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00:00:01INFORMATION AS TO NON-U.S.
00:00:03CITIZENS OPERATING OUTSIDE THE
00:00:06UNITED STATES. >> NO ONE ON THIS COMMITTEE, I
00:00:10BELIEVE NO ONE IN THE SENATE, PERHAPS NO ONE IN THE HOUSE
00:00:12EITHER, IS CHALLENGING THE
00:00:15GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO DO THAT. AS TO FOREIGN NATIONALS
00:00:19OPERATING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. >> YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF
00:00:23WHAT FISA AUTHORIZES, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS NOT
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00:00:42THE UNITED STATES. >> AMERICA MAY KNOWINGLY OR
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00:00:51OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WHO IS A FOREIGN NATIONAL, WHO IS
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00:01:15C-SPAN. >> WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
00:01:19THIS IS THE DAY THAT YOU, A LORD, HAVE MADE AND WE ARE
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00:01:23>> YOUR GIFT BEYOND MEASURE AND
00:01:27OUR HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH GRATITUDE FOR YOUR LOVING KINDNESS.
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00:02:12EYES IS IN FACT WHAT YOU OH LORD
00:02:14HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE GENERAL CITY OF THE GRACE AND MERCY.
00:02:17>> YOU HAVE SHOWN TO US IN SOVEREIGN NAME.
00:02:21WE PRAY. AMEN. AMENDMENT.
00:02:25>> THE CHAIRS EXAMINE JOURNAL OF THE LAST DAYS PROCEEDINGS AND
00:02:29ANNOUNCES TO THE HOUSE THE APPROVAL THEREOF PURSUANT TO CLAUSE ONE OF RULE ONE.
00:02:33THE JOURNAL STANDS APPROVED. >> THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL
00:02:36BE LED BY GENTLEMAN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
00:02:39MR. WILSON. >> EVERYONE, INCLUDING OUR
00:02:42GUESTS IN THE GALLERY, ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE.
00:02:45>> I PLAY FLAG UNITED STATES OF
00:02:52AMERICA.
00:02:54ONE NATION UNDER GOD, LIBERTY
00:02:58AND FOR ALL. JUSTICE.
00:03:05FOR WHAT PURPOSE? >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY
00:03:08SEEK RECOGNITION. >> MR. SPEAKER, PURSUANT TO
00:03:11CLAUSE A, ONE OF RULE NINE, I SEEK RECOGNITION.
00:03:15GIVE NOTICE OF MY INTENT TO RAISE A QUESTION OF THE
00:03:19PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE. >> THE OF THE RESOLUTION IS AS
00:03:24FOLLOWS.
00:03:41IMPEACH. >> PETER BRYAN HEGG, SETH SECOR THEORY OF DEFENSE FOR HIGH
00:03:45CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS. RESOLVED THAT PETER BRYAN
00:03:48HEGSETH, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ALSO REFERRED TO AS SECRETARY OF
00:03:51WAR BY THE ADMINISTRATION, IS IMPEACHED FOR HIGH CRIMES AND
00:03:55MISDEMEANORS AND THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT BE
00:03:59EXHIBITED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
00:04:01>> ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT EXHIBITED BY THE HOUSE OF
00:04:04REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE NAME OF ITSELF AND OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
00:04:08UNITED STATES. >> AMERICA AGAINST PETER BRYAN
00:04:11HEGSETH, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF
00:04:15ITS IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HIM FOR. HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.
00:04:19ARTICLE. WAGING WAR IN CONTRAVENTION.
00:04:34OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OF 1973. SECTION TWO SEE THE CONSTITU LUTION PROVIDES THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE THE SOLE POWER OF IMPEACH MENT
00:04:38THAT CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ON IMPEACHMENT FOR CONVICTION OF TREASON, BRIBERY OR OTHER HIGH
00:04:42OR MISDEMEANORS, AND IN HIS CONDUCT, WHILE SECRETARY OF
00:04:46DEFENSE PETER BRYAN HEGSETH, IN VIOLATION OF HIS OATH TO SUPPORT
00:04:50AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND IN
00:04:54VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE CARE THAT THE LAWS
00:04:57BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTE ATED, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE
00:05:00COMMISSION OF WAR, HAS IMPUTE ABUSE TO THE POWERS OF THE
00:05:04DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, IN THAT THE DECLARE WAR CLAUSE OF THE
00:05:07UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO AN ARTICLE ONE, SECTION EIGHT,
00:05:11CLAUSE 11 VESTS IN CONGRESS. >> THE EXCLUSIVE INITIATIVE
00:05:15THREE POWERS OF WAR, WHILE THE MILITARY, ADMINISTRATIVE AND
00:05:18CLEMENCY OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. >> ARTICLE TWO SECTION TWO,
00:05:23CLAUSE ONE ESTABLISH THE PRESIDENT, THE COMMANDER IN
00:05:26CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES INVESTS IN HIM OPERATIONAL
00:05:30CONTROL OVER WARS LAWFULLY AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS IN AN
00:05:33EFFORT TO STATUTE DELINEATE THE
00:05:37CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE PRESIDENT MAY INTRODUCE THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INTO
00:05:42HOSTILITIES. ABSENT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION, THE 93RD CONGRESS
00:05:45OF THE UNITED STATES ENACTED IT
00:05:48INTO LAW HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
00:05:50542, THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
00:05:54OF 1973. PUBLIC LAW 93. >> DASH 148.
00:05:57>> BY OVERRIDING VETO OF
00:05:59PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON. >> PETER BRIAN HEGSETH IN.
00:06:03HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE HAS EXECUTED UNLAWFUL
00:06:07ORDERS IN CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION TWO C OF THE WAR POWERS
00:06:12RESOLUTION OF 1973. SECTION.
00:06:151541 C OF TITLE 50, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION TWO
00:06:19PROVIDES THAT QUOTE, THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS OF THE
00:06:22PRESIDENT AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO INTRODUCE UNITED STATES
00:06:26FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES OR INTO SITUATIONS WHERE IMMINENT
00:06:29INVOLVEMENT, ENHANCED IS CLEARLY
00:06:31INDICATED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCE
00:06:33FORCES ARE EXERCISED ONLY
00:06:35PURSUANT TO ONE, A DECLARATION OF WAR. >> TWO SPECIFIC STATUTORY
00:06:41AUTHORIZATION, OR THREE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY CREATED BY
00:06:44ATTACK UPON THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS
00:06:48OR ITS ARMED FORCES, UNQUOTE. THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
00:06:52FURTHER EXPRESSLY PROVIDES THAT NOTHING CONTAINED THEREIN SHALL
00:06:55BE CONSTRUED AS GRANTING ANY
00:06:59AUTHORITY TO THE PRESIDENT TO INTRODUCE UNITED STATES ARMED
00:07:03FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES, WHICH THE PRESIDENT NOT OTHERWISE POSSESS.
00:07:06>> IN THE ABSENCE OF THE RESOLUTION.
00:07:08>> ACCORDINGLY, THE REPORTING AND TERMINATION PROCEDURES
00:07:12ESTABLISHED BY THE RESOLUTION DO NOT THEMSELVES CONSTITUTE
00:07:16AFFIRMING OF STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION TO COMMENCE HOSTILITIES.
00:07:19RATHER, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INTO
00:07:23HOSTILITIES, MUST REST UPON ONE OF THE AUTHORITIES OR
00:07:27CIRCUMSTANCE ANSWERS IDENTIFIED IN SECTION TWO. >> IN ORDER FOR CONFLICT TO BE
00:07:31CONSIDERED LAWFUL WITH RESPECT
00:07:33TO UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
00:07:35BEING ENTERED INTO HOSTILITIES IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
00:07:39ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2026, SECRETARY HAIG SETH DIRECTED AND
00:07:43CAUSED UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES TO BE INTRODUCED INTO
00:07:47HOSTILITIES AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.
00:07:49>> NOTWITHSTANDING ADDING THAT
00:07:52ONE CONGRESS HAD NOT DECLARED WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
00:07:55OF IRAN. >> TWO, CONGRESS HAD NOT ENACTED
00:07:58ANY SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
00:08:01INTRODUCTION OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES.
00:08:05>> THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
00:08:07AND THREE NO NATIONAL EMERGENCY
00:08:09HAD BEEN CREATED BY AN ATTACK BY THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
00:08:14UPON THE UNITED STATES. ITS TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS OR ITS FORCES.
00:08:19FURTHERMORE, NO IMMINENT ATTACK UPON THE UNITED STATES, ITS
00:08:22TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS OR ITS ARMED FORCES EXISTED AS
00:08:26AFFIRMED IN THE MARCH 17TH, 2026
00:08:28RESIGNATION LETTER OF JOE KENT, THEN DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL
00:08:33COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER, IN WHICH HE STATED, QUOTE, I CANNOT
00:08:36IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SUPPORT THE ONGOING WAR. IRAN.
00:08:40IRAN POSED NO THREAT TO OUR
00:08:42NATION, UNQUOTE.
00:08:44>> THE INTRODUCTION OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INTO
00:08:47HOSTILITIES AGAINST, THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.
00:08:49>> THEREFORE SATISFIED NONE OF
00:08:51THE CIRCUMSTANCES EXPRESSED IDENTIFIED IN SECTION TWO C OF
00:08:55THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION AND WAS UNDERTAKEN FROM ITS
00:09:00INCEPTION WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION OR INDEPENDENT
00:09:03ARTICLE TWO AUTHORITY, THEREBY RENDERING BOTH. THE INITIAL INTRODUCTION OF THE
00:09:07UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES AND ALL SUBSEQUENT
00:09:11ACTIONS TAKEN THEREAFTER.
00:09:13>> SECRETARY HEGSETH
00:09:15NEVERTHELESS KNOWINGLY EXECUTED,
00:09:17IMPLEMENTED THE UNLAWFUL ORDER TO COMMENCE SUCH HOSTILITIES,
00:09:22EMPLOYING POWERS, PERSONNEL, WEAPONS AND RESOURCES OF THE
00:09:26DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO INITIATE MILITARY ACTION AGAINST
00:09:28ANOTHER SOVEREIGN NATION IN
00:09:30VIOLATION OF SECTION 1541 C OF TITLE 50.
00:09:34UNITED STATES CODE.
00:09:36SECRETARY HEGSETH ABUSED THE
00:09:38POWERS OF HIS HIGH THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MEANS.
00:09:41ONE EXECUTING AN UNLAWFUL ORDER
00:09:44TO COMMENCE HOSTILITIES DESPITE
00:09:46THE ABSENCE OF A DECLARATION OF WAR.
00:09:48SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZED OR A NATIONAL EMERGENCY CREATED BY
00:09:52ATTACK UPON THE UNITED STATES ITS TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS
00:09:56OR ITS ARMED FORCES TO CONTINUING TO EMPLOY THE
00:10:00PERSONNEL RESOURCES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN THESE
00:10:03HOSTILITIES AFTER THEIR UNLAWFUL INITIATION AND IN THE CONTINUED
00:10:07ABSENCE OF ANY SUBSEQUENT DECLARATION WAR OR SPECIFIC
00:10:11STATUTORY BY CONGRESS THROUGH ACTIONS.
00:10:14>> SECRETARY HEGSETH KNOWINGLY EXECUTED AND IMPLEMENTED
00:10:17UNLAWFUL ORDERS TO INITIATE WAR AGAINST A FOREIGN NATION.
00:10:21>> NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABSENCE OF CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION,
00:10:25AN ATTACK UPON THE UNITED STATES GIVING RISE THE NATIONAL
00:10:28EMERGENCY CONTEMPLATED BY LAW OR
00:10:30AN IMMINENT THREAT REQUIRING IMMEDIATE DEFENSIVE ACTION,
00:10:34THEREBY UNLAWFUL EXECUTIVE ACTION FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL
00:10:37AND STATUTORY FREE JUDGMENT OF CONGRESS IN ALL OF THIS.
00:10:43SECRETARY HEGSETH HAS ACTED IN A MANNER CONTRARY TO HIS TRUST AS
00:10:47SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND SUBVERSIVE OF CONSTITUTIONAL
00:10:50GOVERNMENT TO THE GREAT PREJUDICE OF THE CAUSE OF LAW
00:10:52AND JUSTICE AND TO THE MANIFEST
00:10:54INJURY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:10:58WHEREFORE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
00:11:00HEGSETH BY SUCH CONTEMPT CONDUCT, HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT
00:11:04HE WILL REMAIN A THREAT TO THE CONSTITUTION IF ALLOWED TO
00:11:07REMAIN IN OFFICE AND HAS ACTED IN A MANNER GROSSLY INCOMPATIBLE
00:11:11WITH HIS DUTIES AND THE RULE OF LAW.
00:11:13PETER BRIAN HEGSETH THUS
00:11:16WARRANTS IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL REMOVAL FROM OFFICE AND
00:11:20DISQUALIFICATION TO HOLD AND ENJOY ANY OFFICE, HONOR, TRUST
00:11:23OR PROFIT UNDER THE UNITED STATES.
00:11:26ARTICLE TWO WAGING WAR IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE WAR POWERS
00:11:30RESOLUTION OF 1973. SECTION FIVE SEE THE PROVIDES
00:11:34THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE SHALL HAVE THE SOLE POWER OF
00:11:38IMPEACHMENT, AND THAT CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES,
00:11:41INCLUDING SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,
00:11:43SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ON IMPEACHMENT FOR AND CONVICTION
00:11:47OF TREASON, BRIBERY OR HIGH
00:11:50CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS IN HIS CONDUCT, WHILE SECRETARY OF
00:11:54DEFENSE PETER BRYAN HEGSETH, IN VIOLATION OF HIS OATH TO SUPPORT
00:11:56AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND IN
00:12:00VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE CARE THAT THE LAWS
00:12:03BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE COMMISSION.
00:12:07WAR HAS ABUSED THE POWERS. >> THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN
00:12:11THAT THE DECLARE WAR CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
00:12:15ARTICLE ONE, SECTION EIGHT, CLAUSE 11 VESTS IN CONGRESS THE
00:12:19EXCLUSIVE INITIATIVE POWERS OF WAR. >> WHILE THE MILITARY
00:12:23ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLEMENCY CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE TWO.
00:12:27SECTION TWO, CLAUSE ONE
00:12:30ESTABLISHES THE PRESIDENT AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED
00:12:34FORCES AND VESTS IN HIM OPERATIONAL CONTROL OVER WARS
00:12:38LAWFULLY AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS
00:12:40IN AN EFFORT TO STATUTORILY DELINEATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES
00:12:44UNDER WHICH THE PRESIDENT MAY INTRODUCE UNITED STATES ARMED
00:12:47FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES. ABSENT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION.
00:12:51THE 93RD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ENACTED INTO
00:12:54LAW HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 542.
00:12:57>> THE WAR POWERS OF 1973 BY
00:13:02OVERRIDING VETO OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON SECRETARY HEGSETH
00:13:06CARRIED OUT UNLAWFUL ORDERS AND CONTINUES TO DO SO IN
00:13:11CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION FIVE SEE OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
00:13:14ACT OF 1973, SECTION 1544.
00:13:16>> SEE OF TITLE 50 UNITED STATES
00:13:20CODE SECTION FIVE C OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OF 1973
00:13:24PROVIDES THAT AT ANY TIME THAT
00:13:26UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES ARE
00:13:29ENGAGED IN HOSTILITIES OUTSIDE THE TERRITORY OF THE UNITED, ITS
00:13:33POSSESSIONS AND TERRITORIES WITHOUT A DECLARATION OF WAR OR
00:13:36SPECIFIC STATUTES, THREE
00:13:39AUTHORIZATION SUCH FORCES SHALL BE REMOVED BY THE PRESIDENT IF
00:13:43CONGRESS SO DIRECTS BY CONCUR
00:13:45CURRENT RESOLUTION WITH TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES BEING
00:13:49ENGAGED IN HOSTILITIES IN THE
00:13:51ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN TO
00:13:54SECTION FIVE, SEE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE
00:13:58AGREED BY THE YEAS AND NAYS TO A
00:14:00CONCURRENT RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT TO REMOVE STATES
00:14:04ARMED FORCES FROM UNAUTHORIZED HOSTILITIES IN IRAN.
00:14:08>> HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SIX OF THE 119TH CONGRESS IN THE
00:14:13HOUSE AGREED TO THIS CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON JUNE 3RD, 2026,
00:14:16AND THE SENATE AGREED TO IT ON
00:14:19JUNE 23RD, 2026, MARKING THE
00:14:22FIRST SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF SUCH A LEGISLATIVE VEHICLE BY
00:14:26CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:14:28>> IN RESPONSE AND WITHOUT
00:14:31LAWFUL CAUSE OR SECRETARY HEGSETH CONTINUED TO DIRECT THE
00:14:36UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES WITH THE ISLAMIC
00:14:39REPUBLIC OF IRAN ON JUNE 26,
00:14:432026, AND CONTINUES DO SO IN
00:14:45VIOLATION OF SECTION.
00:14:481544 C OF TITLE 50. UNITED STATES CODE.
00:14:51SECRETARY HAIG. SETH ABUSED THE POWERS OF HIS
00:14:54HIGH OFFICE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MEANS.
00:14:56ONE DIRECTING AUTHORIZING AND
00:14:59SUSTAINING HOSTILE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACTIONS IN IRAN AFTER
00:15:03BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS AGREED TO HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
00:15:0786, THEREBY DISREGARDING
00:15:09CONGRESS'S EXPRESS AND LAWFUL DIRECTION THAT THE UNITED ARMED
00:15:13FORCES BE REMOVED FROM SUCH
00:15:15HOSTILITIES TO FAILING AND REFUSING TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY
00:15:19STEPS WITHIN HIS AUTHORITY AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO WITHDRAW
00:15:22THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
00:15:23FROM HOSTILITIES IN IRAN. >> THREE.
00:15:26>> DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO IGNORE THE AGREED
00:15:30CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, THEREBY
00:15:32SUBSTITUTING THE JUDGMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FOR THE
00:15:36CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY JUDGMENT OF CONGRESS AND
00:15:38NULLIFYING CONGRESS'S EXERCISE
00:15:41OF ITS WAR POWERS THROUGH ACTIONS. SECRETARY HAIG, SETH KNOWINGLY
00:15:45EXECUTED AND SUSTAINING UNLAWFUL
00:15:47ORDERS THAT TREATED THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AS POSSESSING
00:15:53AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHEN WAR
00:15:54MAY BE CONSENT COMMENCED, HOW
00:15:57LONG IT MAY BE SUSTAINED, AND WHETHER CONGRESS'S DIRECTIVE TO
00:16:01HOSTILITIES MUST BE OBEYED BY
00:16:03IMPLEMENTING THESE ORDERS, HE EFFECTUATED IN PRACTICE THE
00:16:07CONTINUATION OF MILITARY AGAINST
00:16:11IRAN. DESPITE CONGRESS'S EXCLUSIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO
00:16:15DECLARE WAR AND DESPITE
00:16:17CONGRESS'S ACTION DIRECTING, THE REMOVAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED
00:16:22FORCES FROM HOSTILITIES.
00:16:26THIS ABUSE OF OFFICE FRUSTRATE
00:16:28CONGRESS'S ABILITY TO EXERCISE ITS MOST SOLEMN CONSTITUTIONAL
00:16:32RESPONSIBILITY. ENABLED THE CONTINUATION OF WAR
00:16:35AND IGNORED AND THUS NULLIFIED
00:16:37THE FUNDAMENTAL SAFEGUARDS
00:16:39DESIGNED TO PREVENT UNITED
00:16:41STATES ARMED FORCES FROM BEING USED AT THE WILL OF THE
00:16:45EXECUTIVE ALONE. IN ALL OF THIS, SECRETARY HEGSETH HAS ACTED A MANNER
00:16:49CONTRARY TO HIS TRUST AS
00:16:51SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND SUBVERT
00:16:54OF OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, TO THE GREAT PREJUDICE OF THE
00:16:57CAUSE OF LAW AND JUSTICE, AND TO THE MANIFEST OF THE PEOPLE OF
00:17:00THE UNITED STATES, WHERE FOR
00:17:04SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. >> PETER HEGSETH, BY SUCH CONDUCT, HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT
00:17:08HE WILL REMAIN A THREAT TO THE CONSTITUTION IF ALLOWED TO
00:17:11REMAIN IN OFFICE AND HAS ACTED IN A MANNER GROSSLY WITH HIS
00:17:15DUTIES AND THE RULE OF LAW. >> PETER BRIAN HEGSETH WARRANTS
00:17:19IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL REMOVAL FROM OFFICE AND DISQUALIFY
00:17:23FIXATION TO HOLD AND ENJOY ANY
00:17:25OFFICE OF HONOR, TRUST OR PROFIT UNDER THE UNITED STATES.
00:17:30ARTICLE THREE. WAGING WAR IN CONTRAVENTION OF
00:17:33THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OF 1973.
00:17:35SECTION FIVE BE THE PROVIDES
00:17:38THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN TIVES
00:17:40SHALL HAVE THE SOLE POWER OF
00:17:42IMPEACHMENT AND THAT CIVIL
00:17:44OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF
00:17:48DEFENSE, SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ON IMPEACHMENT AND
00:17:51CONVICTION OF TREASON BRIBERY OR
00:17:53OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND IN HIS CONDUCT, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
00:17:58PETER HEGSETH, IN VIOLATION OF HIS TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE
00:18:03CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND IN VIOLATION OF HIS
00:18:06CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE THAT THE LAWS BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED,
00:18:10ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE COMMISSION OF WAR, HAS ABUSED
00:18:12THE POWERS. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN
00:18:16THAT THE DECLARE WAR CLAUSE OF
00:18:18THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ONE SECTION EIGHT, CLAUSE 11
00:18:22VESTS IN CONGRESS THE EXCLUSIVE
00:18:25INITIATIVE POWERS OF WAR WHILE THE MILITARY ADMINISTRATIVE AND
00:18:29CLEMENCY CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE
00:18:33TWO, SECTION TWO, CLAUSE ONE ESTAB WISHES THE PRESIDENT, THE
00:18:37COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VESTS IN HIM
00:18:41OPERATIONAL CONTROL OVER THE
00:18:43WARS LAWFULLY AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS IN EFFORT TO
00:18:47STATUTORILY DELINEATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE
00:18:51PRESIDENT MAY INTRODUCE UNITED STATES ARMED INTO HOSTILITIES.
00:18:56ABSENT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION.
00:18:58THE 93RD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
00:19:00STATES ENACTED INTO LAW HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 542, THE WAR
00:19:06POWERS OF 1973, PUBLIC LAW 93,
00:19:10DASH 148 BY OVERRIDING THE VETO
00:19:13OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON,
00:19:15SECRETARY HEGSETH CARRIED
00:19:17UNLAWFUL ORDERS AND CONTINUES.
00:19:21DO SO IN CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION FIVE BE OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OF 1973.
00:19:26SECTION 1544 B OF TITLE 50
00:19:29UNITED STATES CODE SECTION FIVE
00:19:31B OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
00:19:34OF 1973 PROVIDES THAT WITHIN 60
00:19:37CALENDAR DAYS A REPORT IS
00:19:39SUBMITTED OR REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS BY THE
00:19:43PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
00:19:45UPON THE EXECUTOR INTRODUCING
00:19:47THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
00:19:49HOSTILITIES OR INTO SITUATIONS
00:19:51WHERE IMMINENT INVOLVEMENT IN HOSTILITIES IS CLEARLY INDICATED BY.
00:19:56THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICHEVER IS
00:19:58EARLIER, THE EXECUTIVE SHALL TERMINATE ANY USE OF THE UNITED
00:20:02STATES FORCES UNLESS CONGRESS
00:20:04HAS DECLARED WAR, HAS ENACTED
00:20:06ENACTED A SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION
00:20:08FOR SUCH USE OF THE UNITED ARMED
00:20:10FORCES, HAS BY LAW SUCH 60 DAY
00:20:14PERIOD OR IS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO MEET A RESULT OF AN ARMED
00:20:19ATTACK. THE UNITED STATES.
00:20:21SECTION B FURTHER PROVIDES THAT, ABSENT A FORMAL CONGRESSIONAL
00:20:25DECLARATION OF WAR SPECIFIC STATUTORY FOR THE USE OF
00:20:28MILITARY FORCE OR AN EXTENSION OF THE 60 DAY PERIOD ENACTED
00:20:33INTO DURING THAT PERIOD. QUOTE 60 DAY PERIOD SHALL BE
00:20:38EXTENDED FOR NOT MORE THAN AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS. IF THE PRESIDENT AND CERTIFIES
00:20:42TO THE CONGRESS WRITING THAT
00:20:44UNAVOIDABLE MILITARY NECESSITY,
00:20:47RESPECTING THE SAFETY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
00:20:50REQUIRES THE CONTINUED USE OF ARMED FORCES IN THE COURSE OF
00:20:54ABOUT A PROMPT REMOVAL OF SUCH
00:20:56FORCES WITH RESPECT TO THE
00:20:58UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES BEING ENTERED INTO HOSTILITIES IN THE
00:21:03ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN AND
00:21:05INDICATING ON AND FELL T TO THE
00:21:08WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OF 1973 AS
00:21:10LEGAL JUSTIFICATION ENTERING THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INTO
00:21:14HOSTILITIES WITH IRAN.
00:21:16WITHOUT THE INITIATIVE AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS.
00:21:20PRESIDENT J. TRUMP TRANSMITTED ON MARCH 2ND,
00:21:232026, A LETTER INFORMING OF
00:21:26ACTION TAKEN CONSISTENT WITH THE
00:21:28WAR POWERS RESOLUTION PUBLIC LAW
00:21:3090 3-1 48 PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1543.
00:21:35A THREE PUBLIC LAW 90 3-1 48.
00:21:39SECTION FOUR, A 87 STATUTE 555
00:21:43AND 50 U.S.C. 1543 B PUBLIC LAW
00:21:4790 3-1 48 SECTION FOUR B 87,
00:21:53STATUTE 555. UNQUOTE.
00:21:55AND CONCERNING HOSTILITIES THAT HAD COMMENCED IN IRAN ON
00:21:59FEBRUARY 28, 2026, IN THE 60 DAY
00:22:02PERIOD FOLLOWING, SAID TRANSMISSION.
00:22:05CONGRESS DID AND STILL HAS NOT ENACTED ANY OR SPECIFIC
00:22:11STATUTORY FOR THE USE OF UNITED
00:22:13ARMED FORCES IN HOSTILITIES,
00:22:15IRAN OR EXTENDED THE APPLICABLE
00:22:1860 DAY PERIOD BY LAW, DESPITE
00:22:19REMAINING PHYSICALLY CAPABLE OF MEETING AND CARRYING OUT
00:22:23CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. MOREOVER, PRESIDENT DONALD J.
00:22:27TRUMP DID NOT SUBMIT THE WRITTEN CERTIFICATION AND REQUIRED TO
00:22:30INVOKE THE ADDITIONAL 30 DAY WITHDRAWAL PERIOD BY MAY ONE,
00:22:342026, EVEN ASSUMING PRESIDENT
00:22:37HAD VIOLATED VALIDLY INVOKED
00:22:39THAT SEPARATE AND LIMITED 30 DAY EXTENSION.
00:22:41IT WOULD LIKEWISE HAVE EXPIRED
00:22:43ON JUNE 1ST, 2026, WITHOUT LAWFUL CAUSE OR EXCUSE.
00:22:48AND DESPITE EXECUTIVE'S INITIAL OBSERVATION OF THE REPORTING
00:22:51REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION A OF
00:22:53THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION,
00:22:57SECTION 1543, A THREE OF TITLE
00:22:5950 UNITED STATES CODE THROUGH THE PRESIDENT'S TO CONGRESS OF A
00:23:04LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE STATUTORY
00:23:07TIMELINE SECRETARY HEGSETH
00:23:09CONTINUED TO DIRECT, AUTHORIZE AND SUSTAIN THE USE OF UNITED
00:23:13ARMED FORCES IN HOSTILITIES IN
00:23:16THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF EVERY
00:23:20POTENTIALLY APPLICABLE STATUTORY PERIOD.
00:23:22SECRETARY HAIG, SETH, SUCH
00:23:26HOSTILITIES, THE 60 DAY PERIOD
00:23:28EXPIRED MAY 1ST, 20, 26, AND AFTER JUNE 1ST, 20, 26, THE DATE
00:23:32ON WHICH THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE
00:23:36ADDITIONAL DAY WITHDRAWAL PERIOD WOULD HAVE EXPIRED DESPITE THE
00:23:38ABSENCE OF A DECLARATION OF WAR
00:23:41SPECIFIC STATUTORY OR EXTENSION
00:23:45ENACTED BY CONGRESS. SECRETARY HAIG FURTHER
00:23:51CONTRAVENED LIMITED PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH ADDITIONAL DAY
00:23:53WITHDRAWAL PERIOD BY UNITED
00:23:55STATES ARMED FORCES TO CONTINUE
00:23:58ENGAGING IN HOSTILITIES AGAINST ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN IN A
00:24:01MANNER CALCULATED NOT TO TERMINATE THE UNAUTHORIZED USE
00:24:04OF SUCH FORCES AND BRING ABOUT
00:24:06THEIR PROMPT REMOVAL, BUT RATHER
00:24:08TO CONTINUE PROSECUTING THE WAR
00:24:11TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL MILITARY
00:24:13OBJECTIVES NOT AUTHORIZED BY
00:24:15CONGRESS, AND HAS THEREFORE DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:24:18DEFENSE INVIOLATE OF SECTION
00:24:211544 B OF TITLE 50 UNITED STATES CODE.
00:24:24SECRETARY HEGSETH ABUSED POWERS OF HIS HIGH OFFICE THROUGH THE
00:24:29FOLLOWING. ONE DIRECTING AUTHORIZED AND
00:24:33SUSTAINING HOSTILE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACTIONS IN IRAN.
00:24:38AFTER EXPIRATION OF THE 60 DAY PERIOD ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION FIVE B OF THE WAR POWERS
00:24:44RESOLUTION OF 1973. DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF A
00:24:47DECLARATION OF WAR SPECIFIC, STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION OR AN
00:24:51EXTENSION ENACTED BY CONGRESS TO
00:24:53CONTINUING TO DIRECT AND SUSTAIN
00:24:55HOSTILITIES IN IRAN, THE PURSUIT OF ADDITIONAL MILITARY
00:24:59OBJECTIVES DURING AND AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF ANY POTENTIALLY
00:25:04APPLICABLE ADDITIONAL 30 DAY PERIOD. NOTWITHSTANDING THAT SUCH 30 DAY
00:25:08PERIOD COULD BE USED ONLY WHEN REQUIRED BY UNAVOIDABLE
00:25:12NECESSITY RESPECT THE SAFETY OF
00:25:14THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN THE COURSE OF BRINGING ABOUT
00:25:17THEIR PROPER AS CERTIFIED AS
00:25:21NECESSARY BY THE PRESIDENT, THE UNITED STATES A CERTIFICATION
00:25:23NEVER TRANSMITTED TO CONGRESS BY
00:25:26PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PURSUANT
00:25:29TO SECTION 1544 B OF TITLE 50
00:25:31UNITED STATES CODE THREE.
00:25:33FAILING AND REFUSING TAKE ALL
00:25:35NECESSARY STEPS WITHIN HIS AUTHORITY AS SECRETARY OF
00:25:39DEFENSE TO TERMINATE THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF UNITED
00:25:42STATES ARMED FORCES AND PROMPTLY WITHDRAWAL SUCH FORCES FROM
00:25:46HOSTILE CITIES IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.
00:25:48FOR DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO TREAT THE MANDATORY
00:25:52TERMINATION AS DISCRETIONARY, THEREBY THE JUDGMENT
00:25:57SUBSTITUTING JUDGMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FOR THE CONSTITUTE FUNCTIONAL AND
00:26:00STATUTORY JUDGMENT OF CONGRESS.
00:26:02AND NULLIFYING THE EXPRESS COMMAND THAT THE UNAUTHORIZED
00:26:06USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES SHALL BE TERMINATED
00:26:11THROUGH ACTIONS. SECRETARY HAIG, SETH KNOWINGLY
00:26:13AND SUSTAINED UNLAWFUL ORDERS
00:26:15THAT IN PRACTICE DISPLACED THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY
00:26:20JUDGMENT OF CONGRESS BY PERMITTING EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO
00:26:24DETERMINE WHEN MORE MAY BE COMMENCED, HOW LONG IT MAY BE
00:26:27SUSTAINED, WHETHER STATUTORY DEADLINES GOVERN, UNAUTHORIZED
00:26:30HOSTILITIES MUST BE OBEYED, AND
00:26:33WHETHER A WAR MAY CONTINUE AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF EVERY PERIOD
00:26:36PERMITTED BY LAW. IN ALL OF THIS, SECRETARY
00:26:39HEGSETH HAS ACTED IN A MANNER CONTRARY TO HIS TRUST AS SECRETARY, DEFENSE AND
00:26:44SUBVERSIVE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT TO GREAT PREJUDICE OF
00:26:47THE CAUSE OF LAW, JUSTICE, AND
00:26:49TO THE MANIFEST ENTRY THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:26:53WHEREFORE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
00:26:55PETE HEGSETH BY SUCH CONDUCT HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT HE WILL REMAIN
00:26:58A THREAT THE CONSTITUTION, IF ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN OFFICE AND
00:27:02HAS ACTED IN A MANNER GROSSLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH HIS DUTIES AND
00:27:06THE RULE OF LAW. PETER BRIAN HEGSETH THUS WARRANTS IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL
00:27:10REMOVAL FROM OFFICE AND DISQUALIFY OCCASION TO HOLD AND
00:27:13ENJOY ANY OF HONOR, TRUST OR
00:27:16PROFIT UNDER THE UNITED STATES.
00:27:19>> ARTICLE FOUR IGNORING LAWS
00:27:22MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. >> THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES.
00:27:26THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE THE SOLE POWER OF IMPEACHMENT AND THAT CIVIL
00:27:30OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,
00:27:33SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ON IMPEACHMENT FOR AND CONVICTION
00:27:36OF TREASON, BRIBERY, OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.
00:27:40IN HIS CONDUCT AS SECRETARY OF
00:27:42DEFENSE AND IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL OATH TO
00:27:45FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND TO THE
00:27:49BEST OF HIS ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE
00:27:53CONSTITUTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN VIOLATION OF HIS
00:27:55CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE CARE THAT THE LAWS BE FAITHFULLY
00:27:59EXECUTED, ESPECIALLY DURING THE COMMISSION OF WAR.
00:28:02>> PETER BRYAN HEGSETH HAS ABUSED THE POWERS OF THE
00:28:05DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN THAT
00:28:07USING THE POWERS OF HIS OFFICE,
00:28:11SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, PETER HEGSETH DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT
00:28:14OF DEFENSE IN A MANNER THAT IN
00:28:16THE DEATH OR INJURY OF MORE THAN
00:28:19200 CIVILIANS AS AT SHARJAH, RAY
00:28:23TIGER BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
00:28:28MCNABB. >> HORMONES GONE PROVINCE IRAN.
00:28:31HE DID SO THROUGH SCHEME OR
00:28:33COURSE OF CONDUCT THAT EFFECTED
00:28:35THE SYSTEMIC DETERIORATION IN
00:28:37AND REMOVAL OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
00:28:41CONGRESS HAS MANDATED BY LAW TO LIMIT COLLATERAL TO CIVILIANS
00:28:44AND NONMILITARY DURING MILITARY
00:28:48OPERATIONS WHILE.
00:28:50DOING SO, SECRETARY HEGSETH ALSO
00:28:54CULTIVATED A WAR MAKING CULTURE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
00:28:56WHICH HE BOASTS AS DISMISSIVE
00:28:58OF, QUOTE, STUPID OF ENGAGEMENT,
00:29:02UNQUOTE, WITH PREFERENCE FOR,
00:29:04QUOTE, MAXIMUM LETHALITY, NOT
00:29:06LEGALITY, UNQUOTE.
00:29:09SUCH COMBINATION KILLED,
00:29:11RENDERED INEFFECTIVE COMPONENTS
00:29:13OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREVENTING
00:29:17MITIGATE AND RESPONDING TO CIVILIAN HARM BY DIRECTING THE
00:29:20DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN A MANNER THAT FORESEEABLY
00:29:24DISMANTLE THE SAFEGUARDS NECESSARY TO DISTINGUISH
00:29:26CIVILIAN OBJECTS FROM MILITARY.
00:29:28SECRETARY HEGSETH THEREBY
00:29:31EFFECTUALLY EFFECTED THE MURDER OF CIVILIANS AND ABUSED THE
00:29:35TRUST OF MEN AND WOMEN HIS COMMAND BY REQUIRING THEM TO
00:29:39CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS WITHIN A TARGETED AND LEGAL
00:29:43REVIEW SYSTEM THAT HE HAD DELIBERATELY DEGRADED.
00:29:45THIS UNDERMINED THE INTEGRITY AND DIPLOMACY OF THE UNITED
00:29:49STATES AND ITS ARMED FORCES. HE THUS IGNORED AND INJURED THE
00:29:52INTERESTS OF THE NATION. SECRETARY HEGSETH ENGAGED IN
00:29:56THIS SCHEME OR COURSE OF CONDUCT
00:29:58THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MEANS.
00:30:01ONE SECRETARY HAIG, SETH, WITH
00:30:04WILLFULLY DISREGARDED, ACTED TO
00:30:07DEFEAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 184 OF TITLE TEN UNITED
00:30:11STATES CODE BY SYSTEMATICALLY
00:30:14DISMANTLING PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT A
00:30:19SECRETARY HEGSETH SUBMITTED A
00:30:21LEGISLATIVE TO CONGRESS ON MAY
00:30:242920 25 REQUEST A REPEAL OF
00:30:27SECTION 184 OF TITLE TEN UNITED STATES CODE.
00:30:30THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR
00:30:33CIVILIAN PROTECTION SYSTEMS AT
00:30:35THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, EVEN AS CONGRESS HAD FULLY FUNDED
00:30:39SUCH SYSTEMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND FISCAL YEAR 2026.
00:30:43AND AFTER CONGRESS DID NOT ENACT
00:30:47THE REQUESTED REPEAL. ARMY OFFICIALS NEVERTHELESS
00:30:50CONFIRMED THAT SUCH CIVILIAN HARM MITIGATION ACTIVITIES HAD
00:30:54BEEN HALTED.
00:30:55B SECRETARY IMMEDIATELY STALLED
00:30:58AND REVERSED IMPLEMENTATION OF
00:31:00THE CIVILIAN HARM AND RESPONSE
00:31:02ACTION PLAN AND RENDERED
00:31:04INEFFECTIVE THE PROTECTION
00:31:07CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, DESPITE IT
00:31:09BEING CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED.
00:31:13SECTION 1082 OF THE JAMES IN INHOFE NATIONAL DEFENSE
00:31:17AUTHORIZATION ACT. >> PUBLIC LAW 117 DASH 263 AND
00:31:22SECTION 36 OF THE JOHN S
00:31:24NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
00:31:27PUBLIC LAW 115 DASH 232 SEC.
00:31:30>> C SECRETARY HEGSETH ELIMINATE
00:31:35OF FUNDING FOR THE ARMY'S CASUALTY TRACKING DATABASE.
00:31:37THE INSTITUTE PANEL SYSTEM FOR
00:31:40RECORDING AND VERIFYING HARM REPORTS SO THAT SHOULD CIVILIANS
00:31:45BE AS A RESULT OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACTION, THERE
00:31:48WOULD BE NO FUNCTIONING SYSTEM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
00:31:51TO VERIFY AND REPORT ON SUCH HARM.
00:31:55DE SECRETARY HEGSETH REFUSED TO
00:32:00ENSURE THAT. DOD COMPONENTS RECEIVED ADEQUATE
00:32:02TO SATISFY THE CIVILIAN HARM
00:32:06MITIGATION AND RESPONSE STAFF
00:32:10ASSIGNED.
00:32:11I'M SORRY, THE.
00:32:16REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING BY REMOVING MORE THAN 90% OF
00:32:20CIVILIAN HARM MITIGATION AND
00:32:22RESPONSE STAFF ASSIGNED TO COMBATANT COMMANDS.
00:32:26E SECRETARY HEGSETH FAILED BY
00:32:28THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 25 TO
00:32:31SATISFY ANY OF THE 11 OBJECTIVES OR COMPLETE 133 ACTIONS MANDATED
00:32:35BY CONGRESS FOR THE PREVENTION
00:32:38AND MITIGATION OF CIVILIAN HARM DURING ARMED CONFLICT, THEREBY
00:32:42RENDERING EVERY SUCH COMPONENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S
00:32:46CIVILIAN HARM PREVENTION APPARATUS PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY
00:32:50INEFFECTIVE. BY THE TIME THE UNITED STATES
00:32:52MILITARY COMBAT OPERATIONS
00:32:54AGAINST IRAN BEGAN IN EARLY 2026
00:32:57TO SECRETARY HEGSETH REMOVED
00:33:00WITHOUT REASON OR CAUSE, THE SENIOR MOST JUDGE ADVOCATES
00:33:03GENERAL OF THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE, THEREBY UNDERMINING
00:33:08INDEPENDENT LEGAL OVERSIGHT OF COMBAT, OPERATE AND LEGAL ADVICE
00:33:11TO COMMANDERS ON THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT.
00:33:15THREE. SECRETARY HENKE SETH PROMULGATED
00:33:19THE 2026 NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY WITH ALL REFERENCES TO
00:33:23CIVILIAN PROTECTION COMMITTED MARKING DELIBERATE AND
00:33:26UNPRECEDENTED DEPARTURE FROM
00:33:28PRIOR DEFENSE POLICY THAT HAD RECOGNIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
00:33:32LAW CIVILIAN HARM MITIGATION AS
00:33:34STRATEGIC PRIORITY FOR. HAGUE SAYS FROM THE OUTSET OF
00:33:38HIS TENURE, INSTIGATED A
00:33:41DEPARTMENTAL CULTURE HOSTILE TO THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT AND
00:33:44THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS THROUGH HIS PUBLIC AND REPEATED
00:33:49DENIGRATION OF RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AS, QUOTE, STUPID,
00:33:52QUOTE, POLITICALLY.
00:33:56CORRECT AND QUOTE, OVERBEARING IN THAT A ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, WHILE ADDRESSING THE
00:34:01LARGEST ASSEMBLED GATHERING OF UNITED STATES GENERALS AND
00:34:04ADMIRALS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, SECRETARY HEGSETH BOASTED THAT
00:34:08WE, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY,
00:34:09QUOTE, DON'T WITH STUPID RULES
00:34:12OF ENGAGEMENT UNQUOTE.
00:34:15BE UPON LAWFULLY RENAMING THE OF
00:34:17DEFENSE THE UPON UNLAWFULLY
00:34:21RENAMING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2025.
00:34:25HE POETICALLY PROCLAIMED, QUOTE,
00:34:29MAXIMUM, NOT TEPID LEGALITY,
00:34:32VIOLENT EFFECT, NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT, UNQUOTE.
00:34:36SEE, DURING HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING ON JANUARY 14, 20, 25,
00:34:39HE TOLD THE SENATE ARMED
00:34:42SERVICES COMMITTEE HE HAD, QUOTE, THOUGHT VERY DEEPLY ABOUT
00:34:44THE BALANCE, LEGALITY AND
00:34:47LETHALITY, ENSURING THAT MEN, WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINES HAVE
00:34:50THE OPPORTUNITY TO DESTROY WITH
00:34:52AND CLOSE THE ENEMY, AND THAT LAWYERS AREN'T THE ONES GETTING
00:34:56IN THE WAY, UNQUOTE. FIVE.
00:35:00SECRETARY UNDERMINED EFFECTIVE
00:35:02JOURNALISTIC BY EXPELLING THE
00:35:05PENTAGON PRESS CORPS AND IMPOSING CREDENTIALING RULES
00:35:09THAT RESTRICTED JOURNALISTS FROM SOLICITING OR PUBLISHING
00:35:11UNAPPROVED MATERIAL, THEREBY
00:35:14WEAKENING INDEPENDENT REPORTING
00:35:16ON CIVILIAN HARM AND ON MATTERS AFFECTING THE WELFARE AND SAFETY
00:35:20OF UNITED STATES SERVICEMEMBERS BY JOURNALISTS MOST FAMILIAR
00:35:24WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
00:35:26THESE ACTIONS WERE NOT ISOLATED ADMINISTRATIVE OR RHETORICAL
00:35:30CHOICES. TAKEN TOGETHER, THEY DEGRADED
00:35:33THE PERSONNEL INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS. INDEPENDENT LEGAL REVIEW AND
00:35:37CIVILIAN PROTECTIONS SAFEGUARDS
00:35:39UPON WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:35:41DEFENSE RELIES TO VERIFY THE CURRENT STATUS.
00:35:45PROPOSED TARGETS.
00:35:47DISTINGUISHED OBJECTS FROM THE
00:35:50MILITARY OBJECTIVES REASSESS
00:35:52TARGETS AS CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE AND PREVENT OR MITIGATE CIVILIAN
00:35:57HARM. THE FORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCES OF
00:36:00SECRETARY HAIG SAYS SCHEME MANIFESTED IN THE UNITED STATES
00:36:04STRIKE ON THE QAJAR AIR BAY
00:36:12ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH KILLED AND INJURED MORE 200 CIVILIANS
00:36:16AND SYSTEMIC FAILURES. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
00:36:19TARGETING PROCESS. THE EVENTS OF THAT STRIKE AND
00:36:22THE REPORTED EVENTS LEADING TO IT ARE AS FOLLOWS. ONE.
00:36:27ON MORNING OF FEBRUARY 28TH,
00:36:292026, AT APPROXIMATELY 40 5 A.M.
00:36:33LOCAL TIME, THE UNITED STATES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ISRAEL,
00:36:36LAUNCHED OPERATION EPIC FURY COMMENCING THE 2026 IRAN WAR
00:36:40WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR OF THE US
00:36:42ISRAELI OFFENSIVE INTO SOUTHERN IRAN.
00:36:47THREE B.G. M-109 TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILES FIRED FROM THE UNITED
00:36:50STATES NAVY IMPACTED THE
00:36:54ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BETWEEN 1023 AND 10:45 A.M.
00:36:58LOCAL TIME TO TWO BECAUSE THE WAR WAS COMMENCED MID-MORNING ON
00:37:01A SATURDAY FIRST DAY OF THE IRANIAN WORKWEEK.
00:37:04STUDENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT
00:37:06THE SCHOOL DESPITE AN ATTEMPTED
00:37:08EVACUATION AT THE SCHOOL AT THE TIME AND THE FIRST CRUISE
00:37:12MISSILES IMPACT BETWEEN 170 AND
00:37:16267 STUDENTS WERE PRESENT IN THE FACILITY, MOST OF WHOM WERE
00:37:19GIRLS BETWEEN, THE AGES OF SEVEN AND 12 YEARS. THREE.
00:37:23WHEREAS IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY
00:37:25CASUALTIES WERE INFLICTED. THE FIRST IMPACT, WHICH CAUSED A
00:37:29PARTIAL OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE COLLAPSE OF ITS ROOF, IT IS
00:37:32REPORTED THAT THE STUDENTS WERE THEN SHELTERED IN A PRAYER ROOM
00:37:36DEEPER IN THE FACILITY WAITING FOR RESCUERS WHEN A SECOND AND
00:37:39THIRD MISSILE AND RAPID
00:37:41SUCCESSION IMPACTED THE BUILDING REPORTED FOUR REPORTED DEATH
00:37:46TOLLS FROM THE STRIKES ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INDICATE AT
00:37:49LEAST 156 CIVILIANS WERE KILLED, WITH SOME REPORTS SUGGESTING
00:37:52THAT CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL SURPASSED 170.
00:37:55THOSE KILLED INCLUDE AT LEAST
00:37:58120 SCHOOLCHILDREN, 26 TEACHERS,
00:38:00SEVEN PARENTS ATTEMPTING TO THEIR CHILDREN.
00:38:03A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER. A PHARMACY TECHNICIAN FROM A
00:38:05NEARBY CLINIC, AND THE SIX MONTH
00:38:07OLD UNBORN CHILD OF ONE OF THE
00:38:09TEACHERS ALSO IN THE ATTACK, AN
00:38:14ESTIMATED 95 OTHER INDIVIDUALS WERE WOUNDED UNDER UNITED STATES
00:38:18MILITARY DOCTRINE AND THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT, SECRETARY
00:38:21HEGSETH IS OBLIGATED TO UPHOLD
00:38:23THE LAWFULNESS OF. AN ATTACK DOES NOT DEPEND SOLELY
00:38:27ON WHETHER CIVILIANS WERE DELIBERATELY SELECTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF HARMING THEM.
00:38:31THE OBLIGATIONS OF DISTINCTION
00:38:33TARGET VERIFICATION AND FEASIBLE
00:38:37PRECAUTION REQUIRE MILITARY DECISION MAKERS TO DETERMINE IN
00:38:40GOOD FAITH THAT AN OBJECT IS
00:38:43LAWFUL MILITARY OBJECTIVE ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION REASONABLY
00:38:47AVAILABLE AT TIME.
00:38:49A FAILURE TO UNDERTAKE THE
00:38:52VERIFICATION AND REVIEW REQUIRED BY THOSE OBLIGATIONS MAY RENDER
00:38:56AN ATTACK UNLAWFUL, A FAILURE CAUSED BY SECRETARY HAIG DEMAND
00:39:01DISMANTLING OF KEY INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNED TO
00:39:04PREVENT SUCH ERRORS WITH RESPECT
00:39:06TO THE STRIKE ON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THOSE INSTITUTIONAL
00:39:10FAILURES MANIFESTED IN SYSTEMIC NONCOMPLIANCE WITH DEPARTMENT OF
00:39:14DEFENSE TARGETING DOCTRINE AND LEGAL GUIDANCE.
00:39:17THE STRIKE ON THE QAJAR REY TY
00:39:21BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS NOT AN
00:39:23ISOLATED TARGETING FAILURE DIVORCED FROM THE CONDUCT OF
00:39:27SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
00:39:28NOR CAN HAGUE'S CONDUCT
00:39:32DISMISSED AS A SINGLE TARGETING ERROR OR ISOLATED FAILURE IN THE
00:39:34FOG OF WAR. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS STRUCK
00:39:38AFTER SECRETARY HAIG SAYS TO
00:39:40REPEAL CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS
00:39:44DISMANTLED THE DEPARTMENT'S CIVILIAN HARM MITIGATION
00:39:47INFRASTRUCTURE, REMOVED THE SENIOR MOST JUDGE ADVOCATES
00:39:50GENERAL RESPONSIBLE FOR
00:39:52INDEPENDENT LEGAL OVERSIGHT STRIPPED CIVILIAN PROTECTION FROM.
00:39:56THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY AND PUBLICLY DENIGRATED LEGAL
00:40:01RESTRAINTS ON MILITARY FORCE
00:40:02OBSTACLES TO MAXIMUM LETHALITY.
00:40:05HE THEREBY WEAKENED NEARLY EVERY
00:40:07INSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARD DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
00:40:11INFLICTED BY THE UNITED STATES
00:40:13MILITARY AND THEN PRESIDED OVER
00:40:15A TARGETING PROCESS WHICH A FUNCTIONING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
00:40:19WAS STRUCK THREE TIMES, KILLING AND MORE THAN 200 CIVILIANS,
00:40:22MOSTLY CHILDREN. SUCH CONDUCT REFLECTS NOT MERELY
00:40:27A FAILURE OF JUDGMENT, BUT AN EXTRAORDINARY ABUSE OF POWERS
00:40:31ENTRUSTED TO THE SECRETARY OF
00:40:33DEFENSE AND A PROFOUND DISREGARD FOR THE CIVILIANS.
00:40:35HIS DEPARTMENT WAS OBLIGATED TO PROTECT AND THE SERVICEMEMBERS
00:40:40HE WAS ENTRUSTED TO LEAD. IN ALL OF THIS SECRETARY HEGSETH
00:40:44WILLFULLY AND SYSTEM MEEKLY
00:40:46REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH AND DIRECTIVES MANDATED FOR
00:40:50PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS DURING COMMISSION OF ARMED CONFLICT
00:40:54KILLED AND RENDERED INEFFECTIVE COMPONENTS TO PREVENT AND
00:40:58MITIGATE HARM TO CIVILIANS AND
00:41:00FORESEEABLY AFFECTED THE DEATH
00:41:03AND INJURY OF OVER 200 CIVILIANS TO THE MANIFEST ENTRY OF THE
00:41:07UNITED STATES, WHERE FORMER
00:41:09SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE
00:41:11HEGSETH BY SUCH CONDUCT HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT HE WILL REMAIN A TO CIVILIANS.
00:41:17THE CONDUCT OF UNITED MILITARY OPERATIONS.
00:41:20THE ATTACK RITY AND CREDIBILITY
00:41:23OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES AND. THE CONSTITUTION, IF ALLOWED TO
00:41:28REMAIN IN OFFICE, AND HAS ACTED IN A MANNER GROSSLY INCOMPATIBLE
00:41:30WITH HIS DUTIES IN THE RULE OF LAW. PETER BRYAN HEGSETH THUS
00:41:34WARRANTS IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL REMOVAL FROM OFFICE AND
00:41:40DISQUALIFICATION TO HOLD AND ENJOY ANY OFFICE OF HONOR TRUST
00:41:42OR PROFIT UNDER UNITED STATES.
00:41:47ARTICLE FIVE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS.
00:41:49THE CONSTITUTION THAT THE HOUSE
00:41:52OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE THE SOLE POWER OF IMPEACHMENT
00:41:56AND THAT CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE
00:41:58SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SHALL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ON
00:42:02IMPEACHMENT FOR AND CONVICTION OF TREASON, BRIBERY OR OTHER
00:42:05HIGH CRIMES MISDEMEANORS IN HIS
00:42:09CONDUCT. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
00:42:11PETER HEGSETH, IN VIOLATION OF
00:42:13OATH TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
00:42:17STATES AND IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTION DUTY TO TAKE CARE
00:42:20THAT THE LAWS BE FAITHFULLY
00:42:22EXECUTED, ESPECIALLY REGARD TO
00:42:25THE COMMISSION OF WAR HAS ABUSED THE POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:42:28DEFENSE IN THAT USING THE POWERS OF HIS OFFICE.
00:42:32SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETER DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:42:37DEFENSE IN A MANNER THAT RESULTED IN THE EXTRA JUDICIAL
00:42:40KILLINGS OF AT LEAST 221 PERSONS
00:42:43ABOARD SEAGOING VESSELS ALLEGED BE SMUGGLING NARCOTICS IN THE
00:42:47CARIBBEAN AND THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN, PRINCIPALLY IN
00:42:51INTERNATIONAL. HE DID SO THROUGH A SCHEME
00:42:54COURSE OF CONDUCT THAT CHILLED INDEPENDENT LEGAL REVIEW WITHIN
00:42:58THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONSTRUCTED PURPORTED LEGAL
00:43:01BASIS FOR THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE WITHOUT OR STATUTORY
00:43:07AUTHORIZATION AND DISPLACED LONG STANDING PRECEDENT AND CODIFIED
00:43:11MARINE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES THAT ARE JURISDICTION ONLY
00:43:15ASSIGNED TO THE COAST GUARD AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IS BY
00:43:18SUBSTITUTING IN SUCH PLACE THE
00:43:20USE OF SUMMARY LETHAL FORCE BY
00:43:23ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, OR MARINE ELEMENTS. WHILE DOING SO.
00:43:27SECRETARY HEGSETH ALSO OVERSAW
00:43:29ORDERS DENYING QUARTER AND
00:43:32FAILING TO PROVIDE INCLUDING SECONDARY STRIKES.
00:43:36>> SHIPWRECKED SURVIVORS WHO WERE ORDERED TO COMBAT AND THE
00:43:40ABANDONMENT OF SHIPWRECK
00:43:42SURVIVORS AT SEA, THEREBY
00:43:44ENDANGERING MEMBERS OF OUR ARMED
00:43:46FORCES IN FUTURE MILITARY BY
00:43:48ENCOURAGING AVERAGE ADVERSARIES
00:43:51TO SUBJECT AMERICANS SERVICEMEMBERS TO THE SAME
00:43:54TREATMENT BY SUBJECTING PERSONS
00:43:57MERELY SUSPECTED OF CRIMINAL TO
00:44:00LETHAL MILITARY FORCE WITHOUT.
00:44:04JUDICIAL PROCESS WITHOUT, CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION, AND WITHOUT ESTABLISHING A LAWFUL
00:44:06BASIS FOR TREATING SUCH PERSONS
00:44:09OR VESSELS AS MILITARY TARGETS.
00:44:11>> SECRETARY HEGSETH, ARROGATED
00:44:13TO HIMSELF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH,
00:44:16THE OF JUDGE JURY AND
00:44:18EXECUTIONER AND A UNILATERAL
00:44:20POWER TO DETERMINE WHO MAY LIVE
00:44:23AND WHO MAY DIE. SUCH A POWER IS FOREIGN TO THE
00:44:27RULE OF LAW, REPUGNANT TO THE
00:44:29LEGAL TRADITIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL VALUES OF THE UNITED STATES IN
00:44:32THE WESTERN AND CONTRARY TO THE
00:44:35UNITED LAW AND CUSTOMARY LAW.
00:44:38THIS CONDUCT UNDERMINED THE
00:44:40INTEGRITY AND CREDIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS ARMED
00:44:44FORCES, DAMAGED THE DIPLOMATIC STANDING, THE UNITED STATES, AND
00:44:48INJURED THE INTERESTS OF THE NATION.
00:44:50SECRETARY HEGSETH ENGAGED OF
00:44:53THIS SCHEME OR COURSE OF CONDUCT THROUGH THROUGH THE FOLLOWING
00:44:57MEANS. ONE SECRETARY HEGSETH,
00:45:00AUTHORIZED BEGINNING ON SEPTEMBER TWO, 2025, WITHOUT
00:45:05AUTHORIZED FROM CONGRESS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE, SECTION
00:45:07EIGHT, CLAUSE 11, OF THE UNITED
00:45:09STATES CONSTITUTION.
00:45:12AND IN THE ABSENCE OF A DECLARATION OF WAR SPECIFIC,
00:45:16STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
00:45:16USE OF FORCE OR A NATIONAL
00:45:20EMERGENCY CREATED BY AN ATTACK UPON THE UNITED STATES, ITS
00:45:24TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS OR ITS ARMED FORCES, AS PROVIDED IN
00:45:28CHAPTER 33, TITLE 50 UNITED
00:45:29STATES CODE SECRETARY HEGSETH
00:45:33ORDERED AND OVERSAW THE STRIKE CAMPAIGN AGAINST SEA GOING
00:45:35VESSELS ALLEGED TO STRUGGLING
00:45:37SMUGGLING NARCOTICS IN
00:45:40INTERNATIONAL WATERS, COMPRISING
00:45:42AT LEAST 63 SEPARATE ATTACKS, 44
00:45:45IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN, 17
00:45:47IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA, AND TWO AN
00:45:49UNSPECIFIED LOCATION WHICH
00:45:52STRUCK 67 VESSELS AND KILLED AT
00:45:56LEAST 221 INDIVIDUALS. IN DOING SO, SECRETARY HEGSETH
00:46:00DISPLACED THE STATUTORY
00:46:02FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHED BY
00:46:05SECTIONS 70503 AND 70504 OF
00:46:08TITLE 46 UNITED STATES CODE, AND
00:46:10UNDER WHICH CONGRESS EXPRESS
00:46:13ONLY TREATED MARITIME OFFENSES,
00:46:16INCLUDING CONDUCT OCCURRING ON THE HIGH SEAS AS. FEDERAL CRIMES SUBJECT TO
00:46:20APPREHENSION, PROSECUTION AND TRIAL IN AN APPROPRIATE UNITED
00:46:24STATES DISTRICT COURT, AND INSTEAD TREATED SUCH OFFENSES AS
00:46:29PREDICATES LETHAL MILITARY TARGETING.
00:46:31SECRETARY HEGSETH DISREGARDED STATUTORY RESTRICTIONS IN
00:46:36SECTIONS 274 AND 275 OF TITLE TEN. THE UNITED STATES CODE GOVERNING
00:46:40DIRECT PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS
00:46:42OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE OR MARINE CORPS AND CIVILIAN LAW
00:46:46ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FEDERAL NARCOTICS
00:46:50ENFORCEMENT, BY EMPLOYING LETHAL MILITARY AGAINST PERSONS
00:46:55SUSPECTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING.
00:46:57ABSENT ANY CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE
00:47:01MILITARY FORCE OR OTHER SUCH
00:47:03STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION FOR SUCH DIRECT MILITARY ACTION,
00:47:07SECRETARY HEGSETH DISREGARDED MARITIME ENFORCEMENT FRAMEWORK.
00:47:11ESTABLISH BY SECTIONS ONE OR TWO AND 522 OF TITLE 14 UNITED
00:47:15STATES CODE, AS WELL AS SECTION 279 OF TITLE TEN UNITED STATES
00:47:20CODE, UNDER WHICH ONLY THE COAST IS AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT
00:47:24INTERDICTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARREST. AND HE DID SO BY DIRECTING
00:47:28MEMBERS OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR
00:47:30FORCE OR MARINE CORPS TO EMPLOY
00:47:33LETHAL MILITARY FORCE IN PLACE.
00:47:35THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES. THREE SECRETARY HEGSETH
00:47:40ESTABLISHED TARGETING GUIDELINES FOR SUCH STRIKES ON FIFTH 2025
00:47:43BY ISSUING EXECUTE ORDER
00:47:47DIRECTING THE USE OF UNITED STATES MILITARY AGAINST PERSONS
00:47:51ALLEGED TO BE MEMBERS OR AFFILIATE AFFILIATES OF CERTAIN,
00:47:54QUOTE, DESIGNATED TERRORIST
00:47:56ORGANIZATIONS, UNQUOTE AS
00:48:00FOLLOWS A SECRETARY HEGSETH
00:48:02ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES THAT USE
00:48:05TO QUOTE, DESIGNATED TERRORIST
00:48:07UNQUOTE AS A TARGETING CARE
00:48:09CATEGORY, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT TERM IS NOT A CONGRESSIONALLY
00:48:13CREATED CONFERRING AUTHORITY TO
00:48:15USE MILITARY FORCE DID NOT
00:48:17REQUIRE POSITIVE OF ANY TARGET
00:48:21PERSON, BUT INSTEAD REQUIRED
00:48:23ONLY CERTAINTY THAT SUCH PERSON
00:48:26WAS A MEMBER OR AFFILIATE OF A
00:48:29DESIGNATED DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, A THRESHOLD LOWER
00:48:32THAN THE NEAREST STANDARD
00:48:36ESTABLISHED FOR DRONE STRIKE STRIKES AS ON SUSPECTED AL QAEDA
00:48:41MILITANTS. DURING THE CONGRESSIONALLY AUTHORIZED GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR
00:48:45AND DID NOT REQUIRE THE PRESENCE, WEAPONS OR NARCOTICS
00:48:47ON TARGETED VESSELS ALLEGED TO
00:48:50BE SMUGGLING NARCOTICS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A, QUOTE,
00:48:55DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION UNQUOTE.
00:48:57FOR SECRETARY HEGSETH IN THE
00:49:00COURSE OF SUCH SUCH OVERSAW
00:49:01ORDERS RESULTING THE DENIAL OF QUARTER TWO AND THE FAILURE TO
00:49:06PROVIDE RESCUE FOR SHIPWRECKED
00:49:09SURVIVORS OF INITIAL STRIKES ON
00:49:13SEPTEMBER SECOND, 2025. DURING THE FIRST STRIKE OF THE
00:49:17CAMPAIGN, THE UNITED STATES NAVY ATTACKED A SEAGOING VESSEL CARRYING 11 PERSONS BETWEEN THE
00:49:21COAST OF VENEZUELA AND NEARBY
00:49:23CARIBBEAN NATION OF AND TOBAGO.
00:49:27THE STRIKE DESTROYED AND CAPSIZED THE VESSEL.
00:49:29>> APPROXIMATE ONLY 45 MINUTES LATER, WHILE TWO SURVIVORS CLUNG
00:49:33TO THE WRECKAGE, SECOND STRIKE
00:49:35WAS ORDERED KILLING SURVIVORS. >> IN DOING SO, SECRETARY
00:49:39HEGSETH HAS ENDANGERED MEMBERS
00:49:41OF OUR ARMED FORCES AND FUTURE
00:49:45MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS BY JUST BY ENCOURAGING ADVERSARIES TO
00:49:49SUBJECT AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS TO THE SAME TREATMENT.
00:49:53ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2025 UNITED
00:49:55STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND ATTACKED
00:49:59THREE VESSELS, APPROXIMATELY 400
00:50:02NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF
00:50:04COCOS, GUATEMALA, IN THE EASTERN
00:50:06PACIFIC OCEAN, KILLING THREE PERSONS AND LEAVING EIGHT OTHER SHIPWRECKED.
00:50:11ALTHOUGH THE CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN UNDERWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR
00:50:14MONTHS, NO RECOVERY ASSETS HAD BEEN PRE-POSITIONED.
00:50:18RESCUE SURVIVORS. RESCUE DID NOT ARRIVE UNTIL
00:50:23APPROXIMATELY 45 HOURS AFTER THE STRIKES, BY WHICH TIME, ALL
00:50:26EIGHT SHIPWRECKED SURVIVORS HAD AT SEA.
00:50:28IN DOING, SECRETARY HEGSETH HAS
00:50:32ENDANGERED MEMBERS OF OUR ARMED FORCES IN FUTURE MILITARY
00:50:35ENGAGEMENTS BY ADVERSARIES TO
00:50:37SUBJECT AMERICANS SERVICEMEMBERS
00:50:39TO THE SAME TREATMENT. FIVE.
00:50:43SECRETARY HEGSETH TOOK ACTIONS TO PREEMPT AND OVERCOME
00:50:48INDEPENDENT LEGAL OBJECTIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT DEFENSE
00:50:50CONCERNING THE LAWFULNESS OF SUCH STRIKES, INCLUDING,
00:50:54SECRETARY HAIG SAID, REMOVED THE
00:50:57SENIOR MOST JUDGE ADVOCATES
00:50:59GENERAL OF THE ARMY NAVY AND AIR FORCE WITHOUT STATING A REASON
00:51:03CAUSE, THEREBY FORCING ABLY CHILLING THE EXERCISE OF
00:51:07INDEPENDENTLY LEGAL JUDGMENT BY JUDGE ADVOCATE'S TASK WITH
00:51:10ADVISING MILITARY COMMANDERS ON THE LAWFULNESS OF COMBAT
00:51:14OPERATIONS. AND SUBSEQUENTLY STATING AT A
00:51:17PENTAGON PRESS CONFERENCE ON
00:51:19FEBRUARY 25, 2025, HE DID WANT
00:51:22MILITARY OFFICERS, BUT MILITARY
00:51:26LAWYERS TO SERVE AS, QUOTE, ROADBLOCKS TO ORDERS THAT ARE
00:51:30GIVEN BY A COMMANDER IN CHIEF,
00:51:32UNQUOTE, SECRETARY EMPLOYED AN
00:51:36INTER-AGENCY GROUP OF LAWYERS COMPRISING FOUR CAREER OFFICIALS
00:51:39AND FOUR POLITICAL APPOINTEES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
00:51:42THE OFFICE OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE CENTRAL
00:51:46INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE OFFICE OF LEGAL TO
00:51:50DEVELOP A CLASSIFIED MEMORANDUM
00:51:52PURPORTING TO ESTABLISH A LEGAL
00:51:55BASIS FOR SUCH STRIKES AND TO ADDRESS ANTICIPATED OBJECTIONS.
00:51:59THEIR EXECUTION FALSELY,
00:52:01ASSERTING THAT THE UNITED STATES IS ENGAGED IN NON-INTERNATIONAL
00:52:05CONFLICT WITH.
00:52:0724 LATIN AMERICAN DESIGNEES TO
00:52:09TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, THEREBY ATTEMPTING TO DISPLACE THE
00:52:12GOVERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT FRAMEWORK AS ESTABLISHED IN
00:52:16PARAGRAPH TWO, AND SUBSTITUTE TO
00:52:18AN ARMED CONFLICT FRAMEWORK FOR THE CONDUCT OF MILITARY
00:52:22OPERATIONS AGAINST SUCH ORGANIZATIONS. DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF
00:52:25CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZE ACTION FOR SUCH MILITARY ACTION,
00:52:29NOTWITHSTANDING THAT PURSUING IT
00:52:31TO LITTLE V BARAM, 1804 AND UTILITY AIR REGULATORY GROUP,
00:52:35THE EPA 2014, AN EXECUTIVE
00:52:39BRANCH LEGAL MEMORANDUM CANNOT ENLARGE THE AUTHORITY CONFERRED
00:52:42BY CONGRESS OR LEGALIZE CONDUCT OTHERWISE UNAUTHORIZED BY
00:52:47STATUTE. THE STRIKES DO NOT CONSTITUTE
00:52:49HOSTILITIES WITHIN THE OF
00:52:53CHAPTER 33 OF TITLE 50 UNITED STATES CODE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT
00:52:56PLACE THE STATES PERSONNEL IN DANGER.
00:53:00PRESUMPTIVELY ON THE BASIS THAT SUCH VESSELS ARE INCAPABLE OF
00:53:04SELF-DEFENSE, A PREDICATE THAT WOULD LIKEWISE MEAN THAT ANY
00:53:08MILITARY ACTION CONDUCTED BY DRONE, ANY AIR STRIKE AGAINST A
00:53:12TARGET LACKING AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITIES COULD ALSO NOT
00:53:15CONSTITUTE HOSTILITIES AND THE DESIGNATED TERRORIST
00:53:20ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENGAGED IN ARMED CONFLICT AGAINST. THE SECURITY FORCES OF ALLIED
00:53:24NATIONS, MEXICO AND SUCH VIOLENCE IS FINANCED THROUGH
00:53:28COCAINE, SUCH THAT THE STRIKES MAY BE CHARACTERIZED AS ATTACKS
00:53:33AGAINST SHIPMENTS AND THE DEATHS OF PERSONS ABOARD TARGET OF
00:53:37VESSELS AS COLLATERAL DAMAGE, A
00:53:39RATIONALE INCONSISTENT WITH THE
00:53:41EXECUTE ORDER TARGETING
00:53:43GUIDELINES DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH THREE, WHICH DID NOT
00:53:47REQUIRE NARCOTICS TO BE PRESENT ABOARD A TARGETED VESSEL AND
00:53:50INSTEAD AUTHORIZED TARGETING
00:53:52BASED ON DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP OR
00:53:57AFFILIATION. SECRETARY HAIG SAID THE ABUSE,
00:54:00THE AUTHORITY AND TRUST VESTED IN HIM AS SECRETARY DEFENSE NOT
00:54:04ONLY BY DIRECTING THE UNLAWFUL
00:54:06USE OF LETHAL MILITARY FORCE,
00:54:08RESULTING IN THE SUMMARY OF AT
00:54:12LEAST 221 PERSONS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS, BUT ALSO
00:54:15BY USING HIS OFFICE TO, COMPEL MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO
00:54:18CARRY SUCH OPERATIONS UNDER
00:54:21FALSE LEGAL AUTHORITIES THAT HE CAUSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND
00:54:24IMPOSED ON THE CHAIN OF COMMAND
00:54:26AND DENYING QUARTER AND REFUSING RESCUE.
00:54:31SECRETARY HEGSETH ENDANGERED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES
00:54:33ARMED FORCES IN FUTURE MILITARY
00:54:35ENGAGEMENTS BY ENCOURAGING AN TO
00:54:37SUBJECT AMERICAN SERVICE TO SUCH TREATMENT.
00:54:41SECRETARY HEGSETH FURTHER ENDANGERED STATES LAW
00:54:44ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL BY SUBSTITUTING LETHAL TARGETING
00:54:48FOR THE ESTABLISHED LAW
00:54:50ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES OF SEARCH,
00:54:54SEIZURE, ARREST AND PROSECUTION. BY DEMONSTRATING THAT VESSELS
00:54:58MERELY SUSPECTED OF NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING MAY BE DESTROYED AND
00:55:02THEIR OCCUPANTS KILLED RATHER
00:55:04THAN INTERDICTING AND ARRESTS,
00:55:06SECRETARY HEGSETH INCREASE THE
00:55:10LIKELIHOOD THAT THAT PERSONS ABOARD SUCH VESSELS WILL
00:55:15PERCEIVE FUTURE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES AS
00:55:17THREATS TO THEIR LIVES AND RESPOND WITH LETHAL FORCE RATHER
00:55:21THAN SURRENDER.
00:55:23IN THIS MANNER HIS CONDUCT NOT ONLY ENDANGERED THE PERSONS
00:55:27UNLAWFULLY BY THE STRIKE CAMPAIGN ALSO MADE LAWFUL
00:55:32ENFORCEMENT OF UNITED STATES NARCOTICS LAWS AT SEA MORE
00:55:34DANGEROUS FOR. THE COAST GUARD AND OTHER
00:55:37FEDERAL PERSONNEL CHARGED WITH CARRYING THEM OUT.
00:55:40IN ALL OF THIS, SECRETARY PETER
00:55:42HAS ACTED IN A MANNER CONTRARY TO HIS TRUST AS SECRETARY OF
00:55:47DEFENSE AND SUBVERSIVE OF CONSTITUTION, GOVERNMENT TO THE
00:55:50GREAT PREJUDICE, THE CAUSE OF LAW AND JUSTICE, TO THE MANIFEST
00:55:54INJURY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHERE
00:55:58FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETER
00:56:01HEGSETH, BY SUCH HAS
00:56:03DEMONSTRATED THAT HE WILL REMAIN A THREAT TO CIVILIANS AND THE
00:56:07LAWS OF WAR, THE INTEGRITY OF THE UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY AND
00:56:10THE CONSTITUTION, IF ALLOWED TO
00:56:12REMAIN IN OFFICE AND HAS ACTED IN A MANNER GROSSLY WITH HIS
00:56:16DUTIES AND THE OF LAW. PETER BRYAN THUS WARRANTS
00:56:22IMPEACHED AND TRIAL REMOVAL FROM
00:56:24OFFICE AND DISQUALIFICATION.
00:56:27HOLD AND ENJOY ANY OF HONOR,
00:56:29TRUST OR, PROFIT UNDER THE UNITED STATES.
00:56:33ARTICLE SIX SUPPRESSED FREE SPEECH.
00:56:36THE CONSTITUTION THAT THE HOUSE
00:56:38OF REPRESENTATIVES HAVE THE SOLE POWER OF IMPEACHMENT AND.
00:56:42THAT CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, SHALL BE
00:56:46REMOVED FROM OFFICE ON. IMPEACHMENT FOR AND CONVICTION
00:56:50OF TREASON, BRIBERY OR OTHER
00:56:52CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS IN HIS CONDUCT.
00:56:54WHILE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETER BRYAN HEGSETH, IN VIOLATION OF
00:56:58HIS OATH TO SUPPORT DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
00:57:02STATES AND TO WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE DUTIES OF
00:57:05HIS OFFICE, ABUSED POWERS ENTRUSTED TO HIM BY RETALIATING
00:57:09AGAINST A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FOR
00:57:13CONTEMPT FOR CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED SPEECH AND ATTEMPTING
00:57:17TO A MEMBER OF A COORDINATE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT TO
00:57:20EXECUTIVE BRANCH PUNISHMENT FOR
00:57:22THE ACT EXERCISE OF HIS LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
00:57:27RESPONSIBILITIES IN THAT ON
00:57:31NOVEMBER 2025, SENATOR MARK, A
00:57:33RETIRED UNITED STATES NAVY
00:57:36CAPTAIN AND NATIONAL AERONAUTICS
00:57:38AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION ASTRONAUT WHO FLEW 39 COMBAT
00:57:43MISSIONS DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR AND SITS ON THE SENATE ARMED
00:57:47SERVICES AND THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE APPEARED
00:57:49IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A SENATOR.
00:57:52IN A VIDEO ADDRESS TO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES FORCES
00:57:56CONCERNING THE UNLAWFUL STRIKE CAMPAIGN AGAINST VESSELS
00:58:00SUSPECTED OF NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING, INTERNATIONAL
00:58:03WATERS STATING, QUOTE, OUR LAWS
00:58:05ARE CLEAR YOU CAN REFUSE ILLEGAL
00:58:09ORDERS UNQUOTE.
00:58:13DESPITE SUCH A STATEMENT BEING
00:58:15CONSISTENT WITH DECISIONS AND
00:58:17UNITED STATES VERSUS KEENAN 1969
00:58:20AND UNITED STATES VERSUS COLLIE 1973.
00:58:25SECRETARY HEGSETH WEAPONIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO
00:58:28RETALIATE AGAINST AND INTIMIDATE SENATOR MARK FOR SUCH A
00:58:33STATEMENT. SECRETARY HEGSETH DID SO.
00:58:36THE FACT THAT SENATOR KELLY IS A
00:58:38SITTING UNITED STATES SENATOR
00:58:41WHO CANNOT FOUR FOUR FULFILL HIS ROLE IN REPRESENTATIVE
00:58:45GOVERNMENT IF HE FEARS EXECUTIVE
00:58:47BRANCH REPRISALS FOR EXPRESSING
00:58:49HIS VIEWS AS THE SUPREME COURT
00:58:51HELD IN BOND VERSUS FLOYD 1966.
00:58:56REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRES THAT LEGISLATORS.
00:59:01BE GIVEN THE WIDEST LATITUDE TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON ISSUES OF POLICY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
00:59:03>> MOREOVER OR ENJOY SPEECH OR
00:59:07DEBATE IMMUNITY UNDER ARTICLE ONE, SECTION SIX, CLAUSE ONE OF
00:59:11THE UNITED STATES STITUTION. >> AND SENATOR KELLY, AS A
00:59:14RETIRED SERVICE MEMBER, IS
00:59:17ENTITLED TO THE FULL OF FIRST
00:59:19AMENDMENT PROTECTION USING THE
00:59:23POWERS OF HIS OFFICE. SECRETARY.
00:59:26HEGSETH RETALIATED AGAINST AND
00:59:28SOUGHT TO INTIMIDATE UNITED
00:59:30SENATOR MARK KELLY FOR HIS STATEMENT THROUGH A SCHEME OR
00:59:34COURSE CONDUCT INTENDED TO INTERFERE WITH CONGRESS'S
00:59:37CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO
00:59:38OVERSEE THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, GROSSLY EXPAND ARTICLE TWO POWER
00:59:42AT THE EXPENSE BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL
00:59:46BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, AND ESTABLISH OPPRESSIVE BENT THAT WOULD CHILL PROTECTED SPEECH OF
00:59:51MILLIONS. RETIRED UNITED STATES SERVICE
00:59:53MEMBERS AND INFLICT INFLICT IRREPARABLE HARM UPON THEIR
00:59:57FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS. SECRETARY HEGSETH ENGAGED IN THE
01:00:00SCHEME OR COURSE OF CONDUCT
01:00:02THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MEANS MEANS.
01:00:06ON NOVEMBER 24, 2025, THE DEPARTMENT OF THROUGH A SOCIAL
01:00:10MEDIA POST ON ACTS THREATENED THAT SENATOR MARK KELLY COULD BE
01:00:14RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY FOR
01:00:16COURT MARTIAL PROCEEDINGS OR ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES FOR
01:00:21STATEMENT ON NOVEMBER 25, 2025,
01:00:25SECRETARY HEGSETH DIRECTED THE SECRETARY OF NAVY TO REVIEW
01:00:28SENATOR KELLY ON JANUARY FIVE, 20, 26.
01:00:32SECRETARY HEGSETH ISSUED A
01:00:34SECRETARIAL LETTER OF CENSURE
01:00:36AGAINST SENATOR KELLY FOR SAYING
01:00:41CAN REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS,
01:00:43SAYING HE WOULD, QUOTE, ALWAYS
01:00:45DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, UNQUOTE.
01:00:49QUESTIONING LEGALITY OF MILITARY OPERATIONS. AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE ARMED
01:00:54SERVICES INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES CRITICIZED, MILITARY LEADERSHIP.
01:00:58HEGSETH FOR SURROUNDING THEMSELVES HIMSELF WITH, QUOTE,
01:01:02YES MEN, UNQUOTE, AND ACCUSED
01:01:05SECRETARY HEGSETH OF WAR CRIMES
01:01:07IN A LETTER IN THE LETTER OF
01:01:10CENSURE, SECRETARY HEGSETH THREATENED SENATOR KELLY WITH
01:01:15CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OR FURTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION, INCLUDING
01:01:19THE REDUCTION OF SENATOR KELLY'S
01:01:22MILITARY GRADE, SHOULD SENATOR
01:01:25CONTINUE TO QUESTION THE
01:01:27LEGALITY OF MILITARY OPERATIONS
01:01:29OR CRITICIZE SECRETARY.
01:01:32HEGSETH IN RESPONSE TO A JANUARY
01:01:352026 COMPLAINT FILED BY SENATOR
01:01:38KELLY AGAINST SECRETARY HEGSETH
01:01:40FOR RETALIATING AGAINST AND INTIMIDATING THE SENATOR FOR HIS
01:01:43FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED?
01:01:45SECRETARY HEGSETH FILED A
01:01:48MEMORANDUM OF OPPOSITION TO
01:01:50SENATOR KELLY'S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION.
01:01:54AGREED. WORSLEY, ASSERTING THAT A SENATOR KELLY IS A RETIRED
01:01:58OFFICER, HAS DIMINISHED FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS.
01:02:02B DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACTIONS AGAINST SENATOR KELLY'S
01:02:06CONSTITUTES RIGHTS DUE TO HIS STATEMENTS RELATING TO MILITARY
01:02:10AFFAIRS AND HIS BEING A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER CONSTITUTE 90.
01:02:14YOU JUST MILITARY DECISIONS.
01:02:20SEE, SECRETARY HAIG SAYS OPINIONS SUPERSEDE THE COURT'S
01:02:24JURISDICTION ON DETERMINING WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT COULD CENSURED, THREATENED AND
01:02:29FINANCIAL PUNISH SENATOR KELLY
01:02:31BECAUSE HIS SPEECH AND D SENATOR
01:02:33IS REQUIRED TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES BEFORE
01:02:37SEEKING RELIEF IN AN THREE
01:02:39COURT, THEREBY SEEKING PLACE THE
01:02:42ADJUDICATION OF KELLY'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WITHIN
01:02:45MILITARY PROCESSES AS CONTROLLED
01:02:48BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
01:02:52THUS IN ADDITION TO ABUSING THE POWERS, THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY
01:02:55OF DEFENSE, POLITICALLY
01:02:57MOTIVATED REPRISAL AGAINST SENATOR KELLY FOR THE SENATORS
01:03:01CRITICIZED SOME OF CONDUCT IMPLICATING POTENTIAL CRIMES,
01:03:04SECRETARY HAGUE SETH VIOLATED OR
01:03:06SOUGHT TO VIOLATE THE SEPARATION
01:03:08OF POWERS, ATTEMPTING TO
01:03:12SUBORDINATE BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL IN MATTERS
01:03:16CONCERNING RIGHTS TO THE OF THE
01:03:18DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
01:03:21IN THE SAME EFFORT SECRETARY HAGEL HAS SOUGHT WITHOUT
01:03:25PRECEDENTS TO EXTEND TO RETIRED SERVICE MEMBERS.
01:03:29THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS
01:03:31APP CULPABLE TO ACTIVE DUTY
01:03:34SERVICE MEMBERS PARKER VERSUS
01:03:38LEVY, 1974, INCLUDING RETIRED SERVICE MEMBERS SERVING IN
01:03:41CONGRESS AND EXERCISING CONSTITUTIONAL OVERSIGHT OVER
01:03:45THE MILITARY.
01:03:47FURTHER ASSERTED IN SUBSTANCE THAT THE MILITARY, RATHER THAN
01:03:52ARTICLE THREE COURTS, POSSESSES SUPREMACY TO DETERMINE THE
01:03:54CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF
01:03:56CIVILIANS AND TO ADJUDICATE WHETHER ITS OWN ACTIONS CONFORM
01:04:00TO THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
01:04:03AT MINIMUM WITH RESPECT TO THE SPEECH OF RETIRED SERVICE
01:04:07MEMBERS, SUCH POSITION BEING IN
01:04:09FLAGRANT CONFLICT WITH MARBURY
01:04:11VERSUS MADISON 1803, WHICH HOLDS
01:04:16THAT IT IS EMPHATICALLY PROVINCE
01:04:18AND DUTY OF THE JUDICIAL
01:04:20DEPARTMENT TO SAY WHAT THE LAW NOT THE MILITARY.
01:04:24THE RESULT SUCH EFFORT HAD
01:04:29SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH BEEN SUCCESSFUL WOULD HAVE SUBJECTED
01:04:31THE SPEECH AND CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF NEARLY
01:04:3520% OF THE CURRENT CONGRESS S
01:04:38AND WHATEVER PORTION OF FUTURE CONGRESSES MAY CONSIST OF
01:04:42RETIRED SERVICE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE SPEECH. MILLIONS OF OTHER RETIRED
01:04:46SERVICEMEMBERS TO THE WILL AND DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
01:04:50WITHOUT IMMEDIATE AVENUE OF RECOURSE OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT
01:04:53TO VINDICATE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
01:04:57SUCH A RESULT WOULD CONSTITUTE ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY
01:05:01EXPANSIONS OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH POWER IN HISTORY OF THE UNITED
01:05:05STATES. IN ALL OF THIS, SECRETARY
01:05:07HEGSETH ABUSED THE POWERS OF THE
01:05:09DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BY RETAIL, AIDING AGAINST AND ATTEMPTING TO
01:05:14INTIMIDATE A SITTING UNITED STATES SENATOR OR THROUGH
01:05:17THREATS OF PUNISHMENT FOR SPEECH PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES
01:05:22CONSTITUTION. AND IN AN EFFORT DETER THAT
01:05:24SENATOR FROM FULFILLING HIS
01:05:26CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE IN
01:05:29OVERSEEING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
01:05:31IN DOING SO, SECRETARY
01:05:33WEAPONIZED THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:05:35DEFENSE TO CHILL A CORE FUNCTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH,
01:05:39ENCROACH THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE OF THE JUDICIAL BRANCH, BY
01:05:43SEEKING TO INSULATE SUCH RETALIATION FROM MEANINGFUL
01:05:46JUDICIAL REVIEW AND THROUGH THE
01:05:48PRECEDENT HE SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH PLACE THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
01:05:52OF MILLIONS OF UNITED STATES
01:05:55VETERANS AT RISK OF IRREPARABLE HARM.
01:05:57>> WHEREFORE SECRETARY OF
01:06:00DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH BY SUCH
01:06:02CONDUCT HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT HE
01:06:04WILL REMAIN A THREAT TO THE CONSTITUTION AND THE SEPARATION
01:06:08POWERS IF ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN
01:06:10OFFICE AND HAS ACTED IN A MANNER GROSSLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH HIS
01:06:15DUTIES, THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES
01:06:17ENTRUSTED TO HIS PROTECTION.
01:06:19>> PETER BRYAN THUS WARRANTS
01:06:22IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL REMOVAL
01:06:24FROM OFFICE AND DISQUALIFY
01:06:26FIXATION TO HOLD AND ENJOY ANY
01:06:28OFFICE OF HONOR, TRUST OR PROFIT
01:06:31UNDER THE UNITED STATES. ARTICLE SEVEN.
01:06:34KIDNAPING OF A SOVEREIGN FOREIGN
01:06:38LEADER. THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
01:06:41SHALL HAVE THE SOLE POWER OF IMPEACHMENT, AND THAT CIVIL
01:06:46OFFICERS, THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE OF DEFENSE, SHALL
01:06:48BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ON
01:06:52IMPEACHMENT FOR AND CONVICTION OF TREASON, BRIBERY, OR OTHER
01:06:55HIGH CRIMES MISDEMEANORS.
01:06:57IN HIS CONDUCT OF THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, AND IN
01:07:01VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITU OATH
01:07:03TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE
01:07:06OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY,
01:07:09PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
01:07:14STATES AND IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTION, SHALL DUTY TO TAKE
01:07:17CARE THAT THE LAWS BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED, ESPECIALLY DURING THE
01:07:21COMMISSION OF WAR.
01:07:21>> PETER HEGSETH HAS A PEW ABUSE
01:07:25OWES THE POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN THAT
01:07:28USING THE POWERS OF HIS OFFICE.
01:07:30>> SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETER
01:07:32HEGSETH DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO CARRY OUT AN
01:07:36UNPRECEDENTED MILITARY OPERATION.
01:07:39>> ABSOLUTE RESOLVE TO CAPTURE
01:07:41AND KIDNAP PRESIDENT NICOLAS,
01:07:45THE LEADER OF THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC.
01:07:49>> VENEZUELA, AND HIS WIFE, CELIA FLORES FROM VENEZUELA.
01:07:53AN ACT OF WAR AGAINST SOVEREIGN
01:07:55COUNTRY EXECUTED UNDER GUISE OF
01:07:57NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT.
01:08:00THOUGH IN ACTUALITY INTENDED TO
01:08:02ASSERT U.S. CONTROL OVER VENEZUELA'S OIL.
01:08:06IN DOING SO, HE GAMBLED THE
01:08:08LIVES OF ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE
01:08:12AND, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE ILLEGAL
01:08:16TAKING OF NATIONAL OIL.
01:08:18TO WIT, IMMEDIATE ITALY.
01:08:21FOLLOWING SUCH ATTACK, SECRETARY HEGSETH APPEARED ALONGSIDE
01:08:25PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, DURING WHICH THE
01:08:27PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED IN REFERENCE
01:08:29TO VENEZUELA, WE'RE GOING TO RUN
01:08:31THE COUNTRY UNTIL TIME AS WE CAN
01:08:33DO A SAFE AND JUDICIOUS
01:08:37TRANSACTION SO WE DON'T WANT TO
01:08:40BE INVOLVED WITH HAVING SOMEBODY ELSE GET IN AND.
01:08:44WE HAVE THE SAME SITUATION THAT WE HAD. WE'RE GOING TO RUN IT.
01:08:48ESSENTIAL AND QUOTE WE'RE GOING
01:08:50TO HAVE OUR VERY LARGE UNITED OIL COMPANIES THE BIGGEST
01:08:54ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, GO IN AND START MAKING MONEY AND WE ARE
01:08:57READY TO STAGE A SECOND AND MUCH
01:08:59LARGER ATTACK IF WE NEED TO DO SO, UNQUOTE.
01:09:03THUS REVEALING THE MOTIVES
01:09:05BEHIND THE FORCIBLE REMOVAL OF
01:09:07PRESIDENT MADURO, WHICH EXTENDED FAR BEYOND THE NARCOTICS LAW
01:09:11ENFORCEMENT RATIONALE, ON WHICH THE OPERATION WAS FALSELY
01:09:15PREDICATED ON JANUARY. THIRD 2026 SECRETARY HAIG SET
01:09:20DIRECTED THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
01:09:30INTO HOSTILITIES IN AND AROUND CARACAS, VENEZUELA, EMPLOYING MORE THAN 200 UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND AND MORE THAN 150
01:09:34AIRCRAFT AND DRONES, INCLUDING FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, BOMBERS, ARMED
01:09:37HELICOPTERS AND WARFARE AIRCRAFT
01:09:42SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL FORCE
01:09:44THAT INCLUDED INCLUDED THE IWO
01:09:46JIMA M5 AS READY GROUP AND THE
01:09:48GERALD R FORD CARRIER STRIKE
01:09:51GROUP, WHICH TOGETHER PENETRATE
01:09:54VENEZUELAN TERRITORY, SUPPRESSED
01:09:56AND DESTROYED VENEZUELAN AIR
01:09:58DEFENSES, STRUCK MULTIPLE IN THE CARACAS AREA IN SEARCH OF AN
01:10:04ARMED GROUND FORCE INTO CARACAS
01:10:06TO SEIZE MADURO SUCCESSFULLY
01:10:09KIDNAPED MADURO KILLED AT LEAST 83 PEOPLE, INCLUDING SEVERAL
01:10:14CIVILIANS, AND CAUSED SEVEN AMERICAN CASUALTY.
01:10:17IN SO SECRETARY HEGSETH EXECUTED
01:10:22ORDERS AFFECTING REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF A SOVEREIGN NATION,
01:10:26PLACED BOOTS ON THE GROUND,
01:10:28CONDUCTED PREPARATORY
01:10:30BOMBARDMENTS, INFLICTED
01:10:32SUBSTANTIAL CASUALTIES AND SUBS,
01:10:34QUENTLY CAUSED REGIME CHANGE,
01:10:36EACH OF WHICH CONSTITUTES ACT OF WAR.
01:10:40SECRETARY EXECUTED UNLAWFUL
01:10:43ORDERS VIOLATING ARTICLE ONE, SECTION EIGHT, CLAUSE TWO, OF
01:10:46UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BY ORDERING UNITED STATES ARMED
01:10:51FORCES TO COMMIT ACTS OF WAR AGAINST. VENEZUELA WITHOUT A DECLARATION
01:10:54OF WAR BY CONGRESS AGAINST SUCH NATION AND MAKING RULES
01:10:59CONCERNING AND CAPTURES ON LAND A POWER SPECIFICALLY VESTED IN
01:11:03CONGRESS WHERE CONGRESS HAD MADE
01:11:03NO RULES OR OTHERWISE APPEALING
01:11:08TO SUCH OPERATION. AND SECRETARY HEGSETH EXECUTED
01:11:13UNLAWFUL ORDERS IN CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION TWO C OF THE WAR
01:11:16POWERS RESOLUTION 1973.
01:11:21SECTION 1541 C OF TITLE 50 UNITED STATES CODE BY ENTERING
01:11:25UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INTO
01:11:26IN VENEZUELA ON JANUARY THIRD 2026 WITHOUT A DECLARATION OF
01:11:31WAR A SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION AND OR A NATIONAL
01:11:35EMERGENCY CREATED BY ATTACK UPON THE UNITED STATES.
01:11:38ITS TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS
01:11:40OR ITS ARMED FORCES THROUGH THESE ACTIONS.
01:11:44SECRETARY HANK SETH KNOWINGLY DIRECTED UNITED STATES ARMED
01:11:48FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES AGAINST. THE SOVEREIGN NATION, WITHOUT
01:11:52CLEAR OR SPECIFIC STATUTORY
01:11:54EMPLOYING MILITARY OF A NATURE
01:11:57AND MAGNITUDE, RISING. THE LEVEL OF CONSTITUTIONAL WAR.
01:12:01IN DOING SO, SECRETARY HEGSETH
01:12:03USURPED CONGRESS'S AUTHORITY
01:12:05OVER WAR AND TRANSFORM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTO AN
01:12:09INSTRUMENT FOR OBJECTIVES EXTENDING FAR BEYOND
01:12:12APPREHENSION OF NICOLAS MADURO
01:12:14FOR PURPOSES OF NARCOTICS LAW
01:12:16ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING REGIME CHANGE AND THE ACQUISITION OF
01:12:20FOREIGN OIL. IN ALL OF THIS, SECRETARY
01:12:23HEGSETH ABUSED THE POWERS OF THE
01:12:25DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, VIOLATED LAWS AND TREATY OBLIGATIONS OF
01:12:28THE UNITED STATES AND SUBORDINATED CONSTITUTIONAL
01:12:32ALLOCATION OF WAR POWERS TO
01:12:34EXECUTIVE OBJECTIVES, NEITHER AUTHORIZED NOR APPROVED BY.
01:12:38>> WHEREFORE SECRETARY OF
01:12:41DEFENSE PETER HEGSETH BY SUCH CONDUCT HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT HE
01:12:45WILL REMAIN A THREAT TO THE
01:12:47CONSTITUTION AND THE WELL-BEING
01:12:49OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY IF
01:12:51ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN OFFICE AND
01:12:53HAS ACTED IN A MANNER GROSSLY
01:12:55INCOMPATIBLE WITH HIS DUTIES AND THE RULE OF LAW.
01:12:58>> PETER BRIAN HEGSETH THUS
01:13:00WARRANTS IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL
01:13:02REMOVAL FROM OFFICE AND TO HOLD
01:13:05AND ENJOY ANY OFFICE OF HONOR,
01:13:09TRUST, PROFIT UNDER THE UNITED STATES.
01:13:12ARTICLE EIGHT UNLAWFUL WAR YEMEN.
01:13:15THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES THAT
01:13:17THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE THE SOLE POWER OF
01:13:21IMPEACHMENT, AND THAT CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE SECRETARY OF
01:13:26DEFENSE, SHALL BE REMOVED FROM
01:13:26OFFICE ON FOR AND CONVICTION OF,
01:13:30TREASON, BRIBERY OR OTHER HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS IN
01:13:34CONDUCT WHILE SECRETARY OF
01:13:36DEFENSE PETER BRYAN HEGSETH AND
01:13:38OF HIS OATH TO SUPPORT DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
01:13:43STATES AND IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO TAKE CARE
01:13:46THAT THE LAWS BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD
01:13:50TO THE COMMISSION OF WAR HAS ABUSED THE POWERS OF THE
01:13:53DEPARTMENT DEFENSE IN THAT USING THE POWERS OF HIS OFFICE
01:13:57SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETER HEGSETH DIRECTED, THE DEPARTMENT
01:14:00OF DEFENSE, IN A MANNER LEADING TO THE DEATHS OF AN ESTIMATED
01:14:04224 CIVILIANS AS, WELL AS
01:14:08APPROXIMATELY 500 TO 600 HOODIE FIGHTERS THROUGH THE INITIATION
01:14:11AND DIRECTION OF OPERATION ROUGH
01:14:13RIDER, THE COMPRISED MORE THAN
01:14:171100 STRIKES AGAINST TARGETS IN.
01:14:18YEMEN OVER APPROXIMATELY 52 DAYS.
01:14:22IN LESS THAN EIGHT WEEKS, THERE WERE NEARLY AS CIVILIAN DEATHS IN YEMEN AS UNITED STATES STATES
01:14:26MILITARY ACTIONS HAD CAUSED IN
01:14:28THAT COUNTRY DURING THE PRECEDING 23 YEARS.
01:14:32SECRETARY INITIATED AND DIRECTED
01:14:35THOSE HOSTILITIES IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY OF THE PREDICATES
01:14:38REQUIRED IN SECTION TWO C OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OF 1973
01:14:42FOR THE PRESIDENT, INTRODUCE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INTO
01:14:46HOSTILITIES. >> MOREOVER SECRETARY HEGSETH
01:14:50ACKNOWLEDGED THE ABSENCE OF ANY IMMINENT THREAT TO THE UNITED
01:14:53STATES FURTHER UNDERMINING ANY ASSERTION ARTICLE TWO AUTHORITY
01:14:57TO INITIATE SUCH HOSTILITIES
01:14:59WITH CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION.
01:15:03>> SECRETARY HEGSETH, CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION.
01:15:07SECRETARY HEGSETH INITIATED AND DIRECTED ROUGH RIDER WITHOUT
01:15:13CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY PURSUANT
01:15:13TO ARTICLE SECTION EIGHT, CLAUSE
01:15:18OF THE UNITED STATES OR STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION IN
01:15:22SECRETARY.
01:15:24HEGSETH EXECUTED UNLAWFUL ORDERS IN CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION TO
01:15:28SEE OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION OF 1973.
01:15:32SECTION 41 C OF TITLE 50 UNITED
01:15:33STATES CODE BY ENTERING AND
01:15:37UNITED STATES NAVY AND AIR FORCE
01:15:41PERSONNEL INTO HOSTILITIES IN YEMEN BETWEEN MARCH 15TH AND MAY
01:15:45SIX, 2025, WITHOUT A DECLARATION OF WAR.
01:15:48A SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION OR A NATIONAL
01:15:52EMERGENCY CREATED BY ATTACK UPON THE UNITED STATES, ITS
01:15:55TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS OR ITS ARMED FORCES. SECRETARY.
01:15:58SECRETARY HEGSETH EXECUTED
01:16:01UNLAWFUL ORDERS, CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION FOUR, A OF THE WAR
01:16:05POWERS RESOLUTION OF 1973.
01:16:09SECTION 1543 A OF TITLE 50. UNITED STATES CODE BY CONTINUING
01:16:13TO DIRECT UNITED STATES ARMED
01:16:15FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES IN YEMEN
01:16:18AFTER MARCH 17TH, 2025, DESPITE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
01:16:22STATES, HAVING FAILED TO NOTIFY
01:16:25CONGRESS OF SUCH HOSTILITIES WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THEIR COMMENCEMENT AS REQUIRED BY
01:16:29SECTION A AND NOTWITHSTANDING THAT, THE PRESIDENT DID NOT
01:16:33TRANSMIT SUCH REPORT TO CONGRESS
01:16:34UNTIL MARCH 2820 25, THEREBY
01:16:39UNDERMINING ANY POSSIBLE TWO
01:16:41AUTHORITY FOR THE CONTINUED HOSTILITIES, ESPECIALLY DURING
01:16:45SUCH 13 DAY PERIOD. OUTSIDE OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO
01:16:49ENGAGE IN HOSTILITIES PURSUANT
01:16:51TO THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
01:16:531973, SECRETARY HEGSETH DIRECTED
01:16:56OPERATION ROUGH RIDER. IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY IMMINENT
01:17:01THREAT REQUIRING MILITARY ACTION WITHOUT, PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL
01:17:05AUTHORIZATION, AS EVIDENCED BY A LEAKED SIGNAL CHAT INVOLVING
01:17:09SECRETARY. HEGSETH CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL
01:17:12EXECUTION OF OPERATION ROUGH
01:17:14RIDER, IN WHICH SEVERAL SENIOR
01:17:18UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING SECRETARY
01:17:21HEGSETH, EACH POSSESSING UNFETTERED ACCESS TO MILITARY
01:17:24AND INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION AND
01:17:26ADVISED THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE NEED TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES
01:17:30FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES IN YEMEN, THEREBY ASSERTING THERE
01:17:33WAS NO IMMINENT THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES.
01:17:35ITS POSSESSIONS OR ITS ARMED FORCES, INCLUDING VICE PRESIDENT
01:17:41J.D. STATING, QUOTE THERE IS A
01:17:43STRONG ARGUMENT DELAYING A MONTH
01:17:47UNQUOTE. THEN ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF TO
01:17:50THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
01:17:52KENT STATING, QUOTE, THERE IS NOTHING.
01:17:54TIME SENSITIVE. THIS TIMELINE WILL HAVE THE
01:17:58EXACT SAME OPTIONS IN A MONTH, UNQUOTE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
01:18:03AGENCY DIRECTOR JOHN RATCLIFFE
01:18:05STATING, QUOTE, A DELAY WOULD
01:18:07NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT US AND ADDITIONAL TIME WOULD BE USED TO
01:18:11IDENTIFY BETTER STARTING POINTS FOR COVERAGE ON WHO TO
01:18:15LEADERSHIP UNQUOTE.
01:18:17ADDRESSING THE TIMING OF
01:18:19OPERATION ROUGH RIDER, SECRETARY
01:18:22HAIG HIMSELF STATED, QUOTE, WE
01:18:24CAN EASILY PAUSE UNQUOTE AND
01:18:27ADDRESSING THE VICE PRESIDENT'S CONCERNS REGARDING OPERATION
01:18:30ROUGHRIDERS IMMEDIATE COMMENCEMENT. SECRETARY HAIG SAYS STATED,
01:18:34QUOTE, VP I UNDERSTAND YOUR
01:18:38CONCERNS. TWO IMMEDIATE RISKS ON WAITING.
01:18:41ONE, THIS LEAKS AND WE INDECISIVE. TWO, ISRAEL TAKES ACTION.
01:18:46FIRST. OR GAZA CEASE FIRE FALLS APART
01:18:48AND WE DON'T GET TO START THIS
01:18:51WAR ON OUR TERMS.
01:18:54THE I'M SORRY AND WE DON'T GET TO START THIS ON OUR OWN TERMS.
01:18:57THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE SAUDIS.
01:19:01READ A STEP. REESTABLISH SHOWING DETERRENCE
01:19:04WHICH BIDEN CRATERED UNQUOTE
01:19:07THUS, HEGSETH KNEW THERE WAS NO
01:19:09IMMINENT THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES OR
01:19:13POSSESSIONS OR ITS ARMED FORCES
01:19:15AS HAD SUCH A THREAT EXISTED.
01:19:17THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO BASIS FOR HIM TO STATE THAT QUOTE, WE
01:19:21CAN PAUSE, UNQUOTE. >> MOREOVER, WERE THE ONLY
01:19:24IMMEDIATE RISKS IDENTIFIED BY SECRETARY HAIG.
01:19:27>> SETH CONCERNED MEDIA OPTICS
01:19:30AND ISRAELI AFFAIRS RATHER THAN THE DIRECT AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED
01:19:34STATES OF AMERICA, THE NATION TO WHICH HIS OATH IS SWORN IN ALL
01:19:38OF THIS SECRETARY HEGSETH ABUSED
01:19:40THE POWERS ENTRUSTED TO HIM AS
01:19:43SECRETARY OF DEFENSE BY
01:19:45SUBORDINATING THE CONSTITUTION LIMITS ON THE USE OF MILITARY
01:19:49FORCE AND THE LAWS GOVERNING THE CONDUCT HOSTILITIES TO HIS OWN
01:19:53POLICY OBJECTIVES. NOTWITHSTANDING HIS KNOWLEDGE
01:19:55THAT NO IMMINENT THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES EXISTED AND
01:19:59DEMONSTRATED A PROFOUND DISREGARD FOR CIVILIAN LIFE.
01:20:02THE RULE OF LAW, THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY,
01:20:06CONGRESS AND HIS DUTY ENSURE THE
01:20:07LAWFUL CONDUCT THE UNITED STATES
01:20:10ARMED FORCES. >> WHEREFORE SECRETARY OF
01:20:15DEFENSE PETER HAIG, SET BY.
01:20:17>> SUCH CONDUCT HAS DEMONSTRATED HE WILL REMAIN A THREAT TO
01:20:21CIVILIANS THE LAWFUL CONDUCT OF THE UNITED MILITARY OPERATIONS.
01:20:25THE INTEGRITY AND CREDIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
01:20:28AND THE CONSTITUTION, IF ALLOWED
01:20:30TO REMAIN IN OFFICE AND HAS
01:20:33ACTED IN A MANNER GROSSLY WITH
01:20:35HIS DUTIES AND THE RULE OF LAW.
01:20:38PETER OR BRIAN HEGSETH THUS
01:20:41WARRANTS AND TRIAL REMOVAL FROM
01:20:43OFFICE AND TO HOLD ENJOY ANY
01:20:47OFFICE OF HONOR, TRUST OR PROFIT
01:20:51UNDER THE UNITED STATES.
01:20:53I YIELD BACK UNDER RESOLUTION
01:20:57ONE NINE, UNDER RULE NINE, A RESOLUTION OFFERED FROM THE
01:20:59FLOOR BY A MEMBER OTHER THAN THE MAJORITY LEADER OR THE MINORITY
01:21:03LEADER AS A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE HAS
01:21:05IMMEDIATE PRECEDENCE AT A TIME
01:21:08DESIGNATED BY THE CHAIR WITHIN TWO LEGISLATIVE DAYS AFTER THE
01:21:12RESOLUTION IS PROPERLY PENDING,
01:21:13THAT DESIGNATION THE FORM OF THE
01:21:16RESOLUTION NOTICED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY WILL APPEAR IN THE RECORD AT THIS
01:21:20POINT. >> THE CHAIR WILL NOT AT THIS POINT DETERMINE WHETHER THE
01:21:24RESOLUTION CONSTITUTES A QUESTION OF. >> THAT DETERMINATION BE MADE AT
01:21:28THE TIME DESIGNATED FOR
01:21:30CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION.
01:21:35OR WILL ENTERTAIN UP TO 15
01:21:38REQUESTS FOR ONE MINUTE SPEECHES EACH SIDE OF THE AISLE.
01:21:42>> NORTH CAROLINA'S. >> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
01:21:45GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA SEEK RECOGNITION? >> MR. SPEAKER, I SEEK ONE
01:21:48MINUTE TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE. AN AMENDMENT PASSED WITHOUT OBJECTION.
01:21:52AND THE GENTLEMAN HAS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE.
01:21:56>> MR. >> IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO
01:22:00RECOGNIZE AND SALUTE THE LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES
01:22:02CHAMPIONS FROM MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY JOHNSON COUNTY,
01:22:06NORTH CAROLINA. RECENTLY WON A RIGOROUS CONTEST
01:22:09TO BECOME MAKING ALL OF NORTH CAROLINA'S 13TH CONGRESSIONAL
01:22:14DISTRICT. THESE ARE NORTH GIRLS AND THEY
01:22:18ARE FROM AROUND THE ARCHER LODGE COMMUNITY. >> MANY OF THEM ARE CLASSMATES,
01:22:23NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY. AND THIS SEASON THEY WORKED,
01:22:27THEY COMPETED AND THEY IMPROVED TOGETHER.
01:22:29AND ON AUGUST, THEY TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST KENTUCKY IN THE
01:22:33CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THE LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES.
01:22:37AND THEY DID NOT JUST.
01:22:38>> THEY WON CONVINCINGLY. >> PITCHER ANNALYNNE CLARKE
01:22:42THREW A GAME SHUTOUT. ADDITIONALLY, IN THE FIRST
01:22:47INNING, SECOND BASEMAN SOPHIE
01:22:49CATTERALL EXCUSE ME, INJURED HER ANKLE AND SHE DISPLAYED
01:22:53UNBELIEVABLE. NOT ONLY DID THE TEAM CONTINUE,
01:22:55THEY CONTINUED WITH EXCELLENCE. THEY RALLIED.
01:22:59THEY DUG IN AND THEY RECORDED THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT SHUTOUT OF
01:23:03TOURNAMENT FOR THE WORLD SERIES CROWN.
01:23:06THE FIRST AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES HISTORY.
01:23:08AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE
01:23:11CHAMPIONS, THEIR COACHES AND THE ARCHER LODGE COMMUNITY.
01:23:14ALL OF NORTH CAROLINA WAS WATCHING. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.
01:23:18THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I YIELD BACK.
01:23:20FOR WHAT DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM
01:23:24NEW YORK SEEK RECOGNITION?
01:23:26>> I ASK.
01:23:31WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE GENTLEMAN
01:23:34FROM NEW YORK IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
01:23:38>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED, THAT HE PROMISES TO SEND $5,000
01:23:42TO EVERY AMERICAN ADULT IF HIS PARTY IS KEPT POWER AFTER THE
01:23:46MIDTERM ELECTIONS. AT HOME IN NEW YORK, I'VE BEEN
01:23:50ASKED BY CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THESE CHECKS NOT BECAUSE THEY
01:23:52WANT TO USE IT FOR A VACATION, GIVEN THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN
01:23:55WANTING TO TAKE OR TO BUY A NEW CAR, BUT RATHER THEY'RE TRYING
01:23:58TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND THE FACE OF RISING GROCERY PRICES
01:24:02AND, GAS IN THEIR TANKS AS FUEL PRICES SOAR.
01:24:04BUT INSTEAD OF FINDING WAYS TO PRACTICALLY HELP AMERICANS
01:24:08AFFORD BASIC EXPENSES, THE PRESIDENT RATHER TRY TO BRIBE
01:24:11VOTERS TO KEEP POWER. I IMPLORE MY COLLEAGUES.
01:24:15WE MUST COME TOGETHER TO, CONDEMN A FALSE PROMISE FROM THE
01:24:19PRESIDENT, AND WORK TO FIND REAL SOLUTIONS TO HELP LOWER COSTS
01:24:24FOR. AMERICANS. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I YIELD BACK. >> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
01:24:29GENTLEMAN MASSACHUSETTS SEEK RECOGNITION?
01:24:33>> ONE MINUTE REVISING MY REMARKS. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
01:24:36GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE. >> MR. SPEAKER, THE FAMILY TABLE
01:24:40COLLABORATIVE IN SOUTH YARMOUTH IS IMPROVING ACCESS NUTRITIOUS
01:24:43FOOD ON CAPE COD. >> UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JENNY WHEELER, FAMILY TABLE
01:24:49COLLABORATIVE HAS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 200,000 FRESH,
01:24:52NUTRITIOUS SINCE 2020. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I VISITED WITH
01:24:56JENNY AND HER INCREDIBLE TEAM AT THEIR KITCHEN WHERE THEY PREPARE MEALS FROM SCRATCH.
01:25:00EACH WEEK USING RECOVERED SURPLUS FOOD. THAT IS PERFECTLY GOOD TO EAT,
01:25:04BUT OTHERWISE HAVE GONE TO WASTE. THESE NOURISHING MEALS GO
01:25:07DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE NEED AND ARE CUSTOMIZED TO MEET SPECIFIC
01:25:11DIETARY NEEDS. FAMILY COLLABORATIVES STEPPED UP
01:25:15LAST WINTER TO ENSURE FAMILIES HAD HOT NUTRITIOUS MEALS DURING
01:25:18A PARTICULARLY GRUELING BLIZZARD. >> MR. SPEAKER, YOU CAN'T
01:25:22HEALTHY IF YOU'RE HUNGRY. >> AND FAMILY TABLE IS TACKLING,
01:25:25TACKLING THE INTERCONNECTED PROBLEMS, FOOD INSECURITY AND POOR NUTRITION.
01:25:30JENNY AND HER TEAM AT THE FAMILY TABLE COLLABORATIVE ARE MAKING
01:25:33CAPE COD MORE FOOD SECURE. THEIR MODEL SHOULD BE SUPPORTED
01:25:36AND, REPLICATED TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO, NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND HUNGER.
01:25:41NOW, ARE YOU BACK? >> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
01:25:45FROM NORTH CAROLINA SEEK RECOGNITION?
01:25:47>> THIS FIGURE SET TO ADDRESS
01:25:49THE HOUSE OF RECORD. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
01:25:53GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE
01:25:57MINUTE. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
01:25:59>> SOBBING GROWERS EASTERN NORTH
01:26:03CAROLINA AND OUR NATION ARE FACING RISING INPUT COSTS.
01:26:07>> GLOBAL COMPETITION AND
01:26:09CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY.
01:26:11>> A STABLE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL TRADE RELATIONSHIP REQUIRES
01:26:15SUSTAINED ACCESS, COMMERCIAL
01:26:18MARKETS AND GREATER CERTAINTY.
01:26:20>> MISSISSIPPI BAKER URGED
01:26:22PRESIDENT TRUMP AHEAD OF HIS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT XI
01:26:28JINPING TO SECURE A CLEAR AND
01:26:30VERIFIABLE TIMELINE FOR CHINA TO
01:26:32FULFILL ITS PURCHASING COMMITMENTS.
01:26:36>> AND REMOVE THE 10% TARIFF ON SOYBEANS.
01:26:40>> AGRICULTURE IS THE ECONOMIC
01:26:44BACKBONE. >> EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND OUR FARMERS WOULD RATHER COMPETE
01:26:47IN THE MARKETPLACE THAN RELY ON
01:26:49EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE DUE TO
01:26:51TRADE DISRUPTIONS WITH FAIR
01:26:55PREDICTABLE TERMS.
01:26:57>> OUR PRODUCERS CAN ANYWHERE IN
01:27:01THE WORLD.
01:27:03>> YOUR BACK.
01:27:06ALL RIGHT.
01:27:11FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MINNESOTA SEEK
01:27:15RECOGNITION, MR. SPEAKER, BY THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES.
01:27:19>> I CALL UP ALSO RESOLUTION
01:27:211530 AND ASK FOR ITS IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION.
01:27:24>> THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE RESOLUTION.
01:27:26>> HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER NINE. >> HOUSE RESOLUTION 1530.
01:27:31RESOLVED THAT UPON ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION, IT SHALL BE AN
01:27:34ORDER TO CONSIDER IN THE HOUSE
01:27:36BILL, H.R. 95, 76, TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT
01:27:41DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. >> ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST
01:27:44CONSIDERATION OF. >> THE BILL ARE WAIVED. AN AMENDMENT IN NATURE OF A
01:27:48SUBSTITUTE CONSISTING OF THE
01:27:50TEXT OF RULES COMMITTEE ONE 1941
01:27:52SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED.
01:27:55>> THE BILL, AS AMENDED, BE CONSIDERED AS READ ALL POINTS OF
01:27:59ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS. >> THE BILL AS AMENDED OR WAIVED.
01:28:03>> THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE
01:28:05BILL AS AMENDED AND ON ANY FURTHER AMENDMENT THERETO.
01:28:09FINAL PASSAGE WITHOUT INTERVENING MOTION ONE. ONE HOUR OF DEBATE EQUALLY
01:28:14DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIR AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
01:28:19JUDICIARY OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DESIGNEES, AND TO ONE MOTION TO
01:28:23RECOMMIT. SECTION TWO. UPON ADOPTION OF THIS, IT SHALL
01:28:27BE IN ORDER TO CONSIDER THE
01:28:29HOUSE THE BILL, H.R. 10326, TO
01:28:33ENHANCE INFORMATION SHARING CAPABILITIES BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW
01:28:37ENFORCEMENT AND STATE AGENCIES TO DETECT INVESTIGATE AND
01:28:41PROSECUTE FRAUD IN CERTAIN
01:28:43PROGRAMS AND TO PROTECT PRIVACY.
01:28:47ALL POINTS OF ORDER, CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL OR
01:28:51WAIVED THE BILL SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS READ ALL POINTS OF
01:28:55ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS IN THE BILL ARE WAIVED. THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE
01:28:59CONSIDERED ORDERED ON THE BILL AND ON ANY THERETO.
01:29:01THE FINAL PASSAGE WITHOUT
01:29:04INTERVENING MOTION EXCEPT ONE ONE HOUR OF DEBATE.
01:29:08EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIR AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE
01:29:11ON THE JUDICIARY OR THEIR RESPECTIVE DESIGNEES, AND TO
01:29:15WHEN MOTION TO RECOMMIT SECTION
01:29:18THREE UPON ADOPTION OF. THIS RESOLUTION, IT SHALL BE IN
01:29:20ORDER TO CONSIDER IN THE HOUSE
01:29:22THE JOINT RESOLUTION HOUSE JOINT
01:29:25RESOLUTION 210, PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER
01:29:29CHAPTER EIGHT OF TITLE FIVE, UNITED STATES CODE OF PAROLE,
01:29:32SUBMITTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL
01:29:34AGENCY RELATING TO STATE NON
01:29:38ROAD INTERIM POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS.
01:29:41OCEANGOING VESSELS BIRTH NOTICE
01:29:43OF DECISION ALL POINTS OF ORDER
01:29:46AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION ARE WAIVED.
01:29:49THE JOINT RESOLUTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED.
01:29:52READ ALL POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST
01:29:54IN THE JOINT RESOLUTION WAIVED THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE
01:29:58CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE JOINT RESOLUTION AND ON ANY
01:30:02AMENDMENTS OR TO THE FINAL PASSAGE WITHOUT INTERVENING
01:30:05MOTION EXCEPT ONE ONE HOUR OF DEBATE.
01:30:07EQUALLY DIVIDED AND BY THE CHAIR AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF
01:30:11THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE
01:30:15DESIGNEES, AND TO ONE MOTION TO RECOMMIT SECTION FOUR UPON
01:30:19ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLU IN ITS UP IN ORDER TO CONSIDER IN THE
01:30:23HOUSE THE JOINT RESOLUTION HOUSE
01:30:26JOINT RESOLUTION 213 PROVIDING FOR A CONGRESSIONAL DISRUPT
01:30:29GAVEL UNDER CHAPTER EIGHT OF TITLE FIVE UNITED STATES CODE OF THE RULE ISSUED BY THE
01:30:35ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY RELATING TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE
01:30:38NINE ROAD ENGINE POLLUTION
01:30:41CONTROL STANDARDS, COMMERCIAL
01:30:43HARBOR CRAFT REGULATIONS AND
01:30:45NOTICE OF DECISION ALL POINTS OF
01:30:47ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION ARE WAIVED.
01:30:51THE JOINT RESOLUTION SHALL BE AS
01:30:53READ ALL POINTS ORDER AGAINST
01:30:55PROVISIONS AND THE JOINT RESOLUTION ARE WAIVED.
01:30:58THE PREVIOUS SHALL BE CONSIDERED
01:31:00AS ORDERED ON THE JOINT RESOLUTION AND ON IN THE
01:31:04AMENDMENT THERETO TO FINAL PASSAGE.
01:31:06INTERVENING MOTION EXCEPT ONE ONE HOUR OF DEBATE, EQUALLY
01:31:10DIVIDED, CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIR AND MINORITY MEMBER OF THE
01:31:13COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, COMMERCE,
01:31:15OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AND TO
01:31:19MOTION TO RECOMMIT SECTION FIVE
01:31:22UPON ADOPTION. THIS RESOLUTION, IT SHALL BE IN
01:31:25ORDER TO TAKE FROM THE SPEAKER'S TABLE THE BILL, H.R. 5334, TO
01:31:29AMEND THE INTERNAL CODE OF 1986
01:31:32TO ALLOW EARLY CHILDHOOD
01:31:35EDUCATORS TO TAKE THE EDUCATOR EXPENSE DEDUCTION, AND FOR OTHER
01:31:40PURPOSES, WITH THE SAID AMENDMENTS THERETO AND TO
01:31:43CONSIDER IN THE HOUSE WITHOUT INTERVENTION OF ANY POINT OF ORDER.
01:31:46A SINGLE MOTION OFFERED BY THE OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
01:31:49AFFAIRS OR HIS THAT THE HOUSE
01:31:53CONCUR IN THE SAID AMENDMENTS. THE SENATE AND THE MOTION SHALL
01:31:55BE CONSIDERED AS READ. THE MOTION SHALL BE DEBATABLE
01:32:00FOR ONE HOUR EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIR AND
01:32:03RANKING MINORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS OR.
01:32:06THEIR RESPECTIVE DESIGNEES. THE PREVIOUS QUESTION SHALL BE
01:32:10CONSIDERED AS ORDERED ON THE MOTION TO ITS ADOPTION WITHOUT
01:32:13INTERVENING MOTION OR DEMAND
01:32:15DIVISION OF THE QUESTION.
01:32:21>> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MINNESOTA IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE HOUR.
01:32:24>> MR. SPEAKER, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEBATE, I YIELD THE CUSTOMARY
01:32:2830 MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS THAT'S PENDING,
01:32:31WHICH I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I AM. YOU CONSUME DURING CONSIDERATION
01:32:35OF THIS RESOLUTION ALL TIME YIELD IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
01:32:38DEBATE ONLY. I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT ALL MEMBERS TO HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE
01:32:42DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THE REMARKS WITHOUT OBJECTION.
01:32:46MR. SPEAKER, WE ARE HERE TO
01:32:48DEBATE THE RULE THAT PROVIDES CONSIDERATION OF FIVE MEASURES.
01:32:53H.J. RES 210 THE SIERRA RELATING
01:32:56TO CALIFORNIA STATE NON ENGINE
01:32:58POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS AND
01:33:00OCEANGOING VESSELS AT BERTH.
01:33:03H.J. RES 213 THE SIERRA RELATING
01:33:07TO CALIFORNIA STATE NON ROAD ENGINE POLLUTION CONTROL
01:33:11STANDARDS COMMERCIAL HARBOR
01:33:12CRAFT CRAFT H.R. 9576.
01:33:17THE NATIONAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT
01:33:19DIVISION ACT OF 2026, H.R..
01:33:2510326. THE PROOF ACT AND A MOTION THAT
01:33:28THE HOUSE CONCUR IN THE SENATE
01:33:31AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 5334. THE LINDSEY GRAHAM SANCTIONING
01:33:34RUSSIA AND IRAN ACT OF 2026.
01:33:39THE PROVIDES FOR CONSIDERATION
01:33:40OF H.J. REZ 210 AND H.J. REZ 13
01:33:44UNDER CLOSED RULES WITH ONE HOUR
01:33:47OF DEBATE EACH EQUALLY DIVIDED
01:33:50BY THE CHAIR AND RANKING MEMBER OF THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE
01:33:53COMMITTEE OR THEIR DESIGNEES, AND PROVIDES EACH ONE MOTION TO
01:33:58RECOMMIT. ADDITIONALLY, THE RULE PROVIDES
01:34:00FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 9576,
01:34:03AND H.R. 10326.
01:34:06UNDER CLOSED RULES WITH ONE HOUR
01:34:08OF DEBATE EQUALLY DIVIDED AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIRS AND
01:34:12RANKING MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY
01:34:15COMMITTEES OR THEIR DESIGNEES, AND PROVIDES EACH ONE MOTION TO
01:34:20RECOMMIT. THE RULE ALSO MAKES AN ORDER MOTION OFFERED BY THE CHAIR OF
01:34:23THE COMMITTEE ON AFFAIRS THAT THE HOUSE CONCUR IN THE SENATE
01:34:27AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 334.
01:34:29THE RULE PROVIDES FOR ONE HOUR
01:34:31OF DEBATE ON THE MOTION DIVIDED
01:34:33AND CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIR AND RANKING MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN
01:34:37AFFAIRS OR THEIR DESIGNEES.
01:34:39MR. SPEAKER, I RISE IN SUPPORT
01:34:42OF THIS RULE, WHICH TWO VITAL
01:34:44NEEDS PROTECT AMERICAN ECONOMIC
01:34:47INTEGRITY AND STOPPING DOMESTIC
01:34:49FRAUD BY PASSING SANCTIONS.
01:34:52WE STRENGTHEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY POSTURING AGAINST
01:34:56AGGRESSION AND BY PASSING HHS,
01:34:58H.J. RES 210 AND H.J. RES 213.
01:35:03WE'RE STOPPING CALIFORNIA'S
01:35:06RADICAL MARITIME MANDATES FROM
01:35:08INTERRUPTING SUPPLY AT OUR PORTS
01:35:10AND DRIVING UP THE COST OF
01:35:12EVERYDAY GOODS FOR CONSUMERS.
01:35:14HOWEVER, KEEPING AMERICA SAFE
01:35:16AND PROSPEROUS ALSO MEANS ADDRESSING A DOMESTIC THREAT.
01:35:20THE SCALE OF FRAUD IN OUR. FOR FOUR YEARS UNDER THE
01:35:24PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION WEAK
01:35:27LEADERSHIP, POOR OVERSIGHT AND OPEN BORDER POLICIES TURNED
01:35:30PROGRAMS IN THE PIGGY BANKS, BAD
01:35:33ACTORS, CARTELS AND CRIMINAL RINGS.
01:35:36NOWHERE HAS THIS ROT BEEN MORE DEVASTATING THAN IN MY HOME
01:35:41STATE OF MINNESOTA, WHERE FRAUD
01:35:43IS NOW ESTIMATED AT A $9 BILLION.
01:35:48WE SAW THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG WITH THE INFAMOUS FEEDING OUR FUTURE SCAM.
01:35:53THE LARGEST PANDEMIC ERA FRAUD IN NATION WHERE 70 INDIVIDUALS
01:35:56AND COUNTING HAVE BEEN CHARGED
01:35:58FOR STEALING 250 MILLION
01:36:01INTENDED TO FEED HUNGRY CHILDREN AND HELP VULNERABLE FAMILIES.
01:36:05BUT THE ROT DID NOT STOP THERE.
01:36:09THOSE SAME CIRCLES OF CORRUPTION HAVE INFECTED OTHER STATE RUN
01:36:14FEDERAL FUNDED PROGRAMS. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS RECENTLY
01:36:18UNVEILED MINNESOTA HEALTH FRAUD,
01:36:20HEALTH CARE FRAUD, TAKEDOWN, CHARGING 15 INDIVIDUALS IN
01:36:24CONNECTION WITH $90 MILLION IN
01:36:27LOSS ACROSS CHILD CARE MEDICARE
01:36:31AND AUTISM CARE PROGRAMS. IN ONE OF THE SCAMS INVOLVING
01:36:35AUTISM, BAD ACTORS PAID ILLEGAL
01:36:38TO PARENTS GAVE FALSE DIAGNOSES
01:36:40AND BILLED.
01:36:44$46 MILLION FOR SERVICES THAT WERE NEVER ACTUALLY PROVIDED.
01:36:48ROBBING THE ACTUAL CHILDREN WITH AUTISM OF CARE OF THE CARE THAT
01:36:51THEY NEEDED IN ANOTHER PROGRAM MEANT TO ADULTS WITH BRAIN
01:36:57INJURIES, LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
01:36:59BAD ACTORS BOUGHT HOUSING, STOLE MEDICAID, BENEFICIARY
01:37:03INFORMATION AND COLLECTED MILLIONS IN AND RENDERED
01:37:07SERVICES AND ONE TRAGIC CASE, A
01:37:11MEDICAID RECIPIENT WAS FOUND DECEASED A DAY SCAMMERS
01:37:15SUBMITTED CLAIMS FOR 24 HOUR CARE. HE RECEIVED.
01:37:20THIS THE BRUTAL REALITY OF
01:37:23UNCHECKED FRAUD WHEN SCAMMERS
01:37:25ROB FEDERAL PROGRAMS VULNERABLE,
01:37:28PEOPLE SUFFER AND IN THE WORST
01:37:30LIVES ARE LOST.
01:37:32YET WHEN FEDERAL AUTHORITIES
01:37:35ATTEMPT TO UNCOVER THIS ROT,
01:37:36STATE BUREAUCRACIES RESIDE. PSST.
01:37:39THEY WITHHOLD CRITICAL DATA AND PROTECT BAD ACTORS.
01:37:43INSTEAD OF DEFENDING THE TRUST.
01:37:47WHEN FEDERAL AGENCIES ASKED MINNESOTA STATE LEADERSHIP FOR
01:37:50ATTENDANCE RECORDS AND PROGRAM
01:37:52DATA TO INVEST AGAINST SUSPECTED
01:37:54CHILD CARE AND SNAP.
01:37:56STATE OFFICIALS REPEAT, HEATEDLY
01:38:00REFUSED TO COOPERATE. IF YOU REFUSE TO LOOK AT THE
01:38:04EVIDENCE AND HAND OVER TO
01:38:06FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS, YOU ARE
01:38:08EITHER GROSSLY INCOMPETENT OR KNOWINGLY COMPLICIT.
01:38:12THAT IS WHY THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US TODAY ENDS THIS
01:38:16CULTURE OF OBSTRUCTION AND GIVES FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT THE TOOLS TO
01:38:20FIND, PROSECUTE AND ERADICATE FRAUD.
01:38:23THE NATIONAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT
01:38:25DIVISION ACT CODIFIES DEPARTMENT
01:38:28OF JUSTICE, SPECIAL FRAUD DIVISION.
01:38:31THIS GIVES FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT A PERMANENT,
01:38:36DEDICATED TO TARGET INVESTIGATE
01:38:39AND DISMANTLE COMPLEX INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC FRAUD
01:38:43NETWORKS. THE PROOF ACT DIRECT ADDRESSES
01:38:46THE STATE LEVEL STONEWALLING WE HAVE WITNESSED IN MINNESOTA AND
01:38:50ACROSS COUNTRY. IT STANDARDIZES FEDERAL ACCESS
01:38:53TO STATE PROGRAM DATA, INCLUDING
01:38:56MEDICAID, SNAP, TANF, CHILD CARE
01:38:58AND EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS
01:39:00DURING ALLEGED LEGITIMATE FRAUD.
01:39:04THE STATES WILL NO LONGER BE TO
01:39:07HIDE OR CONCEAL RECORDS WHILE
01:39:09BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE FUNNELED AWAY FROM FAMILIES.
01:39:13IMPORTANTLY, THE BILL INCLUDES STRICT PRIVACY PROTECTIONS TO
01:39:16ENSURE LAW.
01:39:25CITIZENS PERSONAL INFORMATION REMAINS SAFE DURING THESE INVESTIGATE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SICK AND TIRED OF WATCHING CRIMINALS STEAL THEIR EARNED TAX DOLLARS.
01:39:29THE FRAUD ENDS NOW.
01:39:31WE HAVE A DUTY TO SECURE THESE
01:39:35PROGRAMS, PROTECT VULNERABLE
01:39:37FAMILIES AND RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST.
01:39:40MR. SPEAKER, I RESERVE.
01:39:45THE GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES
01:39:49GENTLEMAN, MASSACHUSETTS. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND I WANT TO THANK THE GENTLE
01:39:52LADY FROM MINNESOTA FOR YIELDING ME THE CUSTOMARY TIME.
01:39:56AND I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME WITHOUT OBJECTION.
01:40:00MR. SPEAKER, THIS IS THE LAST
01:40:03WEEK THE HOUSE IS IN SESSION BEFORE AMERICANS HEAD TO THE
01:40:06POLLS IN NOVEMBER. TWO WEEKS AGO, THE HOUSE WAS
01:40:10SCHEDULED TO WORK THROUGH THE END SEPTEMBER.
01:40:12>> NOW REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
01:40:16CANCELED THE FINAL TWO WEEKS.
01:40:16>> THAT WHATEVER REPUBLICANS
01:40:20CHOOSE TO DO THIS WEEK THAT'S.
01:40:22>> THIS IS THE MAJORITY'S BIG CHANCE.
01:40:26>> ONE LAST SHOT TO LOOK THE COUNTRY IN THE EYE AND MAKE THE
01:40:28CASE FOR WHY THEY DESERVE ANOTHER TWO YEARS OF BEING IN
01:40:32THE MAJORITY. AND THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY IT.
01:40:36MR. SPEAKER, BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING.
01:40:40THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF ISSUES. REPUBLICANS COULD ADDRESS THIS WEEK.
01:40:43WE HAVE AN CRISIS. THE COST, EVERYTHING IS UP
01:40:47THANKS TO REPUBLICANS AWFUL ECONOMIC POLICIES.
01:40:51WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY MOVING THAN
01:40:53OUR GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY PROTECT PEOPLE.
01:40:57WE HAVE AN ILLEGAL WAR THAT
01:40:59ESCALATING OVERSEAS. THERE'S A LOT THAT WE COULD BE
01:41:03DOING, BUT INSTEAD THE REPUBLICANS HAVE US DEBATING
01:41:08THINGS. THINK MOST AMERICANS WOULD AGREE WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP THEM.
01:41:12FRAUD BILLS. GIVE ME A BREAK. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
01:41:16STATES PARDONS FRAUDSTER AFTER FRAUDSTER AFTER FRAUDSTER.
01:41:19AND YOU GUYS SAY NOTHING.
01:41:23HE RODE ROLLS BACK. HE ROLLED BACK. ROLLBACKS THE RULES THAT PROTECT
01:41:27THE QUALITY OF OUR AIR. YOU GUYS SAY NOTHING.
01:41:31AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST IF THIS IS THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENT TO THE
01:41:35AMERICAN PEOPLE LOTS OF LUCK WITH THAT TAKE THIS MESSAGE HOME
01:41:39TO EVERY DISTRICT IN AMERICA. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
01:41:42BECAUSE EVERY DAY PEOPLE ARE OPENING THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS.
01:41:45THEY ARE UP THEIR THEIR CARS
01:41:49THEY'RE RENEWING THEIR LEASES. THEY'RE STANDING IN GROCERY
01:41:53STORES, DOING MATH IN THEIR HEADS, DECIDING WHAT GOES IN THE
01:41:57CURRENT AND WHAT GOES BACK ON THE SHELVES.
01:41:59AND EVERY DAY THEY ARE WONDERING
01:42:01WHAT THE HELL IS DOING TO HELP THEM.
01:42:05AND TODAY'S RULE MAKES, IT CLEAR
01:42:07REPUBLICANS WILL ALMOST ANYTHING
01:42:11EXCEPT LOWER COSTS FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES.
01:42:14THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR
01:42:16GASOLINE IS MORE THAN $4 OR $0.31 A GALLON.
01:42:21DIESEL MORE THAN $6.23 A GALLON. HIGHEST NATIONAL AVERAGE.
01:42:26TRIPLE HAS EVER, EVER, EVER RECORDED.
01:42:30NOW, LET ME REPEAT THAT. DIESEL CARS MORE NOW THAN EVER
01:42:35BEFORE IN HISTORY.
01:42:37ENERGY PRICES ARE UP MORE THAN
01:42:4016% OVER LAST YEAR.
01:42:42FOOD PRICES ARE STILL CLIMBING.
01:42:45NEARLY 50 MILLION PEOPLE DON'T WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL WILL COME
01:42:49FROM THIS COUNTRY AND INFLATION
01:42:52IS RUNNING AT 3.4%.
01:42:54THOUGH I PERSONALLY THE RATE IS PROBABLY HIGHER THAN.
01:42:58THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WILLING TO ADMIT.
01:43:00THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING
01:43:02WITH RIGHT NOW.
01:43:05AMERICANS KNOW THAT THIS ECONOMY
01:43:07IS LOUSY WHILE THE BILLIONAIRES,
01:43:09THE CEOS AND THE MAR A LAGO
01:43:12CLASS THEY'RE DOING THAN EVER.
01:43:13BUT FOR REGULAR PEOPLE, 50 BUCKS
01:43:17BUYS LESS FOOD THAN IT USED TO. FILLING YOUR TRUCK'S GAS TANK
01:43:21COSTS ANOTHER 20 OR 30 BUCKS TO RENT GOING UP.
01:43:24THE INSURANCE IS GOING UP.
01:43:26EVERYTHING IS UP FOR REGULAR
01:43:31PEOPLE. THIS ECONOMY SUCKS. SO MR.
01:43:35YOU WOULD THINK THAT REPUBLICANS WOULD WANT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
01:43:38YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE RESPONSE TO THE TARIFFS THAT AMERICAN
01:43:41BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS ARE ULTIMATELY HAVING TO ABSORB.
01:43:45TRUMP'S TRADE WAR WITH CANADA IS
01:43:48KILLING TOURISM. IT'S KILLING OUR FARMERS AND,
01:43:52OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING IN THE GENERAL WOMAN'S DISTRICT
01:43:54IN MINNESOTA RIGHT NOW.
01:43:56WHY ISN'T SHE WORRIED ABOUT THAT?
01:44:00WHERE IS THE REPUBLICAN BILL TO LOWER COSTS?
01:44:03WHERE IS THE LEGISLATION DEALING
01:44:05WITH THE PRICE OF HOUSING OR PROVIDING RELIEF AT THE GAS
01:44:09PUMP? WHERE IS THE SERIOUS EFFORT TO
01:44:11BRING DOWN HEALTH COSTS?
01:44:13THAT IS THE DISCONNECT THAT
01:44:16PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED.
01:44:18CONGRESS HAS LIMITED TIME.
01:44:20FLOOR TIME IS VALUABLE AND WHEN FAMILIES ARE GETTING SQUEEZED THIS BADLY, THEY HAVE EVERY
01:44:24RIGHT TO EXPECT THAT. THEIR GOVERNMENT WILL TREAT.
01:44:28THE COST OF LIVING LIKE AN
01:44:30EMERGENCY AND AND WE JUST ADD
01:44:32AND THERE ARE NO OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO MAKE ANY OF THIS
01:44:37BETTER EVEN IF WE TRIED.
01:44:39THIS IS THE 172ND CLOSE RULE
01:44:44THAT ARE BRINGING TO THE FLOOR OF THIS CONGRESS. NO AMENDMENTS ALLOWED.
01:44:48NO AMENDMENTS ALLOW. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
01:44:51THIS PROCESS IS LOUSY AND THIS
01:44:53RULE IS GARBAGE. AND I URGE A NO VOTE AND I RESERVE TIME.
01:44:58>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE FROM MINNESOTA.
01:45:01>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND
01:45:03IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE OTHER
01:45:05SIDE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE THE COST OF FRAUD.
01:45:09>> IT COSTS US TAXPAYER DOLLARS
01:45:13HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS STOPPING FRAUD.
01:45:16HELPS EVERYONE IT HELPS THE
01:45:18AMERICAN PEOPLE SAVE TAX DOLLARS
01:45:20AND THEN POTENTIALLY WE DON'T TO
01:45:22TAX WE WILL NOT HAVE TO TAX THEM AS MUCH BUT IT ALSO HELPS THOSE
01:45:26CHILDREN AND THOSE PEOPLE COUNTING THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
01:45:28BEING ROBBED BY FRAUDSTERS.
01:45:32STOPPING IT IS CRITICAL. IT IS IMPORTANT TO EVERY
01:45:36AMERICAN. AND WITH THAT, I YIELD ONE
01:45:39MINUTE TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM
01:45:42MINNESOTA, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MINNESOTA RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE.
01:45:46>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM MINNESOTA FOR YIELDING.
01:45:50I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT THE RULE
01:45:52IN MY BILL, H.R. 9576, THE
01:45:54NATIONAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT DIVISION ACT OF 2026.
01:45:58>> MY HOME STATE OF MINNESOTA
01:46:00HAS BECOME FAR TOO FAMILIAR. >> THE FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE
01:46:04RUNNING RAMPANT THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND COUNTRY.
01:46:06WHILE WE'VE SEEN THE SYSTEMATIC FAILURE OF TIM WALZ AND HIS
01:46:11ADMINISTRATION, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS STEPPED WORKING TO INVESTIGATE THESE
01:46:14MATTERS AND, SAFEGUARD AMERICAN'S HARD EARNED TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
01:46:18>> THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS TAKEN DECISIVE ACTION
01:46:22ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TO
01:46:25INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THOSE
01:46:27WHO OR FRAUDULENTLY MISUSE DOLLARS.
01:46:31>> LEGISLATION WILL MAKE THIS DIVISION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT
01:46:34OF JUSTICE AND WILL APPOINT AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY FOR NATIONAL
01:46:38FRAUD ENFORCEMENT. >> THIS POSITION WILL WILL HEAD
01:46:42THE NATIONAL FRAUD ENFORCEMENT AND PERFORM DUTIES LAID OUT BY
01:46:45ATTORNEY GENERAL. >> IT'S HIGH TIME WE PUT AN END
01:46:48TO THE FRAUD PLAGUING THIS COUNTRY BY ESTABLISHING THIS
01:46:51PERMANENT FRAMEWORK TO STRENGTHEN OUR FEDERAL FRAUD
01:46:55PROSECUTION EFFORTS. I URGE A YES VOTE AND I YIELD
01:46:58BACK THE YELLS BACK. THESE ARE THE GENTLEWOMAN
01:47:03RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS MR. EIGHT.
01:47:06>> MR. SPEAKER, I CAN'T BELIEVE REPUBLICANS WOULD DARE RAISE THE
01:47:10ISSUE OF FRAUD OR SAY THAT SOMEHOW DEMOCRATS ARE DOING
01:47:13ENOUGH TO COMBAT FRAUD WHEN.
01:47:15THE FRAUD THAT WE ALL KNOW EXISTS IS SITTING RIGHT, THE
01:47:19OVAL OFFICE.
01:47:20I MEAN THIS PRESIDENT, THIS
01:47:24PRESIDENT HAS PARDONED ENOUGH
01:47:26PEOPLE THAT CUMULATIVELY CUMULATIVELY WOULD HAVE
01:47:31CONTRIBUTED $2 BILLION, $2 BILLION BACK TO CONSUMER AND
01:47:35TAXPAYERS WHO THEY RIPPED OFF. HE PARDONED ALL OF THEM.
01:47:37YOU KNOW HOW, THEY GET PARDONED
01:47:39WHILE THEY ARE THEY PAID TO GET PARDONED?
01:47:43THAT'S THE WAY THIS PLACE WORKS AROUND HERE. WE SEE THIS PAY TO PLAY GAME
01:47:47GOING ON, WHICH IS DISGUSTING. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, SOME OF THE
01:47:50PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PARDONED, THESE FRAUDSTERS THAT HAVE BEEN
01:47:54PARDONED, GEORGE SANTOS, WIRE
01:47:57FRAUD, ROSS, WILLIAM ULBRICHT
01:48:01PARDONED FRAUD WITH ID. DR. DOCUMENTS.
01:48:04ROD BLAGOJEVICH WAS PARDONED. HE HAD EIGHT COUNTS OF WIRE
01:48:07FRAUD UNDER COLOR OF OFFICIAL. RIGHT.
01:48:11BRIAN KELSEY, HE WAS PARDONED. HE WAS BASICALLY CONVICTED OF
01:48:15CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES.
01:48:17DEVIN ARCHER, ANOTHER FRAUDSTER
01:48:21CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD.
01:48:23TREVOR MILTON SECURITY FRAUD, TWO COUNTS OF WIRE FRAUD.
01:48:28JASON GALANIS TWO COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD.
01:48:32INVESTMENT ADVISOR FRAUD. OSI MEDIA INK CONSPIRACY TO
01:48:36COMMIT SECURITIES, CONSPIRACY TO
01:48:38COMMIT WIRE FRAUD. CARLOS ROY WATSON.
01:48:42CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD.
01:48:46YOU CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE
01:48:48FRAUD, AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT. PARDONED. PARDONED.
01:48:52YOU KNOW, MICHEL FIORE, SIX
01:48:55COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD.
01:48:59GUILTY OF WIRE FRAUD. SHE WAS PARDONED.
01:49:01ANOTHER FRAUDSTER, SCOTT HOWARD JENKINS, CONSPIRACY TO, COMMIT
01:49:05BRIBERY CONCERNING PROGRAMS RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS, HONEST
01:49:09SERVICES, MAIL FRAUD, HONEST SERVICE, WIRE FRAUD, HONEST
01:49:13SERVICES FRAUD. THREE COUNTS ON HIS SERVICES. WIRE FRAUD.
01:49:17PARDON JULIE CHRISTIE. FIVE COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY TO
01:49:21COMMIT FRAUD, WIRE FRAUD, CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE U.S.
01:49:25TO AND IMPEDE THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS. YEAH.
01:49:28PARDONED BY TRUMP. PARDONED BY TRUMP. TODD CHRISLEY.
01:49:32A CONSPIRACY BECAUSE HE WAS PARDONED AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BANK FRAUD.
01:49:36FIVE COUNTS OF BANK FRAUD, WIRE
01:49:38FRAUD, CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE U.S. TO OBSTRUCT AND IMPEDE THE
01:49:42INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS. LAWRENCE DURAN.
01:49:44CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HEALTH CARE FRAUD.
01:49:4711 COUNTS OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD.
01:49:49CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES AND TO END TO RECEIVE AND
01:49:53PAY HEALTH CARE, KICKBACKS AGAIN, PARDONED BY DONALD TRUMP.
01:49:57I HAVE PAGES HERE AND. I'M HAPPY TO WALK THEM OVER TO
01:50:01THE GENTLEWOMAN SO SHE CAN SEE FOR HERSELF TO TRY TO DEFEND THIS.
01:50:05HOW DO YOU DEFEND THIS WHEN YOU GO TO YOUR DISTRICT? HOW DO YOU DEFEND THIS TO PEOPLE
01:50:09WHO ARE RIGHT NOW STRUGGLING TO
01:50:11PAY GROCERY BILLS AND SAY, HEY,
01:50:13ALL THESE PEOPLE, ALL THESE RICH PEOPLE, ALL THESE FRAUDSTERS GOT
01:50:18PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES? AND WHAT THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE?
01:50:23NOTHING. NO, NOT A PEEP. NOT A WORD. YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
01:50:27SO DON'T LECTURE US ON FRAUD.
01:50:29YOU HAVE NO STANDING. WHAT?
01:50:32WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT. WITH THE PARDONING OF THESE PEOPLE IS?
01:50:35DISGUSTING. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY. YOU SAW 60 MINUTES THE OTHER
01:50:39NIGHT, BUT THEY DID A BIG PIECE. THE PAY TO PLAY SCHEMES THAT ARE
01:50:44GOING ON. YEAH.
01:50:469 TO 10 OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING PARDONED.
01:50:49DON'T EVEN GO TO THE JUSTICE. THEY MAKE A SIDE DEAL.
01:50:53DONATE TO THIS CAUSE THAT CAUSE.
01:50:55OR THEY MAKE A BIG POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION. AND GUESS WHAT? THEY PARDONED.
01:50:59THEY GET PARDONED. I'M SORRY.
01:51:02PEOPLE ARE SICK OF MAR A LAGO CLASS LIVING BY ONE SET OF RULES
01:51:05AND EVERYBODY ELSE BY DIFFERENT SET OF RULES.
01:51:08YOU KNOW, IT'S TO RESTORE SOME INTEGRITY IN GOVERNMENT.
01:51:12YOU WANT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT FRAUD THAT? YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE FRAUD THAT'S GOING ON IN THE
01:51:16OVAL OFFICE. I RESERVE MY TIME, THE GENTLEMAN
01:51:19RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN WOMAN FROM MINNESOTA.
01:51:22>> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MINUTES
01:51:24TO THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM WYOMING.
01:51:27>> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM WYOMING IS RECOGNIZED FOR 2 MINUTES. MR.
01:51:31>> I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF RISE 1530.
01:51:34IF PASS THIS RULE, THE HOUSE WILL VOTE ON LEGISLATION TO CONTINUE THE EFFORT TO ROOT OUT
01:51:39RAMPANT FRAUD AND DELIVER CRUCIAL DEREGULATION AND TO THE
01:51:42BENEFIT OF THE AMERICAN CONSUMER. NOTABLY, THIS RULE COVERS TWO
01:51:46CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW JOINT OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE
01:51:50GALLAGHER FONG, AND I THANK THEM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.
01:51:53THE CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT ALLOWS CONGRESS TO TERMINATE BAD
01:51:56A VITAL CHECK OVER THE EVER GROWING ADMINISTRATIVE STATE.
01:52:00UNDER THIS REPUBLICAN MAJORITY, WE USED THE CRA 24 TIMES TO
01:52:04ACHIEVE A TRULY BOLD, DEREGULATORY AGENDA.
01:52:08THE TWO JOINT RESOLUTIONS THIS ROYALTIES UP ARE PART OF THIS STRATEGY.
01:52:12IF RULE PASSES, THE HOUSE WILL BE ABLE TO TERMINATE MORE
01:52:14CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR ACT WAIVERS APPROVED BY THE EPA.
01:52:18THE CLEAN AIR ACT, WHICH CODIFIES FEDERAL JURISDICTION
01:52:20OVER EMISSIONS, PREEMPTS STATE EMISSIONS STANDARDS.
01:52:24CALIFORNIA, HOWEVER, IS NOT PREEMPTED. IT CAN DEVELOP ITS OWN STANDARDS
01:52:28AND REQUEST A WAIVER THAT. THE EPA MUST APPROVE.
01:52:32SUBJECTED TO LIMITED DISQUALIFYING CONDITIONS.
01:52:35BUT CALIFORNIA IS ABUSING THE STATE WAIVER PROCESS IN A MANNER
01:52:38WITH NATIONAL POLICY IMPLICATIONS THAT CONSUMERS.
01:52:44SECTION 177 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT ALLOWS OTHER STATES TO ADOPT
01:52:47THESE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS. 17 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF
01:52:50COLUMBIA HAVE DONE. SECOND, BECAUSE CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF THE LARGEST STATES BASED
01:52:55ECONOMIES, THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS ABIDE, BY THEIR
01:52:58OVERLY STRINGENT STANDARDS STANDARDS AS IT WOULD NOT BE
01:53:01ECONOMIC TO MAKE CERTAIN VEHICLES FOR THE CALIFORNIA MARKET AND OTHERS FOR THE
01:53:05WYOMING. THIS SUBJECTS WYOMING TO CALIFORNIA LAW UNDERMINING OUR
01:53:08STATE AUTHORITIES AND FEDERAL LAW TO SUBJECT US TO THE CLIMATE
01:53:12LUNACY POLICIES WITH. DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES FOR
01:53:16CONSUMER SAFETY AND PRICES. CONGRESS TOOK A BOLD STEP IN THE
01:53:20IN NEGATING FIVE OF THESE EXISTING WAIVERS LAST YEAR, AND BY PASSING THIS RULE, WE CAN
01:53:25BEGIN WORK ON TWO MORE. I WOULD ALSO THAT THERE ARE FOUR
01:53:27OTHER SIERRA JOINT PENDING, ONE
01:53:31OF WHICH I HAVE CO-SPONSORED, AND THAT CONGRESS MUST ACT UPON TO MEET THE MOMENT.
01:53:35I URGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT PEREZ, 1530 AND THE UNDERLYING
01:53:40LEGISLATION. AND I YIELD BACK. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK
01:53:44GENTLE. THE GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES THE
01:53:46GENTLEMAN FROM AROUND HERE. >> PEOPLE JUST READ TALKING
01:53:48POINTS AGAIN, NOT A NOT A WORD IN RESPONSE TO ALL OF THESE
01:53:54FRAUDSTERS THAT THAT DONALD TRUMP PARDONED.
01:53:57AND AS THE GENERAL LADY LEAVES AND TRIES TO, YOU KNOW, NOT ADDRESS ANY OF THIS STUFF, I
01:54:01UNDERSTAND IT, BECAUSE THIS IS INDEFENSIBLE. YOU KNOW, THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS
01:54:05COUNTRY, YOU KNOW HAVE BEEN DENIED OVER $2 BILLION IN
01:54:09COMPENSATION BECAUSE OF THESE
01:54:10FRAUDSTERS GETTING PARDONED.
01:54:13THEY PAID OF BUT PAY TO PLAY.
01:54:30ARE IN DEFENSIBLE. AND BUT I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY LECTURES ABOUT FRAUD FROM. THAT SIDE. I MEAN YOU GUYS ARE ENABLING,
01:54:34YOU KNOW, THIS FRAUD TO HAPPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND IT'S RIGHT IN OUR FACES. EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT. AND IT'S DISGUSTING. MR. SPEAKER, IF WE DEFEAT THE
01:54:38PREVIOUS QUESTION, I WILL OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO THE RULE TO
01:54:41PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION OF
01:54:43H.R. 1003 TO THE NO PAYOFFS
01:54:46PARDONS ACT, WHICH WOULD PREVENT
01:54:48PRESIDENT TRUMP OR ANY FUTURE
01:54:50PRESIDENT FROM GIVING OUT
01:54:52PARDONS IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY IN
01:54:54EXCHANGE FOR BRIBES OR POLITICAL FAVORS.
01:54:58MR. SPEAKER, OUR FOUNDING GAVE
01:55:01THE PRESIDENT THE PARDON POWER
01:55:03AS A LAST DITCH SAFEGUARD
01:55:05INJUSTICE, NOT AS A TOOL FOR
01:55:09SELF-ENRICHMENT OR POLITICAL FAVORITISM.
01:55:11BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS OUT PARDONS LIKE HE'S RUNNING A FOR
01:55:15PROFIT BUSINESS, LETTING
01:55:17MILLIONAIRES AND REPUBLICAN
01:55:19ALLIES OUT OF JAIL FOR CRIMES,
01:55:21MEDICARE FRAUD, FOR CRIMES LIKE
01:55:25CRYPTO MONEY LAUNDERING, FOR
01:55:27CRIMES, TAX EVASION.
01:55:29AND IN ONE CASE, HE EVEN
01:55:31PARDONED A LONGTIME REPUBLICAN ALLY NAMED MICHELLE FIORE IN
01:55:35NEVADA AFTER STOLE MONEY
01:55:37EARMARKED FOR, GET THIS, A
01:55:41STATUE HONOR A SLAIN POLICE OFFICER.
01:55:44AND SHE USED THAT MONEY FOR HER PLASTIC SURGERY.
01:55:48I MEAN, I MEAN, SHE DESERVES A PARDON.
01:55:50WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? THIS IS CRAZY. IS INSANE.
01:55:54IF ANY REPUBLIC IS BRAVE ENOUGH
01:55:57TO PUBLICLY AGREE THAT THIS CORRUPTION MUST END, I URGE YOU
01:56:01TO VOTE WITH DEMOCRATS TO DEFEAT THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
01:56:05MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT. INSERT THE TEXT OF MY AMENDMENT
01:56:08INTO RECORD ALONG WITH ANY EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE VOTE ON THE
01:56:12PREVIOUS QUESTION. WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. SPEAKER,
01:56:15TO DISCUSS PROPOSAL, I YIELD 2 MINUTES TO THE DISTINGUISHED
01:56:19GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE AND THE
01:56:23SPONSOR OF THIS PROPOSAL. MR. MORELLI. >> GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK IS
01:56:27RECOGNIZED FOR 2 MINUTES. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND
01:56:29THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM THE
01:56:33COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MY DEAR FRIEND, ONCE AND FUTURE
01:56:37CHAIR, THE COMMITTEE ON RULES. >> I APPRECIATE HIS PASSION AND
01:56:40HIS ENERGY AROUND THIS ISSUE AS
01:56:44MANY OF US WITNESSED IN THIS WEEKEND'S EXPLOSIVE 60 MINUTES REPORT.
01:56:47>> THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO
01:56:50THE PUBLIC'S TRUST AND ABUSE THE PARDON POWER FOR PERSONAL GAIN
01:56:53TO COMBAT THIS RAMPANT CORRUPTION.
01:56:56>> I RECENTLY INTRODUCED H.R.
01:56:581003 TO THE NO PAYOFFS PARDONS ACT.
01:57:01>> THIS LEGISLATION WILL BRING
01:57:03DESPERATELY NEEDED TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE
01:57:07PRESIDENTIAL TRANSFER PARDON PROCESS. IT WILL PREVENT PRESIDENTS FROM
01:57:11EXCHANGING CLEMENCY FOR, FINANCIAL OR POLITICAL FAVORS.
01:57:14IT WILL RESTORE THE TRUST THAT
01:57:17HAS BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY ERODED SINCE THIS ADMINISTRATION'S TERM
01:57:21BEGAN ON THE FIRST DAY OF DONALD TRUMP'S SECOND TERM.
01:57:24HE ISSUED A BLANKET PARDON TO
01:57:26THE VIOLENT COP KILLERS THAT
01:57:28ATTACKED THIS VERY BUILDING CHAMBER ON JANUARY SIX, 20, 21.
01:57:33MANY WHOM HAVE GONE ON TO COMMIT SUBSEQUENT SERIOUS VIOLENT
01:57:37CRIMES. HE HAS PARDONED PROLIFIC FRAUDSTERS THAT HAVE BUILT
01:57:41FAMILIES OUT OF THEIR LIFE SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT FUNDS,
01:57:44DEPRIVING THEM OF ANY CHANCE, ANY CHANCE WHATSOEVER FOR
01:57:48JUSTICE OR RESTITUTION. >> THE CONSTITUTION GRANTS
01:57:50PRESIDENTS BROAD AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PARDONS AS A AGAINST
01:57:56INJUSTICE, AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR MERCY, NOT AS A TOOL FOR
01:57:59PERSONAL ENRICHMENT OR POLITICAL FAVORITISM.
01:58:01>> YET PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY USED THE CLEMENCY
01:58:05POWER TO BENEFIT ONLY POLITICAL
01:58:07ALLIES, WEALTHY ASSOCIATES AND WELL-CONNECTED INDIVIDUALS,
01:58:10WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CHEATING THOSE WHO TRULY, TRULY DESERVE
01:58:16JUSTICE AND MERCY. THAT I YIELD BACK.
01:58:18>> GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK.
01:58:20>> GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS RESERVED.
01:58:23>> AND THE CHAIR WOULD THE GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO
01:58:27PLEASE DIRECT COMMENTS TOWARD THE CHAIR GENTLELADY FROM
01:58:29MINNESOTA IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER. AND I YIELD MINUTES TO THE
01:58:33GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA THE
01:58:35GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA WILL RECOGNIZED FOR 2 MINUTES.
01:58:38>> THANK MR. SPEAKER AND I AND I
01:58:40THANK MICHEL FISHBACK FOR HER LEADERSHIP HERE. >> WOW.
01:58:44WE'VE HEARD GASLIGHTING ON THIS FLOOR BEFORE, BUT HERE ARE
01:58:48SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER PARDONS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FIGHTING FRAUD.
01:58:50>> THAT'S EXCUSE TO NOT HELP US. FRAUD, WHICH, OF COURSE, NOTHING
01:58:54WAS DONE BEFORE. AND BY THE WAY, MR. SPEAKER, I DON'T RECALL HEARING ABOUT, YOU
01:58:58KNOW, HUNTER BIDEN AND OTHERS RECEIVING PARDONS FROM THEIR
01:59:02FATHER AND AND ALSO PARDONS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO WEREN'T EVEN
01:59:05ACCUSED OF CRIMES, BUT COULD BE ONE DAY. I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF ANY OF
01:59:09THAT BEING BEING RAISED. >> BUT I DO RISE IN SUPPORT OF
01:59:13THIS RULE, WHICH ALLOW US TO CONSIDER TWO IMPORTANT PIECES OF LEGISLATION ONE THAT IMPROVES
01:59:16THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABILITY TO COMBAT TAXPAYER FRAUD. >> YOU WOULD THINK THAT THIS
01:59:20WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BIPARTISAN COMBATING TAXPAYER
01:59:23FRAUD, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF $254 BILLION THAT WE'VE
01:59:27UNCOVERED SO FAR. BUT IF WE HAVE TO DO IT ON OUR OWN, WE WILL, MR. SPEAKER,
01:59:31BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. WE'RE ABOUT STRAIGHTENING THINGS
01:59:34OUT, CORRECTING ALL THE WRONGS, PARTICULARLY THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
01:59:37AND THIS IS A BIG PART OF IT. THE TASK FORCE TO ELIMINATE
01:59:40FRAUD HAS UNCOVERED, AS I SAID,
01:59:43245 BILLION IN TAXPAYER FRAUD. WE'VE SEEN IT IN LOS ANGELES.
01:59:47I HEARD IT THIS MORNING IN A CMS MEETING, THE LEVEL OF HOSPICE
01:59:51FRAUD THAT EXISTED WAS IN THE
01:59:53MULTI, MULTI BILLIONS AND BY THE WAY, THE 900 OR SO HOSPICES THAT
01:59:57WERE SHUT DOWN, NOT ONE OF THEM CALLED TO COMPLAIN THAT THEY
02:00:01WERE BEING SHUT DOWN, THAT THEY COULDN'T SERVE THE SO-CALLED PROVIDERS ANYMORE.
02:00:04AND GUESS THIS IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF DEMOCRAT
02:00:09LEADERSHIP THAT THIS IS ALL OCCURRING NOTHING WAS DONE ON
02:00:11FRAUD FOR FOUR YEARS DURING THE
02:00:13BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, DURING THE
02:00:16THE PELOSI DURING WHEN THESE
02:00:18GENTLEMEN HAD AND OTHERS HAD HAD THE GAVELS.
02:00:22SO WHAT KIND OF NONSENSE IS THIS WE'RE CALLING ON PARDONS AS A
02:00:26REASON NOT TO BE GOING AFTER FRAUD.
02:00:28AND BY THE WAY, I HAVE CONCERN I HAVE CONSTITUENTS BEING FRAUD COMMITTED ON THEM.
02:00:32WE HAVE FRAUD IN PHILADELPHIA. WE HAVE FRAUD.
02:00:36MINNEAPOLIS, THE LEERINK CENTER. HAS ANYBODY COME OUT ON THE
02:00:39OTHER SIDE AND DENOUNCE THAT, MR. SPEAKER? I MEAN, THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. OKAY.
02:00:43SO MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TAXPAYER
02:00:46FRAUD AS A TOP PRIORITY. WE'VE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO
02:00:50ESTABLISH OVERPAYMENT CZAR TO
02:00:52STATE LEVEL FRAUD PREVENTION. WE'VE SUPPORTED COMMON SENSE
02:00:56REFORMS. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS RULE. OKAY. AND I YIELD BACK.
02:00:59>> THE GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA. IT'S TIME EXPIRED.
02:01:02THE LADY FROM MINNESOTA RESERVES, GENTLEMAN FROM
02:01:06MASSACHUSETTS. >> MR. SPEAKER, THE SPEAKER'S BEFORE THE GENTLEMAN DIDN'T
02:01:11ADDRESS THE FRAUD, THE GENTLEMAN JUST DEFENDED IT. AND I'M SHOCKED.
02:01:13I'M JUST STUNNED BY THE DEFENSE OF THIS.
02:01:17WE WANT TO GO AFTER FRAUD WHEREVER IT MAY OCCUR.
02:01:19BUT WHAT WE'RE SIMPLY SAYING THAT RIGHT IN RIGHT BEFORE OUR
02:01:23EYES, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT IS FRAUDSTERS.
02:01:26I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE SOME MORE NAMES, YOU KNOW,
02:01:29ROBERT HENRY HYDE CABRERA JR.
02:01:32GUILTY OF HEALTH FRAUD PARDONED BY DONALD TRUMP DEJAN.
02:01:36THE GENTLEMAN IS LEAVING. DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. I GET IT.
02:01:39JOSEPH LEWIS CONSPIRACY TO
02:01:42COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD. YOU KNOW PARDON BY DONALD TRUMP.
02:01:46DAVID GENE KELLY CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SECURITIES FRAUD,
02:01:48CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD AND SECURITIES FRAUD TO COUNT
02:01:52THE WIRE FRAUD PARDONED BY TRUMP.
02:01:54AND HERE'S THE DEAL IT IS CAUSE
02:01:58VICTIMS TO LOSE OVER $2 BILLION
02:02:02IN COMPENSATION. NOW, THAT MAY NOT BE ME NEITHER
02:02:06GENTLEMAN OR OF THE REPUBLICANS, BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SCREWED OVER.
02:02:10THESE FRAUDSTERS DESERVE COMPANY COMPENSATION.
02:02:12NOW THE VICTIM DON'T GET ANY
02:02:15COMPENSATION BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP PARDONED EVERYBODY.
02:02:19I MEAN I GO I PAGES OF NAMES HERE THAT OF FRAUDSTERS THAT HE
02:02:22HAS PARDONED. YOU KNOW I MEAN THEY READ A
02:02:26COUPLE OF MORE, ADRIAN TO ISABEL
02:02:29BARROWS CONSPIRACY COMMIT WIRE
02:02:31FRAUD AND MAIL FRAUD, SEVEN
02:02:33COUNTS OF WIRE FRAUD AND AND
02:02:36ABETTING JULIO M HERRERA OF L.A. ANY TWO COUNTS OF HONEST
02:02:41SERVICES WIRE FRAUD. DAVID? A CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT
02:02:45SECURITIES. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I GO I HAVE
02:02:50PAGES OF NAMES HERE OF PEOPLE
02:02:52HAVE BEEN PARDONED AND A RESULT
02:02:54OF THEIR PARDONS VICTIMS HAVE LOST BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
02:02:58DOLLARS IN COMPENSATION, NOT A
02:03:00WORD NOT A WORD. KNOW, MY FRIENDS, THE OTHER SIDE
02:03:03ARE AFRAID TO OFFEND DONALD TRUMP IN ANY WAY BECAUSE HE
02:03:07MIGHT WANT RETRIBUTION.
02:03:10BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MEMBERS CONGRESS HERE. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO UPHOLD THE
02:03:13CONSTITUTION. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THE WORK
02:03:16THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS SENT US HERE TO DO, NOT TO COVER UP FOR
02:03:20ACTIVITY QUITE FRANKLY, THAT IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
02:03:24MR. SPEAKER, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE
02:03:28WORKING ON THIS WEEK TO HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND THE REPUBLICANS HAVE JUST
02:03:31KIND OF WALKED FROM THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
02:03:34AND SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY THAT WE FIND
02:03:38OURSELVES IN. LAST WEEK, A HANDFUL AIR SAFETY
02:03:43RESEARCHERS PUBLICLY SOUNDED THE ALARM ON THE VERY REAL
02:03:47EXISTENTIAL SUPERINTELLIGENT
02:03:50A.I. TO THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY.
02:03:52THERE ARE CREDIBLE THAT THESE
02:03:56MAJOR FIRMS ESTIMATE A GREATER.
02:04:0010% CHANCE THAT I COULD CAUSE
02:04:02HUMAN EXTINCTION WITH WITHIN A
02:04:06DECADE. ME REPEAT THAT THESE THERE ARE CREDIBLE CLAIMS THAT THESE MAJOR
02:04:10A.I. FIRMS ESTIMATE A GREATER
02:04:13THAN 10% CHANCE THAT I COULD
02:04:15CAUSE HUMAN EXTINCTION WITHIN A DECADE.
02:04:19I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES, BUT I THINK THAT'S A BIG DEAL THAT THAT MAKES ME
02:04:23CONCERNED. SO LET'S PAUSE A MOMENT.
02:04:25WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GREATER
02:04:29THAN 10% CHANCE WE COULD ALL BE DEAD SOON IF WE DON'T DO
02:04:32SOMETHING TO RADICALLY THE WAY
02:04:35WE REGULATE, OVERSEE AI AND
02:04:39CRAZIEST PART OF ALL OF THIS IS
02:04:41THAT TECH CEOS AGREE THAT THEIR
02:04:43COMPANIES NEED TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE A AI SPIRALS OUT OF
02:04:47CONTROL AND CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT.
02:04:50THEY'RE CALLING ON THIS GOVERNMENT TO HELP THEM DO
02:04:53ANTHROPIC.
02:04:56CEO, OPEN CEO EVEN CEO ELON MUSK
02:05:00AGREE THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST STEP UP TO, INCREASE OVERSIGHT
02:05:03OF THEIR COMPANIES. NOW, I DON'T NECESSARILY TRUST
02:05:06THESE AS FAR AS I CAN THROW THEM. MAYBE THEY'RE CALLING OUR BLUFF.
02:05:09EITHER WAY. WE CLEARLY NEED TO ACT.
02:05:13AND WHAT IS THE RESPONSE FROM HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND FROM THIS
02:05:17PRESIDENT WHEN THEY HEAR THESE THINGS? NOTHING. NOTHING.
02:05:20NOT A -- THING.
02:05:22THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS
02:05:26SENDING CONGRESS HOME TWO WEEKS EARLY, TWO WEEKS EARLY.
02:05:29TRUMP IS SAYING THAT COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT WANT DATA CENTERS
02:05:33WILL UP, QUOTE, BACKWOODS AND POOR END QUOTE.
02:05:35I MEAN, HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT, I
02:05:37MEAN, SERIOUSLY, THESE CENTERS
02:05:39ARE DRIVING UP ENERGY COSTS. BIG TECH IS MAKING RECORD PROFITS.
02:05:44WE HAVE AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT FROM AI.
02:05:46PEOPLE ARE BEGGING US FOR ACTION.
02:05:48AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT DONE, HE SAID DATA CENTERS ARE GREAT AND
02:05:52WHAT IS CONGRESS DONE? NOT A -- THING. NOTHING.
02:05:56A SPEAKER SENDING US HOME EARLY SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN
02:06:00OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE DEBATE THESE ISSUES OR COME UP WITH
02:06:02SOME SENSIBLE REGULATION? NOTHING.
02:06:05I THINK WE NEED A NATIONAL MORATORIUM ON THESE DATA CENTERS.
02:06:09WE NEED TO IMMEDIATELY STOP CONSTRUCTION UNTIL CONGRESS
02:06:11PASSES COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION
02:06:13AND PEOPLE ARE BEGGING US, THEY BEGGING US TO TAKE THIS ON WITH
02:06:17FULL FORCE. AND DONALD TRUMP'S RESPONSE IS TO WRITE THEM OFF ENTIRELY, TO
02:06:21INSULT THEM, TO DEFEND THE ULTRA
02:06:25WEALTHY WHO ARE GETTING RICH OFF AI AT THE EXPENSE OF THE REST OF
02:06:29US. OUR FUTURE. GET THIS, GET THIS.
02:06:31JUST YESTERDAY, TRUMP SAID THAT
02:06:33THE ONLY GUARDRAIL WE NEED FOR AI IS, QUOTE, A STRONG AND
02:06:37SMART. HIGH PRESIDENT, END QUOTE.
02:06:41I MEAN, LET THAT SINK IN. WELL, I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU,
02:06:45MR. SPEAKER, BUT WE DON'T ONE OF THOSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE
02:06:48AI, NOR DO HAVE A HIGH FUNCTIONING REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.
02:06:52IF ANYTHING, REPUBLICANS HERE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE
02:06:54MORE INTERESTED IN JETTING OFF TO THEIR NEXT VACATION THAN THEY
02:06:58ARE IN SOLVING THE AI CRISIS OR ANY OTHER PROBLEM FOR THAT
02:07:02MATTER. AND WITH THAT, I RESERVE MY
02:07:04TIME, GENTLEMEN, FOR MESSAGE WHO
02:07:08SITS RESERVES. AND I WOULD REMIND THE GENTLEMAN
02:07:11TO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING IN PERSONALITIES TOWARD THE
02:07:15PRESIDENT LADY FROM MINNESOTA IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I'M PREPARED TO.
02:07:19CLOSE LADY MINNESOTA IS PREPARED TO CLOSED.
02:07:22>> GENTLEMAN MASSACHUSETTS AND
02:07:27MYSELF REMAINING TIME WITHOUT. >> OBJECTION.
02:07:30MR. SPEAKER, BEFORE WE FINISH, I
02:07:34WANT TO BRING THIS DEBATE BACK TO SOMETHING VERY BASIC AND.
02:07:38>> SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
02:07:40ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN YOU
02:07:42WERE TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY THEY'RE WORSE OFF AND THE NUMBERS BACK
02:07:46THAT UP. WHEN TRUMP CAME INTO OFFICE ON
02:07:50JANUARY 20TH, 2025, THE NATIONAL
02:07:53AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF GAS WAS ABOUT $3.12.
02:07:56TODAY IT IS MORE THAN $4.31. DIESEL.
02:08:01THE FUEL THAT MOVES OUR FOOD,
02:08:03BUILDING MATERIALS, OUR ALMOST
02:08:07EVERYTHING BUY IS NOW ABOVE 623 A GALLON.
02:08:12THAT THE MOST EXPENSIVE IT'S EVER BEEN.
02:08:16AND HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
02:08:20THE INFLATION RATE WAS 3% WHEN THIS ADMINISTRATION BEGAN.
02:08:24THE LATEST NUMBER IS 3.4%. AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S AN
02:08:28UNDERCOUNT. AND AMERICANS ARE ESTIMATED TO
02:08:30HAVE SPENT NEARLY $2,000 MORE
02:08:33LAST YEAR THANKS TO TRUMP'S
02:08:36STUPID TARIFFS AND HIS WAR.
02:08:39THAT IS WHY I FIND THE CONVERSATION REPUBLICANS WANT TO
02:08:42HAVE TODAY SO DISCONNECTED FROM WHAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE THIS
02:08:46BUILDING.
02:08:46I MEAN, WE HEAR ENORMOUS PROMISE
02:08:51IS, FOR EXAMPLE, TRUMP HAS PROMISED $5,000 PAYMENTS TO
02:08:54AMERICAN ADULTS AFTER THE ELECTION.
02:08:56IF REPUBLICANS WIN ONLY IF REPUBLICANS WIN.
02:09:00BUT EVEN SPEAKER JOHNSON HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SUCH PAYMENTS
02:09:03WOULD REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.
02:09:06NEEDLESS TO SAY, THESE $5,000 CHECKS ARE NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
02:09:10I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT.
02:09:25BUT I GUESS THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED. A PRESIDENT WHO IS THE KING OF BROKEN PROMISES. TRUMP SAID HE WOULD RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES AND THEN HE DID EVERYTHING.
02:09:29HE COULD TO HIDE THEM FROM THE PUBLIC, LIKELY BECAUSE HE AND HIS KNOWS HE'S IN THEM. AND AGAIN, I MEAN, WHERE IS THE PRESSURE FROM THE REPUBLICAN
02:09:33LEADERSHIP ON THE EPSTEIN FILES? NOTHING. NOTHING.
02:09:36I MEAN, CAN'T IT TAKES MY AWAY
02:09:40HOW MY FRIENDS JUST KIND OF TURN
02:09:44THEIR BACKS ON KNOW WHAT THE
02:09:46RIGHT THING TO DO IS. YOU KNOW, TRUMP SAID HE WOULD
02:09:50END THE RUSSIA UKRAINE IN 24 HOURS.
02:09:54THAT'S WHAT HE SAID DIRECTLY. THAT WAS CLEARLY UNTRUE. THIS IS NOW YEAR FOUR OF A FULL
02:09:58SCALE CONFLICT.
02:10:00HE SAID HE WOULD END WARS, START WARS.
02:10:02YET HERE WE ARE, OVER SIX AND A HALF MONTHS INTO THE WAR WITH
02:10:08IRAN AND BELIEVES THERE'S AN END
02:10:11IN. HE SAID HE WOULD BALANCE THE
02:10:14FEDERAL BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE TAX CUTS FOR MILLIONAIRES AND
02:10:17BILLIONAIRES, BECAUSE THIS
02:10:20UNPAID FOR RECKLESS ILLEGAL WAR.
02:10:22THE DEBT JUST SURPASSED.
02:10:27$40 TRILLION. $40 TRILLION. NOT A PEEP.
02:10:29I DON'T CARE. HE SAID HE WOULD END INFLATION
02:10:33LOWER PRICES. QUOTE, ON DAY ONE, QUOTE,
02:10:37INFLATION IS UP.
02:10:37PRICES ARE THE ECONOMY HAS ONLY
02:10:42GOTTEN WORSE AND THE WITH THESE LIES, MR. SPEAKER.
02:10:45IS THAT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THEM.
02:10:48SOME FAMILIES MAY HEAR THE PRESIDENT PROMISE THEM THOUSAND
02:10:52DOLLARS AND ACTUALLY PLAN AROUND THAT MONEY.
02:10:55MAYBE THEY'RE NOW PLANNING TO GET MEDICAL PROCEDURE THEY
02:10:59OTHERWISE COULD NOT AFFORD OR BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL FINALLY
02:11:02BE ABLE TO PAY RENT AFTER, YOU
02:11:04KNOW, YOU KNOW, PAY THEIR RENT AND PAY OFF THEIR CREDIT CARD
02:11:08AND HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED THEIR FOR THE NEXT MONTH.
02:11:12YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE PRESIDENT UNITED
02:11:15STATES SOMETHING THAT IS
02:11:17TRUTHFUL AND WE ALL KNOW THAT
02:11:20THEY CAN'T RELY ON THAT BECAUSE
02:11:22HE HAS PROMISE AFTER PROMISE AFTER PROMISE.
02:11:26IT IS WRONG TO MAKE AN EMPTY PROMISE LIKE THAT.
02:11:28IT IS CRUEL WHEN THE ECONOMY THIS BAD.
02:11:32THERE'S NO $5,000 CHECK IN THIS
02:11:35RULE THAT COULD BE IF REPUBLICANS THINK IT'S SUCH A GOOD IDEA.
02:11:38THEY COULD HAVE DONE THAT. THEY WANTED TO.
02:11:41BUT THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT THAT.
02:11:44AND THERE ISN'T A BILL TO BRING DOWN FOOD PRICES IN THIS RULE OR
02:11:48TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS OR TO HELP PEOPLE AFFORD.
02:11:52BASIC, EVERYDAY THINGS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HERE IS
02:11:56WHEN SHE GOES HOME, BUT I ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING ALL THE TIME.
02:12:00I HEAR ABOUT ISSUES OF AFFORDABILITY ALL THE TIME.
02:12:03AND CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING ME IS CONGRESS GOING TO DO SOMETHING.
02:12:06YOU KNOW I MEAN, THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT BUILDING A
02:12:09BALLROOM OR AN ACT TO TRUMP.
02:12:11THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT A REFLECTING POOL.
02:12:14THEY WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE GROCERY PRICES GOING TO
02:12:17GO DOWN THIS SHOULD BE JUDGED BY
02:12:19WHAT IT PUTS ON THE FLOOR, NOT
02:12:23SLOGANS, NOT BY PROMISES, NOT BY
02:12:26PRESS CONFERENCES, OR WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS MIGHT HAPPEN SOMEDAY.
02:12:30THAT DAY IS TODAY THAT DAY IS TODAY.
02:12:33REPUBLICANS ARE IN COMPLETE CONTROL. THEY HAVE HOUSE.
02:12:36THEY HAVE THE SENATE. AND THEY HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE.
02:12:39THEY COULD DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW TO HELP PEOPLE IF THEY
02:12:42WANTED TO. THE THING IS, THEY DON'T.
02:12:46THEY DON'T CARE THAT PEOPLE ARE HURTING. I MEAN, THE ACCEPTANCE OF
02:12:52CRUELTY. BECAUSE THAT IS HOW YOU
02:12:54CHARACTERIZE THE THAT ARE GOING
02:12:56INTO EFFECT THAT CUT MEDICAID BY $1,000,000,000,000 AND CUT SNAP
02:13:01BY $200 BILLION. IT IS ASTOUNDING.
02:13:04TAKES MY BREATH AWAY. BUT YOU KNOW THAT MUCH IS MADE
02:13:08CLEAR BY THEIR AGENDA THIS WEEK. THEY'D RATHER WASTE TIME ON
02:13:11ROTTEN BILLS AND GO HOME A MONTH
02:13:14THAN TO FIGHT THE UNNECESSARY
02:13:16BATTLES HERE IN CAPITOL TO ACTUALLY HELP FOLKS, WE NEED AN
02:13:20ECONOMY. MR. SPEAKER, WHERE GETTING TO
02:13:23WORK DOESN'T BREAK THE BUDGET.
02:13:25WE'RE BUYING DOESN'T REQUIRE A
02:13:29CALCULATOR. WE'RE GETTING SICK. DOES IT MEAN GOING AT THE DEBT?
02:13:31WHERE AN HONEST WORK IS ENOUGH
02:13:33TO BUILD A DECENT LIFE?
02:13:35IT'S DEFINITELY NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR.
02:13:38IT JUST ISN'T. THAT OUGHT TO BE THE STANDARD AROUND HERE.
02:13:41WE OUGHT TO BE COMING TO WORK TO HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
02:13:44YET REPUBLICANS AND TIME AGAIN FAILED TO MEET THAT MARK.
02:13:47THE AMERICAN SEE THROUGH THE
02:13:51CORRUPTION AND THE OUTRIGHT LIES
02:13:53THAT WASHINGTON BECOME KNOWN FOR.
02:13:57IT IS TIME TO HOLD AS PRESIDENT
02:13:59AND ESPECIALLY REPUBLICAN. THE REPUBLICANS HERE IN CONGRESS
02:14:03RESPOND SIBLE FOR STEERING OUR ECONOMY OFF A CLIFF AND DRIVING
02:14:06OUR COUNTRY INTO THE GROUND.
02:14:08AND COME NOVEMBER. I REALLY DO HOPE AND I DO PRAY
02:14:14FOR SAKE OF OUR FUTURE, FOR THE SAKE, OUR COUNTRY, THAT WE'RE
02:14:16GOING TO CORRECT. AND WITH THAT, I YIELD.
02:14:20>> GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
02:14:22>> THE LADY FROM MINNESOTA IS RECOGNIZED CLOSE.
02:14:25>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. >> WHEN FRAUD IS EXPOSED, THERE
02:14:29ARE SEVERAL WAYS PEOPLE RESPOND.
02:14:33THEY CAN ATTACK IT AND COVER IT
02:14:35UP, MINIMIZE OR LIKE WE'VE SEEN
02:14:38TODAY, JUST SIMPLY TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE OVER, OVER AND
02:14:42OVER FOR YEARS, STATE OFFICIALS
02:14:44TASKED WITH MANAGING FEDERAL
02:14:47FUNDS MINIMIZE FRAUD, LOOKED THE
02:14:49OTHER WAY AND, ALLOWED FEDERAL
02:14:51TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO BE STOLE.
02:14:53AND I DO HEAR ABOUT THE FRAUD
02:14:55AND THE THEFT EVERY SINGLE DAY
02:14:58FROM PEOPLE AS THIS FRAUD HAS TO
02:15:02LIGHT. HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE LED THE
02:15:04CHARGE TO ROOT OUT WASTE, FRAUD
02:15:06AND ABUSE FROM OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
02:15:10WE PASSED THE PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ENFORCEMENT ACT.
02:15:14THE STOP CHILD CARE SCAMS ACT, THE FRAUD PREVENTION AND
02:15:18ACCOUNTABILITY. AND WE PASSED THE STOP PAYMENTS ACT.
02:15:22I HAVE PERSONALLY FOUGHT THIS FIGHT AND THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT
02:15:26COMMITTEE WAVING ON TO GET ANSWERS FROM STATE OFFICIALS
02:15:30ABOUT HOW BILLION DOLLAR FRAUD NETWORKS WERE ALLOWED TO OPERATE
02:15:35UNCHECKED. MINNESOTA. I'VE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO
02:15:37PROTECT WHISTLEBLOWERS WHO
02:15:40EXPOSE CORRUPTION FROM RETALLICK
02:15:42ATION AND LEGISLATION TO STOP BENEFIT DOLLARS MEANT TO HELP
02:15:46VULNERABLE FAMILIES AT HOME FROM
02:15:48BEING SENT OVERSEAS.
02:15:50WHILE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS AND
02:15:53TEMPORARY TASK FORCE PROVIDE
02:15:55IMPORTANT SUPPORT, THEY ARE NOT ENOUGH ON THEIR OWN.
02:15:59CONGRESS MUST STEP UP AND
02:16:01DELIVER PERMANENT SOLUTIONS THAT
02:16:04ENSURE FUTURE STATE AND
02:16:05ADMINISTRATIONS PROPERLY OVERSEE
02:16:08FEDERAL FUNDS.
02:16:10THAT IS WHY THE BILLS US TODAY
02:16:12UNDER THIS ARE SO CRITICAL,
02:16:16BYPASSING THE NATIONAL FRAUD DIVISION ACT.
02:16:20WE A PERMANENT DEDICATE TO DIVISION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:16:24JUSTICE TO ENSURE INVESTIGATING
02:16:27AND PROSECUTING FRAUD REMAINS A
02:16:29LONG TERM PRIORITY AND THROUGH THE PROOF ACT, WE FIX THE
02:16:33BOTTLENECK IN THESE INVESTIGATIONS BY REMOVING STATE
02:16:37LEVEL RESISTANCE AND MANDATING DATA SHARING SO FEDERAL AGENTS
02:16:41CAN CLEAN UP FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
02:16:45WE HAVE SHOWN WE WILL NOT ALLOW
02:16:47STATE OFFICIALS TO IGNORE BASIC
02:16:51ENFORCEMENT. EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR, EVERY
02:16:55SINGLE DOLLAR STOLEN BY FRAUDSTERS IS A DOLLAR TAKEN
02:16:59AWAY FROM VULNERABLE FAMILIES.
02:17:02I URGE MY COLLEAGUES VOTE YES ON THIS RULE.
02:17:05AND, MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD BACK BALANCE OF MY TIME AND I MOVE
02:17:09THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE RESOLUTION.
02:17:13THE QUESTION IS ON ORDERING THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ANSWER ON THE RESOLUTION.
02:17:17>> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THOSE OPPOSED.
02:17:21NO, IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
02:17:24THE AYES HAVE IT. >> MR. SPEAKER, GENTLEMAN FROM
02:17:28MASSACHUSETTS, I KNOW THAT I ASK FOR THE YEAS AND NAYS.
02:17:32>> THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED. >> THOSE FAVORING A VOTE BY THE
02:17:36A'S AND NAYS WILL RISE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING RISEN,
02:17:40THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED TO CLAUSE EIGHT OF RULE 20.
02:17:43>> FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON, THIS
02:17:46QUESTION WILL BE POSTPONED.
02:17:54PURSUANT CLAUSE A. EXCUSE ME PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 12
02:17:57A OF THE RULE NUMBER ONE, THE CHAIR