ellmers: thank you to the gentleman from pennsylvania. i too want to thank him for his tireless work on this effort. this is such an important piece of legislation in dealing with mental health and putting necessary reforms in place. the gentleman has truly been an absolute champion on this issue and h.r. 2646 is such a meaningful piece of legislation and will help in so many different ways. mental health in this country is a crisis. and it is an epidemic. and there are so many families across this country that are dealing with this issue. you know, the gentleman came to my district a little over a year ago and we had a wonderful round table discussion and there were so many individuals who came to it, so many family members who came to it, to speak on this issue. and they were so appreciative of the fact that there was actually some legislation that was being developed to deal with issue. these are families that have nowhere else to go. and in my experience as a nurse and health care, but then also as my experience has gone forward in ta

pennsylvania, big, big great important state. we love pennsylvania. i love pennsylvania. i'm there a lot. pennsylvania, i'm leading big. bringing. ohio, ohio, so the poll comes out and a great polling company, the real deal, and they just hate it. they just hate it. and i'm leading ohio and beating a good guy. kasich is a good guy. and he's here and i'm leading by a lot. and people are saying what's going on. and they have a poll coming out and i have 35%. 35%. 35%. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: so we get, highest ratings in fox. heightest ratings in cnn. by the way, all the polls. and they poll everything. they poll who won the debate. "time" magazine, drudge, slate places i never heard of. and i turn on the television, donald had a bad night tonight. i say i thought i won. i thought i won. i like cnn. i think cnn is great. but i tell you, i go home and i say i'm going to watch myself. who wouldn't do it? right? then i see the pundits coming in. they don't have a clue. and they say that they didn't like it. then they said here's the beauty for 28 minutes i didn't say

host: jerry from pennsylvania. fichter says, if they actually came together and performed the tax code, it would further revamp the economy. let me job your attention to a piece this morning from "the washington post," involving a tragedy. the headline is "yelled little odd couple of the demise bipartisan hope." and a bicycleed accident on september 19. he was doing a triathlon. his bike swerved to the other side of the road, he was hit by a car, and died instantly. the white house and the president releasing words of remorse. from reading, pennsylvania, republican line. good morning, welcome to the program. caller: good morning. people who own their houses, and do not pay taxes, they get social security. pass that.even ignore it completely. we are going to have a lot of problems. if you remember years ago, they were fighting for the same thing. i think a flat tax is good because it will relieve everybody. the rich, they will pay the same thing as the poor or middle class. i think donald trump's idea is very good.

to address the important role that agriculture plays in pennsylvania's economy, as pennsylvania's number one industry. i not only commend tony rice for his dedication to the future of this industry, but also his fellow f.f.a. members and the educators who have helped these young people who will be the agricultural leaders of tomorrow succeed. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, one of the greatest health challenges facing our country right now is hunger. we have a hunger problem in the united states of america. and for far too long we have minimized the problem, some have even ignored the problem. in short, our response has been inadequate. and we have failed to view hunger as a health issue, which it is. for our nation's youngest and most vulnerable, our children, the negative effects o

i live in pennsylvania. aboutosest va hospital is 60 miles from where most of my consistence -- constituents live. my community have wonderful medical facilities where they can be cared for. the truth is, we should give you, the veteran, a much better opportunity to be serving your community. we need to have better integrate -- we need to better integrate. as chairman of the appropriations subcommittee going into military construction and veterans affairs, we cannot continue to build capacity within the v.a. system, hire more doctors, build more hospitals, do everything, and then on the other hand give veterans greater options of choice. we cannot do both of these things sustainably over the long term. that is why i believe we have to choose. you are right that it is unfair to many veterans being told they have to send great procedureso receive they could easily get done in their home communities. i want to make this more convenient for you, the veterans, and your families as you seek treatment, particularly

the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. rothfus, for ve minutes. mr. rothfus: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise tod to paint picture of the credible progress of an industry that is making my district in western pennsylvania a better place to work and live. for many years the coal industry has been an important part ofhe economyn pennsylvania. historic mining actity unfortunately left behind large piles of coal ref fuse. these piles consist of lower quality coal mixed with rock and dirt. for a long time, we did not have the technology to use this material so it accumulated in large piles in cities and towns close to schools and neighborhoods and fields across the region. this has led to a number of environmental problems. vegetation and wildlife have been harmed. the air has been polluted. and acid mine drainage has impaired nearby rivers and streams. problems compound when these piles catch fire. cost to clean up all this astronomical. pennsylvania's environmental regulator estimates that fixing abandoned mine lands could take over $16 billion,2 billion o

the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, is recognized, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to recognize october as national fire prevention month and would like to thank all the firefighters across my district and across the nation for all that they do to keep our community safe. in 2013, departments across the united states responded to nearly 400,000 fires, resulting in $7 billion in property damage and more than 2,700 deaths. that unfortunately amounts to an average of eight people every day. of those who lost their lives as a result of fire, one in four was caused by a fire that started in a bedroom. this is one of the reasons why one focus of this year's fire prevention month is to raise awareness that every bedroom needs a working smoke detector. mr. speaker, as a volunteer firefighter with nearly three decades of experience, i know that smoke detectors save lives. the statistics prove this, showing that working smoke detectors cut the risk of dying in a fire by half. smoke detectors are inexpensive and easy to install and i ur

pennsylvania. the ex-im bank is not a burden on the taxpayers. in 2013, the bank covered its own expenses before directing more than $1 billion in the u.s. treasury. i joined a bipartisan group of my colleagues to bring renewal of the bank to the floor today and cast a vote in favor of the bill's passage. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: i yield one minute to the gentleman from florida. mr. desjarlais: the closest thing to eternal life is a government bureau. how rare we reduce government. now my friend on the other side of the aisle they believe on the type of politicized economy for which the ex-im bank has been a poster child. i can't understand how members who preach limited government, willing to turn over the floor of the house to the minority party. if we simply did nothing we would face less government, there would be less corruption and the economy would be less politicized. vote how you want, but please if you support resurrecting this agenc

pennsylvania. the ex-im bank is not a burden on the taxpayers. in 2013, the bank covered its own expenses before directing more than $1 billion in the u.s. treasury. i joined a bipartisan group of my colleagues to bring renewal of the bank to the floor today and cast a vote in favor of the bill's passage. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: i yield one minute to the gentleman from florida. mr. desjarlais: the closest thing to eternal life is a government bureau. how rare we reduce government. now my friend on the other side of the aisle they believe on the type of politicized economy for which the ex-im bank has been a poster child. i can't understand how members who preach limited government, willing to turn over the floor of the house to the minority party. if we simply did nothing we would face less government, there would be less corruption and the economy would be less politicized. vote how you want, but please if you support resurrecting this agenc

miller, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. brady, the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen. the tellers will come forward and take their seats at the desk in front of the speaker's rostrum. the roll will now be taken and those responding to their names will indicate the surname of the nominee of their choosing. the clerk will now call the roll. the clerk: mr. abraham. ryan. adams. pelosi. derholt, ryan. aguilar, pelosi. allen, ryan. amash, ryan. modei, ryan. ashford, pelosi. babin, ryan. arletta, ryan. arr, ryan. barton, ryan. pelosi. eatty, pelosi. becerra, pelosi. enishek, ryan. era, pelosi. beyer, pelosi. bilirakis, ryan. .ishop of georgia, pelosi ishop of michigan, ryan. . shop of utah . shop of utah black, ryan. blackburn, ryan. lum, ryan. lumenauer, pelosi. bonamici, pelosi. mike bost, ryan. oustany, ryan. brendan boyle, pelosi. brady of pennsylvania, pelosi. rady of texas, ryan. rat bridenstine, ryan. brooks of alabama, ryan. brooks of indiana, ryan. rown of florida, pelosi. rownley of california, pelosi. uchanan

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. royce: i could inquire as to how much time is remaining, mr. speaker? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has 2 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from new york has 17 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. royce: i'd verve the right to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i yield myself such time as i may consume for the purposes of closing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: let me say to my friends on the other side of the aisle -- and they know this -- no one has been more of an adversaries of the iranian regime than i have. but, look, a number of us found the deal with iran wanting. we voted no, but it didn't prevail. and now we have to figure out the best way forward, and the best way forward, i sincerely believe is not to keep trotting out these bills. no one is condoning what iran has done, particularly with terrorism. it's a matter of how

meehan of pennsylvania. he's worked very hard on this. there are about 100 co-sponsors in this house. on the foreign affairs committee we have made iran the central focus of our work. as a matter of fact, we had over 30 hearings so far and briefings on iran and on the dangerous nuclear agreement that was struck with this state sponsor of terrorism. madam speaker, since coming to power in the late 1970's -- 1979, the iranian regime has funded terrorist groups such as hezbollah and hamas and directed their operations. the way they do that is they have a special force, it's called the quds, it's headed up by general sole manny. he is in charge of assassinations outside the country. assassinations of u.s. targets, by the way, besides other targets. recently you will have heard of the general because by the way sanctions, european sanctions are going to be lifted on him under these -- this agreement, but you will have read or heard that he traveled, he traveled to moscow to meet with putin. as a result of those meetings, you'll notice the disc

is aaron from pennsylvania. caller: how often to callers from erie, pennsylvania would call in. i don't know coral, we don't run carl.al -- i believe that education is the best weapon on this. ohioestion is about the ballot initiative. they are only going to put a limited number of growers and suppliers on the ground there. my worry is, when we talk about commerce, it is more about the money. here in pennsylvania things move slowly. my worry is that other states are going to be legalizing and making lots of money. pop up,es are going to businesses are going to pop up. i worry that they are going to swoop into pennsylvania what it does become legal and that they will be the ones making the money so that the people here in pennsylvania, entrepreneurs here in pennsylvania, aren't going to be making the money and keeping it here. can you tell me, are there states that have -- of the states that have these laws, are there any stipulations saying you must be a resident of so many years in the state to open a business or make money on a? i am just worried money will flow away from the

i read the other day that 50% of the entire landmass of pennsylvania will have to follow the epa rules with water use and they will have to give permits out for building everything. it is stoking, it is repressing, the ability for us to grow, and the energy sector faces perhaps the greatest threat, whether it the federalas were lands that exist and the waters where regulation makes it harder to lease on federal lands to be able to grow the economy. regulations need to be fixed and that gets us closer to the 4% scenario, but we need to embrace the energy revolution as well. [applause] so here is what i believe. i believe we need to lift the ban on crude oil exports. it was designed in 1973 during a time when we had an oil embargo. it might have made since then, but i am not sure that it did, but it doesn't make sense now. we should sell our oil to the world for lower prices for us and for greater jobs in this country. not that band, it makes sense. lift that bad as it relates to exports. if it is not a free trading country, it takes forever to get a permit. there is gas right under wher

outdoor recreation benefits the pennsylvania economy, the u.s. census bureau reports over 4.4 million pashted in huntings, fishing and wildlife watching in pennsylvania, contributing $5.4 billion to the state economy. additionally, the land and water conservation fund state assistance program provides matching grants to communities to protect parks and recreational resources. nationwide, the lwcf has benefited countless counties in america, supporting over 41,000 projects. the state assistance 50/50 matching program acts as the primary investment tool to ensure that all cr enjoy hiking, biking -- all can enjoy hiking, biking and playgrounds. approximately $4 billion in lwcf grants have been awarded to states, including $4.27 million for 34 total projects in burks county, $4.7 million for projects in chester county. $2.8 million for 49 total projects in montgomery county nd over $800,000 for -- for 11 projects in lebanon county. all counties in my congressional district. our public lands and outdoor recreational areas are an integral part of our h

the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. costello: i wish to yield five minutes to the sponsor of this bill, the gentlewoman from indiana, mrs. brooks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. mrs. brooks: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 623, the d.h.s. social media improvement act of 2015. i want to thank the gentleman from pennsylvania for his management of the bill and also my good friend and colleague from the state of indiana, congressman carson, both of us have served in public safety in the past and so it is especially gratifying that he is managing the bill as well this evening. social media, as we've heard, is transforming the way the nation is communicating before, during and after terrorist attacks, natural disasters and other emergencies. there are countless examples, from recent events of how citizens are turning to facebook, twitter, instagram and even snap chat for public safety information to comfort survivors, tell loved ones they're safe and request assistance an

i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. pitts: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the resolution. this summer 10 videos were released that showed high level executives at major organizations, including planned parenthood, stem expressed, advanced bioresources speaking candidly of the activities that violate federal law. they speak of, quote, using less crunchy abortion techniques to preserve organs of crushing certain body parts in order to spare others and of children killed after they, quote, fell out, end quote. that is after being born alive. it's interesting to hear people criticize the videos that haven't even watched the videos. these 10 videos constitute sufficient grounds for probable cause that criminal activity has occurred. subsequently, thanks to the leadership of judiciary committee, oversight and government reform committee and energy and commerce committee, the house has begun to investigate the scope and pr

i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. pitts: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the resolution. this summer 10 videos were released that showed high level executives at major organizations, including planned parenthood, stem expressed, advanced bioresources speaking candidly of the activities that violate federal law. they speak of, quote, using less crunchy abortion techniques to preserve organs of crushing certain body parts in order to spare others and of children killed after they, quote, fell out, end quote. that is after being born alive. it's interesting to hear people criticize the videos that haven't even watched the videos. these 10 videos constitute sufficient grounds for probable cause that criminal activity has occurred. subsequently, thanks to the leadership of judiciary committee, oversight and government reform committee and energy and commerce committee, the house has begun to investigate the scope and pr

the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. shuster: i now yield as much time as he may consume to the subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you. i thank chairman shuthser, ranking member defazio, ranking member capuano for working with us to develop this important piece of legislation this legislation will ensure that the railroads actually implement positive train control. we need to do it as quick as possible, as safe as possible for the safety of our country. mr. denham: as chairman of the ail pipeline and ha sarsous -- hazardous materials subcommittee, we've been monitoring this including a hearing in june, where we were bringing stake holders in from across the country to examine what the impacts are. we've known that most railroads won't be done with positive train control by the end of this year. several things went into the day of -- delay of this, including department, who -- including the f.c.c. they needed to interface. p.t.c. is a huge u

kelly of pennsylvania, ryan. kennedy, pelosi. ildee, pelosi. kilmer, pelosi. kind, pelosi. king of iowa, ryan. ing of new york, ryan. kinzinger of illinois, ryan. kirkpatrick, pelosi. kline, ryan. knight, ryan. kuster, pelosi. abrador, ryan. lahood, ryan. ryan.a, lamborn, ryan. lance, ryan. langevin, pelosi. pelosi. washington, larson of connecticut, pelosi. latta, ryan. pelosi. lee, pelosi. levin, pelosi. lewis, pelosi. pelosi. . pinski ipinski. lobiondo, ryan. oebsack, pelosi. lofgren, pelosi. ong, ryan. loudermilk, ryan. ove, ryan. lowenthal, pelosi. lowey, pelosi. lucas, ryan. luetkemeyer, ryan. ben ray lujan, pelosi. ichelle lujan grisham, pelosi. lummis, ryan. lynch, pelosi. macarthur, ryan. carolyn maloney, pelosi. sean maloney, pelosi. archant, ryan. marino, ryan. massie, webster. atsui, pelosi. mccarthy, ryan. mccaul, ryan. cclintock, ryan. mccollum, pelosi. mcdermott, pelosi. mcgovern, pelosi. mchenry, ryan. ckinley, ryan. mcmorris rodgers, ryan. cnerney, pelosi. mcsally, ryan. meadows, ryan. eehan, ryan. . eks, meeks. meng, pelosi. messer, ryan. micah -- mica, ry

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. rothfus, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate an outstanding student scientist in pennsylvania's 12th congressional district, amula, she's one of 10 finalists from across the nation in the 2015 discovery education 3-m young scientist challenge. the challenge posed to student scientists across the country was to develop an invention that positively impacts the community. her proposal for a distraction monitoring system that alerts users to distraction by measuring e.e.g. brain waves earned her place as a finalist and her selection is well-deserved. she worked roughly with a 3-m scientist during a summer mentorship program to develop her invention into a prototype. the event will take place next week at the 3-m innovation center in st. paul, minnesota. i'm very glad that one of our own students is representing us in this exciting competition. i know she has made her family and teachers proud and pennsylvania can be proud of her as well. she stands out as tomorrow'

meehan of pennsylvania. he's worked very hard on this. there are about 100 co-sponsors in this house. on the foreign affairs committee we have made iran the central focus of our work. as a matter of fact, we had over 30 hearings so far and briefings on iran and on the dangerous nuclear agreement that was struck with this state sponsor of terrorism. madam speaker, since coming to power in the late 1970's -- 1979, the iranian regime has funded terrorist groups such as hezbollah and hamas and directed their operations. the way they do that is they have a special force, it's called the quds, it's headed up by general sole manny. he is in charge of assassinations outside the country. assassinations of u.s. targets, by the way, besides other targets. recently you will have heard of the general because by the way sanctions, european sanctions are going to be lifted on him under these -- this agreement, but you will have read or heard that he traveled, he traveled to moscow to meet with putin. as a result of those meetings, you'll notice the disc

i'm pennsylvania senator pat toomey. thank you for listening the > tonight on c-span, editorial cartoonists discuss how they covered the bush administration. here, "san diego union-tribune" cartoonist steve breen draws one of his favorite cartoons from the bush presidency. >> so i drew -- i wanted to have it in -- i couldn't, i am so disorganized and to find cartoons that are 12, 10, 11, 12 years old is like -- so i drew like rumsfeld. he has the small nose. condoleezza rice has the quinty eyes and weird gap-toothed smile and w, right here, he has the bushy brows. beady eyes and a smirky smile. [laughter] and then cheney, he's got like the big forehead, kind -- kind of a pointy nose sort of and a weird thing down here. [laughter] >> so i drew them like all carved into the side of a mountain and the caption was mount rush-to-war. >> [applause] >> watch that entire event tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern ere on c-span. >> a signature feature of "book tv" is our all-day coverage of book fairs and festival as cross the 1cri789 he

north wales, pennsylvania, we hear from john. caller: yes, hi. i'm a republican and i think that paul ryan right now, he's the best choice, but i do feel he's too far right and i think that's why the republicans lost the 2012 election. thank you. host: couple of tweets about what's going on now inside the -- inside the room. we'll show these to you. john brezz me has of "politico" tweeting that ryan is addressing the g.o.p. conference right now calling for unity. no notes. all off the cuff. jake sherman also saying that the speaker inside the meeting that paul ryan is speaking as you see other members are leaving now. there's work to do on the house floor. not sure when they're going to gavel back in but there's david jolly who spoke in favor of daniel webster. when the house does gavel back in, they'll be taking up the two-year budget deal. here's north carolina, david's on our democrats line. go ahead. caller: hi. calling from rawly, north carolina. i don't have -- raleigh, north carolina. i don't have questions. i have comments regarding the w

i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. pitts: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the resolution. this summer 10 videos were released that showed high level executives at major organizations, including planned parenthood, stem expressed, advanced bioresources speaking candidly of the activities that violate federal law. they speak of, quote, using less crunchy abortion techniques to preserve organs of crushing certain body parts in order to spare others and of children killed after they, quote, fell out, end quote. that is after being born alive. it's interesting to hear people criticize the videos that haven't even watched the videos. these 10 videos constitute sufficient grounds for probable cause that criminal activity has occurred. subsequently, thanks to the leadership of judiciary committee, oversight and government reform committee and energy and commerce committee, the house has begun to investigate the scope and pr

host: let's hear from eric from pennsylvania, independent. caller: my message would be for the next speaker to be the leading voice in a cultural idea that just about every culture has had, a prophet or fable about warning against types of hatred because you will find yourself becoming the type that's the thing you hate. -- the thing you hate. in this increasing told her -- culture of intolerance, we see blockading in congress over really petty issues that affect such a small percentage of americans, that it clogs up the congress well the norm or -- normal business is stopped and cannot go on because of this tendency toward a christian theocracy. all of this kind of red scare era, bringing back all this christian theology into the --tehouses and the stennett and the senate and the courtroom branches, these people that are really intent on their faith, it is our business as americans to respect that, but they need to also respect that we are a nation of laws. we have a constitution that provides the separation of church and state and in the sp

the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: i thank the chairman. i thank my colleague for the time to speak on this bill. which i wholeheartedly support because ending this oil export ban will not only boost our economy, it would also improve our foreign policy. i also rise with hesitation to a proposed amendment that would remove a provision of this bill boosting payments to the 60 ships of our maritime security fleet. these ships are essential in transporting cargo to the men and women of our armed forces who are serving overseas in harm's way. as evidence of this, 90% of all cargo moved to iraq and afghanistan have been transported on these privately owned ships. as of right now, mr. speaker, the stipend provided by the government is too low to make this program viable for those who have stepped up to defend our nation against foreign threats. without this increase, it is likely that participants will drop out of the program. this obviously is a national security threat. it is estimated that for the government to

a poor inner-city neighborhood, or a spanish-speaking home, or a kid from mayfield in delaware, or pennsylvania like jill and i. to be able to be anything we wanted to be, to do anything that we want. that's what we were both taught and what the president was taught. it was real. that is what i grew up. believing. it has always been true in this country. if we lose that, we have lost something very special. we will have lost the very soul of this country. when i was growing up, my parents, in tough times, looked at me and would say to me and my brothers and sister, honey, it is going to be ok. and they meant it. they meant it. it was going to be ok. saysome of you cover me, i go back to your old neighborhoods and talk to your contemporaries. there are too many people in america today, too many parents who don't believe they can look their kid in the eye and they certainty, isith going to be ok. that is what we need to change. it is not complicated. that will be the true measure of our success. you will not have meant it until every parent can look at their kid in tough times and say, it is goin

thompson of pennsylvania who is involved in the field. i yield to you. mr. thompson: i thank my colleague from pennsylvania for yielding and for leading on this incredibly important issue that's important us. i rise in support of congressman murphy's bill h.r. 2646, helping families of mental health crisis act of 2015. this legislation aims to address the fact that millions of americans who suffer from a serious mental illness have gone without treatment. as families and caregivers tried to find support -- i practiced rehabilitation services for 28 years before i had the privilege and honor in 2009 to come to work on behalf of the citizens of pennsylvania's fifth congressional district. and part of my career was trick in acute sike at services and working with people . and in times the system we are in only responded when people were in crisis but responded as long as until the person was no longer a danger to themselves or someone else, we really didn't -- the system did not allow for the types of resources to be deployed, the care to be provided to really

they go to jail in pennsylvania, take a test, sale on purpose, so they get mental health treatment. they don't have no real set program for it. is they get in health and -- mental pennsylvania -- they assault staff, they felt other inmates, and they get away with it, they just the charges. a lot of the mental health people in pennsylvania, they are drug addicts. .hey come to prison on the street, they functioned ok until they got caught. host: a lot there. what are your thoughts? guest: a lot of times, we see inmates who come in, they stabilize. they are very motivated to do well when the exit. times they accept referrals that we make. sometimes they don't. we cannot force treatment on somebody who exits. everybody has a choice. a court cannot order treatment, unless they convict someone. it is very important to try to motivate as much as we can and engage them in treatment inside the walls, if we can, before the exit. a lot of times, as motivated be, when the may exit, they may fall through the, crocs, or stop treatment. to thethe return facility, a lot of times. it is a very frust

the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: i thank the chairman. i thank my colleague for the time to speak on this bill. which i wholeheartedly support because ending this oil export ban will not only boost our economy, it would also improve our foreign policy. i also rise with hesitation to a proposed amendment that would remove a provision of this bill boosting payments to the 60 ships of our maritime security fleet. these ships are essential in transporting cargo to the men and women of our armed forces who are serving overseas in harm's way. as evidence of this, 90% of all cargo moved to iraq and afghanistan have been transported on these privately owned ships. as of right now, mr. speaker, the stipend provided by the government is too low to make this program viable for those who have stepped up to defend our nation against foreign threats. without this increase, it is likely that participants will drop out of the program. this obviously is a national security threat. it is estimated that for the government to

host: the question that all america once answered -- frederick wallenberg of pennsylvania. guest: yes, thank you. hlenberg. there you go. dawn, good morning, independent line. , the institute scholar who has written worse than it looks, commented when john boehner said down and he said they had defunded tribalism. on one hand, you have radical crazies, and on the other hand, the right wing legalist. i find this really wrenching for someone who has watched politics . my comment to you is, i think the term conservative is -- to be a conservative has been maligned. how are these people, who are now in congress, conservative? because of conservative means to maintain the conservative order, not to blow things up. host: thank you. guest: you are right, these terms are used loosely, and i think there is a problem in doing that. conservatives, as you point out, can mean those who are conservative. they hesitate before doing radical things. used to describe where folks sit on the ideological spectrum, toward the left versus toward the right. maybe a better term for those who are id

a case decided in 1842 that involved a slave that had escaped to pennsylvania. and pennsylvania refused to turn the slave back over to the captures who went to pursue the sleigh. the supreme court had to decide the question how to interpret the fugitive slave clause and what it would impose on pennsylvania quaker state, in , terms of supporting slavery and the return of the slave to its master. taney didn't write it. it was done by the chief justice and the court said we have to return the sleigh. it is part of our constitutional obligation. we are going to be returning the slave. and taney said the assistance should be much more substantial and states should have to have local authority deputized to deliver it slaves. he was really pushing the proslavery nationalist position. this years before dred scott. we can see that coming after that opinion. i will take 2 calls for you i would like to show you the makeup of taney's court and how the nine judges were appointed since this is be sectionalism. you know what kind of court was receiving the case of dred scott.

a poor inner-city neighborhood, or a spanish-speaking home, or a kid from mayfield in delaware, or pennsylvania like jill and i. to be able to be anything we wanted to be, to do anything that we want. that's what we were both taught and what the president was taught. it was real. that is what i grew up believing. it has always been true in this country. if we lose that, we have lost something very special. we will have lost the very soul of this country. when i was growing up, my parents, in tough times, looked at me and would say to me and my brothers and sister, honey, it is going to be ok. and they meant it. they meant it. it was going to be ok. but some of you cover me, i say go back to your old neighborhoods and talk to your contemporaries. there are too many people in america today, too many parents who don't believe they can look their kid in the eye and they would -- say with certainty, is going to be ok. that is what we need to change. it is not complicated. that will be the true measure of our success. you will not have meant it until every parent can look at their kid in tough times

cart wright of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 481, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. cartwright, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. . mr. cartwright: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cartwright: mr. speaker, just off the floor of the house of representatives, steps outside the door, we have a magnificent statue of one of our founding fathers, thomas jefferson. thomas jefferson said, i consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution. the amendment i offer today, mr. speaker, ensures that an important right of the american people is preserved, the right to hold the government accountable for their actions, the right of ordinary americans to go into court and hold the government accountable. the right to challenge the government in court should not be l

a lot of the mental health people in pennsylvania, they are drug addicts. they come to prison. on the street, they functioned ok until they got caught. host: a lot there. what are your thoughts? guest: a lot of times, we see inmates who come in, they stabilize. they are very motivated to do well when the exit. a lot of times they accept referrals that we make. sometimes they don't. we cannot force treatment on somebody who exits. everybody has a choice. a court cannot order treatment, unless they commit someone. it is very important to try to motivate as much as we can and engage them in treatment inside the walls, if we can, before the exit. a lot of times, as motivated folks as they may be, when the exit, they may fall through the cracks, or stop treatment. to thethem return facility, a lot of times. it is a very frustrating cycle that we experience. host: let's talk more about gel addiction services. what we visited the montgomery county correctional facility, we sat down with a former inmate. he talked about one of the programs available. we want to show our viewers, and ha

pennsylvania. -- speaking from pennsylvania. this situation took place several years ago. we are not privy to all the fact that happen. [inaudible] without anyone to counter her accusations and whatnot. [indiscernible] she intimated in the onset of first statement that hillary clinton and the government new -- do you think any reasonable person in the u.s. would believe that the united states government would allow something like this to happen without doing something about it? whether they claimed it as one thing or another homage doesn't matter. we don't know what the attackers were thinking. all we can do is try to suppose what they were thinking. there will be various statements from various people trying to make a set of reasons for why these people did what they did. and it doesn't make any difference. like hillary clinton says, it doesn't make any difference. the attacks took place and people were killed. you want to put hillary clinton in jail for something that happened that i'm sure she h

we get more on the budget deal dent ofrles pence -- pennsylvania. join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook. business, very touchy being the son or daughter of a dictator. you would not wish this kind of life on most people. you collect some very interesting, sometimes lurid stories, but there are points about tyranny, loyalty. about politics. even about democracy. &a," jayy night on "q nordlinger on his book, "children of monsters." >> i was able to talk to knowledgeable people. i could not talk to any family members, which is usually the case in preparation for this book. there are only so many around to talk to. only so many willing to say what divulge their feelings or experiences. i was digging around for any scrap i possibly could. these sons and daughters, most of them are footnotes and asides. you have to dig to find out about them. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific. next, u.s. women's world champion abby wambach discusses her plans after she retires. the last soccer match is on december 16. >> welcome to a spe

and then you have china in pennsylvania. how did that happen? guest: the case of pennsylvania is that no single country dominates, but china supplied the largest numbers. i had not looked in detail at it, but i suspect it is because a lot of universities there. they have a lot of students and professors and some high tech folks there, and not many mexicans is the other piece. dylan calling in from erie, pennsylvania. on a democrat line. caller: how are you? thank you for taking my call. i just have a few comments. 1964. to this country in it has been well over 50 years. host: from where? guestcaller: india. host: what was the process for you? caller: i came over on a student visa in turn, a medical intern. i would not say there has been profound change, but subtle change in the attitude of my who were openly hostile, those of modern european origin. those of us that came from that part of the world. there was a distinct change, difference in the attitude of americans who were of southern european origin, versus those who were northern european ,

walid into one lead -- pennsylvania. caller: thank you for taking my call. i like what he is talking about. my whole thing, i was on hold before he came on the line, but giving people opportunities when they, the line. people don't want to go back to jail. we don't have opportunities, but what are you going to do? you have to survive. the way that they got in there is probably to get money. a lot of times people are doing things just to do it, there trying to get a little bit of money. my thing is, give people opportunities and give them respect. i've never been down, but i have been locked up. once i came home from that stint, i got myself together. i have been working by the grace of allah, i have been fortunate. like i said, he is talking some good stuff and everybody needs to do this. these guys are not all bad. give them the opportunity and they don't want to go back to jail. they want to take care of themselves and their families. they're not demons. appreciate your sentiments. it is a perfect lead-in to where we are going. , theat we are focusing on r

we will go to marry first in pennsylvania, a -- mary first in pennsylvania, a republican. caller: i want to know why is the answer always to raise taxes from the democrats? why don't they ask their far left professor pals to lower the cost of college? here is an example. we have a friend who is a professor at a pennsylvania college. he said to us just the summer, i really don't enjoy teaching, but the best part of my job is my five month paid vacation. come on! i also want to say that our daughter worked hard to graduate college early, and we paid half and she paid half. that was the agreement. she now has a good job, a car, an apartment, and gestated paying $299 a month for her college alone. andis not a burden on us she is not a burden on the taxpayers. host: mary, can i ask you, $299 a month for her loans, how did that compared to her other bills? caller: well, like i said, she has to pay an apartment, she has a car payment, furniture payment, and insurance. and she just has a good job at a local bank because she is a financial -- that was her major. host: ok. douglas h

she has gotten into the old boy network in pennsylvania. will just wondering if it end up here eventually because she needs support out of our state. i will hang up and listen to your comments. host: the legal issue on the supreme court's radar? guest: i am not an expert on the ins and outs of the case. they only decide issues of federal law so it is conceivable that this case will turn entirely on issues of state law and therefore there would be no route to the supreme court. host: a comment on twitter. perhaps if congress could write laws more clearly, there would be less for judicial interpretation. guest: that is a nice point. host: and a follow-up. guest: that is one way to put it. the cases that reaches the supreme court are the hard cases. they are the cases were good judges in the court below them disagreed. the reason you have divided decisions is not only because there is a political component but because they are authentically hard legal questions. host: 10 or 15 minutes left with adam liptak. if you want to join in on the conver

host: that was robin from pennsylvania. can't base national nutrition advice on the experiences of your son or this woman. you have to look at the science typically research in a large population to come up with advice. there are six begins and healthy vegans. some people will live to be 100 and smoke cigarettes every day. that does not mean anything. you have to look at scientific research done over years and pulled together with different kinds of studies and see what the thrust of the research is. that's what the agency for research did. advice ofup with the eating less meat. that on mycan't base son's experience. i think mothers collectively have an experience and they know the value of meat in their children's diet. i agree with the collar. vegetarian diets can be healthy. they take very careful balancing to get all of your amino acids and iron. b12 is only found in animal projects. b12ns need to supplement for they will have mental function problems. i was shocked at some studies. it showed the health problems in the

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pennsylvania, big, big, great importance date. we love pennsylvania! i amve penc -- penns -- there a lot. i am leading big. big. ohio. ohio. so the poll comes out and it is a great company great polling company, the real deal. and they just hate it. they just hate it. , and i'meading ohio beating a very nice guy and a good governor by a lot. kasich is a good governor. he is a guy. and i am leading by a lot. and people say, what is going on ? you know, what is going on? than the have a poll come out and i have 35% to 35%. -- 35%. 35%. 35. so we get, as i said, highest ratings in fox, highest ratings in the history of cnn for these debates, the highest ratings. and they pull everything. oh, i love these things. who won the debate? every single poll -- "time" magazine, places i have never even heard of said, trump. i thought i want. i thought i won. and then they say -- first of all, just a so you -- just to show you, i think cnn is great, yguy. gallery, -- hgu i go home and i say, i want to watch myself on tv. these pundits don't have a clue. and they sa