texas' first district where louie ghomert represents it because it's as high as he can count.h, my god! what is wrong!

representive from texas district 17. i'm not talking about this as the chair incoming chair of the republican study committee. i think that we need to do -- well, three things really. one is repeal obamacare. we need to come up with our replacement solution so that we can go to america and talk about what we're for. and then the third thing is i think we need to do is because this law is so destructive and we know the president will veto the first two options that we -- or the first two action that is we do. i think it's incumbent upon us to try to remove as many of the bad things from the law as we can. the law is going to fail because it is actuarial ub sound, it is operationly unsound. they can't even build a website. because of that it will fail. but i think it's incumbent upon us to try to remove as many of the bad thing that is we can where the president will sign it. there probably aren't many of those options. but then in 2017 depending on what happens in the presidential elections we'll have another bite at the

texas' first district where louie ghomert represents it because it's as high as he can count.y god! what is wrong! also paul rye yarntion wins in wisconsin, the guy the democrats picked to lose. paul ryan indeed lost to him. that's gone, but this is near and dear to the hearts here. there was a gentleman running for congress, republican side, who had a 20-count federal indictment against him, running against the democrat, dominic. oh, my gosh! oh, no! he's going to throw him over a (bleep) balcony! (laughter) using this graphic image -- listen... no election night coverage is complete without a pundit panel. i don't need to tell you. lately we've seen every kind. great american panels, all-woman panels, all woman panels with one dude. panels of people nobody cares about. and of course the cnn 36-body multi-panel. you seeing a pattern? all those panels? the people sit next to each other. (laughter) nice tv! well, tonight, we break the mold. bringing you the first pundit panel to ever harness the power of verticality! well come to "the stack"! tonight on the stack jessica, john

in terms of other diversity -- there was an african american elected in a tech that -- a texas district, who defeated democrat pete gallego in a district that is majority hispanic. i think he will get some attention. comingcarvalho will be to congress. and we will see carl demaio, who a san diego city councilman. that race is still too close to call. republicans, there is an opportunity to have some diverse members outside of the typical theywhite male stereotype have. >> we are talking about a house republican conference that is probably 10% female. >> the republican caucus and the , my friend andus competitor david wasserman has done great breakdowns of the deterioration of white man in the democratic caucus, and the increase of minorities and women in the democratic caucus, compared to republicans. i would encourage you to check it out. >> i thought we could go around real quick and talk about our biggest surprise from tuesday night. would say louise slaughter, the fact that we do not know if she is coming back to congress. not mentioned to me once this entire cycle, but democrats or

than a thousand tickets were issued to primary school children over the past six years in texas several districtsd a six year old at least once. >> critics say resorting so quickly to the criminal justice system alienates students from the school system, makes them more likely to drop out and end up in prison. >> we're in north houston right now. we're just going to meet a young man. theo is the guy's name and he's had all sorts of run-ins with the justice system starting in school. >> theo holmes is 19 years old. he served 3 years in a juvenile facility, mostly because of tickets he received from cops at his school. >> i think my first ticket was minor possession of tobacco, i believe. after that ticket i was like man, what you all going to do to me, ticket was $300 i ain't going to do community service. 14, 15, years old, you know what i'm saying? what you going to do to me? yall going to take me downtown or take me home? >> he says his mother kicked him out of the house at the age of 12. and his father was not in his life. the punishments at school didn't help theo get back on track. he ended

in terms of other diversity, there was another african-american, will heard elected in texas's 23rd district. it's pretty remarkable because democrat pete gallego in a majority that is primarily hispanic. carla's core bellow in florida's 26th sixth district will be district will be coming to congress and then we will see carl demaio who is an openly gay , congressmen but that race is still close to call. so republicans, there is an opportunity to promote diverse members outside of the typical fold -- old, white male stereotype that they have. >> we should point out we are talking about a house republican conference that is maybe 10% female. >> the republican caucus and democratic caucus -- actually my , colleague and friend and competitor had a great breakdowns on the deterioration -- or the deterioration of white men in the democratic caucus and the increase of minorities and women in the democratic caucus compared to republicans, and i encourage you to check out his thing. >> i thought we could go around and talk about the biggest surprise from tuesday night. why don't we start with you? >

he lives in that largest district mile wise in texas. he talked about border security. incumbent out the last times. the leadership is excited about him because he will be somebody who can speak because of firsthand experience and knowledge on issues of national intelligence. it's not too often to have an agent who was embedded in pakistan and afghanistan making the case within congress and also being an african-american male within the house gop congress. that doesn't hurt him either. >> getting a lot of notice and attention. >> now the keystone vote has been in the senate. we saw the house vote on friday was overwhelming. they will vote at 6:15 tomorrow. according to what i have been reading, it sounds like it will be close. dick durbin said he doesn't know which way it will go. >> can mary landrieu get to 60? it has been the question that has been heavily debated. it looks like she is around 58 or 59. it will be interesting to see if she can get to the 60 number. if she gets that, then president bush will have to issue more likely than not a difficult veto early on.

some talk here in texas he wants to stick it to davis when it comes to latinos. he wants to win the heavily hispanic districtther secret is his mother-in-law. he has fantastic commercials using his latino mother-in-law. people are connecting with the ads. if greg abbott wins we're going to see the first latina first lady in texas. >> we talked about this on my telemundo show on sunday. there are obstacles to voting in texas. things could be getting worse. >> so there's an estimated about half a million folks here in texas that could be effected by the texas voter id law. we know that here in texas that is a big issue for latinos. for african-americans but especially for latinos. we're going to see how it shakes out. we know the democratic party has a lot of poll watchers across the state. if there are any problems with regards to not having the proper identification, voters do have up to six days to present proper identification, but this is going to be a really important election to watch because this is the first major election since the texas voter id law came into effect. we're going to see how that affe

texas 22. it's a suburban district. many folk who is live there work down at the texas medical center. they may live in rural parts. cotton is still king. it spooked them badly. shut down for days because two students coming back from cleveland with a nurse who had been exposed. cleveland is not as close to houston as it is to dallas. texas had a cruise ship docked there and came up early because a nurse self imposed far an teen in the cabin. 55 gallon drums. 1,800 degrees fahrenheit burned them from treated them in dallas. it comes through texas 22. the deluge of information coming from cdc and awful y'all. it's confusioning and overwhelming. i heard it from big hospital systems and 1345u8 providers. the mercy centers from my hometown of sugarland, texas. i'm worried about the other guys like st. michael's. i have a question for all three panelists. the first is for you. what is your organization doing to ensure that small guys like st. michael's are ready if an active ebola patient shows up at 2:00 in the morning on thanksgiving night? >> three things. first, we are working with the

texas 22. it's a suburban district. many folk who is live there work down at the texas medical center. they may live in rural parts. cotton is still king. it spooked them badly. shut down for days because two students coming back from cleveland with a nurse who had been exposed. cleveland is not as close to houston as it is to dallas. texas had a cruise ship docked there and came up early because a nurse self imposed far an teen in the cabin. 55 gallon drums. 1,800 degrees fahrenheit burned them from treated them in dallas. it comes through texas 22. the deluge of information coming from cdc and awful y'all. it's confusioning and overwhelming. i heard it from big hospital systems and 1345u8 providers. the mercy centers from my hometown of sugarland, texas. i'm worried about the other guys like st. michael's. i have a question for all three panelists. the first is for you. what is your organization doing to ensure that small guys like st. michael's are ready if an active ebola patient shows up at 2:00 in the morning on thanksgiving night? >> three things. first, we are working with the

i have brought a couple of copies of a recent case that the department of justice had with a district in texas. and so i brought four copies if you want to make more copies, virginia will be able to help to that. i think that is a very broad overview, and we can get into more specifics in q&a. [applause] >> thank you. thank you in particular for pointing out to keep things that are often overlooked, the focus on voter registration, so it accommodation you may make later is not going to have nearly as big of an impact of people with disabilities are not able to register to vote in the first place, so that is a key area to focus on, the registration process the other thing that is often a big barrier is that sometimes election commission's will develop a system devices, for example, the textile ballot guys that allow people who are blind to vote on their own end and secret but will not train poll workers on how to use the devices. all this money goes into development of the system tools that are then not used because the poll workers do not know how to use the tool and the voters have not been e

appreciate it from the border. 28th congressional district in texas runs from south of san antonio to border of mexico. president obama's action tonight will be strongly felt there in many different ways. democratic congressman, representative of the 28th, in miami, he joins us now from there. congressman. thank you for joining us. you were critical the way the president handled the influx of immigrants and border over the summer after hearing what he said tonight. are you satisfied? >> well, you know, i prefer to have congress handle this. we have been waiting. since i have been in congress, republican colleagues said, hey, build a fence. fence was built. they said put more border patrol. we have double border patrol. they said you need to deport more. and president obama, departed in four years, first four years than president bush in eight years. we have been waiting, waiting. i would rather have congress handle this. the right way. but the president does have precedent. and in taking this action. >> when the president said tonight, you know, to congress if you don't like what i am

joining us now with moran at impact of this showdown, texas congressman henry quayar, who represents a large district at the border. the president asked leaders from both sides to the white house in a bid to show the american people he was ready to work with a republican-controlled congress and find ways for bipartisan cooperation. and yet right now we see a different and defiant president back with his pen in hand, ready to side-step congress, to grant what many are calling amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. american people are saying they're sick and tired of the bipartisanship and the last thing the country needs is a down and dirty fight over immigration. what say you? >> look, i'd rather have a bipartisan legislative approach to immigration reform. there are democrats and republicans that want to do immigration reform. but, again, if the president wants to go this way, he's used executive actions orders, should i say, executive orders, 193 times. the average is usually between 200 and 400 times. but i prefer, i prefer personally to do a bipartisan immigration reform. just like president

in terms of what they can get and it is mind boggling and i know that a being from texas some refineries in my district have the gasoline in the united states and i was marveling at the lack of infrastructure for the ability to harvest their own oil for their own needs and so i've always been interested in what a country is in africa versus what it needs and the outcomes of when you don't have that infrastructure and you don't have that ability to refine and it's unfortunate. i know that there is a great deal of what people would call corruption but on the other hand the lack of knowledge and how to take the natural resources and make sure that it benefits their own people. and it's kind of sad to see that you have great wealth and great poverty and little electricity. the year that i went back i had the french had donated to these lights or solar powered lights so that when you drive down the road now at least you have street lights and their individually ironically powered by the sun. but the time before that i was driving down and there were lights from the car and you could see all these people wal

texas 22. it's a suburban houston district. many folks who live there work down at the texas medical center. and they live in rural parts of texas 22. meadeville, texas, with cotton is still king. the ebola case in dallas spooked them. it spooked them badly. two schools in cleveland, texas, shut down for days because two students coming back from cleveland with that nurse who had been exposed. cleveland is closer to houston than it is to dallas. galveston, texas, had a cruise ship docked there, and came home early because a nurse from dallas self-imposed quarantined herself in her cabin. the waste coming from dallas is coming down to galveston. utmb to be incinerated in 55 gallon drums. 1,800 degrees fahrenheit burned the waste from treated ebola cases in dallas. everything goes to galveston comes through texas 22. one common frustration i've heard over and over back home is the deluge of information coming from cdc and all of y'all, it's confusing, and overwhelming. i've heard that from big hospital systems, and small providers. the emergency centers like saint michael's, and my hometown of

race, the texas 23rd congressional district, this is another member of congress whontative pete gallego, the democrat against republican will hurd. you can see that race with 60% reporting. both at 49%. in nebraska's second congressional district where representative literry could potential be a republican go down in defeat, brad ashford the democratic candidate right now at 49% compared to 46% for representative terry. and finally in new hampshire's first congressional district, this seat has been going back and forth over the last couple of campaign cycles and with 72% reporting former congressman frank guinta could be representative elect. 52% to 48%. all of the results available on our website at c-span.org. >> could you show people all of the detail that we have on our website hoping many people are using it as a second screen tonight while we're watching the result tonight and listening to those speeches there's much more detail on our website about these races. and maybe you can give us a quick little tour of how this works because this night is still young? >

all of those were congressional districts, redistricted by their respective state houses. ohio, texas a salamander. hence, you see a gerrymander. salamander, hence, gerrymander. after the 2014 elections, one of the aspects of the republican red wave is its success in state legislatures. part of what happens when the state legislatures are won is gerrymandering, the capacity to twist and turn districts as they see fit. so you see a lot of red. democrats control outright only 50. republicans have total control in 24 states. one of those gop states, alabama. the focus of a lawsuit in which a supreme court justices will decide whether a 2012 redistricting plans violates the rights of african-american voters. two big questions, the first, why does gerrymandering matter when most of what we're looking at, at least in the most recent election, was statewide contests for the senate, for the gubernatorial office, those aren't gerrymandering, those a states. >> it matters a great deal. the idea of just what you said. when the legislature changes power, changes control, you recognize there's a g

round after round, shot at a federal court house, police head quarter, all in the downtown district of austin, texasgunman was shot dead. investigators say he does have a criminal history and they are combing through anything he might have posted online. >> a lot of people in egypt calling it their country's trial of the century. now a court in cairo has dismissed charges against former president hosni mubarak in the deaths of hundreds of protesters. this happened during egypt's arab spring, the uprising in 2011. he was found not guilty of corruption though he is still serving three years for embezzlement. >> the spirit yool head of the 1 billion roman catholics is reaching out to turkey's muslims. pope francis is in istanbul. a serious civil war rages across the border. he visited the historic blue mosque and will hold a mass at a cathedral. >> college football's rivalry week is here. kicks off at noon eastern when ohio state takes on michigan. >> go bucks. >> i knew you were going to squeeze that in. >> ole mistaking on mississippi state, you've got florida versus florida state, tonight, fans can

make no mistake, since i live in east texas and the pipeline will come through part of my district and come across private land, nobody who has private land wants a pipeline coming across their land. anybody that's ever had one knows it's no fun. you don't like having an easement across for a pipeline like that. so it will require great diligence to make sure that it's properly maintained and that damage is avoided and if damage occurs, then i'll certainly fight for our landowners to make sure they're properly addressed and taken care of and compensated. so that's one thing today. but it really pails in comparison, mr. speaker -- pales in comparison, mr. speaker, what happened 100 years ago today. recent years after this administration blindly supported what it called and others in north africa and the middle east called an arab spring, we've come to find out what many of us suspected, even at the time and said was likely to mean more of the devastating winter than an arab spring. it is seen the fall of government in libya. it has seen the chaos arise in many parts of libya. it has see

law in texas intentionally discriminates against african-american and hispanic voters. it's not my opinion. that's what was found by a federal districtudge. i think you're absolutely right about the 2008 election of president obama and this kind of ascendant electorate. but when people first began really talking about voter fraud in the 2006/2007 period, what were they talking about? who were these people who were showing up allegedly to vote when they couldn't vote? remember it was happening in the context of what was a very ugly conversation about immigration. the idea -- and this is where again i have to return to the issue of race and ethnicity -- the idea of who was engaging in this voter fraud was very much happening in the context of a conversation we were having in this country about undocumented individuals, about immigration, about our border, about border security. the idea was that there were latinos who were showing up, hispanic people showing up from mexico and other countries, who couldn't vote who were now voting. so once again the engine that was driving the voter fraud conversation really had at its root this issue

i know being from texas i have 87 refineries in my district, produce half all the gasoline in the united states. and i was marveling at the lack of infrastructure for the ability to harvest their own oil for their own needs. and so to me, i've always been interested in what a country, an africa has versus what it needs, and the confusing outcomes of when you don't have that infrastructure and you don't have that ability to refine, and it's unfortunate. i know there's a great deal of what people would call corruption, but on the other hand, the lack of knowledge and how to take their natural resources and make sure it benefits their own people. and it's kind of sad to see that, you know, difference. you have great wealth and great poverty and yet little electricity. i went back there again and they had, i think the french donated these lights, or solar power lights so when you drive down the road, at least you have streetlights and they're individually, ironically, powered by the sun. but the time before that i was driving down there, and the only lights that were existent in the capital

. >> police in austin, texas searched for a motive behind a gunman's attack on the city's downtown entertainment districtly this morning. around 2:30 a.m., a lone gunman sprayed the courthouse and police headquarters with a barrage of bullets and tried to set the mexican consulate on fire. the suspect died on the scene, and his car was checked by a bomb squad robot for explosive material. authorities later determined it was safe, and austin's police chief said the impact of the attack could have been much worse. >> it's important to note that hundreds... over 100 rounds-- we don't have an exact count obviously, that's part of the investigation-- but many, many rounds were fired in downtown austin. >> we're very fortunate. this thanksgiving friday and this weekend i give thanks that no one but the suspect is injured or deceased. >> woodruff: police identified the suspected gunman late today. he's 49 years old and lives in austin. >> woodruff: in northern nigeria today, at least 80 people were killed and many more wounded in a bomb and gun attack on a mosque. as many as three bombs ripped through the centr

i know being from texas i have 87 refineries in my district that produce half of all the gasoline in the united states. i was marveling at the lack of infrastructure for the ability to harvest their own oil for their own needs. to me i've always been interested in what a country in africa has versus what it needs, and the confusing outcomes of when you don't have that infrastructure and you don't have that ability to refine, and it's unfortunate. i know there's a great deal of what people would call corruption, but on the other hand, the lack of knowledge and how to take their natural resources and make sure it benefits their own people. and it's kind of sad to see that difference. have great wealth and great poverty and yet little electricity. i remember that the year -- i went back there again. i think the french donated these lights for solar power lights so when you drive down the road now at least you have street lights and they're individually ironically powered by the sun. but the time before that i was driving down there and the only lights in existence in the capital were th

texas, a gunman fires more than 100 rounds at downtown buildings. the police headquarters, the mexican consulate and buildings near the popular 6th street entertainment district were all targeted. a police sergeant fired at the still unidentified man. it's still not known if the officer's bullets killed him or if he killed himself. >>> a victory for ray rice over his nfl suspension. an arbitrator says he should be allowed to play again. >> more than a dozen thieves become grinches in a smash-and- grab robbery. why the victim says the loot he lost is just the beginning of his troubles. ,, bulldog: bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress, any size, for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $197 mattress sale... bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...ends sunday, thanksgiving weekend. video punching is fiancee h won his appeal to play in t n-f-l again. ray >>> the football player caught on camera punching his fiancee who is now his wife has won his appeal to play in the nfl again. ray rice argued that he was incorrectly punished twice. a judge agreed. rice was originally given a two

texas. she works and lives in the d.c. area. bennett's office is located in an up scale shopping district of chevy chase right across the street from the mazza gallerie and niemann marcus. when we tried, no one wanted to talk to us. she's the ceo of bennett group financial and knows a lot about money. appearing on tv, radio and the internet. and she's tackled fashion designing high end denim as profiled in this vogue tv clip. court documents state for the first five years she paid in full a half a million dollars each year but then the payments started dropping off. surae chinn, wusa9. >> wow. an attorney representing the team says the cowboys organization views these types of lawsuits as a last resort. we're not chasing mom and pop companies. unbelievable. that's a staggering amount of money for the cowboys and you live in the washington, d.c. area. >> you have to fly there and it's a 20-year lease. >>> here's another look at the question of the morning. a lot cheaper for you to play. a survey of nutritionists found three things they won't tolerate are french fries, potato chips and what else? is it a, soda, b, candy bars or c, ba

district, thousands continue to show up. protesters are calling for democratic reform. a dangerous scene in downtown austin, texas early this morning. police say larry steven mcwilliams fired nearly 100 rounds at government buildings, including a federal courthouse and the mexican consulate. the 41-year-old died after exchanging gun fire with officers. it's unclear if he took his own life or was hit by police bullets. >>> the u.s. should be concerned with, quote, frequent police shootings. ensures all instance he of brutality and excessive force are investigated promptly effectively and impartially. prosecute persons suspected of torture or ill treatment and provide remedies and rehabilitation to the victims. the report comes days after the grand jury decision not to indict a ferguson, missouri police officer in shooting the unarmed teen michael brown. diane eastabrook has more from the neighboring community of delwood. >> michael, many of the citizens in delwood are frustrated, the government didn't do enough to protect them from rioters. juanita morris gazes over the rubble of her being store. she compares the

trouble from new hampshire to oregon from the brass bet to texas from florida to iowa in the last six months and the battleground season in the district's there are two issues that motivated the grass-roots activists that propelled to victory obamacare to secure the border to block amnesty. one of two things is true. either obamacare and illegal immigration were left out of the press release deliberately or by mistake if it was the mistake the speaker needs to make that clear immediately by issuing a revised release on the agenda for the next congress that talks about these important issues but on the other hand, if it was done deliberately then clearly we have a problem. the two issues that motivated those activists to get neighbors and friends should be the two issues the republican congress addresses immediately the time is now. the american people have spoken they have rejected these policies recall and congress to act in a manner deserving of their majority live up to your promises and earned this. >> next president from the family research council. >> first of a bike do congratulate the candidates those who won last night also tho

district. >>> here's a look at today's weather. a strm system covering much of texas moves to the ohio valley and great lakes threatening to dump as much as two inches of raun. showers over south florida and more ran from the pacific northwest. >>> temperatures will be warmer in the east. 56 in boston. 70s in the south. 70s in l.a., new orleans and miami. everybody knows here we like a good animal story on "world news now." this one takes us to china. >> a guy was unfortunately assigned to feed a couple of young pandas. no bamboo here. it was in syringes the guy had to get into the animal's mouth. the feeding session turned into a wrestling match. >> doesn't this always happen? we've had to feed kids this stuff before. the pandas seem to be having a good time messing with this guy. he doesn't look like he was having too good of a time. he didn't get the job done. he had to leave -- had to retreat in defeat. >> nobody likes to be force fed. not even pandas who are cute and cuddly and adorable. >> they are having a good time but he wasn't having a good time. >> i think

texas. >> that is true. it is clearly that the american people want to see the border secured. when sheriffs, district attorneys, police chiefs say, governor, thank you for deploying the national guard to secure the border. with have to pay inordinate amounts of money to prosecute individuals who are in the country illegally and committing crimes. so, i think the president is taking a major political chance. i think he is putting his party in jeopardy and putting members of the senate and the house in jeopardy. maybe he does not care. i suggest that, if he goes through with this and sticks a finger in the eyes of the american people with no thought other than what he wants to do, he jeopardizes democrats getting into power. >> governor walker, you have not spoken on this. perry talked about a stand-alone bill on border security. >> house republicans put something up. i'm saying that the conversation would be different with bill the republicans passed. >> i am an optimist. the president came and campaigned in my state that was 99% for him in the last election and he went with one of our new governor el

texas, but everywhere is different. in the house you have almost all lily white districts. they are adamant in opposition. you are not going to move much in this direction. that means the impetus becomes greater. i would at one other thing. and they have the republican members in the house and senate. several of them, very, very conservative people said they were getting a lot of push from the grass roots now, even for impeachment. they understand and the leaders and the rank and file members, even those who are off on the edge of the spectrum with the few exceptions, the steve kings of the world, how ridiculous that is and how catastrophic. i can guarantee if we get an executive action that includes half of the things that mark was talking about, that you are going to see an inflamed portion of the electorate reinforced by talk radio and blogs saying whether it's t goes to the courts or not, this president has basically shattered his oath of office and it's time to remove him. the challenge for a john boehner assuming he doesn't have serious problems moving through in january and think he will prevail al

>> there was. 29 states and the district of columbia have compensation laws, but that means just as many states do not have compensation laws. texas had a compensation law in place, but it needed to be revisited and so we did the artwork of revisiting that law and to quote himself with the benefit and who died in prison. his family allowed his name to be placed on hp, the hospital. from there was about getting people on board and it changes the model would be increasing the compensation of 50,000 a year to 80,000 a year for every year of conviction times do them into the net health care, to add tuition, to make it more beneficial selects honorees would not bring lawsuits that could drag on for years. so that is why the timothy cool compensation act became law. >> and he was accused of what? >> timothy cole was a college student at texas tech university in lubbock in. he was convicted of being a, college student who served in the military, and on our poor young man. i'm sorry never got to know tim, but i did work with his family. his mother, the late mrs. ruby session was so generous with me and so generous and forgiving the accuse

on behalf of the 26th district of texas, i commend president richard fisher on a job well-done. i congratulation him on his retirement and wish him every success in the future. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek wreck nix? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, on yesterday's charleston couror charles krauthammer points out the president's deceit when misrepresenting obamacare before shoving it through a democrat congress. according to the column, and, quote, october 2013 video has surfaced that shows myth professor jonathan gruber, a principal architect of obamacare, admitting that in order to get it passed the law was made deliberately obscure and deceptive. it constitutes the ultimate vindication of the charge that obamacare was sold on a pack of lies. end of quote. as more is revealed about the truth behind the president's manipulation when passing obama

district. i say thank you. with that i yield the floor. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. carter, for five minutes. mr. carter: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, last month in october i had a young lady, jessica, and her father come to my office and tell me a great story of survival. i'm introducing legislation on behalf of this 13-year-old, jessica huber of texas and has shown the real meaning of survival. we have grade examples every day in our armed services who are serving in harm's way on our behalf of their strong art of survival. in jessica's case, on november 19, 2002, jessica was nearly killed after her mother, while under the influence of prescription drugs and illegal drugs, ran a red light and crashed. jessica's father experienced a parents' worst nightmare when doctors had given up hope that she would survive. those doctors didn't know jessica. like all texans, she doesn't just give up. she underwent multiple blood transfusions and surgeries. she endured painful rehab. there were many dark days for this brave young woman. despite the extraordinary odds

we assume the state of texas will do what they do and try to justify it so that they do have standing and somebody in congress will file it. so then it goes to the districtistrict court. and then they have to decide. >> then the court of appeals and then the supreme court. >> then the supreme court. it will probably be fast tracked to some extent, you would think. i mean they fast tracked the gay marriage stuff it's like every day they are doing it. >> exactly. that could happen, bill. but the court is very, you know, very tricky. the court both doesn't want to get involved in hot button issues oftentimes. they will defer. but, in this case -- >> -- yeah, this is. >> this is a big, big issue. again, people throw -- i heard you call it a constitutional ruckus last night. i mean, i don't want to challenge you, o'reilly, but i would go way beyond that. i have never ever seen anything like this. and i know the constitutional pretty well. legal precedent pretty well. take this much authority away from congress and in sharp contrast to what he said just a year ago, many, many, many times. all of that is true. you yourself just said it might not be a winner. >>

texas. >> that is true. that the american people want to see the border secured. when sheriffs, district say,neys, police chiefs governor, thank you for deploying the national guard to secure the border. inordinateo pay amounts of money to prosecute individuals who are in the country illegally and committing crimes. president ishe taking a major political chance. putting his party in jeopardy and putting members of the senate and the house in jeopardy. maybe he does not care. i suggest that, if he goes through with this and sticks a finger in the eyes of the american people with no thought other than what he wants to do, he jeopardizes democrats getting into power. walker, you have not spoken on this. perry talked about a stand-alone bill on border security. >> house republicans put something up. i'm saying that the conversation would be different with bill the republicans passed. >> i am an optimist. the president came and campaigned in my state that was 99% for him in the last election and he went with one of our new governor elect's in michigan and across the midwest. looked ate presi

texas but almost everywhere, is different. in the house you have almost all lily white districts, and they are adamant in their opposition. so you're not going to move very much in this direction, and that means the impetus for executive action becomes greater, but i would just add one other thing. i was last night with a number of top staffers to republican members in the house and senate, and several of them, very, very conservative people, said they were getting a lot of push from the grassroots now even for impeachment. now, you know, they don't want it. they understand, and the leaders and the rank and file members, even those who are off on the edge of the spectrum with a few exceptions, the steve kings of the world, how ridiculous that is, how catastrophic it is. i can guarantee you if we get an executive action that includes half of the things that marc was talking about, that you're going to see an inflamed portion of the electorate reinforced by talk radio and blogs saying, whether it goes to the courts or not, this president has basically shattered his oath of office, and it's time to remove him, and the challe