" >> congressman barney frank, walter jones, and others comment on the findings in a new report. this is just over one hour. [unintelligible] >> it is easier to find ways to cut theefense department then to finthis room. i as in the wrong part of the building. it took me awhile to give up. this ist important meeting. i am going to be giving out, i do not often preach fro a text but in yesterday's new york mes, there's an article about the war on afghanistan and i came across this. officials regard sportnd afghanistan as especially important at a time when many european countries, including britain and germany, are committed to sharp cuts in defense speing as part of their drive to reduce huge government deficits. in fact,wo sundays ago, the times had an article about the european ability to sustain a much higher lever -- level of expenditures for what many consider quality of life for their own citizens and it mentioned they were able to do this bause they are sheltered by nato and the american nuclear umbrella. i am a great supporter of president obama but he makes a serious err

are voting day so my colleagues are not here butenator brown widen and congressman ron paul and walter jonesbeen strong supporters of this. we believe that america has substantially overextended itself militarfar beyond what is necessary for our national security and with reason cooperation with allies that need us. a symbol of western europe. we continued to be heavily invested in western europe when their budgets are significantly smaller percentages of their gd+ than ours. i doot know what it is we are protecting western europe from. i do not know why if there was a threat, it could not collectivelyith their budgets and populations defeed themlves except for the fact that having read tom sawyer, which was apparently translated into all of the nato languages, ey are happy to have america paint the fence and make us think we are doing an enormous favor by allowing us to do it. we continue to have substantially -- substantial weaponry that we have to defeat the soviet union in a nuclear war. that seems to be a place where we can still back. we insist on keeping marines on okinawa for purpose

and also some support from congressman mike castle and congressman walter jones who early on supported this legislation. earlier this year the supreme court overturned decades of precedents in a court case called the citizens united case. the decision undermines democracy and empowers the powerful. it opens the floodgates to corporate takeover of our elections and invites unrestricted special interest dollars in our campaign. and it even left opened the door to donations from companies owned by foreign governments. imagine. in response, congress and the president immediately went to work on the disclose act. this legislation restores transparency and accountability and ensures the americans know when wall street and health insurers are the ones behind poliiical advertising. the bill requires corporate c.e.o.'s to stand by their ads in the same way candidates do. prevents corporate -- corporations controlled by foreign or even hostile governments from spending money in federal lawsuits and keep government contractors and tarp recipients from making political expenditures. imagine a tarp

voting today so my colleagues are not here but senator brown widen and congressman ron paul and walter jonese been strong supporters of this. we believe that america has substantially overextended itself militarily far beyond what is necessary for our national security and with reasonable cooperation with allies that need us. a symbol of western europe. we continued to be heavily invested in western europe when their budgets are significantly smaller percentages of their gd+ than ours. i do not know what it is we are protecting western europe from. i do not know why if there was a threat, it could not collectively with their budgets and populations defeed themselves except for the fact that having read tom sawyer, which was apparently translated into all of the nato languages, they are happy to have america paint the fence and make us think we are doing an enormous favor by allowing us to do it. we continue to have substantially -- substantial weaponry that we have to defeat the soviet union in a nuclear war. that seems to be a place where we can still back. we insist on keeping marines on o