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LIKE POLICE AGENCY.
ON
THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 250,
THE NAYS ARE 153, THE MOTION IS
ADOPTED AND WITHOUT OBJECTION
THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS
LAID UPON THE TABLE.
PURSUANT TO 2 U.S.C. 1928-A AN
THED ORER OF THE HOUSE OF
JANUARY 5, 2011, THE CHAIR
ANNOUNCES THE SPEAKER'S
APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING
MEMBER OF THE HOUSE TO THE NATO
PARLIAMENT -- PARLIAMENTARY
ASSEMBLY.
MR. LARSON -- MR.
LARSON OF CONNECTICUT.
THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE
THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL
REQUESTS.
MR. OWENS OF NEW
YORK AFTER 2:30 P.M. TODAY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION THE REQUEST
IS GRANTED.
THE CHAIR IS -- THE HOUSE WILL
BE IN ORDER.
THE CHAIR IS PREPARED TO
ENTERTAIN ONE-MINUTE REQUESTS,
AS SOON AS THE WELL IS CLEAR.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM KOHL SEEK
RECOGNITION?
I ASK UNANIMOUS CON SENT TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND REVISE AND EXTEND MY
REMARKS.
THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE
MINUTE.
THE HOUSE WILL SUSPEND.
WILL THE MEMBERS KINDLY TAKE
THEIR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE
FLOOR.
SO THE GENTLEMAN FROM KOHL MAY
BE HEARD.
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
TIMES HAVE BEEN HARD FOR THE
NEWSPAPER BUSINESS BUT THIS
WEEK THE "PUEBLO CHIEF TAIN"
EXPERIENCED A TOUGH LOSS.
THE RETIREMENT OF ITS MANAGING
EDITOR, TOM MCEVOY.
HE'S A NATIVE OF THE AREA AND
GRADUATED FROM C.S.U. PUEBLO.
AFTER RECEIVING A MASTER'S
DEGREE IN 1969, HE SPENT A YEAR
WORKING IN THE A.P.'S DENVER
BUREAU UNTIL HE ACCEPTED A
TEACHING POSITION AT HIS ALMA
MATER BACK IN PUEBLO, KOHL.
DURING THE SUMMERS, HE WORKED
PART TIME IN THE "CHIEF TAIN'S"
NEWS ROOM AND IN 1957 -- IT
BECAME FULL TIME.
THESE WERE THE
DAYS OF INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTING, IT DOESN'T EXIST
ANYMORE.
STORIES WERE LITERALLY FILED
OVER THE WIFERES AN TOM WAS
WITHOUT A DOUBT WHAT ONE WOULD
CONSIDER OLD SCHOOL HE TOOK
OVER AS THE POLITICAL BEAT
REPORTER FOR "THE CHIEF TAIN,"
WORKING OUT OF DENVER HE COVER
COVERED THE STATE CAPITOL AND
REMEMBERS WHAT THE KOHL STATE
LEGISLATURE WAS LIKE BEFORE
TERM LIMITS.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH HIM NOT ONLY AT THE
STATE CAPITOL BUT AT THE "CHIEF
TAIN."
HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT KOHL AND
THE WATER LAW THAT MADE KOHL
THE GREAT STATE IT IS TODAY.
NOT ONLY WILL I MISS TOM, I
KNOW THE PEOPLE OF THE AREA
WILL AS WELL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU BECAUSE I KNOW IN
THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS
BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RISE?
REQUEST PERMISSION TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
VETERANS DAY IS THE DAY
WE HONOR VETERANS WHO GO
OVERSEAS AND RETURN.
MEMORIAL DAY IS THE DAY WE HONOR
OUR SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMEN
WHO GO OVERSEAS AND DON'T
RETURN.
MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY AND ALL
AMERICANS SHOULD GIVE HONOR,
PRAISE AND PRAYERS FOR THOSE WHO
SERVED AND GAVE UP THEIR LIVES
FOR THE REST OF US.
FUTURE.
THEY GAVE THEIR YOUTH FOR OUR
NOT FAR FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY,
RIGHT DOWN THE MALICE THE NEWEST
MEMORIAL, WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL.
THE GREATEST GENERATION,
VETERANS THAT SERVED.
ON THE BACK WALL, LOOKS LIKE A
BRONZED PLATE AND YOU KNOW IT IS
NOT BRONZE, BUT THERE ARE
THOUSANDS OF STARS, 4,000 STARS
ON THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL.
AND EACH ONE OF THOSE REPRESENTS
A YOUNG AMERICAN THAT WENT
OVERSEAS IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR
II AND DID NOT RETURN.
400,000 AMERICANS.
THOSE ARE JUST A FEW THAT HAVE
SERVED AND GIVEN THEIR LIVES.
PATRIOTISM IS A GOOD THING AND
THIS MEMORIAL, WE PRAISE THOSE
THAT IT SERVES AND WE PRAISE THE
FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO SERVED.
AND IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
I YIELD BACK.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM TEXAS RISE?
PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE
HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
OUR POSTMAN IS
RETIRING THIS WEEKEND.
NORMALLY THIS WOULDN'T BE
NATIONAL NEWS.
RUSSELL SKINNER HAS BEEN SERVING
OUR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
MORE THAN THAT.
HE IS AN ENTREPRENEUR, HAS HIS
OWN FLOORING COMPANY AND SEE HIM
ON EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS WORKING
TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY GOOD SERVICE
TO HIS CUSTOMERS BUT TAKE CARE
OF HIS FAMILY AS WELL.
HE RUNS A CHRISTIAN GOSPEL
SINGING GROUP.
YOU WILL SEE HIM IN OUR LOCAL
CHURCHES BRINGING GOD'S SONGS
AND MUSIC ACROSS OUR REGION.
RUSSELL SKINNER LOVES HIS
COUNTRY.
HE LOVES OUR SOLDIERS.
HE LOVES HIS FAMILY AND HE LOVES
HIS GOD.
AND HE'S JUST PART OF THE
AMERICAN DREAM, LIVING IT,
WORKING IT, FIGHTING IT AND
RUSSELL SKINNER WILL BE MISSED
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HE'S WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT AMERICA.
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE
BALANCE OF HIS TIME.
ARE THERE FURTHER REQUESTS FOR
ONE-MINUTE SPEECHES?
UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED
POLICY JANUARY 5, 2011, THE
GENTLEMAN FROM IOWA IS
RECOGNIZED FOR 60 MINUTES AS THE
DESIGNEE OF THE MAJORITY LEADER.
MR. SPEAKER, IT'S MY
HONOR TO ADDRESS YOU HERE ON THE
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES IN THIS GREAT
DELIBERATIVE BODY THAT WE HAVE
AND IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS
HISTORIC VOTE THAT HAS GONE UP
ON THE PATRIOT ACT AND AS WE
HAVE DEBATED THIS AND WORKED
WITH THE AMENDMENT PROCESS AND
NEGOTIATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE IN
THE SENATE, WE GOT DOWN TO THE
LAST MINUTES HERE AND I PRESUME
FINAL PASSAGE OF THE PATRIOT ACT
IS NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE
PRESIDENT'S DESK TO BE SIGNED
TONIGHT.
SO THERE IS NOT A WINDOW OF
VULNERABILITY WITH REGARD TO THE
INTELLIGENCE WE CAN GATHER
AGAINST OUR ENEMIES THAT ARE
EVER MORE COMING INTO THE UNITED
STATES AND PLOTTING AGAINST US
GLOBALLY.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT EMERGED
WHEN WE SAW OUR VULNERABILITIES
AFTER SEPTEMBER 11.
AND AS THAT WAS DEALT WITH IN
THIS CONGRESS AND PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT HAVE BEEN
PASSED IN A RELATIVE EMERGENCY
SITUATION, PATRIOT ACT AMONG
THEM, STANDS OUT AS SOMETHING
THAT CAME TO TOGETHER WITH -- IT
WAS CLEARLY A BIPARTISAN EFFORT
TO PUT THE PATRIOT LANGUAGE
TOGETHER.
AND IT WAS DONE SO WITH THE
INFORMATION WE HAD AT THE TIME.
SOME OF THAT WAS GATHERED IN A
HASTY FASHION.
AND THE PATRIOT ACT WAS PASSED
HERE IN THE OCCUPIES.
IT WAS PASSED WITH THE IDEA THAT
IT HAD SUNSETS ON IT SO IT
REQUIRED AUTHORIZATION SO
CONGRESS COULD HAVE OVERSIGHT
OVER THE AUTHORITY THAT WAS
GRANTED IN THE PATRIOT ACT TO DO
SURVEILLANCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, ROVING WIRETAPS,
CLEAR BACK IN THE 1980'S, IT WAS
UNDERSTOOD WITH CELL PHONES WHEN
INVESTIGATORS WERE INVESTIGATING
ORGANIZED CRIME, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE MOB FIGURED IT OUT THEY
COULD PICK UP A CELL PHONE,
DISPOSE OF IT AND USE IT FOR A
WHILE AND DISPOSE OF IT AND THAT
THE OLD WIRETAP LAWS THAT WOULD
ALLOW A JUDGE TO GRANT A WARRANT
TO TAP A LANDLINE, A RESIDENCE
OR BUSINESS OF THE SUSPECTED
MOBSTER WERE ARCHAIC IN THE
1980'S AND SO CONGRESS ACTED AND
PROVIDED FOR THE ROVING WIRETAPS
FOR INVESTIGATIONS DOMESTICALLY
BUT DIDN'T COVER INVESTIGATIONS
THAT HAD TO DO WITH TERRORISTS
AND NONCITIZENS.
AND AS I LOOK AT THE COMPONENTS
OF THE PATRIOT ACT, IT COMES
DOWN TO THIS, THAT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS THAT
ARE THERE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE BEING INVESTIGATED ARE
EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THOSE
PROTECTIONS FOR AMERICAN
CITIZENS AND DOMESTIC
INVESTIGATIONS UNRELATED TO
TERRORISM CHARGES.
ROVING WIRETAP IS A PIECE THAT
WAS A NATURAL THAT HAD TO BE
PART OF THE PATRIOT ACT, AND IT
IS AND WE HAVE THE FISA COURTS,
SPECIAL COURTS THAT EVALUATE THE
INVESTIGATIONS AND YIELD THE
JUDGMENT AS TO WHETHER THEY ARE
IN COMPLIANCE.
THE NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS,
OF WHICH THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN
300.
YES, THERE IS A CONFIDENTIALITY
ATTACHED TO THAT.
IF A FEDERAL AGENT GOES INTO AN
ENTITY AND SHOES A NATIONAL
SECURITY LETTER, THAT IS
REPORTED TO THE COURT.
AND THE COMPANY THAT IS REQUIRED
TO PRODUCE THAT INFORMATION IS
BOUND BY CONFIDENTIALITY FOR
OBVIOUS REASONS.
IF OSAMA BIN LADEN OR CZAR COWY
OR ANY OF THE PLOTTING
TERRORISTS WERE PLOTTING AGAINST
THE UNITED STATES, THEY WOULD BE
TIPPED OFF.
THEY WOULD BE TIPPED OFF ON THE
LETTER, WHICH MEANS THE
INVESTIGATION WOULD BE BLOWN UP
BY THAT LACK OF CONFIDENTIALITY.
THE LONE WOLF OF PIECE.
THEY STOOD UP VERY WELL AND ONE
OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAS STOOD UP
ON THIS ISSUE AND UNDERSTANDS
THIS VERY THOROUGHLY AND ONE OF
THE PEOPLE ON THE SELECT
COMMITTEE OF INTELLIGENCE WHICH
WILL PREVENT HER FROM TALKING
ABOUT THE DEEP INTELLIGENCE THAT
GOES ON IN THE SECURE ROOM IN
THIS CAPITOL IS MY FRIEND FROM
MINNESOTA, MICHELLE BACHMANN.
THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT ISSUE AND VERY
IMPORTANT VOTE THAT WE HAVE JUST
TAKEN HERE IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER,
IS DEALING WITH THE PATRIOT ACT.
AND WE HAVE HAD CALLS AND
REQUESTS ON OUR FACEBOOK,
TWITTER AND EMAIL URGING A
NO-VOTE ON THE PATRIOT ACT.
I CAST A YES VOTE.
THE PATRIOT ACT DID PASS.
THIS IS WHY.
THIS IS AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL YEARS ON THREE
YEARS.
ONE IS ON THE LONE WOLF
EXCEPTION.
WE HAVE A NEW WAR, NEW ENEMY,
NEW TACTICS.
THE LONE WOLF IS ONE ACTOR
ACTING ALONE AND WE HAVE A TIP
AND WE HAVE TO GO IN AND FIND
THAT ACTOR.
THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF
IMAGINING THIS INTELLIGENCE AND
INFORMATION.
ROVING WIRETAPS, WE HAVE CHANGED
FROM THE DAYS OF TELEPHONES
BEING WIRED INTO THE WALLS, NOW
WE USE A PHONE.
MODERN TERRORISTS WILL BY 1,000
PHONES AND MAKE ONE FOLE AND
PICK UP ANOTHER CELL PHONE AND
MAKE ANOTHER CALL.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO
BE ABLE TO GO TO WHICHEVER PHONE
A POTENTIAL ALLEGED TERRORIST
MAY BE USING.
THE THIRD EXCEPTION IS THE
BUSINESS RECORDS EXCEPTION,
SECTION 215.
THIS IS THE SECTION THAT PEOPLE
HAVE THE MOST WORRIES ABOUT.
THEY WORRY ABOUT INFRINGE MEANT
OF FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
I SPENT ALL THIS WEEK GOING FROM
MEMBERS MONTH I FELT WOULD
OPPOSE, PEOPLE WHO WERE NATIONAL
VOICES WHO OPPOSE THE PATRIOT
ACT TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR
CONCERNS ARE.
I'M A LAWYER AND I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT MAKING SURE WE NEVER CROSS
GOVERNMENT.
THE LINE AS THE FEDERAL
WHY?
BECAUSE I THINK GOVERNMENT IS
TOO BIG.
WE INTERVENE TOO MUCH IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES AND DON'T WANT TO
GIVE GOVERNMENT THE RIGHT TO GO
IN AND ACCESS MY PERSONAL
PRIVATE RECORDS.
THIS IS WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE
ABOUT SECTION 215 AND WHY I
COULD VOTE FOR IT.
NUMBER ONE, NO RIGHT OF
IMAGINING ACCESS TO RECORDS CAN
BE GIVEN UNLESS A FEDERAL AGENT
GOES TO A JUDGE FIRST.
THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE FISA
COURT.
ALSO, THERE HAS TO BE A
CONNECTION TO NATIONAL SECURITY
INTERESTS OR TO A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT.
WE'VE GOT THAT LEVEL OF
PROTECTION.
WHEN HE THEY GO AND MAKE THESE
REQUESTS, THEN THEY CAN GO AND
GAIN ACCESS TO A RECORD.
NOW THESE ARE BUSINESS RECORDS.
THESE AREN'T RECORDS IN MY
BASEMENT OR YOUR BASEMENT.
THESE ARE RECORDS THAT A COMPANY
HAS, LIKE A PHONE COMPANY OR A
BANK, BUT USED IN ONLY THE
LIMITED CASE WHERE A JUDGE FIRST
GRANTS PERMISSION.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THAT MEANS THAT IT IS
CONSTITUTIONAL IN THAT THE
INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS DO PROCESS
RIGHTS THAT ARE OBSERVED BECAUSE
A FEDERAL AGENT FIRST HAS TO GO
TO A JUDGE, A JUDGE HAS TO APPLY
DUE PROCESS TO THAT REQUEST AND
THEN FROM THERE, THEN ACCESS CAN
BE GIVEN TO RECORDS, NOT IN AN
INDIVIDUAL'S HOUSE, BUT FROM A
BUSINESS.
AND THEN DURING THE COURSE OF AN
INVESTIGATION, AGAIN
REMEMBERING, AS IF THERE IS A
THREAT OF A NATIONAL SECURITY
THREAT ONLY, THEN DURING THE
COURSE OF AN INVESTIGATION, IT'S
UNDERSTOOD, IF WE ARE
INVESTIGATING A TERRORIST, WE
GET A LEAD THAT MUHAMMAD HAS A
PHONE AND GET HIS INFORMATION
AND ABLE TO ACCESS RECORDS THAT
ARE CONNECTED TO AN ALLEGED
TERRORIST OR NOW AN ADMITTED
TERRORIST, WE NOW HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE THE MEANS.
DO WE TIP OFF LIKE A MUHAMMAD
THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE
RECORDS?
OF COURSE NOT.
THAT WOULD BE ABSURD.
BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT WAR
AND BECAUSE WE ARE OBSERVING
FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
MUHAMMAD IS NOT AN AMERICAN.
HE IS NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
HE IS NOT AN AMERICAN, BUT FOR
AMERICANS, WHEN WE ARE SEEKING A
REQUEST FOR A RECORD OF AN
AMERICAN, THE FEDERAL AGENT
FIRST HAS TO GO AND GET THIS
APPROVED BY A JUDGE.
I URGE PEOPLE, MR. SPEAKER.
GO TO MY FACEBOOK SITE.
WE HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS UP TO
VERIFY AND SHOW ALL OF THE
ACT.
REASONING BEHIND THE PATRIOT
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT DISCUSSION THIS
EVENING.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE,
STEVE KING, FOR BRINGING IT TO
PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
I SPENT ALL WEEK TRYING TO GET
THE BASIS WHETHER THE VOTE
SHOULD BE YES OR WHETHER IT
SHOULD BE NO.
I HAVE CONFIDENCE THIS EVENING
THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT VOTE TO
CAST A YES VOTE AND I ENCOURAGE
ANYONE INTERESTED TO GO TO MY
FACEBOOK SITE AND READ FOR
YOURSELVES AND MAKE UP YOUR MIND
THAT IN MY OPINION THIS PASSES
CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER.
I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR THIS BILL
UNLESS I THOUGHT IT DID PASS
CONSTITUTIONAL MUSTER.
AND I YIELD BACK.
RECLAIMING MY TIME AND
THANKING THE GENTLELADY FROM
MINNESOTA TO COME TO THE FLOOR
AND ADD CLARITY AND HAVING THE
COURAGE TO STAND UP ON THESE
CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES, I HAD
IT POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THE
FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE
CONSTITUTION LIMITS THE PATRIOT
ACT.
IT'S THE PROTECTION AGAINST
UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE.
AND THESE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE
REASONABLE ACROSS THIS LAND ARE
VERY WELL SETTLED LAW.
VERY WELL SETTLED LAW AND THE
PATRIOT ACT, THIS WOULD END THE
PARAMETERS OF EXISTING DOMESTIC
SURVEILLANCE AND I WOULD ADD
THAT THIS CONGRESS HAS PROTECTED
ITSELF IN THIS FASHION THAT THE
MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS PATRIOT
ACT ARE EXTENDED FOR FOUR YEARS.
THIS CONGRESS CAN COME BACK AND
RE-EVALUATE THE PATRIOT ACT AND
WITHIN THIS FOUR-YEAR PERIOD OF
TIME AND REQUIRE
RE-AUTHORIZATIONS AND MAKING
PLACE.
SURE THAT THE ABUSES DO NOT TAKE
ONE WHO HAS GONE UP TO THE
SECURE ROOM AND GONE THROUGH A
NUMBER OF SECURE BRIEFINGS THAT
HAD TO DO WITH THE FUNCTION OF
THE PATRIOT ACT, IT IS A
REQUIREMENT TO DO THAT.
I MADE A PLEDGE TO A NUMBER OF
OTHER MEMBERS THAT I'LL KEEP AN
EYE ON THESE CONSTITUTIONAL
FUNCTIONS AND THE RESPECT FOR
THIS STATUTE THAT IS GIVEN BY
THE FEDERAL AGENTS THAT ARE
ALLOWED TO UTILIZE THE PAILT
ACT.
ACT.
AND THAT WILL BE A -- PATRIOT
AND THAT IS A NEVER ENDING
VIGILANCE.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO IS DUAL
VIGILANT WHEN THE REST OF US
TAKE A LITTLE BREAK AND CATCH
SOME SLEEP AT NIGHT, BACK
KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE FUNCTIONS
OF GOVERNMENT, ONE OF THE
RELENTLESS AND INCEASE ANT
PROVIDERS OF CONSTITUTIONAL
PROVISIONS AND I YIELD TO MR.
GOHMERT OF TEXAS.
AS MY FRIEND
KNOWS, WE HAVE BOTH BEEN
EXTREMELY VIM LANT IN FOLLOWING
UP THESE ISSUES.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION,
THERE ARE PEOPLE ON TELEVISION
JUST MAKING THESE CLAIMS THAT
CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN THROWN
AWAY.
AN THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT HOW
THESE THREE PROVISIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOR FOUR
YEARS WERE BEING USED.
NOW, MY FIRST YEAR HERE, 2005,
WE WERE TAKING UP THE PATRIOT
ACT AND I HAD CONCERNS THEN, I
STILL HAVE CONCERNS, BECAUSE
THESE THINGS, THESE POWERS,
HAVE BEEN HELD CONSTITUTIONAL
AND I THINK THEY ARE.
THE PROBLEM COMES IN THE
POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE.
AND THE REASON THAT I ENDED UP
CATCHING A LOT OF GRIEF FROM
SOME OF THE LEADERS IN OUR
PARTY BACK IN 2005 AS A
FRESHMAN WAS I WANTED TO HAVE
SUNSETS ON SOME PROVISIONS SO
THAT WE COULD GET LEVERAGE
BECAUSE AS WE SAW FROM ATTORNEY
GENERAL GONZALEZ, WHEN HE WAS
-- FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL
GONZALES, WHEN HE WAS HEAD OF
THE JUS KIT DEPARTMENT AND AS
WE'VE SEEN WITH ATTORNEY
GENERAL HOLDER, DEPARTMENTS OF
JUSTICE ARE NOT VERY
FORTHCOMING, NO MATTER WHAT
PARTY THEY ARE, WHEN CONGRESS
ASKS FOR INFORMATION.
THEY'LL SAY, OH, YEAH, WE'LL
GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU NEED.
BUT THEY'RE NOT VERY
FORTHCOMING.
IT'S NOT UNTIL POWERS THEY WANT
TO KEEP COME UP FOR SUNSET THAT
THEY COULD GO AWAY AND THEY
NEED THEM RENEWED AND THEY KNOW
THEY NEED THEM RENEWED BECAUSE
THEY ARE HELPFUL IN KEEPING THE
COUNTRY SAFE, BUT IT'S ONLY
THEN THAT THEY COME FORWARD AND
SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, WHAT WAS
IT THAT YOU MADE INTO REQUEST A
YEAR AGO THAT WE NEVER DID
PROVIDE YOU?
AND THAT BASICALLY HAPPENED
BACK IN 2004 AND 2005.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS
I WAS PUSHING, WE'VE GOT TO
HAVE SUNSETS BECAUSE THE ONLY
WAY TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES
AND MAKE SURE THE ABUSES ARE
NOT OCCURRING OF THESE
CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS IS TO PUT
SUNSETS AND THAT WAY THEY COME
FORWARD WITH THE INFORMATION
AND THOSE OF US WHO HAVE THE
SECURITY CLEARANCES CAN GO IN.
NOT EVERYBODY THAT HAS SECURITY
CLEARANCES HAS ENOUGH INTEREST
TO GO WADING THROUGH THIS
MATERIAL LIKE MY FRIEND FROM
IOWA AND I HAVE, BUT I THINK
PART OF THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONFUSED WITH
THE ABUSES THAT OCCURRED, THE
OUTRAGEOUS ABUSES THAT
OCCURRED, WITH THE NATIONAL
SECURITY LETTER POWER WHICH HAS
BEEN REINED IN SOME, STILL NOT
IF YOU HAVE FOR MY LIKING.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO REIN THE
NATIONAL SECURITY LETTER POWER
IN EVEN FURTHER BECAUSE IT IS
NOT REQUIRED TO GO BEFORE A
DISTRICT JUDGE LIKE THESE
POWERS THAT WE EXTENDED TONIGHT
FOR THREE YEARS.
THAT'S WHERE THE ABUSES WERE.
THAT'S WHERE THE REPORT SAID
THEY WERE, SO THAT'S WHERE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VIGILANCE
NEEDS TO BE PLACED IN MAKING
SURE THAT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT DOES ADEQUATE
VIGILANCE THEMSELVES IN NOT
ABUSING THE POWER THEY HAVE.
AND I'M SURE I DIDN'T MAKE THE
DIRECTOR OF THE F.B.I. VERY
HAPPY, BUT WHEN I POINTED THIS
OUT TO HIM IN COMMITTEE, BUT
IT'S WHAT I BELIEVE.
AND THAT IS THAT THIS DIRECTOR
CAME INTO THE F.B.I. AND
EVENTUALLY IMPLEMENTED WHAT HE
CALLED A FIVE-YEAR POLICY SO IF
YOU WERE A SUPERVISOR IN THE
F.B.I. OF A FIELD OFFICE
ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND YOU
DID FIVE YEARS IN THAT
LOCATION, AT THE END OF FIVE
YEAR, YOU HAD TO MOVE UP TO
WASHINGTON OR GET OUT OF THE
F.B.I.
MOVE OUT, BASICALLY.
WE HAVE LOST THOUSANDS OF YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE FROM OUR F.B.I.
NOW, I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE AN
AGGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR, YOUNG,
OUT OF LAW SCHOOL, HAD A LITTLE
MORE HAIR BACK THEN, AND BOY,
WE'RE GOING TO GET THE BAD
GUYS.
THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID
FOR EXPERIENCE.
SO IT'S NOT BEEN UNCOMMON TO
HAVE F.B.I. FIELD OFFICES
AROUND THE COUNTRY GO FOR
EXAMPLE FROM HAVING A
SUPERVISOR WITH 25 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE, HE OR SHE HAS SEEN
IT, DONE IT, BEEN THERE, AND
ABLE TO LEARN FROM MISTAKES,
MAKE WISE DECISIONS AND YET
BUZZ OF THE PIVE-YEAR UP OR OUT
POLICY, THEY END UP HAVING TO
LEAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
MOVING TO WASHINGTON AND WHEN
THEY DO, WE'VE HAD OFFICES, FOR
EXAMPLE, COME IN AND THE NEW
SUPERVISOR HAS FIVE OR SIX
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
WE GO FROM 25, 26 YEARS TO FIVE
OR SIX, NOT GOOD FOR THE F.B.I.
THESE ARE FANTASTIC AGENTS,
TAKE NOTHING AWAY FROM THEIR
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY BUT
THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID
FOR 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND WE
LOST THAT.
AS WE LOST THAT, WE BEGAN TO
SEE THESE VAST ABUSES OF THE
NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS.
AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT
THE NATIONAL SECURITY LETTER
POWER WAS NOT UP FOR RENEWABLE
TONIGHT.
AND IT IS SOMETHING I WOULD
LIKE TO ADDRESS FURTHER BECAUSE
IT HAS SUCH TREMENDOUS
POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE AND I'M
HOPING WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT
AND I ALSO FURTHER HOPE THAT
THOSE WHO ARE REALLY UPSET OR
CONCERNED WILL NOT JUST TAKE
DEMAGOGUE STATEMENTS BUT WILL
ACTUALLY LOOK INTO THIS AS I
HAVE AND I'VE SPENT NO TELLING
HOW MANY HOURS PORING THROUGH
MATERIAL, CLASSIFIED TRL,
PORING THROUGH THE LAWS, THE
INTERPRETATION OF THE LAWS, AND
THESE POWERS BASICALLY THE SAME
POWERS THE F.B.I. HAS, THESE
THREE THAT WE RENEWED TONIGHT,
BASICALLY THE SAME POWERS THE
F.B.I. HAS TO GO AFTER
ORGANIZED CRIME AND NOW THEY'RE
ALLOWED TO DO IT WITH
TERRORISM.
THEY PERTAIN TO TERRORISTS OR
AGENTS, FOREIGN AGENTS OF
FOREIGN POWERS, SO IF THEY'RE
PROPERLY SUPERVISED AS I KNOW
MY FRIEND FROM IOWA AND I WILL
DO, UNLESS WE GET KICKED OFF
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, BUT
SLOPPINGS WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE
THERE AND AS UNPLEASANT AS SOME
PEOPLE FIND OUR POSITIONS AT
TIMES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THERE'S ADEQUATE SUPERVISE AND
THAT'S WHAT I INTEND TO DO,
THAT'S WHAT I KNOW MY FRIEND
FROM IOWA INTENDS TO DO, THAT'S
WHAT OUR FRIEND MICHELLE BALK
MAP FROM MINNESOTA WILL DO,
THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST DILIGENT
-- BACHMANN FROM MINNESOTA WILL
DO, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST
DILIGENT PEOPLE I'VE SEEN.
I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANY OTHER
MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OR SENATE
THAT HAS A MASTERS IN LAW, AND
SHE HAS A MASTERS IN LAW.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND
THE LAW AN STUDY IT AN ARE
LOOKING INTO THE ALLEGATIONS.
I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE
DID TONIGHT ONLY TO THE EXTENT
THAT I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE
AN AWFUL LOT MORE NIGHTS LIKE
I'VE HAD THE LAST TWO NIGHTS
WHERE I GET AN HOUR AND A HALF
OR TWO HOURS OF SLEEP BECAUSE
THERE'S SO MUCH TO REVIEW, SO
MUCH TO COVER, SO MUCH TO READ
BECAUSE OF THIS IMPORTANT
RESPONSIBILITY WE'VE BEEN
HANDED.
I HOPE PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND
NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS HAVE
BEEN THE AREA WHERE THERE'S
BEEN GREAT ABUSE, SUPPOSEDLY
THAT'S BEEN REINED IN BUT THE
REASON MANY -- NOT MANY, BUT
SOME OF US ON THE REPUBLICAN
SIDE DEMANDED SUNSETS ON THESE
ARE NOT BECAUSE WE THINK
THEY'RE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BUT
BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE
LEVERAGE IN ORDER TO USE WHAT
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, NO
MATTER WHICH PARTY IS IN POWER
IN THE WHITE HOUSE, MAKE SURE
THAT OUR FREEDOMS ARE PRESERVED
AND CONGRESS CAN USE ITS POWER,
HAVE POWER, HAVE LEVERAGE, AND
I APPRECIATE MY FRIEND FOR
YIELDING.
THANK YOU.
IT OCCURS TO ME AS I DO THE
DISCUSSION -- AS I LISTEN TO
THE DISCUSSION HERE AND
PARTICIPATE IN IT THERE WAS A
DECIDED LACK OF ENTHUSIASM FOR
THE PATRIOT ACT FROM BARACK
OBAMA WHEN HE WAS A SENATOR,
AND HE WAS THE MOST LIBERAL
VOTER IN SENATE, TO THE LEFT OF
BEHR NEE SANDERS, WHO IS AN
ADMITTED SOCIALIST.
HE WAS TO THE LEFT OF HIS
PATRIOT ACT HE SAT DOWN WITH
HIS BRIEFINGS WHICH I PRESUME
AN HOPE ARE DAILY BRIEFINGS, HE
BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND THE THREAT
TO THE UNITED STATES THAT
EXISTS DOMESTICALLY AND ABROAD,
HIS POSITION BEGAN TO MIGRATE
AND PERHAPS AS WE SPEAK NOW
HE'S PICKING UP HIS PEN TO SIGN
THE PATRIOT ACT THAT EXTENSIONS
OF THE THREE PROVISIONS THAT
WERE APPROVED HERE TONIGHT THAT
EXTENDS THEM FOR A FOUR-YEAR
PERIOD OF TIME THAT, MR.
SPEAKER, BRINGS US BACK BEFORE
THIS CONGRESS AND IT MEANS ALSO
THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
UTILIZING THE PATRIOT ACT
WITHIN THE SECTIONS 206 OF
ROVING WIRETAP AND 215 THE
BUSINESS RECORDS COMPONENTS OF
THIS AND SECTION 6001 A, THE
LONE WOLF COMPONENT, EACH OF
WHICH WERE EXTENDED BY THIS
CONGRESS FOR FOUR YEARS, ALL OF
THE FEDERAL AGENTS THAT WILL BE
UTILIZING THESE PROVISIONS WILL
BE VERY WELL AWARE THAT
CONGRESS WILL BE REVIEWING
THESE PROVISIONS WITHIN FOUR
YEARS OF TODAY.
AND SO THEY'LL BE CAREFUL, I
THINK, TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW
AND I THINK THIS IS A PRUDENT
EXTENSION RATHER THAN THE
EFFORT TO MAKE IT PERMANENT, I
THINK IT'S PRUDENT TO
TEMPORARILY EXTEND THE
PROVISIONS OF THE PATRIOT ACT.
AS THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS
ALLUDED TO, AND I WOULD
APPRECIATE, I WOULD LIKE TO
REITERATE AND EMPHASIZE THIS
POINT, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT
WE HAVE HEARD AND THE THINGS
THAT WE'VE HEARD UP IN THE
SECURE ROOM FROM THE CLASSIFIED
STANDPOINT TO THINGS WE HAVE
HEARD BEFORE THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE AND THE MANY HEARINGS
WE HAVE HAD, THE CHALLENGE THAT
WAS PUT OUT TOWARD PRESIDENT
BUSH IN A PARTISAN EFFORT, I
THINK, TO UNDERMINE THE PATRIOT
ACT BEFORE THE LAST
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN
NOVEMBER OF 2008, ALL OF THOSE
EFFORTS, NOT ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS
PRODUCED WHO HAD HAD THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS JEW
SURPS.
NOT ONE.
HAD LOST THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
NOT ONE HAD LOST THE -- NOT ONE
RIGHTS UNDER THE PATRIOT ACT.
IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT OF ALL
THE ENCOUNTERS THAT HAVE TAKEN
PLACE UNDER THE PATRIOT ACT FOR
ALL THESE YEARS, IF THERE HAD
BEEN SERIOUS ABUSES OF PEOPLE'S
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, WE WOULD
HAVE HEARD FROM AN INDIVIDUAL.
AND THEN A STATEMENT IS MADE
WELL, WE WON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THESE
RECORDS THAT THEY'RE ALL
SECRET.
WELL, THE RECORDS ARE REPORTED
TO THE FISA COURT AND THE FISA
COURT EVALUATES THEM AND THE
REASON WE KNOW THOSE RECORDS
EXIST IS BECAUSE THERE'S A
REQUIREMENT OF THE COURT
REPORTING.
STILL, NOT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS
COME FORWARD WHO HAS HAD THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND CIVIL
RIGHTS ABUSED.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN -- I'M NOT
TAKING THE POSITION HERE THAT
IT HAS NOT HAPPENED, AND I'M
NOT TAKING THE POSITION THAT IT
COULD NOT HAPPEN, MY POSITION
IS THAT IF IT HAD BEEN ENDEMIC,
IF IT HAD BEEN SOMETHING THAT
WAS SYSTEMATICALLY GRINDING
THROUGH THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF
AMERICANS, OR INDIVIDUALS THAT
ARE IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER
THE PROTECTION OF OUR LAWS AND
CONSTITUTION, WE WOULD KNOW
SOME OF THOSE NAMES, WE'D KNOW
SOME OF THE FACES, WE'D
UNDERSTAND THOSE INCIDENTS.
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS YOU
CAN DO IN THIS BUSINESS IS TO
RYE TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING THAT
IS LAW WITHOUT PUTTING A FACE
ON IT.
TO TRY TO EXPLAIN A FLAW THAT
THEY ARGUE MIGHT EXIST WITHIN
THE PATRIOT ACT WITHOUT BEING
ABLE TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OR AN
ANECDOTE TO PUT THAT FACE ON IT
SO PEOPLE CAN SEE BY EXAMPLE
HOW THE THINGS WORK.
WE'RE DEALING WITH DATA HERE
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE
INDIVIDUAL EXAMPLES, THEY HAVE
NOT COME FORWARD OR BEEN
IDENTIFIED, HOWEVER MIGHTILY
SOME HAVE TRIED TO PRODUCE
THEM.
SO I SUPPORT THE EXPANSIONS WE
PASSED HERE TONIGHT.
IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE WORKED
WITH HERE IN THIS CONGRESS INTO
MY NINTH YEAR.
IT'S VERY MUCH SOMETHING WE'VE
EXAMINED, I THINK, VERY
THOROUGHLY WITH HEARING AFTER
HEARING AND INTENSE DEBATE AND
AMENDMENTS OFFERED AS WELL AS
THE SECURE BRIEFINGS THAT TAKE
US MUCH DEEPER INTO THE
PRACTICES OF THE PATRIOT ACT
SYSTEM OF THE THREE COMPONENTS
THAT WERE EXTENDED HERE TONIGHT
FOR FOUR YEAR, ROVING WIRETAPS,
WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY,
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE KHALID
SHEIKH MOHAMMED OR MOUSSAOUI
FOR EXAMPLE, RUNNING AROUND THE
UNITED STATES WITH A GYM BAG
FULL OF DISPOSABLE CELL PHONES,
USING ONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
TOSSING IT IN THE TRASH AN THEN
ANOTHER AND ANOTHER AND
ANOTHER, GOT TO BE ABLE TO
SWITCH AND HAVE A ROVING
WIRETAP FOLLOW THE INDIVIDUAL
RATHER THAN A SINGLE LAND LINE
THAT MIGHT BE THERE.
IT JUST MAKES SIMPLE SENSE.
IT EXISTED FOR -- SINCE THE
1980'S FOR DOMESTIC
INVESTIGATIONS OF CRIME
INCLUDING ORGANIZED CRIME, WE
HAVE THE BUSINESS RECORDS
COMPONENTS OF THIS ALSO
EXTENDED FOR FOUR YEARS, THAT
ALLOWS THOSE BUSINESS RECORDS
TO BE ACCESSED, TO BE ABLE TO
LOOK FOR PATTERNS, PATTERNS
THAT WOULD INDICATE THE ACTS OF
PLANNING OF TERRORISM AGAINST
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
. IF THE AGENT OR ATTORNEY
POWER IS OPERATING, THEY CAN DO
AN INVESTIGATION.
A DIFFICULT INVESTIGATION IN THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
IT CAME DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE.
SOMETIMES IN CONGRESS WE CAN
ONLY DO THINGS AT THE LAST
MINUTE.
I WOULD LIKE TO, MR. SPEAKER,
TRANSITION THIS SUBJECT MATTER
AND -- INTO ANOTHER SUBJECT
MATTER THAT I UNDERSTAND THE
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS PREPARED
TO DISCUSS.
THE
CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE THE
FOLLOWING ENROLLED BILL.
SENATE 990 AN ACT TO
PROVIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND
SMALL INVESTMENT ACT.
THE
GENTLEMAN MAY PROCEED.
IN THIS BRIEF
EXPLANATION AND I EXPECT TO
YIELD SO THE GENTLEMAN FROM
TEXAS CAN TAKE THIS UP, IN THIS
TRANSLATION AND IN THIS WEEK, I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE CONSIDER WHAT
HAS HAPPENED WRRD TO THE MIDDLE
EAST.
AND HAVING COME BACK THROUGH A
TRIP AND BEING BRIEFED FROM YOU
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES, IT
COMES TO MIND AS I WATCH THE
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH LAST
WEEK ABOUT THE GLOBAL WAR ON
TERROR AND ABOUT HIS EFFORTS
FROM A TACTICAL AND DIPLOMATIC
EFFORT IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
NAMING COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY
THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ARAB
SPRING THAT WE CALL IT, UNREST
IN EGYPT AND THE LIST GOES ON,
CERTAINLY LIBYA IS PART OF THIS.
AS I READ CAREFULLY THROUGH
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH THAT I
UNDERSTAND HE DELIVERED AT THE
STATE DEPARTMENT ABOUT A WEEK
AGO OR SO, THE SPEECH, IF YOU
TAKE IRAQ -- IF YOU TAKE ISRAEL
OUT OF THE SPEECH, THE REST,
GEORGE W. BUSH DELIVERING THE
BUSH DOCTRINE AND A LOT OF THAT
MILL OS IF I I SUPPORT.
IF YOU GIVE PEOPLE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GRASP AND ACHIEVE
AND SUCCEED WITH THE BEGINNINGS
OF FREEDOM.
THEY'LL TURN THEIR FOCUS FROM
HATRED AND TERRORISM TOWARDS
BUILDING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
TOWARDS COMMERCE.
THAT PHILOSOPHY IS BEGINNING TO
EMERGE WITH A LEVEL OF SUCCESS
IN IRAQ, FOR EXAMPLE.
IT HAS BEEN A BELIEF OF GEORGE
DOCTRINE.
W. BUSH AND BEEN KNOWN AS BUSH
AND PRESIDENT OBAMA WHO HAS BEEN
AFGHANISTAN.
CRITICAL IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ AND
HE GAVE A BUSH DOCTRINE SPEECH
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JEAL
ISRAEL.
THERE PRESIDENT OBAMA, I'LL'S
SAY BROKE THE MOLD AND WENT DONE
DOWN A NEW PATH, SURPRISING
PATH, UNLESS YOU ARE READING
BETWEEN HIS POSITIONS, TO MAKE
THE ARGUMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE
A TWO-STATE SOLUTION BETWEEN
ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS THAT
THE PALESTINIANS WOULD HAVE A
SINGLE COUNTRY.
RIGHT NOW IT'S EITHER TWO
PIECES, WEST BANK AND GAZA, AND
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP.
IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO TIE
TOGETHER A CONTIGUOUS
PALESTINIAN STATE WITHOUT
COMPONENTS.
SEVERING ISRAEL FROM ITS
AND IT WAS INTERESTING ALSO THAT
PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID, WELL, THIS
IS HOW WE WANT TO DO IT, THE
CONTIGUOUS TWO-STATE SOLUTION
AND THE ISSUE OF JERUSALEM, WE
WILL SET THAT ASIDE BUT HAVE TO
GO BACK TO THE 1967 BORDERS AND
HAVE CAUSED PEOPLE, THOSE OF US
WHO HAVE A STRONG SUPPORT FOR
ISRAEL HAVE A DEEP BREATH.
WHY DID HE THROW THAT CONFUSION
INTO THE SITUATION IN ISRAEL AND
THE STATEMENT THAT HE MADE
RESULTED IN PUTTING ISRAEL AT
EVEN GREATER RISK, UNDERMINING
THEIR SECURITY, MAKING THEIR
NEGOTIATING POSITION LESS STABLE
AND ENCOURAGING MORE PUSHBACK
FROM THE PLAIN PEOPLE AND THE
TERRORISTS THAT ARE PART OF THE
PALESTINIANS WHO REFUSE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO
EXIST.
YOU CANNOT NEGOTIATE WITH PEOPLE
WHO ARE TERMED TO GET RID OF YOU
AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID THEY
AREN'T GOING TO CONCEDE THE
STRATEGIC LOCATIONS THAT ALLOW
ISRAEL TO DEFEND ITSELF.
WHEN PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU
SPOKE BEHIND WHERE I SPOKE A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, I THINK IT
WAS A HISTORIC SPEECH.
HE LAID OUT THE PARAMETERS THAT
CAN ALLOW THE JEWISH STATE OF
ISRAEL TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST
ENEMIES AND THERE ARE MANY.
AND HE WENT AS FAR AS HE COULD
WITHOUT OPENING CHALLENGE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
SOME HAPPY WITH WHAT HAS
HAPPENED IN THE AFTERMATH OF
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH THAT I
BELIEVE AREASON USLY THAT ISRAEL
BOUNDARIES.
WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE PRE-1967
I SAY TO YOU AND HERE BEFORE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, THAT SPEECH
TOOK PLACE HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS BECAUSE OF THE
ACTIVISM AND FORESIGHT OF
CONGRESSMAN GOHMERT WHO GOT US
TO SIGN THE LETTER OF INVITATION
AND TOOK IT TO SPEAKER BOEHNER
WHO I UNDERSTAND ISSUED THE
INVITATION AND THE TIMING WAS
IMPECCABLE TIMING AND THERE ARE
CRITICAL ISSUES TAKING PLACE IN
THE WORLD.
PRIME MINISTER STEPPED HERE ON
THE FLOOR OF THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS AND SPOKE BEFORE A
JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS AND
JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS THAT
RECEIVED HIM AS A REPRESENTATIVE
OF ISRAEL WITH THE WARMEST OF
WELCOMES THAT ANYONE COULD ASK
FOR BUT STANDING OVATIONS, TWO
OR THREE OF THOSE BEFORE A WORD
WAS UTTERED AND BEFORE ANY
SUBSTANCE WAS UTTERED, WARM THE
BUT TACTICICALLY AND MONTEARL
WAS DEMONSTRATED HERE IN THE
JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS AND
THAT'S THANKS TO THE GENTLEMAN
FROM TEXAS.
AS I WRAP THIS UP, I WOULD THANK
YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR
INDULGENCE AND I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
UNDER
THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED POLICY
OF JANUARY 5, 2011, THE
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS WILL
CONTROL THE REMAINDER OF THE
HOUR.
I'M SO GRATEFUL
THAT I HAVE SUCH A DEAR FRIEND
FROM IOWA AS MR. STEVE KING AND
-- WELL, THERE'S NO PRICE YOU
CAN PUT ON A DEAR FRIEND LIKE
THAT, THANK YOU.
I WANT TO CONTINUE ON THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S
SPEECH.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE
PRESIDENT HAD IN MIND WHEN HE
DECIDED TO RUSH OVER TO THE
STATE DEPARTMENT AND MAKE A
SPEECH WHEN HE KNEW THE PRIME
MINISTER OF OUR DUJAIL EYE
ISRAEL -- OUR DUE ALLY ISRAEL
WAS COMING TO THE UNITED STATES.
HE KNEW WHEN HE GAVE THE SPEECH,
THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD BE AT A
GREAT DISADVANTAGE.
I UNDERSTAND IT WASN'T RUN BY
THE PRIME MINISTER, QUITE A
SURPRISE TO HIM.
AND WHEN THERE WERE HINTS THAT
THE PRESIDENT MIGHT MAKE
STATEMENTS HE DID, THERE WAS A
PLEADING NOT TO DO SO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE STORIES
ARE ACTUALLY HOW IT OCCURRED.
NO WAY TO CARRY ON NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
IT'S CERTAINLY NO WAY TO TREAT
OUR FRIENDS.
IT'S NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT
WHEN IT COMES TO INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS, IF YOU TREAT YOUR
ENEMIES BETTER THAN YOU TREAT
YOUR FRIENDS, THEN YOUR FRIENDS
WILL DESIRE TO BE YOUR ENEMIES.
.
AND YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU DESIRE
I DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE IN THE
WHITE HOUSE ARE THINKING.
THIS IS A FRIEND.
YOU DON'T DO THIS TO FRIENDS.
IT JUMPS OUT AND GOES TO THE
STATE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE HAS A
CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, I SAY CAPTIVE,
APPARENTLY FROM WHAT'S ON THE --
FROM STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH
AMERICA, WHICH IS A LISTED
CO-CONSPIRATOR IN THE WHOLLY
LAND TRIAL FOR FUNDING HAMAS,
THIS CO-CON SPIRITOR OF FUNDING
IN THE HOLY LAND FOUNDATION HAD
COMMENTS ABOUT THE SPEECH
BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN INVITED TO
BE IN THE INNER SANCTUM OF OUR
STATE DEPARTMENT BY THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
THIS ADMINISTRATION, THIS
PRESIDENT CHOSE TO MAKE A SPEECH
BASICALLY SLAPPING A FRIEND IN
THE FACE AND AT THE SAME TIME
INVITE THE PRESIDENT OF A LISTED
CO-CON SPIRIT IRE FOR FUNDING
TERRORISM, TO BE IN ATTENDANCE
SO HE COULD TALK ABOUT HOW
WONDERFUL THE SPEECH WHAT.
THIS SAME IMAM, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH
AMERICA THAT WE FIND FROM READIC
READING THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE
SPEECH IN THE NUMBER TWO PERSON,
THE DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR SAID THIS SPRING AS HE
DRESSED THE ALL DULLES AREA
MUSLIM SOCIETY WHICH THEY LIKE
TO CALL ADAMS FOR SHORT, HE
THANK THE IMAM, THE PRESIDENT OF
THIS LISTED CO-CON SPIRITOR FOR
HIS KIND REMARKS AND TALKED
ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL HIS PRAYER
WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE IFTAR
CELEBRATION LAST YEAR, WHICH IS
THE CELEBRATION IN ISLAM THAT
MARKS THE END OF THE FASTING OF
RA MAD AND.
AND IN THE MARKS -- IN THE
REMARKS, THE DEPUTY NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISER OF THE UNITED
STATES, NOTED THAT THIS WAS THE
CONTINUATION OF THE IFTAR
CELEBRATION THAT THOMAS
JEFFERSON HAD.
AND INDICATING THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS NOT GETTING GOOD
INFORMATION ABOUT -- WE ARE NOT
AS THE PRESIDENT SAID PRODUCING
MORE OIL THAN WE EVER HAVE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK THAT
FAR, WE WERE PRODUCING 9.6
MILLION GALLONS A ONS THE DAY.
IF SOMEBODY WOULD BE RIGHT
ENOUGH TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT THE
RIGHT INFORMATION.
HE SAID WE DON'T HAVE MORE
PEOPLE ON THE BORDER.
SHOW THE HISTORY OF 1916 WHEN A
HAVEN'T THAT I DON'T HAVE A
GREAT DEAL OF ADMIRATION FOR,
WOODROW WILSON, KNEW IT WAS
WRONG TO HAVE A MEXICAN BANDIT
LED BY PA NMP CO VILLA COMING TO
THE UNITED STATES AND KILLING A
HANDFUL OF AMERICAN CITIZENS.
THAT WAS ENOUGH TO MOTIVATE THE
PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME TO CALL
UP SOMETHING NEW CALLED THE
NATIONAL COWARD A TO SEND
GENERAL PER DELNCH SHING AND GO
INTO MEXICO AND THE MURDERS
STOPPED.
INTO THE UNITED
STATES ACROSS OUR SOVEREIGN
BORDERS STOPPED.
THE 100,000-PLUS NATIONAL GUARD
TROOPS THAT WERE PLACED ON OUR
BORDER IN 1916 MADE SURE THAT
THE INTRUSIONS STOPPED.
AND BY GENERAL PERSHING GOING
IN, THEY MADE SURE THAT THEY
WEREN'T GOING TO WANT TO TRY
THAT AGAIN.
THAT'S HOW YOU DEAL WITH
DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN TERRORISM.
WE CAN'T TRY TO LOVE PEOPLE AND
YOU CAN LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND
CHRISTIANITY, WE ARE TAUGHT TO
DO THAT.
AND AS INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS,
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO
DO.
BUT WHEN WE TAKE AN OATH TO
DEFEND THIS CONSTITUTION, WHEN
WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AN
OATH TO DEFEND THIS NATION, TO
PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE,
THEN IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO
PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE
AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT STAND
FOR WHICH WE HAVE TO ANSWER.
SO, YES, CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED
TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S
RESPONSIBILITY, AS NOTED IN
ROMANS 13, AS THE SCRIPTURE
TELLS SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO DO
EVIL, IF YOU DO EVIL, BE AFRAID
BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T GIVE THE
SWORD IN VEIN.
WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO
PROVIDE FOR A FREE SOCIETY AND
SAFE SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE WILL
BE FREE TO LOVE EACH OTHER AND
MAKE FREE CHOICES.
AND YES,
AND YES, WHEN THERE'S A
RELIGION THAT'S BEEN HIJACKED
BY RADICALS THAT SAYS, YOU GIVE
PEOPLE FREEDOM OF CHOICE?
THAT'S WRONG.
WE NEED TO HAVE A CALIPHATE, WE
NEED TO HAVE A RELIGIOUS LEADER
THAT TELLS EVERYBODY WHAT THEY
CAN DO, THAT WAY WE AVOID ALL
THE DEBAUCHERY THAT YOU CAN SEE
ON ANY EVENING NEWS IN AMERICA.
THE TROUBLE IS, GOD GAVE US
FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
WE CAN CHOOSE WELL, OR WE CAN
CHOOSE POORLY.
AND THE GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO
ENSURE, ANY GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO
ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS WELL.
SO, AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S
SPEECH, WHICH BASICALLY
AMOUNTED TO A SLAP IN THE FACE
OVER THE LEADER OF OUR FRIEND
ISRAEL, AFTER THE INACCURATE
REPRESENTATION BY THE WHITE
HOUSE THAT GEE, THIS IS WHERE
ALL THE TALKS HAVE ALWAYS
STARTED, WELL, NOT EXACTLY.
THAT WAS THE POINT TO WHICH THE
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION PUSHED
PRIME MINISTER BARACK WHEN HE
WAS PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL
AND WHO KNOWS, GOD KNOWS, I
THINK GOD HARDENED ARAFAT'S
HEART SO THAT WHEN THE CLINTON
ADMINISTRATION THAT PUSHED THE
PRIME MINISTER, WHAT I THINK
WAS FAR TOO FAR, WHICH WOULD
HAVE MADE ISRAEL INDEFENSIBLE
BY ANY CONVENTIONAL MEANS, WHEN
ARAFAT HAD BASICALLY EVERYTHING
HE WANTED, EXCEPT THE
EXTINCTION OF ISRAEL, RARE
FAT'S HEART WAS HARDENEDED A --
AND HE SAID, NO, I'M NOT
ENTERING THE DEAL.
THANK GOODNESS FOR ISRAEL.
SO ISRAEL REMAINED A DEFENSIBLE
NATION.
NOW, WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE, WHEN
THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO WALK
BACK HIS COMMENTS AND EXPLAIN
AND AS SOMEONE BESIDES ME HAS
SAID BEFORE, WHEN YOU HEAR
SOMEONE SAY, WHAT I SAID WAS,
IT NORMALLY MEANS THAT IT ISN'T
WHAT THEY SAID, IT'S THEM
TRYING TO GET A BETTER TWIST
THAN ACTUALLY WAS THE WORDS
THAT WERE SAID.
BUT IN THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
WHERE HE TRIED TO MASSAGE THE
WORDS THAT HE HAD GIVEN ON
THURSDAY, THE PRESIDENT'S WORD,
AND I'VE GOT A TRANSCRIPT OF
HIS SPEECH HERE, HE SAID, THIS
IS PRESIDENT OBAMA, I SAID THAT
THE UNITED STATES BELIEVES THAT
NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE --
SHOULD RESULT IN TWO STATES
WITH PERMANENT PALESTINIAN
BORDERS WITH ISRAEL, JORDAN AND
EGYPT AND PERMANENT ISRAELI
BORDERS WITH PALESTINE.
HE GOES ON AND SAYS THE
PALESTINIAN PEOPLE MUST HAVE
THE RIGHT TO REACH THEIR
POTENTIAL IN A SOVEREIGN AND
CONTIGUOUS STATE.
SO THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S
SPEECH AFTER HE HAS BEEN
CHASTISED BY SO MANY IN HIS OWN
PARTY AND SO MANY ACROSS
AMERICA WHO APPARENTLY ARE
BETTER FRIENDS TO ISRAEL THAN
OUR PRESIDENT, HE HAS HAD TIME
TO THINK ABOUT IT, TO PORE OVER
IT AND MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T
MAKE A MISTAKE OF SAYING
SOMETHING THIS TIME THAT HE
DOESN'T MEAN.
SO WE WANT TO GIVE THE
PRESIDENT THE BENEFIT OF THE
DOUBT THAT HE MADE MISTAKES IN
WHAT HE SAID THURSDAY, LET'S
LOOK AT WHAT HE SAID THIS PAST
WEEKEND AND THAT SHOULD BE WHAT
HE REALLY MEANT BECAUSE HE HAD
TIME TO MASSAGE THE WORDS HE
SAID.
I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO LOOK AT
A MAP OF ISRAEL RIGHT NOW.
IT'S UNDER THE CONTROL OF --
THE WEST BANK IS UNDER THE
CONTROL OF ISRAEL RIGHT NOW.
THIS WAS ISRAEL'S TERRITORY
AFTER 1967.
ISRAEL WAS ATTACKED,
UNPROVOKED, ISRAEL DEFENDED
ITSELF AND TOOK THE SINAI
PENINSULA, TOOK OVER THE WEST
BANK, TOOK OVER JERUSALEM, TOOK
OVER THE GO LAN HEIGHTS UP
HERE.
AND -- THE GO LAN HEIGHTS UP
HERE -- THE GOLAN HEIGHTS UP
HERE AND THAT WAS A DEFENSIBLE
STATE.
BUT ISRAEL AND I DIDN'T REALLY
UNDERSTAND IT FULLY UNTIL I
WENT TO ISRAEL FOR THE FIRST
TIME, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
DO YOU GUYS NOT GET IT, THAT
WHEN YOU UNILATERALLY GIVE AWAY
LAND TRYING TO BUY PEACE, YOU
LOSE THE LAND AND YOU PROVIDE A
STAGING AREA FROM WHICH YOU ARE
ULTIMATELY ATTACKED AGAIN.
BUT ONCE I'D BEEN IN ISRAEL, AN
I SAW LOCATIONS OF FAMILIES,
FRIENDS, BEING BLOWN UP BY
SUICIDE BOMBERS, SAW THE
LOCATION OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES THAT WERE KILLED,
TERRORIZED BY ROCKETS, NOW
ABOUT 12,000 OF THEM, I
UNDERSTOOD A LITTLE BETTER.
THEY ARE SO TIRED OF BEING
TERRORIZED AND LOSING FRIENDS
AND FAMILY, THEY'RE WILLING TO
SAY, LOOK, WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS
AREA UP HERE IN LEBANON THAT WE
-- BUT -- THAT WE WERE TABLE
CONTROL AFTER THE 1967 WAR WHEN
YOU ATTACKED US, WE'LL GIVE IT
BACK TO YOU IF YOU JUST LEAVE
US ALONE.
PATRICK HENRY SAID, PEOPLE CRY
PEACE, PEACE, BUT THERE IS NO
PEACE.
ISRAEL WANTED PEACE.
SO THEY GIVE AWAY NORTHERN
ISRAEL, THAT'S NOW COLORED AS
PART OF LEBANON.
AND SO IT WASN'T BUT A FEW
YEARS AGO, LEBANON STARTS
ATTACKING, COMES ACROSS THE
BORDER, TAKES HOSTAGES, ATTACKS
ISRAEL.
FROM THE VERY AREA WHICH
LEBANON HAD BEEN GIVEN IN
ISRAEL'S UNILATERAL QUEST FOR
PEACE.
NOW, DURING THE TIMES BEFORE
THEY CONTROLLED THE GOLAN
HEIGHTS, THIS AREA IS QUITE
HIGH, OVERLOOKS THE SEA OF
GALLEY, THERE'S THE JORDAN
RIVER, AND IT WAS REAL EASY TO
JUST LOB ARTILLERY SHELLS FROM
THE GOLAN HEIGHTS INTO ISRAEL,
TERRORIZING FARMERS, KILLING --
IT WAS INDEFENSIBLE.
SO BY THE GRACE OF GOD AFTER
THEY WERE ATTACKED, THEY TOOK
THE GOLAN HEIGHTS AN THEY STILL
HOLD THEM.
AND IT IS AN AREA BY HOLDING
THEY CAN AVOID HAVING CHEAP
MORTARS THAT ARE A LOT CHEAPER
THAN ROCKETS JUST BEING LOBBED
OVER INTO THEIR SETTLED AREAS,
THEIR CIVILIZED AREAS, KILLING
AND TERRORIZING ALL THE MORE.
THE WEST BANK, THAT GOES OFF TO
PRIME MINISTER -- TO THE PRIME
MIN TER FOR THE EFFORTS HE'S
MADE IN TRYING TO BRING UP THE
WEST BANK, THE PALESTINIAN
AREAS.
I WAS CRITICAL BECAUSE HE
RECEIVED THE -- THE
PALESTINIANS RECEIVED BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS, YET THEY HAD NOT
BEEN BUILDING HOMES FOR THE
RANK AND FILE REFUGEES WHICH
SEEMED TO INDICATE TO ME THEY
WANTED TO KEEP FOMENTING HATRED
TOWARD THE JEWS, TOWARD THE
ISRAELIS.
NOW, LET'S TAKE THE PRESIDENT'S
WORDS.
THAT HE HAD TIME TO MASSAGE,
LEARNED FROM HIS MISTAKE ON
THURSDAY, SUPPOSEDLY.
HE SAYS, THAT IT SHOULD RESULT
IN TWO STATES WITH PERMANENT
PALESTINIAN BORDERS WITH
ISRAEL, JORDAN, AND EGYPT.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT THE GAZA STRIP
THAT ISRAEL UNILATERALLY GAVE
BACK AND NOW THEY SUFFERED
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
ROCKETS AND TERRORISM AND DEATH
AS A RESULT OF THAT GENEROUS
GIFT OF THE GAZA STRIP BACK.
IF YOU'LL JUST LEAVE US ALONE,
WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS WONDERFUL
STRIP.
THEY GAVE IT BACK.
PEOPLE CRIED PEACE, PEACE, BUT
THERE WAS NO PEACE.
THERE IS NO PEACE NOW.
THEY'RE STILL READY IF YOU'LL
JUST LEAVE US ALONE.
TO MAKE PEACE.
BUT UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S
WORDS, GEE, HE USES THE
STATEMENT IN A SOVEREIGN,
CONTIGUOUS STATE.
PALESTINIANS HAVE THE GAZA
STRIP AND THEY ARE OCCUPYING
THE WEST BANK, FOR THAT TO BE
CONTIGUOUS, ONLY ONE OF TWO
THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN AND THAT
IS IF YOU CUT ISRAEL UP, OR YOU
GIVE ALL OF THIS AREA TO THE
PALESTINIANS THAT ARE NOW
COMPLETELY AND -- IN SIGNED
AGREEMENT WITH A TERRORIST
GROUP, HAMAS, YOU GIVE ALL OF
THIS FOR THE USE OF A TERRORIST
GROUP HAMAS, SO THEN THAT WOULD
FULFILL THE PRESIDENT'S DESIRE
AS HE HAD TIME TO MASSAGE IT
AND THINK ABOUT IT, GIVING ALL
THIS LAND TO HAMAS,
PALESTINIANS, ALL OF THIS AREA
UP HERE, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.
HE SAID THAT AFTER HE DESCRIBED
THE BORDERS THAT WE WOULD
DEMAND FOR THE PALESTINIANS, HE
SAID THEY WOULD HAVE A BORDER
WITH EGYPT AND WITH JORDAN
COMES CLEAR UP HERE AND THAT
ISRAEL WOULD HAVE PERMANENT
ISRAELI BORDERS WITH PALESTINE.
HE DESCRIBED THE BORDERS HE
WANTED FOR THE PALESTINIANS, SO
HIS MASSAGED WORDS IT SEEMS
WOULD MEAN THAT FOR ISRAEL TO
ONLY HAVE BORDERS WITH THE
PALESTINIANS, YOU ALSO HAVE TO
GIVE PALESTINE UP HERE INTO
LEBANON SO THAT YOU HAVE THIS
LITTLE AREA, THIS LITTLE STRIP
LEFT FOR ISRAEL.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID.
AFTER HE'D HAD DAYS TO THINK
ABOUT HIS MISTAKE ON THURSDAY
AND THIS IS THE BEST THAT HE
CAN DO?
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE ISRAEL A
LITTLE STRIP AN BY THE WAY, CAN
YOU IMAGINE IF CANADA OR RUSSIA
OR CHINA, ONE OF THE LEADERS
MADE A SPEECH AND SAID, UNITED
STATES, BY THE WAY, WE THINK
YOU OUGHT TO GIVE AWAY ARIZONA,
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT DRUG
SMUGGLERS UP IN THERE, IT'LL BE
A LOT SAFER, BASICALLY LET THEM
HAVE IT ANYWAY, WHY DON'T YOU
JUST GIVE IT TO THE DRUG
SMUGGLERS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
THAT'S WHAT THE INTERDICTION OF
A MEDDLING PRESIDENT TRYING TO
TELL ANOTHER SOVEREIGN STATE
WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THEIR
BORDERS AND WHERE THEY CAN'T,
THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU DO TO A
FREN.
THEN WE'RE WINDING DOWN TO THE
MINUTES, AND I KNOW THAT SOME
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT OR
MISEDUCATED ABOUT OUR HISTORY,
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN
SESSION HERE ON JUNE 6.
JUNE 6 IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF
D-DAY.
WHEN WE LOST THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WHO WERE
TRYING TO RETAKE A BEACHHEAD IN
EUROPE AND ELIMINATE THE
HORRIBLE FORCE THAT WAS TAKING
AWAY FREEDOMS, KILLING SIX
MILLION JEWS, AND SO TO
CONCLUDE TONIGHT, MR. SPEAKER,
I WANT TO READ FRE PRAYER,
SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING -- READ
THE PRAYER, SINCE WE'RE NOT
GOING TO BE IN SESSION ON JUNE
6, I WANT TO READ THE PRAYER
THAT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
READ LIVE ON NATIONAL RADIO ON
JUNE 6, 1944.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SAID THESE
WORDS, MY FELLOW AMERICANS,
LAST NIGHT WHEN I SPOKE WITH
YOU ABOUT THE FALL OF ROME, I
KNEW AT THAT MOMENT THAT TROOPS
OF THE UNITED STATES AND OUR
ALLIES WERE CROSSING THE
CHANNEL IN ANOTHER AND GREATER
OPERATION.
IT HAS COME TO PASS WITH
SUCCESS THUS FAR AND SO IN THIS
POIGNANT HOUR I ASK YOU TO JOIN
WITH ME IN PRAYER.
THEN ROOSEVELT'S PRAYER BEGINS,
ALMIGHTY GOD, OUR SONS, PRIDE
OF OUR NATION, THIS DAY HAVE
SET UPON A MIGHTY ENDEAVOR, A
STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE OUR
REPUBLIC, OUR RELIGION, AND OUR
CIVILIZATION AND SET FREE A
SUFFERING HUMANITY.
LEAD THEM STRAIGHT AND TRUE.
GIVE THEM STRENGTH TO THEIR
ARMS, STOUTNESS TO THEIR HEART,
STEADFASTNESS TO THEIR FAITH.
THEY NEED THY BLESSINGS.
THE ROAD WILL BE LONG AND HARD
FOR THE ENEMY IS STRONG.
SUCCESS MAY NOT COME WITH
RUSHING SPEED BUT WE SHALL
RETURN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND WE
KNOW THAT BY THE GRACE AND THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF OUR CAUSE, OUR
SONS WILL TRIUMPH.
THEY WILL NOT REST UNTIL
VICTORY IS WON.
MEN'S SOULS WILL BE SHAKEN WITH
THE VIOLENCES OF WAR FOR THESE
MEN HAVE LATELY DRAWN FROM THE
WAYS OF PEACE.
THEY FIGHT NOT FOR THE *** OF
CONQUEST THEY FIGHT TO END
CONQUEST.
THEY FIGHT TO LIBERATE.
THEY FIGHT TO LET JUSTICE ARISE
AND TOLERANCE AND GOOD WILL
AMONG ALL THY PEOPLE.
THEY YEARN BUT FOR THE END OF
BATTLE FOR THEIR RETURN TO THE
HAVEN OF HOME.
SOME WILL NEVER RETURN, EMBRACE
THESE, FATHER, AND RECEIVE
THEM.
YOUR HEROIC SERVANTS INTO YOUR
KINGDOM.
FOR US AT HOME, FATHERS,
MOTHERS, CHILDREN, WIVES,
SISTERS, BROTHERS OF BRAVE MEN
OVERSEAS WHOSE THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS ARE EVER WITH THEM,
HELP US REDEDICATE OURSELVES TO
RENEWED FAITH IN THEE IN THIS
HOUR OF GREAT SACRIFICE.
MANY PEOPLE URGED THAT I CALL
THE NATION INTO A SING DALE OF
PRAYER BUT BECAUSE THE ROAD IS
LONG AND THE DESIRE IS GREAT I
ASK THAT OUR PEOPLE DEVOTE
THEMSELVES IN A CONTINUANCE OF
PRAYER AS WE RISE TO EACH NEW
DAY AND AGAIN WHEN EACH DAY IS
SPENT.
LET WORDS OF PRAYER BE ON OUR
LIPS INVOKING THY HELP TO OUR
EFFORTS, GIVE US STRENGTH TO
STRENGTHEN OUR DAILY TASKS, TO
REDOUBLE THE CONTRIBUTIONS WE
MAKE IN THE PHYSICAL AND
MATERIAL SUPPORT OF OUR ARMED
FORCES AND LET URS HEARTS BE
STOUT TO WAIT OUT THE LONG
TRAVAIL TO BEAR SORROWS THAT
MAY COME TO IMPART OUR SORROWS
TO OUR SONS WHEREVER THEY MAY
AND GIVE US FAITH, FAITH IN
THEE, FAITH IN OUR SONS, FAITH
IN EACH OTHER, FAITH IN OUR
UNITED CRUSADE.
LET NOT THE KEENNESS OF OUR
SPRT EVER BE DULLED.
LET THE IMPACTS OF TEMPORARY
EVENTS OF BUT FLEETING MOMENT,
LET NOT THESE DETER US IN OUR
UNCONQUERABLE PURPOSE.
WITH THY BLESSING WE SHALL
PREVAIL OVER THE UNHOLY FORCES
OF OUR ENEMY, HELP US TO
CONQUER THE APOSTLES OF GREED
AND RACIAL ARROGANCES, LEAD US
TO THE SAVING OF OUR COUNTRY
AND WITH OUR SISTER NATIONS
INTO A WORLD UNITY THAT WILL
SPELL A SURE PEACE A PIECE
UNVULNERABLE TO THE SCHEMINGS
OF UNWORTHY MEN AND A PEACE
THAT WILL LET ALL OF MEN LIVE
IN FREE TOM, REAPING THE JUST
REWARDS OF THEIR HONEST TOIL,
THMBINGS Y WILL BE DONE,
ALMIGHTY GOD, AMEN.
THE WORDS OF FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT ON D-DAY, JUNE 6,
1944.
AND, MR. SPEAKER, WITH THAT I
YIELD BACK.
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