thornberry. mr. thornberry votes aye. miss sanchez. >> no. >> miss sanchez votes no. >> mr. jones?>> mr. mcintyre. >> no. >> mr. mcintyre votes no. mr. forbes? mr. forbes votes aye. mr. brady? >> no. >> mr. brady votes no. >> mr. miller? >> yes. >> mr. miller votes aye. >> mrs. davis? mrs. davis votes no. mr. wilson. >> yes. >> mr. wilson votes aye. mr. langevin votes no. mr. lubiando votes aye. mr. larson? mr. larson? mr. larson votes no. mr. bishop? mr. bishop votes aye. mr. cooper? >> no. >> mr. cooper votes no. >> mr. turner. >> aye. >> mr. turner votes aye. >> miss burdio? miss burdio vote no, sir. mr. klein? >> aye. >> mr. klein votes aye. >> mr. courtney. mr. courtney vote no, sir. >> mr. rodgers. mr. rodgers votes aye. >> mr. lobbysack vote no, sir. mr. franks? mr. franks votes aye. miss tsongas. miss tsongas votes no. mr. schuster. mr. schuster votes aye. mr. garamendi. >> no. >> mr. garamendi vote no, sir. >> mr. conway. mr. conway votes aye. mr. johnson votes no. mr. lamborn votes aye. miss hanabusa. miss hanabusa votes no. mr. whitman? >> no. >> miss spear vote no, sir.

thornberry: i yield myself the balance of the time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thornberry: admittedly there are difficult issues involved in detention, particularly with this war against terrorist that we are involved. in but you've got to look at the bigger picture and part of that is how one is going to deal with these situations. we just debated an amendment where the argument was, close guantanamo. now we have an amendment at -- on the other hand that says, everybody that's here, including the people presumably that we would bring back from guantanamo when it was closed automatically and immediately goes to article 3 courts. so it's not my argument that some of the people in guantanamo cannot be tried in article 3 courts. that's what the administration tells us. so how does this fit together? it doesn't, without releasing very dangerous people out into society or into the world. secondly, when you -- when it's clear that you have greater rights when you come to the united states, rather than if you attack us from s

thornberry so many as in favor will vote aye. those opposed, no.the chair calls for a recorded vote. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [applause] >> we are a couple of hours ahead of last year. there is some stuff when you go through but first let me thank all of you. it has been an honor and privilege a privilege to work with each of you and i told the republican members the other day and i will say it to all of you, if the people at home could get to know you or could see you our numbers would be much higher than 13%. most of you. [laughter] now, on behalf of all of us let's give the staff a round of applause. [applause] [applause] they are fantastic. i know at times going through this process there are times maybe you think you are getting short shrift or you're not getting help. i will tell you this is really been tough and i will say one more time. next year is going to be a lot worse. if we can be rid of sequestration, go we owe to the troops to get that fixed. now the quorum being present the motio

thornberry to create a d.o.t.ys a panel that monitors the progress of dod and provides interim findings and recommendations to congress to aid in his oversight of our readiness. amendment number two and 42 by ms. duckworth to require the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to conduct a study concerning the integration of gender into the planning and execution of foreign operations of the armed forces. amendment number two and 58 by mr. thornberry depending periodic review of dod personnel requirements or management headquarters. amendment number 260 by mr. rigell to amend the report language on the full committee markup positions involving license to include language including lowest-priced technically acceptable methodology. amendment number 26 tour one by mr. thornberry to direct the secretary of defense in consultation with the director of national intelligence to submit a report on the process procedures for intelligence information and the appropriate committees for capital network. without objection the en

the congressman thornberry is a leader on national security matters.he serves as a vice-chairman of the armed service committee where he leads the committee on intelligence, threats and capabilities and continues to serve on the select committee on intelligence and continues to push for the treatment of cyber security matters in no small part because of his work leading the bipartisan security task force in 2011 and the guided house legislation action on the national security economic threat. as we continue to look at what world war i can teach about the dangers and opportunities of the world around us the importance of strong leadership and necessity for the realistic thinking on the national, foreign and security policies we are blessed to have the congressman share his thoughts on these matters today said he will speak for about 20 minutes and then we will take questions and answers for 20 minutes afterwards. congressman? [applause] >> thanks. i appreciate the invitation to be with you all today and certainly have benefited from the heritage foundat

thornberry.e will talk more about foreign assistanth the defense secretary. after this. ♪ i --e of the stories that that resonated with me was the arent when they deliberating about whether or not they need to inject seawater into unit one. -- the clock is ticking and they are just about down to the wire. the plant superintendent who would have to make the final call knows they need to get water in there very quickly. wants ae, everybody say. the officials and japanese government officials are humming. he gets an order from one of his supervisors that the government has not signed off on this yet and he has already started. he basically calls one of his staff people over and says, ok, i will give everybody a word. he proclaims its everybody in -- proclaims it so everybody in tokyo can hear. it's a human element in the story. in japan, where ignoring the rules and acting on your own is not rewarded, here was a moment where a guy knew that if he did not act, things would get even worse. >> more abo

thornberry: i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from indiana, mrs. walorski. mrs. walorski: i thank the gentleman from texas. i rise to oppose the amendment. while i appreciate the intention, we have immense security challenges in africa. defense has been cut over a trillion dollars and the military is facing shortfalls in readiness. and terrorism threats are expanding. given that the military cannot meet our current requirements in africa, i don't think it's wise to add new requirements. military commanders in africa have testified about shortfalls in intelligence, crisis enforcers and to meet the new security requirements in africa. no military commander has highlighted wildlife trafficking. nor have they recommend the it be prioritized before this committee. combating wildlife trafficking should not be a core d.o.d. mission. they recognize that combating wildlife trafficking is not a co-d.o.d. function and thus the combating does not set forth. the d.o.d. should not be duplicating efforts that are occurring within the interagency, including the intelligence comm

thornberry began by thanking you for your service to this committee. you were out in front of sequestration almost before anyone else trying to fight that. the demeanor and support for your subcommittees has meant a lot to this committee, and to this country, and your leadership will be missed quite a bit on this committee. i also want to especially thank my good friend mike mcintyre. this is his last markup. he has been a friend and mentor of mine for years. and i can tell you that i could never have had a better ranking member or better friend, and mike will be missed by this committee and this country by his service here. i want to thank the committee members and our staff, especially dave sin eky, who we believe is the personification of professionalism. i want to thank mr. runnion who has been one of the most valuable members of our subcommittee who will also be congress this year. mr. chairman, we believe that we are in a better direction for seapower and projection forces, because we had a decision to make between two roads that we could walk do

i can see >> on the next washington journal, we will talk with mac thornberry of texas. our focus on foreign policy continues with derek show lay -- derek chollet. washington journal is live on c-span everyday at 7:00. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. the house judiciary committee looks into operations at the department of homeland security. members are expected to ask jeh johnson about his enforcement of immigration laws. c-span 3, the house ways in on -- the house ways and means committee talks about expiring tax provisions. mark the 25thwill anniversary of the demonstrations in china's --ement square -- tnm and tienenmen square. >> is tax rate was the gold standard tax rate. 25% is what he got the top rate down to. he fought like crazy. it started with wilson. if you look at what the socialites said -- about coolidge, they probably were from families who endorsed different policies. tr was a bully pulpit presidency. here was coolidge, prissy, cold, and not giving out favors. she said, it looked like he had been weaned on a pickle. he was from new

. >> house armed services committee vice chair mac thornberry space at the heritage foundation today about national security policy. he is considered by some to be the likely next chair of the armed services committee. live coverage of his remarks at 10:30 am eastern on c-span2. today, neurosurgeon and author ben carson speaks at the national press club. the former pediatric director at johns hopkins university will discuss what can we do to save america's future, live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, readings, and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house as a service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> coming up, "washington journal," live with your phone calls and tweets. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, president obama delivers a c

. >> house armed services macittee mik vice chair thornberry speaks about national security policy. congressman thornberry is considered by some to be the next likely chair of the armed services committee. at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> if you go back and look at coolidge, he was a conservative hero. his tax rate was a gold standard tax rate that we saw, 25% was what he got the top rate down to. he fought like crazy. it started with wilson in the 70's. when you look at what all the socialites said about coolidge in washington, how cold he was, remember that they were probably also from primaries that endorsed different policies. a let's get them, active, bully pulpit president. coolidge was not giving out favors. they said he look as if he had been weaned on a pickle. he was from new england. farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about. was temperamental. he was a shy person. it also had a political purpose. he knew that if he didn't talk a lot, people would stop talking. a president or political leader is constantly unguarded with requests. his silence was his way of n

, and because of weather not they are able to step up, we do this with mbs of congress like mac thornberry going over to different parliaments and strengthening bonds and trying to make their case. there's no magic bullet. >> you have a question is the last time we didn't get too. >> center for security policy. there's been as much concern i think has rightly been raised about the rise of revisionist nation states like russia and so forth. there's of course still ever present the threat of jihadists terrorist organizations but in light of that there's been a lot of talk recently about the need to revisit the 2001 authorization for use of military force. .. al qaeda is not on the ropes. it has morphed. it is a network of affiliates. now, i know folks like senator corcoran and his staff are may be looking at upgrading the emf, and that that could be fruitful, especially if it helps to deal with some of the debate law extending over what actually covers. of these committees have tried to clarify it or provide interpretation, but put it this way, i think that so long as the terror threat, ever

captioning institute] [applause] >> talking about defense and policy issues with republican mac thornberry from taxes, a member of the armed services committee. focus on foreign policy continues with the assistant defense secretary for international security affairs. " live everyjournal day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you >> if you go back and you look at coolidge, he was a concerted of hero. his tax was a gold standard tax rate. 25% was what he got. -- foughtke crazy like crazy. that was an epic battle. you look at what they said about coolidge and how cold he was. they were probably also from families that endorsed a different policies. some of them had a different model. coolid w

the vice chairman of the armed services committee, republican representative mac thornberry of texas will be at the heritage foundation to talk about defense policy are bent on c-span3 george washington university's cybersecurity initiative pulls the chair and ranking member of the house intelligence committee. represent is michael rogers of michigan and dutch ruppersberger of maryland at 11 a.m. eastern. >> one of the stories that resonated with me was the moment when they are dithering about whether or not they need to inject sea water into unit one. and it's a matter of, the clock is ticking and there are just about down to the wire. and the plant superintendent, who in the end would have to make the final call, knows it's desperate. they need to get water in there very quickly. and meanwhile, everybody wants a say, and the officials and japanese government officials are all just kind of hemming and hawing. and the supervisor gets an order from one of his supervisors at tepco that the government hasn't signed off on yet and jus yes to both. he's already started, and so he basicall

congressman thornberry is considered by some to be the likely next chair of the armed services committee. live coverage of his remarks at 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> if you go back and look at coolidge, he was a conservative hero, and his tax rate was a gold standard tax rate that we saw in the video 25% was what he got, the top rate down to, and he fought like crazy and started to remember and when you look at what all the socialites said about cool nidge washington, how cool he was, wouldn't meet with them, you want to remember that they were probably also from families that endorsed different policies, especially stories about his father who had a different model of president. he was a less active, bully pulpit president. coolidge is prissy, cold, not giving out favorites, so she said it looked as though he'd been weaned on a pickle. he was cultural. he was from new england. farmers don't talk a lot or wave their arms about because a cow might kick them. and it was temperamental. he was a shy person. but it also had a political purpose. he knew that if he didn't talk a lot, peop

thornberry: mr. chairman, the centerpiece of our national security is our nuclear deterrent and we have neglected it for years, both in the administration and congress and we have a lot of catching up to do. as the gentleman from ohio said the administration itself says we have $3.5 billion backlog, 30% of the facilities we are using were built during the manhattan project. we are fortunate we have some engineers and other highly skilled workers who are willing to work in those conditions, but they aren't going to be wig willing to work in it forever. this bill doesn't solve that problem by any stretch of the imagination but this $39 billion helps it from getting too much worse. it takes a step in the right direction. these nuclear weapons are aging machines, just like the facilities are aging machines, and they require care and trading out parts, if the people who have to work around them are going to be safe. that's why it's a mistake to take away from this central element of our security. the chai