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House Proceeding 11-16-09 on Nov 16th, 2009 :: 1:18:15 to 1:32:15
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Michael T. McCaul

1:18:13 to 1:18:33( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: by responding to the needs of all americans, congress will address the needs of all women as well. with that, yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the texas, mr. carter, is recognized.

Michael T. McCaul

1:18:15 to 1:32:15( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Michael T. McCaul

Michael T. McCaul

1:18:34 to 1:18:55( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: mr. mccaul: tonght, we rise during this leadership hour to remember the events of november 5, 2009 in the one of the largest attacks that was perpetrated on our u.s. miliary

Michael T. McCaul

1:18:56 to 1:19:18( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: installation at fort hood, texas, north of my district. very solemn occasion. 13 people killed. very solemn occasion. 13 people killed. over 30 people wounded. and unborn child was day. i went to the memorial service.

Michael T. McCaul

1:19:19 to 1:19:39( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: 13 pairs of combat boots put together with a rifle and a helmet on top and the pictures of the victims who were kiled in cold blood that day by a deranged gunman who unfortunately served in the u.s. military.

Michael T. McCaul

1:19:40 to 1:20:02( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: in my view, simply put, it was an act of traceon. in a time of war, soldiers are killed. but when i visited fort hood for the memorial service, they said, congresman, we never dreamed we would be killed in our home. this is our home.

Michael T. McCaul

1:20:03 to 1:20:24( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: this man kiled his fell oover -- fellow comrades at our home. very disturbing. and the words as he said as he point blank shot them, at 100 rounds went off from his semi-automatic pistol into a

Michael T. McCaul

1:20:25 to 1:20:46( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: crowd of soldiers and civilians was allah akbar, god is great. perhaps one of the most disturbing reports we got from that day. i submit that's not our god, that's not the god of our founding fathers.

Michael T. McCaul

1:20:47 to 1:21:07( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: as the president said so eloquently at the memorial service, no religion condones the killing of inocent people. no religion condones that kind of and he went on to say

Michael T. McCaul

1:21:08 to 1:21:29( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: face -- he wil face his punishment here on earth and in the next world. the president's right. we went to veterans' day, the following day, and went all across our districts paying tribute to the gait veterans, men and women who served this

Michael T. McCaul

1:21:30 to 1:21:50( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: country with honor and distinction to thank them for their service. but the whole day, one could not help and stop and think about what had just occurred at fort hood, these tragic, tragic events.

Michael T. McCaul

1:21:51 to 1:22:13( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: mr. hasan will pay for this tragic event. he will be brought to justice and it is my sincere hope, as the president said, he will be taken the next world. and i want to, at the beginning, pay tribute to the 13, the 13 who were

Michael T. McCaul

1:22:14 to 1:22:36( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: that day, who died while serving their co nobli, private fran cease ca valez, lieutenant 6 c13 valez, lieutenant colonel warman, 55 fl maryland.

Michael T. McCaul

1:22:37 to 1:22:57( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: major carvao, wod bridge, virginia. captain russell sayinger, 41 of rays yeen wisconsin. staff sergeant decrow, 32 of preliminary outh, indiana.

Michael T. McCaul

1:22:58 to 1:23:18( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: sergeant amy krueger, 29 of wisconsin. specialist jason hunt, 22 of tillman, oklahoma. specialist frederick green, 29 of mountain city, tennessee, private first clas area inmonoka, 19 of west jordan,

Michael T. McCaul

1:23:19 to 1:23:39( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: utah. private first clas, michael pearson of bowling brok, illinois and finally, michael cahill, 62 of ram ron,

Michael T. McCaul

1:23:40 to 1:24:04( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: texas, where he was a civilian employee. fort hood has a special connotation. it is the largest military installation in the world. and the fact that these soldiers were killed at home was the

Michael T. McCaul

1:24:05 to 1:24:25( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: gr there were many heroes that day. sergeant kim munley, the civilian cop employed by the base, described by fellow officers as a tough cookie and pretty much fearless born and

Michael T. McCaul

1:24:26 to 1:24:47( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: bred to be a police officer and a very good shot. she was nicknamed mighty mouse because of her size long before the fort hood shoting. three minutes after mr. hasan began shooting, munley tracked him down and unloaded on him at close range.

Michael T. McCaul

1:24:48 to 1:25:08( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: she was hit in both legs and a wrist, but stayed on her feet bravely and kept firing at the charging gunman. hasan was eventually apprehended by sergeant mark todd. sergeant mark todd is a clean

Michael T. McCaul

1:25:09 to 1:25:29( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: police department who arrived shortly after the scene and to bring this man who perpetrated this great act of treason on his fellow oficers, his fellow justice. i want to talk briefly about my good friend, congressman john

Michael T. McCaul

1:25:30 to 1:25:51( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: carter, who represents fort hood, who introduced the bill, which i was proud to be an original co-sponsor. and this bill will grant combatant status to those wounded and those families who lost loved ones. it will allow military personnel to receive the purple heart. civilians to recei civilians will receive the

Michael T. McCaul

1:25:52 to 1:26:17( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: secretary of defense medal of freedom and beneficiaries of all military personnel who lost their lives in this horrendous attack will receive the maximum life insurance available and today it was announced by the department of defense they will receive the full maximum amount of $100,000.

Michael T. McCaul

1:26:21 to 1:26:42( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: bulet us focus on thr man, mr. hasan, the gunman. when i was at fort hod for the ceremony and viewing the combat boots with the rifles and helmets on top, i looked at the wounded soldiers and talked to them who was actually shot by this man.

Michael T. McCaul

1:26:43 to 1:27:04( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: as they saluted their comrades, their friends at that memorial service, and i said what did he say as he shot you in cold blood and killed 13 others? allah akbar, god is great. when that news was reported to

Michael T. McCaul

1:27:05 to 1:27:27( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: me and i got that information firsthand by our soldiers serving in uniform, the hair went up on the back of my head. i knew at that point that we weren't dealing with an ordinary person. obviously, a deranged man, yet this man was on a mision, on a mission that he believed was

Michael T. McCaul

1:27:28 to 1:27:50( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: from his god. a jihaddist mission. it is a common terminology in the jihad world to say that before you shoot and kill others. i think he fully expected to die that day. he gave away his material possessions and seen wearing

Michael T. McCaul

1:27:51 to 1:28:12( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: pakistani gash at the 7-eleven. he was present med dating the death of others and preparing himself for his own death. thr man was born from jordanian immigrants. he was shot many times. he has survived.

Michael T. McCaul

1:28:13 to 1:28:34( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: we hope we can get inside this man's head to answer the question, what was your intent, what was your motivation, because there have been so many flags raised about this case. you know, it was reported that he said his allegiance was not to the constitution of the

Michael T. McCaul

1:28:35 to 1:28:55( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: united states, but rather to the koran. he received por performance reviews at walter red because he was conflicted in the mission. he didn't believe in the mission or the war on terror and didn't believe what we were doing in iraq and afghanistan. absence news reported this

Michael T. McCaul

1:28:56 to 1:29:18( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: evening that hasan tried to get his bosses to prosecute some of his patients as war criminals. soldiers serving in the unite states army, to get them prosecuted as war criminals because they were killing his fellow muslims. he regularly described the war on terrorism as the war against islam.

Michael T. McCaul

1:29:19 to 1:29:39( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: this is a man serving in the united states military, counseling as a psychiatrist for ptsd, soldiers coming out of that theater, a man who was transferred to the largest military installation, united states military installation in the world.

Michael T. McCaul

1:29:40 to 1:30:01( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: and while studying for a master's degree, hasan used a presentation for an environmental health class to argue that muslims were being targeted by campaigns. a former classmate said he was very vocal about the war and upfront about being a muslim first and american second.

Michael T. McCaul

1:30:02 to 1:30:23( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: he was concerned that muslims in the military were being per executed. a -- persecuted. a man who are wore traditional pakistani gash. a man who attended the mosque in

Michael T. McCaul

1:30:24 to 1:30:44( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: falls church, virginia with the imam, who also proo -- preached to two of the hijackers from 9/11. men convicted with providing material support to al qaeda and conspiring to assassinate president bush.

Michael T. McCaul

1:30:45 to 1:31:06( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: then we found that the joint terrorism task force got information that mr. hasan six months ago was contacting this imam in yemen. we don't know what those commune crations were. but why was a major in the united states military be

Michael T. McCaul

1:31:07 to 1:31:27( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: talking to an al qaeda recruiter in yemen? and yet this information was not shared with fort hood? that is why we are asking for hearings. but this president has said no, congress, you wil not have hearings in this matter.

Michael T. McCaul

1:31:28 to 1:31:49( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: we need deal with this issue. i'm not going to stand back and watcthis matter be swept under the rug and not allow the american people access to the truth. the last time i checked under the constitution, the congress is a separate branch of government and the congress as the power under the constitution to exercise that oversight

Michael T. McCaul

1:31:50 to 1:32:12( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: authority and congress should do that. congress needs to have hearings in this case. and we will continue the drum beat until the truth comes out on this man, mr. hasan and he was talking to before this happened and his friend, the imam who the day of the shootings congratulated him for

Michael T. McCaul

1:32:13 to 1:32:16( Edit History Discussion )

Michael T. McCaul: what he did, congratulated him

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