hezbollah is e aggressor. hezbollah fighters terrorize the people of syria. hezbollh has made itself a state within a state of lebanon, denying the lebanese people their right of self-determination. it's time to redouble our efforts to stop hezbollah from continuing its campaign of terror across the region. so i urge my colleagues to pass this legislation because it is so important the united states has the clout to do so and we should always let the people, the average people know that the united states stands by them. hezbollah is one of the rst terrorist organations. hezbollah tries to terrorize israel but they he never succeeded and will never succeed and they have terrorized the people of lebanon and syria. we need to put an end to tha that's why this legislation is so important. i urge my colleagues to support it. i thank chairman royce once again for his leadership, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i yieltwo minutes to the g

we realize, in particular on hezbollah, the attacks that they have conducted. it still raises a real threat to us and to our citizens overseas. by all means, we need to continue. mr. levitt: i promised you an individual who has not only tremendous expertise and knowledge and i think we have delivered. please join me an thinking jerry. [applause] thank you all for taking the time and have a great weekend. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> next, the internet and tv expo. after that, a discussion on the method of oil extraction hydraulic fracturing. then, house oversight hearing on the conduct of members of the secret service. >> tomorrow, former deputy cia director michael morel speaks at the national pestress club. announcer: monday night on the communicators, members of congress on nsa collection of phone records, privacy and net neutrality. >> it authorizes the metadata of collection. or austan simply authorizes. last week we found out that the second dist

. -- hezbollah. they use it as a fund-raising device. the irs does not like us, give it -- give us money, we will give it to hamas. someone who looks at a list can give it to the ifco. so, i think just the fact that we make it a little easy for the terrorists, we make it text deductible. -- tax-deductible. ordinary americans want to send money to their relatives. would it make sense for the u.s. to green list of licensed organizations where you know if you give them the money, the money will go to an individual relative? there is always the possibility that your relative has been seduced by terrorist propaganda and gives some of the money to terrorists, but at least if the money gets to the relative, does it make sense for the u.s. government to give americans and avenue where they can feel relatively safe? mr. barrett: somalia is a good example. many somalians rely on a minute -- we met tenses -- remittances to feed their families. many are made through informal systems. you noticed the other day that after the attacks in kenya the keny

that bank was under the control of hezbollah. the dea was able to use undercover informants and use sources to penetrate these forces. this bank was engaged in buying primarily, used cars. in the u.s. and europe and textiles of asia as part of the massive money lawnering scheme along with the outfit that pablo escobar himself set up in the 1980's and 1990's to run the drug cartel. is all in opec treasury department document to find on the web. they were buying as much as $1 billion a year in used cars in the united states. cars that were generating almost no profits actually. exported the cars to west africa where the money was co-mingled with the trafficking proceeds coming out of europe. the drugs were coming from columbia into europe and the money was being care your back to lebanon and wired to the u.s. by used cars here. and making its way into the lebanese canadian bank, the center of the hizbollah money laundering empire. it is the largest material supports scheme in the world and it remains so for a terrorist group. in 20

the iran backed assad regime together with iranian proxies like hezbollah continues the slaughter that has killed more than 200,000 syrians and displaced 10 million more despite this tragedy, the administration has defined its policy in syria more by what it will not do rather than by the end state we aim to achieve. although the u.s. military is trained and equip program for moderate syrian forces is finally providing assistance to the fighters, the administration still has not decided whether it will defend syrian opposition against assad's barrel bombs upon their return to syria. refusing to support the forces we train is not only ineffective, it is immoral. while it is still unclear what president obama's willing to do in syria, it is clear our partners do not draw confidence from statements of what we will not do. ramadi's fall should lead our nation's leaders to reconsider its indecisive policy and incoherent strategy that has enabled isil's expansion, undermine regional stability strengthen iran, and harmed america's credibility. what we desperately need is a comprehensive strat

the iran backed assad regime together with iranian proxies like hezbollah continues the slaughter that has killed more than 200,000 syrians and displaced 10 million more . despite this tragedy, the administration has defined its policy in syria more by what it will not do rather than by the end state we aim to achieve. although the u.s. military is -- the u.s. military's train and equip program for moderate syrian forces is finally providing assistance to the fighters, the administration still has not decided whether it will defend syrian opposition against assad's barrel bombs upon their return to syria. refusing to support the forces we train is not only ineffective, it is immoral. while it is still unclear what president obama's willing to do in syria, it is clear our partners do not draw confidence from statements of what we will not do. ramadi's fall should lead our nation's leaders to reconsider its indecisive policy and incoherent strategy that has enabled isil's expansion, undermined regional stability, strengthened iran, and harmed america's credibility. what we desperately ne

it's -- hezbollah or hamas. it's really frustrating we are only talking about one program and they are free to do whatever else they want. this should not stand. perhaps the biggest question i have is whether iran's leaders will ultimately be able to make the tough choices necessary to show the world that they are serious about living up to their commitments. this is a high bar to clear. iran's leaders, unfortunately, have give us no reason to trust them. i remain concerned that the messages we are hearing from iran directly contradict what the administration has told us. iran's leaders have said that sanctions will be lifted immediately upon the signing of an agreement. and that iran will never accept inspections of their military sites. this begs the question. is iran serious about these negotiations? we are told that any kind of sanctions relief will be inclemento as iran complies. the iranian leaders are telling their public differently. we obviously have to settle this glaring discrepancycy. that's why this

we have talked about hezbollah. we have seen the last few years attacks they have successfully conducted as well as plotting overseas. it raises a real threat to us and citizens overseas. we need to concentrate on everything, not just isil. mr. levitt: jerry roberts has tremendous expertise and tremendous knowledge. please join me in thanking jerry for taking the time to be with us today. [applause] thank you all for taking the time and have a great weekend. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> today in washington dc, the 34th annual national these officers memorial service was held in front of the capital honoring the families of officers killed in the line of duty in 2014. president obama spoke at the event and gave thanks to those who gave their lives. here is more from the president. president obama: we cannot erase every darkness or danger from the duty

when you read about those rockets that flood into televeef tel aviv and jerusalem as hezbollah launches attacks hiding behind human shields while they're trying to kill israelis, you know what they're able to do that? because of the help they get from iran. when you read in the newspaper that yesterday the iranian military hijacked a vessel in international waters, when you read that they tried to kill the saudi ambassador in washington d.c. when you read that they tried to set sov off a bomb in uruguay, when you read that in 1994 they did set off a bomb in argentina, this is who we're dealing with here, and now they are on the verge of being able to enrich weapons-grade uranium and reprocess weapons-grade plutonium, and now they are headed towards building a long-range rocket capable of reaching not just israel but europe and the united states -- let meal at the you, that is very -- let me tell you, this is a very significant moment because this president is about to sign a deal that will place in their hands billions and billions of additional dollars and if this is the terrorism and

we can get rid of the epa drawbacks taxes, stand with israel as he fights off hamas and hezbollah. but the greatest damage by this president is what he is doing to redefine didyjthe idea of america. you listen to his speeches, you see what he is trying to do. he is trying to redefine the american dream into one about dependence. about a growth and government spending. the longer you listen, the more you hear him trying to divide us by race, gender, geography. he wants us to look more and more like europe. i don't know about you but that is not the american dream my parents taught me. when i see this president and his policy, he is trying to turn the american dream and to the european nightmare. i want to tell you why the american dream is so important -- the external and in tomorro ternal threat. parents have lived the american dream. my dad, he is one of nine. he grew up in a house without running water and electricity one of the first and only in the family to get past the fifth grade. i know, because we heard the stories every single day growing up. [laughter] i'm sure you have

iran, not only on their own, but through their sponsorship of hezbollah and hamas and other terrorist organizations. our inaction in syria has led to an exacerbation of the conduct of isis not only in the northeast but in europe and coming to a theater near you soon if we're not careful. mr. putin in russia, at least in my mind is clearly trying to put the old band back together. he's working and moving his way crimea, ukraine, and if you're living in one of the baltic states today, members of nato, if you really believe that that membership is a full membership or a junior membership? the conduct of our country has them nervous. has democracies like poland nervous. our allies are concerned. and our adversaries are emboldened. the only way for us to turn that around is not only through a more robust and a more direct and more honest foreign policy where we draw lines and mean it. not say never mind when it gets a little difficult. and where we invest in a national defense that once again prevents conflict. we don't invest in national defense to have conflict. we invest in national def

i look at iran, i look at hezbollah -- i am extremely concerned about turkey. one of the things we have to ask ourselves, one of the things we have to ask ourselves is did europe make a mistake by saying turkey didn't do well enough to be included with us. this is a big important country. we need to have good relations there. we need to be strong. the other thing i would tell you is when we are weak economically and we ring up all this debt people own our debt its limits , our ability to conduct this robust foreign policy. that is why i support a balanced budget amendment. i see we have this deal in congress. i'm going to have the chocolate cake today but i'm going on a diet next year. it is typical. this debt is a serious problem for our country. and our inability to address it is terrible. >> it is reported bobby jindal and nicky haloey have accused you of hiding behind jesus. it did that happen and what is your response to that? what response do you get to republican primary voters why you did that? governor kasich: i'm really not hiding behind anybody. i am

we can stand with israel proudly again as she fights off hamas hezbollah, and other terrorist groups. but the greatest danger is what he is doing to redefine the idea of america. the idea of the american dream. what do i mean by that? if you listen to his policies , you listen to his speeches, you see what he is trying to do. he's trying to redefine the american dream. he's trying to redefine it for one of dependence. the more you listen to him he's trying to redefine it fortrying to divide us by race and gender and geography against each other. he wants to make us more and more like europe. i don't know about you but that is not the american dream. when i see his policy he is trying to turn the american dream into the european nightmare. and i want to tell you why the american dream is so important to me that i want to talk to you about an external and internal threat to the american dream. the reason this is so important to me is that my parents have lived the american dream. what do i mean by that? my daddy is one of nine. he grew up without running water and electricity. he was th

fun fun >> also a measure that would limit international financing of hezbollah. they will continue work this afternoon on amendments to the 2016 defense authorization bill. we'll have that live when the house returns at noon here on c-span. before speaker boehner comes before his briefing in a couple minutes. conversation from this morning's "washington journal." a tweet here from reuters, the amtrak train in philadelphia wreck was traveling at twice the speed limit. more about that from today's "washington journal." area, and julie, let's begin with the latest on the situation there. what are you waiting to find out today? what do you know this morning? julie: absolutely. what's on everybody's minds today is who is still missing and who are the victims of this crash. we learned many of the names yesterday and we'll still learn some today and hearing from the families and friends who are devastated. what we're also talking about is how could this happen. the system called positive train control is what everybody's focused on. this is a system that an ntsb said ye

they are run by hadi al-almawri to take hezbollah run by mohandas reports to their commander of the coast force. and we have seen this repeatedly. it's not a shiah problem, there are no longer even proxies. they're extensions of the iranian military forces and throws the lems that are leading the charge into ramadi which is unacceptable. they also help get us off track by launching the attack onity crit -- on tikrit which then failed and we had to bail them out which is an enormous positive turning point because it demonstrated the iranian-controlled militias to take this fight to the enemy. we just not only undone that benefit that we gained from that but moved many steps back. and if in fact, these are successful in taking part of ramadi when the troops that we backed failed it will demonstrate the viability of these elements within iraq in a catasstroic way that will undermine any lem administer, any independence the i.s.f. might have an be a significant extension of iranian military power not just political influence in the region. >> thank you. my time is way over, senator. >> i was

confusion of money and economic activity will go to iranian hegemonic activities in the region, go to hezbollah, allow iran to take sides in the civil war in the region. how do you see it playing out? >> i have to be careful how i answer because i am afraid graham will steal my license. [laughter] i'm very concerned about the agreement. but let's put it in larger context. iran and turkey with facing off in a competition to see who can control the middle east. under president carter one -- president perdue -- the turkish president there is a longing for , the glories for the real caliphate, the ottoman empire, and dominance of the whole region. as iran is more powerful, into syria, and now into yemen, they see the beckoning of empire. so you have to look at the nuclear agreement as one step in this. so i think senator graham is very right to be concerned about starting a nuclear arm race in the region. but i think regardless of how the agreement comes out you will have the turkish competition. these nations are sly and clever and don't like the american definition of war. in america, we think it

caller: listen someone has written a book about hezbollah and they intercepted some money that was being sold as american counterfeit america can dollars and when they examined it, they found it wasn't counterfeit at all and spending so much money over there. throwing it away. all our foreign aid is being funneled into the pockets of cronies and patriot rons and this is a do-gooders of the world. our roads and bridges are collapsing. jobs that are paying pennies. this is disgusting and turns my stomach and tired of these people that we need to help others and not helping ourselves. $19 trillion is paying for all of this, $19 trillion in debt. guest: again, i don't see the policy. i just see how it's carried out. and i do agree with the caller, there has been a lot of waste, fraud and abuse. we wasted a lot of years in reconstruction. i don't think we asked the simple questions do the afghans want this project, need this project, can they use this project. we never considered corruption. afghanistan is one of the most corrupt countries in the world and never took into consideration the se

what iran does in yemen, does it cease to support hezbollah, etc. if you link it to these issues this is what will kill it. no linkage, but there is a potential and a successful deal to improve relations with iran and to encourage iran to be a more responsible stakeholder in the region. that potential we want to explore once the deal is done. ms. slavin: i am going to go to the back and then come up front. wait for the mike. >> thank you. dale kimball. ambassador araud, i am glad you went into the history. i want to ask about that too clarify the purpose of the resolutions that were passed at the security council regarding the suspension of enrichment. there is a perception that those resolutions were designed or intended to wired iran to stop forever, uranium enrichment. as i understand, the purpose was to facilitate a long-term solution that respects a peaceful program. could you elaborate about the purpose of the resolutions which is something many in washington i do not think understand. this is an issue for the future of negotiations -- updatin

these materials are very dangerous when in the hands of people like hamas, hezbollah, and god knows what group will pop up next. a dirty bomb was a different thing. a dirty bomb is a terrible thing . the other thing is -- i don't even know the united states and iranians agree on what it is. the ayatollah says we are going to lift all sanctions. the first thing you have to do is make sure you are in agreement for what the agreement says. i worry about something that i have extremes being in congress. i look at things pretty simply. you go to the car dealership and you are so hungry to get that car you will pay anything for it. a very silly way to do anything. that is a tiny little minor thing. if you involved in getting an agreement on this whole nuclear weapons issue. you keep responding to the ayatollah's position. i saw when the ayatollah said sanctions have to be lifted immediately and the president said something a couple of days later about maybe we can work on this that signals falling in love with the deal. i think the economic pressure ought to be kept on the country. with deteri

what about hamas, the hezbollahs, which do have presences here. what's the status on their activities here and what we're doing about them? mr. roberts: we continue to look at all our groups. i can tell you having worked those groups in the past myself, although primary part of my career obviously has been al qaeda and now isil, but we haven't taken our eye off the ball there. we obviously realize in particular we're talking about hezbollah, we've seen in the last few years their attacks they have successfully conducted as well as plotting overseas. so it stale raise -- it still raises a real threat to us, and to our sit zepps overseas. by all means we need to continue our eye not just on isil. mr. levitt: i promised you an individual in jerry roberts who has not only tremendous expertise but tremendous knowledge and i think we delivered. please gin me in thanking jerry for taking time to be with us here today. [applause] . mr. levitt: thank you all for taking the time and have a great weekend. [captioning performed by national captioning institut

iran, not only on their own, but through their sponsorship of hezbollah and hamas and other terrorist organizations. our inaction in syria has led to an exacerbation of the conduct of isis not only in the middle east but in europe and coming to a theater near you soon if we're not careful. mr. putin in russia, at least in my mind is clearly trying to put the old band back together. he's working and moving his way crimea, ukraine, and if you're living in one of the baltic states today, members of nato, if you really believe that that membership is a full membership or a junior membership? the conduct of our country has them nervous. has democracies like poland nervous. our allies are concerned. and our adversaries are emboldened. the only way for us to turn that around is not only through a more robust and a more direct and more honest foreign policy where we draw lines and mean it. not say never mind when it gets a little difficult. and where we invest in a national defense that once again prevents conflict. we don't invest in national defense to have conflict. we invest in national d

when you think about shia movements, hezbollah is the primary one. you also have movements you are kind of part of our coalition in iraq. these nonstate shia militias. they pose their own set of problems. if you look at what they are doing, they are brutalizing the sunni population. that could create, make this a longer term problem. so yes, in terms of isis, al qaeda qaeda, absolutely. i certainly wouldn't factor out the importance of some of these shia militant nonstate groups and one person who has done good on this is phillip at the washington institute for near he's policy, releasing a major monograph on this earlier this year which is essential with reading for understanding that particular aspect of this conflict. >> all right. thanks. last question, if i could. could you share with us the story of omar and your experiences with him, please? >> he was an alabama native. he was born in a family to a syrian father and and i respect like -- and an irish catholic mother. he became radicalized and joined al-shibab. where i came in the story is afte

caller: listen, someone has written a book about hezbollah and at some point they intercepted some money that was being sold as counterfeit american currency. skid loads of it, billions of dollars. billions it

infusion of money and economic activity will go to iranian hegemonic activities in the region, go to hezbollah, allow iran to take sides in the civil war in the region. how do you see it playing out? >> i have to be careful how i answer because i am afraid graham will steal my license. [laughter] i'm very concerned about the agreement. but let's put it in larger context. iran and turkey with facing off in a competition to see who can control the middle east. under the turkish president, there is a longing for the glories for the real caliphate and dominance of the whole region. as iran is more powerful, into syria, and now into yemen, they -- it sees the beckoning of empire. so you have to look at the nuclear agreement as one step in this. so i think senator graham is very right to be concerned about starting a nuclear arm race in the region. but i think regardless of how the agreement comes out you will have the turkish competition. -- the turkish/persian competition. these nations are sly and clever and don't like the american definition of war. in america, we think it is war or peace. we ar

when you think about shia movements, hezbollah is the primary one. you also have movements you are kind of part of our coalition in iraq. these nonstate shia militias. they pose their own set of problems. if you look at what they are doing, they are brutalizing the sunni population. that could create, make this a longer term problem. so yes, in terms of isis, al qaeda, absolutely. i certainly wouldn't factor out the importance of some of these shia militant nonstate groups and one person who has done good on this is phillip at the washington institute for near he's policy, releasing a major monograph on this earlier this year which is essential with reading for understanding that particular aspect of this conflict. >> all right. thanks. last question, if i could. mr. berger, could you share with us the story of omar and your experiences with him, please? >> he was an alabama native. he was born in a family to a syrian father and an irish catholic mother. he became radicalized and joined al-shabaab. where i came in the story is after he joined he got

but with regard to hezbollah as well and other terrorist groups, we're tracking the money there as well. mr. levitt: as this week's arrests in cedar rapids suggest also as well. up front here please. >> you say that one of the source of isil is the cash flow for -- derived from the selling of oil, ok. what can they do to stop the buying of isil oil? that's number one. number two. of course from oil revenue isil will buy weapon to use on the opposition. what is the effort to identify the supplier of the weapon and what effort to stop the suppliers? mr. roberts: i can't go into detail on the suppliers of weapons to isil but with regard to the oil, obviously, it's not just the f.b.i., again regarding this the department of defense has a big role in the disruption of their oil transports and that the united states government as a whole is tracking not just the united states government but our partners as well, are tracking those routes and disrupting those routes of those teapot oil refineries that they've created along the way to move that oil. mr. levitt: yes, the very front of the back -

caller: listen, someone has written a book about hezbollah and at some point they intercepted some money that was being sold as counterfeit american currency. skid loads of it, billions of dollars. billions it or millions, anyway. when they found out it was election currency, it was not counterfeit at all. we were spending so much money there, throwing it away. all of our foreign aid is being funneled into the pockets of cronies and patrons and nepotism and everything else. this is a do-gooder's view of the world, and they are not doing good to the american people. our roads, our bridges are collapsing. we have jobs paying pennies to work for the day. this is disgusting. it turns my stomach. i am tired of all these people telling us how we need to help others and we are not helping ourselves. $19 trillion is paying for all of this, $19 trillion in debt. host: john sopko? guest: again, i do not do the policy. i just see how it is carried out, and i do agree with the caller. there has been a lot of waste fraud, and abuse. we wasted a lot of years in reconstruction. i do not think we asked

unfortunately groups like hamas and hezbollah and rejeemed like iran continue to call for the destruction of israel while at the same time procuring more and more advanced weaponry. with longer range and more precise rockets and ballistic milssles i ral's survival rests on their ability to survive. by among other things building more advanced defense capabilities like that of the successful iron dome. more destructive missiles are now being developed so quickly that for the first time the 2016 ndaa will assist israel in procurement of those systems. i know that chairman rogers whole heartedly supports israel this in fully funding its program. my amendment only seeks changes to help expedite the support to israel. i understand there is some confusion and apprehension about the underlying language and you drafted the chairman's mark when you did that and i fully understand your intent as well as his. having discussioned the issue with you personally prior to the markup today. so with your assurance has that we will work together to perfect this language as needed i yield to you for any comm

helping member of hezbollah slip into north america. a state-owned enterprise provided venezuela with advanced technology to provide illicit documentation to 173 individuals from the middle east between '08 and '12. that's ancient history, according to the administration. talk about recent history. just since president obama started the secret negotiations with the castro regime june 2013, a report of 15,000 political arrests, 2500 such arrests since the president's speech on u.s.cuban relations in december. to make it even worse, between february and march of this year alone cuba increased the until -- the number of politically motivated arrests by 70%. as troubling as that is, i'm more troubled by cuba's continued nefarious activities with regard to arm smuggling. we know about the shipment of 240 tons of military equipment confiscated on the way to north korea but we are talking about february 28th of this year 2015 -- a chinese flag vessel was intercepted, over 100 tons of explosives, 2.6 million detonator, over 3,000 artillery shel

caller: listen, someone has written a book about hezbollah and at some point they intercepted some money that was being sold as counterfeit american currency. skid loads of it, billions of dollars. billions it or millions, anyway. when they found out it was election currency, it was not counterfeit at all. we were spending so much money there, throwing it away. all of our foreign aid is being funneled into the pockets of cronies and patrons and nepotism and everything else. this is a do-gooder's view of the world, and they are not doing good to the american people. our roads, our bridges are collapsing. we have jobs paying pennies to work for the day. this is disgusting. it turns my stomach. i am tired of all these people telling us how we need to help others and we are not helping ourselves. $19 trillion is paying for all of this, $19 trillion in debt. host: john sopko? guest: again, i do not do the policy. i just see how it is carried out, and i do agree with the caller. there has been a lot of waste fraud, and abuse. we wasted a lot of years in reconstruction. i do not think we asked

iran, not only on their own but through their sponsorship of hezbollah and hamas and other terrorist organizations. our inaction in syria has led to an exacerbation of the conduct of isis not only in the northeast but in europe and coming to a theater near you soon if we're not careful. mr. putin in russia, at least in my mind is clearly trying to put the old band back together. he's working and moving his way crimea ukraine, and if you're living in one of the baltic states today members of nato if you really believe that that membership is a full membership or a junior membership? the conduct of our country has them nervous. has democracies like poland nervous. our allies are concerned. and our adversaries are emboldened. the only way for us to turn that around is not only through a more robust and a more direct and more honest foreign policy, where we draw lines and mean it. not say never mind when it gets a little difficult. and where we invest in a national defense that once again prevents con we don't invest in national defense to have conflict. we invest in national defense to

whether it is hezbollah or who it is. syria, -- what we are looking at currently as we are going to have, god for bid, some kind of a treaty. these crazy people -- giving these crazy people weapons of mass destruction. they are the origins of the trouble in the middle east. israel would love to be at peace with their neighbors. i thank you for listening. host: tell me specifically, when you say that iran is the instigator, give us some examples. caller: they are responsible for trouble, for the bombings in argentina. they are responsible for the proxy wars, whether it is in yemen, syria, they are arming themselves to the teeth. they will not allow you -- they will not let inspectors come in and see if they are doing their nuclear program. why will they not let inspectors come in and look? they are subversive. they have been sending their boats and stopping our ships. we have a right to be there and worse than ever is the fact that the media does not give us the right to hear the truth. i thank you so much for being willin