recessed yesterday we were considering amendments to hr 4092 and the gentleman of california mr. issa has an amendment on the floor under consideration. would the gentleman yield? >> the chair recognizes himself and is happy to yield. >> thank you, mr. chairman. after reviewing the bill, i believe that at least for the foreseeable future the 410,000 plus 10% escalator is probably sufficient. i would like to work with the chairman further on defining that so that the safeguards be in place once this bill becomes law but i would ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. >> without objection, it is withdrawn. and let me just say to the gentleman, i'd be happy to work with him. it's important that purpose of the legislation is to assure that american agriculture has the workers it needs to continue to thrive in the united states and not diminish because they can go elsewhere to find laborers and produce agricultural products elsewhere in the world so i'm happy to work with the gentleman in that regard. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. are there further amendments to hr 490

stopping controlling those elements. mr. chairman, i oppose this amendment. i ask my colleagues to oppose it as well. >> the gentleman yields back. any further discussion on the amendment? >> will the gentleman yield two minutes of his time to me? just to briefly respond to the lack of attention given to the crack cocaine epidemic, i can tell you, sir, i spent 20 years of my career primarily focused on going after crack and cocaine organizations. in fact, i was in el paso two days and we had a seizure on the border of 500 kilos of cocaine and it shocked me how easy it was to get across the border and it shocks me all these years later the border is a sive and it shocks me we haven't done anything about it. i can tell you i spent the vast majority of my time in inner city neighborhoods trying to clean up the drug epidemic and taking crack cocaine off the streets. often at great personal danger to the agents that worked with me and to the threats i received on a regular basis and to my family. we spent an extraordinarily amount of time, the country spent an extraordinarily amount of

texas seek recognition? 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 chair would ask each and every member of the house to remove

today. thank you, mr. speaker. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. yarmuth: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. 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

some of the debate. gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution h.res. 569 providing for the concurrence by the house in the senate amendment to h.r. 2266 with an amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 569, resolution providing for the concurrence by the house in the senate amendment to h.r. 2266 with an amendment. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. frelinghuysen and the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. lowey will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. frelinghuysen: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the consideration of h.res. 569. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. frelinghuysen: i rise today to present house resolution 569, a bill making additional supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the cur

chair recognizes the gentleman from mississippi, 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 26-mile journey to register to vote at the coun

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that following leader remarks on tuesday, october 17, the senate proceed to the consideration of calendar number 191, the nomination of david trackenburg to be principal deputy. i further ask there be ten minutes of debate on the nomination equally devoided in the usual form and following the use or yielding back of time, the senate vote on confirmation with no intervening action or debate and that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations. executive calendar 327, 332, 333, and 337. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of state, stephen b. king of wisconsin to be ambassador to the czech republic. barbara lee of california to be representative of the united states of america to the 72

shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. an interesting column in the morning post about the congressional response to the opioid crisis. both the administration and congress have been good at hyping the crisis when it comes time to actually -- crisis. when it comes to actually taking action, nothing happens. this is appalling since most of the opioid crisis is the result of failed public policies. we've spent over a trillion dollars on a failed war on drugs that concentrates on prohibition and punishment instead of treatment which would help people break the cycle of addiction. the challenges that drove people to abuse opioids in the first place, like chronic pain, depression and laxed policies prescribing vast quantity its of ever more powerful opioids should never have been allowed to happen in the first place. it was a failure of government, industry and sadly unscrupulous practitioners that allowed this genie to gettle, a out of the bottle. people understandably turned to heroi

recognize the ranking member, mr. thompson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. before i share my thoughts on this bill, i'd like to express my deep condolences to the nearly 60 families that lost luvled ones and the over 500 people who were injured by a man armed to the teeth earlier this week in las vegas. i urge my colleagues to join me and other gun owners to pass commonsense reforms to prevent further mass casualty attacks. while the fbi has found no link to isis, this is clearly a domestic terrorist attack. turning to the matter at hand, a simple promise input's campaign was that he would build a big, beautiful wall across the entire southern border and mexico would pay for it. that was a time in a not too distant past when this committee cared about farkcts, data and results. we supported them having a border strategy, presenting matrix and deploying personnel and equipment to adjust to threats. last month the department of homeland security provided evidence that our responsible approach to border security is paying off. in a 20-page report dhs concluded available data indicates that

. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: mr. president about. officer the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: today the senate will pass an important michigan to help communities rebuild after the natural disasters that have effected our country. soon this legislation will be on the way to the president for his signature. with these new resources, federal aid workers from fema and the rest of the administration can continue their critical recovery operations, including search and rescue missions, debris removal, and infrastructure repair, as well as providing much-needed assistance to individuals and to families. i'll continue to monitor these disaster response efforts, and i'll continue to engage with leaders in washington and on the ground. the senate will also continue doing its part to help the victims recover. now, mr. president, on another matter, as we continue to work in the senate, we look forward to hearing the president's perspectives on how to advance our shared agenda, particularly upcoming debate on bringing tax relief, economic growth, and jobs t

white house? mr. seale: well, susan, one thing that had not been addressed in a book is what is west of the west best left of the white house -- what is left of the white house? susan: we have to back up and talk about the location. how did the white house and up on the spot in washington dc? mr. seale: it was part of the city plan that george washington approved. a very avant-garde plan and a called for a palace five times the size of this and the sellers were -- cellars were dug. washington located the house to put it on the access. there qwere two axis -- one from the capital down the mall and one running here. and it runs right down the house. when he reduced the size of the house by a fifth, by four fifths, he wanted to still be in the plan as it was supposed to be one of the two great important buildings in washington. susan: we have to remind our viewers that washington in his early career was a surveyor himself. he really understood the location -- the importance of location. mr. seale: he did. that was one of the bases of him getting along with the engineer. he did not get alon

from montana, mr. gianforte, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 452 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 452, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 324 west st. louis street in pacific, missouri, as the specialist jeffrey l. white jr. post office. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 418. the nays are zero. 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. the unfinished business is the vote on th

in, let's say, milwaukee have standing to raise that first amendment argument? mr. tseytlin: i would certainly think, your honor, the candidate would have standing, and i -- i'm not so sure about the voters in the district, but probably. but certainly, voters in milwaukee who don't vote for that candidate, they're not eligible to vote for that candidate any more than someone in california is eligible to vote for the candidate. and i think we see this - justice alito: wait. i'm sorry. certainly, voters in milwaukee -- you left out -- would not have standing? mr. tseytlin: they would not have standing. and i -- i think we see this from the testimony of -- of the lead plaintiff, who is the only plaintiff that testified in this case. he was asked, during his testimony, what harm does act 43 put on you, given that you live in a democratic-dominated district in madison under any possible map. well, he said, i want to be able to campaign for a majority in assembly, which shows that his injury has nothing to do with him as a voter. it's just a generalized interest in more wisconsinites -- mo

security, president trump's anti-refugee agenda. mr. mr. trump characterized refugees as bad actors bent on harming americans. the conservative cato institute founded the odds of an american being killed in a terrorist attack by a refugee are one in 3.64 billion. the odds of being struck by lightning are one in 700,000. the truth is this. it's not refugees that undermine the security. it's mr. trump's radical restrictions that include multiple refugee bands, a refugee ceiling and a failure of the american leadership in the world. let me identify two of the many ways in which these policies undermine our safety first by substantially lowering missions these measures project anti muslim sentiment that further fuels isis recruitment. he served under republican and democratic administrations put it this way. those who stand against refugee resettlement say they are protecting the nation. they are not. they are putting the nation at greater risk by reenforcing the islamic state. donald trump's actions galvanize individuals bent on committing terrorist attacks. second, those policies damage pa

quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that any pending quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. it's nice to see the distinguished senator in the chair presiding. i'm not sure in my 183 time to wake up speeches i've had yet had the pleasure of speaking while the presiding officer was presiding. i am here to wake up to the corporate capture of congress and this administration, the capture of governance by the fossil fuel industry that keeps us from honestly addressing climate change. there is a saying that personnel is policy -- personnel is policies. well, well, the trump personnel for positions at the environmental protection agency reflect a policy to undo the public welfare mission of the agency and align it with the special interests of the fossil fuel industry. there is a word for that. it is called corruption, at least as the founding fathers knew the meaning of that term. it starts at the top. trump named scott pruitt head of

. >> thank you mr. speaker. this morning isp had meetings wh ministerial colleagues and others and in addition to my duties in the south i shall have further such meetings later today. >> the prime minister will know that yesterday was mental health day and mental health problems affect one in four people but only one [inaudible] spent on mental health services. [inaudible] [inaudible] with these cuts in demand and increasing when will the prime minister and the [inaudible] and promise research funding for mental health and psychological services? >> the honorable gentlemen is right about the importance we should be attaching to the issue of mental health. giving that it was a mental health day yesterday we are also doing much more in the area of mental health. in fact, more money is going into mental health. we are seeing more people in the nhs being able to access and have treatment for better health but we also need to do is look at this issue more widely which is precisely why i have set up that we have [inaudible] to be able to work and know how to deal with those individuals in

for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: the senate is taking the next critical step in passing the comprehensive fiscally responsible budget before us. it's pretty obvious that this is a good budget, and that's true whether you're looking at it from a fiscal per spick alternative or an -- perspective or an economic one. take the fiscal side first. it reins in government spending. it protects social security. it complies fully with the previous spending caps while also providing for an increase for defense resources if a bipartisan agreement can be reached. in short, it's a fiscally responsible budget that will help put the federal government on a path to balance. on the economic side, this budget can help our country realize better and more sustained economic growth, which is critical given the last decade of missed opportunities for the middle class. one way this budget can help our economy is by providing legislative tools to advance tax

there are strategic weapons who will have more likelihood of use. mr. sesno: what are you talking about? mr. roper: if you could edit, you could undo those. you have the poison and the nuclear, and the way a weapon has no edited once you pull the trigger. you have to deal with the confidences and those consequences are dire. it is the reversibility of strategic effect that i think will be difficult and challenging for us because it will feel like it has the effect of weapons that you cannot take -- butut it will be have it will have that take back ability. what thatard about means for warfare, you have to keep up with the science. to the point earlier, a lot of defense is trained in things we centuries, radars, fighters, stealth, summaries. we are not pushing people hard in my allergy. we're not pushing people heart insights. >> it will be much more difficult to detect with genome pathogen higher lead -- a highly virulent mr. lieberman: pathogen. mr. lieberman:i'm using a term where it is not related, but it will be, with an unconventional threats we are facing in our time. in most case

south carolina, mr. wilson. mr. wilson: everyone, including our guests in the gallery, please join in. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain was for one-minute speeches. for what reason does the gentleman from south carolina wish to speak. mr. wilson: nuke to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. wilson: our thoughts and prayers are with the families impacted by the massacre in las vegas. we're blessed with courageous law enforcement. i am extremely grateful to the south carolina national guard nearly 150 engineer soldiers to assist puerto rico in relief efforts after hurricane maria. this was a devastating storm for the people of puerto rico and they have been in our thoughts and prayers each and every day. these dedicated soldiers are part of a multistate engineer task force with north carolina, louisiana, and the new york army national guards. they will be assis

. >> mr. speaker. >> prime minister! >> mr. speaker mr. speaker, i'm sure all members across the house will wish you join me in wishing all the home nation team the best of luck in the rugby lead-- league world cup. i have ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties a chef further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. services in england are in crisis. since 2010 the local council of manchester had its-- [inaudible] >> by march the government will have taken three-- 6.3 billion out of social care. >> as i have said in this house before we recognize the pressure there is on social care as we see in aging population. there is short-term meetings and long-term answers. in the short time we've made extra funding available. the announcement was made in the budget for an exit 2 billion pounds. in the medium term we need to make sure this practice is observed across all local authorities. in some cases charges are higher than in others and we need to make sure best practice and in the long term we need a sustainable push in our social care system and that's why

committee, the gentle lady from california, for three minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the massive breach at equifax and the company's skubs eloquent failures are a lapse on a scale we have never seen before. equifax's failure to safeguard consumer data is all the more egregious because the impacted customers never chose to do business with equifax. and because of the broken business model of our country's credit reporting agencies, these consumers can't end their relationship with equifax. they can't shop around for a better deal. they're literally stuck with this company. so i'm very interested in what equifax will do moving forward to provide full redress for all of those who have been harmed. i am also interested in why equifax has sent this committee a witness today without the authority to commit equifax to future action. the members of this committee need to hear not just about what has happened, but also about what equifax plans to do moving forward. so i already know that this hearing won't answer all of the questions that i and other members would like to know more. this

- refugee agenda. mr. trump has characterized immigrants generally in refugees in particular as bad actors bent on harming americans. the conservative cato institute founded the odds of an american being killed in a terrorist attack by a refugee are one in 3.64 billion. by comparison, the odds of being struck by lightning are one in 700,000. the truth is this. it is not refugees that undermine our nation security. it is mr. trump's radical restrictions on admissions and those include multiple refugee vans, a record low and imposed at the time of record high global displacement. it's a failure of american leadership in the world. let me identify two of the many ways in which these policies undermine our safety. first, by substantially lowering muslim refugee admissions these measures project anti- muslim sentiment that fuels isis agreement. brian crocker, former ambassador to iraq and afghanistan preserved under public in and democratic organization said this way. those who stand against them say they are protecting the nation. they are not. they're putting it at greater risk by rein

personal financial information at risk. it was mr. smith's third such questioning in a week's time. and most of the subcommittee's inquiries focused on the speed of the credit reporting agency's response to the knowledge its data servicers had been infiltrated by nefarious forces. this is about an hour and 40 minutes. jo this hearing of the subcommittee on privacy, technology, and law, will come to order. we're here to examine per sis sent cybersecurity concerns in the data broker industry. this is not the first time our subcommittee has gathered to do so after a cybersecurity breach last august, we held a hearing to ask the question how secure is consumers' data in the hands of data brokers. the answer, not very secure. the industry immediately responded by committing to take serious security issues and pledging to dedicate resources toward data protection measures. yet here we are two years later in the wake of what we now know as the largest breach of private consumer data. we're trying to figure out how it happened once again. it happened because data brokers have created an industr

, our nation is in mourning. many hearts are bleeding. 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 responders, both civilian, law enforcement, and

received ashursurances m equifax that mr. smith can speak on concrete remediation steps that the company took in the aftermath to secure its computer systems and protect the affected u.s. customers as well as what happened when he was chief executive. as chairman of the digital commerce and consumer protection subcommittee i often speak about the fact that we live in a digitally connected world. that fact of life can have implications far and wide ranging for commercial, communications and entertainment. the breach is a massive reminder of the bad actors out there and the security challenges confronting our data powered economy. in this case. sensitive personal information that is used to build credit history and allow individuals to engage in commerce, open credit cards, buy cellphones and appliances and secure mortgages has been compromised. reasonable security measures must be implemented, practiced and continually improved by companies that collect and store data in order to guard against unauthorized access to sensitive personal information. otherwise, consumers are face substantial

radicalize on the internet and other issues. mr. watts could you please lead us off. mr. watt: thank you, mr. chairman, members of the committee, for having me here today. a decade ago, al qaeda in iraq littered youtube with violent s and a few years later, twitter became a platform for al-shabab and its tirades. >> we're going to leave this hearing at this point but it continues live on c-span3 and online at c-span.org. live now to the u.s. house where members plan to debate four bills from the agriculture department. votes and speeches at 6:30 p.m. eastern. questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2921. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2921, a bill to establish a vegetation management pilot program on national forest system land to better protect utility infrastructure from passing wildfire and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from arkansas, mr. crawford, and the ge

mr. chairman. america is currently in the midst of the worst housing crisis we ever experienced. it is hitting our lowest income families the hardest. according to the low income coalition the united states has a shortage of 7.2 million or extremely low income households. our country is also at a virtual standstill when it comes to rebusing homelessness. in some parts of the country homelessness has reached crisis proportions. we also face homeowner ship challenges with minority homeowner ship rates continuing to lag even as the housing market recovers. in the face of housing needs president trump chose dr. ben car on carson to serve as head as urban development. the secretary of hud is supposed to be at the forefront to expand access to safe, decent and affordable housing and enforce housing rights. housing is the foundation on which our entire society is built. it is a flat form for economic mobility and well being. it is a crucial part of our national economy. it is a necessary human right. we need strong leadership and a bold vision for hud in order to expand access to affordabl

. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the speaker approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek further recognition? mr. wilson: i demand the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will stand. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8, rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from north arolina, mr. pitinger. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas, mr. hensarling, is recognized for one mi

crisis now. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. the presiding officer: the mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: for the past eight years we had a president eight years we had a president mr. president. >> the majority leader. >> for the past eight years we have had a president who selected nominees for a nation's judiciary based upon what became known as the empathy standard, the empathy standard. an ideological litmus test designed to find judicial nominees who would favor certain groups or individuals over others. it's a great standard if you are the party in the case of the judge youhy have empathy for. it's not so great if you are the other person. not only does the standard deny every litigant a fair shake, it also disregards our nations bedrock legal tradition of dissenting equal justice under the law. president trump on the other hand is selecting nominees who will help ensure that the judiciary is true to his role in our democracy. later today the senate will vote to confirm one of those nominees trevor mcfadden

time is yielded for purpose of debate only. i yield 30 minutes to mr. mcgovern pending which i yield myself as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. woodall: i would like to ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized mr. woodall: mr. speaker, it's budget day and i don't know if you are as excited about that when you got out of bed this morning as i was, but to be fair, i sit on the budget committee. i have the great honor of sitting on the rules committee and i bring this rule to the floor today, but by other -- i serve on the rules committee by night and by day i serve on the budget committee with mr. pascrell and we have been working since january to produce a budget for the united states of america. and i got to tell you, mr. speaker, a whale of a budget coming out of the house rules committee. you remember that budget? you supported that budget. we did a fantastic collaborative job bringing that budget to the flo

eight this is the day. mr puts demands message is a journey to nowhere because there is no democracy outside the law there is no coexistence there are no rights outside the law for a long time is to put them on has been living outside the law outside reality and outside sanity for that here but i feel like oh yeah deserves the independence we are in we have a different culture we have a different language and i support it but it's a scary situation we don't know what the spanish government is capable of and we well you've seen october the first how that went to him but we thought he of them by his apartment in the middle of the territory breaks away it would immediately be outside european union treaties that this year he may have anyway i'm from all it's been a little it's market with a little bit ball up in the mcnally of europe so most wealthy in this we're starting to see serious concerns due to the catalan government's irresponsible course most of what the levers upon some of the you have there and where we are more likely. welcome to the program each day this week the stakes ha

half. tennessee. mrs. black: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. tennessee. mrs. black: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today in support of senate amendment house concurrent resolution 71, the budget resolution for fiscal 2018. passing a budget is never easy and has once again been a challenge this year. but i am encouraged with where we're now and i am pleased that the senate did its work by approving a budget. one that we can support in order to unlock tax reform for the american people. without question there are plenty of things that i wish were included in what the senate passed. ideas that the house put forward earlier this month when we approved our budget. for example, i still feel strongly about addressing unsustainable mandatory spending, and that hasn't changed. the growing burden of debt caused by mandatory spending is a real problem that cannot be ignored. we owe it to the american people to do something to offer serious reforms that ensure government programs are financially sustainable and w

answering your questions. mr. royce: thank you very much, mr. sullivan. let me say in august i was in the middle east. i wanted to ask ambassador jeffrey a question here because you made it very clear that allowing iran to complete the land bridge or the corridor across yirke and syria to lebanon would risk, in your word, a strategic defeat. i wonder if you could explain to us what you presume the impact will be on lebanon, on israel and on jordan, how could we work with our partners on the ground to block this effort? ambassador jeffrey: thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, people have -- including some in this administration, have poo-pooed the land bridge. i've been out there. you've been out there. a lot of us have been out there. trucks roll around the middle east deserts all of the time. the iranians, for good reason, fear because we've done it, we did it with turkey a few years ago, we've did it in other areas, they fear our ability to intercept and force down aircraft if we really get upset with iran. we control the air in the middle east. we don't control the sand. that's what

those involved in fishing to make the most of those available. >> in blackburn. >> thank you mr. speaker does the prime minister agree with me that my-- [inaudible] >> what i think is key is to ensure we have migration in this country. that's what this government is delivering. >> mr. blackburn. >> mr. speaker, american government moved to scotland and invested 400,000 pounds for an award-winning guesthouse. the contribution to their community yet they've been deported because of respect to change my home office rules. with the prime minister meet with me to discuss this case in the systemic problem with uk migration? >> there are systemic problems with uk migration. the secretary is meeting with the and-- john went to discuss the case he has raised. home office does work to ensure immigration rules are properly implemented >> now it's time to hear mr. simon hall. >> thank you mr. speaker i have composed myself. i was glad to hear last week that the german chancellor said the final deal with regards to brexit is going to happen. does my friend agree my assessment that we all get

what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? 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 y

montana, mr. gianforte, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2464, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2464, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 25 new chardon street lobby in boston, massachusetts, as the john fitzgerald kennedy post office. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 395, the nays are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. will members

violence against the rohingya. mr. royce: so if that's prepared, let's play that right now. video playing] mr. royce: while we're waiting for that, i see ms. muhammad ali in the audience and i wanted to thank her for her focus on this issue. [applause] appreciate her presence with us here today. thank you. [video playing] mr. royce: so, one of the reasons that i thought we would show the video from radio free asia is to make a point. there's very little information outside of these types of coverage that are coming into the outside world. and more importantly, the burmese people themselves. in myanmar there is no coverage of this information. so people do not actually know what is happening. the generals that run the country have a different narrative. and so there's very little recognition of the reality. in order to get to that reality , it is very important that we get reporters in on the ground, that we.net u.s. -- usaid in -- that we get usaid into myanmar. that we get the united nations back in some way into myanmar in order to cover. because as long as that presence is ther

are -- mr. graham: the parent. >> senator, live that to you. we're happy to help any way we can. senator leahy: thank you, mr. chairman. as frustrating as the chairman knows, two or three years ago we passed a major overhall -- overhaul of immigration. in this committee. bipartisan. passed the united states senate two to one. republicans, democrats voting for it. the republican leadership said they couldn't bring it up in the house where it would have passed. it would have violated the sake rhett dennis hastert rule. because they had enormous -- this was before mr. hastert went to prison, they couldn't bring it up. i think everybody wishes now they had because it would have helped dreamers. i worry when we talk about daca, there is a lot of fear mongering that goes on. dreamers take nothing more to contribute to the only country they have known. every day on paper they are as american as the senators up here. so will we play by the rules, pull them selves up by the the traps, or do we tell zeepo phobic attitude -- zen phobic attitude that faced my grandparents when they immigrat

development, george papadopoulos, former policy adviser to mr trump, has admitted lying to the fbi about his ties with a russian contact. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports from washington. reporter: mr manafort, are you turning yourself in to federal authorities today? this isn't how it was meant to be. lawyer: mr manafort has no comment. just over a year ago, the multimillionaire paul manafort was donald trump's campaign chairman and a figure of huge influence. today, he's been ordered to an fbi field office to face the most grave charges. normally talkative, today, much more tight—lipped. the indictment runs to over 30 pages and details are complex web of financial arrangements to keep vast sums secret from the us authorities. it details how manafort was working as an agent for the pro—russia party in ukraine from whom he received tens of millions of dollars in payments for a decade until 2016. it's alleged he laundered $18 million through various accounts and companies and by any means. almost $1 million was funnelled through an antiques rug store in alexandria, virgini

matter two or two and a half years which is the experience that we have with turkey but mr proper dmitri with all due respect in defense of europe i think europe is at least or some european countries are at least trying to face the end deal with the consequences of all of their own actions the united see. it was also a major player off of that intervention and yet we know that the trumpet ministration has just recently decided to cut the refugee selling at forty five thousand for the fiscal year of two thousand and eighteen which is five thousand last done a year before and represents annual record low for the united states what do you make of that do you take it as an anomaly of the trumpet ministration or is it perhaps the continuation of a long a longer term trend i think that certainly mr trump has sort of created an alternative world when it comes to refugees and the numbers and where they're coming from and their requirements that they must meet etc etc and that alternative is cutting more than by half the numbers that mr obama promised in the united states has always begun back a

corps rhea. on the amendment of 026. to hr 3548 offered by mr. thompson. question occurs on agreeing to the agreement, the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. smith. mr. king. >> no. >> mr. king votes no. mr. rogers, mr. rogers votes no. ms. rye letta votes no. mr. katko. mr. katko votes no. ms. mcsally votes no. mr. ratcliffe, mr. ratcliffe votes no. mr. donovan votes no. 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 re

from mr. jackrin,rn -- chris analyst in cyber security policy at the congressional research service. each witnesses recognized for five minutes of oral remarks and questions.ceed to mr. smith, you may proceed. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. my name is andrew smith and a partner at the law firm of covington burling. behalf of thee trade association of companies that provide businesses with the information and analytical tools necessary to manage risk and protect consumers. ctia's members include the three national credit bureaus. you've asked us to discuss how credit bureaus protect consumer data. first and wanted to mention the important role played by the national debt credit reporting. more than two thirds of our gdp comes from consumer spending, fueled by consumer credit. credit reporting system that allows them to quickly and effortlessly open a bank account or purchase a cell phone. more than 40% of consumers move every year and the national credit reporting system facilitates this mobility in addition to providing fast, fair, and impartial access to well p

or photography course here at ut. would you talk about how that has influenced your career? mr. perkins: it is funny, i was actually a biology major at the university of texas. also at the chester dorms, this is it today, 30 years later. it has not changed a bit. one of my residence at chester sold me one of the cameras. he convinced his parents to get him a new one, so he sold me his old one. i became interested in photography as a hobby. and then decided to take photography courses as an elective. and coincidently, signed up for a first year of footage i was in. even though i was not even thinking about photojournalism or knew what it was. it was a first-year photo class. i took the course and towards the end of the semester, the ta said, there is an opening on the student yearbook, you should apply for it. i never thought about photography as a career. i said, that should be fun. i went and applied. i got the job. the very day i got the job, i knew this is what i wanted to do. i started working and shooting for the daily texan. another person that was hired at the same time

, let's play that right now. while we are waiting for that, i see mrs. mohamed ali and i wanted to thank her for her focus on this issue, and i appreciate her presence with us here today. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> so one of the reasons i thought we would show the video from radio creation is to make a point, there is very little information outside these types of coverage that are coming out from the outside world. more important, the burmese people themselves. in miramar there is no coverage of this information so people do not actually know what is happening. the generals that run the country have a different narrative and so there's very little recognition of the reality. in order to get that reality, it is very important that we get reporters in on the ground, that we get usaid into miramar, that we get the united nations back into cover. as long as that presence is there, it is a check to these types of atrocities. with respect to our attention to th

not strike. it did not strike. reporter: did it have the possibility? mr. dunford: i'm not going to talk about what our capabilities are in the region. that particular capability that was there within minutes did not trike. reporter: [inaudible] -- on the president's trip to south korea -- hasnth -- [inaudible] not yet made any decision to visit the d.m.z. who made -- [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> you can watch the rest of this online at cspan.org as we get you live now to the floor of the u.s. house. are ordered or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4038, the d.h.s. accountability enforcement act. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4038, a bill to a

commonwealth of virginia, ralph northam. >> [cheering] mr. obama: now, i want to thank ralph for getting me fired up backstage. and since he said a few nice things about me, i have to embarrass him in return. richmond, this is someone you will be proud to have as your governor. >> [cheering] mr. obama: ralph's whole life has been about honest, responsible service to others. one of the stories i love is about ralph, and how when he was a cadet at vmi, his fellow cadets elected him president of the honor court. let me say this -- when i was in college, i was kind of a goof off, so they would have not given me that honor. think about that. even as a young man, people already recognized that this is somebody whose character made him trustworthy. somebody with a code of honor, and integrity. they trusted him to hold himself and all of them to a high standard. they trusted him to do the right thing, even when no one is looking. >> [cheering] mr. obama: isn't that what we want in our leaders? isn't that who we want making tough decisions on our behalf? honesty, integrity, a willingness

case 16-1161, gill versus whitford. mr. tseytlin? mr. tseytlin: mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: this court has never uncovered judicially manageable standards for determining when politicians have acted too politically in drawing district lines. plaintiff's social science metrics composed of statewide vote to seat ratios and hypothetical projections do not solve any of these problems. and hypothetical projections do not solve any of these problems. they were merely shifting districting the final courts who decided the fate of maps based upon panels of experts. on a threshold matter, this court should hold the courts jurisdiction to entertain statewide political gerrymandering challenges, leaving district specific gerrymandering. >> i think it is true there is no case that directly helps respondents strongly on the standing issue. you have a strong argument. suppose the court -- you have to assume we will know exactly the parameters of it -- decided this was a first amendment issue. not an equal protection issue. with that change the calculus so if you are in one part

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