ms. sanchez: who were you receiving information from and what form? there has been a specific emphasis on e-mail communication only. ms. clinton: as i testified earlier, i did not primarily conduct business on e-mails with officials in our government and i think the e-mails that have been produced this far have demonstrated that as well. as i said, i got intelligence briefings from the intelligence community. i had a very experienced group of senior diplomats who knew quite a bit about libya. the deputy secretary bill burns had been our nation's capital diplomat who it actually negotiated with gadhafi. prior to entering in by the united states to support our european allies and arab partners, i sent a team to meet with representatives of gadhafi to see if there were some way he would back down and back off of increasingly hysterical threats against his own people. we had people like the ambassador i referenced earlier who had served in libya and had the occasion to serve and meet with gadhafi. group ofvery large american diplomats, intelligence and som

ms. sanchez. >> thank you, madam secretary, for coming to answer our questions. we know over the last 17 months there have been a number of allegations that have been made with respect to you, and when the facts and the testimony and the record don't support that, we seem to move on to the next, you know, new allegation. one of the more recent ones is that republicans are claiming that because you received e-mails from sidney blumenthal, that he was your primary source for intelligence. now, chairman gowdy claimed that mr. blumenthal was, and i'm going to quote him here, quote, secretary clinton's primary adviser on libya because nearly half of all the e-mails sent to and from secretary clinton regarding benghazi and libya prior to the benghazi terrorist attacks involved sidney blumenthal, end quote. he also claimed that mr. blumenthal was, and i'm quoting again, one of the folks providing her the largest volume of information about libya. secretary clinton, was sidney blumenthal your primary policy adviser or your primary intelligence officer? >> no, of course n

ms. sanchez, for five minutes. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i stand here today a little disheartened. disheartened because my colleagues across the aisle seem to have forgotten about the priorities and the needs of the american people. time, unprecedented 61st the majority has introduced a measure that would cripple the landmark affordable care act. the consequences of such a budget measure would be terrible. millions of americans would lose their health care insurance, and premiums for others would skyrocket. e majority claims that the a.c.a. is ineffective, costly or illegal, they're just wrong. mr. speaker, the affordable care act is working. it's been working. it's been working in my hometown. it's been working in orange county, california. under the affordable care act, the chip and medicaid, we have million to over 12.3 individuals. 2.6 million are latinos. cost under the a.c.a. has been greatly reduced. and the a.c.a.'s projected to save the united states $200 billion in the next decade and over $1 trillion in the second decade

ms. sanchez? >> aye. >> ms. duckworth? >> aye. >> ms. duckworth votes aye. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. gowdy? >> no. ayes, 5, noes, 8. the motion is not agreed to. >> madame secretary -- >> my apologies. >> motion still not agree. ed to. even south carolina math can figure that out. >> madame secretary, before we broke, there was a fair question why was i talking about mr. blumenthal's e-mails. that's a fair question. it's a fair question to ask why you were reading mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i think both are fair. i want to go to june of 2012, which is an interesting time period to look at. charlene lam sent an e-mail, which you may be familiar with. it's tab 56. i'm not going to read it. she described benghazi as a soft target, attacks on americans, not staffed adequately. it was a haunting e-mail to read. it was three months to the day when our four fellow citizens were killed. that's on june 7th, 2012. also on june 7th of 2012, your deputy chief of staff is e-mailing ambassador stevens asking the ambassador to look at a memo sydn

ms. sanchez. >> i listened very carefully when mr. gowdy was questioning you. we waited more than a year to finally get you up here to testify. we spent almost $5 million and we interviewed about 54 witnesses. and when the chairman finally got his chance to question you, he asked you -- he quibbled actually over the definition of the word unsolicited. as if that wasn't bad enough, then he doubled down on this idea that sydney blumenthal was your primary adviser on libya, a claim that we heard the "washington post" awarded for pinocchios. he said on sunday on national television that he had zero interest in the clinton foundation and other topic, but then he just spent his full questioning time in the first round asking you about the clinton foundation, media matters and other topics that didn't really have anything to do with the attacks that occurred in benghazi. and my own sense of incredulity was really, really is this why we're asked you to come to testify about that? the overwhelming sense that i get from the republican side of the aisle is they seem to be

ms. sanchez, for five minutes. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. and in recognition of hispanic heritage month, i'd like to recognize the great achievements of latinos within their communities. america has been home to countless numbers of outstanding latinos over time who reflect the best of our community. activists like cesar chavez and joan baez, artists like selena and carlos santana, the brave women and men who have served in our armed services and, of ourse, today's ambitious young dreamers. latinos, like all americans, are committed to building a better and stronger future for our country and within our communities. we strive to instill a culture of hard work, of healthy living and of academic success. latino families recognize the importance of attaining an education in today's society. in the past decade, latinos have worked to cut their dropout rate in half while tripling enrollment in two and four-year colleges. the top degrees that we earn speak to our involvement in community, our liberal arts degrees to help the less fortunate, to hea

ms. sanchez. >> aye. >> miss duckworth. >> aye. >> miss duckworth votes aye. >> clerk will report.9 yay is no is eight. >> the motion is not agreed to. madame secretary. >> my apology, sir. it was seven. >> motion still not agreed to. >> even south carolina math can figure that out. >> madame secretary, before we broke there was a question asked that i thought was fair question which is why was i talking about mr. bloomingthal's e-mails. i think it's fair question. i think it's equally fair to ask why you were reading mr. bloomingthal's e-mails? i think both are fair. i want to go to june of 2012 which is an interesting time period to look at. charlene lamb was an employee of the state department. it's tab 56. i'm not going to read it. it's tab 56 where she described benghazi as a soft target. attacked on americans not staffed adequately. it's a very haunting e-mail to ee months to the day when our four fellow citizens were killed. that's on june 7th, 2012. also on june 7th of 2012, your deputy chief of staff is e-ma e-mailing ambassador stephens asking him to look at an e-mail. he writes,

ms. sanchez, for five minutes. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to direct our attention to the importance of preserving our planet and what we should do to address the issue of the changes going on in our climate. protecting our environment and addressing climate change are issues which are important to all of our cities across the united states. in fact, at a very local level, many of our communities are working on these issues because they face them directly head on . and for the latino community, like other communities, we're family oriented and we want to provide a better future for generations to come, and that includes leaving our planet better, better for our grandchildren and their children. and as the latino population continues to increase in the united states, we are about one out of every four and they say that in another 30 years or 40 years we'll be one out of every exposure icans, our to climate change and the risks of pollution are even more important because our zip codes, where we live, where the latino comm

ms. sanchez about what you heard that night, but nowhere in there did you mention a video, because there was never a video-inspired protest in benghazi. victoria new land, your spokesperson at the state department, hours after the attacks said this: in cairo police have removed demonstrators. benghazi, you have weapons and explosions. cairo, you have spray paint and rocks. one hour before the attack in benghazi, chris stevens walks a diplomat to the front gate. the ambassador didn't report a demonstration, because it never happened. an eyewitness in the command center that night on the ground said no protest, no de >> no protest no demonstration. the attack started at 3:42 eastern time. at 4:06 and officer went out across the state department and said this. mission under attack. armed men, shots fired. explosions heard. evidence wasidenc the best that for chris stevens not to report it. mr. hicks said if it had been reported, he would have been out the back door within minutes. there was a backache. everything points to a terrorist attack. we heard from mr. pompeii about the long history

ms. sanchez about what you heard that night, but nowhere in there did you mention a video, because there was never a video-inspired protest in benghazi. victoria new land, your spokesperson at the state department, hours after the attacks said this: in cairo police have removed demonstrators. benghazi, you have weapons and explosions. cairo, you have spray paint and rocks. one hour before the attack in benghazi, chris stevens walks a diplomat to the front gate. the ambassador didn't report a demonstration, because it never happened. an eyewitness in the command center that night on the ground said no protest, no demonstration. two intelligence reports that day. no protest, no demonstration. the attack starts at 3:42 eastern time, ends at approximately 11:40 p.m. that night. at 4:06, an ops alert goes out across the state department, it says this: mission under attack, armed men, shots fired, explosions heard. no mention of video, no mention of a protest, no mention of a demonstration. but the best evidence is greg hicks, the number two guy in libya who worked side by side with ambassador

ms. sanchez? >> aye. >> ms. sanchez votes aye. miss duckworth? >> aye. >> miss duckworth votes aye. >> clerk will report? and mr. gowdy. >> no. >> mr. gowdy votes no. yea is 5, no is 8. >> and the motion is not agreed to. madam secretary -- >> my apologies, sir. it was 7. >> motion is still not agreed to. even south carolina math with figure that out. madam secretary before we broke there was a -- there was a question asked, i thought was a fair question, which is why was i talking about mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i do think that's a fair question. i think it was an equally fair question to ask why you were reading mr. blumenthal's e-mails. i think both are fair. so i want to go to june of 2012, which is an interesting time period to look at. charlene lamb was an employee of the state department, and she sent an e-mail which you may be familiar with, it's tab 56. i'm not going to read it. but it's tab 56 where she described benghazi as a soft target, attacks on americans, not staffed adequately. it's a very haunting e-mail to read. it was actually

ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. this marks the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of the korean war. as korea has transformed itself in six decades from a war-torn basket economy into the 13th largest economy in the world, it represents one of america's greatest foreign policy success stories in the post-world war ii era. the republic of korea has been a strong and steadfast economic and strategic partner for the united states. both countries are not only bound by history together but also by shared commitment to democratic values. back home, california has an incredibly vibrant korean american community which contributes to all facets of our society. from our thriving businesses to our local churches. next week, the president of the republic of korea, the honorable park ha, will be making her second visit to washington, d.c., and i hope we'll take this opportunity to discuss the rising tensions on the korean peninsula, the continued threat of north korea's nuclear program imposes on that region and the regional concerns regarding the east sea dispute. i yield back. the speaker pro t

ms. sanchez. >> thank you, madam secretary, for coming to answer our questions. we know over the last 17 months there have been a number of allegations that have been made with respect to you, and when the facts and the testimony and the record don't support that, we seem to move on to the next, you know, new allegation. one of the more recent ones is that republicans are claiming that because you received e-mails from sidney blumenthal, that he was your primary source for intelligence. now, chairman gowdy claimed that mr. blumenthal was, and i'm going to quote him here, quote, secretary clinton's primary adviser on libya because nearly half of all the e-mails sent to and from secretary clinton regarding benghazi and libya prior to the benghazi terrorist attacks involved sidney blumenthal, end quote. he also claimed that mr. blumenthal was, and i'm quoting again, one of the folks providing her the largest volume of information about libya. secretary clinton, was sidney blumenthal your primary policy adviser or your primary intelligence officer? >> no, of course n

ms. sanchez? >> mr. chairman, i for one appreciate the four-minute question. thank you, mr. jones, for reminding this committee what is happening in afghanistan. so it's pretty much been a failure. general, do you know how many people we have recruited and trained over the years for the afghan army and police forces? >> ma'am, currently today we're authorized to have 352,000. that includes the army -- >> i'm not asking what you're authorized as far as billets. i'm asking how many people have we paid on the payroll to be, over these 14 years, in the afghan army and police? >> ma'am, i have to take that for the record. i don't have the answer. >> you can stop. i've only got five minutes. so i have plenty of friends in afghanistan who have gone over there. you know, we have phantom people on the rosters. we have 60-year-old men uneducated signed up for these afghan forces. we have tons of people who aren't paying that aren't even showing up for work. this has been going on and on and on. of those 360,000 billets that you say we have, how many of them are filled today, general?

ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on energy an commerce be authorized to file a supplemental report on the bill, h.r. 702. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 1020, with the senate amendment thereto and concur in the senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill and the senate amendment. the clerk: h.r. 1020, an act to define stem education to include computer science and to support existing stem education programs at the national science foundation. senate amendment, on page 5, strike lines 3 through 4 and insert the following. 3, in subsections e and f, by striking subsection g, each place it appears and inserting subsection h. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman from te

ms. sanchez. >> mr. chairman, i, for one, appreciate the four-minute question. thank you, mr. jones. for reminding this committee what is happening in afghanistan. so it's pretty much been a failure. general, do you know how many people we have recruited and trained over the years for the afghan army and police forces? >> currently today we are authorized of 352,000, that includes the army -- >> i'm not asking which are authorized. i'm asking you how many people have we paid on the payroll to be over these 14 years in the afghan army and police? >> i will have to take that for the record i don't have the answer. the army -- [talking over each other] we have 60 year old men uneducated signed up for these afghan forces. with tons of people we are paying that are not even showing up for work. this has been going on and on and on. of those 350,000, how many are filled today, general? >> the police are authorized 157,000. they have about 156,000 that are filled today. the army offers 195,000. there's probably an area 173, 174,000 filled today. >> i think would be important to get that num

ms. sanchez's e-mail with respect from john stevens to miss polichek. it talks about option "a" slimming down the compound. so he weighed in -- in october he was weighing in on whether or not the compound would stay open. but i'd like to direct your attention to an e-mail that's at tab 4 dated december 15th from chris stevens. and i might add for the record, we do not still to this day have all of chris stevens' e-mails. we received 1300 more this week. we received most of them last week. we don't have the universe yet of ambassador stevens' e-mails. but he e-mailed to a reporting officer who we know was in benghazi still, he wrote, interesting. has security improved in benghazi in recent weeks? also curious what you guys decided to do regarding future of the compound? he was in washington, d.c., or back in the states during that time and in december, ambassador stevens, your soon to be ambassador didn't know what was going to happen with the compound in benghazi? how is that possible? >> well, congresswoman, one of the great attributes that chris steve

ms. sanchez. next up? public speaker: hello, supervisors, thank you for your time, my name is ruiz, an attorney with the center. in jurisdictions that allow us they will contain ice hold notification and we have every single fingerprint and we are still going to see constitutional rurngs with isis. in jurisdictions where law enforcement might detain someone moments even longer to give ice that extra time to pick up that individual. you can still see an unlawful detention even with ice notification. ice has a bevy of tools at their disposal to arrest someone even here in san francisco. we have an immigration court and detention center close by. we have an ice center in san francisco. they have a bevy of tools at their disposal. a study shows that ice recent enforcement has 1 (800) 000-0000 dedicated to it. that is more than anyone other federal agency combined. i don't understand how any agency would assist one of the well funded federal agencies and this can also lead to racial profiling. there was one stu

ms. sanchez. next up? public speaker: hello, supervisors, thank you for your time, my name is ruiz, an attorney with the center. in jurisdictions that allow us they will contain ice hold notification and we have every single fingerprint and we are still going to see constitutional rurngs with isis. in jurisdictions where law enforcement might detain someone moments even longer to give ice that extra time to pick up that individual. you can still see an unlawful detention even with ice notification. ice has a bevy of tools at their disposal to arrest someone even here in san francisco. we have an immigration court and detention center close by. we have an ice center in san francisco. they have a bevy of tools at their disposal. a study shows that ice recent enforcement has 1 (800) 000-0000 dedicated to it. that is more than anyone other federal agency combined. i don't understand how any agency would assist one of the well funded federal agencies and this can also lead to racial profiling. there was one stu

ms. sanchez. next up? public speaker: hello, supervisors, thank you for your time, my name is ruiz, an attorney with the center. in jurisdictions that allow us they will contain ice hold notification and we have every single fingerprint and we are still going to see constitutional rurngs with isis. in jurisdictions where law enforcement might detain someone moments even longer to give ice that extra time to pick up that individual. you can still see an unlawful detention even with ice notification. ice has a bevy of tools at their disposal to arrest someone even here in san francisco. we have an immigration court and detention center close by. we have an ice center in san francisco. they have a bevy of tools at their disposal. a study shows that ice recent enforcement has 1 (800) 000-0000 dedicated to it. that is more than anyone other federal agency combined. i don't understand how any agency would assist one of the well funded federal agencies and this can also lead to racial profiling. there was one stu

ms. loretta sanchez has been detained but as ranking member when she returns, if she would like at that pointoffer her opening statement, we will get to her opening statement. with that, we will begin, then, with general bogdan. >> thank you, sir. chairman turner and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to address you regarding the f-35 lightning 2 program. i'm pleased to be joined today by the general, the air force's f-35 integration office lead. the f-35 lightning 2 is of vital importance to our national security and as the program exec tough officer and program director, i'm committed to delivering an affordable, reliable and sustainable fifth-generation fighter to our war fighters. the f-35 will form the backbone of u.s. air combat superiority for decades to come. it will replace legacy tactical fighter fleets of the air force, navy marine corps with a dominant multirole fifth-generation aircraft capable of projecting u.s. power and deterring potential adversaries. for our international partners and foreign military sales customers who are participating

dangerous for the policies that are in place that permitted someone like juan francisco lopez-sanchez to kill mslicies? >> let me say this, that san francisco, its own policy actually allows for the removal of any dangerous individual that has any violent criminal history. so -- >> like this guy. >> that's already provided in what san francisco provides -- >> why was that guy on the street? >> because in this case, you had a lot of different things that went wrong. first of all, there is the question of why was this person ever even transferred to san francisco? we actually introduced a law that basically says before our law enforcement seeks the transfer of an individual, they need to check with our district attorney and with our other law enforcement agencies to see if we would actually prosecute. but let me explain this to you. the reason why it's dangerous for us to become agents of immigration, the way that i explain it is this. jose, in every neighborhood, in every community in this country, there are undocumented people living in those neighborhoods. those undocumented people cannot come

sanchez tammy duckworth. and if those names stick out as someone who was especially qualified to serve on this committee? >> guest: mr. schiff for instance the ranking member on the intelligence committee and ms. duckworth running for the senate so this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she's taking on senator mark kirk in illinois to elevate her profile a little bit there. mr. smith is a member of the armed services committee and so there are some serious names and some serious people for the democrats hope would bring a serious -- here and none of them have been critical of the gop select committee especially mr. schiff has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it. he floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely which was some of the early speculation before this committee was named a lot of talk whether democrats should participate at all given me see this as a partisan witchhunt. ultimately they decided to stick with it because they figured it's better to have someone in the room but not in the room but there has been a lot of reluctance and skepticism among democrats that this would be a ferric investigation affair comm

sanchez, tammy duckworth. any of those names stick out as someone who is -- was especially qualified to serve on this committee? >> mr. schiff, for instance, is the ranking member on the intelligence committee. ms. duckworth is running for senate, so this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she is taking on senator mark perk in illinois, hoping this will raise her and elevate her profile. mr. smith is the ranking member on the armed services committee. and so these are some serious names, some serious people who the democrats hoped would bring a serious front here. a lot of them have been relatively critical of the gop-led committee, especially mr. schiff has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it, that he's floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely, which was some of the early speculation before this committee was made. there was a lot of talk about whether democrats should participate at all given that they see this as a largely partisan witch-hunt. they decided not to, to stick with it because they figured it's better to have someone in the room than not in the room. there has been a lot of skepticism this would be a fai

sanchez of california, tammy duckworth of illinois. i don't know if you saw any of it in the news, but our democratic members were absolutely superb, and i'm very, very proud of them. [applause] ms: how about hillary clinton? was she not magnificent? [cheers and applause] ms. pelosi: as bernie sanders said, enough is enough. i know the women of the w.l.f. are demanding accountability of republicans' toxic priorities. let me say what i think the main contrast between the democrats and the republicans that will hit home for america's working families, if you believe, as the republicans do, that trickle-down economics is the way to create jobs in our country, trickles down, if it creates jobs, that would be good. if it doesn't, so be it. that's the free market. that's their attitude. and if you believe that, then the money that it costs the taxpayers to give the tax breaks to the wealthiest people in america, that is trickle down, will not allow for the investments in education and infrastructure and research and development, all the things we need to strengthen the middle class and make sure that everyone participates in the prosperity of our nation. instead of trickle-down econom

sanchez, tammy duckworth. any of those names stick out as someone who is -- was especially qualified to serve on this committee? >> sure. so mr. schiff for instance the ranking member on the intelligence committee? >> ms. duckworth is running for senate. this is another opportunity for her to boost her profile. she's taking on senator mark kirk in illinois, hoping this will raise her and elevate her profile. mr. smith is the ranking member on the armed services committee. there are serious names and serious people who the democrats hope would bring a serious front here. and a lot of them have been relatively critical of the gop-led committee, especially mr. shift has suggested that maybe democrats might not stick with it, that he's floated the opportunity that democrats should pull out of the committee entirely, which was some of the early speculation before this committee was made, there was a lot of talk about whether democrats should participate at all given that they see this as a largely partisan witch hunt. ultimately they decided not to, they decided to stick with it that it's better to have someone if the room rather than not in the room. there's been a lot of skepticism that this would be a f