and that's what, you know, walter jones and barbara lee and i are request being. that there be a debate and a volt and that people go on record as to whether they want to re-engage militarily in iraq, or why or not we ought to pursue some other option. you know, i'm always kind of frustrated that we're always given two options. to do nothing. or you have to put boots on the ground. you know. you have to bomb. you know, sometimes it frustrates me that there's a lack of imagination, there are a lot are other things you can do in between to resolve these situations. one of the things i've learned about these last two wars is that you know, war doesn't solve everything and the answer to every problem in the world is not a military solution. we ought to be very careful how we deploy our troops overseas, and when we put our men and women in harm's way. that's why it is so important that before we leave for your august recess, that we have this debate. again i think this is -- this is important. this lawsuit is nutty. it's crazy. i mean, they're suing the president over

walter jones, a member of the committee on armed services. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. jones: thank you very much, madam speaker, and mr. royce, thank you for the time. i am pleased that the house is debating h.con. resolution 105. i want to thank the republican leadership for working with mr. jim mcgovern, barbara lee, and myself, and our staffs to get this language so that we could debate it today. as james madison said, the power to declare war, including the power to judge the cause of the war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature. unfortunately, we in congress have for too long abdicated our constitutional responsibility to authorize the use of military force. this began for me personally with my vote for the 2002 authorization for the use of military force against iraq, which is one of the biggest regrets during my tenure of congress in voting for that. with that vote, we gave up our constitutional authority on one of the most important decisions a member of

walter jones is my favorite congressman. i've got a couple points i'd like to make.e a question. the one key thing that is rarely mentioned publicly is the bill literally triples the amount of legal immigration over the next ten years. 30 million new workers. mostly unskilled. but it also increased trips the number of h one b technical workers. now we don't need workers as we did a century ago. we don't need strong back people. with roboticss -- i see on pbs all the time the incredible advances they are working with robotics. we just heard the republican congressman talk about how they are making great strides. new machines they are introducing >> caller, your question first caller: okay. my son is a graduate of an ivy league school. he works in the science technology area. i constantly hear there's a shortage. in may/june they hire their new graduates. he's shocked with the number of people with masters and phd's from elite schools that are applying for entry level positions guest: one of the ben fists of the reform is it can add close to a trillion dollars in addit

congressman walter jones of north carolina. thomas massie of kentucky and congressman steve stockman of texas. joining me now is former congressman barney frank, he is now an msnbc contributor. you, mr. frank have spent a lot of time in that chamber, have you ever seen something like this? >> no. as a matter of fact i've been sitting here humming in my head or singing in my head, the line from guys and dolls. sue me, sue me, what can you do me? this has been reduced to the level of bad musical comedy. unlike guys and dolls which is a good musical. the inconsistencies here are replete. it's been the conservatives who said restrain the unelected judges, let the elected branches do their job. and in particular they've upheld the concept of standing. the courts only deal with disputes. and that has been for all of our history, tightly interpreted to mean you can't just sue because you disagree with the policy. you can't just sue because you think somebody's misinterpreting the constitution. you have to show that a particular action

and i want to thank my good friends who have helped lead this effort, my colleagues, congressman walter jones and congresswoman barbara lee for working together on this language of this resolution. i want to send a special thanks to all the staff who spent many hours listening to the views and concerns that span the political spectrum of this house about america's engagement in iraq. in particular, i want to thank jen stewart, emily murray, wendy parker, dan silverberg, doug andersen, jason steinbaum, anice, doug campbell, myra redznik, ray, cindy and keith. i am very grateful for how hard each of them worked to achieve a consensus. madam speaker, this resolution is quite straightforward. it requires an authorization from congress should the president determine that the united states should escalate its military presence in iraq. it does not change the president's existing authorities to protect and ensure the security of u.s. diplomatic facilities and personnel, and it does not alter the requirements of the war powers resolution. this resolution makes one clear statement. if the president de

then you have somebody from his own party, including north carolina congressman walter jones saying why, instead of wasting $1 million to $2 million of the taxpayers money, if you're serious, use what the founding fathers gave us, impeach. >> he's in a position of not being able to hold his own caucus together, when you have grass roots and further right wing republicans talking about impeachment. it's scary language to somebody like boehner because he understands the political damage that something like that could have. so he tried to give them a go between, a meet halfway, by filing this lawsuit, a lawsuit that on its merits will likely be dismissed because the courts don't typically get involved, in fact they have never gotten involved in political questions. what this congress has to understand, is that each of them were sent to congress by the people who elected them to solve our problems, that same group of people, that same american public, also elected this president as their governing partner. so we expect something from them. and by doing nothing, but taking another five weeks

voted to a one to go ahead with suing the president and in fact the hill this is what congressman walter jones told the hill he said why don't impeach him instead of wasting a million to two million dollars in the taxpayers' money if you're serious about this use what the founders of the constitution gave to us and then john boehner came out and said no now this isn't really what we're all about here's what boehner and his. crew talk about it keeps miss coming from the president's own staff. from democrats on capitol hill why he goes there trying to rally their people to give money and to show up in this year's election we have no plans to impeach the president we have no future plan. listen it's all a scam started by democrats at the white ok so let's see darrell eisen two thousand and ten on fox news said that the president offering joe sestak a job offers an impeachable offense jim inhofe said that last year on the hill he said obama should be impeached over the benghazi cover up tom coburn raised the possibility of impeachment in a town hall and b c news reported that last year the south d

walter jones, a member of the committee on armed services. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. jones: thank you very much, madam speaker, and mr. royce, thank you for the time. i am pleased that the house is debating h.con. resolution 105. i want to thank the republican leadership for working with mr. jim mcgovern, barbara lee, and myself, and our staffs to get this language so that we could debate it today. as james madison said, the power to declare war, including the power to judge the cause of the war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature. unfortunately, we in congress have for too long abdicated our constitutional responsibility to authorize the use of military force. this began for me personally with my vote for the 2002 authorization for the use of military force against iraq, which is one of the biggest regrets during my tenure of congress in voting for that. with that vote, we gave up our constitutional authority on one of the most important decisions a member of

but, a sun-times report found that white admissions have increased at walter payton, jones, northside and whitney young college preps. c-p-s says that's not true, that minority enrollment at all ten selective high schools is up. one alderman said families on the south and west sides don't always know they can apply to selective enrollment schools on the north side. we have tended and they're all intertwined. but look at the opportunities we don't simply work at these four schools in isolation did not recognize the fantastic opportunity in the other schools, we have to talk about them as a whole, all 10 years together. >>the foundation overseeing the development and building of the obama presidential library says it's raised 850-thousand dollars so far. the "barack obama foundation" also disclosed it has received 13 bids for the historic landmark, including five from chicago, one from new york and one from hawaii. the president and first lady will select a site early next year. construction would begin in 2017, when the president leaves office. a couple in louisiana has raised more tha

and walter jones. president obama was in kansas city, missouri to talk about the economy. he criticized how -- republicans in locking -- blocking legislation. >> hello to my kansas city. -- hello, kansas city. it is good to be back. back in the midwest. it is good to see governor jay nixon here today. congressman emanuel cleaver is here. the mayor is here. and you are here. all of your here. if you have a seat, feel free to sit down because i do not want everyone to start to fall out. if you do not have a seat, do down but bend your knees a little bit. it is always good to spend time in kansas city. last night i had a chance to get .ome barbecue at arthur bryant they had run out of coleslaw. , i said did you say some coleslaw for me and they said no. what arenot saved any. you hollering about? ok. i believe in god. thanks for the prayer. amen. thank you. [crowd chanting "we love you"] >> i want to be a record because people have been asking me this question. i deal with a lot of tough issues. i'm not going to decide who makes the best q in kansas city. -- barbecue in kansa

i am proud to join congressman walter jones and congressman mcgovern in introducing this bipartisan resolution and for their consistent support and work as great americans to address these serious issues of war and peace. this resolution simply prohibits the president to deploy armed services our to engage in combat operations in iraq without specific debate and authorization from congress. this resolution also seeks to reclaim a fundamental congressional responsibility, the constitutionality protected right for congress to debate and to determine when this country enters into war. i also am personally concerned about mission creep. we hear many of the same voices who champion the unnecessary war in iraq, once again beating the drum for a renewed war in iraq today. last month, president obama announced that 300 personnel would be sent to iraq, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support supported by attack helicopters and drones. a few days later, he announced another 200 personnel were soon to be deployed. their promises to send many additional hell fire earth to surface m

except for five republicans who voted no, paul broun, scott garrett, walter jones, thomas massey, in steve stockman. today, washington journal is next. live with your phone calls. then, live coverage of the u.s. house. scheduled to work on a bill to add funds for border security. and 45 minutes we will discuss the israeli-palestinian conflict with keith ellison. , the lawsuit on president obama challenging executive actions on the affordable care act. . .

speaker, join today with representatives walter jones and barbara lee to introduce a privileged resolution, house concurrent resolution 105, to direct the president to remove u.s. troops from iraq within 30 days or no later than the end of this year, except for those troops needed to protect u.s. diplomatic facilities and personnel. we did this for a simple reason. congress has the responsibility to authorize the introduction of american troops where hostilities are imminent. in less than three weeks, three separate deployments, the u.s. has sent at least 775 additional troops to iraq. now is the time for congress to debate the merits of our military involvement in this latest iraq conflict. openly, transparently. do we approve of these gloiments and any future he can -- deployments and any future escalation? if so, we should vote to authorize it. if we do not support it, we should bring our troops back home. it's that simple, mr. speaker. congress has the responsibility to act on iraq now. mr. speaker, we did not introduce this privileged resolution lightly. by doing so we have started a

this is why last friday on june 11, my good friends and colleagues, representative walter jones of north carolina and barbara lee of california introduced privileged resolution, house concurrent resolution 105, to direct the president to remove u.s. troops from iraq within 30 days or no later than the end of this year except for those troops needed to protect u.s. diplomatic facilities and personnel. we did this for a simple reason. congress has the responsibility to authorize the introduction of american troops where hostilities are imminent. less than three weeks, in three separate deployments, the u.s. has sent at least 775 additional troops to iraq. we don't know what might happen next to those troops or to yet another deployment of additional troops. but we do know that congress should debate it. we do know that congress should vote on whether to authorize it or not. that's what the constitution of the united states demands of congress. that's what the constitution demands of us. now is the time for congress to debate the merits of our military involvement in this latest iraq confli