dated and prioritized? i'm from south louisiana and we've had her than her fair share of disasters whether it be hurricane katrina, record high water on the mississippi river and again this year in january for the first time ever. we had hurricane gustav hurricane ike in 2012. we've had more than our share of disasters. watching over and over again as they come in and pick up the pieces after a disaster together with millions and millions of dollars spent by state government, the corps of engineers in some cases, i can think st. john harris, that project has been in the study phase of the u.s. army corps of engineers now for over 40 years -- over 40 years. mr. ranking member, my point is low, everyone wants us to reduce disaster spending. everyone does. the solution is mr. clark noted, mr. koon noted is making the principal proactive investment in making our communities more resilient. in recent years, we have had fema with the 500 year flood management regulations. we've had bigger waters and revision in 2014. the revisions in 2014. we have proposals now to increase the cost share

, '60s, due on families such as the stern family from louisiana, and the curry family from virginia. we would like to have some enlightened very wealthy people recognized. that their legacy to america is not in their material accomplishments. their respect for posterity as to what they bequeathed to their descendents, that the legacy to america is to unfurl a civic and political energies of the american people, to turn our country into what it can be, and what it can be overseas as well. finally, finally i want to conclude by urging all of you to spread the word, by your appearance today and watching it on live stream. you have preselected yourselves in terms of interests and commitment, reflecting your own civic energies. it's important for us to have a resurgence of civic activism. after years of powerful corporate forces turning washington, d.c. into corporate occupied territory, and throwing so many of the citizen groups on the defensive. it's important for you to spread the word, not just in the following days here. on day two, breaking through the media. day three, breaking throug

teaching dyslexics. i'm proud to say two in louisiana, the louisiana key academy and the max charter school -- charter school. terrance choose to send their child to the schools, the goal child to the transition to a traditional public school as their reading difficulty is addressed and there are colleges that accommodate for students with dyslexia. university has a louisiana center for dyslexia and learning disorders. i think senator alexander has a school in his state. now i mentioned as well about how addressing dyslexia can impact the rates of incarceration. we know many of those incarcerated are functionally illiterate. a study of a texas state prison found that 80% of prison inmates are functionally -- that are functionally -- functionally illiterate to read 3% are dyslexic. -- 43% are dyslexic. if appropriate science-based strategies to teach and treat dyslexia are instituted, the effect on our future prison population could be profound. this,ear, with all of there's been progress. last year, senator mikulski and i sponsored a resolution which congress,t called on scho

nomination for the united states senate, anybody from louisiana here? hi guys. , senator bennett johnson was the comment at the time and when david duke, the former grand wizard of the kkk, i guess whether he was the grand wizard or whatever he was when he got the nomination there was republican senators led by howard baker and bob dole that went to louisiana and campaign for bennett johnson. against the nominee of our party. they made it clear, upfront that they were doing that. now, have times changed in terms of that? do people care too much about power or to they care too much about their place to avoid that? it may may have been easier, maybe it was more direct and johnson was no colleague and they frankly liked him. but in this case, what i have a hard time squaring with a what i think adl adl needs to continue to do and what i support and i am a member of adl, i run the right wing roman catholic section, you guys know. [laughter] we are looking for members by the way. [laughter] but that is what i expect from adl. i expect adl to step out every time. i think a social conscious is

is so sick. i win louisiana. i was not supposed to. i went there and campaigned for three days, massive speeches. we headed airplane hangar bigger than this room that was packed and we win louisiana. and then two or three weeks later, they go and alter the numbers. they said trump one louisiana. it's only been nine months. i am ignoring that out or a fast. you mean i can win and the guy who comes in third place or four place comes in with more delegates than me. no think of it. , it's a dirty system. i will tell you what i'm proud of. for 40 or 50 years how long has this been going on on with this crazy delegate system? nobody ever complain. nobody ever talks about it. i always heard, delegate, delegate, elegant. then you had in colorado where they did a poll and they said we don't want to go with floats so let's take the votes away from the people and the bosses are is going to pick it. and it will always be a senator under control and who borrows money from goldman sachs. cruz borrowed money from goldman sachs and citibank. $1 million at a rate you would be proud to have. nob

cancer alley, louisiana. >> all these chemicals, if there's a risk of poisening the environment, then we -- we were the risk takers. poor people, people of color. we're the risk takers. it was an acceptable risk. what i'm saying is that we who are conscious have to look at the phenomenon of racism. so we look at the pesticides as an example. it's ok to kill the bugs. it's going to increase the crop yield. so what? if we got to produce it in a community someplace. so what if the workers at monsanto carry it home with their clothes. wash with the rest of the family. everybody gets sick. cancer's all over the place. so what? that's an acceptable risk to increase the yield. for whom we will increase the yield? >> we had a 1958 law federal food drug and cosmetic act provision called the delanie clause which was repealed by congress. we went for an unacceptable carcinogen to determining acceptable rates of exposure to carcinogens. this is lois gibbs with her child and my family that came out to join a rally before a hearing outside congress. thank you, my kids are here and my wife as

number of prior convictions, so we're working legislatively within the state of louisiana who has the undistinguished record of having the worst -- the highest incarceration -- i say worst incarceration rates. i'd be remiss also if i didn't mention we're involved with the marshall project, the innocence project and there's a gentleman named adam foss, this hasn't been discussed, but the important role of prosecutors in this issue. he gave a talk -- i hope all of you have seen it, if you haven't, put it on your list. has gone viral. his ted talk was really amazing. he left the -- he left his job as prosecutor a week ago or two weeks ago on friday to start a 501c-3 to really build on this. i think this is another one of the critical areas where we can make progress on this issue. >> well, i'm very keen to take questions from the audience but i'd be remiss, we're sitting in washington, it's the kind of political town, people think about things like elections. there is, i believe, an election coming in november. is this bipartisan push going to have to take a bit of a pause between now an

problems down the line. host: brian is in louisiana. brian, good morning. caller: good morning. louisiana. fayette, segregation in schools is a very real thing for me and this area. i'm 40 years old and there have been desegregation orders that have come down from the federal government within my lifetime and still something that we have worked with in this area. what we have seen is that in the modern era, in the past couple of administrations, there have been programs that have been set up that have increased segregation. a school voucher program was instituted by the former governor jindal, which allowed public school dollars to be used to send their children to parochial schools and basically what you got out of this was a furthering of the segregation of the schools because of this. mainly, number one, i think using public school dollars for parochial or religious education flies in the face of what it means to be an educator in america. i think we should be protected from that kind of activity. along social and economic lines, we see that segregation. donenk giving what we have in o

, clerking for the u.s. district and the eastern district of louisiana serving in a number of roles in the department of justice as well as working as chief counsel on the senate judiciary committee. commissioner pai received a baxt from harvard university with honors and a j.d. from university of chicago where he was editor of the university of chicago law review. thanks for being here. chairman edith ramirez -- was designated to serve as ftc chairwoman effective march 4, 2013, prior to joining the commission, ramirez was a litigation partner in the los angeles firm of quinn emanuel iraheart and sullivan. before then, ramirez was an associate of gibson dunn and crutcher in los angeles. she clerked for the honorable alfred t. goodman in the united states court of appeals and for the ninth circuit. ramirez graduated from harvard law school cum laude where she served as editor of the law review. she probably will get along well to the guy to my left here, my far left here. just kidding. joking. harvard jokes. commissioner -- >> i get it. >> commissioner marine olhawsen has served as a co

entire community in louisiana struggling with the impact of climate change. it is the first grant of its kind. finally, we take a look at the high school advanced placement u.s. government exam with teachers, both from illinois. they will discuss the cram for the exam preparation test and answer questions from high school students on the content and structure of the exam. you should go out c-span's "washington journal," beginning live at 7:00 eastern on saturday morning. join the discussion. [applause] >> mad them secretary -- madam secretary, we proudly give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. ♪ >> yesterday, republican national committee chair talked about the 2016 election season and presidential candidate donald trump. he was interviewed by mike allen. this is just under an hour. allen: good morning. we appreciate you coming out. we have a conversation with .avid bossi -- with mr. priebus: before we kick off, i would like to thank bank of america for continuing to support these great conversations. we really appreciate our partnership with bank

unusual $48 million federal grant awarded to relocate an entire community in louisiana struggling with the impact of climate change, the first of its kind. we'll look at the high school advanced placement u.s. government exam with teachers andrew and daniel, both from adlai stevenson high school in lincolnshire, illinois. they'll answer questions from high school students on the content and structure of the exam. be sure to watch c-span "washington journal" beginning at 7:00 a.m. live eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. >> in both iraq and afghanistan, i helped both countries with their constitutions being sort of a acilitator of agreement on key issues among iraqs or afghans, the influence is considerable, the state of government very anxious meeting with you when you ask for a meeting. >> sunday night on q & a, former ambassador to afghanistan, iraq, and the united nations, discussing his memoir, "the envoy" from cab yul to the white house, my journey through a turbulent world. >> we saw that extremists exploited although we corrected it towards the end of the period

city neighborhoods, down in louisiana, down in the city of new orleans. what would have happened? these kids are already behind, they lose 25% of their teachers, they close, they get doubled up, classroom size increases by 50%. they learn less. and they're further behind. $50 billion. went in just to keep teachers on the job. we foused -- focused on improving the lowest performing schools, to which too often are the only ones available to african-american children. $15 billion in there for housing because african-american families invested disproportionate share of their wealth in their homes. $50 billion for transportation. joe, what does that have to do with african-americans? guess what, guys, any of you from an age 45 to my age, 107 -- [laughter] by the way, one of my favorite athletes is satchel paige and one of the reasons why, he didn't get to the majors because of jim crow, he didn't get to the majors until he was 45. pitched a win when he was 47. sports writers came in and said, sach, 47, no one has ever pitched to win at that -- pitched a win at that age. how do you fee

proudly support the amendment offered by my good friend from louisiana. ofit is in the interest investors, but also the interest of the puerto rican government. and any improper practices involved in the sale of these bonds needs to be but to like. -- bonds needs to be brought to light. i urge support for the amendment. >> thank you. is there any further discussion? let me take the time to say personally, we have three bipartisan amendments. just past the one, but i feel comfortable with all three of these amendments. >> mr. chairman, i will support this, but i have in front of me, the bond issuing documents and it's -- if you read through th em, there was full disclosure. especially if you look at these generalhave a obligation bond of 2014, series a. it was a refunding, which is a refinancing. if you go through all of the documents, it is fully disclosing, these were noninvestment grade bonds. they were rated noninvestment standard andy's fitch. in all of the disclosure documents, it makes clear how risky these bonds are. and prudent investors buy these bonds because they want a wide va

dramatically from the original five states -- washington, louisiana, arizona, montana and iowa -- to now -- of course, it's suddenly over 15. so certainly the number of excluded states have increased within the last six months. that's the other in terms of pushback, it's come from the state level so far. mr. mullin: thank you for your time. my time has run out. mr. burgess: the chair thanks the gentleman. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york for five minutes for your questions. ms. clarke: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. mcmanus, brick and mortar casinos mandates consumer protections such as age verification, support for problem gamblers. they could lose their license if they don't comply with these safeguards. of course, consumer protections must be implemented carefully and effectively to be successful. some of the consumer protections that have been suggested for daily fantasy are similar to those that have already successfully put in place by casino operators. i'd like to hear from you about how m.g.m. complies with gambling regulations and protects consumers. for instance,

federal grant awarded to relocate an entire community in louisiana struggling with climate change. it is the first such grant of its kind. finally, we take a look at the high school advanced placement from with teachers lincolnshire, illinois. they will discuss the plan for the preparation test and answer questions. be sure to watch "washington journal" on saturday morning. join the discussion. book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction authors every weekend. here is some programs to watch for. 1:00aturday and sunday at p.m. eastern, they are at the 13th annual black writers conference in new york. it features conferences on hip-hop. and it race and gender with cora daniels. -- panels onniels diversity in the digital age. reed and that gordon peter on a discuss thomas jefferson. on sunday night at 9:00, peter marx. bob benmoscheow revised aig after the financial crisis. peter marx is interviewed by bethany mclean. the only person who thought this was possible, essentially. the government did not think this was going to happen. cut -- company did not figure was happened, and the american people h

with a colleague from louisiana, you can think what you like about commissioner koskinen but what we are doing today, there is nothing to bring truth to light except maybe show the record our witnesses have presented has presented us. i think senator hatch summed it up well. he said, quote, we can have our disagreements with him but that doesn't mean there is an impeachable offense. the irs actually does have significant issues, substantiated ones the congress should be talking about. i regularly hear from constituents worried about identity theft after their data the irs compromised. others find it infuriating that they have to pay money to an expert to file their taxes because the tax code is so complicated. even worse constituents who can't even get through to the irs by phone through filing season because the agency has become so underfunded it can barely serve american taxpayers. if we really want to improve government accountability and efficiency for the benefit of the american people, let's start talking about getting our constituents a good return on their investment, let's

. john in louisiana, a republican, good morning to you. force: i am a retired air -- i worked for delta before 9/11 and after. he brought up an interesting thing about the tsa. atent through security dulles international airport and i have in my flight day a cockpit door key fastened to a key ring that is a bottle opener. can also open a beer can. the individual pulls it out and asks me what it was. i am old school. we used to call those a church key. i said that is a church key and he said, a religious artifact, he handed it back to me, and i went through the line. that is the type of people we were dealing with. the tsa. in that is from a position, i was the captain on the flight. i had my uniform on. that is what i observed going through the line. buts not rocket science thousands standing around is what the airline business called the tsa. congressman, you can respond to both. go ahead, adam? caller: since 9/11, the federal government could have just taken over not the security contract but increased their oversight and accountability. instead, they created a bloated they cannot kil

down in texas and the whole louisiana cancer channel down through there. now she's dedicated to helping groups and communities throughout the country and the world taking on these toxic chemical fights. she's assisted more than 11,000 communities and groups in the last several years, winning victory after victory after victory. let's welcome lois gibbs. >> thank you, jim, one of my favorite thing is breaking through power. i love breaking through power. it's a lot of hard work. but, boy, when we win, i mean, you've heard it all day. there is systemic change, right? i do want to say quickly, when i moved to d.c. after love canal, there was only one person in d.c. who believed in me, and that was ralph nader. other people said, goes to washington, what are you doing here or something like that. but ralph stood next to me. he stood by me. i'll forever be grateful to ralph to breakthrough that other sort of cultural power if you will that's out there. so thank you, ralph. and let's all give him a round of applause. he's done something for all of us, right? so i love breaking through power.

friend from louisiana. while i'm sure most of the bonds in question were marketed in good faith by brothers and -- brokers and dealers and buyers acting in the best ethical acts of their profession and there is question about possible proprieties in the sale connected with these bonds and i share the concern about the possible conflict of interest and failures of disclosure regarding the marketing and sale of these bonds. so it is in the interest of investors and a puerto rico government that seeks to regain access to the financial markets that any improper practice involved in the sale of the bonds be brought to light, to turn future improprietities and restoring future investor and i urge support for the graves amendment. >> thank you. any further discussion? >> mr. chairman -- >> let me take the time to say personally, we have three bipartisan amendments we just passed the one. i feel comfortable with all three of these bipartisan amendments. miss lem is. >> mr. chairman, i'll support this, but i have in front of me the bond issuing documents and if you read through them, there

cases. they were very hard to record in the early 20th century this map shows places like louisiana, panhandle, mississippi delta, was the area where this was most prevalent. 10 times higher than say in virginia. the south, malaria was a southern problem. , the south is also poor. zika.s also regarding it is another important lesson for our talk today, given our focus on climate change. shocking is revelation, warmer than the rest of the u.s.. i am from new orleans, and i can preach to that. experiment says malaria. sites, the mosquito populations rise when the temperatures are in the 70's and 80's. it has to be nice and warm. these are from lab experiments. what does this mean for us in the future? noted, we will see the distributional shift in temperatures in the u.s.. we will even end up with more .emperatures in the extreme to put this into a nice and simple specific, climate change model predicts something like 60 -- 80ays of add agrees degree fahrenheit prayer the study that i have seen on the 1980's, they suggest though temperatures are ideal. that is suggesting that we will

series and going on to washington state, new mexico, houston, texas, louisiana, new orleans, atlanta, new york, all over. host: what drives you? uest: the deep commitment that independent media is the oxygen of a democracy. it's essential. holding those in power accountable. you know, we're not there to serve some kind of corporate agenda. when we cover war and peace we're not brought to you by the weapons manufacturers. when we cover climate change we're not brought to you by the oil, gas, and coal companies. when we cover health care, not by the insurance industry and not by big pharma. but by individuals, by viewers and listeners who are deeply committed to getting independent information so they can make up their own mind. they don't have to agree with what they hear. but deeply believe in a forum for free speech. host: there is a fellow named john weir. do you know him? guest: i know what he did. host: this is back in 1991 and it's on youtube. i've got a clip of him talking about when he interrupted the dan rather evening news show. it's a longer clip than we can show here, but

cities. look as the inner city louisiana, new orleans. these kids are already behind. they lose 25% of their teachers. they close. get doubled up. increase as by 50%. further n less and are behind. 0 billion went in just to keep job.hers on the $50 billion for transportation, what does that have to do with african-americans? guess what, guys, any of you my age, 107 -- [laughter] >> and by the way one of my satchel athletes was page. e didn't get to the majors until he was 45. pitched a win when he was 47. sports writers saying no one has age. pitched a win at that how do you feel? e says, boys, that's not how i look at age. how would would you be if you you are?ow how would i'm 42. [laughter] [applause] >> but here's the point. graduate about in school and undergraduate school. urban sprawl.t the millennials are moving back faster than any time in history. but here's what we have now. we have job sprawl. so the jobs are in the counties. in the cities. ou have a disproportionate share of african-americans cities who do not own an automobile. 26% of ity of detroit, families don't have an

language, and you change the world. host: lisa from shreveport, louisiana on the democratic line is up next. good morning. caller: good morning. hi, ms. goodman. i talked to bernie sanders last year on c-span, and he was so honest. republican, i've changed a democrat because i like him so much. tell people where to go get their research, because in the 60's, bernie sanders handcuffed himself to a black man for the civil rights movement. also, ms. goodman, tell them about when hillary clinton was in arkansas, how she defended a rapist against a woman and laughed about it. she is not for anyone but herself trade please tell them that, ms. goodman, and please tell them where to go get their research to learn about bernie. i certainly do appreciate your time. thank you. guest: thank you, very much. i don't go about the particular case she is referring to around hillary clinton, but it is very important to look at the records of these candidates. them, to find out what it is they actually represent. nothing less is than democracy at stake in this country. host: mark from eureka, california

california berkley and governor mike pence at the louisiana wesleyan university. >> learn to stand in who you are and what you believe. there 's a way that you've changed here and will carry into the balance of your life. >> and white house officials, vice president joe biden at the university of notre dame. loretta lynch at spellman college and president barack obama at rutgers university. >> sit any wonder that i'm optimistic? -- is it any wonder that i'm optimistic? throughout our history, generations have bent the system of justice and it is your turn now to shape our nation's destiny as well as your own. so get to work. >> commencement speeches, this memorial day at noon eastern on -span. >> c-span's "road to the white house" coverage continues with the bernie sanders campaign rally in california. he spoke earlier to voters and supporters in ventura for about 5 minutes. [cheers and applause] with the energy i've seen here and all over america, no question in my mind that our grassroots activism will win the general election. cheers and applause] but let me tell you in order to defeat

an impeachment hearing. i agree with our colleague from louisiana. you can think whatever you would like about commissioner koskinen, but what we are doing today does nothing to bring the truth to light. i think senator hatch summed it up well saying quote we can have our disagreements with him but that doesn't mean there is an impeachable offense end quote. the real elephant in the room is the irs does have significant issues that congress should be talking about. i hear from people who are worried about identify theft and others who have to pay money to an expert just to file their taxes because the tax code is complicated. and worth is people who can not get through to the irs through the phone because the agency is so under funded it can barely serve the american taxpayers. if we want to improve government accountability for the benefit of the american people let's start talking about getting a good return on investment, let's commit in ernest to solving some of these issues and let's stop wasting time on scircuses like this. the evidence is not there and i think it is time to m