it seems like we get walter jones and maybe ron paul but that's about it. what can we do to strengthen this call for war in congress? >> i guess that's targeted at me. i don't know is the answer. there are too few libertarian members of congress in my view. so, i will loudly endorse that sentiment. no, i think that -- look, if you're looking at it from a congressional standpoint, there are lots of reasons why you would want to sign on to another sanctions bill and there's lots of reasons why you wouldn't want to sign on to a jones/lee bill. and lots of them are political reasons. creating counterveiling is a good thing to do, but a tough hill to climb. so -- >> on this side? >> david eisenberg. this question is addressed to miss lee and mr. logan. diplomacy seems the only viable all tern it active. military attacks are a nonstarter for reasons i won't bore people with. but i would ask you to assess -- it would seem the constraint on effective diplomacy is, in part, restrained by domestic political opposition and i would ask you for your assessment, how seri

would be remiss not to mention a person who was one of the original seven folks on this bill, walter jonesen a stalwart supporter of this. this is a bipartisan peace. ethics crosses the aisle. folks in here are good people coming together for the good of their citizens and for that i'm grateful for today. i yield back my time. >> gentleman yield back. >> i yield two minutes to my texas colleague mr. can see co --canse --canseco. >> i thank my colleague chairman smith. too often the american people feel that members of congress live by and benefit personally and benefit personally from a different set of rules by which ordinary americans live, this lack of confidence is unacceptable. it is imperative we rebuild the trust of the american people and elected representatives. it will do just that. it explicitly bans members of congress and congressional staffers, obtained on the job at using it to profit from securities trading and give securities and exchange to investigate and prosecute them, and the american people expect those who serve in government to do so with integrity. the stock act w

it seems like we get walter jones and maybe ron paul, but that's about it. so what can we do to strengthen some alternative to this call for war in congress? >> yeah, i guess that's targeted at me. i don't know, is the answer. [laughter] there are too few libertarian members of congress, in my view. so i will loudly endorse that sentiment. no, i think, look, if you're looking at it from a congressional standpoint, there are lots of reasons why you would want to sign on to another sanctions bill, and there are lots of reasons why you wouldn't want to sign on to a jones-lee bill, and lots of them are political reasons. so creating countervailing political pressures, i think, is probably the most fruitful thing to do in that regard, although it's a tough hill to climb. .. president obama said some being that i think was actually at the aipac convention where he pointed out the on the way for a country to not build in and there's no other permanent way. i thought those are really key point. so basically saying we have sanction, we have rules, but ultimately he w

. >> i'm thomas jones, i don't have any expertise in menl health, but i have a lot of experience dealing with those who have mental health issues. i have been visiting walter reed and bethesda every week since the start of the war in afghanistan in 2001. i have met thousands of folks. i have been privileged to be on the board of a special fund bring wives run by wives to deal with the families of the wounded. i also started, semper fi -- it started as a normal transition course, bethesda was grievously wounded over several times the next several years. and in ---rj naturally started i -- patently obvious after a while that the mental health issues were really such that we got into the whole issue of z l dealing with mental health. because of my background, i was able to bring a lot of folks in from the outside, i noticed navy psychiatrist dr. bill nash, he was so moved by the experience that he had me be involved in a number of gathering of mental health professionals. from that i'm able to, becau st project looking at best practices on mental health. what we have done, we have run 30 sessions now, week-long sessions. chiefly used facilities, what we have