jurisdictions include large cities to small localities like mesa county colorado and in south dakota. those capacities are from just over 200 beds or as many as 21,000. together they represent 11% of the nation's jail capacity it could impact a large segment of the of population and to demonstrate the alternative to incarceration that others could adopt and implement. geographically and with politics with the economic and social structure and how the jails are granicus -- governed. regardless of the starting point but to system's reform and to change the way the jails are used. and they represent over 42 million or 13% of the total population. they have very diverse capacities that gives you an idea how we spit -- picked small through the make a large jails for or all of our representative of what we see across the united states. as i mentioned we were gratified by the quality and volume of their response we received of jurisdictions across the country. the site selected as a nation's diversity to receive better leadership leadership, collaborative capacity and to make change that is needed

-- it is harder to get insurance, you know, south dakota, for instance, has one or two insurance companies. they could go across the lines. but to answer the question, i personally cannot think of a time -- i'm sure there is in other circumstances -- but i don't see that republican idea getting traction. host: virginia, bob is a republican. caller: hi, there. if indeed, as established by the states means what it says, established by the state, that should be the end of obamacare. you know, it did pass without a single republican vote. and we were promised, while it was being argued, that we would be able to keep our insurance policy, if we liked them, and our doctors. that was revealed later on and barack obama even admitted that was true. so i think it does -- obamacare really doesn't have, or socialized medicine, which is whether this -- there really isn't anywhere you can find authority for that in the constitution. so it should be -- it should be killed. we really don't need to have any form of socialism and the -- in a free society. host: we will hear from terry next in flor

at 8:20 a.m., more about the fight on isis with public and center mike brown's of south dakota. he was not but his legislative agenda as a freshman senator. -- he will talk about his legitimate of agenda. >> good morning everyone. may 21st. phreut tow reports show whether his speech has any effect on the aspiring legislation. find out watch c-span two to watch the floor. he said the climate change poses an immediate risk to the country's national security. we want to know what your thoughts on what the president had to say and is dealing with priority change means anything to you. and independent 202-748-8002 and send us a tweet @ c-span is our handle and e-mail at c-span.org. phone lines are open and start dialling in. "new york times" says it this way, obama's climate change with far reaching effects. president obama: climate change constitutes a serious risk to national security and it will impact how our military defends our country. so we need to act and need to act now. after all, isn't that the true hallmark of leadership. when you're on deck standing your watch you stay sre

south dakota. he will talk about his legislative agenda as a freshman senator. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. coming up thursday, a confirmation hearing for the assistant secretary of homeland security for the tsa. vice admirable peter neff injured has been nominated to lead the initiation. he see's live starting at 10 a.m. eastern, on c-span3. >> for he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. being never so vile, this day shall gentle his condition. gentleman in england now a bed shall think themselves accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from that country's bosom should grieve the more than streams of foreign gore. >> director of the folder six. library talks about shakespeare and how politicians use the quotes from the playwright and speeches. >> sometimes you have to go with the music of the words. the poetic images and sounds of the rhymes. also the way in which senator byrd did, you are able to linger over a phrase. i think he is using the rhythms of the language, which is something

the fight against isis with a democrat from south dakota. washington journal live, every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on twitter. coming up thursday a confirmation hearing for the assistant secretary of homeland security for the tsa. vice admiral peter neff enger has been nominated. you can see him on c-span3. >> for he today that sheds his lead with me will be my brother. this day will gentle his condition. gentleman in england shall think themselves accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from my country's bosom should feed the more than streams of foreign gore. >> the director of the foreign shakespeare library talks about shakespeare and how politicians use quotes. >> sometimes, you have to go with the music of the word. the poetic images, the sound of the rhymes. and also, as senator byrd did you are able to pause and linger over a long phrase. i think he is using the rhythms of the language, which is something shakespeare did so brilliantly. he can put english into high gear. that is somethin

watch. in the last six months, we have had georgia, utah south dakota nebraska, idaho iowa, all raise their gas tax hoping that the federal government will meet its obligations and be a partner, rebuilding and renewing america. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is yielded 30 seconds. mr. blumenauer: where's the sense of urgency for the costs to families that are having $300 a year or more damage to their cars? the fact that we're not being able to move product because we're stuck in traffic and our ports, our airports, our roads, our rail, we just had an example of its instability where is the urgency? i respectfully suggest we reject this wrongheaded approach and deal with real tax reform and the r&d tax credit but in the meantime, maybe the ways and means committee could find a week that we could spend working together to rebuild and renew america. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from texas is reneeked. mr. brady: i'm proud to yield two minutes to a new member of the ways and means committee, mr. d

south dakota. these are not flaming bastions of -- these are people who looked at the problem and decided they needed to step up and they stepped up, not to take the place of the federal responsibility but in anticipation that at some point the federal government would meet its obligation for almost half of the major construction projects. i'd respectfully request that we dive in and see what we can do over the course of the next couple months but that ways and means committee spend one week listening to the men and women who build, operate and use our nation's infrastructure, spend a week, look at the items, consider maybe what ronald reagan thought was a good idea in 1982, raise the gas tax. we can pass that bill out of committee in one week, and you can have the next couple months to give america the bill it needs to rebuild and renew this great country. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. . the speaker pro tempore: the the gentleman from nevada vedged.

, nebraska, utah, south dakota, georgia -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is granted an additional 15 seconds. mr. blumenauer: not exactly liberal bastions. this is something that we can and should do. let's step up solve this problem, avoid this continual uncertainty for people around the country. they deserve better. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. new house: thank you mr. speaker. -- mr. newhouse: thank you, mr. speaker. just a note to my colleague from colorado. i agree that this is an important issue that you keep bringing up of immigration, and will i certainly ask my chairman any time frame and i will look forward to working with you and all my colleagues on solving this important issue. but today we are talking about highways. we are talking about science. we are talking about keeping this place running smoothly and to get us back on subject. i would love to yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. weber. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. weber is rec

raised the gas tax already this year -- nebraska georgia, idaho, iowa utah, south dakota . state senator michael bailey comes to mind. the key is to have real hearings like congress used to conduct. have a full week of debating the transportation crisis. bring in the witness, grill them, test their thoughts and theories, discuss real solutions, not gimmicks or ideologically driven fantasies. let's have serious work sessions and a markup. president kennedy -- president obama could help by establishing a marker that he will approve no further extensions past september 31. it will not be less complex, expensive or easier politically in 2016, 2017 or 2018. if this slides until 2016, which is the approach evidently favored by the republican leadership, we will be struggling with this in the next congress and the next administration. this does not have to be an exercise in futility. we're seeing the leadership exhibited all across the country with 20 states that have stepped up, and as i mentioned, six red states already this year. now is the time for congress to do its job. in fact if

prevention, intervention and recovery act of 2015, introduced by mrs. noem of south dakota. i thank all of my colleagues for their dedication to ending this terrible crime. i also thank judge poe of texas for sponsoring the two previous house versions justice for victims of trafficking act. s. 178 is not perfect legislation and i thank both house and senate leadership as well as the bill's sponsor, senator cornyn, for agreeing to fix technical issues with the bill in future legislation. but it is my belief that this legislation will do much good in the fight to end human trafficking and for that reason i urge my colleagues to support the bill and thus send it to the president to be signed into law and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask to speak for such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: let me join my friend and colleague, the chairman of the judiciary committee, and thank him for his leadership in making

next in hot springs, south dakota, life or republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. what i believe isis wants is for us to put boots on the ground in iraq. they will slaughter us and drain our finances, resources, and our troops will suffer a bloodbath. netanyahu says that israel can do it unilaterally, but they want us to do it, why? so the u.s. can conduct a proxy war against iraq and is iran for israel. host: you talk about the boots on the ground, do you disagree with the use of special forces in the raids like the one that we saw over the weekend in syria? caller: yes, but that is really a small victory when it comes down to it. look at all the iraqi soldiers that are running away. all the isis combatants are taking over our armored vehicles, weapons of all sorts and is going to be a never ending war. it is going to drain the u.s. treasury. we are already $19 trillion in debt. that is more dangerous than being overtaken. host: that was dennis and south dakota. we are talking a u.s. military efforts against isis in iraq and syria, after that s

iowa, south dakota republican-red states. if they can step up and take their responsibility maybe congress can do that in the months ahead. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, the house yesterday passed with overwhelming bipartisan support h.r. 1191, the iran nuclear agreement review act which will allow congress to review any deal on iran's nuclear deal negotiated by the obama administration. a nuclear iran would not only destabilize the middle east but have serious repercussions here in america and across the world. the united states must stand with israel to do everything in our power to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. and this legislation allows congress to have approval and oversight over any agreement by the administration. mr. speaker president obama should take a clear message from these o

political commentator." helen in south dakota. hi. caller: hi, good morning. i don't think he has done anything wrong. he worked for the clintons. this is all about hillary, this was an anti-hillary campaign against her. the gop does not want her to be president and they will do and say everything they can. george has established himself as a credible anger and newsperson. he has made the transition from the political world into the media world. i do not see the conflict at all. host: back to jack shafer's article in "politico." will stephanopoulos survived in his role as abc news' chief anchor? he has agreed to give up his role as the moderator of the gop debate. richard is in san diego. what is your view? caller: my view is that he has committed absolutely no breach of ethics in interviewing peter schweitzer. you had peter schweitzer on for 45 minutes last friday. he was followed up saturday and sunday. i have not seen any follow-up on his defense, which has done great work. to argue the speculative nation of the investigation, i do not think it presents any conflict. this is a mean

gentlelady is recognized. mrs. lummis: i now yield one minute of my time to the gentleman from north dakota, mr. cramer he lives in the state that houses an air force base. the chair: the gentleman from south dakota is recognized for one minute. mr. cramer: i thank the gentlewoman for yielding and the chairman and to those of my colleagues that have helped co-sponsor this important amendment. i think that the author of the amendment did a great job in discerning between three days and 30 minutes. 30 minutes is hardly what some have called a hair trigger. clearly we want to be at a strategic advantage and we did a tremendous significant disadvantage should we have to take three days. anybody who's been to one of these bases, as many of us have they've been in the bunkers, they've seen the control system, know that the protocols that are in place are anything but hair trigger. we can be confident that we both have the ability to respond quickly, but not the ability to respond too quickly. i urge a yes vote on the amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. does an

recognized. ms. foxx: thank you madam speaker. i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentlewoman from south dakota mrs. noem. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mrs. noem: thank you madam speaker. today i rise in support of the rule of h.r. 36, the pain capable unborn child protection act. this is a strong bill that prevents abortions after 20 weeks. except in certain circumstances. i urge my colleagues to support this bill today. as the mother of three, i know that the worry and anxiety that comes along with carrying a child. many times that worry doesn't end after birth. i still think about my children with concern every day. i understand the difficulties and decisions that many women have during this time. motherhood is a big responsibility. and it's a huge change. and as a community we need to help women through this time. we also have the responsibility to come together as a country. and to protect the most innocent and vulnerable among us. in this bill, we are talking about protecting unborn babies that are already 20 weeks old. and the mothers w

hard for congress to do. what happens in new hampshire, south dakota, georgia wyoming utah and iowa. let's get a grip, people. do our job listen to the experts, no more evasion gimmicks and short-term extensions. raise the gas tax, put those hundreds of thousands of people to work rebuilding and renewing america make our families safer healthier and more economically secure. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. walker for five minutes. mr. walker: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to speak on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves. as i consider the current state of our nation's debate about abortion i'm a bit puzzled when i hear the word health care in discussing such a topic. unlike procedures for common ailments that would be typically associated with the term health care, abortion has, as its very object, the taking of a human life. the term abortion forces the question, who or better said what is being terminated? without a doubt it is clear that abortion ends the life of these little human beings. many will want t

, south dakota. these states have nothing in common. except they couldn't continue to go on this way. there are six states that are making progress on trying to raise their own gas tax in the absence of our doing nothing. . when i say making progress, it means one house has done it and trying to get the other house georgia, michigan, north carolina utah, washington state and another seven states which are considering changes because they can't wait any longer idaho, kentucky, missouri, nebraska new jersey, south carolina, vermont. when i came into the meeting, there was someone from the south dakota from their department of transportation and it was so interesting because they had the gas tax -- raised the gas tax in south dakota and it included an amendment to raise the speed limit by five miles an hour. that would make it like 80 miles an hour and he said and he just laughed at this, that although they have raised the gas bill on the residents and in the legislature, nobody talks about anything about increasing the speed limit. that's how little the notion that you shouldn't raise

commitment. one of my favorite campaign stories is about spearfish south dakota. one night, i overheard a conversation between my mother and the special assistant to my father and now president of the motion picture association. jack was saying that south dakota was going to vote democratic for the first time since franklin roosevelt. we just had to send a family member out to thank them. mother decided that there wasn't anyone available. mother was booked and daddy was booked. he was promising her the only weekend off since the campaign began. the campaign was desperate. he admitted that we just had no alternatives. i had overheard enough. the handwriting was on the wall. i had a date for every moment of that weekend. i knew there was no way that i was went to be able to persuade jack and mother that my dates to take precidence over spearfish. my only hope was to avoid confrontation. i rushed to my room and stepped in my closet. when they didn't see me, they would take a looking, and go on. i was wrong. they came. when they didn't see me, they call the secret service to confi

about religion. speaking of the president in south dakota, his approval ratings are hovering around 70%. whoever did not stop citizens from the states fifth-largest city to wait outside as the presence of motorcade made its way across south dakota, even in hostile territory, a presidential visit draws crowds as the president went to south dakota to deliver a commencement address. free lemonade for the secret service -- misthis is significant because it marks the 50th state that the president has visited since taking office. good morning. caller: i was listening to the people calling and saying that the republicans do not want to help the little people and such. if you look at the democrats such as hillary clinton, who have done nothing to line their pockets, millions of millions probably billions of dollars -- really and truly, they are not helping any little people. they are stepping over the little people and keeping them down by telling them they need these incentive programs and all these entitlements and things like that. it is crazy. it is just crazy. people need to look at what

all. host: let's head to south dakota, shirley is waiting. caller: thank you for taking my call. what would our country be like if we did not have the policeman out there? actually when i go out and drive and i see a highway patrolman or cop, the first thing i do is look to make sure i am driving the right speed limit. they did her -- they deture a lot this, and that is what we need. if we did not have them, what in the world would our country be like? i appreciate all of the? -- i appreciate all of them. thank you. guest: let me go back to new york city. prior to the renaissance and the change, back in the mid-1990's, think about what new york city was like, prior to rudy giuliani taking over. we had the highest homicide rate in the country. number one. number two, towards him was at its lowest -- towardsourism was at its lowest. for every person we dropped -- percent we dropped, tourism increase home values increase. who benefited from the reductions in crime? primarily, the minority communities. brownsville, but sky thatbedstuy. back then, community leaders were calling more cops,

the governor in georgia and south carolina -- south dakota. and governor tom in west virginia saying i see the research, i see the high cost of returns in the juvenile justice system. what's they are saying is one thing. we want better returns from our system. host: and are they check a are they doing that -- are they? are they doing that? guest: i think they are. there has been a massive reduction in both juvenile crime and juvenile incarceration. part of that is policy driven. what we are seeing right now is, again, that convergence -- and we are talking about governors saying this is the issue i want to prioritize in the next legislative session here they are looking at the research -- session. they are looking at the research. it is really not one or two. from georgia to tell -- south the kota, this is the -- south dakota, this is the perspective. host: -- tell us your story. caller: hi. i want to tell you that i was incarcerated as a juvenile. i have been in and out, in and out, in and out. imo 60 years old now. and growing up in washington dc, having to face poverty and prerele

day, i know that bones are going to be dug. host: ok, mark in sioux falls, south dakota. what is it like where you live? caller: sioux falls is not too bad, but i just moved from a central coast of california where there is a little city called king city california where they just indicted for police officers, a chief of police, a temporary chief of police, and i think about four officers, and what they were doing in this rural mostly migrants, mexican areas on the migrant paydays, there were policeman who would pull over hispanics, knowing that they carry their money on them, tow their car take their money, and send them on their way knowing that these hispanics migrants would not, you know push the issue. in oakland california a little further north, they just arrested a bunch of cops for doing all kinds of shenanigans. in san francisco, they just arrested some cops or relieve some cops because they for some reason check their phone and they had all kinds of text messages about homosexuals blacks mexicans, asians, i mean, you know, i remember in the 1980's when the lapd had to out

takes the first call from clinton in sioux falls south dakota. clinton is a democrat. good morning. caller: it might be a little bit off-topic, but i was just wondering why are we spending $110 million when it does not benefit americans? host: thanks. talking about the money spent. we got a tweet -- shouldn't it be spent here? isn't that better use of the money? guest: that is a policy decision. i do not mean not to answer the caller's question, but i do not do policy. that is the president's team and is congress. in afghanistan that is where the attackers could have attacked us on 9/11, so we get a policy decision to go in there kicked the terrorists out, hope create a government that would keep the terrorists out, and that it would be supported by the people. obviously we would have to spend money. we did. if you look at the entire expense, we have spent about $1 trillion in afghanistan. that is the war fighting as well as the reconstruction. so actually reconstruction is a pretty good dollar for your value. it is a lot cheaper than boots on the ground. that is why we are there.

call from south dakota. guest: i don't do policy. you have to realize why we are in afghanistan. that's where the attackers on 9/11 came. we made a policy decision to kick the terrorists out and help create an afghan government to keep the terrorists out and supported by their people. we have spent about a trillion dollars in afghanistan. that's the war fighting as well as the reconstruction. so actually reconstruction is a pretty good dollar for your value. lot cheaper than boots on the ground. i can't question that policy. i think it's a policy that i believe in but that has been made by the policy makers you are alluding to another report we just released this week or last week, which doesn't paint a good picture. this should have been a high priority. develop the trillions of dollars of oil and minerals in the ground to help afghanistan sustain itself otherwise it will be a declining state. unfortunately, the organization, two organizations working on it that ended up never talking to each other. one called the task force for business security and operations run by the pentagon, try

in sioux falls south dakota. clinton is a democrat. good morning. caller: it might be a little bit off-topic, but i was just wondering why are we spending $110 million when it does not benefit americans? host: thanks. talking about the money spent. we got a tweet -- shouldn't it be spent here? isn't that better use of the money? guest: that is a policy decision. i do not mean not to answer the caller's question, but i do not do policy. that is the president's team and is congress. in afghanistan that is where the attackers could have attacked us on 9/11, so we get a policy decision to go in there kicked the terrorists out, hope create a government that would keep the terrorists out, and that it would be supported by the people. obviously we would have to spend money. we did. if you look at the entire expense, we have spent about $1 trillion in afghanistan. that is the war fighting as well as the reconstruction. so actually reconstruction is a pretty good dollar for your value. it is a lot cheaper than boots on the ground. that is why we are there. i cannot question that policy. i t