johnson: thank you, plmp. -- plmp. this is not -- mr. chairman. this is not a happy day, any time we have to take this type of solemn action. i first want to thank my chairman, the honorable john conyers of michigan who is the chair of the judiciary committee for his promptness and his diligence in bringing this matter to us as soon as humanly possible. we're at this point now because of the chairman. i also want to recognize our colleague, mr. adam schiff, who , having been entrusted with the leadership to bring this to the floor has performed admirably. and i lastly want to thank complazzthi mcbroom and ms. donna wilkerson. these -- ms. cathy mcbroom and ms. donna wilkerson. these are the dailies who -- ladies who took the covers off this egregious behavior of judge kent. judge samuel kent's egregious behavior leaves no doubt that he is not fit to remain as a judge. it's -- it's really -- how could we, or can you imagine having to go to work every day, having to go back to your job after a weekend and you know that at any time or any day that yo

i thank you, plmp. it's a great piece of legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from california reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from florida has three 3 1/2 minutes remaining. ms. ros-lehtinen: at this point, i'm very pleased to yield to mr. hunter of california for three minutes. if he would need it, two minutes if not. mr. hunter: two minutes will be great. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. hunter: first, let me say this. i've served in iraq two times as a united states marine and i've served in afghanistan once. i was over there in 2007. i was fighting and word came across from here in the states in october of 2007 that said several hundred state department employees express thared resentment over a policy that could force them to serve in iraq where they might lose -- or they might lose their jobs. they actually called going over to iraq and afghanistan a potential death sentence. so these are state department employees, diplom