Clintons term as secretary of state. Republicans can call 202 7488001. Democrats, you can call us at 202 7488000. Independence, you can dial at 202 7458002. You can also share your thoughts on social media. You can find us on twitter, the. Handle is cspanwj beer on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Or you can send us an email at journal cspan. Org. The Benghazi Committee has made headlines this week, after Kevin Mccarthy appeared on fox news, where he seemed to suggest that the work of the committee is purely political. Here is a bit of what he had to say. [video clip] what you are going to see is a conservative speaker that takes conservative congress that puts a strategy to fight and win. Let me give you one example. Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable. R inut together othe Benghazi Special committee. What are her numbers today. Co her numbers are dropping because she is on trustable. No one would have known any of that had happened host that was representative Kevin Mcca
Tackle them together. I am also convinced that we are going to have to stand up for our fundamental rights, our civil rights, our human rights, womens rights, gay rights, because the other side wants to pull them back. [applause] hillary so i will defend a womens right a womans right to choose and i will fight against defend in planned parenthood. [applause] hillary and i will defend and fight for Marriage Equality and against discrimination. [applause] hillary and i will fight for Voting Rights for everybody and against states that are trying to restrict them. [applause] hillary and i will fight to overturn Citizens United which dark,ened the doors to unaccountable money. I will fight to get comprehensive Immigration Reform because i believe its in the best interest of our country. [applause] hillary i will fight for criminal Justice Reform and to move away from mass incarceration because black lives matter [applause] crowd Hillary Hillary and i will tell you that i am going to fight
Country. We need to lift the budget caps. We need to spend the money that we need to spend on National Security. I will also say that there are other pieces of National Security. The budget caps remain in place for the department of homeland security. They remain in place for the department of justice. They remain in place for the department of treasury. Three agencies that play a Critical Role in National Security for this country. In tracking the money of terrorists and protecting the homeland and making sure we can try and convict terrorists when we catch them. So it is not good for the country to maintain those budget caps. And that is what this bill does. It also relies on money that simply isnt going to be there by having this imaginary oco funding. The second way i think this bill was not good for the troop, not good for the country is something the chairman alluded to, and that is there are restrictions on what the pentagon can do by way of saving money. The chairman mentioned
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Changes that did not already have broad support on the ground. The question that is now out aree is the reforms being delayed, some are even being challenged in court, how concerned are you that the legacy, not just the legacy, but what you spent so much time working on, is now at risk secretary duncan . The mediaary duncan loves to focus on conflict. But it does not focus on is collaboration. What you do not see is that over 40 states raised standards. Historically, states dumped down dumbed down standards and told kids that they were ready to go to college when they were not close. We have the mind to kids and families for decades. That is starting to stop. Many states are thinking about ways to reward and incentivize great teachers. Test scores can be a small part of this. They can tell you some things, and not others. We want to highlight great teachers. Great teachers transform young peoples lives. We need to pay them more, give them more leadership opportunities. Anyone who wants