, mr.downing, let me ask you, how do you suggest that we monitor radicalization while simultaneously respecting the faith of islam? and i'm also concerned a great deal about what we do for individuals in terms of helping them we integrate back into normal life. and so, what kind of support activity would you suggest for these individuals? >> i think the same way that we institutionalized the idea of recording suspicious activity across the united states through indicators and warnings. we've also used that process to educate people where we used to get many reports of what would be called muslims with cameras, which have no -- committed no crimes, no indicator of a character country in nexis, people would report this. in the same sense to bring this into the prison system so that they know there's a distinction between somebody who is practicing the faith and somebody who is practicing a violent form of a hijacked faith, or a cut-and-paste version of another faith. there are indicators and

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. smith: thank you. the bottom line with this resolution, and i think the gentleman made a lot of very fair points, i certainly think that the white house could have handled it better in terms of communicating wi congress, but what this resolution would do that he has presented would be to end our mission in libya. so all of the debates and arguments that you heard from the previous discussion apply to this just as well. it has some limited options in terms of what the president could continue to do in support of nato, but it very specifically disallows any effort at air support, any effort at suppressing opposition fire. it does allow for aerial refueling, it allows for rescu missions, but what the military has made clear is they will not do that without all of the other assets that are necessary to suppress enemy fire, enemy fire. we are not going to send off our aerial refueling

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

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from georgia, member of the foreign affairs committee and also a member of the nato parliamentary assembly, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. scott: thank you very much. thank you very much, mr. smith. what we have here is two essential arguments. one is more of an intramural argument between congress and the white house. but it is a misplaced argument because there is no president that's come to this congress for a declaration of war since world war ii. and granted we have been in seven or eight major conflicts. so this is much greater than this conflict between the white house and this congress. unfortunately i believe that this measure is just an attempt to rather in a strong way get the attention of the president. maybe to chastise the president a bit. so surely. but i think if you look at the record there were communications here, but there is a larger profound message here. it's

happily, happily mr. smith treated the third reich the way in anthropologist would treat an aboriginal tribe. as to say he wrote in detail and about life, but all kinds of things. this was brand new. this was to give itself was not a brand new thing because i personally owned a collection of the words of robert kipling, and every work on his binding as a swastika because it is the indian good luck sign. as a political symbol. it back to the hitler salute. so so long on so many subjects. big name to 40 pages. he wrote an analysis, a series of observations about the hitter a salute because this was such a novel thing. now read it briefly. the salute, he wrote, had no modern presidency for the more narrowly required solution of soldiers in the presence of superior officers. everyone was expected to salute, even in the most mundane of encounters. shopkeepers to lose customers. so there are required to salute their teachers several times a day. the close of theatrical performances a newly established custom demand t

. >> thank you, mr. smith at our next witness is michael downing who is the deputy chief and commanding officer of los angeles police department's counterterrorism special operations bureau. he was appointed lapd in 1982 and in may of last year he was elected as president of the leadership and counterterrorism alumni association, and at the outset, we also express regrets of the committee. one of the lapd officers was killed in afghanistan march of this year, a reserve officer who is serving in afghanistan. we look forward to your testimony. we thank you for flying all the way from the west coast to be with us today. chief downing. [inaudible] >> thank you for the opportunity to discuss the los angeles police departments view and strategy of his most important phenomenon relating to the evolving threat of muslim-american radicalization in the united states prisons. much has been written about this topic over the last five or six years. and just as we have seen a large surge in homegrown violent extremist targe

. >> mr. smith?rnia law at issue mistress the distribution of expressive works based on content. california does not contend it can satisfy the usual first amendment standards that apply to such all. it is asking to grant a new free pass, eakins birdlike exception to the first amendment that would deny constitutional protection to some ill-defined expressive works and i submit not just video games, but books or any work that it describes or portrays violence in some way that some court somewhere someday with the fight -- someday would define as offensive. >> but the child is not sitting there passively watching something. the child is doing the killing, that child is doing the main, and i suppose that might be understood have a different moral on the child tos's development? what was the state of the record present before the court at ginsburg? aware of the our science on both sides, that of sensitive -- that obscenity -- in that particular area, an exception that goes back to the founding, they felt

mr. smith? >> mr.ay it please the court, the california law at issue restricts the distribution of expressive works based on their content. california does not seriously contend it can satisfy the usual first amendment standards to play to such a law. it is asking this court to grant it a free pass, a brand new ginsburg-like exception. i submit not just videogames, but necessarily, movies, books or any other expressive work that describes or portrays violence that some court would see as deviant and observive. >> what about the difference where the child is doing the killing, the child is doing the maiming? i suppose that might be understood to have a different impact on the child's moral development? >> well, it might. the state of california has not marshalled a sled -- shred of evidence to say that is through. >> what was the state of the record? >> the state of the record was they were aware of science on both sides but made a judgment that as a matter of common sense -- >> so the court acted on th

mr. smith, has some views to off on -- offer on this important topic and i yield to the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. chairman, i thank the gentleman from alabama for yielding. he is absolutely correct. on september 11, 2001, americans were attacked by foreign nationals who were able to exploit our laws and live unnoticed in the united states. the 19 hijackers obtained 17 driver's licenses from arizona, california and florida and 13 state-issued i.d.'s from florida, virginia and maryland. with these licenses and identification cards, they boarded the planes they used to murder over 3,000 innocent americans. the 9/11 commission recommended that, quote, the federal government should set standards for the issuance of birth certificates and sources of identification such as driver's licenses. fraud and identification documents is no longer just a problem of theft. many entry points to vulnerable facilities including aircraft, sources of identification are the last opportunity to ensure that

mr. smith? >> thank you, mr. chairman. you had mentioned in your remarks the number of afghan security forces that have been trained in the course of the last 18 months now since the surge began. i've heard the statistic 100,000 in the afghan army. i know we've also made significant improvements in the police force. one of the logical things that occurs to us, if we have that many more afghan troops available, that much more afghan security, how does that figure in and help us with this drawdown. how capable are they, how reliable are they, how can we move them in and take over some of the responsibilities? if we're adding over a hundred,000 afghan troops, i don't know the figure on the police force and the next since months our plan is to withdraw thousands of u.s. forces and seems we're in good shape. the other piece of that, the other nato forces are going to be keeping roughly the same amount for the rest of this year, is my understanding. can you confirm that and then comment on how the afghan forces add into the mix?

if you ever see, mr. smith goes to washington. the bad senator finally said, everything he said is true. it took him only a week. here is wiener talking finally. >> i'm deeply ashamed of my terrible judgment and actions. i came here to accept full responsibility for what i've done. i am deeply regretting what i have done and i am not resigning. >> i'm not going to do this tonight but maybe later in the show. a week of lying to the press. reporters just doing some of the job we do isn't grand. this isn't about what we should be talking about tonight, the debt ceiling and america's bond rating. but this is news. a major figure. he is like barney sanders, reliable as a lamp post. at 6:30 at night the light went on. this guy was always there. blaming it on breitbart. blaming it on hacking. now saying it was consensual. his latest defenses are, he didn't have sex outside of his marriage. he didn't physically meet them. now the problem is, if you didn't physically meet them, how do you know they are of age. >> he is building more tunnel

mr. smith, distinguished members of the committee. that concludes my remarks. we look forward to your questions. thank you very much. -- >> thank you very much. there is not a single member of congress who does not want our troops to come home as soon as possible. personally, i believe the objective of transitioning to an afghan lead on security within three years is both desirable and achievable objective. the last visit i made, compared to the one before, i saw significant progress, areas that we were not able to go into before, we were able to go and walk down the streets without body armor. we opened a school while we were there. i'd think we have made significant gains -- i think we have made significant gains. it will enable our forces to come home. i'm concerned that the drawdown plan announced by the president last night will significant the undermine our ability to responsibly enact this transition. i am concerned that the gains we have made in the south -- we have been in more of a holding pattern than in the north and east. the plan was, i thought, t

smith: edmund hull was the u.s. ambassador to yemen from 2001 two 2004. mr. bassador, good evening. >> good evening. >> smith: why should americans be concerned about what's going on in yemen right now? >> well, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is based in yemen, and that's the most active today in the al qaeda network currently. and within the last couple years they have twice targeted the u.s. homeland-- initially with the underwear bomber on christmas day, and then more recently the printer cartridge bombs in airplane freight. >> smith: if, in fact, yemen ended up as a failed state as a somalia, for instance, how dangerous would that be? >> it would be extremely dangerous. it would give al qaeda a safe haven akin to that which they had in afghanistan before 9/11. and one of the cardinal lessons that we learned from our study of the 9/11 attack was that the united states can never allow al qaeda to create those kind of safe havens again. >> smith: is there literally anything that can be done? >> a lot can be done, but i don't think it's the right approach t

>> don't push me. >> smith: how did he pull it off? >> mr. madoff... >> how do you feel? >> smith: who helped him? >> are you sorry for what you did? >> mr. madoff, what would you say to all those people that lost money, mr. madoff? what do you say to them? >> smith: and when did it all begin? >> bernie! hey, bernie, give me one nice shot, buddy. bernie, turn around, buddy. come on! >> smith: the year was 1960. madoff had just graduated from hofstra college and married his high school sweetheart, ruth alpern. he was working out of her father's accounting firm in midtown manhattan. from there, he launched a career as a market-maker, matching buyers of stocks with sellers on wall street. >> he started this little stock trading firm, one of many in wall street's outer fringes at that time, and slowly built it up, building up customers. it was kind of like a wholesale firm. >> he would actually pay clients such as fidelity, charles schwab. he'd pay them a penny a share to come and trade through him. so, he saw lots of trading volume that way. >> smith: in other words, he would

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mr. smith: i rise in opposition to the motion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i oppose the motion to recommit and urge my colleagues to defeat it. the act is a culmination of six years of effort. during this time the house and senate judiciary committees conducted 23 pierce on patent reform and brokered numerous negotiations. h.r. 1249 has garnered bipartisan and widespread support. this bill improves patent integrity in p.t.o. operations and helps businesses from a broad range of industries, independent inventors and universities. but the biggest winners are the american people. they will get more job opportunities and greater consumer choices. this amendment would mean that u.s. companies and inventors would be discriminated against all over the world when they file. it would be open season on american innovators and businesses. we would no longer be able to sell products aboard and theft of u.s. goods would become rampant. mr. speaker, this motion to recommit alsos

mr. smith: mr. chairman, the foresight of the founders in creating an intellectual property system in the constitution demstrates their understanding of how patent rights hts htt th technological innovation from our intellectual property is linked to three quarters of america's economic growth and american i.p. industries account for over 1 1/2 of all of our exports. these industries also provide millions of americans with well-paying jobs. our patent laws which provide a time-limited monopoly to inventors in exchange r their talent help create this prosperity. the last major patent reform was nearly 60 years ago. during this time we've seen tremendous technological advancements going from computers the size of a closet to the use of wireless technology in the palm of your hand. but we cannot protect the technologies of today with the tools of the past. the current patent system is outdated and dragged down by frivolous lawsuits and uncertainty regarding patent ownership. unwarranted lawsuits that t

the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, for five minutes. mr. smith: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, words are inadequate. i convey my profound respect,ed a mir mation for bishop emeritus, john smith, who celebrated for his golden jubilee and an amazing 50 years as catholic priest in a mass attended by over 800 people in trenton, new jersey. the mass which had bishop davido congressional, now bishop of trenton, and several brothers, father andrew smith, was filled with joy and reflection, befitting the acknowledgment of a great servant of god. cardinal mccarrick noted that bishop smith is an an amazing, extraordinary brother, an extraordinary friend, a man filled with faith, fill with zeal, zeal for the church, zeal for the people he serves and as special way as bishop, for his faith. model jesus christ for our people and imitate christ. mort smith, he said, does that well. the cardinal said, i'm not here to talk about bishop smith. and then said he is the greatest capissor, usually for telling long stories and happily very funny.

. >> i know that cigarettes are not speech, mr. smith. cigarettes are something that we have determined are harmful to children. the question is you say the record doesn't support the idea that these videogames are harmful to children. some of us may. >> certainly the record doesn't. it is not one whit more harmful than watching cartoons. that is what the record shows. >> there is a study by the f.c.c. and the question is whether violence can be restricted during the hours when most children are awake just the pornography is. i don't know remember the hours. it is something like from 10:00 in the evening or so. but didn't the f.c.c. say yeah, we could do the same thing for violence that we are doing for sex, except we don't think we ought to do it, we think congress should do it? >> they sent several years to come up with a definition to figure out which violent tv shows should be put into this category, and they eventually punted. they said they could not do it and punted it back to congress to come up with a definition. this is a diffic

mr. smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman.rks about the number of afghan security forces that have been trained over the course of the last 18 months now since the surge began. i've heard the statistic 100,000 on the afghan army. i know we also made significant improvements in the police force. one the logical things that occurs to us. if we have that many more afghan troops available, that much more afghan security, how does that figure in and help us? how capable? how reliable? how can we move them in and take over some of the responsibilities? because if we are adding 100,000 afghan troops, i don't know what the figure is on the police force and this year, the next six months is plan is to drawdown a total of 4,000 u.s. forces. seems to me we are still in good shape. one piece of that, nato, the other nato forces are going to be keeping roughly the same amount for the rest of this is my understanding. can you confirm that and comment on how the afghan forces add into the mix? >> well, let me go to the second question first.

and everything comes into this, as far as i know, mr. smith, i mean the allies were very much with us. they have specific decisions they have to make. i don't know what -- i don't know what those are. : >> they are leading in some cases now part . partnering throughout afghanistan throughout the course of the next year that will increase exponentially. i am not i leave to think they have challenges and have not done this before and we don't expect it to be magical but in terms of progress over the last 18 months, it really has been enormous. we will expect to continue on that pace and pick up and be better to be more and more in the lead. >> the improvement and trading over the last 18 months cannot be overstated. it was one thing to pick them up and said about the door but another to have a trained force. the surge was not just the troops of the totality of the effort including training and improving governance. when i was there last few months ago i have never seen so much activity usaid, justice department, comprehensive effort if we put 12

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i do want to clarify for the record this amendment is not about tax dollars. this amendment is about adjusting some policy that would put into an openingses bill some time ago, long before the current makeup of congress. and we're talking about a fee-for-service scenario that would allow the private sector to ensure there is safe, affordable horse meat to the general public, to a market overseas that is very robust. but let me say that in a g.a.o. study on the effects of horse slaughter, plant closings on the welfare of horses and the farming economy as a whole was requested by the senate ag appropriations subcommittee more than a year and a half ago and is overdufort a report. the devastated horse industry continues to be attacked by misinformation and we certainly have a problem here because i would allege that the horse economics or the ownership of horses, the economics are upside down. unfortunately, mr. speaker, the result of this misguided campaign will eventually be a nation w

night the chairman of the rules committee admonished the chairman the judiciary committee committee, mr. smith of texas, that he should not be reporting out legislation that violates house rules. now, rather than giving the judiciary committee a get-out-of-jail-free card with the $717 million technical waiver, we should send this bill back to the judiciary committee so that they can fix up their own mess rather than having the house or the rules committee to do it. now, making a motion to send the bill back to the judiciary committee is not in order because i looked into that. the only way we can get this legislation fixed up without a $717 million technical waiver of cut-go rules is to support the motion that the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is making and i go across the aisle by agreeing that he is on the right track on this, and i hope that he is supported. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. garamendi: i thank the gentleman. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves the

mr. smith you didn't show this morning.e have a system that basically realizes voting is a responsible act and for whatever reason, i'm uninformed or i haven't had the time and so on i should not be coerced to make a decision that is life or death for many people go. it would not -- it would be immoral to do that. jurors are instructed about the guilty decisions they make but in the voting booth we walk in and make our decision, maybe we don't. we get at least some civic appreciation because i voted -- norm would eliminate the acerbic virtue and we now get voluntary voting. who is going to get credit? that is not for sure is. that is coercion. a lot of this reminds me of a story of when i was growing up in louisiana. one of johnny's teachers was trying to get johnny out of his shell and she said johnnyjohnny, do you know the difference between apathy and ignorance? johnny said, i don't know and i don't care. people who are uninterested in the outcome are uninformed about the outcome will somehow produce a better america. it

mr. mccool. >> congressman smith, thank you for inviting me to participate in this dialog by the global aspects of autism. as you mentioned eden autism services started in princeton, new jersey, 36 years ago. and during that time, our organization has gained a great deal of knowledge and experience in addressing the needs of children, adults and families impacted by autism. all of us in the autism community recognize that there's a lot to be done and each of us has a role to play. in its short history autism speaks has been able to significantly increase awareness of autism and its impact on families. they've also been extremely successful in raising funds to support its awareness activities and also support autism research projects. in recent months, autism speaks has begun to focus on the plight of adults with autism. particularly, looking at the broad range of residential, and employment programs needed to support this growing population. the autism society, another one of our partners, has a long history of bringing family members and professionals together nationally and through their loca