mr. gallagher, mr. gallagher votes now. mr. rutherford. mr. rutherford votes no. mr. garrett. mr. fitzpatrick. mr. fitzpatrick votes no. mr. estes, mr. estes votes no. mr. thompson. mr. thompson votes aye. ms. jackson lee? mr. langevin. mr. langevin votes aye. mr. richmond. mr. keating. mr. payne, mr. payne votes aye. mrs. watson-coleman votes aye. ms. rice? ms. rice votes aye. mr. corps ray yeah votes aye. ms. barragan. mr. smith, mr. duncan? mr. garrett? mrs. duncan votes no. mr. garrett? mr. garrett votes no. ms. jackson-lee? mr. richmond. mr. keating. mr. keating votes aye. ms. barragan. >> gentle lady is not recorded. ms. jackson-lee? ms. jackson-lee votes aye. does any member wish to change his vote? how am i recorded? >> you're not recorded. >> i vote no. >> there are ten yeas and 17 nos. >> the nos have prevailed on voice voig voice vote. >> mr. smith, mr. king. >> no. >> mr. king votes no. mr. roger the. mr. romers votes no. mr. duncan votes no. mr. perry. mr. perry votes no. mr. katko. mr. katko vote ts no. ms. mcsally. ms. mcsally votes no. mr. gallagher, mr. gallagher

mr. conyers: mr. lloyd, you ok with that? mr. lloyd: yes. he mr. henshaw: yes, sir. mr. conyers: i wanted to observe is what my district has benefited greatly from the economic contributions of the refugee community. rove few geese from around the world live and reside and own businesses in the detroit area that i represent. and i welcome these hardworking refugees and think that my opinion and think that my community is better as a result. and economists have also found that refugees have higher entrepreneurship, make significant contributions to the economy and on average, more than 21,000 in taxes than they receive in benefits. and i got a couple of studies that back it up. i'd like consent to include them in the record, mr. chairman. the new american economy struggles to resilience as well as the economic and social outcome of refugees in the united states. and i ask unanimous consent to enter them into the record. mr. labrador: without objection. they will be entered into the record. mr. conyers: thank you very much. is there general agreement among all of our witne

mr. kneedler. mr. kneedler: mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: the ninth circuit erred in holding that this court's decision in johnson compelled the conclusion that the definition of crime of violence in the ina's broader definition of aggravated felony is unconstitutionally vague. that is so for two reasons. first, the standard for assessing vagueness in the immigration context is not the one that's applicable in criminal cases. immigration removal is not a punishment for past conduct. it operates prospectively on the basis of the application of standards adopted by congress under which an alien is regarded as no longer conducive to the safety and welfare. justice ginsburg: but mr. kneedler, if you're -- if you're making the distinction that johnson was a criminal case and this is a civil case, this court has had a number of decisions saying that line is not so rigid. for example, mlb, taking away parental rights, is a civil proceeding. and yet the court said, as in a criminal proceeding, for an indig

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate old greg school community and recreation center on its 10th anniversary. recently i had the opportunity to visit the repurposed school and partake in the anniversary celebration. more than 80 years old greg school building educated children. young adults throughout the eastern valley and the time honored values and responsibilities of community and service. the traditions of the historic greg township school have been celebrated and expanded in the ole greg school community and recreation center, which is now a multipurpose, nonprofit facility benefiting the entire community. old greg school community and recreation center is regarded as a treasure in the heart of penns valley. it supports small business was affordable osts space. office athletic facilities for recreation, open space for immediatings and events both indoors and out. and has well maintained grounds and outdoor play areas. mr. speaker, old greg is an xample of how to repurpose a spa

mr. hice: mr. speaker, i ask my colleagues to stand with me and join me for a moment of silence to honor the life and legacy of nolan watson, a hero, who sdembs our respect and who will be sorely -- deserves our respect and who will be sorely issed. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. costa: mr. speaker, i rise today to spotlight the statement of lieutenant jay silvera made after an incident involving racial slurs. his speech made three clear points. first, the appropriate response for horrible language and horrible ideas are a better idea. second, we currently have the opportunity to think about our defining values as americans and to stand firm on our values. and lastly, if you cannot t

mr. pascrell: mr. speaker, families in pascrell to my friend's state, the state of georgia, great lose a georgia, will deduction of $9,000, those families, on average. i think you are concerned about that. you cannot deduction of $9,000 not. the fact of the matter is -- you used the word, through the speaker, you used the word that your states are subsidizing the donor states? let me give you an idea of new jersey. states like west virginia, the average salt deduction claim is $9,463 per household n ohio it's $10,445. in wisconsin it's $11,6 -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mcgovern: another 30 seconds. this will probably have to be it unfortunately we have so many speakers over here i wish i could enjoy the loneliness my colleague from georgia enjoys nobody wants to speak on the budget. . pascrell: the 38th, 39th state. where new jersey is. subsidizes whom? go back and tell the secretary of the treasury, he doesn't know what he's talking about. he says new jersey is be

mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. graduating from high school and going to college is an important goal for many, many american teenagers. college offers the promise of an education, new friends, new experiences. and when parents drop their children off at their new dorms, they are trusting those universities with the well-being of their kids. the dark reality is in many cases this trust is woefully misplaced. mr. speaker, approximately one in five women are sexually assaulted in college. that's one out of every five of our daughters, sisters and friends. this shocking statistic would lead most people to assume that colleges have extensive protection to support those people on campus that may be sexually assaulted. this is just not the case. last year one of these victims published an anonymous op-ed at harvard about her attack. the title of her article was "it's me, one of your statistics." she described the night of her attack. a friend invited her to his dorm

mr. thompson for 30 minutes. mr. thompson: i yield myself uch time as i may consume. mr. speaker, tonight, i'm privileged to rise in support of recognizing a true hero in not only the state of mississippi, but this country as a hole. hamer.e is fannie lieu i'm happy to say that part of who i am can be critted to my association with ms. hamer. before i get into my message, i would like to yield as much time gentleladyconsume to from new jersey ms. bonnie atson coleman. mr. cohen: i thank my congressman. yesterday "cosmopolitan" should an aerial trust black women. n the article, a fellow from new jersey said black women have been a part of every great movement that has happened in this country. we always show up. onight, we celebrate the birth of a black woman who always showed up. ham emp r spoke on behalf of the mississippi freedom democratic party and highlighted the that were preventing plaques in the south that were showing up in the ballot box. during her testimony, she recounted her

>> mr. chairman? >> mr. vella is recognized. >> mr. chairman, the product of this committee's bipartisan oversight work. what has changed since 2013 to justify setting aside the achievable standard that we developed on a bipartisan basis based on testimony from the chief of the border patrol. two things come to mind. first, the border is more secure thanks to significant investments in infrastructure, technology, and personnel that congress made over the past decade. second, donald j. trump that ran a campaign that vilified undocumented immigrants was elected. we can do better. well can come together and replace the 100% unachievable standard with language that this committee approved on a bipartisan basis in 2013. by doing so, we can send a message that we're holding cbp accountable and have high expectations when it comes to border security. to that end, i urge members to join me in supporting this common sense amendment. today's bill reverts back to doing nothing for border security accountability. with that i yield back. >> the gen

mr. kelly: good afternoon. great to be here. a couple of comments and then we will open it up. coming into the job as chief of staff i decided to not do very much with the press until i get my feet on the ground and figure it out. figure out what base i was on on any given day. prior to this, as a marine general officer, interacting with the press a great deal, but coming into this job i really needed to get to know the lay of the land. i have think -- think i have done three of the records. and i thank you for all of you that did not violate the trust from that, from those off the record, off the record periods. i would offer to you that although i read it all the time, pretty consistently, i am not quitting today. [laughter] mr. kelly: i do not believe come i just spoke with the president, i do not think i am being fired today. and -- uh, i am not so frustrated in this job that i am thinking of leaving. i would tell you, this is the hardest job i have ever had. this is in my view the mo

mr. yarmuth: mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, a distinguished member of the committee, ms. chu. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. chu: mr. chair, typically a budget is a blueprint of how our nation meets its obligations to its people but not this time. by including reconciliation instructions for their tax plan, the republicans are using this budget as a blueprint to give tax cuts to the wealthiest few without requiring bipartisan support. under this bill, a family making $50,000 a year could see their tax burden go up while millionaires will save $230,000. and who will pay to make the richie incognitoer? our working families, children and seniors. this budget slashes priorities like education, infrastructure and veterans' benefits and even guts medicare and medicaid by $1.5 trillion. -- the thing is, you can make guarantees. if this republican budget moves forward it will guarantee that inequality gets worse while the rest of us pay to h

mr. rothenberg is suggesting, well, we've learned our lesson from now 2016, and now the public is going to be much more wary or should be, and media and internet companies themselves should try to be on top of this problem? >> right. i mean, i think as you noted we should close the doors that we know we can close. i don't think that's all that can be done. for example, the political ad database encompassed in the honest ads act actually goes beyond electioneering and communications because it involves issues of legislative importance so would create a publicly-available record that researchers could use to try to piece together what's coming from where, who's being targeted and what are the messages. that could be, i think, extremely valuable in understanding what the sort of next attacks are and how to respond. and then i think there are more things to be done sort of outside the realm of campaign finance, and that's going to require industry and congress working together in the ways tha

mr. brad sherman of california. mr. sherman: mr. chairman, i could imagine buying a flawed automobile and deciding it's a bad deal. and in some jurisdictions you can take the car back to the dealer you get back all your money. but imagine if you lived in a jurisdiction where if you take the car back to the dealer, the dealer keeps the car, and your money. iran is going to keep our money. we unfroze $100 billion of their money. people argue about whether it's a larger or smaller than that amount. we delivered over $1 billion in currency. we can renounce this deal. iran keeps the money. and is then liberated from all of the restrictions on their nuclear program. now, i oppose this deal because the restrictions on iran's programs were temporary, but u.s. obligations under the deal are permanent. what we should be trying to do is extend and enforce the nuclear sanctions. if we renounce this deal, we don't extend and enforce the nuclear sanctions and restrictions on iran, we end them. there are two methods by which we can get to that bad

mr. secretary. it's great to have you here. and today's hearing is going to examine the department of energy's management and mission priorities under the leadership of secretary rick perry. i'm very pleased to welcome this morning for his first appearance before the subcommittee. it performs essential nuclear security and national security missions. it plays a central role in ensuring the nation's domestic energy security and sorting america's strategic interests in the international markets. it performs challenging cleanup operations to address its vast environmental and nuclear waste liabilities and provides key energy data and supports foundational science and technological development to advance the benefits of all forms of energy and energy delivery to ensure the long-term security and prosperity of americans. success of these diverse decisions requires sound management and robust authorities. success also requires focused attention and budget resources to address the most pressing

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, next week is national forest products week which the nation observes from october 15 through october 21. each year since 1960 our nation has celebrated the achievements of the forest product manufacturers and organizations throughout this country. the forest products industry is an integral part of u.s. manufacturing competitiveness and is among the top 10 manufacturing sectors employers in 45 states. in the commonwealth of pennsylvania, this industry is home to 26 5-wood products, paper, and packaging manufacturing facilities that make more than 16 million in products annually and contribute nearly $3 million to state and local economies through wages and compensation. more than 53,600 hardworking men and women in the commonwealth of pennsylvania are employed by the forest products industry. forest products continue to meet the evolving needs of people across the country and around the world. the forest products industry directly employs about 900,000 supports 2.4 million jo

mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 302, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: senate resolution 302, authorizing limited still photography of the senate wing of the united states capitol, and so forth. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. wednesday, october 25. following that -- further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, an the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in th

mr. ryan: good morning. first of all, i am very, very excited because today we passed a budget that is fiscally responsible, it strengthens our national defense, and it's really good for taxpayers. most importantly, this budget that we just passed in the house today brings us one step closer to historic tax reform. that means more jobs, fairer taxes, bigger paychecks for americans. too long the american people have been living under a broken system, where they see too little of their hard-earned thrars. they spend hours and hours, they spend dollars just doing their taxes. so much time and money is wasted just complying with this incredibly complicated tax code. only to be rewarded by having a big chunk of their income taken and claimed by the government. it's unsustainable. people really are struggling in this country. so many people are just living paycheck to paycheck. families deserve a break. single moms who live paycheck to paycheck deserve a break. parents working to send their kid

the timing is up to, mrs. roby. mrs. roby: mr. chairman, thank you for this very powerful hearing today in the subcommittee. i really, really appreciate you doing this. mr. cole: well, thank you. you can thank your excellent staff. they are the ones that put these things together for us and help us identify topics. we always go by order of arrival before we again. my good friend from massachusetts, ms. clark, is recognized for whatever questions she may ask. ms. clark: thank you, mr. chairman, and congresswoman delauro. especially for frank for your powerful testimony here this morning. but i have some powerful people with me from my home state as well. i want to introduce jan tobin from arlington. and we have -- very pleased to have maureen gallagher who is the executive director of the massachusetts down syndrome congress. but most of all, i want to introduce you to kate bartlett. kate, if you would stand up and just say hello. [applause] kate is one powerful advocate. to my te when she came to my office and signed me up as a co

mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i can assure our colleague from pennsylvania that nothing in this budget resolution will deprive any person of the benefits they receive under medicaid. no one. this budget resolution will not do that to anyone in the country. i can promise you that. it is ironic, though, to hear colleagues talk about cuts in medicaid when no one's proposing cuts in medicaid. no one. all we're talking about is reducing the rate of increase in the growth of a very important and necessary entitlement program. these same children some day when they grow up are going to have to pay the money back that we've borrowed in order to sustain these programs today. and so we need to look at the whole picture here and to learn and to figure out how we can meet our current needs but also be responsible enough not to spend money today that our children and grandchildren are going to have to pay back tomorrow. mr. president, i came t

mr. sesno: food. mr. roper: if we cannot make the fundamental sensing unit of biological change, whether modification or artificial feature, if we cannot make it cheap enough to make an attachment to your smart phone, then we will be vulnerable, ble and it is tailora something that will hit us in our personal life. that's a cheap this is what the medical community wants. they want this so you can consume this science and you want it. what is really needed is a national strategy to basically make that consumer investment drive and improve our lives cannot not leave us with caps on national security. my five years in the government -- and that is not nearly enough compared to the senator here -- show me we are not good at this kind of strategy, not good at grand strategies. this technology will force us to have one, though. mr. lieberman: to make sure you do not get any sleep tonight, so it is another area our panelists looked at, which is bioterrorist attacks on our food supply. we are actually looking at

mr. payne: mr. speaker, as americans we mourn with gold star families, but we cannot feel their pain. there's nothing anyone can say or do to really comfort families suffering the loss of a loved one, but there is a lot people can say or do to cause grieving families additional pain as we've seen over this past week. . as members of congress we are there for our constituents. they are our family. it is our obligation to speak up when they are hurt. the loss of an american service member should be -- should not be politicized. our fallen heroes should be honored. sergeant la david johnson is an american hero. sergeant jeremiah johnson is an american hero. staff sergeant brian black is an american hero. and staff sergeant dustin wright is an american hero. the 28 men and women who have lost -- lost their lives in service to our country this year are all american heroes. let us honor their sacrifices and comfort their families, as has been the tradition in this country, until the last week. mr. speaker

and mission what brought us to here is the is the it is mr bowers and mr burns and it is squarely responsible for what is happening now and why and we are we are fighting terrorism for the last three and a half years and we are nearly there we're still we're still fighting with our counterterrorism forces are still busy in and the western provinces in but and the up are you afraid this valley. when our. iraqi security forces are busy trying to fight and finish that unfortunately mr baez and he was trying to create and control a new territories and they and the good and the and so ideal and the and and then our this is not acceptable that's why all iraqis are united behind their iraqi security forces jule to try to regain the control and i can tell you there's nothing would stop the iraqi security forces supported by the bit popular mobilization forces. to go out and control or the territories all over the country because the government needs to impose and implement their sovereignty and their rule of law on all territories in iraq my own shit mentioning the forests and the cousins you know mo

mr. bernstein: i was clueless until this was explained to me. the other guy on the other and of the phone says everybody is cropped except me, and you check it out, and everything joe said checked out. i took it is or is i could, but very smart editors realized it needed an investigative reporter, so they connected with scott. ms. casey: and where did it go from there, scott? a lot of cases were being made out in the field against these companies were going nowhere and were hitting a brick wall in d.c. we started putting together a list of people who were working in the field who either were current dea investigators or who have retired recently. them,t began cold calling at home, cell phones, emails, calling people across the country, and we soon began to connect with people who were very upset that -- these people work for something called a division of the version to troll at the dea, which is something we had never heard of before. i have been reporter for almost 30 years and never kn

mr. speaker, there is much suffering. lives have been lost in a senseless, needless manner in las vegas. mr. speaker, there is a right time for all things. this is a time for our nation to mourn and for hearts to heal. thatpeaker, i announce impeachment is postponed. mourn, mourn -- let us let us heal. i yield back my time. >> mr. speaker, as the band played the country-western song, gunfire rocked it. 20 minutes later when the shots stopped and smoke cleared, 59 people were murdered and over 520 were wounded. the swat team quickly found the hiding place of the evil villain, and as they approached, the outlaw shot himself. does he avoided a date with the hangman. justice occurred. casualties would have been much worse but for quick actions by people, including former military and off-duty police of visitors, helping to hide and cover others while endangering their own lives. the first responders, police, doctors, emergency medical technicians, tended to the wounded. these unnamed creek re

mr. carson, mr. secretary, dr. carson, sir, you have indicated that there will be substantial cuts to the budget that hud has. can you give me that dollar amount? i'm showing it's about $6 billion. is that correct. >> that's about right. >> about 13% of the budget. >> yes. >> would these cuts come from public housing, housing vouchers, community development block grants and other aid to low income persons? >> they come from a variety of sources. >> how much from public housing, mr. carson? >> probably in the neighborhood of, if you combine all the programs, $2 billion to $3 billion. >> $2 billion to $3 billion. how much from housing vouchers, mr. carson? >> rather than go through a quiz on all the numbers -- >> it's not a quiz, mr. carson. i have the time to ask you questions about things you should have some knowledge of. if you have no knowledge of them, you can simply say so. i'll accept it as an answer. this is something that's within your bailiwick, my dear sir. how much from housing vouchers? >> again, you kn

to the family, mr. and mrs. miranda, wonderful to have you with us as we recognize this evening, lin-manuel miranda. there may not be many americans who are familiar with the u.s. capital historical society and the role that it plays. it is an incredibly important actually, because not only does the society preserve the past and history through programs like the freedom award, but the society helped americans see the living connections between the past and where we are today. thatlps us to understand this capital is the symbol of america as a living institution. that is why, choosing to honor lin-manuel miranda with this year's freedom award is such a perfect, beautiful choice. look around you. look at where we are standing. the history that surrounds us. we see the old murals not necessarily in this room but in the room just adjacent. we also have the statues of famous but long dead americans like george washington. lives arese whose more contemporary with our own like president eisenhower, president reagan, ro

mr. duncan? mr. duncan votes no. mr. perry? mr. perry votes no. mr. katko. mr. katko votes no. mr. hurd? mr. hurd votes no. ms. mcsally, ms. mcsally votes no. mr. gallagher, mr. gallagher votes no. mr. higgins. mr. higgins votes no. mr. rutherford votes no. mr. garrett, mr. garrett votes no. mr. fit patrick, mr. fitzpatrick votes no. ms. jackson-lee? >> aye. >> ms. jackson-lee votes aye. mr. payne? mr. payne votes aye. mrs. watson-coleman. mrs. watson coleman votes aye. mr. corps rhea. mr. corps rhea votes aye. mr. deming. mr. deming votes aye. mr. smith? mr. richmond? >> have all members voted? does any member wish to record or change his or her vote? how am i recorded? >> chair is not recorded. >> i vote no. >> mr. mccaul votes no. >> the court shall report the tally. >> 11 yeas and 17 nos. >> postponed proceedings on the vote of 077 to hr 3548 by mr. vela. the question occurs on agreeing to the amendment in the nature of substitute. the clerk shall call the roll. >> mr. smith? mr. king? >> no. >> mr. king votes no. mr. rogers. mr. rogers votes no. mr. duncan. mr. duncan votes no

mr. king. mr. king votes no. mr. franks. mr. gom ert. mr. gom ert votes mr. mr. jordan. mr. jordan votes no. mr. poe. mr. marino. mr. marino votes no. mr. gaudy. mr. labrador. mr. farn thold. mr. collins? mr. collins votes no. mr. desan tez. mr. buck. mr. buck votes no. mr. ratcliff. mr. ratcliff votes no. ms. robey. mr. gates. mr. gates votes no. mr. johnson of louisiana. mr. johnson votes no. mr. biggs. mr. rutherford. mr. rutherford votes no. ms. handle. ms. handle votes no. mr. conyers. mr. conyers votes aye. ms. jackson lee. mr. cohen. mr. johnson of georgia. mr. johnson votes aye. mr. deutsch. mr. deutsch votes i. mr. gutierrez. mr. richmond. mr. jeffries. mr. sis lienee. mr. sis lienee votes aye. mr. liu. mr. liu votes aye. mr. rastkin. mr. schneider. mr. schneider votes aye. >> any other members who wish to record their vote, the chairman from virginia. >> mr. goodlatte votes no. >> the gentleman from idaho. >> mr. labrador votes no. >> the gentleman from arizona, mr. franks. >> mr. frafrpgs votes no. >> the gentleman from texas. >> mr. poe votes no. >> any other mem

under the response by mr always the same no no no mr mccloy it was against the new to the problem if not the only thing years ago she got then immediately for millions of dollars i can see mr mccloy was against a new settlement for economy and you can as i said i'm going to reapply years of all mr hoyer said i said a thousand times no one agreed to the pretender and now mr east also refusing to open international mediation so the question is why mr referee behave just means there are no lights because he's being ready to sponsor what you're seeing right now how all this this thing this stock market from spain is going down also the stock market of banks so what is going to be next thing you know it's been cause one theory on you was that what's going to be the consequence of these government is ready to pay its first share of the debt so why don't they it was she'd got them government and the spanish government and another settlement for a. friendly divorce but ok a question and white appointee saying no no no mr come out of all many thanks the perspective that from catalonia from al

mr. won what he needed from this deal with the you some money most of that money is going to be migrants and but certainly his ability to become the indispensable player with anything that has to do with not just turkey in its immediate neighborhood but the broader middle east he with the assistance of russia and iran and iran has become indeed the indispensable player well he is also i made a member that contributed to his indispensability and said in certain way so it's not just russia and iran who are unable to him that's correct and you know as we all know i believe that turkey has probably the second largest army in the later after the united states i'm pretty sure that's true so clearly mr dunne and turkey are important critical players in all of this i cannot predict the future you know considering what he has been doing the last three or four months you know everything is up in the air as far as i'm concerned let me ask you as specifically about the domestic station in turkey beca

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. yesterday morning we learned that for members of the trump campaign, mr. manafort, his one-time campaign chairman and mr. gates, a close associate of manafort's, were indicted on a dozen charges as part of special counsel mueller's investigation, including money laundering, a conspiracy to commit fraud, and a conspiracy against the united states. the fact that the activity in question took place partially before the trump campaign offered mr. coman fort the role -- manafort the role of chairman in no way diminishes the gravity of the situation. if anything, it suggests that the trump campaign was negligent in hiring as its chairman a man who is an unregistered foreign agent working for a pro-russian proxy party in ukraine. that man is now alleged to have been laundering large sums of money and concealing his identity as a foreign agent to the f.b.i. and department of justice, including during his time during the trump campaign. imagine, imagine having such poor vetting and poor judgme

mr. mccain: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, it's very hard for me to add to the eloquence of my friend, from my dear friend from arizona. but i do want to say that it's been one of the great honors of my life to have the opportunity to serve with a man of integrity and honor and decency and commitment to not only arizona, but the united states of america. i have seen jeff flake stand up for what he believes in knowing full well that there would be a political price to pay. i have seen him stand up for his family. i've seen him stand up for his forebearers who were the early set he he -- early settlers of e state of arizona. there is a place called snowflake, arizona. obviously the flake part comes from his direct predecessor. it is the flake families and families like them that came and worked and slaved and raised families and made arizona what it is. and it has never had a more deserving son than jeff flake and his beautiful wife cheryl and children. so i would just like to say, jeff, i've known you now for a numbe

mr. brown: mr. president, what congress is trying to do today, this evening, as long as it takes, as long as the arms are twisted is frankly outrageous. our job is to look out for the people whom we serve, not to look out for wells fargo, not to look oat for equifax, not to look out for wall street banks, not to look out for corporations who scam consumers. forced arbitration pure and simple takes power away from ordinary people. it gives it to the big banks. it gives it to equifax. it gives it to wells fargo. it gives it to wall street companies that already have an unfair advantage. we know, mr. president, that the white house increasingly looks like a retreat for wall street executives. i would hope the senate wouldn't follow suit. look at equifax. in early september we learned it compromised the personal data of more than 145 million americans, five million in my state, probably twice that in the presiding officer's state. names, dates of birth, addresses, social security numbers, driver's licen

mr. gianforte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gianforte: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1858, introduced by congressman tom marino of pennsylvania. post ll names the liberty office the staff sergeant ryan scott ostrom post office in honor of staff sergeant ostrom who was killed in the line of action in iraq. i now yield to the gentleman from pennsylvania, the sponsor of the bill, such time as he may consume to explain the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. marino: thank you, sir. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of my legislation to rename the liberty, pennsylvania, post office, after staff sergeant ryan scott ostrom. he was born in 1979 in pennsylvania where he attended liberty high school. while in high school, rya

mr. barr: mr. speaker, i have no further requests at this time, and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 3972 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 without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? mr. barr: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 3898 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. to clerk: h.r. 3898, a bill require the secretary of the treasury to place conditions on certain accounts at united states financial institutions with respect to north korea, nd for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kentucky, mr. barr, and the gentlewoman from california, ms. waters, each wi

mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 652. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 652, an act to amend the public health service act to re-authorize a program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, .nfants, and young children the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, and the gentlelady from florida, ms. castor, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and insert remarks extraneous materials into the record on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i yield four minutes to the chairman of the energy and commerce committee, the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman will suspend. once again, the chai

mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, the bill we're debating today is not a real effort at responsible budgeting. it is a means to an end. a single-minded plan to make it easier to enact tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations, regardless of the consequences for everyone else. if approved by the house today, an irresponsible $1.5 trillion tax bill will come to the floor in the-n a matter of weeks. it is being rushed because republicans don't want the american people to know what's in t they don't want you to find out that it overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy while increasing taxes on billions of middle class families. rushing through legislation thame pacts nearly every american family and business is reckless, and voting on a bill that rewrites our nation's tax code a week or two after it is introduced without any real input from the people who will impact is neglect. that's -- negligent. that's what you do when you can't defend your own policy, and there's a lot of unjustifiable provisions in this budg

mr. bass: mr. sullivan. please respond. mr. sullivan: i think mr. albright would agree these two examples he just gave, both of which have been cured, were not material breaches of the agreement. in fact, that is why, in his public writings, mr. albright has tended to rely on the, it's not in our interest prong of the certification rather than the compliance prong. i would also say what ambassador jeffrey said in terms of the distinction between the u.n. resolution and the deal is correct. the u.n. resolution bars iran from testing ballistic missiles. they are doing so. so it is, in fact, the case that iran is not in compliance with u.n. security council resolution, which is why steps by this committee on issues like ballistic missiles are not only justified but necessary. ms. bass: being not in compliance with the u.n. resolution, what is the implication of that for the deal? ambassador jeffrey: i have talked to the iranians on that and they say we didn't agree to that. it turns out the u.n. resolution is under chapter 7 which has the force of inte

mrs. black: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 580, i call up the house concurrent resolution 71 with the senate amendment thereto. i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. , designate the senate amendment and designate the motion. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 71, concurrent resolution establishing the congressional budget for the united states government for fiscal year 2018, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027. senate amendment. mrs. black of tennessee moves that the house concur in the senate amendment to the house concurrent resolution 71. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 580, the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the budget. the gentlewoman from tennessee, mrs. black, and the gentleman from kentucky, mr. yarmuth, each will control 30 minute

. >> mr. murphy? mr. chief justice in may it please the court, plaintiffs have not identified a workable standard for determining when the inherently political task of districting becomes too political for the constitution to tolerate. the only thing plaintiffs and added to the mix is a wasted votes test identifies court drawn maps and enduring partisan gerrymander's and favors their own political party. >> you probably considered the hypo many times. suppose a state statute says all-district shall be designed as closely as possible to conform with traditional principles, but the overriding concern is to increase the maximum number of votes for party x fouor y. ms. murphy: if something says the ultimate principle that we are going to follow his abandon all other criteria in favor of partisan advantage, at least you are closer. >> i don't think that was the question. it satisfies all the traditional criteria. but it was ad -- deliberate attempt to the number of seats republicans would hold. >> this is mand

mr. mceachin: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, h.r. 2316 is nearly identical to a bill that passed the house last year with overwhelming bipartisan support. the intent of the bill, according to the sponsor, is to ensure owners of mineral rights in the allegany national forest are allowed to drill for their oil and gas within the boundaries of that natural forest. in the natural resources committee last congress, the majority accepted an amendment by energy and mineral resources subcommittee ranking member lowenthal that clarified the intent of the bill. it ensures the national forest would receive advance notice of oil and gas operations and that no other national forest would be affected. so this bill is a bipartisan compromise that protects the private property rights while also protecting the rights of the forest service and i thank the sponsor for working so cooperatively on this. i support h.r. 2316 and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentle

mr. conyers: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the -- the chair: it is now in order to consider amendment number 2. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. conyers: mr. speaker, -- mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in part a of house report 115-363 offered by mr. conyers of michigan, as modified. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 577, the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: thank you, mr. chairman. ladies and gentlemen of the house, my amendment would xempt from h.r. 469 settlement agreements and consent decrees intended to prevent discrimination based on race, religion, national origin or other protected category. given the often systemic nature of discriminatory conduct, settlement agreements and consent decrees provide an invaluable means to

mr. murphy: mr. engel i'm pointing to our members of cabinet who have pointed to voices and evidence that would suggest that there may be ethnic clensing. i would say what's more ver main, more important is the actual humanitarian crisis. that's our most pressing focus. there are mechanisms, there are bodies who are looking at what best to call this but it is the end -- at the end they have day a human tragedy. we want to do everything to stop it. mr. royce: will the gentleman yield? mr. engel: certainly. mr. royce: just for the record, myself and mr. engel, this committee, we identify this as full-fledged ethnic cleansing. mr. engel: thank you, mr. chairman. what are we doing right now to hold the military accountable? do you think that reimposition of targeting sanctions against military leadership or businesses to generate funds for the military is appropriate? let me say as a first step i would encourage the administration to stop issuing waivers to allow members of the burmese military and their

mr. royce: mr. speaker, mr. royce: mr. speaker, morph the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1698, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include any extraneous material -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1698, a bill tokes tend sanctions against iran with respect to the ballistic missile program of ran, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. royce, and the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. royce: mr. speaker, i'm also going to ask unanimous consent to introduce the speaker pro tempore: into t letters that are exchanged with other committees of jurisdiction on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. mr. oyce: thank you, s

mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. lowey: since hurricane harvey wrought historic flooding in texas, 12 major disasters have been declared. from a hurricane that damaged large swaths of florida, storms that annihilated puerto rico and the virgin islands, and wildfires burning in the west, americans deserve certainty the federal government will stand by them in their time of need. this is particularly important after the president threatened to abandon puerto rico in his latest twitter this morning. congress cannot turn its back on recovery, no matter how reckless the president's outbursts may be. as americans, the suffering and simply trying -- as americans are suffering and simply trying to survive. this package provides critical disaster relief, flood insurance aid, and help for communities devastatedy wildfires. puerto rico would be aided by provisions to address its liquidity pry sis, by facilitating recovery, not payin

mr. gowdy? mr. labrador? mr. farenthold? mr. collins? mr. desantis? mr. buck? mr. ratcliffe? mr. gates? mr. johnson of louisiana? mr. biggs? mr. rutherford? ms. handle? mr. connors? >> yes. >> ms. lofgren? miss jackson lee? mr. johnson of georgia? mr. deutsch? mr. gutierrez? mr. richmond? mr. jeffries? mr. cicilline? mr. lou? mr. raskin? mr. schneider? gentleman from texas. mr. po. no.r. poe votes >> as every member created -- ha who is member voted choosing to vote? >> mr. chairman. >> clerk will report. voted no.ers clerk, appoint the amendment. amendment to the amendment in the nature of the subsidy, -- >> the government is recognized for five minutes. of argumenta lot and discussion about the impact of this bill. defendant in istanbul. it says is not withstanding, the provision that allows for deductions that i think are improper. the employer may not deduct 70 costs that they workers wages would not go below the minimum wage. if people are suggesting it is not important and that we should have wages that fall below the minimum wage, they should vote yes on this amendment. it

mr. stretch? mr. stretch: thank you, mr. chairman, for the question. we worry about nation state actors really from around the globe. starting in 2014, we stood up a threat intelligence team that was dedicated primarily to reviewing and monitoring four attacks from threat actors tied to nation states. that work mostly was directed at traditional cybersecurity, account compromise, surveillance, dissemination of stolen information. it's really only recently that we've seen this threat evolve into what we were talking about -- what i was talking about in my testimony, this dissemination of misinformation. in terms of specific countries, it really is a global threat that we think of it, and we'd certainly be happy to come back to the committee and provide more details on specific actors. senator graham: is that true for the rest of you? mr. edgett: we said in our written testimony see a disproportionate amount of spam or automated accounts coming out of russia but it's agnostic. senator graham: could iran