To fund the government unless it is defunded. How many times have we heard delay, defund and all that little jingle they do . That is why we are here. And now we have people coming to the floor piously urging for funding for d. C. And young people and all this kind of stuff. You know, its as if they didnt know that when they shut down the government that d. C. And young people and n. I. H. Were going to be cut. Obviously they knew it. Did they just find out after they read their bill . No, they knew it. They knew it all the time. They know it now. And we can solve everyones problem by putting the clean c. R. On this moment. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlelady from connecticut reserves. The gentleman from georgia. Mr. Camp mr. Speaker, if i we have how much time left . The speaker pro tempore the gentleman has 2 3 4. The gentlelady from connecticut has 1 1 2. Mr. Camp mr. Speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from g
But this is something that i think is then discussed quite probably. Let me ask, does the Intelligence Community way or consider how signature strikes, strikes against unnamed military aged males may increase terrorist threat because they could generate hatred for americans and actually motivate youth to join rather than reject terrorist groups quiet director clapper, director brendan. From the Intelligence Community perspective, we are always evaluating and analyzing overseas to include any counterterrorism activities we might be involved in to see what the impact is. I think the feeling as the activities we have engaged in with our partners, we the u. S. Government will be from the intelligence perspective and military perspective have greatly mitigated the threats to u. S. Persons both overseas as well as homeland. And do you believe the signature strike model, if adopted by other countries that are developed in an armed Drone Program can be a threat to the United States . Well, it
Mr. Cardin mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from maryland. Mr. Cardin i would ask consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cardin mr. President , were obviously pleased that our Senate Leaders senator mcconnell and senator reid have negotiated a bipartisan way to end this crisis. This agreement will open government, will allow us to honor our bills, and sets up a mechanism using the regular order of the United States senate to resolve the budget impasse, to hopefully negotiate a budget for this country. The good news that in passing this compromise agreement we will end this selfinflicted harm on our country thats been caused by the Government Shutdown and the threatened failure for us to honor the obligations of this country. Mr. President , make no mistake about it, we have harmed our country. The shutdown that started on october 1 has hurt americas economy. The threatened default on our obligations has hurt america
See countries in the gulf in the middle east aligning with israel in a way that we have never seen before. And shouldnt we listen . Shouldnt we listen to the Prime Minister of israel thats the first target of iran, the country that the iranians said and have not renounced their commitment to quote wiping off the map . You think that maybe relations between ourselves and israel are at the lowest ebb . Do you think it is an accident when now saudis and leaders of other countries are outspoken in their derision of the United States lack of leadership in the middle east . Isnt it interesting finally that the russians for the First Time Since 1973, when anwr sadat threw them out of egypt, they are now Major Players in the middle east . Mr. Graham i think the whole middle east is going in the wrong direction at warped speed and congress has some obligation to speak up and do something about it and help the administration when we can. Number one a new round of talks where we can muster bipart
Creating Nuclear Material for their stated purpose of creating a Nuclear Weapon to use to wipe out not only israel, but to wipe the United States of america off the face of the map. And if theres anything that history has taught us, mr. Speaker, it is this it is that when a madman speaks, freedomloving nations should listen. The leader in iran is called the supreme leader. Hes not called that for no reason. It isnt the president of the country who is truly the throne in iran. It is the religious leader named khomeini. The president s the president s come and go but khomeini, the supreme leader, remains the same. His announced intentions are completely clear. Iran seeks to be the hedge mono. In other words the hegemon. In other words, iran seeks to be the dominant power not only in the mideast region but they have evidence of dabbling in the far east, in china. In philippines. In south america. They intend to have their fingers in places all over the world because they intend to dominat