They wont have employersponsored Health Insurance which, by the way, has zero tax consequences to the employee. They have no tax consequences, but under obamacare, every american is forced to buy a product whether they want it or not, even if they cant necessarily afford it, so then people now under obamacare have to go and buy a product that the government dictates to them that they have to buy at a price that government dictates that they have to peso either they get Health Insurance with no tax consequence or pay so they get Health Insurance with no tax consequence or with money they already paid taxes on, so now theyre going to get double hurt under obamacare. So the president wins, the American People lose, thats our choice. The president wins, the American People lose. Financially, freedom new york this case, the most important case, religious liberty, thats not acceptable under our constitutional guarantee of liberty. The magna carta taught king john that no man is above the law
Committee would agree that we should try to avoid war with russia. In addition to that, the Nato Russia Council serves many purposes that are in our direct Strategic Interests as a country. For instance, through the Nato Russia Council, we have obtained Logistical Support for our war in afghanistan from the russians. Because of the Nato Russia Council, the russians have provided us with Logistical Support for that war which apparently will continue at least through the end of this year. Secondly, through the Nato Russia Council, we have joined with the russians to fight terrorism. Up to this point, russians have a very positive and helpful record with regard to fighting terrorism. They have been the victim of terrorism just as the United States has been the victim of terrorism. The way that we accomplish that cooperation is through the Nato Russia Council. Withdrawing from the Nato Russia Council or forbidding russia to participate will actually in a sense promote terrorism. In additio
I want to join in by some of the comments that were made by my friend from california. Ins than two weeks ago, response to the question from the gentleman from florida, secretary kerry said that without a doubt it were free and Fair Elections in crimea. Crimea would join russia. I think that is an important fact, and i think that is the central fact in the situation we face today. All over the world, people are stuck in the wrong country. The great accomplishment of the 20th century was the end of colonialism, the end of colonies , millions of people stuck in the wrong country by means of military force by those powers. Maybe the goal of the next entry is to see the for the moment of that principle that groups of people can join together and create a country and join another neighboring country, and be part of the country that they want to be part of. We cannot ignore the fact that 2 Million People in the crimea feel that they have been stuck in the wrong country. Wassituation created
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, or fisa, with Bipartisan Committee chair mike rogers and Ranking Member dutch rippers for. A comes as the white house draft its own legislation. This News Conference is about an hour. Good morning. We appreciate you all being here. Certainly, the members that have joined us today. First, i want to thank dutch rippers burger and all the democrats on the committee. It has been about nine months of intense negotiation to come to limit to come to the conclusion so that we can move forward on an issue that has been contentious, often , to move forward on something that i think protect america. I want to talk briefly about this program. We passionately believe that this Program Saved american lives. Was overseen and passed by congress. The review committee of section 215, nobody saw any illegal activities or misuse. We know the program served its purpose. Was legal. Had the proper level of oversight. It did create discomfort with america. We knew moonwa
This is dangerous. I hope we dont lose sight of that. Some of the language i heard today is dangerous. I just want to mention i do support the measures before us. Thank you. Mr. Grayson . Thank you, mr. Chairman. This bill in terms of what it says, not what it does, accomplishes two things. One is that it increases aid to ukraine. The second is it imposes sanctions on some class of individuals who are in russia and the amendment goes to some substantial lengths to strengthen the part of the bill that imposes sanctions on individuals in russia. I would like to hear from the proponents of this bill and this amendment exactly what they think will be different in the real world, as a result of the passage of this bill. I dont want to sound flip, but i will tell you with were not expecting putin to visit disney world any time in the near future. The fact this this bill prevents him or his colleagues from doing so doesnt seem to be reflective of anything that would reflect their motivations,