mr. nugent: thank you, mr. speaker. i do appreciate the comments my friend from massachusetts have made in a lot of areas, particularly as it relates to the open rule. i do want to remind him, and i wasn't here in 2010, but the rules committee at that point in time -- and i know my good friend sat on that committee -- that that rules committee made a determination in regards to a structured rule. and that structured rule only allowed for 16 amendments to come to the house floor. out structured rule locked to of folks' idea as better the appropriations bill for the department of defense for that year. while this rule is not perfect, and i agree with my friend it's not perfect but i do point out it does make over 100 amendments in order that are going to be debated here on this floor. amendment on syria. an amendment on egypt. two amendments on the n.s.a., which are appropriate to have a debate here. as we talk about authorization, particularly as we look at the n.s.a., that debate's going to come up in a very robust way

mr. nugent: mr. speaker, house resolution 312 provides the house consideration of two separate pieces of legislation. first of these bills, h.r. 2610, which is the appropriations bill to fund the department of transportation, housing and urban development and other federal agencies. the second bill, h.r. 2397, which is the bill that funds our military and our national security programs for the next year. in perfect honesty, i don't think this is a perfect rule. but i know it's the right rule for what we're doing today. when i came to the rules committee as a freshman a little over 2 1/2 years ago, one of the problems -- promises not only to the house but to the american people was that we were going to return to regular order. we're going to make sure the house worked in an open and transparent process. we promised the american people they would see what is happening in the house, read bills before they came to the floor for a vote. we promised that all members would have the opportunity to amend and

amendment 17 by mr. nugent. amendment number 20 by mr. nadler. amendment number 23 by mr. moran of virginia. and amendment number 25 by mr. poe of texas. the chair will redue to two minutes the time for any vote after the first electronic vote. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number printed in house report 113-170 offered by the gentlelady from hawaii, ms. gabbard on which further proceedings were postponed and which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 3 offered by ms. gabbard of hawaii. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in fare of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a a sufficient number having arisen having risen, a recorded vote is order. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the

mr. scalise, had been disposed of and the bill had been read through page 60, line 12. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to withdraw for a recorded vote that the amendment stand as disposed of by the voice vote taken on the amendment. the chair: without objection. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 29 printed in the congressional record offered by ms. bass of california. the chair: is there objection? without objection, the request vote is rded withdrawn. accordingly, the noes have it and the amendment is not adopted. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order -- amendment by mr. polis of colorado, amendment by mr. burgess of texas, amendment by mr. burgess of texas, amendment by ms. titus of nevada, amendment by mr. lynch of massachusetts. the chair will reduce to five min

nugent? the chair: the chair has been made aware from the designee of appointing this gentleman from kansas as his designee. mr. polis: i thank the gentleman. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 99 printed in house report 113-170 offered by mr. pompeo of kansas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 312, the gentleman from kansas, mr. pompeo, and a member opposed, each will control 7 1/2 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas. mr. pompeo: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the amendment i offer this evening clarifies and confirms the scope of two programs that mr. snowden illegally exposed while sitting in a hotel in communist china. first, the amendment clarifies that under section 702, no u.s. citizen or person in the u.s. can be targeted. period. i say again, no u.s. person under section 702 may be targeted in any way by the united states government. while there are other specific authorities, the u.s. person may be subject

i would like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. nugent. the chair: the gentleman veck ighed for two minutes. >> i thank the gentleman from mississippi. this is a simple fix to a problem that is an oversight and from the state of florida's perception. i live in florida and we are prone to hurricanes. mr. neugebauer: our national ard and our first -- mr. nugent: they keep the army national guard up and flying the helicopters that are utilized to rescue people. without these dual service technicians, without these women and men who actually repair and keep the equipment running, we are at risk particularly in the state of florida, but all along the golf coast when we can't protect us here at home, much less out in the world and our national guard and particularly aviation in my hometown that's affected. they are currently deployed in europe. but the fact that they have the inability to keep their equipment maintained and we are furloughing these dual service technicians and puts us at risk and hurts our readiness. from a florida perspective,

mr. bishop. >> aye. >> mr. bishop, aye. mr. cole, aye. mr. woodall, aye. mr. nugent. mr. webster, aye. ms. rosslateman. mr. burgess, aye. ms. slaughr, no. mr. mcgovern, no. mr. hastings, no. mr. polis, no. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> mr. chairman, aye. >> clerk will report. >> six yays, four neighays. the motion is agreed to. you finally won one. dr. burgess will be representing the republican party with the majority. >> and i will -- >> and the gentlewoman, ms. slaughter, will be representing thminority. >> mr. chairman -- >> the gentlewoman is recognized. >> when we were down doing the vote, i ard we will not be doing the education bill, they don't have the votes for that. in that case, what will we be doing at rules tomorrow? i appreciate the gentlewoman bringing this issue up. if she would allow me a moment, i did not, in fact, hear that. i did have numerous discussions about the bill, but i did not hear that. if the gentlewoman will give me just one second. thank you very much. that's news to us. so i have not heard that the bill would not be on the floor tomorrow, that

thinks edward snowden's revelations are likely to be useful because they inform the public well said mr president to courage to see a public figure of your stature stick up for our most important liberties and leave the rest of the washington establishment following the. bad ted nugent in his most recent column for the website rare the far right pundit and guitarist encouraged george zimmerman to file a lawsuit against the parents of trayvon martin he wrote the age of majority in florida as eighteen years old trayvon martin was seventeen years old when he attacked mr zimmerman there is a room which potentially means that trayvon is parents by possibly be held responsible for the straus emotional pain and anguish their son caused george zimmerman mr zimmerman should our legal charges determine if he has grounds to sue trayvon martin's parents or the actions of their song. really to last time i checked george zimmerman killed someone and that someone was trayvon martin emotional pain usually comes with the territory trayvon martin's parents are already going through enough these days the

the bad guy ted nugent in his most recent column for the website rare the far right pundit and guitarist encouraged george zimmerman to file a lawsuit against the parents of trayvon martin he wrote the age of majority in florida teen years old trayvon martin was seventeen years old when he attacked mr zimmerman there is a room. which potentially means that trayvon burns very possibly be held responsible for the strauss emotional pain and anguish that caused george zimmerman mr zimmerman should our legal charges determine if he has grounds to surgery on martin's parents or the actions of their front. really to last time i checked george zimmerman killed someone and that someone was trayvon martin emotional pain usually comes with the territory trayvon martin's parents are already going through enough these days the fact that you want them to be sued there's just how out of whack your priorities and your brain really are and the very very ugly ken cuccinelli the republican candidate for governor of virginia. the new minister out ultrasound as a great you plan for the old dominion state. an