the machine was decertified and not used in last year's according to mr. sherman. apology for shifting that under camera. from john in pennsylvania, thanks for calling on open phones. democrats line. hello. caller: yes, good morning. just wanted to say good morning and i want to be really frank in what my opinion. senior citizen. 'm worked all my lifelike many americans in this country. it seems to me that entire system, the and not only my opinion, but years, for years and that we're making, no one gets only ones to get ahead are the ones who get rich, they are getting paid, they are their money and not earning it, in washington, and paying taxes up the -- yingy for services, they are not getting together. if i were to run my household the government is running theirs, i would be in the poor house the next day. with the great minds in this country, that we have, and country, and i'm sorry to say, but i don't have figure out lege to that the system is so corrupt away eople are getting with -- only the people that have money, not the poor people, ones paying their a

mr. sherman: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in strong support of this bill. which is really a combination of three bills. first, as to north korea, it embodies a bill passed on this floor last month, introduced by chairman royce, ranking member engel, mr. yoho and myself, from the asia subcommittee. we will expand our sanctions on north korea's precious metals, minerals, jet fuel, coal, and across the board, and especially banking sanctions, but keep in mind, malt matly we have got to force -- ultimately we have got to force china to decide whether they're going to support north korea or whether they're going to have access to american markets. we can't let them have both. as to iran, this bill designates the entire iran revolutionary guard corps as the cudes force has already been designated -- quds force has already been designated, as subject to terrorism sanctions, provides an arms embargo. and let us remember that the real face of this regime in tehran is not their foreign minister, but rather it is the hundreds of thousands who have died in syria as a r

now recognizing the gentleman from california, mr. sherman, for five minutes read -- there it. >> people saying we should be nice to witnesses, you quoted, it is important to reflect that no comment about being nice to either democratic or republican witnesses ever came from me. [laughter] now i want to go through a witnessf things for the to respond to the record. you talked about the importance of small banks and credit unions being able to make business loans to companies in our districts. that is not a reason for us to take the giant banks off the hook for prudential regulation. it is very near collapse. it nearly collapsed the economy. it is the reason for you to deal with the occ which is under your jurisdiction and have them when they audit banks and those banks have a prime plus for or prime plus five loan to a company that have ay, that they reserve of an extra 1% or 2% rather than 30% or 50%. secretary, could do more than any of us to get small business loans made by local banks. the debt clock has been behind you. you comme

sherman, for five minutes. >> i want to get one thing clear for the record. mr. chairman you began by quoting people saying we should be nice to witnesses and i think it is important the record reflect that no comment about being nice to democratic or republican witnesses every came from me. you talk about small companies being able to make business loans. that is not a reason for us to take the giant banks off the hook for regulation. it is there near collapse that nearly collapsed the economy. it is the reason for you to deal with the occ which is under your jurisdiction and have them when they audit banks and those banks have a prime plus four or prime plus five loan to a company that is just a little shaky that they have a reserve of just an extra 1-2 percent rather than 30-50%. you, mr. secretary, could do more than any of us to get small business loans made by local banks. the debt clock has been behind you. you commented on that. i would hope any tax reform would not increase the debt and we just voted in the house not to cut the cbo because they are the u

they recognize the gentleman from california, mr. sherman. >> you begin by holding and saying we should be nice to witnesses. no comment about being nice to either democratic or witnesses ever came for me. >> i want to go through a number of things to respond to for the record. we talk about small banks and credit unions being able to make business loans, that's not a reason to take the giant banks off the hook. they are near collapse. when they have a prime plus four or prime loan it's a little shaky. you could do more than any of us to get small business loans made by local banks. the debt clock has been behind you, we've commented on that. i would hope any tax return that came out of your department would not increase that that. they are the umpire here as far as what increases and decreases deficit. the debt limit is just over the horizon and i hope you would use your voice to remind us it's not enough to deal with the debt limit and overtime. the harm is to our economy now because have to invest in the risk. you probably didn't

i am honored, mr. speaker, to will be this amendment filed later today and there are two other members of congress that i am proud to have associated with me and this amendment. they are the honorable brad sherman and the honorable seth moulton. we're filing this amendment not because we believe that a president can self-pardon but because if some president attempted to do it, this amendment would be there for us to act expeditiously and prevent it. mr. speaker, this is the solution that i hope we never have to use. i pray that this amendment never has to be pushed through. but i am so proud to have it there in the event it is needed. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota, mr. paulsen, for five minutes. mr. paulsen: mr. speaker, the fourth line in the warrior ethos reads i will never leave a fallen comrade. every soldier who passes through the army basic training knows this model and truly it is the spirit of our entire military.

so with that, mr. speaker, i yield one minute to mr. sherman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. sherman: vote against the rule, vote against the bill, the bill does contain one provision that i want to applaud the committee for including that is section 8109 none of the funds may be used in contravention of the war powers act. i first proposed this language in 2011. it failed at first, but now it's been included in every defense appropriations bill since f.y. 2012. it's necessary to enforce the war powers act because every attorney general since the 1970's has advised presidents that the war powers act isn't binding on the president and the president can send unlimited number of troops anywhere in the world without a declaration of war. a republican attorney general testified before the foreign affairs committee yesterday that by including this language in the appropriations bill, congress enforces the war powers act and its proper role in international affairs. i thank the committee for including this lan

mr. sherman: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in strong support of this bill. which is really a combination of three bills. fir, as to north korea, it embodies a bill passed on this floor last month, introduced by chairman royce, ranking member engel, mr. yoho and myself, from the asia subcommittee. we will expand our sanctions on north korea's precious metals, minerals, jet fuel, coal, and across the board and especially banking sanctions, but keep in mind, malt matly we have got to force -- ultimately we have got to force china to decide whether they're going to support north korea or whether they're going to have access to american markets. we can't let them have both. as to iran, this bill designates thentire iran revolutionary guard corps as the cudes force has already been designated -- quds force has already been designated, as subject to terrorism sanctions, provides an arms embargo. and let us remember that the real face of thisegime in tehran is not their foreign minister, but rather it is the hundreds of thousands who have died in syria as a sult of

mr. sherman: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in strong support of this bill. which is really a combination of three bills. first, as to north korea, it embodies a bill passed on this floor last month, introduced by chairman royce, ranking member engel, mr. yoho and myself, from the asia subcommittee. we will expand our sanctions on north korea's precious metals, minerals, jet fuel, coal, and across the board, and especially banking sanctions, but keep in mind, malt matly we have got to force -- ultimately we have got to force china to decide whether they're going to support north korea or whether they're going to have access to american markets. we can't let them have both. as to iran, this bill designates the entire iran revolutionary guard corps as the cudes force has already been designated -- quds force has already been designated, as subject to terrorism sanctions, provides an arms embargo. and let us remember that the real face of this regime in tehran is not their foreign minister, but rather it is the hundreds of thousands who have died in syria as a r

. >> mr. simcox. >> thank you. chairman poe, distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. the views i express in this testimony are my own and do not represent the official position of the heritage foundation. my goal this afternoon is to highlight the severe threat that islamic terrorism poses to europe. there are several aspects of the threat, which i'll discuss today. the first is the scale. as we all know, recently there's been much discussion by governments about the threat posed. this refers to at least five to 6,000 european whose have fought alongside isis and other groups in syria and iraq and are returning to their home countries. most devastatingly, members of the cell that committed attacks in paris in november 2015 killing 130 and wounding 368, had travel today syria from europe, fought and trained with isis and returned to europe to carry out an attack. this cell contained isis member whose had entered europe from syria after mak

i yield first to our wonderful colleague, congressman brad sherman from california. mr. sherman: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i will speak for two minutes. i rise today to honor the life of my good friend of 30 years. a leader in the indian-american community who passed away on july 3 of this year at age 70 in los angeles surrounded by his steppeded family. he was born in india and emgrated to the united states in 1978, arisk in america with just the clothes on his back, he poured his energy into building a career into being a tax consultant. he gue his santa monica-based accounting practice to a thriving firm. he served as president of the hindu temple, one of the largest in the united states and invited me to speak there and be there on many occasions. as president of the temple, he was regularly invited to speak to political, cultural and religious groups across the world. natador founded a foundation, a pioneering think tank that empowered american-indian political activism. he received the ellis island medal of honor. he personally met with many u.s. presi

. >> mr. sherman arise in support of the amendment. when the supreme court misguidedly allowed the administration to go ahead with the flawed travel plan the administration took in their view of who counted as close relatives. graham princeton cap, needed to grandchildren, brother and sister-in-law's, uncles, and's, nieces and cousins. district court stated they should be counted as close relatives. the amendment would do just that and i urge my colleagues to support the amendment. >> horizon support of the amendment. since united loving family should always be a goal, one of the greatest treasures we have in life and something that unites all of humanity is our desire to be with her close family. freedom to visit these relatives is one that america cherishes. i'm sure each of us has at some point worked on a constituent case related to the goal of allowing a close family member of a constituent to immigrate to the united states. the strongly support the amendment to ensure that grandparents, in-laws and others can visit their close re

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. sherman. >> thank you, madam chairman for coming here every few months i remind you have not yet used your authority to break up the too-big-to fail institutions. i will extend the next two minutes reminding you they are too big to feel. if just one entity goes down they could take our economy down with them. they are too big to compete against because economic studies say that they -- that investors and the markets assume that they will be bailed out. they've seen that congress will pass new legislation to bail out if that is thought necessary to save the economy. and that, therefore, they're able to get a cost of funds that may be as much as 80 basis points less than they would otherwise. they are too big to jail as former attorney generals have said they wouldn't criminally prosecute them because it might take them their whole economy. the same thing done by a medium size bank, no economic problem, go ahead and prosecute. then with the wells fargo debacle, we have a difference betw

ashley: mr. sherman says at that donald trump's abrupt firing of james comey as fbi director amounts to obstruction and high crimes. and he filed articles of itch peachment. and the only one who says it's a good idea is al green from texas. it's not going to pass in the house at sarah huckabee saunders says. >> they call it treason? connell: if they lose the house, watch out. stuart: i know. ashley: isn't this ridiculous? goes on and on, never stops. >> it doesn't ever stop. stuart: president trump leaves the swamp to paris taking his defense of the west to france. a few minutes from now, president trump will meet with president emmanuel macron, we'll take you there. you're going to paris, ladies and gentlemen, you'll see it all happen. yesterday op capitol hill, praising janet yellen for the rally. what about the trump rally? have they ever heard of that? the congressman is next. >> the stock market and the people's 401(k)'s are improving and they want to give you a lot of high five's and back s

ambassador sherman and mr. durand will each have five minutes to speak and three minutes to respond to each other and while they are speaking it while i am following up with a you totions, i will ask write in your own questions on the cards on your chairs and pass them or if you're watching this debate online tweet your question. after i poses many questions as time allows i will ask our debaters for remarks and that begin. ambassador sherman? >> i am very honored to be here at the ajc global forum at the annual great debate on this question. the new york times lead editorial said yesterday, i believe president trump is leaving america and retreat from the world. a dangerous position that ceases controls of our feature to others and undermines the economic and physical security, and undermines american values. it is important to set america first in its historic context. and especially important for all of us who are jews. as many of you know, america first was the organizational name of the movement in the 193

mr. keating has indicated, after 9/11, that is the only time when article five was triggered. so i would hope that we speak with one voice in regards to our president not sending conflicting messages out about nato and the in you it was newsrbing when i saw the reporting how drastically confidence in the united states president has eroded around the europe and ast in fractious transatlantic alliance allows more space for terrorists to act both in europe and here at home. terrorism in europe is a multi-faceted threat. while in some countries it has proven to be more nuanced and others. most recently, we have witnessed a barrage of coordinated in the other lone wolf attacks. europe, in central governing politicians point to welcoming refugee policies in other european countries as a leading contributor to terrorism in order to push their agenda of stronger border control. in fact, you have to go all the way to russia to find similar examples of terror in eastern europe. but in turkey, anoth

[laughter] mr. doran: is ms. sherman: is it tomorrow yet? mr. isaacson: i will ask sherman then mike doran. mr. doran: thank you for ms. sherman: it is important to jc tothese debates, for a continue the work it does around the united states and around the world. ajc is an international organization, because to stop anti-semitism, support israel, never havee another holocaust that we need to engage ourselves in the world and not isolate ourselves from the world. the last time america did that, you all know the results. i am blessed to have two little , and if i could, i would spend every single day with them. i'm sure some of you feel the same way about your grandkids, that i'm glad to get them back to their parents, but -- [laughter] ms. sherman: but i worry for them, because in the world in which we are living, we are .reating a moat around us we are pulling up the drawbridge to the rest of the world. an immigration asylum attorney, helps run the clinic at boston university, and day after day, young people who are afraid they will be deported