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
The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number 211 a bill to amend the Financial Stability act of 2010 to modify the term of the independent member of the Financial Stability oversight council. The speaker pro tempore the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill . Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore 2 3 being in the affirmative. And without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will come to order. The house will come to order. Please, members, take conversations out of the well and out of
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Mr. Mccain mr. President , i ask that proceedings under the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mccain and i ask to address the senate as if in morning business. The presiding officer the senator from arizona. Mr. Mccain mr. President , i rise to call attention today sadly to the triumph of porkbarrel parochialism in this years omnibus appropriations bill, in particular a policy provision thals airdropped that was airdropped into this bill, a direct contravention to the National Defense authorization act, which will have u. S. Taxpayers subsidize russian aggression and comrade capitalism. Nearly two years ago russian president Vladimir Putin, furious that the ukrainian people had ousted a promoscow stooge in crime yarks the first days since the hitler and stal stalin, to dismember a sovereign state on the european continent. More on that 8,000 people have died in this conflict including 298 innocent people aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 17 who were
It will affect the southbound highway 11 from the military accept all the way to ease popularmillbury exit they talked about the work that theyre going to do overnight if you look at the pole to the right of me and actually see where the wires go up and where we can pull the power lines across the road. This is sundanese to be done with the highway closed, so what the crews have been doing today is make sure all the preparation is donethis is something that needs to be done it will make the connection on the other side scott this all happened with a contract losing control and crashed into the tower, and that is what this mess here is about. Pg e tells me that they hope to have the work done by 4 00 tomorrow morning youll want to check the news and we will keep you uptodate on the closure in berlin gate burlingate vicki on to the gridiron in oakland. Where at the odotco coliseum tonight the raiders are hosting the Arizona Cardinals for game three of the preseason. The games may not mea