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appreciate it. we thank you both for your expertise and knowledge to share it with us. and with that, the meeting is adjourned. thank you. thank you. thank you. the house oversight committee is holding a hearing on how the obama administration is sought to win support for the nuclear agreement it s coming after new york times profile of deputy national security advisor ben rose, in which he talked about efforts to over change. today s hearing is entitled the iran nuclear deal. . we take this up and deal with the situation as we get going and there are three the article, a aspiring article who became a goo rue. talking about how the white house would not this is from senator mark kirk and the senator john and without objection i would like to enter these three into the record. it s one of three countries that are still on the state sponsors of terrorism. and i think it s important that we have some clarity. there are some issues that are outstanding. it s one of ....
he and dick cheney and their colleagues in the white house wrote the how to manual on this. the profound tragedy here is at thousands, thousands of u.s. service members from our districts were killed in iraq. and thousands more sustained terrible injuries. the american taxpayers have now spent hundreds of billions, billions of dollars, even by the most conservative estimates. unfortunately, you rushed to invite mr. hannah without consulting anyone. in fact, this entire panel has been stacked with hand-picked witnesses who all oppose the iran agreement. you did not invite prominent republicans like brent scowcroft or richard lugar. did not invite any of the dozens of generals or admirals or other military experts who support this agreement. other committees have held dozens of substantive hearings on the iran agreement. but you know how many this committee has held? zero. the subcommittee on national security held one last november, but that was it. nothing at the commit ....
between salary level and teacher effectiveness. does anybody want to defend that? there is no relationship between the expenditure of 80% of what we spend and effectiveness of teachers. randy? i mean what i want of course there s a relationship. i mean, i won t speak for who is an amazing superintendent in des moines, but there s much evidence that there is relationship between the experience of teachers and the stability of schools and frankly part of what we re trying to do in schools that are struggling is how do we nurture and secure great teachers to stay at those schools. so, obviously, there is both on a macro and a micro way, there are real both correlations here and things like that. i think what my colleague was saying is that the dollar-for-dollar piece that the that the department is proposing doesn t get you doesn t get you to the equity issues that you have spent your life, senator, fighting for. and you as well. and what i m saying is whet ....
if i may about what is the anatomy of the deception. bothis, the main lines of of paul s narrative that the war room and echo chamber put out. in my prepared statement i go into more detail. i would just summarize. number one, conjuring moderates. the echo chamber created the impression that the president of iran was a moderate coming to power, representing a wave of moderation and iran. it is i to fundamentally change relations between iran and the west. this is been the gift that keeps on giving to president obama s diplomacy. story ofs a pleasing breaking down the barriers. it creates a moral equivalence and political terms between those who are critical of the deal in the united states and hardliners, the suppose it enemies suppose it enemies in iraq. it blows us into a false sense of security about all the concessions made to iran. the sunset component of the nuclear deal which is iran a completely legitimate program and the ability to move quickly towards a we ....
askedble that cheney had him to leak information about valerie plame s status. i do not know mr. hanna and i do i have note met him before today. if our goal was to hear from an expert who actually promoted false white house narratives and i think you picked the right person. but if our goal was to hear from someone who is not involved in one of the biggest misrepresentations in our nations history, then you picked the wrong person. listening to john hannah criticize anyone else for pushing of false white house narrative is beyond ironic. he ended cheney and their colleagues in the white house wrote the how-to manual on this. tragedy here is that thousands of u.s. service members from our district were killed in iraq and thousands more sustained terrible injuries . the american taxpayers have now spent hundreds of billions, billions of dollars, even by the most conservative estimates. the chairman, rushed to invite mr. hanna without consulting anyone. this panel has ....