Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez id like to congratulate the speaker and the republican majority for coming to their senses and allowing the house of representatives to pass a bill funding the department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year. Seems odd i would have to come to this well to congratulate the majority for funding one of the largest and most important departments in the u. S. Governme
Nine years. A lot of friendships developed outside of Law Enforcement than prosecution, defense, of lot of friends that way. But i felt it was my job to do what i could as the victim. Just thought i would put that out there. [laughter] but if my role the was approached to go out and solve mysteries on americas most wanted. There is a certain amount of risk brethren that somebody comes back at you but that is the way things worked in metabolizes street troupers of that is how i grew up so i appreciated what it offered me so when you are in the middle of that it is my job to get up to say you have a voice. I came away from the experience with a couple of thoughts. The think terry would agree that you have to constantly reexamine your assumptions. There were so many false leads in this case and instances we thought we had him on the line has to be the guy or with the acquisitions that cannot be explained away. His neighbor explained away. So i hold that with me with investigations after t
2011 so i think the administration is moving down that course before they started hearing from the Environmental Community and you could see the state department was heading down its route with Environmental Impact statements. They said look this is not environmentally friendly. Only downward as things change in the political environment within the administration not on the public side. Poll after poll has shown 60 to 70 approval for the pipeline so i think its changed at the very top of the political administration. Do believe that canada believes that its not a question of if but when . We think it will get built. The merits are there in the economics are there. Canada is going to build pipeline and build real and we have to take advantage of this i think it will. Congressmen do think it gets built . I think the longer this is delayed in a second term the less likely the president will approve it. What about the next president . I think the expresident certainly could easily take car
Committee will come to order. Today the House Armed Services Committee Meets to discuss the ongoing conflict in afghanistanful we have been engaged military information afghanistan for 14 years. The predictions this would be a long conflict have proven accurate. While there have been setbacks in recent years, theres also cause for cautious optimism. United states and its allies especially the Afghan Forces, have made some meaningful gains. A counterinsurgency is one of the toughest types of war a academicracy can fight. Its been difficult but not impossible and both our future security and the future of the Afghanistan Afghan people depends on our success. People in afghanistan have niksch my opinion the best opportunity for a stable relatively peaceful country. Together with the cooperation of our allies and the kabul government we bail 352,000 strong Afghan National Security Force. Building a capable Security Force takes time. The nsf is growing in ability and capabilities. Now is a
Building up their military presence in crimea . Ambassador nuland . Yes, sir. Mr. Poe that would seem to me that they are there to stay. What do you think . Ambassador nuland i think we need to maintain the pressure and we have to maintain the cost and we have to keep mr. Poe when i talked to the president of ukraine last year asking what we could do, he replied that they would prefer that we send something other than canned food to them, which is what we were doing0 are we what we were doing. Are we still talking about help them fight for their own freedom, giving the military eight . Or are we actually doing it . Ambassador nuland we have provided 118 million in Security Assistance. I can give you a rundown, but it improves counter fire radar batteries, communication equipment, counterjamming, a suite of emergency medical, all those things training, and we will continue to look at what we can do. Mr. Poe that is all nonlethal aid. Are we sending any guns, bullets . Ambassador nuland