about what parts of them. >> they don't have to give you any notice at all. >> they continue to opt out and it is that the company recognizing that some would be sensitive about this kind of information being gathered and we have required them to make promises to consumers that are accurate. >> you have focused some on encryption that consumers have available. and you mentioned among other things the latest versions that

companies have taken extra steps for their data and you are very careful about it. but it's certainly interesting about when it should be outdoors, and to be able to get into the content when they are investigating someone. it seems that they are leaving the back door open for potential hackers as well. and i wondered if you could just speak to this. >> sure, we are on the cusp of this information age revolution and the we are connecting ourselves more rapidly than ever before, whether it is appliances in the home, those that are tracking the health and fitness or are smart phones. and we have all that personal

information, health information doctors information and financial information all right there on these devices. and this is a very important moment to think about what you can do to make sure that consumers can trust all of that activity in their lives. and that is why i think data security is absolutely vital. and technology has pretty real concerns about the authority to have information. this is a very important piece of information in weighing the calculation between what access they need and to carry out their vital mission and what protections we need as consumers to have trust in all of this fantastic technology. >> i agree, i think the internet has great promise and we need to

strike a balance correctly and i think that consumers are demanding these services and demanding these conveniences and i think that a lot of the information that will be provided can be very useful for society in general and for the improvement of services of consumers and that includes how it's being state gardeners and the promises being made to them. >> 2012 graduate of the university of virginia law school, he spent 11 years on the ftc staff and prior to becoming a commissioner and 2014 and a graduate of georgetown law wall

street journal and joining us. >> thank you. >> c-span is created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and bought you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> coming up on c-span2, a conversation with president jimmy carter. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> this is live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3.

>> the pope's visit to the u.s. c-span has live coverage from washington the the the first stop tuesday afternoon beginning at 3:45 p.m. we are alive with the president and mrs. obama to greet him on wednesday morning on c-span radio and c-span.org. the welcoming ceremony is the obama is welcome him to the white house. it begins at 8:45 p.m. eastern. and then later in the afternoon the canonization at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. it begins from capitol hill is called francis makes history becoming the first pontiff to address the joint meeting of congress. and live coverage from new york as the pope speaks to the united nations general assembly on c-span3, c-span radio and c-span.org. and then the pontiff will hold a multi-religious service at the

9/11 memorial at the world trade center. follow the coverage on this historic trip on tv or online at c-span.org. [applause] >> next, jimmy carter gives an update on his cancer treatment to an audience at the carter center in atlanta. the former president was joined to discuss the senators global initiatives and current world events. this is one hour. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much to all

of you. [inaudible] since i have announced that i have known this, i have been receiving treatment and i'm receiving radiation in my brain. there is a new medicine that has been developed for my disease and it took me three weeks to learn how to say it. and i get those statements every three weeks and we will talk about that a little bit later on. i started off with 84 ounces of fluid and we are down to 64 ounces per day. so i have spent a lot of time in

the restroom come as you can imagine. to that is the extent of things physically. i'm going to continue now with what we have been doing at the center. we have been working on a number of issues, as you well know. and we have been establishing them ever since we founded it 32 years or so ago. and we have a very viable and well-qualified group of trustees. with 11 of them being approved by us. so we have a legally binding contract and we provide active programs as well in the academic

background researching that sort of thing. so it's an interesting arrangement. we also have friends from many countries that have joined in to monitor the relations in treating diseases and that sort of thing. and in the stock market i know exactly what it is now. [inaudible] we are going to continue. we have a new vice president and jordan, would you stand up please?

[applause] and the key has spent three or four years of united nations and we started at the carter center back in 1989 and we were monitoring elections. this has been a stimulating and productive process. the professor has never had any democratic elections from the totalitarian government within certain bounds of what we have raised and we go on and monitor the first elections. sometimes a democracy will get so far with this party that they are not willing to compete in a troubled election. and quite often we have just

finished out our 100 election act in may. so we are still going on with that and he is one of our primary commitments. and that includes those who are desperately in need of that assistance. one of the programs is the most highly publicized and as you know, we started out with 23600 villages and we are down now to poor countries and so far we have only 11 cases in the whole world. [applause]

and we hope that this will be the second that we have eradicated. and we also have an ongoing exhibit at the american museum of natural history and it has been very popular there and it is going to be until january of 2017. and so they have extended it several times. we are looking at the possibility of putting this exhibit in london and that has not been finalized yet.

dog and so that was the main focus. and that includes how we cannot go there. so other people will be representing me. so we are continuing and that includes this in the bible and so forth and that includes the

quality of treatment knowing about these facts. until recently i have been traveling and i have traveled as much as i ever have before. and we also went later to russia with a group of people called elders and there were six of us and we met with former president gorbachev and then we met with clever putin in a private place where he lives and we discussed all of the issues that he now has on the agenda with president obama and other leaders around

the world. and one of the things that i am not going to go into detail about, he was saying how much he has been working with the opposition and what he hoped to see develop was an arrangement whereby russia and the united states respond to just three other countries. one would be iran and the other would be saudi arabia. and the third would be turkey. so if you think about the geography, that is a wise decision and they can agree on the future for syria that would be most likely to be accepted by other countries and i said that is a good idea, what does obama say when you visit him.

[inaudible] and that includes meeting with vladimir putin to explore that idea. we need to get on the same side whenever we possibly can with russia and also with china to promote peace in the world in harmony. as well as economic development. and i would say that he is the most powerful leader of china. they have had four or five in between, but he is very

powerful. then treating each other with respect and as equals. china has emerged to be one of the greatest powers on earth since we have normalized diplomatic relations since 1979. and china announced then that there would be a reform and they performed at within china letting people to move around and they also now have diplomatic relations with every country in so they have become the second-largest economy and are destined to become the top economy. they have some great challenges ongoing in china right now with which xi jinping has to deal and i'm hoping that he and president

obama can common ground. we have been normalizing relations since the second world war, since 1980 they have not been in war with anyone. my hope is that they can cooperate. so that is happening this month as a matter of that. and i have been asked to mention people to have access to information. and especially to know what government is doing. that includes what kinds of sales are made, resources things of this kind. we kind of take it for granted because we have had partially implement of gloucester whiteley while that are still not

perfect. but we are trying to do that with countries all over the world and we are working hard to make sure that women have a right and same access as men to the legal insight into what the government is doing. and that includes what loans they can get and agricultural assistance and things of that kind. but we have found that women are very deprived on an equal basis and so we are finding that as well. so that will be the last thing that i mention. we have just finished the 220 million that deals with this and they have transformed the agents now in changing the basic

goals in dealing with this. and in the past we have just try to control this by giving one dose of medicine and they won't have it for another year and they have found out that they had more than one dose per year up to four doses per year, it could completely limited the disease from that country in latin america and this includes how we have taken that knowledge to africa instead of just trying to completely eliminate it.

[inaudible] and we have just talked about it on a country by country exists and that is part of this. and the disease is transmitted exactly by the same mosquito and to see if we can get rid of this at the same time. so we are doing that all over nigeria and we are trying to illuminate both of them. and as you know haiti is a very poor country on the dominican republic. and we have been able to reduce the amount of malaria in the

dominican republic by two thirds and then in haiti by 33% in the last few years and as far as haiti is concerned this is since the earthquake took place. so those are the things that i wanted to say to bring you up-to-date and i will turn the program over now to the center and then at the end of this we will answer your questions. >> this week we have a journalism fellowship. this is a program that was started 19 years ago and what else can we do about stigma and overcoming stigma and that

includes living with mental illnesses so that they can report accurately and in depth. so this is our 19th year since we have trained 165. since we have expanded it in colombia is part of this. this is my favorite program of the year, it is so exciting to the people come in from all over our country. we have 117 applications and so so many people are interested in mental health that it is just getting to be really exciting.

and that includes the outgoing report on what they have done. and we have five people from columbia. it's a little bit different and two people work on the same issue. and it's based just outside and the whole university has supported us and it makes so much difference with those that are really working on it and this has just been special to

us. and that includes this this past year and learning about so many things that have been going on in the country. and they gave us that she and i'm just going to point out the supporting of inhumane practices at the facility. and that includes the changes and that includes earning more than the psychiatric beds and one of the places.

and so that is exciting. so we begin our program again and the first time we have ever done and they had one psychiatrist that was part of it and so we started off and we just finished and we've had about the same number as before in each class when we actually trained about 165.

and that includes the program and access to all of it to teach people about ebola and how contagious it was and what people can do. they did overcome this and they had one that came up later. but it was really satisfying to be able to do that. so i would also like to thank everyone for the support and in spite of all that is going on it so great to know that we have had that kind of support. [applause]

>> president and mrs. carter will take as many questions as we have time for tonight. and i want to thank those of you here who submitted questions and those who submitted questions via twitter. we have chosen those that represent the main lines of interest. president carter, there were a number of questions about your health that i believe you have addressed. and so we are going to move on to an easy one. and this one is from the audience. the whole world is concerned by the european migrant crisis, how can this be solved globally. >> as you know that includes the

founding of our country. [inaudible] and we continue that. and we have used a good example to encourage the europeans and others to accept immigrants as well. so it started off with very open arms and then eventually closed down the borders pretty strictly. so i think it will be interesting to get all the european countries to agree to check a certain quota.

including what i'm talking about, there's about $125,000 a year and the estimate is $400,000 for your. so even though they are generous at the borders i don't know what is going to happen and i think president obama has announced the recipients receive 10,000 in two years which is part of the total. and as you know there is not an easy answer to it. and we now know the refugees from war zones. even after the second world war. and so about a fourth of the total population now of refugees

from syria and jordan also is heavily afflicted. and turkey has also taken a lot of those refugees very at sigh really think that the united states should follow up with these suggestions and after this is approved and russia and the united states, i think that mistakenly at first there is a possibility being involved in deciding what will happen to them in the future. so many times they take the opposite position which would have included bashar al-assad but the united states decided that we should not do that. and as you know russia and iran have supported the bashar al-assad government and now isis has basically taken over a good portion of syria.

so that would be the first major step and i have my own ideas about what to do. the peace program is leading in many ways to evolve some arrangement whereby a general cease-fire and process set up and we meet with the united nations and other leaders even those involved in the war itself. even the one that the carter center has originated so that they know where these rapidly changing forces are. so to deal with this in war and peace is a first step that needs to be taken and then every country should be generous and

accepting. there is no answer to it really. >> this program was done by one of our interns watching social media. and he can tell people about this and it's really remarkable. >> it is, indeed. president carter, this question comes from tara brewster in the audience. as the naval academy's most distinguished graduate, what advice can you give a high school student seeking to attend the academy and served the country upon graduation. >> there are a lot of graduates that would disagree with you. [laughter] and first of all study hard and make high grades. secondly if your parents aren't

involved in politics like mine were get your application in. and i knew when i was six years old and my sole purpose was to get into the naval academy and the only thing that i could say when someone would ask what are you going to do when you grow up great and i said that i was going to go to the naval academy and become a naval officer. and so a few prospective applicants and graduates like me many are accommodating. but looking at family and looking at students. and if i really believe that there would be an outstanding applicant i could give them a

letter of approval. but i wouldn't do that automatically. i think they are very strict about making recommendations unless i really believe that that particular student should be in the naval academy. so the best thing to do is talk about this very exciting career. >> thank you. mrs. carter. can you give us an update on your large family? >> well, he really has exploded. we have 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. and of course the grandchildren have spouses and we have 36 or 37. i can't keep up. it's great so far. but we have 23 and we schedule them one week to be here. but during that one week we have

a 21 that are here until we get to see them and it's really quite wonderful. >> with the recent iranian nuclear deal your opinion come how should the u.s. and other global powers deal with nations who have nuclear weapons and ambitions? ..

>> >> it is backed unanimously by those countries. and those that go in another direction basically is a necessary. during 1994 to deal with the crisis in north korea. but the leader was revered

and worship like jesus christ but together. i am not exaggerating. and for north korea to be the allied nation -- the outlaw nation and my friends said they did have but to save face in the military general in charge said that the south korean would be killed in the first 48 hours so we negotiated the agreement that put the plutonium and atomic weapons. but now this week they announced they will expand development.

but i think they need to rigidly enforce the treaty and this permits iran by the way they have the right to develop that that many people think it isn't just a peaceful program. and those adult comply now pakistan or india or a new country like south sudan.

so they may be the biggest threats to nuclear peace. at all think north korea would attack anybody that would be suicidal for them or i ray hadn't even if they cheat would attack because israel has nuclear weapons and we would respond to destroy the whole country so it depends primarily on the enforcement of the proliferation treaty and for those that violate or refuse to sign the non-proliferation treaty i was very disappointed with bush and now obama to help india. but we let politics overcome

the approach to a program so i think that treaty is the best way to. >> we have a question from online orlando florida from steve. dear president and mrs. carter knu address the role of forgiveness and the peace initiative to have been involved with? if peace is even possible without some level of forgiveness? >>. [laughter] we wrote a book on this a number of years ago the analysis that i made as my own experiences as a mediator but the same causes the civil war breeze -- inside a country is what

causes a husband and wife to get a divorce to cause friction between parents and child and students on a college campus. with the absence or the willingness to communicate that is necessary through a mediator and that is the basic cause. the people are within a country could just talk with each other with mutual respect and mutual forgiveness than most altercations could be resolved peacefully. if they are not willing or able to forgive the other person directly then to call a mediator.

or just buy my books. [laughter] i do give some examples that i have experienced in my life. i also teach the saving in bible lessons that sunday school. the sunday before last the subject was forgiveness and i gave this example. >> so to jump in on those negotiating sessions years ago with we didn't have the staff that we do now i would take notes while he negotiated. you cannot believe how much people hate each other and there will never forget. but when a really good negotiator because he has

done some significant negotiating. [applause] >> i certainly agree. mrs. carter, just for you, what progress of mental health issues you see in the next five years and what your goals for the united states mental-health system? >> to overcome the stigma for everybody who has a mental health issue get help and it should be what it is. to cover mental health the same way they do other issues. but we are seeing a lot of progress. i'm keeping my fingers crossed i think it is happening fast. removing back to the community through the mental

health community. and with the integration of services and substance abuse but having mental health professionals and primary carrier -- of the primary-care doctors office is great. because many people have mental health issues also and this brings them together in the office and primary care doctor office so to be sure that person gets treatment. the medical schools don't

get training on mental-health as they should. it is better but when we started working on this many years ago some schools had six weeks or three months. but no schools had more because we did not know how to treat people back then. but there is still much research going on working on prevention and if they can recover from mental illness. >> much of that thinks this to mrs. carter's old efforts over many decades. [applause] floor -- president carter building on the success is

there another disease you theme we could eradicate in the next 20 years? >> really the only organization that analyzes every human illness to see which might possibly be eliminated or eradicated through the entire world. we focus on eradication is the long-term. 25 for 26 years and working with us the who and the gates foundation and others that have expert knowledge but they come to the carter center to analyze every illness and identify those that can be eliminated. if i had to say from the carter center perspective it would be blindness and we

could totally eliminated to we have done it already of four countries if we do it country by country that would be totally eradicated. but bill and melinda gates talk seriously about malaria to be targeted for total elimination for eradicate -- ratification -- eradication but there are others also. >> here is the question president carter would you like for one of your grandchildren to be governor or president or both?

why or why not and how would you revise them? >> one particular gramm signed. [laughter] to ran for governor a grandson. [applause] but i have great grandchildren also will may well whether take that. it is good. jason didn't make it with the sweep of republican involve over the country but we learned about our state and himself what people want and need but it is a process may be not to be elected at the end but nobody says they are sarah -- sorry they ever rand. it is a wonderful education.

so for any of my descendants to want to get involved. >> how he believes united states should respond to the current threat to of vices -- isis? >> i would like to see the united states to be more aggressive to deal with isis. it has taken over the eastern part of syria and now going into iraq and have taken over a good portion of iraq as well. there was a program on television how christians are almost being decimated. just before we invaded ourselves the christians and the muslims came to my home

to say how all three were thriving and getting along and the archbishop of the church came along with them now they are in hiding and there is no guarantee they will even survive. so has christians that has dedicated to totally eliminating every christian that survives the areas that they live forever by to see the united states deal directly with them. i am not in favor of sending ground troops but there is better surveillance with bombing and analysis and maybe even the russians or the or iranians with the

opposition with the isis factions that would be a wonderful opportunity. but i would not be able to work that out. isn't an easy thing to answer. my first opposition should be to the arab countries that don't want to endanger their own people. but the main forces fighting now and iraq and syria are the iranians. although we have the same goal to attack isis this

time we cannot cooperate with the iranians over anything except the nuclear deal. so for us to concentrate on what is the best long-term. >> i have another was a regular asking me questions nobody knows how to answer. [laughter] >> this comes from a seven year-old elizabeth what was your favorite thing to do as president? >> go to camp david. [laughter] the perfect thing was the family life we had amy there who was seven years old and we had two sons and their

family and a grandson born so we had a good family life. but officials duties was foreign affairs because the president under the constitution has a much greater authority and responsibility to deal with foreign countries they and domestic affairs. everything has to go by the there congress when somebody says the president was responsible i would say president has one-fourth of the responsibility congress has about one-fourth the federal reserve has a fourth and the private sector has about one fourth.

site been dealing with foreign policy i enjoyed that. nobody ever asked me to bring together the egyptians and the jordanians but they also did ask me to normalize diplomatic relations with china or to deal with the panama canal issue. every asked me to try to do away with apartheid in africa. those are things i could initiate online accounts of those are more enjoyable issues to deal with foreign policy. >> thank you president carter. here is a question from richmond in georgia. growing up what was your favorite childhood game and

how did that influence your later life? >> ice think basketball is what i enjoyed most when it was to courts. i even road a donkey and a basketball game. [laughter] but i do enjoy basketball. >> we even had the harlem globetrotters that was on the varsity team and on the all-star team in college there were just fast breaks but i cannot reach the goal but now today it is the height that makes the difference but i think

basketball is the number-one sport but no matter how small if they didn't have the of football team we did have basketball and baseball and. baseball would have been my favorite sport professionally and it still is but the season to a place during planting and cultivating time so we felt the first obligation was to help all father of the farm. >> and having great competition we could beat them. [laughter] also jimmy was a tennis champion buddy never beat

his father. [laughter] >> what can we as a nation do to overcome racism in the united states and the world? >> 8q for all that you have done. >> i thought with the civil-rights bill passed with martin luther king, jr. that we could breathe a sigh of relief to finally over, the ravages of racism and 100 years after the civil war with racial supremacy and lately it has

been shown that that was misplaced that we still have a lot of racism in our country. within the consciousness of the individual sources in with politics in this country is due to a large extent due to racism. i think having elected president obama was a step in the right direction we have one was an american citizen who can vote that we

had 22 votes and all were for obama. collectively we thought this to be a good step in the right direction. so i think the best thing to do is go back to the declaration of human rights. as a say in college lectures in the bible class's the formulation the declaration of human rights was when the citizens of the world reached the highest possible level of commitment to the basic moral and ethical values that are exemplified by all the great religions of islam and judaism.

for -- and buddhism so we committed to treat everybody equally peacefully. that would bring racism and most wars to an end. almost two years ago now to point out that united states was violating 10 of them because you don't treat everybody equally. but i think to go back to religious faith to the declaration of human rights

with the inherent human trait because of race or where we live by the status of our parents. >> faq president carter. we have time for one more question. >> what is this the you are the most proud of? >> after my previous press conference. [applause]

but i was your problem and was elected president of the united states has said opportunity to be blessed by that opportunity and i was proud to keep the country at peace for four years to protect the interest of our country and promoted human rights as best i could. so i am just able to serve the country in a peaceful way. [applause] >> jimmy has more legislation except lyndon

johnson. since world war ii. we are making friends in the world to people are beginning to realize what a great president he was as far as i'm concerned. [applause] >>. >> personally looking at the mental health issues because so much has changed not that

i've met everyone in the right direction but that was exciting to me. >> you did a lot more than watch. [applause] with that we will wrap up this conversation of course thank you for taking the time and i will think all of you for your interest in the center. [applause]

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>> all persons having business refer the supreme court. >> the petitioner verses arizona. >>. >> marbury madison is probably the most important case the court ever decided. >> here on land with slavery was not even recognize.

>> to put into presidential orders and the courage of children. >> we wanted those that changed society. >> but to have a search warrant and demanded to see the paper and read it to see what was. she grab data in his hand to look at it and the police officer handcuffed her. >> to tell the human stories behind a great supreme court cases. >> the force and chairman of japanese americans and after

being convicted for relocation he took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> most quite often they were unpopular. >> to pick one freedom is the most essential but to illustrate dramatically what it means to live it in a society that help stick together because they believe in the rule of law.

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call arlington for a courageous service member who gave his life in combat. he gives his life from new jersey only 20 years old. he was a muslim. and by all accounts is a terrific soldier. a purple heart and a matter for good conduct. barely 20 years of age. it would have been much more significant. here is what happened in tragedy struck august 6 to set up a - - 2007 as the

soldiers were checking iraqi houses for explosives. in one house there was a hidden bomb that exploded killing all four. like thousands of others they sacrificed everything for their country. abraham lincoln said the last show devotion the united states''. i watched on meet the press says the republican came up to denigrate the americans. ben carson questions muslims integrity and devotion to the united states then disqualify every muslim in america from becoming president of the united states.

mr. president, shame on dr. kerr said or any person who spews such hateful rhetoric. there are more than 3 million muslims in america as part of the fabric of america that teach in our schools, fight for military and served in congress. representing districts and states with distinction and was proud as they would come campaign for me from nevada. sadly dr. persons remarks is house republican candidates refuse to speak. we saw last week with donald trump at his own campaign rally if this is what they will do to the muslim

community did you should not run for president of the united states. i call on every republican to denounce dr. carsonn every republican to denounce dr. carson disgusting remarks that shameful and tolerance have no place in america today. sadly last place in the republican party. for the muslim community. mr. president the government will run out of money in a week. wearily in session three at a four days this week of three days next week the house is not in session today or tomorrow or wednesday. year republicans are ignoring or incomplete denial of the crisis coming at year's end instead of coming to grips with reality

of a government shutdown they want to participate in political theater the republican leader and the speaker are doing things the hard to comprehend. so first thing tomorrow of vote the way for senator mcconnell to pander to the extremists in his party so they can attack and hassle women. every senator here knows this. it is another box to check for the senators with the pretense of credentials.

is all about political kings and ship. think about all the ways republicans have attacked this congress. to help victims of human trafficking instead playing football with the ideological ally years. again they try to cut off the critical safety net of planned parenthood. not the first time now they're wasting time when the government runs out of money in a few days. they are tired of legislation. those of watching republicans and we are fast approaching the house of congress and what do we have to show for it?

nothing. in to be a filibuster by the republicans. the there was any indication through the 15 months of the congress. >> i rise today in strong opposition with the continued attacks of women's access to health care. today the senate majority leader is attempting to advance the bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks. this is plainly unconstitutional proposal that injects politics into a private and deeply personal decision that should remain between a woman and her medical provider and her family.

this bill is the latest but not the last, i know as relating attacks to safe and legal abortion that not only represents a cynical front but a serious threat to women's health and let me tell you why. nearly 43 years ago the u.s. supreme court held the constitution protects as a fundamental right a woman's ability to decide whether and when to start a family. this bill is plainly at odds with the constitution which is why federal and state courts have found laws like this one unconstitutional

time and time again. but our colleagues are now pushing forward with this go at the expense of women's medical care in the most desperate of circumstances. this demonstrates a callous disregard for what whitman faced during pregnancy. from nebraska when her water broke at 22 weeks the test revealed her amniotic fluid had ruptured and doctors exclaimed the baby could not be expected to survive but also pledge did yell at risk

of infection that could jeopardize her fertility. and her ability in the future. so to make that are breaking decision to terminate the pregnancy so living in a state with the abortion ban with no exception and had not been challenged in court her doctor was not able to help she had eight days of severe pain and infection before delivering a daughter who survived for 50 minutes. christie and washington d.c. was 21 weeks pregnant when the examination revealed her pregnancy suffered from a severe fetal anomaly.

meaning effectively the entire hemisphere and of the brain was missing. to she dresden consulted her physicians in the attempt to save her much wanted pregnancy but after learning the child would not survive with delivery they ultimately made the very difficult but personal decision to end her pregnancy. the bill we are discussing today has no exception for cases where a woman's pregnancy experiences a fetal anomaly. if a band like this were to become what families like hers would have no options. as a father of two grown children with one grandchild and another on the way i

know what it feels like to celebrate the news your wife or daughter or daughter in lot is pregnant. and accompany them to doctors' visits and che-and accompany them to doctors' visits and checkups to look forward to welcome a child into your family to look on with hope and worry as the pregnancy progresses. but madame president we have been very fortunate and i can only imagine the pain and heartbreak and family experiences when they're faced with a tragic news that they received when they learn something is wrong. but the etf that congress should insert itself into those moments and back to limit those difficult

choices available to women and their families confronting unimaginable pain and sorrow is unconscionable. this bill ignores women liked danielle and christie and the unique circumstances surrounding every woman's pregnancy and even going so far as a five-year prison sentence for doctors for providing the care that the women need. make no mistake this is an extreme proposal and unfortunately in represents the latest of the unending campaign to make safe and legal abortion virtually

impossible to access. says the 114th congress has gaveled into session no fewer than 65 legislative attacks on the right to choose. last month the senate voted on a measure that would have defunded planned parenthood parenthood a health care provider that serves millions of americans including more than 74,000 people in my state of minnesota legislation failed but as the end of the fiscal year approaches colleagues have pledged not to support a bill that continues funding for planned parenthood. they prefer to see the government shut down rather than allow a single penny to support the family planning services, a cancer screenings and sexually

transmitted diseases that planned parenthood provides. senator sessions is a good friend and he suggested instead we could send the money to community health centers but they do not have the staff or the capacity to provide these needed services for the millions of people that planned parenthood serbs. and that is why madam president, according to a poll released last week more than seven out of 10 americans oppose shutting down the government to defund planned parenthood. and one of the reasons the public does not buy into the

tactics is they understand that access to reproductive health services including contraception and abortion as a when dash as a powerful effect that women and families make every day about whether to start a job for food can save for college the vast majority of americans madam president it is not political, but personal. and it is not a place for congress to interfere. i urge my colleagues to oppose legislation to restrict the ability of women and families to make their own reproductive choices. thank you madame president.

i suggest the absence of a quorum. >> the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: [inaudible conversations] >> madam president aias the quorum call is rescinded.

tomorrow the chamber will vote on something called the paid capable aboard child protection act legislation have co-sponsored to recognize a woman has a legal right to have an abortion up to the point of five months gestation. but after five months the child begins to grow hair their growing fingernails and this time in development mothers are beginning to feel the baby moving and kicking for the first time and at this point said child literally becomes viable a human being capable of life outside of the mother's womb. obviously a typical period of pregnancy is 40 weeks so obviously we would hope in most cases a child would

remain in the womb for development but talk to any neonatology store physician and they will tell you that the point around 20 weeks of gestation you no longer have the child dependent upon the mother for life to someone who could live independently and indeed as many of us have done to go in to the nurseries for there literally have babies that weigh 1 pound or less to see what medical science is able to do to save the life of premature babies in a way to allow them to grow up healthy and productive is nothing less than a medical miracle. . . unborn child is without a doubt a life, life worth it defending and

protecting. now this is something that is commonly accepted around the world. i don't know how many people realize that actually this legislation would bring the united states in line with the developed countries around the world. as a matter of fact, the united states is just one of seven countries worldwide that permits access to an elective abortion after five months of gestation. and we are in some we are in some pretty pretty tough company. right now we are in company with china vietnam and north korea. the u.s. china vietnam north korea basically permits an abortion up until the time a child is born naturally. this