air force, colonel martha mcsally. talking about the unprecedented wrapping up of security around the july fourth holiday at civilian locations, military location as cross the united states. concerns about a possible terrorist attack. we know there have been what nine arrests of isis sympathizers here in the united states this past month alone. over 30 this year. maybe more. are you confident that the department of homeland security is up to speed, knows what it is doing and tracking these individuals? potentially, terrorists out there? >> you know, wolf there is a couple developments. individuals flowing over from iraq and syria, over 20,000 of them. over 4,000 are westerners. estimated 200 americans. those are the only ones we know about not the ones we don't know about. some of them are flowing back into the country. and some from visa waiver countries could come into america. one element is countering the flow of foreign fighters and terrorists. the other element of those staying right here at home and just being i

. >> we matter from congresswoman martha mcsally yesterday. she said and she's done some checking throughout the federal government in terms of counters the social media capabilities of isis and these other terror groups you know how many federal employees in the department of homeland security fbi, state department elsewhere there are who are engaged in counters that social media pro-u.s. social media? you know how many she said? >> i would be interesting in her number. >> 16. 16 people in the federal government working against the hundreds if not thousands of isis sympathizers out there who are spreading their anti-american terrorist propaganda. >> even when i was chairman there was no coordinated effort to go against the social media messaging against isis. they have come a whole other generation beloaned the al qaeda videos the grainy videos in the cave with osama bin laden preaches and providing advice and counsel. they are now and gressive and doing it very well. it's completely targeted to their audience a younger viewer music, and it's

i want to ask you about something that one of your colleagues congresswoman martha mcsally told us. she said this week that there are only 16 individuals in the federal government who are working on counter radicalization. you just mentioned how important the strategy to tackle that is. is the u.s. allocating resources in this fight correctly? >> i don't think so. i think she's correct. we don't talk about it much on the armed services committee. usually we talk about what is called kinetic, that is guns bombs, rockets, the like. but this issue of having a different message, the proper american message, the message of america, the message of hope and opportunity, and also the message of what i would say mainstream islam is all about, we really need to ramp that up. we do have voice of america. but i think frankly it's not effective. the new kinds of media that are now being used social media, twitter, all of the other ways in which communications now occur, we need to wrap that up. i think there's also a responsibility on the part of those organizations -- facebook twitter, and the

arizona congressman, martha mcsally summed up this way: >> turkey seems to be willing to get involved but it is part of a strategy that we are dealing with in the middle east and related to the fight against isis a friend of our friend is a friend and the enemy is the friend and the different fractions make it difficult to understand it. >> we have jack keane here chairman for the institute of war and a fox news analyst. we have different goals. turkey and the united states. how does that work? >> pretty much. the situation in syria it is a tough situation. you can argue on either side and make sense. what turkey and the arab allies of ours who are bordering syria want to do is end the civil war in syria and then take on isis. they don't believe you can be successful in taking on isis until you settle the situation in syria and get assad out of there and shutdown his air power through a limited air operation and move him out. whether that could be accomplished or not is another matter. but that is what they believe should be done. the united states wants no part of that. they see our

i want to commend ranking member payne and chairman martha mcsally for their efforts on this. i again urge my colleagues to support h.r. 2206, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time has been yielded back, the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 2206, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended the bill is passed, and wide the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. -- and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. chabot: i move to suspend the rules and concur in the designate amendment to h.r. 2499 the veterans entrepreneurship act of 2015. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2499, an act to amend the small business act to increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs, to help create jobs and for other purposes. senate amendment. . the speaker pro tempore: pu