And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
This virus really doesnt care. The more you have no location the more virus production the wider spread can occur. But occur. But we need to be thinking about in the way of security and why this is different than what it has been prior this is the first time in north america we have had a high pack virus travel teefive wild birds to north america, the first time, and it is because it has adapted itself to these dabbling ducks and is moved across the bering strait. It never happened it never happened before. Low path may be, not high path. So what is different now is we at least have to consider bio security where was fine and well and good for what we were dealing with prior to this we must not consider to me after more importantly the density of farms does facilitate the potential for rapid transmission. We are dealing with a contagious virus. We are dealing with a situation where the ventilation fans that are used to maintain the proper environment of the chickens are turned on. Mate
Between 2005 in 2010 the Judicial Council notes parties recorded 2881 antislap motions in trial court throughout california 81 anti slap motions in trial court throughout california were roughly 481 motions per year. An appeal an appeal was filed in only 375 cases. Put another put another way nearly 90 percent of the cases no appeals while. And that is sort of given that there were about 6. 2 million civil filings and superior courts during that time the 2881 the 2,881 constitutes about i dont know,. 046 percent of all lawsuits. And thats just california. I think thats a good question. I that is for california. We dont know. This bill is a federal bill. We dont know anything about how many of these lawsuits are being filed in other states and federal court. Is. Is a good question to ask for before we pass legislation thats going to circumvent the rules enabling that and also expand the jurisdiction of federal court. How big of a problem is this goahead quakes one thing to keep in mind
Farmers to respond to Avian Influenza on their facilities. Biosecurity is a term that describes every day and emergency disease processes a farmer uses to prevent and control diseases. It is probably the single greatest weapon that we have against Avian Influenza. Unfortunately, biosecurity is not consistently applied by all farmers and all Poultry Companies. We need to look at, as far as number two is concerned, a few aspects of our current Emergency Response plan so we can respond more quickly, more rapidly to an incident. We can get into that a little bit later. Number three, provide an Insurance Program for poultry farmers who contract with Poultry Companies to raise their flocks. Dr. Clifford mentioned indemocrat any fictionindem ni indemocrat fictions that have been paved. Thats very important. They may or may not receive those indemnification. I think we should look into this seriously. Vascy nation for controlling Avian Influenza in poultry requires very serious consideration.
The Vice President would be a pretty good one. Well see. We had a meeting with the Vice President and two cochairs and well see where that leads. But theres a lot of work to be done. Fortunately the panel provide a recommendation to further enhance our abilities to prevent, and respond and protect against a buy logical incident. Today we have the opportunity to discuss recommendations with the heads of several agencies, senior people in several agencies who will be responsible for implementing some of the recommendations of the earlier panel. Im eager to hear your thoughts and hear how you believe we can further improve our countrys biodefense systems. This is an important conversation to have. In the context of recent global events including a couple emergesing as we speak. Ebola continues to threaten west africa and the threat of the virus has declined significantly, thanks in no small part to the Investments America has made and the Health Systems of those countries hardest hit by t