the united nations is trying obroker an international unity deal. the agreement could be a step to that goal. joins us now from tunis, sir, thank you for joining us on al jazeera. the general national congress has just recognized the signing of the agreement between the tribes. how much of a difference is this actually going to make to libya's security overall the deal that the two have managed to strike? >> it makes a difference for sure. this is at least one step further in the peace agreement, one of the several steps in the peace agreement that should be signed in libya. and for you are, now, we have two tribes, at least two parts of two tribes that did sign an agreement and they were fighting against each other over the last 12 months or so. however, it remains very as you said it's the general congress the tripoli's government that welcome this news, the tripoli government that is cheering for this agreement but from the other side which means the tobruk government, to allow supporting in one side in this conflict, there is no -- a lot of skeptic schism and almost no agreement. the agreement was signed but there are a lot of parts that do not agree which makes this agreement extremely

emirates, a packer of the house of representatives government in the talks with their rival, the general national congress. it's called into question lyon's impartiality and the president sent a letter to ban ki-moon saying in part: we asked him about that. the g.n.c. sent a letter to the security council, questioning your impartiality gin your upcoming job with the u.a.e. and say it could put in shep di the political -- jeopardy the political process you put in place. >> i assume my party of what is going on. i don't want to focus on other numbers. if the optics are not correct i'm here to say maybe i could have done things in a different way. >> he is backed and the secretary-general - if he feels he needs to give an explanation to the g.n.c. and libyans? >> i think mr lons tireless work to reach an accord speaks for itself. throughout the process he has been criticized from one side or the other. >> his agreement is it in the final stages. as a new special envoy takes up a job in the next few days, the first step could be to repair the credibility of the process at a critical time. >> still to come on

the general national congress has welcomed the truce between the two tribes. it recalls for the return of hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the conflict there. our correspondent was at the signing ceremony in doha. >> reporter: a need to stop fighting and hopefully turn a new leaf. these men are leaders of the tribes in the city of obari. the powerful tribes have been fighting each other since september last year. the deal calls for an immediate cease fire ending the armed presence, returning the displaced and opening the main road leading to obari. >> translation: signing this deal means the start of the constructions and development period and reconciliation. after 14 months of war, i think all of us are convinced that no-one has aany interest in war. the implementation is important and we hope neighbouring countries many help us because the spark of war can reach all countries, including europe. >> reporter: many here are haling this deal a success, but there are fear says of renewed fighting. any negotiations were taking place here since april.

he has met the two governments house of representatives and the general national congress in tripoli. he is pressing the unity of government. >> i do not want to open the agreement as it stands now. it should not be changed if there are things not yet resolved, we can discuss it. we should go for a rapid signature of the agreement now on the basis where it was left off. >> reporter: libya has been struggling with two rival parliaments and no government. the leadership have reservations about the deal. the tripoli national congress has accused the u.n. led peace mission of taking sides. leon has taken a job in the united arab emirites. it agrees to the positive elements of the draft agreement, but has serious concerns about the vision that was set out by leon. it's waiting for an answer from the u.n. about the leon scandal and all for an end to all attacks. despite reservations, politicians from both sides are urging their leaders to sign up to the previously negotiated agreement. >> we continue the dialogue to reach the final agreement. it gives real balance between the two parties, t

emirates the key backer of the house of representative government in the talks with air rival the general national congressc. it's called in to question leon's impartiality and the president of the g.n.c. sent a letter for the secretary energy ban ki-moon which says in part the timing of the envoy's new job while he is asking to accept his suggestions as fair and unbiased shows disrespect for the libyan people and their sacrifice, this new job puts at risk the destruction of the political process. we asked leon about exactly that. the gmc sent a letter to the security council questioning your impartiality giving your upcoming job with the e.u. a and go so far to say that it could put in jeopardy the political process that you have worked so hard to get in place. >> i assume my part of wh what s going on, and i don't want to focus the attention on other elements. as i said, if the optics of what happens are not the correct ones here i am very humble to go say maybe i could have done things in a different way. >> reporter: the u.n. is backing leon and says the secretary general expects all of his special env

-backed plan in libya, between the general national congress and the house of representatives.is important because the house of representatives is supported by the uae, so the fact that he was potentially negotiating a job with the uae at a time he was working for the u.n. has certainly raised some eyebrows here. let's listen to an email that he apparently sent to the foreign minister. he said: >> so then, gabe, what has been the response from the libyan factions? >> reporter: well, the gnc has sent this letter that we have obtained to the united nations and they are calling for the security council and ban ki-moon to look into this matter. they say they could essentially threaten the entire process that has been put in place to bring some sort of unity government together. they say leon has lost credibility on his way out. and in the letter they say the timing of the enjoy's new job: now i will say, leon, as he was walking into the security council briefing just about 15 minutes ago, we tried to ask him specifically about this letter, and his response, but he ignored our quest

emirates, a key backer of the house of representative government and talks with their rival the general national congressgnc. it is called into question his impartiality and the president of the gnc sent a letter to the security general ban ki-moon which says in part the timing of the envoy's new job while he is asking us to accept his suggestions as fair and biased shows disrespect for the libyan people and sacrifice and this new job puts at risk a destruction of the political process, we asked leon about exactly that. >> the gnc has sent a letter to the security council and question your impartiality given your up coming job with the uae and goes so far to say it could put in jeopardy the political process that you have worked so hard to get in place. >> i assume my part of what is going on and i don't want to focus the attention on other elements. as i said the objections of what happened and here i am very humbly to say maybe i could have done things in a different way. >> reporter: u.n. backing leon and says the secretary-general expects all his special envoys to avoid conflicts of interest when pur

backed government, the equipment has been criticized by the rival general national congress, based inripoli. speaking at the u.n. he ink cysted he has followed the rules. >> i prepared the way out. you may say look at the optics is not nice. maybe this is the right answer, but what is important is you know six months ago, eight months ago, when i didn't have any results of my work, you can say this guy is biased. this guy will support one side or will support the other side. h this agreement and in the government that you consider it's more inclined or it reflects a nonnatural position of the united nations. the ribbon chapel in japan, has been named as a finalist. designed the wedle chapel and has been speaking to us about it. >> the idea is not to create an object with a strong statement that overwhelms the environment. that's why there's an idea of an observe story and a chapel. i imagined how uh to go up there i thought about the idea of spiral stairways. two individuals trajectories of life composed the architecture. a spiral is on steady by itself. but when it is fixed to anothe

libya's general national congress has welcomed the two sides, the return of hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the conflict there. our correspondent omar al saleh was at the time signing ceremony in doha. >> these men are leaders of the tebu and toaureg tribes. the powerful tribes have been fighting each other since september of last year. the deal calls for an immediate ceasefire, returning the displaced and opening the main road leading to obadi. >> signing this agreement starts the development period of reconciliation. after 14 months of war i think all of us are convinced that no one has an interest in war. we hope neighbor being countries will helneighboring countrieswi. >> fears of renewed fighting. the negotiations were secretly taking place here in doha since april. tough and detailed. the question is whether this ceasefire deal will end the clashes between the two tribes which lasted for over a year. some tribal leaders blame foreigners for the crisis and urge unity. >> the two groups lived side by side in the desert for many years. but hidden forces instigated thi

programme to stop until the heads of the fbi, homeland security and national intelligence an certify to congress that each refugee is not a threat. the inspector general for the department of homeland security would review certifications. >> on principle the bill offered by speaker ryan seems to be compelling. why shouldn't there be more scrutiny. on a practical manner, does it balance compassion and security. >> immigration attorney peter asard says the bill does not. >> it delays the process and puts people in harm's way without offering additional layers of security. >> the refugee process has more layers of security than any other programme allowing people into the united states. the republican bill offers no details as to how federal authorities cou authoriti authorities could improve the process. >> it will slow down the process and it's a practical matter. what we see is a refugee being stuck in the process because of signatures. >> many democrats want different changes, like tightening the visa waiver programme, allowing some to visit without a visa, and want to pan people on terrorist watch lifts, which the n.r.a. options, and republicans did

the director of national intelligence must unanimously certify to congress that the person is not a threat. home land security must report to congress on the program monthly and it's inspector generalust review all certifications annually. but the top democrat on the house homeland security committee says that the vetting process is already rigorous. >> we would not lose sight of the fact that three-quarters. refugee population are women and children. >> the house plans to vote on the republican bill thursday before leaving washington for a 10-day thanksgiving break. libby casey, al jazeera. washington. >>> police may it hon did youhas have detained 5 syrian nationals with stolen greek passports taken into custody after arriving from costa rica. the stolen passports had been allottederred with new photos of the syrians replacing the original ones. authorities say so far none of the men detained are connected to the paris attacks. isil is backing up its claim it brought down an russian airliner killing all 224 people on board. the group has released add photo of what it says was the bomb. lisa stark has more or what experts are saying about this latest development? >> this looks lik

the f.b.i., homeland security and director of national intelligence must unanimously certify to congress that the person is not a threat. home land security must report to congress on the program monthly and its inspector general review all certifications annually, but the top democratic on the house homeland security committee said the vetting pros is also rigorous and includes background checks and personal interviews. >> we would not lose site of the fact that three quarters of the refugee population are women and children. >> al jazeera, washington. >> a bomb scare forced a plane to make an emergency landing in bulgaria. the many with 168 passengers and crew onboard was on its way from poland to egypt. a passenger said he had a bomb. the plane had to be evacuated and searched. the passenger later admitting it was all a joke. that comes after an is a i'll affiliated magazine showed this image, sake it's the bomb that took down the russian jet over the skies of egypt. >> we continue to follow that breaking news out of paris, the dation of the alleged organizer, mastermind behind the paris attacks. >> police an protestors faceoff concerning the death of an unarmed black man in the united states, the demands t

the sky. today, an inspector general slammed the transportation security administration in front of congress saying, there are still many weak links in tsa screening. cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh live at reagan national airport outside d.c. a blistering, blistering testimony. >> reporter: jake, aside from the department of homeland security's inspector general, there was another government watchdog group, the government accountability office. and the gao told congress, many, not all, but many of tsa's screening methods in weeding out terrorists at airports, they're questioning how effective is it, and the reason why they're raising that question is because they say that tsa themselves, they have not taken the time to analyze deeply their own process to determine, is that we're doing at the nation's airports working towards our mission, which is essentially to weed out every bad guy who shows up? take a listen to what they said at the hearing earlier this morning. >> tsa definitely is aware of the importance of ensuring their programs are effective. but at the end of the day for gao it comes down to a simple question which is, does the program work and how do you know? >> what have we done to address

the director of national intelligence must unanimously certificate to congress that the person is not a threat. homeland security must report to congress on the program monthly, and it's inspector general must review all certificate cases annually. but the top democrat on the house security committee said that the vetting process is already rigorous, and it includes background checks and perm interviews. >> we will not lose sight of the fact that three-quarters of the refugee population are women and children. >> the president has already promised to veto the bill. >> authorities in minnesota today released the identities of two police officers involved in the shooting death of an un armed black man this week. mark ringenberg has been put on administrative sleeve. 34-year-old jamar clarke was shot in the head. witnesses say that he was handcuffed at the time. and police say that that's not true, and the shooting took place in a struggle. the fbi has opened up a civil rights investigation. >>> college protests and inequality are spreading across the country. last week, the university of missouri president was pressured into resigning over complaints about racism. and now a similar situa

the older generations. in the 1980s, the nation saw a threat on the horizon, baby boomers. as they retired, they'd create a bubble of people drawing on the system, so congress changed the formula to collect more taxes. for 30 years more money came in than went out, but that all changed five years ago when boomers started to retire. now there's a negative cash flow. last year payouts were $74 billion higher than earnings. that's projected to go up this year to $84 billion. and the social security trust fund estimates its reserves will be totally depleted by 2034. even if that trust fund dwindles, social security will keep operating. >> i think people have not made the connection that even after the pot of money is gone, you'll still be paying social security taxes. there will be money flowing into the system. >> it's filling the gap that's the challenge. politicians propose more taxes, reduced benefits, or changing the age you can collect, but there's another option, prioritizing social security payouts over other government functions, because at the end of the day it's tax dollars that go to fund social security just like everybody else. >> social security

the u.s. attorney general on capitol hill today talking about how the nation can accept refugees fleaing from the middle east while also protecting americans from terrorism. the promise when the four on two returns. >>> republicans in congresslock the pledge to allow 10,000 syrian refugees in to the united states. >> the attorney general appeared before the house judicial committee today facing tough questions for those screening procedures. >> do you disagree with the fbi director when he said that vetting, shooting refugees is extremely difficult if not impossible? >> well, i'm not sure if it was impossible. but certainly not only was the department of justice, but all the other agencies willing to make the effort that every refugee coming in to the country from the data bases to the interviews are subject to the biometrics screening as well. certainly challenges to the process because of the situation in syria. but i would know, however, that we do have the benefit of having that robust screening process in place and the process that they were not able to set up. which means that they will be much more vulnerable. >> reporter: they said that protecting the u.s. from the threat of the state and the other terrorist group i

the iraqi national congress. he was 71. he died of a heart attack at his home in baghdad. >> in kentucky today, voters are choosing between the democratic attorney generalea party republican to become the next governor. the fight hinges on the state's popular health exchange and gay marriage. al jazeera's michael shure has more. >> voters in kentucky will elect a new governor to replace outgoing term limited govern the democratic steve bashir. republicans reelected mitch mcconnell last year and barack obama lost decisively. a tea party republican mat bevin and attorney general jack conway, the democratic, for all of its republican leanings, it is a state that does not mirror national and state politics. they have had only two republican governors in kentucky since world war ii and their democratic house makes the state the last one in the entire south, where democrats control a chamber of government. bev vin has been controversial for his unwanted and unsuccessful challenge to mcconnell and supporting ben carson for president in a year when favorite son and powell is also seeking the nomination. two issues are health care and gay marriage con next is ve

the community, breaking up our nation. that general men who started the hunger strike, that youngman, i aad yesterday how he's in congress likeecause of the system, the man is putting him down. he comes from a family who makes $20 million a year. that guy.derstand as far as the swastika, the fecal matter in the bathroom, there's been no evidence that that actually happened. read, they cannot find anyone who is actually seeing it. -- seen it. i think this whole thing started up with the hands up, don't shoot. that was a lie. when lies are perpetuated, this is what happens. again, michael sam, the football player went to missouri, this college. racial he never met with discrimination. so i don't know. i think it is a whole hoopla over nothing. the headline from cny central.com. ithaca college appoints diversity officer amidst controversy over racism on campus. shawn, nashville, tennessee, independent. caller: it is just amazing how, canto say white,s, how they overlook a whole history. aesar when they went to egypt. want to talk about lies and racism? it exists. whether you want to bear your head to it, then you be ignorant tho

generous nation. let's keep that clear. i think, it is a legitimate question being raised in congress. whether the administration actually can be trusted when it says trust us, we have a good system in place. you can ask questions. i come up frankly think what should happen is there is a vigorous use of a operation right now. used widely in that intelligence and military committee. they challenge existing government policies. i think that after we get through this inevitable veto, and idea for the speaker of the house and president, independent outsiders, look at our policies, our procedures. see how they are working. make recommendations for improving them. neil: a lot of refugees. maybe more later. we are very compassionate. immigrants ourselves, most of us. the argument has been, i guess, be open to that. do you think that this nation in the house today complicates that? the president says that it does. it sends the wrong message at the wrong time. >> i do not by the president's argument. he and his spokesmen are saying that this will somehow increase isis appeal. isis is at war with us. they d

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of national intelligence certify to congress that each refugee is not a security threat prior to his or her admission to the united states. in addition, h.r. 4038 requires the d.h.s. inspector generalto review such certifications annually and report its findings to congress. the certification procedures apply to aliens who are nationals of iraq or syria. those who have no nationality, and whose last habitual residents was in iraq or syria, or present in those countries at ny time on or after march 1, 2011. h.r. 4038 puts the administration on notice that their lax attitude toward this issue will no longer be tolerated and puts the administration on notice that congress is not yet finished reforming refugee policy. in fact, our committee has been hard at work long before the paris attacks working on legislation to make necessary security related and other changes to the u.s. refugee admissions program. and we look forward to moving that legislation through the house. h.r. 4038 is not meant to be the soul solution to the security problems we face in vetting syrian and other refugees. but it is an important first step. and i look forward to congress taking additional action to ensure

congress passed the u.s. freedom act to end this activity. despite violating the privacy of millions of americans, the program never generated intelligence that prevented terrorist activity. americans spoke out and congress acted. our nation's security should be the government's first priority. yet we should never sacrifice liberty for a program that doesn't increase our safety. as benjamin franklin stated, those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable, the speak, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on november 20, 2015, at 10:06 a.m. that the senate agreed to without amendment, house concurrent resolution 95. that the senate passed senate 2328. senate 1550. that the senate agreed to house amendment to the bill senate 599. signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enro

the exception of switzerland, twice as much as most other industrialized nations per capita, but everyone now agrees while american health care can be splendid, overall we don't get our money's worth. that is not generally agreed. so congress, i think, has allocated a pittance to operation research command i don't quite understand why that is. so theprivate sector has underinvested, too, but there is a theory of public goods. everyone in econ 101 knows it. if i spend money on something in the benefits are a crew to others who did not spend money on it, i will underinvested in that activity. that does not mean private industry is evil. they just own up to the theories we teach in econ 101. [laughter] and it gets worse. it took us years to establish the agency for healthcare quality research. i was one of the actors trying to get that established to get operations research to get patient safety and quality and healthcare, and yet of recent there have been talks at some point to zero out the budget of that agency or at least to cut its budget drastically. i think it is penny wise and pound foolish to do that, and that agency gets about 400 million per year which is .016 or $8.60 for every $10,000 national health spending. if

of national intelligence certify to congress that each refugee is not a security threat prior to his or her admission to the united states. in addition, h.r. 4038 requires the d.h.s. inspector generalreview such certifications annually and report its findings to congress. the certification procedures apply to aliens who are nationals of iraq or syria. those who have no nationality, and whose last habitual residents was in iraq or syria, or present in those countries at ny time on or after march 1, 2011. h.r. 4038 puts the administration on notice that their lax attitude toward this issue will no longer be tolerated and puts the administration on notice that congress is not yet finished reforming refugee policy. in fact, our committee has been hard at work long before the paris attacks working on legislation to make necessary security related and other changes to the u.s. refugee admissions program. and we look forward to moving that legislation through the house. h.r. 4038 is not meant to be the soul solution to the security problems we face in vetting syrian and other refugees. but it is an important first step. and i look forward to congress taking additional action to ensure ame

of national intelligence certify to congress that each refugee is not a security threat prior to his or her admission to the united states. in addition, h.r. 4038 requires the d.h.s. inspector generalto review such certifications annually and report its findings to congress. the certification procedures apply to aliens who are nationals of iraq or syria. those who have no nationality, and whose last habitual residents was in iraq or syria, or present in those countries at ny time on or after march 1, 2011. h.r. 4038 puts the administration on notice that their lax attitude toward this issue will no longer be tolerated and puts the administration on notice that congress is not yet finished reforming refugee policy. in fact, our committee has been hard at work long before the paris attacks working on legislation to make necessary security related and other changes to the u.s. refugee admissions program. and we look forward to moving that legislation through the house. h.r. 4038 is not meant to be the soul solution to the security problems we face in vetting syrian and other refugees. but it is an important first step. and i look forward to congress taking additional action to ensure

national level. there's a law out there, i've been talking about this a while now, supposed to have the u.s. attorney general put out a report annually to congresser properly funded and never enforced. something of this -- >> why? >> congress refused to fund it. local departments, and there are thousands across the country, they don't keep the numbers in the same way. so there needs to be some standardization, needs to be order placed on this and it has to come from washington. this is not something that they continue to -- they continue to sort of use these -- they try to get past it a couple of talking points and get to the next debate. we've got to solve this. and that is what the presidential candidates should be talking about. >> another presidential candidate sounding off, bernie sanders, as one might anticipate, firmly the other way, calling criminal justice reform the civil rights issue of the 21st century. curious how you think this issue is going to play in the 2016 campaign, how central will it be to the conversation? >> you know, when we see bernie sanders saying something like that, it's a very smart position for him politically, he

general. >> god bless you all. thank you. >>> join us wednesday at 11:00 a.m. for the veterans day national ceremony from arlington national cemetery. live coverage on c-span. >>> c-span has the best access to congress watch live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. watch us online or on your phone at cspan.org. listen live anytime on our c. span radio app. get best access from behind the scenes by following c-span and our capitol hill reporter on twitter. stay with c-span, c-span radio, and cspan.org for your best access to congress. >>> the house is in recess this week. members return for legislative business next monday. the senate returns this afternoon at 3:00 eastern continuing debate on a spending bill for military construction and the va. they will also vote on the number nation of scott allen to be u.s. director of the european bank for reconstruction and development. later this week we expect work on authorization for defense programs. you'll find the senate live on c-span2. >>> the senate foreign relations committee recently considered several ambassador and foreign policy nominations. the nominees were on capitol hill to answer questions from committee members. this

the exception of switzerland, twice as much as most other industrialized nations per capita but everyone now agrees while american health care can be splendid overall we don't get our money's worth. that's now generally agreed. so congress i think has allocate add pit tonight to operation research and i don't quite understand why that is so the private sector has underinvested, too, but there is the feeling of public good, everyone who had econ 101 knows it. if my benefits accrue i will underinvest in that activity. so that doesn't mean private industry is evil, they just own to the theories we teach in econ 101, which is nice. [ laughter ] and it gets worse. it took us years to establish the agency for health care quality research. i was one of the actors trying to get that established to get operations research, patient safety and quality into health care and yet of recent there has been talk at some point to zero out the budget of that agency or at least to cut its budget drastically. i think that is just penny-wise and pound foolish to do this and that agency gets about $400 million a year which is 1.016%, or $1.60 for every $10,000 national health spending. now if you think that will solve the deficit problem avik

the costs of our national security. with recent testimony from james comey and attorney general loretta lynch let the administration -- that the administration is not able to properly vet incoming refugees, congress has the duty to act. we are not acting out of plain fear based on a few members of congress talking to each other. we are acting after testimony after testimony from top national security experts telling us that we have a problem with the vetting process. ms. richard, you reference an intensive security screening that all refugees must undergo prior to admission. do you think that the current vetting system is appropriate? ms. richard: yes, i do. it is the toughest one for any traveler to the united states. rep. goodlatte: it is the toughest one, but do you think it is sufficient for the current crisis we are in? ms. richard: yes. anyone who has any doubts about anyone who we think might pose a threat to the united states, any possible way, is not allowed to come in. rep. goodlatte: do you agree with that, mr. rodriguez? mr. rodriguez: i do agree. rep. goodlatte: how about you? >> i agree. rep. goodlatte: i am sure that you disagree with his testimony that it is not sufficient. ms. ri

the costs of our national security. with recent testimony from james comey and attorney general loretta lynch let the administration -- that the administration is not able to properly vet incoming refugees, congress has the duty to act. we are not acting out of plain fear based on a few members of congress talking to each other. after testimony after testimony from top national security experts telling us that we have a problem with the vetting process. reference anyou intensive security screening that all refugees must undergo prior to admission. do you think that the current vetting system is appropriate? yes, i do.: it is the toughest one for any traveler to the united states. rep. goodlatte: it is the toughest one, but do you think it is sufficient for the current crisis we are in? ms. richard: yes. anyone who has any doubts about anyone who we think might pose a threat to the united states, any possible way, is not allowed to come in. rep. goodlatte: do you agree with that, mr. rodriguez? mr. rodriguez: i do agree. rep. goodlatte: how about you? >> i agree. rep. goodlatte: i am sure that you disagree with his testimony that it is not sufficient. ms. richard: what director call me does not sa

the cost of our national security. with recent estimates of both fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch that the administration is not able to properly vet incoming refugees, congressits duty to act. we are not acting out of just plain fear based on a few members of congress just talking to each other. we are acting out of we've had testimony after testimony after testimony from our top national security experts telling us that we have a problem with the vetting process. ms. richard, you reference an intensive security screening at all refugees must undergo prior to admission. do you think that the current vetting system is appropriate? >> yes, i do. it's the toughest one for any traveler to the united states, congressman spent it's the toughest one but you think it's sufficient for the current crisis that we are in? >> yes, and i will tell you why. because anybody, we of any doubts about anyone who we think might pose a threat to the united states in any possible way is not allowed to come in. >> do you agree with that, mr. rodriguez? >> i do, i do agree spill how about you -- >> i do agree. >> so all of you i assume disagree with director comey's testimony that i

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the cost of our national security. with recent testimony from both fbi director james comey and attorney general loretta lynch that the administration is not able to properly vet incoming refugees, congress has a duty to act. we're not acting out of just plain fear based on a few members of congress just talking to each other. we're acting after we have had testimony after testimony after testimony from our top national security experts telling us that we have a problem with the vetting process. miss richard, you reference an intensive security screening that all refugees must undergo prior to the admission. do you think the current vetting system is appropriate? >> yes, i do. it's the toughest one for any traveller to the united states, congressman. >> it's the toughest one. but do you think it's sufficient for the current crisis that we're in? >> yes. and i will tell you why. because anybody -- we have any doubts about anyone who we think might pose a threat to the united states in any possible way is not allowed to come in. >> do you agree with that, mr. rodriguez? yes or no. >> i do agree. >> how about you -- >> i do agree. >> so all of you, i assume, disagree with director comey's t

the congress. we got house as well as senate to approve that. then it went to the united nations. first time in human history. not in generalention one, not in general convention to. post first time in human history united nations said rape should role-play but it went on for for the struggle. total cost $50,000. second, i will take you to program in olympic of the became the first state required by law to cover all young people under 18 with health coverage. that campaign was consumed by the organization which is coalition of -- edward we cannot power which thanks to the interaction, catholics and muslims with a core group but there were other regions and labor unions. united power, and they went to illinois general assembly, then governor signed that and all kids covered program total cost of doing that $10,000. when mosques came together, working in alignment with other groups. i'll give you one more example, which is current of this year. i work on different gaza. i've not found because more difficult to work on than burma. if it's not on tv it doesn't exist. they say how do we do that? and again it was the mosques whic

progress, stunt our nation's competitiveness and lose a generation of young researchers to other careers or to other countries' research. whenever congress crafts appropriation bills, we face the challenge. we all face this issue of balancing our priorities with the concern about making certain our nation's fiscal course is on a better path than it has been. therefore, it's extremely important for us to find those programs that are worthy of funding that actually work that are effective and that serve the american people and demonstrate a significant return to the taxpayer who actually pays the bill. congress should set spending priorities and focus our resources on initiatives that have proven outcomes. no initiative that i know meets this criteria better than biomedical research conducted at national institutes of health and our other federal allied agencies. n.i.h.-supported research has raised life expectancy, improved quality of life, lowered overall health care costs and is that economic engine that our country so desperately needs as we try to compete in a global economy. today we're living longer, we're living healthier lives thanks to n.i.h. research. deaths from hear

national significance above things like security and terrorism, taxes extenders that need to come before this congress, transportation, do we extend for additional time until the conference can come up with one package, general funding and appropriations, elementary and secondary act land and water conservation fund and the trade agreement. if h.r. 308 is this vital of national importance that it overrides others -- other issues, why suspension and why not have a real debate on the issue? terms of indian country priorities, where's the legislation? where is the legislation and funding appropriate for the indian health services? where are the tribal recognition reforms as recommended by the administration? where is the funding for tribal schools and where is legislation to protect sacred sites, where is the codification for consultation? why not deal with these issues? perhaps the lobby and influence and resources are not present to move these items so quickly to suspension. but h.r. 308, a special interest piece of legislation has this congress' total attention. makes one wonder why. but i think we really know why. with that, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair rec

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