. it's going to be the negotiation that takes place along pennsylvania avenue. i hope that we can find the will to pass a t.p.p. agreement. that's going to be critical for the united states role in asia. >> a final quick question. madam here in the front table. and keep it short, please. >> that, i can do. i was just interested in what you think the changes in the education system here in the united states need to take place? what changes need to take place in order to achieve this economic growth particularly for the middle-class and i'm particularly interested in alternative higher education. your opinion on that topic. so apprenticeship, vocational education. >> education, i would say a few things. market essence of the system is that providers try to make customers happy and try to give customer what is they need. the essence of the communist system is the opposite. for too long an too much of education itself been run for the convenience of the teachers and the professors and the schools rather than for the benefit of the students. and we need a fundamental change in attitude

tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. pitts: thank you, madam speaker. this morning we're debating actually two bills. one is the delay of funds to planned parenthood until the investigation's over and redistributing that money to the rural and federally qualified community health clinics of which there are over 13,000. only 665 planned parenthood clinics. and they only do women's health like mammograms, as we have heard, and other issues. not just refer. so, i would urge support for that. and the other one, which is sometimes infants are born alive after an abortion. we had two witnesses last week before the judiciary committee who were survivers. one of them said she was in contact with 203 other abortion survivors. and all we're doing is putting enforcement language, some penalties, in there because born alive is the law. but it's not enforced. and this would permit that to be enforced. finally, with pope francis coming next week, he said this, the defense of the unborn life is closely linked to the defense of each and every other human right

offer with my colleagues from pennsylvania. mr. chairman, our amendment would increase funding to the department of energy's water power program by just $9 million, a small price tag that will yield a huge return. this increase is offset by an equal amount by the departmental administration account. the modest increase will support hydropower and the development of innovative hydropower technologies. development of these new technologies can offer the united states a chance to lead the world in an he merging area. marine and hydro kinetic energy from waves, current and tides unlike the sun and wind, do not stop, is an exciting frontier. oregon state university, university of washington and university of alaska fairbanks are using federal funding from the water power program to support the program and research activities of the northwest marine renewable energy center which will provide entrepreneurs a domestic location to test devices along with other technologies rather than traveling to scotland. without continued federal investment, europe will remain the leader. when fully dev

boys working on a big project on pennsylvania avenue. he loves his dad. they know i want to be on pennsylvania avenue. administration, i got the most valuable site. the most heavily bid on site in the history of the general services administration. it is called the old post office. it was built in the 1880's. we are converting it into a hotel. one of the best statements they have ever seen. we had a great concept. a super luxury hotel. it will be one of the great hotels of the world. they did the right thing. they chose trump. two years ahead of schedule. going by government schedules. the people at the gsa are terrific people. if they didn't choose me i don't know if i would say that. with over 100ut bidders. all the great hotel companies. and we got it. because the statement of because of the concept. don gloves that project. loves that project. they know i want to live on pennsylvania avenue. and if i don't make it to the white house i can still live on pennsylvania avenue. [applause] don: as i've traveled across the is incredible to see the outpouring, the warmth. we are just

off as we take a look at the battleground states. thanks for you theoming up on c-span, pennsylvania senate debate in then the national security threats and transition process at the pentagon. c-span's road to the white house coverage continues today with the presidential candidates in florida. hillary clinton speaks at a rally in coconut creek. we're live in 2:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. donald trump in tallahassee at the club p.m. on c-span2. in tallahassee at 6:00 p.m. on c-span2. to the c-span page, click on the supreme court. you will see a calendar, list of justices, in with video on demand, watch arguments and recent c-span appearances by supreme court justices at supreme court -- c-span.org. between pat debate toomey and craddick challenger katie mcginty. this took place in philadelphia. >> this is vote 2016, the pennsylvania senatorial debate. the final matchup before election day. the candidates are republican pat toomey and democrat katie mcginty. today's debate is brought to you by 6abc in philadelphia and the league of women voters of pennsylvania. and now, live from the

homeland security subcommittee on pennsylvania representative scott perry on domestic terrorism issues. and to senator tom harper of delaware, member of the department of government affairs committee discusses threats to the united states is security. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal at 7:00 a.m. tuesday morning. join the discussion. lama said the massive shooting at a nightclub in orlando was a very serious tragedy. the spiritual leader, who is in washington, also talked about the role of religion and the need for nonviolence. the u.s. institute of peace hosted this event will dalai lama: i am very much impressed to see you from this troubled area. really. wonderful. at the beginning, because of serious tragedy. [indiscernible] dalai lama: a silent prayer. ok. [silent prayer] dalai lama: thank you. one with this monk, quite skeptical. about the effects of prayer. [laughter] this has really changed if it comes to action. then, while we carry some seriously, some serious action. continuously in spite of some difficulties and obstacles. without losing our determination or cou

practices. >> in the state of pennsylvania, they have lost one third of their manufacturing jobs since the clintons put china into the wto. >> the program includes a look at nafta, in 1994 free trade agreement between the united states, mexico, and canada. >> this whole world is together in the cause of more jobs for our people, more exports for our markets, and more democracy for our allies. >> a discussion on how the founding fathers viewed free-trade. >> historically, the united states simply was not a free-trade nation, for most of american history. the u.s. is, in fact, a tariff protected economy. this goes back to our very constitution. >> and an in-depth examination of the wto, which enforces global trade rules. >> at the time the wto was being negotiated, or nafta, 800 more pages of rules and regulations. my book would be very different. when these two were being negotiated, the u.s. had as official advisers 500 corporate advisors. >> watch our issue spotlight on trade deals, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >> former national security advisers thomas don

its sown life. but i would find it even harder to go to the most recent ms. pennsylvania who has worked for rape victims, but who herself was the product of a rape and tell her you don't deserve to live. >> all right. now, mr. bell, you have a question for mr. booker. > senator, the watershed authority's problems during your administration have been coming up a little more frequently lately. and i just like to ask you a simple question to clear things up. which is on channel five in new york, last week, you said -- this week actually on wednesday, you said that the $700,000 in six individual payments, $689,000 to be exact, came as a result of -- you took your ownership with you and it was a buyout and they didn't have the money all at once. document is there a in writing that specifies what that arrangement is? >> so my opponent has spent a lot of time down in virginia the last 30 years and hasn't been taking attention much and that's why i appreciate him playing catchup now. but he's a big supporter of businesses and so when i was a private citizen, i helped to grow and make a f

pennsylvania. the only reason i know that is because they grew up not too far from that area. how are you going to stop the corruption that is getting worse and worse throughout the united states and throughout washington itself? guest: it's a great question because it brings out exactly the problem with the current system that we have got right now. right now whenever you see a decision you disagree with, the first thing we run to is that they must have made that decision because of the money. i do not and know exactly why a obama made the decision that he did about the keystone pipeline. fair toit is completely point out that whatever financial interest might have benefited the democrats when he made that decision. the same thing the other way around. the point is that we have a system where we have no reason to believe that the decisions are being made in the interest of america as a whole. we have every reason to believe that the decisions are being made to benefit the funders that is exactly what donald trump's point was in the second republican debate when he stood up and said i own

. weeks. kristen d. willheit. pennsylvania -- richard a. champion. brian k. dixon ii. david kedra. cheryl a. pierce. south carolina -- joseph j. madaskovic. holmes n. smith jr. tennessee -- david c. johnson. darryl j. perrett. michael a. petrina. texas -- paul a. buckles. charles d. dinwiddy. lee dixon. jessica l. hollis. cleveland d. johnson jr. mark u. kelley. alejandro martinez, sr. michael j. naylor. michael a. pimmintel. jessie valdez, iii. utah -- corey blake ride. virginia -- brian m. berger. purcy lee house, iii. brian w.jones. washington -- derek a. hansen. wisconsin -- michael j. seversen. federal -- oswaldo o. albarati-casana. michael c. baskett. jair j. cabrera. jason m. crisp. brian j. feldt. alexander i. giannini. clinton holtz. brandon k. kountz. mark a. mayo. frank e. mcknight. ernest j. montoya, sr. tyler r. robledo geniel amaro-fantauzzi juaquin correa-ortega. marielis morales-santiago. francisco mujica de leon. carlos rivera-vega. mario torres-martin. acknowledgment of all deceased officers. mrs. amy scully, wife of alvin scully, florence township police departm

, and "k" street. none of them work in 1600 pennsylvania avenue, exactly what john and margaret were just talking about. >> steven, what about you? >> i agree with you. sometimes you have to be -- come in as an outsider to do that story about how the rest of the world sees what the president is doing. one occasion i remember was the first trip to china, which was in 2009. and the president -- it was a bit of a disaster. the president did a town hall meeting in shanghai, which half of china couldn't even see because it was blocked off and the chinese wouldn't let half the people come in. he didn't go and see any dissidents for example. when reagan went to moscow he went to see dissidents etcetera etcetera. and then he had this press conference, which was not really a press conference at all but him and hu standing there kind of looking around and it went into this massive discussion of mutual cooperation and that kind of stuff. the chinese often talk about that in public. the president was staring around looking at, catching people's eye in the front row. he was very bored. the press

small town in pennsylvania and more and more poor people exist and are coming to be poor in this country i think it's so critical for people -- poor people and people who are not poor who care about poverty to come together around the issue of strengthening our democracy. it has nothing to do with who gets elected because people get elected in formations that have created the poverty. they don't care about it and they don't want anything basically to do about it and they don't talk about poverty in this country. i think that we have to continually deepen people's understanding about the relationship between these two and i think the african-american community has a particular role in that because we've been taught that the reason we're poor is because we're shipless and not that we built this goddamn country and it never let us in. [applause] >> and i think there is no way to engage these issues unless we come together and not just go to the voting booth but do what we're doing and what people are doing which is to create an environment where voting means something. [applause] >>

issued by the commonwealth of pennsylvania, county of lucerne, for testimony in a criminal case. after consultation with the office of general counsel, i have determined that compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the precedents and privileges of the house. gned, sincerely, christa macadone, constituent co-worker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, on march 13, 2014, pursuant to section 3307 of title 40 united states code the committee on transportation and infrastructure met in open session to consider resolutions to authorize 14 prospect tuss, including three leases, 10 alteration projects, and one project design included in the general services administration's f.y. 2013 and f.y. 2014 capital investment and leasing programs. our committee continues to work to cut waste and the cost of federal property and leases. the lease resolutions approved by the committee will save the taxpayers $39 million over the terms of the leases. all alterations and design projects approve

you have to get. whether it is ohio, pennsylvania, florida. the republicans, it is tougher for a republican to win the presidency. like, by a factor of five. i have things others can't do. i have a chance of new york. all those delegates, upstate new york, i poll higher than anybody ever. they are in trouble up there. and they know i would have done things, and they wouldn't be in trouble if they had taken my advice. i will get michigan. i will get michigan. we are going to bring the car industry back. we are going to take it back. we're going to bring the car industry back into michigan. i'm going to win michigan. it is not even the question. the candidates are talking about running, it is never even a question. michigan is not something they even talk about. i will win new jersey, ohio. florida. i will win virginia. i have great properties in virginia. charlottesville, we just talked about the winery in virginia. thehe potomac river, one of great pieces of property in the world. 600 acres, very successful place. a lot of employees in virginia. it seems when i have something in

. pennsylvania congressman keith rothfus meeting with a constituent who helps provide service dogs to veterans. national dog day was founded in 2004 and works to inform the public on recognizing the number of dogs that need to be rescued each year. on c-span2. here are some featured programs this weekend. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwards," the presidential candidacy of donald trump the topic of syndicated columnist ann coulter's latest which"in trump we trust," argues moderates, conservatives, democrats should support him great she's interviewed by the cofounder and editor-in-chief of "the daily caller." >> i think he's a genuine , and he looked around and saw so many things going wrong that he could fix. in that opening speech he said something to the effect of, if we don't stop this now, it's going to be too late. network'sadio washington bureau chief april ryan moderates race in america, a panel discussion on race in relation to the news, politics, and american culture, including an examination of the rise in racial incidents, their origins, and possible solutions.

, pennsylvania and ohio, where he is struggling in kee polls, and thio ma trump see more likable to women of both parties, who see in trump someone who they maybe do not want to have the nuclear codes or more tempted to the democratic side on that temperamental question when it comes to donald trump. she is someone who was worked in pulling for a long time, it used to work for a well-known pollster and republican party, and heris focused company on women's issues for both corporate and political clients, and she has developed an expertise in that area. host: finally come with regards to people you talk to and republican party circles, not necessarily involved in the trump campaign, do they think these changes will make a difference? guest: there is a mixed reception to these changes. there is a belief among nearly all my sources that the decision was driven by trump himself and he wants the campaign on his terms and his instincts. the idea that bannon and conway will change trump, no one believes that, but it will be a different type of campaign. manefort has tried to get him to rea

chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> wish to offer an amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. murphy of pennsylvania. after the dollar amount reduce by $37 million. page 33 line 11 after the dollar amount insert increase by $10 million. after the dollar amount insert increase by $10 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. murphy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. murphy: i thank the gentleman and i thank the chairman and ranking member of the committee. i should say in addition to being a member of congress and i'm a member of the navy reserve as a psychologist. i'm not representing navy psychology but talking about those things i see in our military. we have the best military in the world. we are strong. but our country has a crisis on its hands. service e 222 military members die -- 22 military service members die by their own hands. veterans make up the population, two million overall. the suicide rate

of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. meehan. mr. meehan: 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: without objection, the gentleman from new york, mr. mahoney, is recognized for one minute. mr. mahoney: mr. speaker, it's with great honor that i welcome abbi eytan hammerman, temple beth shalom and serving as guest chaplain. he leads the temple at beth halom and serves his people in mahopac, new york. new york b.a. at the seminary and degree in political science. he served small and large congregations in baltimore, maryland, white plains, new york, and northern new jersey. in addition to serving as director of the jewish youth philanthropy institute in washington, d.c. rabbi hammerman has served the mahopac area and his leadership has united the community, no matter what their beliefs or background. not only a religious leader, he's long been a political leadership for justice and equality and especially fo

pennsylvania, there will be an enormously important democratic primary. what i have learned so far from this campaign, is when voter turnout is high, we win. [cheers and applause] senator sanders: when voter turnout is low, we lose. so next tuesday, let us have the highest voter turnout in pennsylvania history. [cheers and applause] senator sanders: and let pennsylvania go forward and tell the world, you are going to lead this country into a political revolution. thank you all. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ♪ i had to phone someone so i picked on you hey, that's far out so you heard him too! switch on the tv we may pick him up on channel two look out your window i can see his light if we can sparkle he may land tonight don't tell your poppa or he'll get us locked up in fright there's a starman waiting in the sky he'd like to come and meet us but he thinks he'd blow our minds there's a starman waiting in the sky he's told us not to blow it cause he knows it's all worthwhile he told me: let the children lose it let the children use it let all the children boogie starman waiting in the sky he'

great workforce, and now we have inexpensive energy. i am proud to say, in pennsylvania, the marsalis shale will help to draw manufacturers back to america, but we have to make sure we can get out to the world economy to get that market share, to make sure we are creating those jobs in america. about the role of government, i believe it is essential, for the federal government, local, something that we have always done, want to have the private sector can -- participate with us. when you look back to the founding of this country, the tipping point was a transportation issue. ,t was around the potomac river maryland and virginia could not come to terms on an agreement to navigate the river to go to the western part of maryland and up into the allegheny mountains to get to the ohio territory. they could not come together on it. those folks from virginia, maryland, they realized we had to have a constitution. we had to have a tuition that helped promote commerce and helped connect the country. when they wrote the constitution, the number one responsibility is national security. establish

our state "irs scam widespread in pennsylvania." and then "irs phone scam reaching more in northwest pennsylvania." a lot of what you heard and had direct expense with trying to stop. i guess i would start with the attorney generals, a particular question about your assessment of where we are in light of what i have seen. i was in berks county, in eastern side of our say -- our state. walking through some of the basic challenges from the prosecutorial standpoint, he emphasized, among other things that the perpetrators were first highly organized number two organized in jurisdictions far away from the victims, and also beyond the reach of local authorities. he also pointed to perpetrators residing in foreign countries. so that is one of -- that is among the many challenges them much of your testimony's pony -- pointed to. i don't want to be pessimistic because i do want to get to part of your testimony where you talk about what has been happening with the justice department and some of the success you have had , but there is a sense, because of the scope and gravity of the problem tha

absence requested for mr. fattah of pennsylvania for today and mr. gene green of texas on august 1 . the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. who seeks recognition at this time? for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to strike from the congressional record the words of the gentlelady from minnesota who described placing a handcuff on one hand of the president -- point of order, may i finish my unanimous consent request. thank you. who in one moment described putting one handcuff on one hand of the president, a secondhand cuff on the secondhand of the president, and handcuffing the lawless president of the united states. those are words which are not appropriate in the congressional record. i ask unanimous consent that they be stricken impugning the character and integrity of the president of the united states clear violation of the rules of this house. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? mr.

, pennsylvania. >> every minute of the republican and democratic parties national convention on c-span. c-span radio and c-span.org. >> british prime minister david cameron and labor party leader jeremy corbin led the house tributes no on of jo cox who was recently murdered after meeting with constituents in her district and also includes remarks by house of common speaker and members of parliament. >> order. we meet today in heartbreaking sadness but also in heartfelt solidarity. any death in these circumstances is an outrage and a tragedy, yet this death in this manner in this person, our democratically elected colleague, jo cox, is particularly shocking and repugnant. all of us who came to know jo in her short service in this house became swiftly aware of her outstanding qualities. she was caring, eloquent, principled, and wise. above all, she was filled with for humanity love , devoted to her family and a relentless campaigner for equality, human rights, and social justice. jo was proud to be the member of parliament for batley and spin where she had her roots and she was determined t

possible. like to next welcome the gentleman from pennsylvania, the young chairman of the transportation committee. i know mr. chairman you've been hard at work for a long time but you also come with a view of having a father who has walked down this pathway with you, and i knew your dad. know your dad, bill, and i want you to know that i intend to tell him how proud we are of the job you're continuing to do for the people of this great nation, caring about their roads and bridges wherever they might be across the united states. the gentleman is recognized at this time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate those kind words, and i'll pass them along to bud. >> i intend to tell him myself. >> i appreciate that. it's probably better he'll tell me something i didn't do right in this bill probably. but that's okay. want to thank mr. chairman and the members of the committee. we have the opportunity to appear here today for hr-5021 the highway transportation funding act of 2014. the highway transportation funding act of 2014 extends federal service transportation programs and shares the so

not just by the families of those who died in new york and at the pentagon and in pennsylvania, it is needed to send a message to people all around the world, a message that the long arm of american justice will not be deterred, will never tire, and will never falter. as we have done in the past, we will pursue the perpetrators of such savage acts of inhumanity as we saw on 9/11 to their very graves, there is no loophole and there will be no escape. yes, it may be true there are risks in passing a bill like this that may have some unintended consequences, but compare that to the risks of doing nothing and the risks that are very real that are all too present. i urge my colleagues to not forget and to overturn the president's veto. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. mrs. maloney: it is a deterrent to future crimes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, at this time it's my pleasure to yield three minutes to the gentleman from new j

by this court decision. rich in westchester, pennsylvania. caller: i think it is interesting that they talk about subsidies, but not where does the money come from? you have to remember that there are people like me that because of the law, we got thrown off our insurance and premiums doubled. like your previous guest, it is great that he can now afford insurance, but somebody is helping him pay for that insurance. that person is me. my question to you is, what about the people who have really been hurt by this law? and secondly, you should probably tie in how the employer mandate plays into the law because if there is no subsidy in the state there's no employer mandate, those two are tied together. thank you. mary: what is interesting, i wonder what rich's previous policy covered. one reason premiums have gone up is because their old policy was perhaps limited in coverages and did not comply with something called the essential health benefits in the affordable care act. some people do not want these benefits. they include things like maternity coverage, pediatric coverage, and so

speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i yield one minute to the gentleman from washington, adam smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from -- the gentleman from washington is recognized for one minute. the gentleman from washington the gentleman is correct. the house will be in order. the gentleman from washington will be recognized. recognized for one minute. mr. smith: i rise in opposition to thillbnd also the bill that will follow. we have a humanitarian crisis -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman will suspend. the house is not in order. the house will be in order. members will take their seats. remove their conversations from the house floor. the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: we have a humanitarian crisis on the border in our country. not this bill nor the next bill on daca does anything to address it. these children are fleeing unimaginable violence, fleing a life they

recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. boil. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania. is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. boil: thank you. mr. speaker, i am not going -- mr. boyle: thank you. i am not going to speak long as i have lost my voice. if we pass fast track the american workers will lose their voice. this is wrong. the president has said the social mobility and imcoin equality is the issue of our time. if i really believe that anything we are voting on here would do anything to address that, i would sincerely be voting yes. but it doesn't. after 20 years of nafta and cafta and every sort of trade agreement, we have not seen our middle class benefit. let's finally use this time to rebuild the american middle class and stand up for -- i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: i'd like to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from the other side of the aisle, from virginia, mr. connolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for 1 1

is abc advantage used in a few counties in pennsylvania and other states. the computer program is mounted in a socket on the motherboard. you would have to remove that from the socket on which you've prepared the program. the program that i've prepared as an extra 100 lines of code that changes some votes in the machine and it changes the log. to install that the attacker just needs to have copies of this chip in for each voting machine to remove the panel that covers the motherboard containing the legitimate program and install the chip inp containing the fraudulent program. other kinds of machines or their computer program in the flash memory and this can be updated under the control of whatever program happens to be running in the machine. it can be without physically changing any hardware in the machine just by installing a software upgrade memory card in the same slot within one would normally install the ballot definition. in this particular attack was demonstrated by my colleague at princeton in about 2007 working with graduate students. there's many kind of voting machines

planes hit the twin towers, a plane hit the pentagon, a plane go down in shanksville, pennsylvania, in excess of 3,000 americans were killed by an outfit called al qaeda that nobody in america basically had heard of to any great degree. i remember jane harman and i got our staff who were very familiar with al qaeda to make a presentation to all members of congress. we invited all 435 members of the house to a meeting where we had our staff explain what al qaeda is and what we were now facing as americans from a military standpoint. if we captured some of those individuals, people wanted to make sure that we got the right kind of information from them that wouldn't allow september 11 to happen again. the further we've gotten away from that, the more difficult the issue relative to detention, interrogation has become. c.i.a. was charged with a responsibility that was new to them. they're not in the detention and interrogation business. they're in the information gathering and intelligence business. but they were charged with putting together a program which, in effect, they were told, if

, pennsylvania, and i am now the grandmother of a wonderful little girl that we had the pleasure of being with over thanksgiving. bill and i will do everything we can to ensure she has every opportunity to succeed, but i don't think you should have to be the granddaughter of a former president to share in the promise of america. the granddaughters and grandsons apparently workers and teachers and firefighters and truck thatrs should happeve chance, too. let's get together, let's run a campaign, let us build an america where there are no ceilings or anyone -- for anyone. let's make it happen. thank you all very much. [applause] ♪ >> how are you? >> wonderful. >> doing great. >> how are you? this is great. >> wonderful. that was so nice. >> thank you so much. congratulations. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. how are you? award.ulations on your how are you doing? dear.you, that is great. that is great. i am so glad. thank you. look at that. that is great. why don't we get a photo? yay. we will make it happen. thank you. i am glad to see you. how are you doing? absolutely. hi. >>

in pennsylvania. caller: good morning. i want to say rush limbaugh made a very good point about the first black president. i think republicans need to make a big deal about being the first female or the first hispanic which is the largest minority out there. i they never include why we don't have china making changes. we need a debate. host: i will let you take the first part of the question about marco rubio and republicans appealing to hispanic voters. guest: i think that's going to be a big part of the campaign, and there's already a subterranean cycle between democratic groups trying to organize the latino vote and republican groups. there's an initiative funded by the koch brothers called the libre initiative trying to reach out to hispanic voters and mobilize and organize them and turn them on to republican principles. hillary clinton maybe even today headed out to nevada talking about embracing a pathway to citizenship or those who are already here illegally. this is going to be a big fight, and the democratic party has moved to the left on this over time. this is not wish he

kingston, pennsylvania, republican line for do not by bon by /* /* do not beyer. caller: my problem is all the anti-rhetoric against iran. correct me if i'm wrong isn't it true that all 16 security agencies including the israelis agree that iran hasn't attempted to make a nuclear weapon? isn't this iran a country that has 'nt a/* hasn't attacked anybody in 112 years. state sponsor of terrorism. when you talk about terrorism, isn't it israel that seems to bond their numbers at will in response to these sky rockets attacks that kill tens of thousands of people. who is the terrorist here? hakem: tonie host: toni lots of questions there. congressman beyer: thanks for your perspective. there is lots of history here. when i was ambassador in switzerland -- switzerland represents us in iran ever since 1980 or '81 and the swiss am bad tkor to tehran used to say as much as we distrust the iranians they distrust us and much of that going back to 1953 when we helped over throw their democrat kalical ly elected president. what my big problem with netanyahu when he came to speak to congress he s

how you send us a tweet. mike from pennsylvania on the others line. caller: hi, i want to comment how these people are saying marijuana is a gateway drug to heroin. i did not start with marijuana, i started with cigarettes and high school. because i smoke cigarettes i fell into a particular clique. in that, there were those that had various types of drugs. i started with pcp and angel dust. i have been smoking marijuana for 40 years.i've held good jobs , i run companies, raised a family. no problem with the marijuana. once i started buying the marijuana and going to these places where people sold it, i came across the other drugs. if marijuana was legal, i would never have been exposed to all of these other drugs that these drug dealers had to deal the marijuana. so i wanted to get the point across. everybody does not start with marijuana. legal and i could go to a store and buy it, i would not have access to all those other drugs throughout the years. host: hey mike, had you keep that from being a gateway drug? you said you have been using it for 40 years. are there times where you a

pennsylvania, a member of the ways and means committee, pat meehan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for 90 seconds. mr. meehan: i thank the chairman and i thank the speaker. i rise in support of the trade act of 2015. 95% of the world's market is outside the united states, and selling our goods to these markets is critical to america's future prosperity. one in five of american jobs are directly tied to trade. and if we can't knock down the tariffs that are placed on american goods around the country, the world's going to buy these goods elsewhere. simply put a strong trade agenda is essential to america's national security and the economic opportunity of hardworking taxpayers. if you want a strong trade agreement with better protections for u.s. workers, you want trade promotion authority. t.p.a. allows congress to hold the administration accountable and gives congress the chance to vote down a bad deal. without it we're negotiating from a disadvantage, and if we're not setting the rules on global trade, china will. mr. speaker, trade promo

actions that have been taken in states like texas in states like colorado, in states like pennsylvania and wyoming, to try to address these concerns. one of the things i believe miss craddick said that we so strongly support -- i was thinking about it -- one of the essential challenges for regulators is to simply keep up with the enormous amount of innovation that is going on in the oil and gas industry. i make the complaint about that innovation, i simply note that it is a highly complex and heavy industrial activity, and regulators need to be on their toes. let me conclude my response to you by saying if you can imagine the many communities and states where suddenly oil and gas development is occurring where no one alive has ever seen it before has ever experienced it before has ever worked in the industry before, you can imagine the challenges to elected officials at the state and local levels in trying to devise a appropriate programs and oversight. that is why we have such differences from state to state with states like texas having 100 years or more of aggressive and increasingl

50 state phenomenon. even though the numbers aren't as big and rural pennsylvania as in arizona, the rate of change is very noticeable. phenomenon, so it's not the case that only border district are concerned about immigration the way it was for many years. >> if you look at geographical impact, originally this effort to build effective enforcement started in california and texas. operation gatekeeper really shut down the corridors. the result was all traffic went into arizona. you want to know why arizona became ground zero? it was because you guys started first in california and texas and all the traffic came through arizona. that has been shut down. the numbers are very small compared to a decade ago. publicplaces where opinion is most affected is the southeast. there were great rates of increase of 300% in recent decades. >> it's interesting that despite arizona's historic role in this debate you have senator mccain -- two republicans being the most outspoken advocate for comprehensive immigration reform and the last senate round and the congressional delegation in arizona is 5-4

. host: let's go to laura in pennsylvania. caller: good morning. i want to say rush limbaugh made a very good point about the first black president. i think republicans need to make a big deal about being the first female or the first hispanic which is the largest minority out there. i think marco rubio could go bilingual. he could say all the conservative things that businesses want to hear. i wanted to bring up rush limbaugh talks about climate change. he is a denier. the biggest issue according to barack obama is climate change. can we not have a debate on a big college campus about our humans responsible? neil degrasse tyson has evidence that the united states percent -- is responsible for 17% and china is responsible for more. why do we have china making changes? we need a debate. host: i will let you take the first part of her question about marco rubio and republicans appealing to hispanic voters. guest: i think it's going to be a big part of the campaign. there is a subterranean fight between democratic groups that are trying to organize the latino the -- vote. there is an i

is affordable and long-term. jeff in pennsylvania, we are low on time so be quick. caller: thank you for taking my call. you have mentioned nuts and bolts. can you zero it down to two on the field, like 10 or $15 for a field or like a is two cents to make up a they charge you $15 for a little plastic tray. you are right. we are frustrated by that, you are frustrated by that. this is a system that needs to be refined and change. you need to look at what is the cost of care. what is the value of getting the care right? how do we drive more efficient and safe to care -- and safer care? very old-fashioned system of itemizing health care costs. reformation and a very complex web that you talked about. how do you help patients ?nderstand their bill we are all struggling with the same legacy system that is put in place. it is highly regulated by the insurance and by the hospitals. we need more transparency, we need more clarity. at the moment no one has this right in this country. there are new models that are coming forth. this one is badly broken. being patient and going through line by l

. it's the same thing in florida. why did you pick one of them? it's interesting. pennsylvania, we're going to do great. for they have done in the industry's, i guarantee you i'm going to do great in pennsylvania. i think and want to do great in states not considered in play. i think new york. they came out with a pull, upstate new york loves trump. i do well in manhattan. i lived there. the truth is whether it is liberal or not liberal, democrat or whatever, people want safety. they want our country to be great again. they want lower taxes. [applause] so i think that i'm going to win states that these people up there with the cameras don't even talk about. states that aren't even talked about. the other people are not going to win those states. there is not a chance. all these people are not going to win new york. i have a good chance of winning. they like me. i have employed thousands and thousands of people. i have built projects in new york from the littlest to the biggest buildings. tens of thousands of people. they like me in new york. a place like new york which is an even thou

pennsylvania governor press debate between tom corbett and tom wolfe. and live coverage of the illinois house debate for the bobbyistrict between schilling and her opponent -- his opponent. and the illinois governor's debate. friday night, the wisconsin governor's debate between scott walker and mary burke. and live coverage of the iowa senate debate. sunday, live at 8:00 p.m., the michigan governor's debate between rick snyder and fark shower -- mark schauer. >> now the colorado governor's debate where john hickenlooper bob. republican challenger debate courtesy of political and the general -- denver metro chamber is 45 minutes. governor hickenlooper says his record has added jobs introduced the unemployment rate. you have been critical of his toord in comparison surrounding states have read specifically, what is your first first policies to reverse course? >> thank you for the opportunity. for what i thought coloradans about was an attack, it are clearly hitting enter. here is -- they are clear about the answer. it is government. government, wonder if any body thinks what is holding u

chairmen, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise in support of this farm bill and also to thank chairman lucas and congressman peterson for your leadership for agriculture. as many of my house colleagues have already said this morning, this legislation is long overdue. this bill is truly worthy of its name. the federal agriculture reform and risk management act because of the historic reforms it ledge slates. overall the bills repeals or consolidates about 100 programs. along with sequestration reduction that cuts mandatory spending by nearly $23 billion. and the conservation title alone reduces it from $23 billion to $13 billion. this bill saves $6 billion and does so without affecting the programs. we reform food stamps and we do so through thoughtful changes making sure that truly needs the assistance gets it. farmers providing milk for this nation, we help them. with the 2008 farm bill expiring nearly a year and a half ago, i urge my coll

pennsylvania's history and i got reelected by 51% margin in a decidedly purple state will stop if you give something to people in return for raising their revenue, they will support you. they will support you. and it is proven. the fact that you just quoted. it is actually 74% in the last election of the ballot initiatives approved. the difference? the ballot initiatives are key to specific projects. we are raising the sales tax in charleston one half a penny so we can revitalize the port of charleston. it passed overwhelmingly because people understand their economy is linked to the port. but the gas goes into the big hole of government and we demonize government so badly that the public does not really get it entirely and no one has the best of both. host: you told me before, when we are 20 days out from the cliff, that is when you find yourself in washington. what is the response you get from lawmakers? >>: i want to say it is better but it is hard to find someone who knows how to do it other than the way we have been doing it. we have been debating changing funding for transportation.

companies are responding to the health care law. followed by pennsylvania .ongressman tim murphy obama is speaking to of firstamilies responders one month after the killed 39 and left four missing. 6:45 have the remarks at eastern on c-span 2. jersey governor chris christie is the keynote speaker at the new jersey chamber of congressional dinner. starts atoverage 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i want to thank you for all this week,u've done a lot of us have looked at this situation. came toretary paul son us about a week ago he gave us a three-page bill that said give a blank checkbook and put 700 billion in it. i was offended at that time. happened since then? we added 107 pains of taxpayer bill.tion to that we understand the gravity of this situation. with ourrked colleagues on the other side to make this bill a better bill. that there's up side to the taxpayer so that happens, when profits come to these companies, we get their stock warrants so the first person in line to get profits is the american taxpayer so they can get their money back. we made sure that there's an that makesr

, pennsylvania. the chaplain: heavenly father, i pray for each member of this body to be blessed with your will. you have given them each responsibilities and with these responsibilities come great chams. bless our representatives. may every man and woman have the courage to speak their mind, the stamina to stay the course and the determination to stand their ground. for conviction is not bendable, progress is not made when men are not bound on principle. lord, i ask that this body be not just a group of representatives, but rather a collection of free men and free women with the desire to guide a free nation. may they be strong in faith, abounding in wisdom, righteous in nature. lord, grant the home of each member peace. i pray in the name of my lord and savior, christ jesus, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the speaker pro tempore: the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from california, ms. hahn. ms. hahn: if the

. ms. roybal-allard: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. boyle a member of the foreign affairs committee and the oversight and government reform committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. boyle: thank you. thank you, madam speaker. . today -- and i realize i haven't been serving in this body very long, only eight weeks, but today is the kind of day that drives most people nuts about congress. even though we all agree, senate republicans, senate democrats, in a more than two to one vote, house democrats and house republican, we can all agree we need to fund the department of homeland security. yet here we are, a few hours before the deadline once again playing around with the security of the united states. madam speaker we have a way to end this. we have the senate bill in front of us. let us adopt the bipartisan bill, get the homeland security department funded, and then we can move on and have this legitimate debate about immigration. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro

, trump 50, clinton, 46. look at this one. the state of pennsylvania where i went to school, went to college, pennsylvania, trump 50, clinton, 46. [applause] mr. trump: and here is another good one, great stay, the people of georgia. trump, 52, clinton, 43. you send it back to the press so they can examine it. i want to thank you very much, it is really amazing, and i want to thank chris for being here, and all of my friends. all of the friends i have, it is been incredible. i wanted to be here because we have lots of energy and we love the people. and we love the people, in particular because it was my first day, it meant so much for me. thank you, i feel the same way. i used to come up and we would have meetings with people and they kept talking about heroin, heroin, heroin. it is so different from the beautiful lakes and roads, you talk about it and it does not work. but it is a tremendous problem here and all over the country. and we will close up the border, build a wall. we got the ice endorsement yesterday, great people. [applause] mr. trump: and we got the border patrol endor

opportunity for all the citizens. >> strong vincent was a pennsylvania attorney who joined the union military at the outbreak of the civil war. an army colonel, he was killed in the battle of gettysburg. c-span spoke with historian william garvey about the life and death of strong vincent. >> this is a great story of a patriot. strong vincent was born around 1837. the family moved in from waterford, the county seat. his family was well-off. father is a successful manufacturer. at age 14, a good example of the kind of person he was -- he decided he had enough of school. he said to his father, i do not want to go to school anymore. i want to be active. i want to be involved. that is book learning. idleather said, nobody is around me. you are going to work at the foundry. after two years at the foundry, he decided maybe that is not what he wanted to do. he ended up working for his father in the finance department, and now realized he needed education. and so he went off to ultimately harvard. he was a very good student, but not an outstanding one. he was about in the middle of his class

: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, washington can get things done. it may not be all the time but over the last year we've been able to make constructive progress on array of issues. had it not been for members on all sides of the aisle coming together, looking past party labels and working on what's important, this would not have been the case. last week on thursday, april 3, president obama signed into law an important piece of legislation that represents one of those points of progress. in december of last year, the house passed bipartisan legislation to shift 126 million dollars, money previously used to finance national political conventions, to the national institutes of health where it will now support research into childhood cancer and other pediatric diseases, including down syndrome, cancer and countless other diseases that affect our children that don't yet have a cure. in march of 20 14, the senate passed the legislation, again, with bipartisan support. tha

set the agenda of the country. of first speaker pennsylvania, in the first congress, he simply was a presiding officer. than theid $2 more other members, $6 a day. he got $8 a day. that $8, he said i spent most of it on oyster suppers for the members. he didn't feel like it was much of a bonus. he thought he was losing money the deal. but even mulenburg quickly, as power to appoint committees, found he was elevated above the other members. door to the house chambers behind you, the speaker to succeed thene president after the voip. what does this say about the authority? >> the speaker has great inhority in the constitution that respect. that was changed in 1947 with act which brought the speaker up into a higher elected, as the highest officer after the president and vice president. thethen it goes to pore of the pro tem senate after that. if something happens to the president, the speaker is in to succeed. and that was -- that 1947 act effort to look at having someone in line that was an elected official. in the old days, it was the state, so, but since 1947, it's been the speaker.