mr. lobiondo: mr. farenthold. mr. farenthold: you are talking about the need to register drones and enforcement. would that be all drones? or is there some size limit or some cutoff point in which you ought to be able to have a toy drone without having to turn your identity over to the ederal government? >> interesting question. the way we approach is analyzing the capabilities of the vehicle vis-a-vis altitude, range, speed. to see if they could actually end up in airspace shared with airliners. mr. farenthold: i could go on amazon, this is the best-selling u.a.v. i guess they have, it's $45.90. i can have it by friday because i'm an amazon prime member for free shipping. the shipping weight is 1.1 pound. it has a range of 50 meters. that's 165 feet. you're surely not saying that needs to be registered. captain canoll: if it can fly to 1,500, to 2,000 feet yes, sir. mr. farenthold: if it gets to the feet of 50 meters, it's only 165 feet. captain canoll: i'm not sure if that range is being expressed as a lateral range

mr. durbin: mr. president, the debate which we will engage in today on the floor of the senate is really one that parallels the historic debates that have occurred in the course of our nation's history. when a great democracy sets out to defend its citizens and to engage in security, it really is a challenge. can we keep our nation safe and still protect our rights and liberties? that question has been raised. that challenge has been raised time and time again. it was president abraham lincoln during the civil war who suspended the right of habeas corpus. it was challenged by some as an overextension by the executive branch, but president lincoln thought it was necessary to resolve the civil war in favor of the union. in world war i, the passage of alien and sedition acts raised questions about the loyalty of americans who questioned many of the great issues that were being raised during that war. we certainly all remember what happened during world war ii when even under president franklin roosevelt

mr. michael horn. in addition, the subcommittee intends to pursue answers to initial questions concerning the relations of volkswagen. what happened? who was involved? and most important, why? mr. born is appearing before us -- mr. horn is appearing before us voluntarily. this means providing documents to the committee as quickly as possible, including documents that have already been discussed publicly in connection with volkswagen's there is board meetings in germany. as i said before, a number of core questions we pursue today. most critically, what happened, who was involved, why were these actions taken? and we have a number of questions concerning the impact on customers, dealerships, and the public. can expandg mr. horn upon the facts he represents in his testimony. we look to him to explain the current understanding as to what was done to the engines. was it done to deliberately deceive government regulations and regulators? and what is false wagon doing to wagone problem -- folks

>> yes. >> mr. allen? mr. gutierrez? >> i was not there, but it's my understanding yes. >> okay. >> the other big problem that i know we all had to address is consumer misinformation and ds information. is it the fact of the availability of affordable subsidies that make care affordable is a huge challenge, one that we are continuing to address. some still are not. and so this is an educational message, i think it's a huge challenge. we're working with literally 12,000 insurance agents, faith-based groups, clinics, but that outreach challenge is something we've addressed but it continues to be a challenge. >> it's true of my state in colorado, too, by the way. mr. kissel, you've been there, what, about a year now? >> yes, indeed. >> and what did you do before that? >> i was in the infrastructure business, most recently i ran the gas utility in hawaii. >> so have you ever seen a utility or a system like this that didn't have issues that continually had to be addressed and updated? >> absolutely not. and the way you do it

mr. diaz-balart. mr. diaz-balart: independent payment advisory board was created and this board gives 15 unelected superbureaucrats to slash access to care and forces providers to stop seeing medicare patients. the house passed legislation this year with bipartisan support repealing this board by a rather large margin. you see both agree that allowing a panel of bureaucrats in washington to make these critical health care decisions instead of patients and families to make those decisions is not the way way to keep our promises. for those reasons and many thers, this reconciliation package will repeel that. mr. cole: i want to focus on strong boinch support and plans that are deemed too dangerous. this would include plans which $10,250 nefits about for individuals. a recent survey anticipates one third of employers would face this by 2018. plans s to less generous from employers, the exact on soist what the affordable health care plan was supposed to accomplish. republicans have a bill to repeal this tax w

mr. honda: mr. speaker, last week's historic storm, hurricane patricia was the strongest hurricane on record. my thoughts are with our loved ones. we must ensure that the thousands affected have access to food, shelter and resources to rebuild their lives. but we should not limit the storm's impact on our consciousness. hurricane patricia should be a wakeup coal that our planet's climate changes are changing. september was the warmest month. we expect more stream weather. our nation must invest in undering in better preparing for the effects of climate change. needed. rch is and we need to be prepared about how these storms can save lives. research is vital to improving our understanding of our planet and resiliencey in a shifting climate. the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? mr. paulsen: mr. speaker, we lost a good man, mentor and coast with the passing of flip saunders. while the veteran nba coach grew up in clevela

but mr. speaker -- mr. speaker, again, again, the leader of the opposition consistently confuses the means and processes with the objective. i support marriage equality. many of my colleagues do not. many of the leader of the opposition's colleagues do not. the question of how -- that's -- that's a substandard issue. the question of how to resolve the matter, whether it is a free vote or a plebiscite, is a question of process. each approach has its advantages. one, i suppose, is faster and costs less. the other one keeps every australian safe and it has a cost. democracy has a price. keeping everybody on an important issue is surely a very legitimate and reasonable approach. and that -- the leader of the opposition objects to that. he talks about climate change. mr. speaker, the objective in climate policy is to cut your emissions, is to cut your emissions. there are many -- >> member from kingston is warned. >> the emissions trading scheme, regulation, emissions reduction fund, a carb tax and many, many ot

mr. pallone: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to h.r. 702, a poorly crafted bill that needlessly and recklessly sweeps away 40 years of critical energy protections for national security, our economy, consumers, and the environment. h.r. 702 is a blunt object that doesn't just undermine current protective authorities related to crude oil, it also prohibits any federal official from taking any action at any time if that action either restricts or enforces a restriction on the export of oil. the term restriction is undefined and potentially dangerous in scope. the bill will also override any other law that would impose any restriction by any federal official on exports. that means that the bill does nothing to preserve any environment or safety statutes or regulations an doesn't even preserve the defense production act, one of the most important tools any president has to ensure our national energy security in the face of a threat. let's be clear, mr. chairman, the president has stated he will veto thi

mr. beauprez: paul? mr. dietzel: i was thinking about this, if there is more opportunity to date than in the past. in thinking about it, i think there is more opportunity in america now than any other time in history because technology has opened the door for that. the problem why at the same time it is not the case is because the government has placed itself between the innovators and opportunity. mr. coors: when my grandfather got in the farming business, he became a farmer. it became a lot more complicated than when i showed up. ms. ganahl: it throttled financing. the small community banks are disappearing. those are what fund franchises and create jobs. mr. beauprez: every politician, democratic and republican, wherever they come from on the political spectrum will say, i'm for small business, for progrowth economic policy, but the burden of government seems to keep getting heavier and heavier, and capital seems to be more difficult to access. job creation seems to be a little bit out there. today, we ha

mr. wenstrup: i thank you, mr. chairman, for yielding. mr.peaker, i'm here to recognize the gentleman from redding, ohio. it's a town in my district full of hardworking people and committed families. this man from redding grew up in a big and very faithful family. he learned the value of hard work, sweeping the floors of his father's bar. and worked his walk through xavier university in cincinnati. when it came to -- when he came to washington, he was a reformer from day one of the -- one. the last man standing from the gang of seven. he worked to clean up corruption from the house bank in the 1990's into banning earmarks today. for the first time in a half century, the house of representatives decreased discretionary spending for two years in a row. mr. speaker, with all of your service in mind, i'm reminded of a teddy roosevelt quote, it says, it's not the critic who counts and not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doctor of deeds could have done -- or whether the door of deeds could have done better, the credi

mr. chairman. mr. horn, thank you for being here. i think it is appropriate you come before the committee, you apologize for the actions, and that you and vw take full responsibility for what has transpired. it is disappointing. i'm aware our governor has been at the chattanooga facility. i know that the governor, state legislators, the other members of the delegation and i are quite concerned about this. you have a lot of hard-working, honest tennessee people who are at that facility. we are concerned about the actions of a few. we are going to be very precise with you and vw. it is, as the chairman said, basically the who, what, when, where, how and why. why you did it, how you did it, when you did it, lending you -- new, did it go across the brand, was it in new regulations, was it pointed at climate regulations? this is a systemic failure. someonelso point out, could say it is a safety issue. but i say it is an issue of integrity. we appreciate you are here. we look forward to hearing

mr. mulcair: mr. harper went public and said that if you're in the auto sector, you should be worried. mr. -- on mr. harper's watch, we have already lost 4000 well-paid manufacturing jobs. there are 80,000 well-paid manufacturing jobs in the auto sector. when president obama wanted to discuss this this week, this is how good the relationship is, he found the president of mexico. i'm quite concerned about what is being left on the table by the conservatives, and our dairy farmers have every right to be concerned. i think supply management is on the table. and mr. harper doesn't keep his word on any of these things. people when he promised to give the money to compensate what they were giving up, in terms of processing fish, and he broke his promise. >> mr. trudeau, what is your opinion about the matter? well, it is certain that we have many agreements internationally without endangering our farming system. but the reality is that the gentleman is showing a total lack of transparency. he doesn't want to

mr. conyers. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, we are here today to discuss the rule for reconciliation, which i believe we are wasting on a doomed attempt to repeal obamacare for the 61st time that we are doing this again for the 61st time is a problem. but that we are wasting our one shot at budget reconciliation on this is a tremendous shame. and we should use -- be using this opportunity to avoid the senate filibuster to actually make law, not make a point to our bases. and the way to do this is by focusing on a bipartisan issue, cancelling the sequester. the sequester is a unique problem in american public policy, a program that is intentionally designed to be a bad idea. cripples the programs that made progress andury of weakens the greatest military. it's bad for us at home and bad for us overseas. is a blundering approach to deficit reduction and what supposed to push this congress to compromise. unfortunately, we have not otten there because of a few that refuse to give up this hostage. it isn't this body that is

mr. brooks: aei is a thing take -- think tank that has the same sort of mission as a research university, but without the students. we have a dedication to the free enterprise system. we do a lot of work on economics, foreign policy, health, and education can be have been here since 1938, doing work on how the american enterprise system can benefit people around the world. host: what role do you think aei plays in republican thinking? mr. brooks: for the longest time, although it backed the late 1930's, republican policymakers, and for that matter, democratic policymakers too, have relied on think tank analysis. our scholars are dedicated to the highest level analysis. policymakers here, in washington, and to a lesser extent, around the country, they just do not have time to do the statistical analysis are different types of policies. they will come to think tanks, and many of them for decades have come to aei to find out the truth about policies and how policies can be improved. host: le

mr. flake: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. flake: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate not in a quorum call. mr. flake: mr. president, rise to speak in support of the flake amendment 2582 that's currently pending before this body. this amendment is very simple. it simply adds a six-year sunset to the bill. this amendment also keeps in place the liability protections established by the cybersecurity information sharing act for information that is shared pursuant to the requirements of the bill. furthermore, the amendment ensures that the requirements on how the information is shared under the act is handled remains in effect after the sunset date. that's all this amendment doesment. it simply sunsets the bill in six years and it does so in a reasonable and a responsible way. i believe in sunset provisions. it is good for us to consider our past decisions, six years from now determine whether what we enacted is operating well, and to deb

mr. israel: mr. speaker, yesterday the american people saw the television spectacle of benghazi hearing. and watching my republican friends on television it was like watching an "i love lucy" episode, same plot, same characters, same script, and nothing new. nothing new. here's what the american people did not see yesterday from the majority in this congress. they didn't see a hearing to create jobs. they didn't hear an idea to increase incomes. they didn't hear one single solution to reduce the cost of education. the american people want republicans to stop -- spend their time increasing incomes and less time trying to take downhillry clinton. we are tired of this calendar of chaos, mr. speaker. it is time for action. it is time for negotiation, it is time for compromise, and it is time to stop wasting time and tax dollars. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> unanimous co

both mr. harper and mr. trudeau have failed on keystone. >> i look at the facts of the keystone xl pipeline. i'm simply citing the report done by the u.s. state department itself, which actually did an independent analysis of this. it creates jobs on both sides of the border, of course, as exports always do. i understand the protectionists in the ndp don't recognize that, but it's a fact. it's good for our energy security, displacing foreign oil from countries that are quite frankly security risks to north america. and compared to the al tentatives it is by far the invest environmental solution in terms of moving product to market. so we have a strong case. i would also point out, the reason i say this will be adopted eventually is, through the efforts of our embassy and this government, we have created overwhelming public support in the united states for this position on both sides of the aisle in congress and clear majorities in public opinion. and it is my view that when something, the logic of something

mr. rook for five minutes. . brooks: mr. speaker, ten 200 and 2014 in the of 0 to 65 age brack, although the american g eated 35.6 llion net w jobs, ameran born citize lost 7,000 bs. allob gains iamerica and more went people born i foreignountri. 2012, 51of household headed by immgrantselied on lfare compare to 30% of householdseed by someone born merica that's driving up ari's deficits and ivi dwn america's ability to pay for safyets for ericans. weei vote on paul ry's bidor housepeaker. hile paulyan h communication skills, his charismatic, understands the economic risk of out-of-control deficit -- deficits and the like, paul ryan and i have a major disagreement onboarder security. last week on october 22, paul ryan, i, and others met about his candidacy. border security was discussed. thereafter i hand delivered to paul ryan on the house floor at roughly 4:00 p.m. a letter that ates, and i quote, paul, struggling american families have lost more than eight million job opportunities to i

are said, mr., you leading all the polls, getting the biggest crowds, everybody is going crazy. they said, mr. trump, is there anyway that you would get out of the race? and i said to myself -- no, think of it. who would be asked that question? if you are in first place, would anybody else but me be asked that question? so they said, is there any way you get out of the race? i don't get a -- give a very honest answer. one, but if number we weren't, and if everything went down, the polls come the crowds, if you don't call anywhere because you don't want interviews because it is over -- like some of the guys we are running against -- i mean, honestly -- honestly, if i were some of those guys, what is the purpose echo do they gain -- purpose? do they gain something by having zero? guys like george pataki, he's got zero. guys like rand paul -- i hate to say it -- he attacks me. he was much higher when he attacked, right? but he went -- i refuse to embarrass anybody. ok. so i said to him, so, if for som

mr. burr: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minority north car. mr. burr: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burr: mr. president, i listened patiently to my friend and colleague. we're on the committee together, so this is not the first time we've had a frank discussion. but let me say to those companies that have reached out to him, and he listed them, i'm not going to bother to go through 53 associations and the numbers of companies that are represented. it's hundreds and hundreds and hundreds, sectors of our economies. it's the financial industry. it's automotive. it's practically everybody in retail. and there are a couple of things that just shock me still, because i really just can't make the connection. a technology company that has a tremendous amount of users, and those users put their personal data on that -- pick one -- and the companies say there's nothing more important than protecting th

mr. yang: there's a lot to discuss. i believe that it is very important. first, it is for the two leaders to have an in-depth discussion following the discussion in california and in beijing about the international situation about our respective countries. it's also about the future of our cooperation and to move away forward in our relationship. we expect that there will be quite a few positive practical cooperation results flowing from the visit of what people called deliverables. i believe that the president will reach out to the american society to build the friendship between our two people. betty: people have said for this visit could be compared to the visit in 1979. is that important to the relationship between the u.s. and china. is that accurate? how critical is this visit to china? yang: his visit to the united states was a historic visit, opening up the relationship between our two countries. i think this visit is also vitally important. the united states has actually emphasiz

mrs. lowey: mr.speaker, i ask as a much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, we may temporarily avert this most recent crisis if we can get this bill to the president tonight, just hours before the entire federal government shuts down. but it is certainly not a cause for celebration. this very short term continuing resolution avoids the most immediate crisis, but what is step two? after we enact this stop gap measure, are there any firm plans to begin negotiating the full year appropriations bills we should be passing today? remain deeply concerned about the potential of finding ourselves facing a government shutdown again in december. the stakes are very high. we have an economy that is general which win -- genuinely recovering, unemployment is dun, -- down, economic growth is up, but we still have progress to make. the uncertainty and unnecessary tumult of playing games right up to the brink of a government shutdown is not helpful to

both mr. harper and mr. trudeau have failed on keystone. >> i look at the facts of the keystone xl pipeline. i'm simply citing the report done by the u.s. state department itself, which actually did an independent analysis of this. it creates jobs on both sides of the border, of course, as exports always do. i understand the protectionists in the ndp don't recognize that, but it's a fact. it displaces oil from foreign countries that are security risks to north america. it is by far the best environmental solution in terms of moving product to market. also point out, the reason i say this will be adopted eventually is through the efforts of our embassy and this government, we have created overwhelming public support in the united states for this position on both sides of the aisle in congress and clear majorities in public opinion. and it is my view that when something, the logic of something is overwhelming on an environmental, economic, and energy security sense, that its adoption is inevitable. we will con

mr. royce: mr. speaker, tragically religious persecution around the world continues, and i thought i would give one example that we heard in our committee last week in the foreign affairs committee from bazi who is a young 20-year-old ue zitty woman -- woman from iraq. she so bravely recounted her brutal captivity and the abuse she faced at the hands of isis. and as we're talking about religious freedom, she explained that in her village, the 700 men and boys were killed, including several of her brothers. one small brother survived because he had a bullet in his head and they thought he was dead. but other than that, her family are all gone. she was bought by an american who had been recruited to isis about four years prior, she said. and he bought 10 of the girls nd sold nine and kept her as a concubine. she recounted how he explained to her that because she was a uziti, she was an infidel in his mind, she was a pagan in his mind and therefore he had the right to enslave and rape nd sell women and

mr. smith: mr. speaker, last month, pope francis admonished a joint session of congress to follow the golden rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. he said the golden rule impels to protect and defend human life at every stage of development and it's wrong to remain silent and look the other way. establishing this select committee is the right thing to do we simply can't remain silent or look the other way. instead congress needs to thoroughly investigate profoundly disturbing conduct by top level planned parenthood officials. caught on tape, and i've watched all the tapes, planned parenthood's top leadership, not interns or lower level employees, showed callous disregard for human lives while gleefully calculated the gains from the sale of baby body parts. we know that every day, planned parenthood dismembers or chemically poisons to death approximately 900 unborn babies. since 1973, more than seven million children have been violently killed in planned parenthood clin ebbics. now

mr.ernanke: politics was terrible, a lot of backlash, and i dedicated the book to all of the policymakers around the world who refused to be passive and attacked the crisis and brought it to an end. charlie: mostly central bankers or political leaders? not many members of congress. mr. bernanke: congress was mostly, you know, in the critical mode for the most part. charlie: let's talk about some of the headlines and talk about you, going from south carolina to harvard and from harvard to m.i.t., and to stanford and to princeton. the idea that you and hank paulson decided to obfuscate as what you could do at the time of the lehman brothers crisis. mr. bernanke: when lehman brothers failed, the financial system went into cardiac arrest. we were worried about runs on other countries. -- companies. for a few days, we agreed to be vague about it. it was an honest choice based on our concern about the panic getting worse. charlie: what were the consequences of that decision? mr. bernanke: we we

mr. thornberry: mr. speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. thornberry: i make three brief poivents. number one as this debate goes on it's increasingly clear the real debate is about budget and appropriations not about this bill. secondly, i'm one of those who voted to continue to fund the government because i think it's essential that we pay our troops and there be no lapse in that. unfortunately, we have today the white house playing politics with national security and i think that's what makes an ultimate agreement harder. finally, the president was short in funding israeli missile defense. we fully fund israeli missile defense in this bill and it should be supported. mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the distinguished chairman of the tactical air and land forces subcommittee, the gentleman from ohio, mr. turner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. turner: thank you. i ris

mr.ang: we let supply and demand determine the value of the remnibi. i think generally speaking it is quite steady in value. and we will, of course, continue to do reform in china. in various sectors, including the financial sector. and when people look back 10 years or 15 years from now, they will see that the market reform is really good, not only for china, but for the rest of the world. betty: let's see, 12 months from now, will the rmb be lower in value? mr. yang: it is normal for the currency to move either way. but it is a reliable currency, and more and more people actually do their trades in renminbi. and i am sure it will continue to play a healthy role not only in the chinese economy, but in the international trade and investment and so on and so forth. betty: were you surprised by how the markets reacted to the devaluation of the renminbi? mr. yang: let me say this. every country has its challenges and problems, and every country should do a better job of their own economy. be

mrs. maloney: mr. speaker, when the american public health association totaled the cost of gun violence in the united states for one year, it amounted to $174 billion, about 3 $363 for every american. if you consider just the loss of life, more americans have been killed by guns since 1968 than have died in all the wars this country has ever fought. and now once more in the wake of another mass shooting, too many leaders have responded with indifference. just move on. but when 32 americans are killed with a gun every single day, we cannot afford to stand still. we cannot just move on. so far in this congress the house has held not one single hearing on the gun violence. not one chance to evaluate ways to curb this epidemic of gun violence. mr. speaker, we cannot go on like this. not one more american should die because congress has failed to act. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yield back. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: i ask unani

mr. speaker, i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is ordered. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 392 and the nays are 37. the resolution is adopted. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. sessions: t

mr. ellison: mr. speaker, if you look at the headlines, words like physical function, and drama focused on the capitol today. people across this country are not focused on that. they are focused on their families and their lives. if they are focused on congress t. probably has something to do with the exspiring pieces of legislation that are so important. things like transportation. things like funding the government. all these critical questions in front of us yet the distraction of this leadership fight seems to be capturing our attention, but it's not capturing the attention of the american people. i look forward, mr. speaker, to return to the real business ofp governing. we have all -- of governing. we have all the trust of the american people and this thing here is a useless distraction away from the real business. let's pass the legislation we are sent here to pass and refocus on what the bread and butter issues are for the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yi

mr. messer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks and include any extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. messer: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. messer: thank you, mr. speaker. first, i apologize for my voice today. my son hudson and i attended the patriots-colts game on sunday night, and unfortunately the colts were not successful by a touchdown but i lost my voice in the process of rooting them on. i'd like to thank budget chairman tom price and ranking member van hollen for bringing h.r. 1315 to the floor. i rise today in support of this small but important measure. h.r. 1315 requires the president's annual budget submission to congress to include the cost per taxpayer of any budget deficit in a given fiscal year. this bill is based on a simple principle, each hardworking amer

she -- mrs. washington, mrs. harding, and mrs.ruman are the three first ladies who burned their letters, and what a loss it is. anslover: we're fortunate that she didn't burn the letters from harry, at least. she left us those but she did , not want her words recorded. she was -- it was a partnership, but she was a silent partner. swain: well, on that note, mike brennan asks you on -- it says, "a question for dr. anslover. i am enjoying your book. how did the bess-harry dynamic inform his presidency?" anslover: greatly, because he asked her before he did pretty much anything -- there's a little bit of controversy over whether he consulted her about dropping the atomic bomb, and the story has it from some sources that he didn't consult bess about that, but be sure that he consulted her about everything else. so their dynamic was very important, and you can see his spirits got lower when she was home in missouri. and he just didn't function with quite as much vigor when bess wasn't near. so thanks for the question, mike. seale: well

mr. royce: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the retail investor protection act, and the department of labor's proposal here is going to harm the very working class americans that the administration claims that it's supporting. this is not hyperbole. this is not a hypothetical. i want to give you the real results of what happened in the united kingdom when it enacted similar regulation in 2013. here are the disastrous results. 310,000 clients were dropped. 60,000 new investors were rejected. an estimated 11 million potential savers were priced out of advice. in the face of these facts, the department of labor continues to insist on applying the failed philosophy of government knows best to retirement savings. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this legislation. and thank the gentlewoman from missouri for her leadership on this. i yield back the balance of my time. mrs. maloney: will the gentleman yield? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the g

mr. smith: mr. speaker, last month, pope francis admonished a joint session of congress to follow the golden rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. he said the golden rule impels to protect and defend human life at every stage of development and it's wrong to remain silent and look the other way. establishing this select committee is the right thing to do we simply can't remain silent or look the other way. instead congress needs to thoroughly investigate profoundly disturbing conduct by top level planned parenthood officials. caught on tape, and i've watched all the tapes, planned parenthood's top leadership, not interns or lower level employees, showed callous disregard for human lives while gleefully calculated the gains from the sale of baby body parts. we know that every day, planned parenthood dismembers or chemically poisons to death approximately 900 unborn babies. since 1973, more than seven million children have been violently killed in planned parenthood clin ebbics. now

mr. daines: mr. president, prior to being elected to the united states senate, i spent 28 years in business. and when you're in business, you know you can't keep spending more money than you're taking in or you go broke, you go out of business. and i was elected to help get our country back on track and get washington, d.c.'s reckless spending and record debt under control. in fact, the very first bill that i introduced in the united states senate was the balanced budget accountability act. and it's pretty simple. it requires that the members of congress pass a balanced budget or they don't get paid. the people of montana deserve real solutions to address washington, d.c.'s failures, not more budget gimmicks and backroom deals. in fact, montana farmers will suffer because of this budget deal. the crop insurance program was gutted as a way to make this deal work. where was the voice of montana, where was the voice of rural america as this backroom deal was cut? this deal takes our nation in the wrong

mr. pallone: mr. chairman, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. green. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to h.r. 702. in the past 10 years, the united states has undergone an energy revolution. it has far exceeded analysis and prediction. the success in this field has materialized in the jobs in our district in the houston district both in the chemical and refining industries. the price of oil dropped from $100 a barrel to $45 a barrel. gasoline prices have fallen from $4 per gallon to less than $2 in houston. i represented our refinery complexes for many years. all of this benefited our economy and the consumer. unfortunately, the success has brought hardship on the upstream producers. the energy sector, which led our country out of the recession, is now laid off -- has now laid off approximately 150,000 folks. bloomberg estimated 40% of these layoffs were in texas. i know the oil industry is

mr. smith: mr. speaker, in 1983, 241 servicemen in beirut were killed and another 60 injured by a car bomb. one of the marines murdered was my constituent, paul, who lived with his young family in my hometown of hamilton. in my second term as congressman, i joined mourners at his funeral. i will never forget the agony and the sorrow of his family. iranian terrorism killed paul and over the decades has killed or maimed thousands of other americans. a federal court, mr. speaker, a district court found that the 1983 bombing was, quote, beyond question perpetrated by hezbollah and its agents who received massive materiel and tactical support from the yearian government. later, a three-judge federal court appeals panel approved $1.75 billion in judgment against iran for the 1983 bombing and some other iranian acts of terror. today, iran is poised to get billions of dollars through so-called sanctions relief for an egregiously flawed comprehensive peace plan or plan of action, money that will procure for

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i said the senate would take up the fiscal agreement after the house acted, and we are. this agreement isn't perfect. i share some concerns other colleagues have raised, but here's the bottom line: this is a fully offset agreement that rejects tax hikes, secures long-term savings through entitlement reforms, and provides increased support for our military. all this at a time when we confront threats in multiple theaters. each of these items was a republican goal heading into the negotiation. each of these items was achieved in the agreement before us. i'm encouraged that it would enact the most significant reform to social security since 1983, resulting in $168 billion in long-term savings. i'm encouraged that it would repeal more of obamacare, and i am real estate encourage

duffy, mr. ribble, mr. pocan, mr. grothman. the gentlelady from california, mrs. mimi walters. the members will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. the sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the speaker-elect, paul d. ryan of wisconsin. >> the 114th congress of the united states. floor strength yen and inspired by the support of our colleagues. the constituents and the love of our families. my special thanks to all of you my children en, nine grandchildren, and the family for their support. the people of san francisco. the continued honor to represent them here. my heartfelt thanks to my colleagues for extending to me the honor of being nominated to the speaker of the house. thank you very much. said to his constituents and this congress with honor for 25 years. peaker john boehner. in his story we are reminded of the enduring exceptional promise of america. this hardworking son of an ohio bartender and owner who grew up to be the speaker of the house of representatives. john boehner talked about the american dream. john boehner, you are the personificatio

mr. bryne: mr. speaker, i think what the gentleman from florida said at the beginning was inaccurate. he said that we brought two things together in this rule that are not related to one another. they are. they're related both to energy production in this country. and that's what the rule is about. now, i'm standing here today as the grandson of a man who was shot and killed by someone who was mentally ill in 1920. i know the importance of that issue. i know what it means to families. who have been victimized by it. and there may be a day and a time for us to have this debate, but it's not today. today we're talking about the energy security of our country. it was today we're here to talk about freeing up the american economy and freeing up domestic producers so that they can sell their product abroad, as we are now going to allow iran to sell their product abroad. so i would like for us to get back to the debate on energy. that's what we're here today about. i reserve the balance of my time. the sp

mr. haynes: i was born and raised in west virginia. i spent my whole childhood there. >> did you go to public school? mr. haynes: yes, private and public school until i went to catholic school. >> what was it like in west virginia, i imagine college football was a big deal, mr. haynes: i grew up in when i lived there it was 16,000. pretty small. >> look in of aspirations that you have -- what kind of aspirations did you have >> . mr. haynes: because my father was a professor of engineering, we had a very international circle of friends. i had a real hunger to see the world. i met a lot of people, listened to where they came from, different cultures and ways of looking at things. i had a big desire to travel. >> is that what took you to the cia? mr. haynes: no, a kind of came and got me. i was doing programming. at the time, they intelligence ranch was buying technology but did not have talent to use it. they combed universities and a program where they brought in 100 of us, probably the s

mr. cameron: i don't agree. i think there is a strong case for change. that weit is a change should allow local authorities to decide. that is why we will put it in front of the house in the evolution bill. let me give the honorable lady at the house two examples of where i think the current situation worse. you have these restrictions on opening hours for many stores that families would like to shop in. you have to go to these stores and you have to walk around for hours before you are allowed to buy anything. the second point i would make is that you can shop on sunday. you can shop anywhere on sunday. you can do it on the internet. i think it is time to modernize our approach, to give families more choice, and to help create jobs at the same time. speaker, i have a question from ian of enfield. he says, this is an appeal to help those who no longer have any dignity and self-respect, the down and out. we call for constructive attempts to tackle this growing urban problem. these words, n

mr. conyers. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, we are here today to discuss the rule for reconciliation, which i believe we are wasting on a doomed attempt to repeal obamacare for the 61st time that we are doing this again for the 61st time is a problem. but that we are wasting our one shot at budget reconciliation on this is a tremendous shame. and we should use -- be using this opportunity to avoid the senate filibuster to actually make law, not make a point to our bases. and the way to do this is by focusing on a bipartisan issue, cancelling the sequester. the sequester is a unique problem in american public policy, a program that is intentionally designed to be a bad idea. cripples the programs that made progress andury of weakens the greatest military. it's bad for us at home and bad for us overseas. is a blundering approach to deficit reduction and what supposed to push this congress to compromise. unfortunately, we have not otten there because of a few that refuse to give up this hostage. it isn't this body that is

mr. brashov, it's mr. littleton from the bank again. i'm sorry. mr. brashov stepped out for a moment. but i'll make sure that i give him the message. yes, of course i'm sure ! you're welcome. good-bye. - you're going to have to talk to him sooner or later. - i know. but not until i figure out what to do. what are you going to do ? i mean, about us ? i don't understand. - which one of us are you going to let go ? - we need to know, mr. brashov. is it jamal ? where is jamal ? - we haven't seen him. - but he isn't sick. we think he's out looking for another job. is he the one you're firing ? believe me, i don't want to let anyone go. i'm trying to come up with a solution. i just haven't thought of one yet. - i have another idea. - what is it ? - you know my senior citizen's group ? - who could forget them ? well, they hold a bingo tournament every thursday at noon, and i was thinking-- no ! no more old people. victor, you sound just like your banker. forget the gray hair and keep an open mind. what's your idea, jess ? tomorrow's the day they have lunch a

mr. corbyn serves as the leader of the opposition in the british parliament to primus or cameron's conservative party. this about one hour, five minutes. [applause] rohi malik: hello, everybody. my name is rohi malik is that's my first time at the labour party conference. [applause] i am a bit nervous. i grew up in islington north and i knew jeremy corbyn before he was famous. [laughter] i know him from down my street on my way to school. i know him from countless campaigns from defending our local hospitals in islington to marching for peace and justice party i know him from the countless times he have helped parents of my friends. jeremy has always stood up for everybody in islington north was such commitment and dedication. and refugeesnhs are close to my heart. prisoners a political on death row and he escaped to this country, arrived without a word of english and british humidity with a new start and hope. -- humanity with a new start and hope. [applause] given great was opportunity