Record to reflect the views of mr. Van hollen earlier about not having amendments where we can fully discuss in the house the twoyear funding for the syrian rebel army, and also to make sure that we do not have combat troops actively engaged in iraq. But, mr. Speaker, i am rising right now to strongly state my deep disappointment in a version of the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange act that was included in the National Defense authorization. Heres the National Defense authorization bill, and in here are some land bills. Now, one of the land bills in particular that have been included in here is extremely controversial and it is nongermane and will lead to the destruction of sacred sites for two major tribal nations in our country. And when it does that, when it destroys these sacred sites, it benefits a foreignowned Mining Company with troubling ties to the government of iran. Id like to submit for the record a long list of tribal organizations and other groups who oppose this proposal
Present when you are talking about the president marking the vote and there were 41, not 40 soontobe 42 when we vote on this mark i understand what you say about him having signed them but that still does not take away the fact that it is a signature piece of legislation that came from this president and those that supported it and its not likely that he is going to change his mind in that regard. That is what i dont see or hear and principally what i dont see is an alternative. The question that i have is what your Republican Study Group a year ago or a year and a half ago repeal and replace and repeal and replace used to be the mantra and now the mantra is defund. I ask you, do you and the study group have a plan or would we go back to the status quo . Absolutely we do have a plan. Let me get this plug. We officially unveiled our alternative called the American Health care reform act. The Republican Study Committee has would endorse this bill to comprehensively address the problems i
U. S. Senate published its torture report, that prison at bagram got shut down. Now, in order to close that prison, the u. S. Had to hand over to the afghans anybody who we were Still Holding there at bagram, and it turns out one of the people we were Still Holding there was a guy who had a starring role in the torture report. So bagrams a big air base, its never been a secret that the u. S. Military operated not just a base but also a prison there, but in addition to overt facilities like that, the u. S. Also ran secret prisons in afghanistan basically from the very beginning including one that was known as the dark prison or the salt pit. In the Senate Torture report thats just come out, this facility is called cobalt. Turns out that the very first prisoner who the cia ever held and tortured at cobalt is this guy who was still in u. S. Custody as of yesterday who only got handed over to the afghans yesterday on the day that the torture report came out. This is from the torture report
Base outside kabul where u. S. Forces have been based for well over a decade now. That facility has included a prison, but the day after the u. S. Senate published its torture report, that prison at bagram got shut down. Now, in order to close that prison, the u. S. Had to hand over to the afghans anybody who we were Still Holding there at bagram, and it turns out one of the people we were Still Holding there was a guy who had a starring role in the torture report. So bagrams a big air base, its never been a secret that the u. S. Military operated not just a base but also a prison there, but in addition to overt facilities like that, the u. S. Also ran secret prisons in afghanistan basically from the very beginning including one that was known as the dark prison or the salt pit. In the Senate Torture report thats just come out, this facility is called cobalt. Turns out that the very first prisoner who the cia ever held and tortured at cobalt is this guy who was still in u. S. Custody a
Forces have been based for well over a decade now. That facility has included a prison, but the day after the u. S. Senate published its torture report, that prison at bagram got shut down. Now, in order to close that prison, the u. S. Had to hand over to the afghans anybody who we were Still Holding there at bagram, and it turns out one of the people we were Still Holding there was a guy who had a starring role in the torture report. So bagrams a big air base, its never been a secret that the u. S. Military operated not just a base but also a prison there, but in addition to overt facilities like that, the u. S. Also ran secret prisons in afghanistan basically from the very beginning including one that was known as the dark prison or the salt pit. In the Senate Torture report thats just come out, this facility is called cobalt. Turns out that the very first prisoner who the cia ever held and tortured at cobalt is this guy who was still in u. S. Custody as of yesterday who only got han