breeding ground for al qaeda and terrorism that sprouted from al qaeda. making sure that we pursue those terrorists around the world. making sure they re ineffect tiff, unable to perpetrate harm against the united states has to be worth the cost and my heart goes out to those families who have given so much. who have given their loved ones. they have to be assured this nation must make that sacrifice in order to keep ourselves safe. jenna: what kind of message do you think is coming from d.c. with the fact that we do not have the defense authorization bill passed yet? we do not have the military funding yet for next year. what kind of message do you think that is sending the troops? i think we need to get that done. i don t think it sends a good message from the troops. they have to be confident we re making the commitment to support them, giving them resources they need to be successful there so this has to get done. there are many things in the national defense authorization act th
jurisdiction by ineffect using the commerce clause. saying that the commerce clause allows federal government to regulate these thing things because they re navigable waters and they could be used for commerce. by taking that out, you are essentially saying anything goes. there was language in the original oberstar bill to say we can regulate all waters and that has been stripped out. the proponents of that bill say we didn t mean that. looking for something far more limited. we just want to restore the clean water act to meaning from the 1978 to 1-800-. but there is nothing that says it in the text of the language so oberstar says if it was not regulated before 2001, it will not be regulated with enactment of the legislation. nice he said that for the legislative history, for the purposes of legislative history. it s not at all clear that that will actually be the way it s carried out once it s in