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ms. woolsey: mr.hat today following legislative business and any special order heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. conner of michigan, mr. berkley of nevada -- ms. berkley of nevada, ms. woolsey of california, mr. defazio of oregon, ms. kaptur of-hour. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under pe speaker's announced policy -- under the peeker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and you should a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe of texas. mr. poe: i request permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, there's grim update coming out of the nation of iran. last week, the government of iran executed two of the 11 people who had been arrested and sentenced to death for peacefully protesting the government. they were han
ms. woolsey: mr.hat today following legislative business and any special order heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. conner of michigan, mr. berkley of nevada -- ms. berkley of nevada, ms. woolsey of california, mr. defazio of oregon, ms. kaptur of-hour. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under pe speaker's announced policy -- under the...
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ms. woolsey of california. ms. woolsey: thank you, mr.peaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. woolsey: thank you. the united states is reaching a bleak milestone in afghanistan. the death toll for our troops is now 996. or it was when this paper was written. it is inevitable we'll reach the 1,000 mark. how much further are we going to go in this? under these circumstances, the american people have the right to demand that the afghan government do everything it can to stop violent extremism in their country and to keep our troops safe. so far the afghan government has not lived up to its responsibility. our ambassador in afghanistan, carl ikenberry, wrote a cable to the state department in which he said that president karzai, and i quote him, is not an adequate strategic partner and continues to shun responsibility for any sovereign burden, whether defense, government, -- governance, or development, unquote. he also wrote that when it comes to corruption, karzai has a record of
ms. woolsey of california. ms. woolsey: thank you, mr.peaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. woolsey: thank you. the united states is reaching a bleak milestone in afghanistan. the death toll for our troops is now 996. or it was when this paper was written. it is inevitable we'll reach the 1,000 mark. how much further are we going to go in this? under these circumstances, the american people have the right to demand that the afghan...
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ms. woolsey of california for five minutes. mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes. ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey. 7 -- mr. burton. mr. defazio. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, besides the question and the need for jobs, i think it is important for america and for my colleagues to know that the meeting yesterday at the white house, at blair house, was a vitally important meeting. i know that many americans were able to see it in its purity, meaning you were able to watch it live. the president intended that we have the opportunity to hear real discussion. and i would beg to differ whether this was an opportunity for just to show and tell. i have listened to the president's commitment to health care reform. i have listened to t
ms. woolsey of california for five minutes. mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes. ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey. 7 -- mr. burton. mr. defazio. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes....
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ms. woolsey of california, five minutes, mr. kagen of wisconsin, five minutes, mr. de-fazio of oregon, five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: many people may not be focused on the work done today and led by the democratic caucus and i think it's important to reinforce what we did today. we protected the american people, we protected our veterans, we protected our seniors with social security and medicare, we protected the most vulnerable, our children. as everyone knows, our children have many times the least opportunity for health care reform except for the work that we did just a few months ago when we worked to enroll some 11 million more children in the children's health insurance program. at the same time as we move forward we know more and more children are uninsure the pay-go work we did and the work we did addressing the question of this nation's defi
ms. woolsey of california, five minutes, mr. kagen of wisconsin, five minutes, mr. de-fazio of oregon, five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: many people may not be focused on the work done today and led by the democratic caucus and i think it's important to reinforce what we did...
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ms. woolsey of california, five minutes, myself, mr. space of ohio, five minutes, mr. t of washington for five minutes, mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes and ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. moran of kansas. mr. cummings of maryland. >> i ask to claim mr. cummings' time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. space: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. space: thank you, mr. speaker. and i rise today to discuss our economy. i do not rise, however, to cast blame, engage in political posturing or cast against my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. i rise to speak to what i believe all of us, all of white house have been blessed with the right of representation for our constituents, have an obligation to do and that is to deal with our economy. our constituents don't really c
ms. woolsey of california, five minutes, myself, mr. space of ohio, five minutes, mr. t of washington for five minutes, mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes and ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. moran of kansas. mr. cummings of maryland. >> i ask to claim mr. cummings'...
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ms. woolsey. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. speaker, earlier today we heard some pretty imaginative accusations from my republican colleagues when they were talking about an amendment i offered to the intelligence authorization act. while my amendment is being removed from the manager's amendment up in the rules committee, i want to take this opportunity to clear up a few things. when president obama took office last year one of his first executive orders was to extend the army field native's guidelines on interrogation tactics. those guidelines prohibit interrogators in all federal agencies from using brutal interrogations in any circumstance. that is the law today. so to get the facts straight, brutal interrogations are illegal right now. but this executive order doesn't completely solve the problem. the president can't include criminal penalties in executive orders and current u.s. law doesn't outline what institutes a brutal int
ms. woolsey. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. speaker, earlier today we heard some pretty imaginative accusations from my republican colleagues when they were talking about an amendment i offered to the intelligence authorization act. while my amendment is being removed from the manager's amendment up in the rules committee, i want to take this opportunity to clear up a few things. when president obama took office last year...
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ms. woolsey, mr. defazio, mr. sestak, mr. kaptur and of course, mr. quigley. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey from california. mr. deal from georgia. mr. defazio from oregon. mr. poe from texas. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. they called it the war to end all wars. four million 700,000 americans went over there to europe in the great world war i. 116,000 of them never came home. many more when they arrived back in the united states in 1918, thousands of them died from the flu that they had contracted in france. they called them dough boys because of the look of their uniform and one such person was an individual by the name of frank buckles. frank buckles lied to get into the united states army. he was 16. and he went from recruiter to recruiter to recruiter and finally convinced somebody he was 21. got into the united states army. went
ms. woolsey, mr. defazio, mr. sestak, mr. kaptur and of course, mr. quigley. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey from california. mr. deal from georgia. mr. defazio from oregon. mr. poe from texas. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. they called it the war to end all wars. four...
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ms. woolsey of california, mr. davis of illinois, mr. mcdermott of washington, mr. defazio of oregon, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. will members please clear the well. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previoused orer of the house the following members of the house are recognized for five minutes each. mr. moran of kansas. without objection. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: sometimes i just do not understand this place. we're fighting people that will cut off your head, they'll blow up a building and kill 3,000 people with an airplane, they'll do anything they can to destroy america, yet when we pass an intelligence bill, we want to do everything we can to treat them with kid gloves. it doesn't make any sense to me. the bill we're going to be voting on tomorrow in the manager's amendment says this -- it say
ms. woolsey of california, mr. davis of illinois, mr. mcdermott of washington, mr. defazio of oregon, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. will members please clear the well. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previoused orer of the house the following members of the house are recognized for five minutes each. mr. moran of kansas. without...