mcgovern: mr. speaker, for the purpose of debate only i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from california, my very good friend, mr. dreier. all time yielded during consideration is for debate only. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman will suspend for a moment so we can get order in the house. the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. mr. mcgovern: the rule provides for consideration of h.r. 4899 and to concur in the senate amendments printed in the rules committee report. at this time, mr. speaker, i'd like to yield one minute to the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlema

mcgovern. mr. mcgovern: i rise in strong support of the mcgovern-obey-jones amendment. it makes sure that congress is accountable to the american people, our troops and their families about what our policy in afghanistan will be from july 11 onward. i would like to yield five minutes to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. obey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. obey: as was pointed out earlier, those who suggest that any efforts to add any items to what is called the military supplemental are somehow out of line are simply wrong. this legislation started out as a disaster relief bill, it went to the senate and they marked it into a military supplemental and we're simply now responding to that action. i want to talk about the problems in afghanistan. a year ago, i made the statement that, while i was dubious about the mission in afghanistan, i would give the president a year to see whether his policy would bear fruit. but i warned at the time that we could have the best possible policy in the world and if we did not have the tools t

mcgovern. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. let me begin by saying that i'm not sure whether the underlying resolution introduced by mr. kucinich is necessarily the right way to approach this issue, but he and mr. paul are reflecting the anxiety, the growing anxiety and growing fear of a lot of members of congress and throughout the country that the united states of america gets -- is continuously getting sucked into wars that have no end. wars that are costing us dearly in terms of the lives of our brave men and women who serve in uniform, it's costing us dearly in terms of our economy, we are going bankrupt. the reality is the wars, by and large are not paid for. the war in afghanistan, the war in iraq. it's all going on the credit card. it's going to be paid for by my kids my grandkids and my great grandswids. -- grandkids. i think they also reflect this feeling that we seem unable to be able to make the necessary adjustments to our policy when they appear to not be working in the way we would like them to work. in afghanist

mcgovern: i reclaim my time. the fact of the matter is a lot of infrastructure projects are going on in pennsylvania right now. the people working on those jobs are happy to have a job. and the people are happy they are making those improvements because states have been suffering because of this economy. i would also point out again that for all -- i'm not going to yield. for all the talk of jobs when they were in charge, we were losing on average 750,000 jobs a month. i will not. 750,000 jobs a month we were losing when they were in charge. we are now gaining jobs. not as many as we would like, but we are moving in a different direction. i don't want to go backwards to 22 incentive months of job loss. -- consecutive months of job loss. barack obama created more jobs in one year than george bush created in eight years. that is a fact. so to all my colleagues who are talking about jobs, here's your choice. you can go backwards and experience once again historic job losses or you can stick with this economic agenda

mcgovern: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: i have no additional speakers. mr. speaker, suddenly, my last speaker showed up. i would yield to my colleague, jack kingston, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. kingston: i thank the gentleman for yielding and while i certainly appreciate the sincerity of the people who are offering this amendment, i disagree with it in as much as it ties the hands of the military. i have had the opportunity to go to iraq and afghanistan severa times and i can say war is complicated. war does not always go your way. the enemy does always cooperate with the best of our plans. and yet, we here in the safety of the u.s. congress can dictate to the commanders in the field what direction the war should go in and the time frame and what

mcgovern: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: i have no additional speakers. mr. speaker, suddenly, my last speaker showed up. i would yield to my colleague, jack kingston, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. kingston: i thank the gentleman for yielding and while i certainly appreciate the sincerity of the people who are offering this amendment, i disagree with it in as much as it ties the hands of the military. i have had the opportunity to go to iraq and afghanistan several times and i can say war is complicated. war does not always go your way. the enemy does always cooperate with the best of our plans. and yet, we here in the safety of the u.s. congress can dictate to the commanders in the field what direction the war should go in and the time frame and what

record my vote as a yes, i'd like to appear in the record that my intention was to vote yes on the mcgovern-obey amendment. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman's statement will appear in the record. under the speaker's announced spoil of january 6, 2009 and under a previoused orer of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. critz of pennsylvania. the gentleman is recognized. mr. critz: i rise today to recognize this july 4 as the 234th anniversary of our great country and the 50th anniversary the stars and stripes that fly above our capitol and across the nation today. on july 4, 1960, the red,

mcgovern. mr. mcgovern: i rise in rong support of the mcgovern-obey-jones amendment. it makes sure that congre is accountable to the american people, our troops and their families about what our policy in afghanistan will be from july 11 onward. i would like to yield five minutes to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. obey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mrr obey: as was point out earlier, those who sugst that any efforts to add any items to what is called the military supplemental are somehow out of line are simply wrong. this legislation started out as a disaster relief bill, it went to the senate and they marked it into a military supplemental and we're simply now responding to that action. i want to talk about the problems in afghanistan. a year ago, i made the statement that, while i was dubious about the mission in afghanistan, i would give the presidena year to see whether his policy would bear fruit. but i warned at the time that we could have the best possible policy in the world and if we did not have the tools to implem

for his 88th birthday, mcgovern went skydiving. he said his jump was dedicated to raising awareness of starving people around the world. >>> and a rare primate feared extinct for more than 60 years has been spotted in sri lanka. researchers were able to photograph the horton plains slender loris, a wide-eyed animal threaten by deforestation >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,154 after gaining 56 points yesterday. the s&p added 6. the nasdaq went up 19. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei lost 107 points, but in hong kong the hang seng went up 173. >>> hopeful investors gave markets a modest boost yesterday, but after the bell earnings from big blue could set a dismal tone for today. ibm beat profit forecasts with solid software sales last quarter, but thanks to slumping service contracts and a weak euro, the tech giant's revenue came up short. ibm fell 4% after hours. however, business is booming at halliburton after reporting an 83% profit

mcgovern and his campaign staff for vacationing, as they did in those days. i was promised they would produce senator eagleton for an interview and his medical record. they already knew this. the caller had called that campaign. they knew they had trouble. eagleton was on his way to meet with mcgovern to discuss what they would do. they decided they could not have reporters make this an investigative story. he held an impromptu press conference and announced it. >> before you had written it. >> yes. we received the consolation prize of an interview after his announcement. that was not all that brief. >> this man's name in joel. he wrote this for "the michigan messenger." he was upset by the way "the new york times" portrayed it in the obituary of eagleton. the whole thing was you got a pulitzer for discovering he had a mental illness instead of the story itself. >> i think at the time, what people were saying was that -- i am not sure the story would have been handled by any news organizations that way today. we felt strongly we could not publish anything wit

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we ultimately went to south dakota, where senator mcgovern and his campaign staff were vacationing. we presented a memo about what we have found, and they promised they would produce enter eagleton for an interview -- senator eagleton for an interview. they knew they had trouble. eagleton was on his way to discuss what they were going to do, and they ultimately decided they could not have reporters make this story, so he held a press conference and announce it. >> before you had written it. >> and we received the prize of an interview after his announcement -- i am sorry that was not of a breeze. -- not tahhat brief. >> he was of such "the new york times" portrayed it. most people do not care about this, but of old thing is you got a pulitzer for discovering he had a mental illness and said of the story itself. >> i think people were saying -- instead of the story itself. >> i think people were saying -- we felt strongly we could not publish it without getting a lot more information, and it would be irresponsible to do something in completely. >> what would happen? >> i think that h

in a country still suffering a lack of electricity and other basic services former cia analyst roy mcgovern says the lack of oversight needs further investigation. there were doubtless people who were supposed to be supervising overseeing these funds the fact that as it's said here that they have sort of disappeared and that they were liable to have been per lawyer and you know that's no explanation and we have to find out who provided them and what happened to these funds you know most reminds me of of the search for weapons of mass destruction in iraq the so-called the b. and d. judging from who didn't get sacked last time there probably will be people promoted despite all this doesn't seem to be much in the way of accountability here in specially in the pentagon where money has always been so plentiful that a billion here a billion there nine billion billion is a drop a drop in the lake or what the pentagon spends now to the degree that the mass media choose to play this up all the. you will get a lot of very angry americans americans angry at the expenditure of phones in this way abroad

reconstruction money a federal watchdog blames the pentagon for weeks about control former cia analysts roy mcgovern says the military lacks accountability. there were doubtless people who were supposed to be supervising overseeing these funds the fact that as it's said here that they have sort of disappeared and that they were liable to have been loyal and you know that's no explanation and we have to find out who them and what happened to these funds your own reminds me of of the search for weapons of mass destruction in iraq the so-called. jeje. last time there probably will be people promoted despite all this there doesn't seem to be much in the way of accountability here since specially in the pentagon where money has always been so plentiful that billion here a billion there nine billion nine billion is a drop or a drop in the lake or for what the pentagon spends and still ahead a fortune telling is under a question spell run psychics get a reality check as authorities pushed for proof of their abilities before allowing them to make any predictions. now fresh sanctions imposed by the e.u. one

former cia analyst ray mcgovern says washington probably wanted to confirm its claims that iran has nuclear weapons ambitions. it seems to me that what the united states thought they needed here was someone from boston simply inside iran to talk talk about how far advance iran is on their nuclear weapons development program which the real intelligence agencies say ceased and maybe they persuaded him that that would be a good thing to do and maybe he changed his mind when he thought about you know what will happen to his friends with iran so it was just kind of you know the. plane was shock's we blew that one and some other black market into a whole string of black marks on the professionalism of the intelligence services and this week there have been many twists in the russia u.s. spy saga that has rocked the two countries and made headlines around the world after a deal was struck to swap ten agents in the u.s. for four people convicted of espionage in russia and the other person working for moscow has been deported by washington caret make up a twenty three year old microsoft employee was

now former cia analyst ray mcgovern says washington probably want to marry to confirm its claims that tehran has nuclear weapons ambitions. it seems to me that what the united states thought they needed here was someone from boston simply inside iran to talk talk about how for advance iran is on their nuclear weapons development program which the real intelligence agencies seized and maybe they persuaded him that that would be a good thing to do and maybe he changed his mind when he thought about you know what will happen to his friends with iran so it was just kind of you know the. spring or shocks we blew that one and some other black market into a whole string of marks on the professionalism of the intelligence services and this week there have been many twists in the russia u.s. spy saga that has rocked the two countries and made headlines around the world after a deal was struck to swap ten agents in the u.s. for four people convicted of espionage in russia another person working for moscow has been deported by washington aleksei caret make off a twenty three year old microsoft e

in a country still suffering a way to fill tricity and other a basic services former cia analyst roy mcgovern says the lack of oversight needs further investigation. there were doubtless people who were supposed to be supervising overseeing these funds the fact that as it's said here that they have sort of disappeared and that they were liable to have been per law and you know that's no explanation and we have to find out who provided them and what happened to these funds you know most reminds me of of the search for weapons of mass destruction in iraq the so-called. judging from who didn't get sacked last time there probably will be people promoted despite all this doesn't seem to be much in the way of accountability here in specially in the pentagon where money has always been so plentiful that a billion here a billion there nine billion billion is a drop a drop in the lake or for what the pentagon spends now to the degree that the mass media choose to play this up well then you will get a lot of very angry americans. americans are angry at the expenditure of this way abroad in iraq and. af

former cia analyst roy mcgovern there and our website or two dot com has a lot more for you to check out and here's a taste of what's streaming there right now. russian american drug police busted a trafficking ring involving a show man and a corrupt officer. and russian lawmakers predict the last days of sham psychics will call on their trust in clients out of thousands of dollars more had to r t dot com. let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world and an air blue passenger plane reportedly carrying one hundred fifty two people has crashed into hills close to the pakistani capital islamabad rescuers are trying to reach the scene but roads in the region are difficult to navigate due to recent rainy weather and initial reports suggested a much smaller plane had gone down. low john b.p. suffered a record loss of seventeen billion dollars in the second quarter of this year in the wake of a massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico you know when cayless b.p. boss tony hayward took the decision to step down and bob dudley will replace him as chief executive of tolbert

have expanded so much for degree that effectiveness is now impossible to determine cia analyst rating mcgovern believes their problems can be tracked traced back to president george w. bush's time in office. well there basically two cia's ok one is the cia the president truman set up one nine hundred forty seven i think give him analysis give him judgments on what's going on in the world without fear or favor without bias telling him like it is ok then there's another cia that's the operational arm which is really been sort of loosened from from many restrictions starting with president george w. bush and he's taking advantage of the one clause in that national security act one nine hundred forty seven that said the director of central intelligence now is the director of national intelligence shall perform such other functions and duties as the president show from time to time direct that gives the president and i do not exaggerate here and use that word advisedly it gives the president the ability to have his own personal gestapo. do not play and before the word the only restraint is on the s

mcgovern says the lack of oversight needs further investigation. there were doubtless people who were supposed to be supervising overseeing these funds the fact that as it's said here that they have sort of disappeared and that they were liable to have been loyal and you know that's no explanation and we have to find out who provided them and what happened to these funds you know most reminds me of of the search for weapons of mass destruction in iraq the so-called the b m d's judging from who didn't get sacked last time there probably will be people promoted despite all this there doesn't seem to be much in the way of accountability here in specially in the pentagon where money has always been so plentiful that a billion here a billion there nine billion billion is a drop or a drop in the lake or for what the pentagon spends now to the degree that the mass media choose to play this up well then you will get a lot of very angry americans. angry at the expenditure of funds in this way abroad and in iraq. and afghanistan but also the expenditure of s

mcgovern: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, extending help to the unemployed is the right thing to do. it's the decent thing to do. we should have done it a long time ago. my colleagues on the republican side have frustrateded attempt after attempt after attempt after attempt to extend these benefits to people, most of whom have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. my friends on the other side of the aisle say, well, we can't afford to do it. so we need to pay for this, these emergency -- even though they're emergency benefits. well, why don't we pay for the bush tax cuts which added d hundreds of billions of dollars to our debt? why don't we pay for the wars in iraq and afghanistan, all funded through borroweded money? why is nation building in afghanistan more important than our own people? why is giving donald trump another tax cut that is unpaid for, that adds to our deficit, more important than helping those who are unemployed? i ask my friends on the other side of the aisle, what are you thinking? why d

mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i rise in support of this rule and the underlying bill. mr. speaker, all i can say is it's about time. and to my friends on the other side of the aisle, it's a shame that it's taken this long. for seven weeks millions of americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own have worried about how they're going to pay for their groceries, pay for their rent, pay for their mortgage, pay for their children's college tuition. they've sat around the table and made tough decisions about their family's budget and through this they've continued to apply for job after job after job. that's what the unemployed have done in these past seven weeks. what have the republicans done? they've done nothing. my friend on the other side of the aisle talked about the need to extend the bush tax cuts for their wealthy friends which they don't want to pay for. i mean, here's the deal, they don't worry about the deficit when it comes to tax cuts for millionaires but when it comes to work

record my vote as a yes, i'd like to appear in the record that my intention was to vote yes on the mcgovern-obey amendment. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman's statement will appear in the record. under the speaker's announced spoil of january 6, 2009 and under a previoused orer of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. critz of pennsylvania. the gentleman is recognized. mr. critz: i rise today to recognize this july 4 as the 234th anniversary of our great country and the 50th anniversary the stars and stripes that fly above our capitol and across the nation today. on july 4, 1960, the red, white, and blue flag rose above our nation as an emblem of our national pride and freedom, representing the now-50 states that came together to form a more perfect union. old glory originally came to be by an act of the second continental congress on june 14, 1777. it is marked in the journal of the continental congress that the flag of the united states be made of 13 stripes, that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field representing a new const

"george mcgovern marks his 82nd birthday by skydiving on monday." we are talking about the consumer protection agency and of elizabeth warren should run the agency, jim. caller: i think that she would be a perfect candidate for it. i have not heard such bipartisan support for any person on any issue for quite some time. if president obama was truly going to keep his promise of trying to do things in a bipartisan way, this would be one great step in that direction, picking someone that republicans, democrats, and independence all support. a great candidate actually enforce the regulations that we saw during the hearings. people at the top of the regulatory body were the ones who were stonewalling the regulators from doing their job. which is a part of what led to the crisis. thank you. host: albany, ga., democratic line. caller: there are other candidates who have thrown their name in the hat. for c-span to be pushing this question and pushing this person out front is unfair. host: let me disagree with you. the papers this morning are putting it out

opportunity to register their opposition and the least restrictive measure offered by representatives mcgovern and obey got 153 votes. 98 democrats voted against it. a stricter proposal that would provide funding only for a withdrawal of troops got 93 votes while 22 democrats supported a third measure that would have stripped the war funding entirely. part of the action from the house there on the hill says while the house ultimately voted to approve the war funding without conditions, all the amendments failed, the amendments underscored the deep divisions within the democratic party over afghanistan policy. you can read that at thehill.com. hazelville, north carolina. richard, you're on the line. caller: good morning. host: the independent line. should michael steele quit? caller: real quick, happy fourth of july to "washington journal" and all the true great americans out there. happy independence day. we have to remember that president obama did make the comment in the past that good war, bad war, the war in afghanistan was a good war and the war in iraq was the bad war. and i think that's

[applause] pact cad the former democratic pollster for george mcgovern and mick carter and jerry brown says the poll he looks that shows the country is in a pre-revolutionary mentality. and let me tell you the single most exciting thing i've seen in american politics the last 18 months. you, the american people, looking at both political parties and not having been disappointed by both decided to take things into your own hands. to paraphrase a famous expression politics is not important to be left just the politicians. you have to get involved. >> and through the power of the new media that right on line represents especially the internet you have been able to organize yourself, come together and establish the political force that is astonished the entire political community. you now have more power than any previous generation of americans have influence your government and make your voice heard. [cheers and applause] you have so much power. you have scred your adversaries into a panic. and they are lashing out using all of the old tried and true is near tactics that they've always u

mcgovern: corruption and incompetence in the afghan government. questions about the role of the afghani services. the same old, same old is not working and it's costing us dearly. at a time when the american people are suffering through the worst recession in generations, we're told we can't extend unemployment or pay to keep cops on the beat or teachers in the classroom but we're asked to borrow another $33 billion for nation building in afghanistan. with all due respect, madam speaker, i think we need to do more nation building here at home. all of us are defeat -- dedicated to defeating al qaeda wherever they are, but our current policy in afghanistan is deeply flawed. occupying afghanistan in support of a corrupt government will continue to claim the lives of our service -- soldiers and continue to bankrupt us and will not enhance our national security. this is not just the president's war, it's our war too. congress has the obligation to ask tough questions that demand straight answers. we must not simply kick the can down the road and hope f

you've got democratic congressmen jim mcgovern saying, quote, we're told we can't extend unemployment or pay to keep cops on the beat or teachers in the classroom, but we're asked to borrow another $33 billion for nation building in afghanistan. i think we need to do more nation building here at home. how long can we keep paying -- >> jim's half right and half wrong. we're in afghanistan for one express purpose, al qaeda, the threat to the united states. al qaeda exists in those mountains between afghanistan and pakistan. we are not there to nation build. we're not out there deciding we're going to turn this into a jeffersonian democracy and build that country. we made it clear, we're not there for ten years. we are there to defeat al qaeda which is a clear and present danger to the united states. operating out of that area. >> you know and i know that al qaeda is in pakistan. it is not -- >> it is. >> and we're not -- our attention is on afghanistan. if we're really trying to get al qaeda, why are we not in pakistan? >> ann, i don't want to skirt on things i'm not able to talk about