each little child born today so that they would have to carry that the rest of their lives. >> trent frankso authority to speak on behalf of american soldiers. he was an oil executive before going into politics. but mr. franks isn't the only righty exploiting troops to make an unrelated political point. last month, struggling presidential candidate rick santorum used world war ii vets to attack president obama's healthcare policy. >> almost 60,000 average americans had the courage to go out and charge those beaches on normandy. the very americans that our government now and this president does not trust to make a decision on your healthcare plan. those americans risked everything so they could make that decision on their healthcare plan. >> nothing is off limits for these guys, like santorum and franks. they will say anything to attack the other side. for them to exploit the sacrifice of american soldiers to score cheap political points, it is unpatriotic psycho talk. >>> major victory for the democrats in wisconsin. state senator david hansen defeating his republican opponent. he is standi

john dunn can of tennessee, trent franks of arizona. scott desjarlais of tennessee. morgan griffith of virginia. jamie herrera beutler of washington, randy hullgren of illinois. there and go back to our callers. caller: i would just like to say that this is just sickening watching all of this. there has to be independence out there that are not going to be to either party or to any kind of politics. let's face it. this is just political posturing for the 2012 elections. that's all it is. it's cut-and-dried. as a veteran of the united states of america for 21 years it sickens me. and i hate to say this, but watching these guys and ladies and gentlemen debate over this just makes me unproud to be an american that we can't get something done. it just amazes me. but like i said, the bottom line is this is all political posturing for 2012 and the future. and i would love to see some independents come in -- i was a democrat for a long time. i saw on the blue dog side, your second speaker coming up, the congressman -- i was a blue dog democrat. the party wouldn't want to do

joined by the chairman of the constitution subcommittee for the judiciary committee, congressman trent franks of arizona was also the chairman of the religious freedom caucus here in the house. and i would like to yield if we would like to mr. wolf if he has any comments having just been in egypt. >> well, i really don't have [inaudible] to read the testimony [inaudible] coptic christians have been treated very poorly in egypt, and i know whatever the congress does [inaudible] with regard to any of the support coptic christians by anyone else as long as [inaudible] devine looked to looking reading your testimony. >> chairman wolf, thank you. chairman frank? >> i would just echo chairman wolf's perspective as well as you're own. always great to see you come chairman smith because of your lifelong commitment that so often times we are thankful in this country for our constitutional rights and when we consider protecting the lives and constitution should be the preeminent focal point of our government. and did we forget the foundation of all three that there is religious freedom. because without