on what they have done. have five fellows here from colombia. they do it a little bit different. instead of having one person on one issue, they have two. so we have five. not sure where the extra one came in. [laughter] colombia has become a model for la sebatas based in university, just outside of bogota. the whole university has supported the program. it makes so much difference if you get the program based with those who will really work on it. all of them have been good, but this has been special. evaluation of the program this past year, and learned about so many things that have been going on. brought the colombians here in person to report on that, the projects they have had. i will point out a couple of them. the health superintendent forced to resign. the government announced he would shut the hospital based on reports of inhumane practices. formation of quick response to mental health service teams. this is just something that had never happened. changes in daily procedures for families with mental illnesses. this one i really like, $47 million in state legislature bu

one. colombia -- this is my favorite program of the year. it is so exciting to see people coming from all over the country. we had 117 applications for the six slots. so many people are interested in mental health now. it's getting to be really excited. the incoming report on what they will be doing and the outgoing fellows report on what they have done. it's been a really good day to hear from them. we have five fellows here from colombia. they do it a little bit different. instead of having one person on one issue, they have two. so we have five. not sure where the extra one came in. [laughter] colombia has become a model for them, it is based in la sebata university, just outside of bogotÁ. the whole university has supported the program. it makes so much difference if you get the program based with those who will really work on it. all of them have been good, but this has been special. we did an evaluation of the program this past year, and learned about so many things that have been going on. i brought the colombians here in person to report on that, the projects they have h

crossing with colombia will be completely bolted. this action is only the latest action for him to search for phantom scapegoats of his regime's failed economic policies. the figurement of maduro's imagination is that colombians are the reason for their crime. as a result, he has ordered the border between colombia and venezuela closed. colombians living in venezuela have been unlawfully arrested and have had their homes bulldozed, leaving them with no other option but to flee. but with the latest and final border closure, colombians are forced to return to their home country using very dangerous routes. this has been dubbed a humanitarian crisis by the united nations. make no mistake, this crackdown by maduro is a sick and twisted attempt to distract the venezuelan electorate from caracas' failed socialist and anti-dramic policies ahead of the december elections. unfortunately, the horrible suffering these policies have caused for both colombian refugees and the venezuelan people are all too real. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes

10, he invited me to take a trip to colombia. this was huge, for a girl of 10 to take a road trip to the big city. on the way home, dad and i stopped by the produce market. he loves to support local growers and he always has. as he was putting his produce in his basket, i noticed something start to happen. the couple working at the market was getting nervous. they were whispering. then they got on the phone. a few minutes later, two uniformed police officers showed up. they stood there and they watched us. my father continued to go about his business and they continue to watch him. he paid for his fruit, he shook the hands of the couple and in the hands of the officers. he thanked them and we went on our way. neither of us spoke the entire way home. dad was hoping i didn't realize what just happened. i, who understood what happened did not want my dad to feel any worse than he already did. that is what the wrongness of racial discrimination can do to us. it can render us speechless. the importance of that story to me is not point out that my family and i face discrimination in the pa

the costing for your cap and trade proposal? it is a carbon tax like british colombia? what with the tax be? m.p. mulcair: i don't think you can guarantee a reduction with a carbon tax. although there is more information available. a cap and trade system can guarantee reduction. these are basic possibles of sustainable develop it. you cannot allow people to use-- host: without not create revenue hemorrhaging in alberta? m.p. mulcair: no, that is not what happened when we brought in the cap and trade system. you can make sure that you are reinvesting in green energy technologies around the world. that will be $5 trillion spent on green energy technologies in the next five years. unfortunately, canada won't even be part of it because the government has taken an approach to put its resources in other places. we have to add jobs here in canada. >> is it going to be more than 21 billion or less? m.p. mulcair: that is proposed by the cap and trade system- host: let's move to mr. trudeau. for your plan, it looks like a lot of it is left to promises. how do you lead the country, perhaps

to be a long-term battle. i think that we have -- we can see what has happened in colombia and the types of improvements that have been made there and i think those are the types of improvements that we're going to have to help mexico make. i think that ms. saarnio can talk more about that. but i think continuing those types of programs that we started in kwlomba and we're currently running in mexico to improve the judicial system, the training of the police, all those types of things are what's ultimately going to make this a safer location, a safer country. >> thank you very much. >> before the gentleman yields back i would point out that the -- there is no police force in nuevo laredo. there is none. so you can work on training them but there isn't even one. it's run by the drug cartels. and shame on the state department for cutting the people's pay there from the state department. that's not the way you're going to build morale and do more things. you're given tens of billions of dollars and you're going to cut those poor people's pay. you can talk about training the local plee

. from singapore to colombia to senegal, the facts shows that nations succeed when they pursue an inclusive peace and prosperity within their borders, and work cooperatively with countries beyond their borders. that path is now available to a nation like iran, which, as of this moment, continues to deploy violent proxies to advance its interests. these efforts may appear to give iran leverage in disputes with neighbors, but they fuel sectarian conflict that endangers the entire region, and isolates iran from the promise of trade and commerce. the iranian people have a proud history, and are filled with extraordinary potential. but chanting "death to america" does not create jobs, or make iran more secure. if iran chooses a different path, that would be good for the security of the region, good for the iranian people, and good for the world. of course, around the globe, we will continue to be confronted with nations who reject these lessons of history, places where civil strife, border disputes, and sectarian wars bring about terrorist enclaves and humanitarian disasters. where ord

the border. , it is going to be a long-term battle. can see what has happened in colombia and the types of improvements that have been made there. those are the types of improvements we are going to have to help mexico make. i think continuing those types of programs we started, we are currently running in mexico to improve the judicial system. all those types of things are going to make this a safer location. >> before the gentleman yields back i will point out there is no place force -- no police force. you can work on training them, but it is run by the drug cartels. shame on the state where we are cutting -- the people pay for the state department. that is not the way you're going to build morale. you're going to cut those poor people's pay. you can talk about training a local police force but there isn't even a local police force to train. >> madison is probably the most famous case this court ever decided. slavery wasn't legally recognized here on land. >> putting this into effect would take presidential orders. and the presence of federal troops and the marshals and the cou

? it is a carbon tax like british colombia? what with the tax be? m.p. mulcair: i don't think you can guarantee a reduction with a carbon tax. although there is more information available. a cap and trade system can guarantee reduction. these are basic possibles of sustainable develop it. you cannot allow people to use-- host: without not create revenue hemorrhaging in alberta? m.p. mulcair: no, that is not what happened when we brought in the cap and trade system. you can make sure that you are reinvesting in green energy technologies around the world. that will be $5 trillion spent on green energy technologies in the next five years. unfortunately, canada won't even be part of it because the government has taken an approach to put its resources in other places. we have to add jobs here in canada. >> is it going to be more than 21 billion or less? m.p. mulcair: that is proposed by the cap and trade system- host: let's move to mr. trudeau. for your plan, it looks like a lot of it is left to promises. how do you lead the country, perhaps going to the human climate conference later this

into a crowd. when i was 10, he invited me to take a trip to colombia. this was huge, for a girl of 10 to take a road trip to the big city. on the way home, dad and i stopped by the produce market. he loves to support local growers and he always has. as he was putting his produce in his basket, i noticed something start to happen. the couple working at the market was getting nervous. they were whispering. then they got on the phone. a few minutes later, two uniformed police officers showed up. they stood there and they watched us. my father continued to go about his business and they continue to watch him. he paid for his fruit, he shook the hands of the couple and in the hands of the officers. he thanked them and we went on our way. neither of us spoke the entire way home. dad was hoping i didn't realize what just happened. i, who understood what happened did not want my dad to feel any worse than he already did. the wrongness of racial discrimination can do to us. it can render us speechless. story totance of that me is not point out that my family and i face discrimination in the

nations. look around the world. rom singapore to colombia to senegal, the facts show that nations succeed when they pursue an inclusive peace and prosperity within their borders and work cooperatively with ountries beyond their borders. that path is now available to a nation like iran, which, as of this moment, continues to deploy violent proxies to advance its interests. these efforts may appear to give iran leverage in disputes with neighbors, but they fuel sectarian conflict that endangers the entire region and isolates iran from the promise of trade and commerce. the iranian people have a proud history and are filled with extraordinary potential, but chanting "death to america" does not create jobs or make iran more secure. if iran chooses a different path, that would be good for the security of the region, good for the iranian people and ood for the world. of course, around the globe we will be continued to be confronted by nations who reject these lessons of history, places where civil strife and border disputes and sectarian wars bring about terrorist enclafes and humanitar

brazil, mexico, colombia, and chile, they should the u.s. in advocating for democracy and stability for venezuela. and freedom for the many political prisoners who are languishing in the gulags. i urge the obama administration to immediately sanction the judge, prosecutors, and those o led this the u.s. in politiy motivated kangaroo court against leopoldo lopez against these students, and against so many. the president can use the power granted to the executive branch when we passed here in the u.s. house of representatives and in the united states senate the venezuelan sanctions legislation last year. the president must act. thank you, mr. speaker. let's hope that he does. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman rom tennessee -- ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, i rise to denounce so many human rights violations that are occurring throughout the hemisphere. whether it's venezuela or my native homeland of cuba. and as the pope prepares for his historic trip to motivated kangaroo cuba this weekend, he should meet with those people like the political prisoners who share

senate to inform the house that the senate has passed s. 1629, cited as the district of colombia ports act of 2015, in which the concurrence of the house ishouse is requested. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. franks: i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question son the motion to adjourn. those -- is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands ageorge bushed until 3:00 -- adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on tuesday next. we're going to show you some of the debate today. we'll show you about 35 minutes or so. and then open up our phone lines. in one of the votes, the vote on approving the iran nuclear agreement, the vote again was 162-249. here's the breakdown on that. a tweet from one of our viewers. a vote breakdown, republicans, yes, 244, democrats -- in terms of no, republicans no, 244, democrats, 162 in favor of that iran agreement. 25 against. and one voting present, that was thomas massie of ken