, south carolina they got hit hard. north carolina got a piece of it, georgia, alabama, these are great places and they are all getting aid, but the democrats are trying to stop it. but you're gettinyou're getting. [cheering] and you've already gotten a lot of it. instead of wasting time and, en, tax payer dollars on the stones and witchhunts, democrats should be focused on building up our country. it you see what just happened by the way? no collusion, no obstruction. know anything. two years on a witchhunt. two years and almost $40 million, gingrey democrats after two years, nothing and now we have a great attorney general and the democrats are saying we want more. now they say we want to start all over again. it's a disgrace. we've got to focus on infrastructure and delivering medical prices and medicine. always focusing on military and our best, which we've done. the democrats really should be focused now on restoring and helping the coast of florida. it's time to come to gather for the people of panama city, for the people of florida, for the people of our country it's time to stop

got $91 billion. and now the democrats are trying to hold up the money from georgia, from south carolina, from alabama, to florida. they're trying to hold it up. they're hurting florida. there holding -- i mean, what they're doing to north carolina, to louisiana. they're trying to hold relief aid. because puerto rico, which got $91 billion, have to love their president -- they want to get puerto rico more money, so they're willing to sacrifice georgia, alabama, south carolina, north carolina, florida, louisiana, and other states. the democrats are doing that. they are very divisive people. thank you very much. >> president trump announced he and announce patrick shanahan to be the next secretary of defense. mr. shanahan reacted to the announcement outside the pentagon pentagon. >> a good day. >> good day, right? super happy. are you excited? >> very excited. we have all worked together. the national defense

journal," republican from georgia. this from john, a tweet -- host: ray is joining us from holland, texas, good morning. i was calling and about the taxes on the gas and i don't think they need to tax the gas more. i think what they need to be taxing is your for star and five-star restaurants. the rich, they are not going to cook a meal. they are the ones who can afford high out and go to all the for looting places -- highfalutin places. a table? that's a whole weeks of pay. i can think of a lot of other places to tax and get that money. thank you for the call. jodey with this tweet -- host: again, the last time taxes went up was back in 1993, when bill clinton was in the white house. haven, saying yes, increase the federal gas tax. why? are you with us question mark caller: hello? -- are you with us? caller: yes. i believe that we should raise the gas tax. but i also think that we should be raising taxes on a lot of other things, to. we should be instituting a tax on lotteries, you know? choosing much higher taxes on things like booze and cigarettes and e-cigarettes. other things that we

. alan,atlanta georgia, good morning. caller: good morning, greta. a personal note first. with theear that dress triangle colors more often? you look amazing. host: okay. thanks, alan. go ahead. caller: as it so happens, i am heading down to mexico in a few weeks to vice and property. i have been watching the value carefully. very it would drop -- it has dropped dramatically in the last day. it will continue to drop. for a while, the taxes, import duties, which are called tariffs, but they are just import duties paid by the importer in the united states, prices won't change here because they are paying for the products in pesos and if the peso goes down, it will not make much of a difference until it gets to 10%, 15%. the problem we have, as the last lady said, is there is no easy way to verify that a person is eligible to work in this country and it is really easy to fix. e-verify does not work because it is arcane and a broken system designed to be that way, but the fix is really easy. one thing that is never mentioned on your show is why people from central america are bringing the

more about that at the website of al.com out of alabama where that took place. justin in georgia, republican line. yes sir. legal, theye il should be deported. i feel sorry for these countries but where is all of our money that goes to where we send them over there. apparently they are not getting i -- i ain't got the money, cannot even leave my stay and go to california. where is our money going, you know? if they are not helping their people, why don't they give their money to go and make sure the people get that money, all, but i dod

investigation and highlight the activities of the obama administration. felicia from georgia, you are next up. good morning. caller: good morning, pedro. thanks for taking my call and you are absolutely my favorite. i am calling because i am reading the mueller report and i am about halfway in and i think anybody calling before you form an opinion, read the report. our intelligence agencies have done a phenomenal job. it just so happens people associated with the trump campaign, almost all of them had ties with russia. it may not even be illegal. there was the trump tower thing and they were doing business, but one after another after another after another and these trump's ownords of people. if you read the mueller report, it is not only that, but then on victims it says included u.s. state and local entities such as state boards of election, secretaries of state, and county governments as well as individuals who work for those entities and they also did pursued the people that software and hardware for voting machines. ofrybody that we have heard -- the trump campaign folks were talking wit

the country out. savannah, georgia, independent line. you will be the last call for this segment. caller: i have been a long time listener of c-span, first time caller. i am going say that -- i am in a weight-and-c mode. mode.a wait-and-see even though i voted for neither one of them, i was a republican when pat robertson tossed his hat into the ring because of his stance against abortion. but if there was a democrat president that was against abortion, i would vote for him in a heartbeat and rally for them. president because we should. a lot of people would not pray for president obama, but we should pray for those in authority. i wanted to say that i really enjoy c-span. it really breaks my heart when people call in and criticize. this is one of the most unbiased. i watch fox, cnn, msnbc, and i prayerfully ask the lord to lead me. i encourage every true believer to do the same. be led by god. do not leave god out of people running for office, but pay for this country. it is so polarized, it breaks my heart. thank you for giving me the opportunity to share that. host: you will b

, senator harris, stacey abrams. the former minority leader in georgia. could you commit to having a person of color on the ticket if you were the democratic nominee? pete:ity i believe it's inappropriate to say something that would rule someone in or rule somebody out. robert: why? why is that inappropriate? pete: because it's the first presidential decision you make, even though you're not president yet. so i don't think you make it in a political process a year in advance. you're making a decision that in the event that you get elected, is a decision about american history. and the main cry tear onis who would be best -- cry tear onis who -- introduce i tearia is who would be best to lead the country if you die. personnel is policy. it is important, especially in these times, that the next administration be the most gender balanced and racially diverse ever. and that you would see that reflected in all of my decisions, including the selection of a runningmate. robert: some voters may wonder whether it's a person of color, a woman, they're looking for that if you're the nominee. can you g

-8001. and independents, 202-748-8002. georgia starts us off on our republican line. ed, go ahead. caller: the last time we had a crisis like this was when abraham lincoln was going to free the slaves and he became the president and the democrats sumter. fort i don't think that will happen again, but it looks like democrats are completely out of control. they know damn well you cannot release grand jury testimonials and that is what they want to do. it is not going to work for them. it will end up in the supreme court and they are going to lose. host: what do you think about democrats saying they need access to these documents for oversight purposes? caller: they don't. it is all political. what is his name -- nadler? host: jerry nadler. caller: yeah. he is just power crazy. he really is power crazy. not only that, he has his own personal problems. oft: the president's use executive privilege over these documents, is that something you support then? caller: yes. host: why so? the fact thate the grand jury testimony is not supposed to be released to nobody. host: that's here to wil

you? nice to see you. ice to see you, my friend. >> thank you. >> from georgia. peanut farmer. president trump: good. i like that. president trump: thank you, everybody. ok. well, thank you very much. great honor to be here with some of the most incredible people in our country, people that have been with me from the beginning and i've been with them from the absolute beginning. the relationship has been very good. so we're here with the vital action support for the american farmers, people that we love, people that have been going on for a long time and they have been doing well. you have ups and downs and it's a child business and you wouldn't have it another way. i know that, 100%. we're glad to be joined by secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue. sonny, thank you very much. sonny, great job. thanks, also, to representatives g.t. thompson. thank you. thank you very much. lloyd smucker and mike conaway, thank you, fellows. appreciate it very much. been very helpful. along with missouri agriculture director chris chen. thank you, chris. good job. also with us today are severa

georgia is recognized. mr. comer: madam chair, i yield to the ranking member of the education subcommittee, floyd smucker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smucker: thank you. i'd like to thank my colleagues for the work they've done in this bill and i rise today in strong support of the stronger child abuse prevention and treatment act. not only will this bill strengthen our laws to help keep children safe, this legislation also makes needed investments to help ensure children impacted by the opioid epidemic do not face abuse, maltreatment, and neglect. every one of our communities, sadly, has been impacted by the opioid epidemic and sadly, children are suffering the consequences. this bill includes a bipartisan amendment that i was pleased to offer in committee with representative underwood to study, learn more about how parental substance abuse affects the outcomes on adoption. this study is necessary to help states better serve children in need, and i was proud to have -- to see it to see it unanimously adopted. last congress i introduced legislati

, former georgia house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> david mccullough, your new book "the pioneers," why that title? david: because it is about a group of very brave and, i feel, noble people, americans, who went west in the last part of the 18th century to found the first legal community, settlement, in all of what was called the northwest territory. that territory north and west of the ohio river, which would ultimately make up five very famous and important states -- ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan, and wisconsin. it was an area as large as all of the original 13 colonies, 13 states, and there was nobody as yet living there, except native americans and wolves and bears and rattlesnakes and you name it. but there was also fabulous, deep soil. this was a group of people who were veterans of the revolutionary war, and they had been paid in what was t

? that is dave in georgia, responding to the question, and should u.s. troops be sent into combat? this question is coming as a result, the president has authorized an additional 1500 troops to be sent to the middle east. the president was asked about that on friday. here is what he had to say. [video clip] >> in the middle east we are going to be sending a small number of troops, mostly protective. we will see how and we will sue it happens. it will be about 1500 people. yes. we go back to calls. ron, purview springs, michigan. go ahead. caller: good morning. good morning, i'm a vietnam veteran against war. i volunteered to go to the annan, i pushed up my draft number, turned down my deferment the war.gainst i actively working against the war in vietnam. host: how did you do that? caller: like i said, i was antiwar when i got there. i was receiving antiwar g.i. newspapers before i got to the an almond bundles. as long as they did not refuse them, or sell them, almost every , it waspproached acceptable to the newspapers. i got a g.i. to organize a sit in, a talk in. that's how i w

counsel. now recognize the ranking member of the judiciary committee, the gentleman from georgia, mr. collins for his opening statement. rep. collin: before i begin my opening statement, i have to make a clarification because his has -- it has been pointed out these are not concurrent motions. they cannot be concurrent. they cannot run together. according to the rules of the house, they cannot run concurrent. it is not an emotion but i am making the statement based on your opening statement that these cannot run concurrent and that has been discussed as week in depth so i want to make it clear to the committee that these cannot run concurrent. these are two separate hours we are discussing. they are not concurrent. they are not concurrent. as awareness, this is two more hours we are adding on to this committee and for the first hour, we had no problem. members can do that, i want to point it out it is not part of the ocean and it is not concurrent as we go forward. with that, last week while we annualf, i had to do my training in the air force so i looked ahead of my schedule and got

from georgia to massachusetts, to either philadelphia or washington, it was difficult. it took time. now, we have planes. congress can reassemble pretty quickly if it needs to. theink certainly, president, under the original conception, as i said, he has a right to self-defense. but i think we need to temper that. many of these wars are overseas. host: we have 12 minutes left with ivan eland. his book is "war and the rogue presidency." we have reggie now from apollo, pennsylvania on the republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to know why mr. ivan is not saying anything about congressman ron paul, congressman jones, both republicans who fought hard and voted against any authorization for iraq. they knew that this was an unconstitutional act, but i don't hear you saying anything. i heard you say something that if you feed the people, make sure they have water, those are the arguments we heard from george w. bush about how we had to get into the war. our president is trying to glean that mess up. as they steal our technology, partnering with other governments

representative elijah cummings, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan, former georgia house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: here is some of what is happening on c-span this evening. this week on "q&a," historian david mccullough talks about his book "the pioneers: the heroic story of the settlers who brought the american ideal west ." with minister's questions theresa may from the british house of commons is at 9:00 p.m. after that, a forum on the u.s. army's report on the war in iraq with the authors who wrote it. ♪ >> david mccullough, your new book "the pioneers," why that title? david: because it is about a group of very brave and, i feel, noble people, americans, who went west in the last part of the 18th century to found the first legal community, settlement, in all of what was called the northwest territory. that territory north and west of the ohio

women were not saying i'm burped out, you're going to iowa, or arizona, or florida. georgia. women are saying i want to do more. a lot of women are saying i've actually never been an activist. i've never taken part of civic participation, and now i feel like i need to. >> mike: so you're talking about the 54%. women vote better than men, they're better voters and is there a trajectory of voters at voters increasing. tell us what the projections are , of women as part of the electorate in 2020. >> cecile: who knows. it's hard to say. but if the current trend lines continue, women absolutely will be a majority of the voters, and the likelihood is that we'll get to the 53-54% of the electorate. now, i say that but also i think it's important to know that a lot of the votings restrictions that are being passed they do disproportionately fall on women , because women are often working moms, working two jobs. they're students, all of the research shows the barriers to women voting are higher. and but i think the enthusiasm among women for civic participation is at an all-time high. and i

lamb: where is he from? david: northern georgia. he grew up on a farm and then became a lawyer in canton, georgia. briefly working at the north georgia circuit as a judge and was a lawyer. then he got elected to congress from there. came fromhe woodstock, virginia, out in the shenandoah valley. and he was sort of a product of the machine out there. or he -- in world war ii, right after world war ii he served as the acting general counsel for the u.s. mission at the tokyo war crimes tribunal. the japanese, who were responsible for the atrocities. brian lamb: we are going to this idea of having a council interview somebody from the committee, and in this case he was counsel and he asked your father -- david: he did all the questioning. the committee members would participate as well, but most of the tough questions were done by the committee counsel, that was the way it worked. brian lamb: the fifth amendment. david: the fifth amendment is the right -- you invoke the fifth amendment and not testify against yourself. it is written into the constitution of the united states. yetit is

tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from georgia seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. today i am introducing the honoring american veterans in extreme need, for haven act, with my colleague, greg steube of florida. under current law when a veteran files for bankruptcy, his or her penalty benefits from the v.a. or d.o.d. count as income that is subject to the reach of creditors, however social security disability benefits are exempt. the haven act would amend bankruptcy law to exclude disability benefit payments paid from the v.a. or d.o.d. from that monthly income calculation, treating it the same as social security disability. our disabled veterans earned their benefits by serving our great nation and we must protect them and their families. especially during financial hardship. i encourage my colleagues to support our nation's veterans and co-sponsor this bipartisan legislation. i yield back

that came out formulath bob barr, a -- a former republican from georgia, a congressman, he was the first one to introduce articles of impeachment against bill clinton, and he said that trump's impeachment looks inevitable. that democrats will keep pushing until it happens. that is the worst fear of the white house. they do not want that to happen. i think having mueller testify, even if it was not that bad, it would keep the topic alive and keep mendham going for impeachment, which is what a lot of democrats want, whether they say so or not. guest: i would agree. i would also add the number one democrats -- the number one questions democrats want to ask is if you would charge the president if you were a private citizen? part of the reason he did not indict was that you cannot indict a sitting president. host: on the flipside, congressional replicants would ask why did you go from the initial point he was set to do it when he was picked as functional -- ask special counsel. guest: exactly. host: let's go to florida, republican line. ander: praise before c-span allowing regular citiz

. let's go to earl in georgia. good morning. caller: what happens, i think, my opinion is that these tariffs are going to bankrupt a lot of these large farms, corporations, and they are going to be sold the debts when they are sold off, to china and their representatives. i have a small farm here. i have christmas trees. it is connected to the property back here, and i am going to use the property, whether they like it or not. i am going to put some cattle in ther eventuallye, and maybe i can make something out of it. i have never made money off of anything. it is too big of a job. , somehas bought some farm property in the desert, 4000, 5000 acres. i saw this in the news somewhere. and they'd rolled a well down in the prehistoric waterway, the author for, and it is draining the water, they are going dry come all of their wells are going dry. so get ready for china to take over this country, and their way to do it through these tariffs. host: now, earl, how long have you been farming? caller: since i moved back from cherokee county from new york city, i was in construction, if you ca

infrastructure. >> in about an hour, we will talk to georgia representative about the effort to pass a $2 trillion infrastructure package. later, wisconsin representative mark pocan on today's health debate. a bill to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. >> we cherish the open door that we want to create for our country, but a big proportion of must come innts through merit and skill. >> good morning. we will begin with your reaction to president trump's immigration proposal. if you support it, (202) 748-8000. if you oppose it, (202) 748-8001 . if you are a green card holder, (202) 748-8002. you can also go to twitter or poster comments on facebook. to your calls in a minute. here is what is in the president's proposal. he wants to put in a merit-based , skills-based immigration system. overhaul the asylum process, and get a new border wall constructed. that is what the president is proposing. here is a little bit more from him yesterday in the rose garden, where republican house and senate members and cabinet members attended his address. this is what he had to say about those

is going on. -- georgia is excited about what is going on. in those states, the gerrymandering of the districts elected,eople that are it is gerrymandered by the republicans towards the conservatives. we have voter suppression going on. we have gerrymandering going on. these are the things we have to change so that we can get progressive voices to the table and further our constitution and liberty and the democracy of this country. host: we will get a couple of calls. first up is anthony of las vegas. caller: how are y'all doing this morning? referenced pat spearman as a champion. am i correct? yes, senatoret -- pat spearman of nevada. caller: i know who pat spearman is. i oppose this because this is not just about men and women. also and it is being left out of the country, transgender rights. i do not know why that is being left out of the discussion about ratifying the amendment. i have already looked this up. i want to ask the lady a question. ratification, if a young man who is in high school identified as a woman or play would he be able to on a high school team with girls?

day's proceedings is approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from georgia, mr. bishop. mr. bishop: 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 lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on may 28, 2019, at 10:17 a.m. that the senate passed senate 1693, that the senate agreed to senate concurrent resolution 3. with best wished i am, signed, sincerely, robert f. reeves. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition mr. bishop: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 2157, the supplemental appropriations disaster bill, with the senate amendment thereto and concur in

. first, we hear from former georgia state lawmaker stacey abrams. congressmancarolina mark walker. and later, president john f. kennedy's 1963 commencement speech at american university, which became known as jfk's east speech. -- peace speech. abrams was the 2018 democratic nominee for georgia governor. a race she lost. this year, she was the commencement speaker at american university in washington. american university in

was a child of the national urban league. i was born in savanna , georgia and i got a scholarship to go to school from the national urban league. they were writing scholarships for the mind is a terrible thing to waste. toy gave me my scholarship go to university and that scholarship led me to indiana university where i got a law degree. i was a civil rights attorney for the federal equal opportunity commission. the greatest job opened up succumb to geico so i can actually do something with that background and that experience and lend it to the national urban league on the board of trustees. the state of black america is very important to me as an african-american woman and a child of the civil rights movement. i am so blessed that my company, geico, has for the 25 years i have been here and before i got on thes had someone board of the urban league in washington dc, our hometown. i remember meeting martin cooper at the cost of my relationship with the urban league here. took my ceo over and he took me over and said you need to meet marty cooper, that is our relationship, something i

the most attention and the strictest, georgia, kentucky, mississippi, ohio, utah, all states that have put more stricter limits on abortion in the past year. joe, baltimore, maryland, independent. you are next. the topic ofart on abortion, my thought is the following. the right to choose stops at the age of the -- meaning if the person did not make their choice should not be given the right of a pregnancy -- that means you have the right to choose not to climb into bed, and if you do, assume the responsibility. i believe georgia went too far. a victim of incensed, that becomes quite complicated and condition,other beyond that and the danger to the mother. host: that is not the majority of americans feel about this. i believe abortions should be safe, they should be rare, they isuld be legal, and that just my personal position. it is also the position of the vast majority of americans and the vast majority of american women. host: less than five minutes left with you in our chair. yesterday morning you were in the speaker's chair on the floor of the house. i want to play a minute o

of georgia. at 3:30 p.m.ns eastern time on c-span2. usa today has a story by susan page, featuring barbara bush's final letter to her children. bush,ote a book, "barbara a matriarch and the making of an american dynasty." she notes that the letter was never finished to her children. dearest children, she types, i have thought of writing this for a while. these are the things she wrote she was grateful for. needless to say, i am most thankful for five men and one lady, the first item on her list of things for which she was grateful. that was a reference to her husband of 73 years, george h.w. bush, their four sons, and their daughter. she expresses appreciation for her husband's parents and her own, and wrote "i am so grateful that our children and grandchildren all finished cool and probably went to work. -- promptly went to work. they did not feel entitled, and are doing good work, along with working in some cases." susan page sat down with brian lanford recently and talked about her book and getting access to the barbara bush's diaries and letters. this is a letter that even her

allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from georgia, congresswoman mcbeth. miss mcbeth: 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: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? mrs. mcbath: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized or one minute. mrs. mcbath: black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy related complications, and this disparity exists across socio-, economic, and educational levels. i heard of a story of a constituent in my district, her name is pfeiffer. after a failed emergency surgery, she was confined to bed rest 20 weeks into her pregnancy and her doctor failed to address her mental health. at 30 weeks she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. but for a year after she struggled with mental health.

million. medicaid, $68 billion. let's hear from scott in georgia, thomasville. you are next up. caller: good morning. what he was trying to tell you was that particular drug is not on the drug formulary in medicare part d and you don't have coverage for it. private insurance would cover it. that is what he was telling you. all the people who think we need to have government health care, there is health care and then there is good health care and when you don't cover things, it is easy to have insurance that is not real insurance because you cannot take what you need. my comment is i am in the insurance business, by the way. a cancera drug that is drug. we know, for the most part, people in america are going to charge. part of that is making sure the market understands what the prices are. this drug is right at $700 per pill and it will keep you alive if you have certain types of cancer. if you cannot take that drug, you don't stay alive. i hear what everybody is saying about the lifestyle and all that, but there are times you have to have a medication. do the math on that. host

does does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize, command sergeant major carol warren clark on her retirement. after serving over 30 years in our united states armed forces. she has dedicated her time in the military to health care, administering it in nearly every capacity imaginable to keep our soldiers healthy n afghanistan she was responsible for medical evacuation plans. at walter reed national military medical center, c.m.s. warren clark directed all inpatient services. she also led a medical team for the 57th presidential inauguration. her latest position has been as command sergeant major for the wynn army community hospital located in the first congressional district of eorgia, where her ability to increase efficientcy. she has made significant contributions to every soldier in our military as a whole. thank you, command sergeant major

show your viewers what david perdue has to say, the senator from georgia. good news for georgia's aggie industry, the last five presidents have ignored this imbalance. if china can ship right here, the u.s. should be able to ship right there. michael, good morning to you. after listening to the conversations from farmers, what do you think? michael? caller: have been listening to the farmers and i feel what they are feeling. i can tell you one thing, what is going on with trump and these tariffs and why it has been going on so long, they are killing free trade, just killing it. it is a global economy, don't be full by any of this stuff that we can survive by ourselves, we cannot. it is a global economy. look at the money they gave tax break 1.5 years ago, $1.5 trillion. you know what they did with most of that money to drive the markets up? they rebought their own stocks and it drove the price up of what they rebought and they sell and make more money. it is the biggest scam that ever happened in this country and the farmers -- they are getting $16 billion, those people got $1.5 t

of georgia tech showing that for pedestrian tracking, self driving cars were less accurate for darker skinned individuals than lighter skinned individuals. so when we talk about human centric computer vision, it is not just facial recognition that should be concerning. many organizations have called on congress to pass baseline consumer privacy, -- privacy legislation to put guardrails on how companies deal with your private data including biometrics. this is very much needed. that legislation has to include not just protections, but real enforcement, so when your dater is misused to have an opportunity to go to court and get accountability. representative: mr. chairman, i want to thank you and the panel. this has been terrific. i don't know if it is true or not, but i think we are part of the same book club. i think i suggested the book to mr. lynch, and it is a fabulous book, "the age of surveillance capitalism." i was also misidentified. i was hoping i would be misidentified as george clooney, just by my perception of myself. i want to talk about this as a representative. de

twitter, and on facebook. let's talk to market, who is calling from columbus, georgia. caller: good morning. my thought is equal rights should be equal rights for everyone. had white boys from the low income family who became 18 years old, he had been working for the telephone company in georgia. old, hebecame 18 years wanted to serve his country and do service for them. service,ame out of the he was told, i cannot give you this job because you are a white man. i think that is discriminatory. host: do you think there should be protection for women against discrimination in the u.s. constitution? caller: no. i think equal rights should be equal rights for everyone, whether you are white, black, whatever your color or race or orientation, everybody should have equal rights. don't discriminate one person because they are a white man and give it to somebody else because they are a woman or minority. do you think women already have equal rights in the united states and don't need legal protection? caller: i don't see where we need it. before, why should a not have a job when he is qualif

expertise with us. mr. chairman, in my home state of georgia we face a crisis and i would like to enter into the record a news article about why georgia ranked last in the nation on this matter. chairman neal: so ordered. mr. lewis: i would also like to express my gratitude for miss reed from atlanta, georgia. she shared her story with me about the reality postpartum depression and the challenges of trying to access health service as a woman of color. dr. harris, thank you for being here. i am so glad we have a doctor from atlanta, georgia. we need more like you. you are well aware of the crisis in georgia. it is worse in our state than any other. we're far behind. we need to do better. we need to catch up. what should the congress do to encourage better maternity care for women of color? what should we do? dr. harris: thank you for your words. congressman lewis, i think there are many things that congress can do. i would say at a basic level it's funding and infrastructure. congressman brady talked about a national road map congress. and at the national level can develop funding for a

klux klan and had other dark parts of his past. where is he from? david: he is from northern georgia, grew up on a farm and andme a lawyer in georgia briefly worked for the north georgia circuit as a judge and then got elected to congress from that congressional district up there. frank was really an interesting guy. counsel for the house un-american activities committee in 1962. earliereen a council during the famous investigation of communists in hollywood. from woodstock, virginia, out in the shenandoah valley. right after world war ii he served as the acting general counsel for the u.s. mission at the tokyo war crimes tribunal, trying to japanese who were responsible for the atrocities. aian: the idea of having council interview somebody from the committee, and this case he was counsel. he asked her father -- >> the committee members would participate as well, but most of the tough questions -- was done by the council. that was the way worked. amendment, you can invoke the fifth amendment to not testify get yourself. it's written into the constitution of the united states. histor

georgia, and all over this country, in vermont, we understand that women have a constitutional right to control their own bodies. [cheers & applause] it is not the u.s. congress, or the state governments, or the local government that will control a woman's body. it is the women of this country themselves. [applause and cheers] and now as we assemble today, here in front of our beautiful state capital, in this pivotal and unprecedented moment in american history, i am here today to ask for your support to help me win the democratic nomination. [applause and cheers] >> [crowd chanting] bernie, bernie, bernie, bernie, bernie, bernie, bernie, bernie, bernie! sen. sanders: i am asking for your support to help me defeat donald trump, the most dangerous president in the history of this country. [applause and cheers] and today, i am asking your help to help me lead this country in transforming this nation, so that together, we create an economy and a government that works for all of us and not just the privileged few! [applause and cheers] and today, i want to welcome you to a campaign which sa

opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair, the yes have it. the gentleman from georgia. >> madam speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. 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: on this vote the yeas are 230. 190 nays. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on judiciary be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 962, the born alive abortion survivors protection act a

war ii unamerican. brian lamb: where is he from? david maraniss: he's from northern georgia. then p on a farm, and became a lawyer in canton, eorgia, and was, briefly, worked the north georgia circuit a lawyer, and was then got elected to congress from that congressional district up there. brian lamb: you highlight a fellow named tavener? david maraniss: frank was really an interesting guy. committee counsel for the house unamerican activities 1952.tee in he had been on the counsel when r during the period the more famous investigation of hollywood was conducted. e came from woodstock, virginia, out in the shenandoah valley. product of the bird machine out there, and, after world war ii, he served as the acting general ounsel for the u.s. mission at the tokyo war crimes tribunal. sort of trying the japanese who were responsible for the atrocities. brian lamb: what's interesting, we're going through the idea of having a counsel interview from the committee, and in this case, he was counsel, father -- d your david maraniss: he did all the questioning. he committee members would partic

georgia democratic house minority leader stacey abrams at american university school of public affairs. north carolina republican representative mark walker at piedmont international university. and, we will look back to june 1963 with president john f. kennedy's remarks at american university. watch commencement speeches tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. host: washington post technology reporter drew joins us for a spatialon about that recognition technology you just saw, about the legal and ethical it.te surrounding before that, first, explain how this technology is being incorporated into law and the security sectors and how widespread it is right now. guest: deputies and police thess the country -- traditional way, when they would get camera or video footage of a robbery or some witness catching somebody on camera, they would pass it around to other deputies and say hey, anybody recognize this person? it was a very poor investigative technique as you can imagine. with facial recognition, they are able to

problem with that. host: thank you for the call. let's go to decatur, georgia, good morning. caller: how are you this morning? host: good, happy mother's day. same to you. very important topic. we are called the united states of america. i hear people talking about the government. we, the people are the government. we are called united states of america, not if states of america. a lot of people are talking about being called the divided states of america. you are on your own, buddy, that's the divided states of america. let's be united states of america. thank you. host: thank you for the call. our phone lines are open, (202) 748-8000. that's the line for expanding u.s. paid family leave. if you oppose the idea, (202) 748-8001. timothy, you are next. jasper, indiana. caller: yes, hello? [feedback] host: turn the volume down if you would, go ahead with your comment. caller: yes, hello? host: go ahead, timothy. caller: yes. no matter who pays for this, in the end we all pay for it. if you have the employer pay for it, he just passes it on to us he's going to up the price of what he's sell

about that in the washington post this morning. john in georgia, independent line. caller: back in the 1970's when beingnds of war were generated by the democrats , gerald ford, who was in the house, was asked the question of what constitutes impeachment. his reply was whatever a majority of the members of congress at the time deem it to .e that is where we are today. host: meaning what? caller: history host: does repeat itself. host:what should be? done in light of history? left toit should be congress to fulfill its constitutional responsibility and if the majority of the bebers deem impeachment to the appropriate process to begin the removal of the president, they should do the articles of impeachment. under the present circumstances, say no because it has not moved to that area yet. the democrats would do themselves great damage, i think, at this time if they proceeded to formerly -- articlesbegin to draft of impeachment against the president for what we have heard so far. host: that is john in georgia giving his thoughts. a section of the mueller report. we will read you secti

legislation on it. georgia did this by suppressing a lot of votes. most georgians, 70% don't agree with this bill. a lot of democratic things are happening. we need to make sure we are fighting. when women vote, -- [indiscernible] to affirm voting rights, solidify and codified a woman's right to control her own body and push back. thank you very much. appreciate you and thank you for everything you did -- [indiscernible] sen. booker: thank you. >> i am her husband. she is a political person. sen. booker: the three of us. the twin towers here. >> thank you so much, senator. >> nice to meet you. thank you for coming. it is good to see. we don't get a lot of candidates up this net of the woods. sen. booker: appreciate that. >> we were excited. sen. booker: how are you? [indiscernible] sen. booker: my mom is with me today. she is here. i don't know [indiscernible] you? how are nice to meet you. can i have a handshake? can i get something with all of us? i think i can pull this off. here we go. >> perfect. sen. booker: we will do this. >> there we go. sen. booker: all right. thank you, guys. >> g

have been cities and states that have done it at times. the state of georgia, where the company is based, had electric vehicle incentives. you saw a huge surge in electric vehicle sales. as soon as those went away, so did the electric vehicles. we may need something to get that technology off of the ground. we certainly need the infrastructure to support it. host: duane is calling from las vegas. how are you? caller: can you hear me? host: yes. go ahead. caller: i've build doors for cadillac. all the industry has to be streamlined and automated. however, when manpower and kelly services started outsourcing to the auto plans by paying people without medical benefits 10 to $15 less than what they were making in the auto plans, that was the problem. the state government was supposed to transition people into all of the better paying jobs. when i got laid off from the auto plans, i went to a community college and took a training course to be a truck driver. that is what i do today. the state government, in line with general motors ford, was supposed to streamline people into all of the

near a deal on disaster aid with trump on board, with, a picture of georgia senator david perdue. what has been his role in this discussion and negotiation, and what is left to be done on the senate side before the deal is sealed? >> senator perdue has been talking to the president frequently for the last several the president, as to dug in on extra aid puerto rico, which has sunk the senate support. we had test votes on this earlier this year and neither was successful, so the democratic and republican plans failed. leader mcconnell said that we will pull these from the floor and let people figure this out behind closed doors, and in the meantime things only got more heated in the debate over puerto rico aid. the president tweeted as recently as last month insults against puerto rican officials, saying that they were incompetent and they just take from the united states, to the who saidf democrats, they will not pass a "racist bill." in the meantime things have only gotten messier. this is one of the most politically charged legislative fights of president trump's presidency so far, a

loughgren votes aye. miss jackson-lee votes aye. mr. cohen? mr. johnson of georgia. >> aye. >> mr. johnson of georgia votes aye. mr. deutsch? mr. deutsch votes aye. mr. bass? mr. richmond? mr. jeffries? mr. sissilini? mr. swallow? mr. swallow votes aye. mr. liu? mr. liu votes aye. mr. raskin? >> aye. >> mr. raskin votes aye? miss jayapajayapal? miss jayapal votes aye. miss scanlon votes aye. miss gar? >> aye. >> miss garcia votes aye. mr. goose votes aye. mr. bath? mr. bath votes aye. mr. stanton? mr. stanton votes aye. miss dean votes aye. miss mccarsell powell votes aye. miss escobar votes aye. mr. collins? mr. collins votes no. mr. sitsenbrenner? mr. chavez votes no. mr. jordan votes no. mr. buck votes no. mr. ratcliffe? mr. ratcliffe

, inviting more russian adventurism, a country that has invaded georgia and ukraine and crimea already. i want to make sure those alliances forged in sacrifice, going back to world war ii, are renewed, they add to our common defense and strength. i want to make sure we use our unique position on the world stage to bring the world together around challenges like climate change, like nuclear disarmament, like making sure that we withdraw from wars in a way that is good for this country and the other countries involved. i want to make sure we elevate priorities that have been missing from our foreign policy. this hemisphere, those people to whom we are connected by land and language and culture and family, make sure we invest in the solutions not just through money, but through our diplomacy that will keep families from having to flee 2000 miles to come here. right now our foreign policy is borne disproportionately by 18, 19, 20-year-old women and men in uniform, in service whose lives is on the line. i would love for the diplomats in peaceful ways to replace that with leadership that ensure

gentleman from georgia, mr. carter, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise to to recognize mr. -- recognize mr. milton "woody" woodside. for serving more than 30 years as president of the brunswick golden aisles chamber of commerce, after graduating from the citadel, mr. woodside has dedicated his entire career to public service, and without his work, coastal georgia would likely look very different than it does today. to start, he worked 13 years for the first congressional district of georgia with representatives ken and thomas. since his work with the house of representatives, he held top positions with the chamber of commerce and is one of the longest continuing service members in georgia. in his position with the chamber, mr. woodside advocated for the creation of the south georgia parkway. funding to deepen the port of brunswick, a replacement for the sidney linear bridge, the golden aisles convention center, along with the career academy, and much more. whether it was at the capitol in washington, d.c., the state house in georgia, or the mayor's office in brunswick, mr. woodside was

, georgia, and josie, if they were here, on behalf of the united states district court for the southern district of indiana and the stinson family, i express our heartfelt condolences at senator bayh's passing and our gratitude at having been blessed to know him. i am honored to be part of the celebration of his life. this is a very special place for me, 25 years ago, bill and i were married at the opposite end of this hall. likedr daughter, who katie morrow, is with us as product once bayh removed. i am also the proud recipient of one of those bipartisan nominations. and i am ever grateful for that, as you know. remarks, iocus of my cannot help but note that as granddad birch bayh would have chosen, he was equally blessed with two grandsons and two granddaughters. our court is housed in the birch bayh federal building and united states courthouse was -- which was named for senator bayh in 2003. the bbc age as we call it, because you have to have an acronym if you are in the federal government, is one of a few federal buildings that was named for an individual who was still alive at the

. [roll call] mr. nadler: the gentleman from georgia. he gentleman from florida. is there any member of the committee who wishes to vote who hasn't voted? the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. chairman, there are 22 ayes and 12 noes. mr. nadler: the motion for consideration is adopted. the clerk will report the committee report. the clerk: resolution recommending that the house of representatives find william p. barr, attorney general, u.s. department of justice, in contempt of congress for refusal to comply with the subpoena duly issued by the committee on the judiciary. mr. nadler: without objection. the committee report is considered as read. and open for amendment at any point. i will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. today we consider a report recommending that the house of representatives hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress for defying a valid subpoena issued by this committee. this is not a step we take lightly. it is the culmination of nearly three months of requests, discussions and negotiations with the department of justice, with a c