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So proud of the bravery of Pc Keith Palmer, so grateful for what he did to keep us safe and i would like to add my tribute to all the policing here At Westminster and the parliamentary staff who acted with such calmness and professionalism yesterday, and i would like to pay tribute to the Emergency Trauma Team at Kings College hospital who are caring the injured. This was an horrific crime and it has cost lives and caused injury, but as an Act Of Terror, it has failed. It has failed because we are here and we are going to go about our business. It has failed because despite the trauma that they witnessed outside their windows, our staff are here and they are getting on with their work. It failed because a ....
Mr. Brooks, no. Mr. Veezy aye. Mr. Nugent, no. Ms. Gabbert . Ms. Gabbert . Mrs. Nome . Mrs. Nome, no. Mr. Cook . Mr. Cook, no. Mr. Bridenstine, no. Dr. Winthrop, no. [ applause ] warski, no. Mr. Burn, no. Mr. Mcintyre . Mr. Lopesack . Mr. Lobesack, yes. Mr. Schuster . Mr. Schuster, no. Mr. Johnson . Mr. Johnson . Mr. Carson. Mr. Carson . Ms. Duckworth . Ms. Duckworth . Ms. Duckworth, aye. Ms. Gabbert. Ms. Gabbert. Is there anyone whos not had the roll recorded . The clerk will report the tally. Mr. Chairman, the vote was 24 ayes, and 34 nos. The amendment is not agreed to. If there are no further amendments, the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. Rogers, for the purpose of offering a motion. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to take a minute, first, to thank my Ranking Member and good friend from tennessee, mr. Cooper, who has been a great partner in this process. I think thats evidenced by the fact that in my 12 years ....
You have no basis we have no basis to prosecute them in federal court. I find these statements very difficult to accept, mr. Secretary, given the status that these particular individuals had before they were captured. It is hard to believe that these individuals in these positions within the taliban government had no role in attacks on americans. So could you, mr. Secretary, speak to this issue and explain to the people i represent and this committee and those of us who are all across this country asking these questions, why you believe the release of these men was appropriate and it does not pose a threat to our National Security . Congressman, i think i have answered the question and i think i addressed as you quoted from my testimony. Let me start again. We recognize, as i said in my testimony and i think the answers i have given this morning, that there are risks. There are always risks. There are going to be risks in a dea ....
We thought the conflict was over in iraq and we see that it is not. It continues to go on. Now, the second thing, i may have left a wrong impression when i was talking to the secretary saying that if you had given the same report that that probably would have just solved everything. We still have big concerns about the five. And i didnt mention that when we were briefed in november of 11 and january of 12 that there was real concern of members of congress that those five be released, in fact there was real opposition to it. And thats why we were real concerned that we werent told other than if wed reenter those negotiations youd be told and then we werent. So those are things that we really need to have clarified and worked through. Mr. Thornberry. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, id like to just begin with a brief additional observation on the notification issue. For the past several years, this committee has worked on a bipartisan basis to establish an oversight structure for ....