of the united nations. for me personally, it was the place where my passion as a young boy to be a global citizen, my passion was born here in san francisco in 1962. more than half a century ago, 1962, i came to the united states as a part of a young student group, international student sponsored by the american red cross society. i was just 18 years old at the time. our trip began right here in san francisco in the bay area. it was my first ever foreign trip. you may understand, it was my eye opening to the world, greater world. i was hosted by very kind [inaudible] a wonderful family in nuvauto. [inaudible] is here with us. she's now 97 years old. what a admireable lady. thank you very much. she is my american mom. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, the drafting of the charter was a glorious gamble. delegates from dozens of countries [inaudible] on humanity. so much faith was lost in the trenches and gas chambers of 2 world wars in the space of just one generation, but they dared to believe in something big

and we talk about national security. true national security requires that the non- dod departments and agencies also receive the relief from the caps. but they simply cannot meet the national security challenges without the help of the other governmental agencies including state of homeland security and armed services committee we have heard testimony on the essential role of other government agencies in ensuring our national defense remains strong. the defense department shares the burden that will grow with the agencies are not adequately funded as well. there is a symbiotic relationship in the department of defense and other department and agencies that contribute. it has to be recognized that he truly whole of government approach requires more than just a strong dod. the caps are based on a misnomer that discretionary spending is divided into security and no one security spending. but the members need to be clear. essential security functions are performed by the governmental agencies and departments other than the d

as a teenager he was a delegate to a national model un. today he shares the values of the united nations advancing peace, human rights, gender equality, protecting the environment. all of these he has pursued with strong leadership. may i present the mayor of the city and county of san francisco, mayor ed lee. >> thank you charlotte. isn't shar thrt ltd. the most wonderful chief of protocol we have ever had? thank you charlotte. before i say welcome, i must tell you that every time i see willy browns face here at city hall and i look around on these moments, this historical occasions, i'm reminded that he led the effort to restore our city hall and make sure we have the world class place for world class event. thank you mayor willy brown for that. good afternoon everyone? welcome city hall and welcome to the peoples palace! the charter of the united nations assigned on june 26, 1945 is charlotte said right here in san francisco. a place of peace, equality acceptance and tolerance if all people. and we are proud of our cities role in leadin

it is a nation of four different nations. we've seen through devolution an asymmetry in how the united kingdom is governed. we've seen different priorities emerge in each of the nations and that brings into sharp focus the relationship between a scottish government and the united kingdom government. i think it's a big test over the years to come over the united kingdom, the construct that is the united kingdom. is it adaptable and responsive, can it accommodate the different views and different directions in which each of its nations wants to go in? or will it prove to be unresponsive, in which case, perhaps, and i simply say perhaps, the united kingdom will not continue as the construct that it is. >> watching from the other side of the atlantic, i think many americans look at what's going on over there and say well if scotland were to breakaway were to become independent, that greatly weakens the united kingdom, what do you say to in i've never held that view. and one of the things i've been talking about a lot this weekend

valuable to ongoing national security investigations. and so the question that you have heard me offer up a few times from the podium here over the last week or so, is simply why would we add unnecessary risk to the country and our national security? because of congress' failure to act. the fact is we have these authorities. many of them have not been controversial. the one controversial authority, the one that's been the subject of extensive debate, is one that would be subject to extensive reforms if the senate had just passed the bill that would -- was passed by the house of representatives. so i think that's the argument. which is why would we incorporate this unnecessary risk? apparently there are some members of congress who look for an opportunity, members of the united states senate, who look for an opportunity to build a political advantage, to gain a political advantage, and they apparently concluded that the risk was worts it. the president doesn't agree. >> if i could change subject to cuba for a moment. in panama the preside

national and international level. thank you for asking that. over here. the whole row. [laughter] >> you mentioned that it is -- that russia today is neither an ally or true adversary. you also focused a bit on cyber security. russia has emerged as one of the greatest threats. could you comment on the it -- on your views about russia? governor o'malley: sure. we have all been reading in the newspaper and watching events with the russian expansion in ukraine. at the same time, in the iran nuclear negotiations, russia was one of those states that was part of that effort. they were involved pretty deeply over a year ago in events in syria. no doubt there remain so. what i was underscoring is in some of these things and china as well, we confront china and and other places as partnering to scale of solutions in this world. collaboration with china could be the salvation of the planet. where russia is concerned, i'm also very aware of their capacity were cyber is concerned. a little known fact, maryland actually has had a

it was here at the national chris -- national press club he announced the sinise foundation to help build resources and self-reliance. the foundations projects include custom smartphones for the severely wounded. he used his celebrity status in support of u.s. military personnel. his band has performed around the world raising millions of dollars to benefit veterans. it is the lieutenant dan band. it is named for his role as veteran lieutenant dan in the movie forest gump. you may know a nice -- sinese for other roles. he played on csi new york. he had roles in movies such as apollo 13, the green mile, and ransom. it is his role as servicemember advocates he seems to enjoy best. he serves as spokesman for the medal of honor museum. he's a patron of the g.i. film festival that highlights movies that positively portray veterans in the military. he has cohosted the national memorial day concert and is a familiar face in washington. he's a recipient of the presidential citizens medal, the second-highest medal for deeds performed for the nation's service members. the national association of br

i want to help make a great nation greater.e traveled the world and had experiences and opportunities i never dreamed of. i have been lucky so much my life but never luckier than in the people and place i come from. [applause] those of you who know me for a a long time know i have had some ups and downs. as a young man i lost my parents. struggled financially and emotionally, and i would not have made the through those times without you. and the example my parents set for me. there are a lot of so-called self-made people in this world. i am not one of them. my family my friends, neighbors and my faith pick me up when i was down, believed in me when i had doubts. you made me the man i am today. [applause] i'm a man with many debts to my family, my friends, to you to south carolina, to the country. i'm running for president to repay those debts and to fight as hard for you as you fought for me. [cheers and applause] in the end, ladies and gentlemen, that's the only promise i can make. this is the only pledge i will sign. the only

are going to rebuild this nation?and again, striking in terms of making lincoln's growth developer to change over time. very common to talk about, but to focus on that and to see it it's in that last speech. he publicly endorses the suffrage for the first time. it incredible speaking about the meaning of the war and the issues today. john wilkes booth is among those standing in the crowd and he hears lincoln and says that is the last speech but you will ever make any acts. lincoln is the movement and the civil rights and peace killed directly after endorsing and getting the vote because the issue becomes what is going to be the postwar settlement, not only the trying him in the war but the industrial popular state. but how will they be sort of adjusted to this new world of freedom. >> you mentioned the word reconstruction and that is fraught with contested meaning. one meaning is that we are going to deconstruct the united states after the four years in the war. but how much change is going to happen? one meaning of t

establishing a nation with national boundaries was not easy. there were no clear markers of where those boundaries should be. the center of europe had a mix of peoples. nationalities were so mixed up that you would have a hungarian village next to a german village. how did you draw a reasonable boundary? there is no way of putting all german speakers in a neat little box. nor were there clearly defined historic boundaries. because european history had seen so much, and for so many centuries andries had come and gone, what was the legitimate boundary? they all said, history shows this should be the extent of our nation. human nature being what it is, what they called on was the time their nation had been biggest in the past. the bulgarians looked back to the 14th century, when they had been quite big. they were often claiming the same bits of territory. you can just imagine what the greeks did, or the italians. [laughter] they could go even further back with even more justification. i would argue that it wasn't wilson's fault that a lasting peac

also if you look at the national companies, they tend to have a national one price offering. not that they'll say well in this market, we're going to have this special offer and somewhere else. for marketing purposes and for a lot of other reasons the prices in all parts of the country are disciplined as a certain rate. >> gene, as a former antitrust official at the department of justice, how big a role do you think the antitrust portion of this will be? because we did see in the comcast time warner cable transaction that doj had concerns about the deal but they really had to work closely with the fcc because the fcc has a broader mandate to review and vote up or down. >> my guess i you'll see that collaborative work again between the two enforcement agencies. they tend to see the market the same way you. can see that from what they need comcast, nbcu, and consent decree. they were looking at questions of whether the larger cable companies could squelch developing competition from internet delivered video providers. i think you'll seal the exact same analysis. i don't think y

. -- inflicts upon this nation.e open. when 8 of our brothers and sisters are cuts down in a church basement. 12 in a movie theater. 26 in an elementary school. but i hope we also see the 30 purchase lives cut short -- 30 precious lives cut short i got violent every single day. -- by gun violence every single day. the survivors crippled. the children traumatized and fearful every day they walked to school. the husband who will never feel his wife's warm touch. the entire communities whose grief overflows every time i have to watch what happened to them happen to some other place. the vast majority of americans the majority of gun owners, want to do something about this. we see that now. [applause] and i am convinced that by acknowledging the pain and loss of others, even as we respect the tradition, ways of life that make up this beloved country, by making the moral choice to change, we express god's grace. >> amen. president obama: we don't earn grace. we're all sinners. we don't deserve it. [applause] president ob

others object because they are a communist nation. others cite the fact that china has been our former enemy. here's some thoughts to ponder. if we can foregive germany and japan for horrific human rights violations in world war ii, can we not reach out to china? if we can embrace former enemies who reform their existing communist government, such as vietnam can we not reach out to china? if we can turn former enemies such as great britain, canada, mexico, spain, the philippines, germany austria hungary italy, japan and vietnam into our top trading partners, can we not also reach out to china? china needs petroleum, natural gas, and we have plenty of it. we have both ready to export. china wants to lay thousands of miles of road and ambitious projects for her commerce. we have the raw materials for asphalt, industry, to make their road paving machines, and colleges to educate their engineers. madam speaker, we need china. three million chinese nationals live and work in the united states more than the population of my home state of ok

have a secure nation, mr. president -- having a secure nation mr. president takes more than bombs and bullets. having a secure nation also is to make sure we have a good education system, we have a good transportation system, we have a good program to maintain research for health. the most famous in the history of the world organization for investigating disease national institutes of health, and we know what sequestration did to them once, and they're about to do it again if this little magic game the republican leader is engineering goes on. they will be cut just like everybody else, just not defense. and the one thing he fails to mention is the fact that it's all borrowed money. $100 billion approximately to get this, what he wants done, is borrowed money this so-called overseas contingency fund. so mr. president we're going to do what we think is appropriate for the country. changing the subject one way we're going to do that, mr. president, is later this month, we'll celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the eisenhower interstate hi

the ambassador was in the united nations. i cannot compare. but it's clear to me from what i see that this emerging powers feel that they don't have enough share of the same. this goes beyond the security council only and that often the agenda is not shape their participation in a very very established maern manner. just to give an example talking about the design of mandate by the security council, and their participation asks the stakeholders pccs is something they continuously ask to be more open and a more direct participation. so no doubt that they see themselves in a manner that is not fully reflected in the way we work. >> let's go back to the audience. so i'll start up here and work my way back. >> thank you, bob. i was a senior adviser to four different parts of the u.n. in a few weeks, a report on global governance will come out and madeleine albright and cobari have coauthored. and i think you probably have been briefed on it. one thing they've talked about in the report is that they ought to take an optic to the 7

simply stated, we have an engine problem on the atlas v rocket, the nation's best national security launch vehicle. it uses a russian-made rd-180 booster engine. i want to thank this committee for recognizing the problem and taking action. it continues to be our position that the fastest least risky and lowest cost way to fix this problem is to develop an advance ised american rocket booster engine. based on a robust public/private partnership, we firmly believe this can be accomplished by 2019. in fiscal years 2015 and '16, this committee took a leadership role by authorizing funding and direction for the air force to competitively develop this engine by 2019. airjet welcomes the opportunity to compete for this effort, for an engine we call the ar-1. unfortunately, more than six months have passed since fiscal year 2015 funds were authorized and appropriated for the engine development program that this committee man a kateed, and virtually no man has been spent. it appears this engine development is being subsumed into a lengthy new launch vehicle development and subsequent launch service

we've seen reform on campuses and national networks. we need to bring these islands together to create an overall goal for the future. overall one of the best pieces of news is the consensus that the president said in this state of the union address, universal access to education extends from pre-k up until college. we need to set plans to increase college graduation rates. we are seeing more enrollment in high school programs and programs that ensure a seamless transition. inspiring the administrations own ideas. we need a nonprofit and coalition effort to help meet the president's goals we need technology to both broaden and deepen and often lower costs for education. all of this suggests that this is a hopeful time for higher education. managing change at this particular time in a way that benefits all students will take institutions, accreditors, nonprofits and congress and unprecedented in investment and innovation. were innovating at the federal level. as you earn loan repayment policies they are trying to make the task to repay l

family of nations. surely, as many people in scotland would say, it shouldn't be possible for scotland forced to be overruled in the eu referendum. that is why scotland is voting for a double referendum. it is each of the nation's vote to lead. i think it's time to apply it to the united kingdom, a multinational state, to give sense to the feeling that the u.k. is a family of nations. i said last week in a speech in brussels that if scotland does find itself taken out of the european union against a vote from scotland to remained in, it could produce a demand for another independent referendum that may be unstoppable. i argue the u.k. government has it within their power to remove that responsibility i agree to the double majority we have going forward. the referendum legislation to demonstrate what we are told that the u.k. government does see it as a family of nations. i see that as a clear way we condemn it rate that weekend a data to a multinational -- that we can adapt to a multinational system. it

our hearts ache for our nation. and we pray and ask that god would somehow use us to end the insanity of violence that we see. our hearts ache because the alleged murderer killed without mercy. it didn't matter regarding gender. it didn't matter regarding season of life. our hearts ache because in the future people will feel fear in the house of god when they should feel peace and serenity. our hearts ache because we must acknowledge that we all, to some extent, play a part in the pathology that we see in our land. john dunn said, every person's death diminishes us, for we are a part of humankind, therefore send not to ask for whom the bell tolls. it tolls for us. our hearts ache because we seem to have forgotten that righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people. and our hearts ache because we have neglected the promise of second chronicle chapter 7, verse 14, if my people called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my faith and turn from evil, then god says i will hear from heave

and our national security. their missions could not be carried out effectively without the skills of the men and women stationed there and those working in civilian support roles across the base. joint base m.d.l. is one installation and the men and women who work there are part of the same work force. it is time to fix this outdated policy accordingly. i am hopeful that we will -- you will work with me to bring about fairness to the roughly 20% of the work force that does not receive equally earned pay. mr. frelinghuysen: i thank my colleague for his leadership and for bringing my attention to this important issue and i can assure him we'll look forward to working with him as we move forward with our bill into conference. mr. smith: i thank my good friend for your commitment to the men and women who support our war fighters. look forward to working with you to move the pay parity for all joint base employees forward. i thank you. mr. frelinghuysen: reserve the balance. the chair: the gentleman reserves the bal

family of nations. so surely therefore as many people shouldn't be possible for scotland's voice to be overruled in the e.u. referendum and that is by the scottish government is arguing for a double maturity and if referendum or the u.k. could only did the e.u. with each of the nation. the asserted territorial requirement is often used in countries like canada and australia and i think it is time to apply to the united kingdom a multinational state to give meaning that the u.k. is the family of nations. i said last week in a speech to the european policies that have scotland does find itself taken out of the european union in scotland to remain thin, it could produce a demand for another independence referendum which will be unstoppable. i would argue that government has it within their power to remove the possibility by agreeing the provision would put forward. the referendum legislation could demonstrate that the u.k. government has see the u.k. family of nations. that would be one clear way for which

hugh burroughs. >> we are talking about the united nations 70th charter. we are also going to talk about united religions initiative which was started here in san francisco as the charter was signed 20 years ago by then bishop bill swing. remind us, you or i, what do we need to know? >> great story, bill swing has a great start because at the start of the charter, bishop bill swing was asked to gather people of all religions for a celebration at grace cathedral a wild idea which he took on not knowing, as he says, what he was going to do with this and created an extraordinary celebration to mark medication. it was at that time that he came up with the idea that the nations of the world would never be in peace unless the religions of the world were at peace. and so he launched into creating what has become the united religions initiative. a global grassroots initiative in more than 85 countries, 700 grassroots groups working to bring people of all religions together to build peace in their communities and peace in the world. >> and you are both a part of th

hope -- nation's hope. this was something on which both he and truman agreed, and intended or not, both were responsible, along with congress, and certainly some particular congressman like richard russell, who had great power and expanding the government's role in shaping the lives of america's children. thank you. [applause] >> do you have any questions? would you please raise your hands, and i will come around to you. i see one over here. >> what sort of record groups or special files did you find, and where did you i'm them that helped you with your research -- where did you find them? holt: a large part of the material i used came from the white house conference on children and youth. it's records are at the eisenhower presidential library, including the ones from 1950. evidently what happened was -- there are film records all the way back to 1909, so you have the continuation of all the white house conferences. 1909, 1919, 1930 19 40, 1950, 1960. those records seem to have just traveled along until th

today we're faced with another crisis that impacts our nation's national security. our children are now too obese to enlist in our nation's military. one-third of children in this country are obese and overweight and childhood obesity as tripled over the last the 30 years. according to one report, our nation has the highest rate of childhood obesity costing a shocking $1930 billion a year. this not only weakens our economy, it increases our budget deficit. while all segments of our population are affected school, low income families those especially vulnerable to obesity due to the additional risk factors associated with poverty. unfortunately the poorest among us have the least access to healthy food, many times without full service grocery stores and farmers markets in their communities. in my home state of virginia dorothy mcculloch has been focusing not only on ending childhood hunger and on improving access to virginia's locally grown commodities. this helps children, supports farmers and strengthens local economies. the reality is the negative effects of schoo

we now review all of these at the central and national level. we've also created software through another system to make sure we are accurately looking at these from multiple perspectives. this is continuously improving has regressed a great deal and we will continue to work on it. >> the subcommittee has requested the behavioral health autopsies for numerous veteran who have died by suicide and in all cases except one kalish l. holmes, ba has stated the information is confidential, privileged et cetera so it cannot be released to us. if this is true, why was the report for ms. holmes released to the committee? >> i would have to take the question for the record. i would say in general the behavioral health autopsy report i think the ranking member custer describes this more clearly than i could. this is quality assurance for you want the most forthright input in observations. if people think this is disclosed we will not get input that forthright. >> i think we are very concerned about the fate of our veterans in this subcommittee and the commi

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: t washington, d.c. june 8 2015. i hereby appoint the honorable thomas j. rooney to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. in this chamber, where the people's house gathers, we pause to offer you gratitude for gift of this good lapped on whic

you mentioned the national guard.onal guard does not exist because your council of representatives can't pass legislation on it. a case can be made that the international community should do more. but the perception here is that iraqis haven't done enough on political reconciliation. do you share and that what do you think needs to be done. thank you. >> translator: abadi, we look at him as partners. he needs support. and he also, he must take initiative to implementing agreements that were concluded in the past. because waiting or delaying will create a kind of feeling of no commitment to agreements that were neutral. and the project of reconciliation, we partner with him in it. we will continue to operate to achieve it. it is not an easy project. it is not slogans. it's a practical project. it was commitments on both sides. so my evaluation of this project is not up to the required level. the reconciliation project is not really convincing for me. but there are many challenges facing us all. and definitely the matte

ambassador was in the united nations. i cannot compare. but it's clear to me from what i see that these emerging powers feel that they don't have enough share of the say. and this goes beyond the security council only. and that often the agenda is not shaped with their participation in a very, very established manner. and just to give an example talking about the design of mandates by the security council and their participation as a stay holders, tcc or pccs is something they continuously ask to be more open and more direct participation. so no doubt that they see themselves in a manner that is not fully reflected in the way we work. >> let's go back to the audience. so i'll start up here and work my way back. >> in a few weeks a report on global governance will come out that madeleine albright and ibrahim have co-authored. i think you've been briefed on it. one thing they talked about in the report is we ought to take an optic to the 75th anniversary and really work on building support for major changes. and i'm wonderi

in england, my government will secure the future of the national health service by implementing the national health services own five-year plan. by increasing the health budget come integrating health care and social care, and ensuring the national health service works on a seven-day basis. measures will be introduced to improve access to general practitioners and mental health care. measures will also be brought forward to secure the real value of the basic state pension, so that more people can live in dignity and security in retirement. measures will be brought forward to increase the rights of victims of crime. to bring different parts of our country together, my government will work to bring about a balanced economic recovery. legislation will be introduced to provide for the devolution of powers to cities with elected metro mayors, helping to build a northern powerhouse. my government will continue to legislate for high-speed railings between the different parts of the country. my government will also bring forward legislation to secure a strong and lasting constitutional settlement, d

these are national assets that provided national security. support this amendment, if you support a strong ship building account and protect the industrial base. and i yield back. commarmente the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. . the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. forbes: how many speakers does he have left if he has reserved the balance of his time. one more speaker to close. mr. chairman i would like to yield 0 seconds to the chairman of the house armed services committee on readiness mr. whitman from virginia. mr. wittman: this amendment is critical to maintain our nation's nuclear deterrence and ensure a robust ship building budget. it makes sense to set funding for the ohio-class program. we are not forced to choose between building a blism submarine. the navy faces challenges if building enough war ships to face the terrorists. it is the best solution to maintain deterrence. i urge my colleagues

she works with the secretary-general of the united nations. a moment ago we were chatting about her job and how interesting it is and how tough it is. i am sure she brings to those particular challenges, her own distinguished and indeed deeply experienced career. as many of you will know, she proceeded this present job which she undertook in march 2012 by a four year stint as undersecretary general for field support. an extremely challenging job dealing with between 80 and 120,000 peacekeepers around the world. many missions with the united nations and many taxing and challenging questions. she stated about her present job, it is everything between the bombing of sonata on one hand and 10 minutes later a fire in the grudge of the united nations. hopefully, today there are no fires in the u.n. garage that are being untended by your presence here. prior to her work at the undersecretary general for field support, she had also a distinguished career in the world food program which undertakes the burden of providing to those needy all around the w

and growth for our nation's youth. denying african-american teens a summer job could cause them to miss out on a lifetime of opportunities and experiences. many high school students use the summer months to work and put money aside for college, but there are no jobs to be found mr. speaker -- if there are no jobs to be found, many students will be denied the opportunity to attend college and will forever be shut out from the many opportunities -- and will forever be shut out also from the many jobs that require a college degree. with college graduates earning an average of $45,000 per year compared to those with only a high school diploma earning an average of $28,000 per year, lacking a college degree can set noncollege graduates up for a lifetime of economic difficulties and frustrations. that's almost $1 million in lost wages over the course of a lifetime. i have been working in my district to connect employees with eager young -- employers with eager young employees. in april i hosted my second annual youth employm

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> coming up this morning on c-span two soldiers posthumously awarded the medal of honor. then at 10:30, live coverage of the funeral for beau biden. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour has partnered with time warner cable to learn about lincoln, nebraska. >> -- one of the most important american writers of the 20th century. he was given almost -- she was given almost every literary award possible in her lifetime. she was known for some of her massive pieces, like "professor's house." in 1943, she made a will, which had a few restrictions in it. one of which she did not want her letters to be published. she left behind at least 3000 letters that we know about now. furthermore, in her will, she left one other important thing. she said she left it to the soul and discretion of her trustees. and they believe, as educational organizations, that it belongs to our shared heritage and we ought to know

those headstones faced west, west over the atlantic west for the nation they defended, the nation they left, the nation they would never return home to. struck me, standing in the midst of the heroes, that they would look upon us in silent judgment and that we need to ask ourselves, our we were the of their sacrifice? the truth is, we are at the end of an era of field leadership. we have been led by a divider who has sliced and diced who is picked american against american for political purposes. six years into the so-called recovery, and our economy is rarely growing. this winter and actually got smaller. our economic slowdown is not inevitable. it is the direct result of bad economic policy. [applause] the president's tax and regulatory policies have slammed the door shut. it slammed the door for those trying to climb the economic ladder, resigning the middle class to stagnant wages personal debt, deferred dreams. weakness at home has led to weakness abroad. the world has descended into chaos. chaos is its own making while the white house -- they construct this alternative universe w

national roadside survey. section 144. none of the funds may be used to mandate global positioning system tracking and private passenger motor vehicles. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman -- >> what page are we on? the chair: page 44, line five. >> just in time. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: clerk will read. the clerk: page 44, line five -- page 44, line 10 federal railroad administration safety and operations $186 7 ,000. -- $186,780,000. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: clerk will read. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. garrett of new jersey. page 44, line 13, after the dollar amount insert increasededly $16,930,000. page 52, line 16, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $83 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 287, the gentleman from new jersey and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: i thank the chair. i rise today to of

and at the beginning of september, where live at the nation's capital for the national book festival celebrating its 15th year. >> next former former -- former florida governor, jeb bush makes the announcement for his -- he is the 11th major candidate to announce his run for the republican nomination. from the miami dade college, this is over an hour. [applause] >> please welcome, dr. rb homes olmes. >> jeb! jeb! dr. holmes: eternal god, we are think for this country -- we are thankful for this country this place. we are asking your blessings on the jeb bush and his family. let peace be with us. we give you glory and honor. in your name, lord jesus, we pray. amen. [applause] let me tell you about the jeb bush that i know. the jeb bush that i admire and respect very much he is -- very much. he is a dear friend. i have known him for over 20 plus years. he is fair, forthright and thoughtful. he is a person that truly cares about all people. he is a person who does not judge people or label people or marginalize people. he respects people for who they are, and what they can become. as on

further, the entire nation is now making up for 20 years of underinvestment in our nation's cyber security in both the public and private sectors. in response we in the government are accelerating the deployment of the tools we have and are bringing cutting edge capabilities online. and we are asking our partner agencies in congress to take action and work with us to strengthen the cyber security of federal agencies. thank you again for the opportunity to appear today. and i look forward to any questions. >> thank you, mr. scott. you have a very impressive background. you're joining the federal government is much appreciated. we look forward to hearing your testimony. you're now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman chaffetz, ranking member cummings members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. and i appreciate the opportunity to speak with you about recent cyber incidents effecting federal agencies. i'd like to start by highlighting a very important point, which has been mentioned already and of which i'm sure you're aware. but both stat

it's a national issue. and all of us, the men in this chamber in particular, have a real challenge to rise to. now, madam speaker, as you may recall this was a subject that was extensively dealt with earlier this year. a task force has been established, chaired by the victorian police commissioner and by the australian of the year looked at this issue generally but particular to look at the issue of a national domestic violence order which will protect women everywhere in our country once it's issued. and yes, madam speaker there is $100 million on the second action plan against violence against domestic violence. there's $30 million available for a further awareness raising campaign on this. i have to say that there will be money available to respond to the recommendations of the ken lay/rosy batty committee. yes, it is about money but above all it is about values. it is about a change of heart. it's about men saying that we must always do the decent thing. if someone is weaker than us, if someone is more

priorities for national defense. securing our national interest. and in light of this bill making sure that our country is safe abroad and here from tax -- from people who don't like us. i don't buy the argument. the debate on guantanamo is a different shmb but the argument that if we close it up, it takes away one recruiting piece. i'm sorry, boko haram and others do not hate us only because of the prison. they hate us because we're free. they hate us because we have a society that is open. i understand the debate that we want to have but let's make it crystal clear. there was no guantanamo when they ran -- rammed planes into the world trade center. there was no guantanamo at that time. they just don't like us. and let's make that very clear. funding is appropriate. we will debate those entirely and we will continue to. the republicans will still look out for jobs and those working in the middle class and those that are trying to find their families, priorities, and their own economic sphere and looking at it in a country that's in debt and trying

national security launch vehicle.t uses a russian-made rd-180 booster engine or on behalf of aerojet rocketdyne and its 5000 employees nationwide, what you think this committee for recognizing the problem and taking action. it continues to be our position that the fastest, least risky and lowest cost way to fix this problem is to develop an advanced american rocket booster engine to replace the russian rd-180. with a focus competitive acquisition based on a robust public-private partnership we firmly believe this can be accomplished by 2019. in fiscal years 2015-16 of this committee took a leadership role by authorizing funding and direction for the air force to competitively develop this engine by 2019. aerojet rocketdyne welcomes the opportunity to compete for this effort for the engine we call ar1. and fortune more than six months have passed since fiscal year 2015 funds or authorize and appropriate for the development program but this committee mandated and virtually no money has been spent. it appears this engine

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> tonight on c-span a special issue spotlight program on iran. with the june 30th deadline for nuclear negotiations approaching, we'll show you events from the c-span archive focusing on iran's government, culture and relationship with the u.s. we begin with a look at the 1953 coup in iran that was orchestrated by the c.i.a. then humon mag and a critical look at iran's human rights record. our final program features jerel green explaining the complexities of the iranian government and culture. the first part of the issue spotlight in understand to cus on the 1953 coup. it led to muhammad mosedai. he was succeeded by the shah. in his book qull at the shah's man" stephen kinser explores the u.s.-iran relationship today. this took place in 2003. [applause] >> thank you. it's great to be here in oak park. not just being here in the library. we actually did do a good deal of research for this book. but also being in the hometown of earnest hemingway for a writer cannot fail to

but they do align themselves with the national policy.he national policy is something they would uphold if they had to. and that did not align with our policy locally at our united way. >> so the united way of the susquehanna valley eventually pulled its funding for scouting? >> yes we did when they changed their policy in 2013 from banning both gay adults and gay youth to just banning gay adults, we had a large discussion a long discussion at our board level about how we're going to continue our partnership with the boy scouts. and it was a close vote but our board decided to defund the boy scouts to the point where our policies align again. >> how much do you give boy scouts in a given year? >> i tell you it had gone down every year for the past ten or 15 years. most recently we funded them about 20, $25,000 a year. but it had been once at one point around 30, 35, $40,000. we're a small local united way in a conservative area in pennsylvania. and our local council is partnered with i believe every united way in our area at some point so

ndaa operates a $612 billion in national defense.this is the amount requested by the president justified by his national security strategy. if the president some of my colleagues opposed the defense bill over non-defense spending i suspect they will have a difficult time explaining and justifying that choice to americans who increasingly cite national security is a top concern. the statement of administration policy raises concerns with a sweeping defense acquisition reforms in india aa. for example the white house asserted transferring some acquisition authority back to the services is somehow inconsistent with the secretary of defense's exercise of authority direction and control over all of the department of defense's programs and activities. i could not agree more with that assertion. legislation -- legislation does a switch who does what insert and circumstances from different people who are directly reported serb under the authority and direction and control of the secretary of defense. this legislation for a limited number pro

so we've come a long way as a nation.re more majority believing there should be same-sex marriage but you sill have that minority in the church that we're not going to do this. >> dickerson: i want to switch to the affordable care act quickly. i talked to paul ryan and said, you know one of the things people said is there really wasn't a republican alternative. what do you think about that? a republican alternative to obamacare. did they have one ready to go if the supreme court had gone the other way? >> this is a real struggle because this is a case that republican lawmakers saw coming down the pike a long way off. paul line ryan was trying to build a coalition as he did on medicare reform earlier. he's managed to wrangle republicans together on many different issues but a this is one he's been working for years since 2009 he has had his own vation for an alternative to obamacare yet he has failed to build that consensus because you still have some people believe look, you can only beat obamacare, you can only replace i

the national park system is a national driver of economic activity. more than 275 million people visit our national parks each year. in 2013, every dollar invested in the national park service saw a return of $10. we need to do better in ensuring this economic engine and beacon of american tourism is operating at the highest level so it can fulfill its environmental and cultural role. to ensure it has proper funding ensures we are able to have the nation what it is today. in my home state, the blackstone river valley historical park that i created last year, marks the birth place of the american industrial revolution, like old slater mill in pawtucket and the museum in woonsocket tell the story of how america became a superpower. it has environmental, social transformation. in the best spirit of our national park system, the river valley tells a national story. it illustrates how a beautiful natural landscape fueled the industrial revolution and launched far-reaching changes to our nation's economy and social structure. blackstone is why it is essenti

by a national commission. a proposed national women's museum is about to be studied by another commission. the visitors advanced levels are about on the rise. the value of the smithsonian endowment is at record highs. the cost of admission is still zero. i commend the acting secretary thank you very much for your ability to step in quickly. to ensure continuity between secretaries. this is a busy season for those who visit this missoni and during the warmer months. -- the smithsonian during warmer months. i will do me here to this hearing. it is a joy to have you here. we are very proud of your institution. >> to any other members wish to make an opening statement? i would like to introduce our witness. our horvath begin the acting secretary this year following the retirement of the previous secretary. he will serve in this position until the end of this month. it was a very fast-paced, difficult month. it was eye-opening, and interesting. as mentioned the 13th secretary will take over on july 1. as acting sec

they're a sovereign nation. why is it that they would have to continue to come back on something that isn't needed, something that dates all the way back to the 1930's? unfortunately this is exactly where we find ourselves today and i'm so glad that this is actually one of those things that's a bill: approach. commonsense does prevail -- a bipartisan approach. commonsense does prevail in this house sometimes. we started this in the 113th congress and now we're in the 114th congress and we're still talking about it. we're six months into the 114th congress and we're trying to get a commonsense piece of legislation passed. if i remember correctly, chairman, last year when we tried to put this through there was only one no vote. if that's not bipartisanship then what is? this should have been on the president's desk already. i join my colleagues in supporting this bill but i also want to thank them for their patience, for the city of miami and the tribe of miami for their patience, and the opportunity to bring this

there are many important issues facing our nation, concerns about immigration, our national security, our personal privacy, the economy and levels of unemployment. bless abundantly the members of this people's house. help them to see new ways to productive service fresh approaches to understanding each other, especially those across the aisle, and renewed commitment to solving the problems facing our nation. may they and may we all be transformed by your grace and better reflect the sense of wonder, even joy at the opportunities to serve that are ever before us. all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: the quest