supreme court last month heard oral argument in the case moore versus texas. a case questioning that state's criteria for determining of an intellectually disabled person can be sentenced to death. in 2002, the supreme court ruled that executing a quote mentally retarded person violated the constitution's eighth amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. this argument is an hour. >> argument this morning, moore versus texas. mr. sloan? >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, in atkins versus virginia, this court held that the eighth amendment prohibits executing people who are intellectually disable end in hall versus florida this court reiterated that the inquiry into whether somebody is interlecture little disabled for that important eighth amendment purn shou should be informed by the diagnostic framework and by clinical standards. texas has adopted a unique approach to intellectual disability in capital cases in which it prohibits the use of standard and relies on harmful and inappropriate lay stereo types including the so-called pri si

although property owners in texas would not concur with that. some of you are shaking your head and smiling. you know exactly what i'm talking about. although we don't have an income tax in the state. and as i said the state is sig right now. and as i said, the state is looking at an lppf approach to try to look at provider fee approach to funding that. and so that kind of concludes my prepared comments. i would end kind of with this quote which i found very helpful throughout my career. everything looks like a failure in the middle. everyone loved inspired beginnings and happy endings. it's just the middle that involves hard work. and i think we as providers and as a nation have a lot in front of us to try to figure out what our funding for our medicaid health system looks like. and as one individual who counseled me years ago said, most things in life aren't as bad as they look or as good as they look. somewhere in the middle. you just have to figure out how to work your way through it. that is our challenge moving forward. so i'll end that. i

i see my colleague from texas. texas,my dad was born in but how did i get invited? [laughter] >> thank you. >> thanks, gary. [applause] >> thank you congressman palmer. congressman olson, have you voted? you're ok. so, we can keep going. thank you. just want to make sure we are all coordinated here. now i have the distinct honor of introducing mike lee. mike lee is somebody you know well. he would make a supreme court justice, but my goodness, that would be a terrible loss in the united states senate. he has become in the united states senate a think tank unto himself. the man is an entrepreneurial conservative who is trying to think ahead to where we are right now, trying to tap into what we need to tap into as conservatives. he is putting together right now an agenda that centers on federalism or subsidiary or localism. but what i like about what he is doing is i think he has identified the major force of what needs to drive the conservative movement over the next decade. we have an opportunity now as conservatives to bring a lot of these new voters who came into

supreme court last month heard oral argument in the case moore versus texas. a case questioning that state's criteria for determining of an intellectually disabled person can be sentenced to death. in 2002, the supreme court ruled that executing a quote mentally retarded person violated the constitution's eighth amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. this argument is an hour. >> argument this morning, moore versus texas. mr. sloan? >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, in atkins versus virginia, this court held that the eighth amendment prohibits executing people who are intellectually disable end in hall versus florida this court reiterated that the inquiry into whether somebody is interlecture little disabled for that important eighth amendment purn shou should be informed by the diagnostic framework and by clinical standards. texas has adopted a unique approach to intellectual disability in capital cases in which it prohibits the use of standard and relies on harmful and inappropriate lay stereo types including the so-called pri si

most especially, we want to welcome our friends from texas. the texas public policy foundation is the genesis of this conference. we are delighted to be be cosponsored with them. i will not take much of your time before inviting their president of the texas public policy foundation to the podium, but i want to make a couple quick points. policy isehind good good politics. if you want to do something that is good politics, you come up with good policies and advance them. and you help people understand why good policies are good for people. the reason that is important is we believe people are our most important, unique, valuable assets. and the reason we care deeply about the management of natural resources, the wide management of natural resources, and the development of our energy resources is why -- because it is good for people. we think principles need to guide our policies. goodrincipal policies are for people. that is what conservatives are all about. our job at the heritage is to help create the atmosphere so people who are in office, e

sloan, there's no doubt about what texas court said, its marching orders for texas court. it said the habeas judge erred by appointing clinical definition of intellectually disabled in that respect rather than the test we established in briseno. the test we established in briseno is stated sharply and clearly as the test that must be applied by texas courts. is that how you read it? >> yes, exactly, your honor. >> on page 6a. >> that's right. and i think it's helpful here to consider how atkins adjudications -- and obviously this is a vitally important life or death issue that goes to the human dignity of the intellectually disabled and how these adjudications will proceed in texas after this opinion in light of the passage that justice ginsburg just quoted, the critical passage is that to judges, the lawyers and to clinical experts testifying in texas the message is clear and unmistakable. you may not consult or rely on current clinical guidance. think about that from a clinician's perspective. a clinical expert trusted with evaluating and making this vitally important ev

jackson lee: -- texas is -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much very much. i thank congresswoman kuster for her leadership on this legislation. and then to make mention of a bill just an hour or two ago that bears mentioning, that i want to take note of the importance of its passage. and that is s. 1632, it was house bill h.r. 2726, which is now passed. a bill to require regional strategy to address the threat posed by boko haram. as i begin to discuss this bill, the issue of security is on all of our minds, certainly the tragedy of the boko haram onslaught in nigeria and the missing girls should be on our mind and this bill that i just mentioned, that was passed and supported by congressman wilson, will be a very, very important initiative, one of which i co-sponsored and will continue to work on this issue. . i rise in strong support of promoting travel, commerce and nurelt act of 2016. it would establish jurisdiction over offenses committed by federal employees in canada. in so doing, it will strengthen our nati

randy comes from a part of texas . and i would like to say everybody from texas might be this way but it's not true, but with a handshake and a word makes a difference. mr. neugebauer, the entire time he was here didn't oversell and didn't underdeliver. he did the things that were necessary as proper representation of not only the texas delegation, but a man of distinction from lubbock texas, the high plains. but he brought with him the professional attributes that were very necessary within the texas delegation to be successful and very early on, he championed those ideas. and they were ideas of bringing forth representation from ar group of people in lubbock, texas and north texas, who strongly believed in america, who strongly believed that america's greatest days laid in its future. and randy spoke of not only of the ideas he had but the people he represented in terms of real admiration for those people, admiration for hard work. admiration for an honest day's work and honest day's pay. so you can see, mr. speaker,

if the texas court is erring. texas is not prohibiting the use of current standards. the case quoted and cited -- >> why go to so much trouble saying it wasn't going to use current standards. that it was only going to use older standards. >> because the aada -- it was a second alternative holding. that was the main reason why the cca said trial court, you're not following our precedence. that's error. >> if it has no support anywhere, would that have been a valid reason for discounting the current clinical standards? >> well, that was a second alternative holding here. it's facially valid for texas or any other state to have related in this requirement. that's in the dsm v. it talks about needing something to be directly related but it doesn't flesh that out. what we're talking about is the application of that. this would be an odd case to decide that. there's not state consensus on this causation point, the coleman case. we are not aware of any case 23467 the relatedness inquiry was the dispositive point on which an adkins claim was denied. >> well, i'm not sure how

i see my colleague pete ae aols from texas. my dad was born in texas but how did i get invited? thanks, tim. [ applause ] >> congress olson, have you voted? >> i'll miss the votes -- >> you're okay, we can keep -- >> good, great, thank you, just want to make sure you're all coordinated here. now i have the distinct honor of introducing mike lee to all of you, mike lee is somebody you know well. he would make a great supreme court justice but my goodness that would be a terrible loss in the united states senate. he has become in the united states senate a think tank unto himself. he is kind of an entrepreneurial conservative who is trying to think ahead of where we are right now, trying to tap into what we need to tap into as conservatives. he's putting together right now an agenda that's centered around federalism or subsidiary or localism, you can describe it a lot of different ways. i think he's identified the major force of what needs to drive the conservative movement over the next decade. we have an opportunity right now as conservatives to bring a lot of new voters who cam

he was governor of texas for 14 years, the longest serving governor in texas history. but rick perry is not exactly a details guy. he is not a policy guy. though he was in office for really long time, actually, his record of a congressman in terms of really big initiatives that he was responsible for, that you concert lycee rick perry's was on this program or policy, is quite short. i was thinking back about what were his major proposals. most of what i thought of were basically kind of pretty big failures. some won't be known outside of texas, but here there were big deals. for example, the trans-texas corridor was a proposal to build this very expensive network of toll roads and highways been involved public/private partnerships. amy: i'm going to interrupt because i want to give kiah collier a chance to respond and then we will continue this discussion of post it online. kiah collier, if you could talk about rick perry's close ties to kelcy warren, certainly, the center of a massive national controversy around the dakota access pipeline. >> right. perry i think it's

and i did that in texas, too. the difference is there's not a cabinet form of executive government there so they were boarding commission members volunteer sts sentence doing parttime governance as opposed to full time secretaries and undersecretaries for this that and the ortsdz. >> did the former president give you any advice on how to win the seat that he lost? >> his best advice was leading by example and what it did to impress upon me how one should lead, how one should govern, w one should approach public office. i think he had a tremendous regard for the office of the presidency and so i looked at it with great esteem. i think it was his dad that said that public office is a noble calling and public service is a noble calling. so i think that was his greatest contribution to me and the tact that he supported me fibblely, he and mrs. bush -- financially. he and mrs. bush meant a whole lot to me. he's very popular and i think he's become more popular as time has gone by and i think history has proven that his

before that, remember, texas, for three months, texas is in play. that means we are even and republicans win texas. even if you are a lousy candidate, you win texas. texas is republican. i had these massive crowds and for three months, they said, texas is in play and next week is very close. and remember georgette? georgia? r georgia is in play. can you imagine if i lose texas or georgia? i am saying to my kids and my wife, this is going to be a disaster. utah, i do not think of republican has ever lost. utah is in play -- against some guy, i looked at him -- my wife looked at him and said, you will not lose to him. [laughter] president-elect trump: i am telling you, she is good at this stuff. they say he is tied with me. you will not lose to them, do not worry about it. now it is, whatever time, 8:00 or 9:00, the numbers were so great. donald trump has won the state of texas. that means it was a slaughter. donald trump has won the state of georgia. donald trump has won the state of utah. and this guy that was put up there to fight me, he was -- hil

erika querÍa comenzar con usted que hizo esta travesÍa hacia texas por quÉ? con dos hijos. >>> bueno, por lo que toda la familia decidiÓ salir, huyendo de tanta delincuencia, al papÁ de mis hijos le dieron dos disparos venimos hu yendo. >>> quÉ tipo de posibilidad tiene erika y su familia de quedarse en estados unidos. >>> lo que encontramos es quema mÁs como erika ya tienen muchos chances de ganar suzu sus caso. >>> legalmente quÉ puede pedir erika de estados unidos >>> las personas estÁn pidiendo como ella, asilo polÍtico, ahorita que ya estÁn fuera va tener que presentarse en una corte de migraciÓn donde un juez va decidir sobre el caso de asilo de ella. >>> erika hÁblame de esta travesÍa entre honduras y estados unidos cÓmo fue. >>> pues, nosotros tardamos 40 dÍas para llegar, para lograr llegar, venÍamos viajando partes en autobÚs y partes en tren. >>> cuando llega a texas, inmigraciÓn separa a la familia. >>> si, entramos por el puente y nos entregamos los 4, al entraron nos separamos y desde entonces hasta la fecha que yo estaba en la h

he covers politics and border affairs from the texas-mexico border for the texas tribune. one of the things you wrote recently talks about the two way force -- porous border issue. you wrote about guns going from the u.s. into mexico more than 73,000 from 2009 at 2014, as well as the two way contraband stream. you write in one story the steady demand for people and illegal products nourishes a giant international smuggling ecosystem. until policymakers reduce american demand for latin american supply, experts say the 2000 mile you a site in mexico border will remain porous." tell us more about that. guest: that is another issue, the southbound traffic of cash, weapons and the united states' desire for illegal narcotics and various other contraband coming north. compared to what country -- the country and the state of texas spent on treatment versus incarceration and security, the gap is so wide. they cringe when people write the stories. they say mexico is only turning over the weapons will be traced active united states to make united states look bad. that is a fair point

he represents the 21st district in texas. he serves as chairman of science, space and technology committee, which as you all know has jurisdiction over a lot of the things we're talking about here today. the committee oversee agency budgets of $39 billion. congressman smith continues to serve on both judiciary committee and homeland security committee as well and he's a former chairman of the judiciary committee and ethics committee. he was ranked as the most effective member in the house in 112th congress in a study jointly conducted by university of virginia and vanderbilt. he also was named policymaker of the year by "politico" for his work on patent reform legislation during that same congress. we are very lucky to be able to hear from the congressman today. congressman, please come up and give us your thoughts. [ applause ] >> tim, thank you for that introduction. and before i say anything else, let me put that study that had to do with effectiveness in perspective. when that study came out, that was the first time i eve

my mother still lives in south texas and i have a sister. my mother is from monterrey, mexico so she emigrated to the united states 50 years ago. she is a great person. she will be here for my swearing-in. emotional times. >> how will you balance your work here with your life back home? do you plan to live here in washington and if so, where? rep.-elect fernandez: we have an apartment nearby, my wife and i. we will be traveling back and forth and try to spend as much time in the district as possible to keep hearing people's problems and understand what we need to work for. we don't want to lose touch of our community and its needs. >> tell us about your wife and her influence on you. rep.-elect fernandez: well, she is a school teacher and a principal. she is my rock. she has been a great asset during my campaign and even here, she is sitting right back there. she is a very positive influence. >> representative elect gonzales, we appreciate your time. thank you for talking to c-span. the publican representing 19th district. why did you decide

so in texas, for its uc program, the state of texas does not provide any funding for the uc program. its state portion is generated through public hospitals and other governmental organizations that have the ability to put up -- in our case, we put up 41 cents and we were able to draw down $1 or 59 cents from the federal government on that. a lot of that funding has occurred through a model called community benefit model, where it becomes a partnership or where it becomes a relationship between various private and public entities. and in that case, the private entities -- or the public entities are, because of that relationship, are able to put up an igt. that particular arrangement has been in place for about ten years, and it has been under fairly significant scrutiny for ten years. and most recently, it rose to another level where the arrangement in the dallas-ft. worth area was disallowed and is now going through the appeals process. that occurred on september 1st. texas filed an appeal on october 28th, and now they're waiting for the response from cms. that's a significant issue

he covers politics and border affairs from the texas-mexico border for the texas tribune. one of the things you wrote recently talks about the two way force -- porous border issue. you wrote about guns going from the u.s. into mexico more than 73,000 from 2009 at 2014, as well as the two way contraband stream. you write in one story the steady demand for people and illegal products nourishes a giant international smuggling ecosystem. until policymakers reduce american demand for latin american supply, experts say the 2000 mile you a site in mexico border will remain porous." tell us more about that. guest: that is another issue, the southbound traffic of cash, weapons and the united states' desire for illegal narcotics and various other contraband coming north. compared to what country -- the country and the state of texas spent on treatment versus incarceration and security, the gap is so wide. they cringe when people write the stories. they say mexico is only turning over the weapons will be traced active united states to make united states look bad. that is a fair point

y 1787 en otra parte de texas. mientras continÚa el dirigiÓ en los centros de detenciÓn aumenta las detenciones de familias documentadas en la frontera. el flujo incesante de inmigrantes habrÍa llevado a mantener los centros operando sin interrupciÓn. fÉlix: una madre indocumentada se refugiÓ en una iglesia de denver. sus dos pequeÑos hijos estadounidenses, para evitar la deportaciÓn. singrid se declarÓ culpable, paga impuestos, pero ante su deportaciÓn busco protecciÓn en la iglesia y cuenta con apoyo de gran parte de la comunidad son muchos los inmigrantes indocumentados que buscan darle una situaciÓn legal a sus asuntos migratorios, pero no son pocos los que se aprovechan de la angustia de miles de personas para estafar los. tenemos el caso de un conocido activista comunitario, oswaldo cabrera. fue detenido y enfrenta serios cargos por defraudar y robar. reportero: son 22 los cargos criminales contra cabrera. al estado este miÉrcoles. entre ellos hacerse pasar por abogado de inmigraciÓn, en prejui

film which is now archived at the lbj presidential library. >> winter into the hill people of west texas is mostly wind and dust. it is a time when the land is at its harshest. the once green pastor is brown and dormant. the streams and the ponds are low. this time of year, a particular -- in particular in an election off your, has been a time of trouble for candidates, especially when it follows a presidential election. two major documents must be laid before the congress, the forthcoming federal budget statement and the state of the union address. this responsibility alone would be awesome enough, but coupled with a vietnam conflict that must be continually explained to the american people, the trouble of the economy, and an upcoming -- and he divided congress, this created something that is not a -- not always pleasant. the future of the great society programs that swept the country. the summit had not yet been reached. a cautious congress, budget comebacks -- budget cutbacks created evidence that this crusade against society's greatest enemies may be slowed, or worse, may level off a

apply for enrollment at texas western college now know as the university of texas at el paso. and her application was rejected solely based on her race. so mildred and her friend, thelma white, and a few other students teamed up and with the help of the naacp and an attorney thurgood marshal and took this issue to a federal court and thanks to the wisdom and judgment of our federal judge at the time, not only was it found that texas western's ban on african-american students was unconstitutional, his ruling and their effort and mildred acourage effectively desegregated the institutions of higher learning in texas for every single texan and as i was sharing with some of my colleagues yesterday as i was introducing barbara lee, this took incredible personal sacrifice. and i can only imagine the difficulty that mildred faced on that day and yet it was so incredibly important for this country. and that's the kind of story we are telling about these courageous young people who we want to continue to allow to flourish. i want to at this time introduce the gentlelady from california,

and i'm going to you first in part because you're from texas. >> yeah, look what happens in west texas. you talk about not needing a minimum wage, you can't hire anybody for $15 an hour out in the middle of texas right now because of the shale oil bloom because jobs are so scarce out there. that's what energy creates. look at the monterrey shale in california, that would wipe out california's debt by itself. we need a president-elect trump to go out and figure out with the epa what is safe. if fracking is safe, they need to go in there and frac that oil and take california out of debt. if it's not safe, you shouldn't be doing it anyway and this cartel in opec, every country is a liar. look at the production that they have compared to the quotas historically, they never adhere to these quotas. they're all petrol rates companies. they have to have that oil revenue to stay in power. they are going to bust these quotas completely. none of them can be trusted. >> emily, these new technology driven oil companies here in the united states with the boost in prices by opec that actually helps t

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. matsui: i yield five minutes to representative spear. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. say eier: let me first what a joy it has been been to work with my colleague mike mccaul on this issue and with chris van hollen as well. the passion, the compassion and the commitment to this issue is one that i have not seen replicated many times. let me comment by talking about the letter i received from sylvia decorsi in my district. her son tyler was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma for about a year. and she had written to me, as a pediatric cancer patient, i want to thank you for introducing the star act. this has the potential to make a huge difference for my son tyler and his fellow warriors. in august, we lost two little buddies to this disease. to think this -- to think if this act was already in place, that may not have happened and the heartaches of their family nd friends could have been pr

actions in vietnam, let the white house christmas tree, and celebrated the holiday with his family at his texas ranch. the white house naval photographic unique produce this, which are now archived at the lbj presidential library. ♪ winter to the hill people of west texas is mostly wind and dust. it is a time when the hardscrabble land is at its harshest. when pastors are brown and dormant to the horizon, and the ponds and streams are low. this time of year, particularly an election off year has been a difficult time for presidents as well. most particularly, when it follows a heavily carried presidential election. high policy decisions must be labored out and laid before congress in the forthcoming federal budget statement and the state of the union address. this responsibility would be awesome enough. but coupled with a vietnam conflict that must be continually explained to the american people, a troublesome economy, an in danger of becoming overheated, and the upcoming divided congress, this would be unpleasant. added to the burdens was the uncertain future of the great -- the summit had n

tillis: your family back in texas. >> -- tell us about your family back in texas. >> i lost my dad and had a sister a mother is from monterrey, mexico. she immigrated 50 years ago and is a great person she will be here for my swearing in. emotional times i guess. >> how will you balance your work out here with your life back at home? do you plan to live here in washington? >> yes. we have got a little apartment nearby. we will be traveling back and forth to spend as much time in the district as possible and keep hearing people's problems in knowing what we need to work for and work at here in d.c. and never lose touch with them community and their needs. school districts, municipalities, a lot of folks who are affected that could use help of the federal level. >> tell us about your wife's influence on you. a school teacher and principal. .he is really my rock she's been a great asset during my campaign. she is a very positive influence. >> we appreciate your time thank you for talking to c-span. >> thank you. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1970 nine, c-span was created as a pu

so in texas, for its uc program, the state of texas does not provide any funding for the uc program. its state portion is generated through public hospitals and other governmental organizations that have the ability to put up -- in our case, we put up 41 cents and we were able to draw down $1 or 59 cents from the federal government on that. a lot of that funding has occurred through a model called community benefit model, where it becomes a partnership or where it becomes a relationship between various private and public entities. and in that case, the private entities -- or the public entities are, because of that relationship, are able to put up an igt. that particular arrangement has been in place for about ten years, and it has been under fairly significant scrutiny for ten years. and most recently, it rose to another level where the arrangement in the dallas-ft. worth area was disallowed and is now going through the appeals process. that occurred on september 1st. texas filed an appeal on october 28th, and now they're waiting for the response from cms. that's a significant issue

indeed from all over texas and it's going to be live streamed on facebook. we invite all of america to join us and celebrate our values. we're going to talk about diversity, inclusion, respect and integrity. and service. that's what we stand for. that's what we represent, and that's the kind of narrative that we want people to understand about this university, and what this university means. >> are you concerned about security? not even just at your aggies united event, but at other events that are going to counter this appearance by a white supremacist at texas ar&m? >> we're always concerned about security at anything, at any event and we want to make sure that everybody is safe. certainly everybody has a right to say what they want in appropriate ways and appropriate spaces. but we do have security, as we ail always do when things occur on this campus. >> you mentioned, this happens at universities across the country. have you ever dealt with something like this before? >> i don't know exactly what you mean by "dealt with" but i -- public universities muc

make texas mexico again. because texas is amazing. texas is amazing and pushy and creative and adorable. the official state tourism campaign in texas tells you straight up it's like a whole other country. and that's not just a slogan. a significa number of texans think of their membership in the union as a little provisional. this past summer when asked if they would like to secede if hillary clinton won the white house, 40% said, yes, if clinton wins they'd like to secede. to that point you can find entertaining pockets of that sentiment all over the country whether seceding because of clinton or to go back to mexico. in northern california tea party and libertarian types that have been pushing to secede from the rest of california. they want to break off and be in their own state called jefferson. they want to be jeffersonians. since donald trump was elected president, not hillary clinton, but donald trump, certain pockets of liberals in california have started to talk texas style by seceding. but they don't want to secede from cali

of people going in and out of the immigration here in the state of texas. earlier this year, a named walton bets who was killed by someone deported and he was killed and they went on a rampage. we are not sacrificing our lives at the hands of people who are here illegally. >> good for you, i know the citizens of texas have got to be grateful to you for taking this action and i want to just say to you, as an attorney general, you are remarkable as a governor and you are remarkable. in case i have not made it clear, i am a fan of governor abbott, he's one of the greatest public officials in the country. but, i struggle and i know a lot of people do to understand why there is this around laws. you cannot pray in a school. you cannot pledge allegiance from some schools and you got to follow all these from washington or in the case of public education. you don't have to worry a about the federal law if you want to smoke pot in various places and you passed the state law. can you just explain that to us how we gotten to this point? >> well, what you described lou

the gentleman from texas. mr. babin: mr. speaker, i now yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, the chairman of the full committee, lamar smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i thank my colleague from texas, the author of this bill, for yielding me time. i also want to say that congressman brian babin is just an excellent chairman of the space subcommittee of the full science committee. mr. speaker, since nasa selected the first group of astronauts in 1959, more than 300 brave american astronauts have ventured into the kaz mows as explorers -- into the cosmos as explorers. it is easy to overlook how dangerous it is and how little we know about its long-term health effects. h.r. 6076, the treat astronauts act, ensures our courageous men and women who venture into space receive support for medical issues associated with their service. the treat astronauts act also will help us better understand the medical science of human space flight, enabl

they live in texas and georgia. they said georgia is in play. texas is in play. that means like we're even. and then we won in a landslide both states. what happened? for weeks texas is in play. you turn on the television two minutes later. donald trump has won texas. [cheers and applause] he's a very, very -- these are very, very dishonest people. [crowd booing] president-elect trump: i love this stuff. should i go on with this a little bit longer? i love it. how about it's like 12:00 in the evening and pennsylvania -- i'm leadling by a lot -- leading by a lot. and we couldn't get off 98%. they didn't want to call it. we're leading by so much that it's impossible -- if i lost every other vote. and they refuse to call it. then at 3:00, ill neafer forget, i watched a particular person, and we won wisconsin. and we won michigan. and we won pennsylvania. right. and that person is doing the math. and that person was saying for months that there's no way that donald trump can break the blue wall, right? we didn't break it, we shattered that sucker. that blue wall is b

>>ond another huge issue for texas is immigration. we've seen action from the current administration. what are you hoping a president trump will do with respect to immigration, right away? >> well, as you know, texas let a 26-state coalition against the -- what we consider an illegal action by the president on amnesty for illegals. we sued and we've gone to the supreme court. gotten a preliminary injunction. but the new president could literally resolve thissish in a single exec -- in a single secive action and it would be over. and we are hopeful on the first day that will be one of his actions. >> he's talked so much about that issue, it seems like this would be one he could be willing to act on quickly. and being the border that you have to patrol and handle, we know it is an issue that is a daily battle for you all. and i'm sure the guidance would be appreciated and the change would be appreciated from the president. but what do you say to those that are worried about what president trump will do on the issues. they were supportiv

my mother still lives in south texas and i have a sister. my mother is from monterrey, mexico so she emigrated to the united states 50 years ago. she is a great person. she will be here for my swearing-in. emotional times. >> how will you balance your work here with your life back home? do you plan to live here in washington and if so, where? rep.-elect fernandez: we have an apartment nearby, my wife and i. we will be traveling back and forth and try to spend as much time in the district as possible to keep hearing people's problems and understand what we need to work for. we don't want to lose touch of our community and its needs. >> tell us about your wife and her influence on you. rep.-elect fernandez: well, she is a school teacher and a principal. she is my rock. she has been a great asset inshe has been a great asset during my campaign and even here, she is sitting right back there. she is a very positive influence. >> representative elect gonzales, we appreciate your time. thank you for talking to c-span. clicks june is tuesday, januar

from texas to mississippi, a wet weekend. this flooded street in texas city. and rob marciano is here tracking it all. we've got more rain on the way. >> reporter: and already, this has been the wettest december day on record in galveston. over nine inches in spots. flash flood watches up. southeast texas, over the next 24 hours, will see quite a bit more rain. and southwest louisiana, as well. could to see six to eight-plus. and this does get into the tornado and fire zone, as well. let's time out the rain. we get another pulse of it rolling across the deep south, getting up into louisiana and alabama, mississippi and georgia. but look at the snow getting into chicago. you may wake up to snow in chicago and detroit throughout the day tomorrow. this moves to the east on tuesday and wednesday. >> okay, thanks, rob, good to see you. how about a golf story? you like golf. >> let's do it. >>> a comeback story in the world of sports. after several injury-plagued years, tiger woods is back on his game tonight, and abc's ron claiborne has more. >> reporter: it was ti

thank you for that. >> one graduate of texas a.m. says the university community as has a responsibility to capture white nationalism and supremacy. there were plenty of protesters. university officials saying they didn't invite him or endorse his message j but the texas of the university saying the right of free speech must be respected. i want to bring in this chief marketing and communications officer at the university. amy, thank you for coming on. this is an important subject. the university is being blasted for allowing richard spencer for coming to speak. what's your response to this criticism? >> don, no member of our campus, our students, our faculty, professors, student groups, invited this speaker to campus. he was not invited by us but by a private citizen who booked a public room that gets booked for boy scout meetings and things like that. and i think this is part of their m.o. they go in with a private citizen quietly. i think this is not the end for public universities throughout the nation. >> how do you feel about th

texas, florida, ohio and pennsylvania, where the bible belt and where the rust belt. but we're american. not deplorable, just americans. and finally, that means something again. have a great weekend, everybody. . >>> good evening everybody, it is been just over three weeks since donald trump became president-elect trump. he's already leading and capturing only he can the attention of the left wing media that seems to ultimately impressed and dismayed that mr. trump is in command and working diligently to staff the white house and administration with top talent choices and already hard at work to make good on a hard list of campaign his purpose to prevent the appearance of the conflict of interest is president of the united states. trump this morning tweeted this. >> i will be holding a major news conference in new york city with my children on december 15th to discuss the fact that i will believing my great business in order to fully focus on running the country in order to make america great again. while i am not mandated to do this under the law, i feel it is visual

i said, how are we losing texas or how are we tied in texas? they said texas was in play, like we were doing badly. as soon as the polls opened, they go breaking news, donald trump wins the state of texas. donald trump wins. this is like, immediately. we win georgia, we won utah. did you see my competition in utah? this guy came out of nowhere. my wife said, trust me, he is not doing well. but they had him even with me and me maybe not winning utah. as soon as the real polls came out, we won it in a massive landslide. and i do not know what that guy was trying to prove, all we could do is potentially lose the united states supreme court. assume the race was closer. we won by a lot, it was not even close. but let's assume that we needed utah, which frankly we thought we needed. we really thought we needed utah. let's assume we did not win utah. you know what he gains? i will not say the name of a magazine guy who works so hard. so many of these guys misread us for two years. they are still misreading us and are still misreading us, and i love it

texas. they said for three months texas is in play. texas, that means we're, like, even. and republicans win texas. even if you're a lousy candidate, you win texas. [laughter] texas is republican. and it's great. and the people are great. and i had these massive crowds. and for three months they're saying texas is in play, and next week it is very close. texas is in play. and georgia, remember georgia? georgia is in play. and i'm saying, man, can you imagine if i lose texas? i'm saying to my kids, my wife, texas is in play, georgia is in play, this is going to be a disaster. and then they said utah. i don't think a republican's ever lost -- have they ever lost utah? i don't think so. utah is in play against some guy that i looked at him and say, there's no way. my wife looked at him and said you're not going to lose to him. [laughter] i'm telling you, she's good at stuff. i said, yeah, but they say that he's tied with me. and she said, no, no, he's not tied, you're not going to lose to him, don't worry about it. so they said utah is in play. now it's whatever time, 8:00,

, chris. >> and a chilly texas, clearly, from the looks of it. thank you so much, jacob soboroff. let me bring in wisconsin republican elector brian westbray in madison and chairman of the wisconsin third district republican party. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> i keep hearing and reading about how unlike years past, electors have been inundated with phone calls, with e-mails, with letters. what's it been like for you? >> yeah, i mean, it has been unprecedented. it is, in fact, the word. over 90,000 contacts between e-mail, texts, foecphone calls. and i applaud the people being engaged. if nothing else, millions of americans who understand the electoral college system better than before this cycle. >> what's the point that people are writing to you about? >> as you said, i'm just a normal guy. so i have a family and a job. i'm a volunteer this this capacity, so i've not had the opportunity to read the 90,000 contacts, but i have read sample lgs and responded to safmplings and a lot asking me not to vote for donald t

before that, remember, texas, for three months, texas is in play. that means we are even and republicans win texas. even if you are a lousy candidate, you win texas. i had these massive crowds and for three months, they said, texas is in play and next week is very close and remember georgia? georgia is in play. can you imagine if i lose texas or georgia? i am saying to my kids and my wife, this is going to be a disaster. utah, i do not think of republican has ever lost. -- against some guy, i looked at him -- my wife looked at him and said, you will not lose to him. i am telling you, she is good at this stuff. they say he is tied with me. you will not lose to them, do not worry about it. now it is, whatever time, 8:00 were so the numbers great. donald trump has won the state of texas. that means it was a slaughter. donald trump has won the state of georgia. state trump has won the of utah. and this guy that was put up there to fight me, he was -- hillary even beat him, ok? we won utah by 25 points. all of a sudden, they are saying, what happened? no

it also started -- remember, they said texas was in play. texas is not supposed to be. for two months we have all been hearing texas was in play, and we heard georgia is in play. i said, man, we are in play. if georgia is in place, you tend to believe these people, even though -- right? so the polls opened and closed, and now we go live on television with the numbers. and we got lousy exit polls. the exit polls -- i got a call from ivanka, and he said, dad, not looking good. it does not help your you do not have to get bad exit polls. in two hours you know they will not have to do that it she said it is not looking good. his exit polls are not looking good. they put bad questions in the exit polls. like many people say donald trump is a very, very bad person. do you agree that he is a harmful human being? yes or no? and people go, yeah, i guess. boom. so, you know, so we go out and immediately -- no, the election is over. that was a bernie fan. no, the election ended three weeks ago, darling. someday soon she will be on our side. you watch. so it was so exciting. so i g

texas senator ted cruz said he wrote to the pentagon to demand answers about jade helm. senator rand paul, of course, a presidential contender at the time, said he was looking into the issue. suddenly, along with legitimate policy issues like guns or abortion, the fantasy military takeover of texas became some sort of sleeper litmus test in republican politics. how seriously you took the threat of this takeover of texas was a litmus test for the gop presidential primary. that is just nuts. now, president obama has cited this very case study, which you may or may not remember, as exactly what was wrong with the modern gop. >> we did a military exercise, texas and suddenly all of the folks in texas are like, they are going to take over right now. i'm serious. and then the senator down there said, yeah, we better look into that. and the governor says, well, i don't know. what do you mean you don't know? what does that mean? really? you think that like the entire pentagon said, oh, really, you want to declare martial law and take over texas, let's do it under the guise of ro

i yield to the gentleman, my friend from texas, mr. green, a member of the financial services committee, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you to the ranking member, the honorable maxine waters. mr. speaker, i think it appropriate to reflect for just a moment on what the crisis was like in 2008. because in 2008, when this crisis hit, and it started to blossom, started to blow up, banks would not lend to each other. the crisis was so serious that banks would not bail each other out. we had a circumstance such that people were losing their homes and they were losing their homes because of the so-called exotic products that allowed them to buy homes that they could not afford, homes that would allow them to have a teaser rate, that would coincide with a prepaid penalty such as that they couldn't get out of the rate that was to follow, which was going to be higher than they can afford. mr. speaker, this bill, h.r. 6392, should be ap