MR. THORNBERRY

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00:00:00 AFTER YOU ARE UNDER ARREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY AND IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD ONE ONE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU.
00:00:13 THE QUESTION IS HOW WE SHOULD TREAT MEMBERS OF AL QAEDA TO CONDUCT TERRORIST ATTACKS, BUT I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THIS BODY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY DO NOT THINK TELLING THEM THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT AS THE FIRST THING THEY HEAR IS A WISE THING.
00:00:30 SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THE ARGUMENTS -- AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE TO READ THE LETTER THEMSELVES.
00:00:37 I WOULD ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE TO LOOK AT TODAY'S WALL STREET JOURNAL JOURNAL -- "WALL STREET JOURNAL" EDITORIAL AND THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION EDITORIAL ON THEIR WEBSITE TO LOOK AT HOW SIGNIFICANT THESE ISSUES ARE, THOUSAND HE HAD WOULD UNDERMINE -- HOW THE SMITH-AMASH AMENDMENT WOULD UNDERMINE OUR ABILITY TO HELP PEOPLE AND HOW IT IS UNFAIR TO CHARACTERIZE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY A DOZEN OR EIGHT TO 10 FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS AS SOMEHOW FOOLISH OR SILLY.
00:01:14 I THINK, MR.
00:01:16 CHAIRMAN, WE CAN DO BETTER WITH THAT AND WITH THAT I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
00:01:20 THE CHAIR: THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE BALANCE OF HIS TIME.
00:01:22 THE QUESTION IS ON THE AMENDMENT, AS MODIFIED, OFFERED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA.
00:01:24 THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
00:01:25 THOSE OPPOSED,
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