no mr. sanford. mr. womack. mr. womack. . mr. brett. mr. blum. . mr. mooney. mr. grothman. . mr. palmer. mr. palmer, . mr. palmer, , . mr. palmer, . mr. palmer, , . . mr. renasa. . mr. johnson. no. >> mr. van hahn, aye. mr. yarmuth. aye. mr. pascrell, aye. mr. ryan, aye. miss moore. aye. miss castor. aye. mr. mcdermott. miss lee. aye. mr. pokan. aye. miss louhan grisham. police di miss dingle, aye. mr. lew, aye. mr. norcross, aye. mr. molten. aye. mr. garrett. no. >> stutzman. mr. sanford, no. mr. mooney, mr. chairman. no. miss louhan grisham. aye. mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 13, nos 20. >> ayes 13, the nos 20, the amendment is not adopted. we have completed the tier i amendments. we will work through the tier ii amendments in numerical order unless instructed otherwise by the minority. i would remind folks the tier ii amendments get 8 minutes total. and, therefore, 3 'wants to present, 4 minutes of rebuttal and one minute to close for the eight-minute total. amendment number 15 is up and the clerk will designate the amendment. >> amendment number 15 offered by mr. ya

mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. cordray, you and i have had a number of discussions in regards to trip. and certainly i appreciate your willingness to discuss it with us. as we've seen, you've delayed the implementation of the rule until october. and since then we've seen a lot of concern by the industry, they're struggling with this rule. some of the software programs that they've utilized have not been as good in implementing this as they would have liked to have seen and they're still struggling. so my question is, what do you see from your position as an enforcer of this, as well as, you have had any enforcement actions taken against anyone at this point? mr. cordray: i think we see and hear much the same things that you're describing. i think the i.t. problems here have been much larger than maybe people would have expected. in particular because a mortgage lender can't control the i.t. systems of realtors or title agents or settlement agents and others. and they have to all work together. so i know there was a

mr. cordray: we're doing the very same thing that the federal trade commission does and that the state attorneys general do. it is difficult to know how to do more than case by case when you're talking with cases of fraud. or deceptive conduct. but we attempt to give guidance to the entire market by very specific orders that are issued in these cases, so that everyone knows that if they're doing this, they should stop. if that's called regulation by enforcement, i think it's a strong deterrence and it's important as a law and order mechanism for signaling to other actors. mr. luetkemeyer: the last time you were here, i asked the question, just before we got finished up, with regards to a debt collection company that you wound up settling a situation for $12 million based on a proposed rule. not a rule that's enforced. but a proposed rule. mr. cordray: what matter are we talking about? mr. luetkemeyer: encore. mr. cordray: ok. debt collection. mr. luetkemeyer: and this was based on not a r

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, the american people last week lost a devoted public servant, nancy davis reagan. as a former staff member of the reagan administration, i will always appreciate the devotion of nancy reagan to the american people, especially to her husband, ronnie. nancy reag will always be cherished for how she inspired nation and showed good will to prevail. nancy reagan demonstrated that service with small acts to make a world of difference. nancy's fierce love for her husband and country was her service. a passionate advocate for drug awareness and spreengs, nancy reagan launched the, just say no" program to fight drug and alcohol abuse buste among young people. she strived to always make a positive impact for our citizens. ms. reagan showed that no act of kindness, no act of love is too

mr. guijta? mr. sanford? mr. sanford, no. mr. womack? mr. womack, no. mr. brat? mr. brat, no. mr. blum? mr. blum, no. mr. mooney? mr. mooney, no. mr. grossman? mr. growthman, no. mr. palmer? mr. palmer, no. mr. mole far? mr. mole far, no. mr. wester man? mr. westerman, no. mr. renace, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. van hollen? mr. van hollen, aye. mr. yarmouth? mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell, aye. mr. ryan? mr. ryan, aye. ms. moore? ms. moore, aye. ms. kas snore ms. castor, aye. mr. mcdermott? mr. mcdermott, aye. mr. pocan? mr. pocan, aye. miss grisham, aye. ms. dingell. ms. dingell, aye. mr. lou, aye. mr. norcross? mr. norcross aye. mr. mole on the? mr. molten? aye. ms. black? ms. black no. mr. guinta? mr. chairman, no. >> clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 14 and the noes are 21. >> >> the ayes being 14 and the noes 21, the amendment is not adopt adopted. yes? >>. [ inaudible ] without objection. there's a vote on the floor. actually, three votes on the floor and the committee will stand in recess until following the votes. >>> the house budg

mr. wester man? mr. westerman, no. mr. renace, no. mr. johnson, no. mr. van hollen? mr. van hollen, aye. mr. yarmouth? mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell, aye. mr. ryan? mr. ryan, aye. ms. moore? ms. moore, aye. ms. kas snore ms. castor, aye. mr. mcdermott? mr. mcdermott, aye. mr. pocan? mr. pocan, aye. miss grisham, aye. ms. dingell. ms. dingell, aye. mr. lou, aye. mr. norcross? mr. norcross aye. mr. mole on the? mr. molten? aye. ms. black? ms. black no.

mr. johnson no. mr. van hollen? mr. van hollen aye. mr. yarmuth? mr. yarmuth aye. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell aye. mr. ryan? mr. ryan aye. ms. moore? ms. moore aye. ms. castor? mr. mcdermott. mr. mcder moth aye. ms. lee. ms. lee aye. mr. pokane. mr. pokane may. ms. grisham? ms. dingell aye. mr. norcross? mr. norcross aye. mr. molten? mr. molten aye. mr. chairman? mr. chairman no.

mr. higgins: mr. speaker, today the people of niagara falls will reclaim what was taken from them 50 years ago, access to arguably the world's greatest waterfront, niagara falls. since 1964, the robert moses parkway have cut off the city from its waterfront. the highway is one of several ill conceived projects rammed through cities 50 years ago that have kept western new york from realizing its full economic potential. three years ago, i issued a report that detailed the role of the new york power authority, which planned the parkway, ejicted homeowners and owns the land on which -- evicted homeowners and owns the land on which this is issued. shortly thereafter, work began on the removal of the southern portion, and now, as we propose, the new york power authority will fund the next phase, a $42 million project that takes down the parkway and builds up this city. two weeks ago, i stood with the mayor to demand the complete removal of the parkway. with today's announcement, niagara falls will reclaim

mr. miller: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4436, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. to clerk: h.r. 4336, a bill amend title 38, united states code, to provide for the burial of the cremated remains of persons who served as women's air forces service pilots in arlington national cemetery. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from florida, mr. miller, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and or add heir remarks extraneous material on h.r. 4336, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i do rise today to urge all members to support h.r. 433

mr. veasey: mr. speaker, later today house republicans will forward a resolution authorizing the speaker to file an anti-immigrant amicus brief with the supreme court. while speaker ryan has called for a vote, the house republicans refuse to reveal what the plan may say. but then again house republicans given their extensive record on anti-immigrant actions, little is left to the imagination. time and time again g.o.p. leadership has failed to bring a comprehensive immigration reform vote to the floor. continue they had they have favored deporting dreamers. they have done all they can to undermine president obama's executive action on immigration. this -- later this week this gimmick that they are proposing will do nothing to fix our broken immigration system. instead it sends a message of the g.o.p. intends to continue confining hardworking immigrants and families to the shadows. families who currently live in fear of deportation should be afforded the opportunity to fully contribute to the only cou

the points made by mr. trout -- mr. trot and mr. mr. yoho: -- mr. trott and mr. yoho bring to mind a conversation i had yesterday with the former n.s.a. and c.i.a. director about the concept that if you move them to u.s. soil, in fact, that will be a magnet for terrorists, the fact that jihaddists are being held in the united states. and so i think the last two -- the last questions raised were also questions worth contemplating but we will adjourn at this time for the votes and thank our panel. thank you very much. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> vice president joe biden says president barack obama did his indicty during a time in a divided government. and nominated a moderate to the supreme court. and he says now it's time for the senate to do its part and consider the nomination. here's a portion of what you'll see tonight. mr. biden: it's frankly ridiculous. there is no biden rule. it doesn't exis

mr. palmer. mr. molnar. mr. westerman. . mr. renasa. . mr. johnson. mr. van hahn, aye. mr. yarmuth, aye. mr. pascrell, a, police ryan, ms. moore, a. mr. castor, mr. mcdermott. ms. lee. ms. lee, aye. mr. pokan. aye. ms. louhan grisham, aye. poli miss dingell, aye. mr. lew, aye. mr. norcross. aye. mr. molten. aye. mr. garrett. mr. woodall, miss hartzler, miss hartzler. mr. blum, mr. mooney. mr. chairman. mr. chairman, no. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, mr. garrett. mr. garrett. no. >> the clerk will now report. >> mr. chairman on that vote the ayes are 11, the nos are 18. >> ayes being 11, the nos 19, it is not adopted. seeks request to be head of co-sponsor without objection. we're on amendment number 13. the court will designate the amendment. >> amendment number 13, offered by mr. norcross, righting to the paycheck fairness act. >> recognized for six minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i hope the number 13 is the lucky 13, particularly for this one. my simple amendment calls for on the house to pass the payor check fairness which builds on the equal pay act of

mr. ginta? no. mr. sanford? no. mr. womack? mr. brat? mr. blum? mr. mooney? mr. grothman? mr. palmer? no. mr. molinar? no. mr. westerman? no. mr. renacci? no. mr. johnson? no. mr. van hollen? aye. mr. yarmuth? aye. mr. pascrell? aye. mr. ryan? miss moore? aye. miss castor? mr. mcdermott? miss lee? aye. mr. pocan? aye. miss lujan grisham? aye. miss dingell? aye. mr. lieu? aye. mr. norcross? aye. >> mr. moulton? aye. mr. garret in mr. woodall? miss hartzler? no. mr. blum? mr. mooney? mr. chairman? no. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. garret? n no. >> ayes are 11, nos are 19. >> the amendment is not adopted. for what purpose does the gentle lady from wisconsin? she seeks to be added as co-sponsor without objection. we're on amendment number 13. clerk will designate the amendment. >> amendment number 13 offered by mr. norcross. >> thank you. i hope number 13 is the lucky number 13. closing loopholes that have kept it from achieving equal pay for equal work. my amendment adds 50 million in mandatory spending funding to collect data collection enforcement by the department of labor.

mr. johnson no. mr. van hollen? mr. van hollen aye. mr. yarmuth? mr. yarmuth aye. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell aye. mr. ryan? mr. ryan aye. ms. moore? ms. moore aye. ms. castor? mr. mcdermott. mr. mcder moth aye. ms. lee. ms. lee aye. mr. pokane. mr. pokane may. ms. grisham? ms. dingell aye. mr. norcross? mr. norcross aye. mr. molten? mr. molten aye. mr. chairman? mr. chairman no. mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes are 14 and the nos are 20. >> thank you, so much, mr. the amendment is not adopted. >> amendment number 26 to prevent cyber attacks. >> our federal government has been and still is vulnerable to cyber attacks. last year the massive breaches at the office of personnel management led to the resignation of the then director as well as release of millions of social security numbers of federal employees and over 20 million security clearance data records stolen. these records have been called the crown jewels of american national intelligence, congressman seth and i had our records stolen as part of a breach and a foreign adversary has them. as a recovering computer sipes major

mr. chancellor: mr. mcgovern. mr. mcgovern: since gary and fritz have been objected to being called a front runner, i hope they will let me take that label with me back to boston. franklin roosevelt once said that the presidency is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership. that is true. that means the next president will have to seek, above all else, our salvation from nuclear annihilation. second only to that, we have to learn, in this great country, to quit intervening in these third world revolutions, whether it is el salvador or nicaragua or lebanon or wherever. unfortunately, in the name of fighting communism, we have embraced virtually every scoundrel around the world willing to wave an anti-communist banner. [applause] mr. mcgovern: the time has come for the united states to once again assert in foreign policy not what we hate and fear but what this great country is for. that ought to be the goal of the next president. mr. chancellor: thank you. sen. glenn: george brought up we have not had more of an opportun

mr. royce: mr. lewis. mr. lewis: mr. chairman, we believe detainees can be safely and securely and humanely detained in the united states. we believe -- i believe that current statute does prohibit it -- prohibit us from doing that. the plan that was sent up, we gave a look at locations. military facilities and federal and state facilities that could do that. we believe detainees, as i said, can be detained. we did not pick a specific location. mr. royce: the -- one of the concerns that congress clearly terms of that in our experience with those who have left guantanamo bay over the long haul, those that returned to the fight or those who are expected to return to the fight is a little over 30%. i understand the argument that the administration's making that recent -- recent individuals released, they haven't returned -- lower percentage that returned to the fight but, of course, there's a continuum in terms of collecting the information and monitoring and transitioning as people end up -- i'm just looking at the overall

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, yesterday economics professor peter of the university of maryland and the "washington times" cited facts the american people need to know. quote, president obama would like us to believe that things are getting better every day. but average median incomes are down $1,650 on his watch. elderly women are working in record numbers because pensions and retirement incomes are being decimated. and young folks are bogged down by student loans, can't buy homes, and face rocketing apartment rents. should the economy tumble, hillary clinton will try to buy off voters with more obama vintage free stuff that makes creating jobs in the private sector so tough. expanding obamacare mandated benefits will push up prices for drugs, medical services, and insurance premiums even more and cause employers to hire even fewer workers. instead of more jobs, america will have more debt and more employers fleaing. america did not become a superpower by being timid. it's time for a president who unders

mr. del toro's preliminary memo that found high levels of lead in flint's water supply. why did it take another five months for the final report to come out? >> i never told the mayor to disregard that memo? in fact, if you look at appendix 3 to my testimony, you'll see what actually occurred during the conversation that i had with the mayor. >> there's great dispute on that coming across the board. >> yes, i wrote the email. and i know what i said. and if we could take the time to take a moment to talk about that, i think we could clear that up. >> i'm not sure we could. mr. del toro certainly has a different, different recollection of it, as well as responses to him. and i had the opportunity to talk with him in flint this saturday as well. very different from what we're being told here. and that's the concern. again, the human decency act. when the issue was brought to you, by authorities in the field, by actual testing, the epa didn't do what it needed to do, even if the other entitie

dingle mr. lou. mr. norcross aye. mr. molten aye. mr. garret. mr. garret, no. mr. woodall. mr. sutsman. mr. sanford? mr. sanford no. mr. mooney? mr. chairman. mr. chairman. no. ms. grisham. aye. >> clerk will report. >> mr. chairman on that vote the aye are 13, no's 20. >> the amendment is not adopted. we have completed the tier one amendments and we'll work through the tier two amendments now in numerical order unless

mr. royce: mr. lewis. mr. lewis: mr. chairman, we believe detainees can be safely and securely and humanely detained in the united states. we believe -- i believe that current statute does prohibit it -- prohibit us from doing that. we are working towards doing that. the plan that was sent up, we gave a look at locations. military facilities and federal and state facilities that could do that. we believe detainees, as i said, can be detained. we did not pick a specific location. mr. royce: the -- one of the concerns that congress clearly has here is that in terms of our experience with those who have left guantanamo bay over the long haul, those that returned to the fight or those who are suspected of having returned to the fight is a little over 30%. i understand the argument that the administration's making that recent individuals released, they haven't returned -- lower percentage that returned to the fight but, of course, there's a continuum in terms of collecting the information and monitoring and transitioning as p

mr. clay: mr. speaker, we don't have any further speakers on this side. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. russell: mr. speaker, i urge adoption of the bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 1596. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid pon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? mr. russell: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass senate 1826 to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 99 west 2nd street in fond due lake -- fondue lack, wisconsin, as the lieutenant colonel james "maggie" megellas post office. the speaker pro tempore: the

mr. keller. mr. keller: thank you, mr. chief justice. chief justice roberts: i suppose i should before you get started, we'll afford you an additional eight minutes. i think that's roughly mr. -- roughly. mr. keller: an extra thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court. res judicata bars the facial challenges. in any event, texas acted to improve abortion safety, and planned parenthood provides this increased standard of care and has opened new ascs. abortion is legal and accessible in texas. all the texas metropolitan areas that have abortion clinics today will have open clinics if the court affirms, and that includes the six most populous areas of texas. justice ginsburg: well, how many women are located over 100 miles from the nearest clinic? mr. keller: justice ginsburg, ja 242 provides that 25% of texas women of reproductive age are not within miles of an asc. but that would not include mcallen that got asapplied relief, and it would not include el paso, where the santa teresa, new mexico facility is. justice ginsburg:

mr. wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: the senate's not in order. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. wyden: mr. president, this amendment keeps the toomey amendment on enforcement completely intact and makes two critical improvements. it adds prevention and treatment. colleagues, this is what the republican witness in the finance committee said was needed. it's what the democratic witness in the finance committee said is needed. we need more prevention, better treatment and tougher enforcement to work in tandem. the toomey amendment is about enforcement but we also need prevention and treatment. if somebody is addicted to opioids, they need a real path out of addiction. this amendment ensures people who need help are connected to meaningful treatment choices to better manage their pain and limit excessive prescriptions. my amendment also aims to end the tide of overprescribing in the first place. it does that by doubling the penaltie

mr. cordray: thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member waters -- members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about the semiannual report to congress. i appreciate your continued dialogue as we work together to strengthen our financial system and ensure that it serves consumers, responsible businesses and the long-term foundations of the american economy. as we continue to build this new agency, we made considerable progress on our core responsibilities to exert supervisor oversight over the nation's largest banks and nonbank financial companies and to enforce the consumer financial laws enacted by the congress. our analytical approach to risk-based supervision is leading to more systematic changes at these institutions and we're making progress on leveling the playing field for all participants. it resulted in institutions providing more than $95 million in relief to over 177,000 consumers. our enforcement actions have based on careful and thorough investigations and most have identified dec

mr. lou? mr. norcross? mr. more to ross aye. m mr. molten? mr. molten aye. mr. garrett? no. mr. garrett no. mr. diaz-balart? no. mr. cole? mr. cole, no. mr. guinta? no. mr. mooney? no. ms. moore? >> aye. >> ms. moore, aye. mr. chairman? mr. chairman no. mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes are 10 and the noes are 22. >> thank you, so much, mr. chairman, i should been listed as the co-sponsor of this amendment. ask unanimous consent to be listed as co-sponsor. >> without objection. >> thank you. >> i have a technical amendment that we've discussed with mr. van hollen and minority staff and the clerk will designate the amendment. the staff will -- i think has distributed copies. >> a technical amendment offered by chairman price. >> this amendment simply makes some numerical corrections within the budget document and mr. chairman if i could ask the staff just -- >> the technical correction is to increase the spending levels in function and transfer the reductions to function 930 which is general government and the other is to correct a number in advanced appropriations for v.a. the

mr. womack. mr. womack, no. mr. brat. mr. brat, no. mr. blum. mr. blum, no. mr. mooney. mr. moon grothman. mr. palmer. mr. palmer no. mr. mall nar no. mr. westerman. mr. westerman no. mr. renacci. no. mr. johnson. mr. johnson, no. mr. van hollan, mr. van hollan aye. mr. yarmouth aye. mr. pescrow aye. mr. ryan, mr. ryan aye. ms. moore. ms. moore aye. ms. caster aye. mr. mcdermott. ms. lee. ms. lee aye. mr. pocan. aye. ms. grithsm. ms. dingle mr. lou. mr. norcross aye. mr. molten aye. mr. garret. mr. garret, no. mr. woodall. mr. sutsman. mr. sanford? mr. sanford no. mr. mooney? mr. chairman. mr. chairman. no. ms. grisham. aye. >> clerk will report. >> mr. chairman on that vote the aye are 13, no's 20. >> the amendment is not adopted. we have completed the tier one amendments and we'll work through the tier two amendments now in numerical order unless instructed otherwise by the minority. and i would remind folks that the tier two amendments get eight minutes total. and therefore, three minutes to present. four minutes of rebuttal. and then one minute to close for the eight min

mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. cordray, you and i have had a number of discussions in regards to trip. and certainly i appreciate your willingness to discuss it with us. as we've seen, you've delayed the implementation of the rule until october. and since then we've seen a lot of concern by the industry, they're struggling with this rule. some of the software programs that they've utilized have not been as good in implementing this as they would have liked to have seen and they're still struggling. so my question is, what do you see from your position as an enforcer of this, as well as, you have had any enforcement actions taken against anyone at this point? mr. cordray: i think we see and hear much the same things that you're describing. i think the i.t. problems here have been much larger than maybe people would have expected. in particular because a mortgage lender can't control the i.t. systems of realtors or title agents or settlement agents and others. and they have to all work together. so i know there was a

mr. takano: mr. speaker, i stood with my colleagues on the house floor in silence as we mourned for the victims in brussels. today as i watched leading politicians propose discriminatory policies targeting the muslim community. can i not be silent. 70 years ago my parents and grandparents were held prisoner during world war ii without trial and without a reason other than their japanese heritage. and that moment no one was willing to speak up for them. we cannot ignore the lessons of history. the muslim community is the most frequent victim of terrorism and our greatest ally in ridding the world of extremism. responding to brussels by advocating for patrols of muslim neighborhoods or suggesting that we torture our enemies is not only counterproductive, it violates the moral code that separates us from our enemies. it is my duty, it is every american's duty, to reject discrimination and uphold our values. i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose d

mr. cordray: -- mr. pearce: student loans charge 5% where wall street bankers pay less than .5%, state of the union loans pay 5%. do you deal with student loans? mr. cordray: i think there are issues that could be looked at there, that might be for the congress. mr. pearce: there are issues you haven't looked at, you're looking at other shshes. you established a q.m. rule and the q.m. rule was supposed to protect consumers but what it actually did was drive 95% of the loans into the g.s.e.'s, which are exempt according to the legislation that you tried to impact. 95% are driven into the g.s.e.'s and you have no action that you're taking on g.s.e.'s, yourself come do you think here picking on people making loans to people trying to pay their rent on the end of the month. but when you drive them inside of government your answer is, here ewith -- we cannot do anything to back the government off, we don't deal with the i.r.s., don't deal with government loans and what you do is driving people into a market w

mr. speaker, i rise as a voice to tell this chamber that their stories are real and pain is real and fight is real. my bill can halt this tragedy by removing this dangerous from the market. join this fight because stories are tool important to ignore. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today is rare disease day and it's the reason why i am wearing this special tie given to me by minnesotan, erica barnes, as part of the chloe's fight rare disease foundation's wear something rare campaign. mr. paulsen: rare disease is generally defined as a condition that affects fewer than 200,000 people and there are approximately 7,000 different types of rare diseases which impact the health of about 30 million americans. half of which are children. february 29, a day which is rare in itself, is also set aside to bring awareness and improve access to treatment and medical representation for people living with a rare disease. it's reco

mr. earnest: it's starting to. there's a lot more that we believe needs to be done to speed the flow of humanitarian aid and allow for the provision of that assistance to be to become more routine. -- to become more routine. we have seen reports that the pace of that aid being provided as stepped up. that obviously is a welcome development. there are a lot of people inside of syria who are innocently caught in the crossfire who are in pretty desperate need of basic medical supplies, food, water and other basic materials that humans need to survive. so we would like to see the pace of those humanitarian hipments increased and hopefully that will happen as the cessation of hostilities continues to be implemented. reporter: harry reid today said that a nominee's expected within a week or so. i know that you've been reticent to talk about timing and things like that, but just given a shot, i mean, should we expect a nominee within the next week or can you rule that out? if that's the case, if

westerman, no. >> mr. johnson. >> no. >> mr. van hollen? mr. van hollen aye. mr. yarmouth? mr. yarmouth aye. mr. pascrell? mr. ryan? ms. moore? ms. castor? ms. castor aye. mr. mcdermott? >> aye. >> mr. mcdermott, aye. ms. lee, mr. pokane, aye. ms. grisham? >> aye. >> aye. ms. dingle. >> aye. >> ms. dingle aye. mr. lou? mr. norcross? mr. more to ross aye. m

thank you, mr. chairman. mr. carter: mr. cuellar. mr. cuellar: i live on the border, represent a large chunk of the border so we understand what's happening across. we've been, i believe, about $18 million when you combine everything on border security, north, south, a lot of money. so we play defense on the 1-yard line, what we call the 1-yard line. i'd rather play defense on the 20-yard line rather than our 1-yard line. the more we can do to work with the republic of mexico and i believe secretary -- the secretary is here, or will be here with secretary johnson and i appreciate the work they're doing and whatever we can do with our central american and other latin american countries will be good. could you tell us what your efforts are in particular what you're doing with keeping that in mind, moving the defense -- moving the fence a little more and the more we can do in those countries, what we're doing with the republic of mexico and central america to address some of this transnational problems that we're seeing right now? mr. clanc

mr. carvin. mr. carvin: mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, every year, petitioners are required to provide significant support to a group that advocates an ideological viewpoint which they oppose and do not wish to subsidize. abood's authorization of this clear first amendment violation should be overturned, both to end this ongoing deprivation of basic speech and association rights, and to restore consistency and predictability to the court's first amendment jurisprudence. justice ginsburg: mr. carvin, is it permissible, in your view, to allow the union to be the exclusive representative so that nobody else is at the bargaining table? mr. carvin: yes, that's fine with us. our objection, of course, is being forced to subsidize that exclusive representative. the fact that they are exclusive representative impinges on my clients because it disables them from individually negotiating with the school board, but that is justified by the need for an exclusive representative. and that is why, indeed, requi

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, last wednesday the post and courier under the leadership of publisher pamela browning and editorial page editor says that president barack obama has asked to close the prison at guantanamo. republicans on the south carolina congressional delegation are right to reject his call. even the president has to follow the law. in a world that has given rise to islamic state, it is hard to credit the argument that the existence of guantanamo insites terror. in a recent op-ed column for "the washington post," a former deputy secretary of defense observed that some of the terrorists who have been released from guantanamo have returned to the same nefarious activities for which they were jailed. those who remain have a record of participating in terrorism, financing terrorism or ou

mr. cordray: yes. mr. fitzpatrick: when is that expected to be released? mr. cordray: the proposed rule, which will be subject to considerable comment will be released this spring. mr. fitzpatrick: this particular bank that i met with me wanted me to -- and suggested whether you have any willingness to identify data and something you talked to mr. westmoreland so banks and financial institutions can draw their own conclusions, is that something you would be willing to do? mr. cordray: what purpose? mr. fitzpatrick: the data to formulate the rule on overdraft fees. mr. cordray: on small dollar loans or overdraft? i thought you were talking about on overdraft. we aren't releasing a proposal this spring. mr. fitzpatrick: you would be able to release the data that forms the basis of your conclusion? mr. cordray: we released white papers. mr. fitzpatrick: are you willing to release more information. h.r. 3131, are you familiar with that bill. what the bill would do is require the bureau when you make a report o

mr. hice: ok. mr. ting. mr. ting: i think it's very much related to the volume of border crossers that have to be processed. i mean, we're all aware there was a tremendous border surge in f.y. 2014, and preliminary statistics show that the border surge in the current fiscal year 2016 may exceed that number. i think when you have a historic border surge that obviously stresses whatever resources are available at the order. and security risks can take advantage and penetrate our borders. simply riding the tide of high volume of processing that has to occur. and looking at f.y. 2016, i think a lot of us think we're confronting that situation this year. mr. hice: ok. let me ask you, mr. mccraw, how high are the security risks and how can we mitigate it? mr. mccraw: they're substantial. until you secure it, you can't mitigate it fully. i know congressman connelly was involved of criminal aliens that come across and how do you keep them from coming back. the only way to do it is secure it. the way you do it is provide

mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 3697. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. whitfield: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman will suspend. pursuant to house resolution 640 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on e state of the union for consideration of h.r. 3797. the chair appoints the gentleman from georgia, mr. westmoreland, to preside over he committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 3797 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to establish the bases by which the administrator of the environmental protection agency shall issue, implement, and enforce certain emission limitations and allocations for existing electric utility steam generating u

mr. earley, in the public. drinking the water. >> we relied on the michigan department of environmental quality. and we got the information from them. >> all right, mr. earley, i'm sorry. my time is limited. sue mccormick of detroit water wrote to you offering to continue supplying water to flint, michigan, until the water authority's project was complete. but you wrote back, there will be no need for flint to continue purchasing water to serve its residents and businesses after april 17th, 2014. why did you reject this offer? to continue using detroit water as a source. >> just to be clear, the letter you refer to went to the city clerk at the time. i was -- >> you had no knowledge of this letter? >> i was not the emergency manager at the time that the letter came in. by the time i got there, we had already been notified that the contract had been terminated. but we could still -- >> but you were the emergency manager before the switch was implemented on your watch, you could say wait a

mr. trump: great to see you. we are getting so many questions on the building itself, how it's coming and this is a great speaker system, boy. unbelievable. and just want to thank everybody for coming. we have had so many inquiries as to how we are doing at the old post office, what was formerly the old post office. the rooms are almost complete. close to 300 rooms, super luxury and going to be amazing and going to employ substantially more than i would say 500 people, at least 500 people and getting them largely from the area and they are already in training. our chefs have been employed, our service staff has been fully employed. so we have a tremendous group of people. the hotel is going to be incredible. much of what you are sitting on, that was open space going into a basement area, that is a brand new floor and gets covered with beautiful marble from different parts of the world. much of what you are seeing here gets the final touches on it. this was one of the great buildings in wa

mr. chief justice, and may it please the court. the petition they challenge strikes precisely the sensible balance between religious liberty and compelling governmental interest, but congress saw when it enacted rfra. as a saw in hobby lobby, they seek -- exempting them from the contraceptive requirement and to respect the interest of petitioners employees. justice kennedy: and i infer from your remarks that there is a substantial burden here? what is permissible accommodation? do you concede there is a substantial burden? >> we do not concede there is a substantial burden. we can see that the religious belief is sincere. we are not questioning the sincerity of the believe, we don't think that in a case in which -- when a question is this, a religious objection is made to the independent arrangements a government makes with third parties, to fill a regulatory gap created by creating an exemption from a generally applicable rule, that that qualifies. justice kennedy: do you believe they ar

kai: mr. van hollen. mr. van hollen: well, the tragedy of freddie gray and the other tragedies we saw around the country have highlighted a systemic problem that runs deep, both in terms of our economy, our education system, criminal justice system, and racism that has reflected in some of these awful tragedies. so what do we need to do? yes, we need to provide more in terms of police accountability and build stronger relations. yes, we need more transparency, and i'm part of an effort on the hill to make sure that we provide more funds to local cameras. but we also need to look at the root issues in the criminal justice system and make sure that we stop treating substance abuse and addiction as a criminal matter. rather than a health care matter. we need to make sure that when people come out of prison, there are re-entry programs so they can become part of society. and then we got to make sure we deal with the fundamental economic issues and make sure that every child has a good education right from the sta

mr. fortenberry for their leadership on this issue. i also want to thank the knights of columbus and all those organizations and leaders around the world who have spoken out on this. this makes a different. their efforts in speaking out against genocide is making a different. but now that our government is recognizing this crisis, it needs to do more to stop it. i hope the president will seize this opportunity to present a very clear strategy to defeat this enemy and to all those brave people who are being persecuted, i would simply like to say this. we will stand with you, we will pray for you, and we will work every day to put these words into action. thank you. >> speaker ryan, my friend john harwood -- mr. ryan: i wasn't trying to. >> but to clarify, i want to make sure, in the event that no person running for the republican nominee right now gets enough on the first ballot, that you will unequivocally not -- mr. ryan: it is not me. i didn't think i made news. i thought i was pretty c

mr. mulvaney: you said you -- mr. neugebauer asked you which states, you said all 37 that still allow payday lending, so i'll ask the question again and see if we get a clean answer. if your research as you prepared to produce these new rules on short-term lending, which states have you determined have failed to protect consumers? mr. cordray: maybe i wasn't clear in trying to respond to the question before, that's not how we approach the issue. it's not my job to control states or tell state officials what to do. it is my job -- it's not my job to control states or tell state officials what to do. it is my job -- mr. mulvaney: that's fair. mr. cordray: but it is my job to look at harm occurring in the mark place and look at ways to intervene to address certain predatory prackities of lenders. r. mulvaney: is it fair to assume if you promulgate a rule that's more protective of down seemers than a state has made that you deem that state to not be adequately protecting consumers. mr. corcray: we won't seek to occupy by

mr. o'rourke thank you, mr. chair. mr. thornberry: mr. rogers. mr. rogers: what priority do you assign to the department's nuclear deterrence mission? secretary carter: it is the bedrock of our defense. it's not in the news every day, thank godness. but it is the bedrock of our defense. so having a safe, secure and relyable nuclear deterrent is bedrock priority. we give it the highest priority. and that's both in operating the force -- the currently and it was the subject was raised earlier about the need to keep a safe, secured and reliable deterrent. the submarine force in the future, we'll change out the ohio for the ohio class replacement. that is a necessary evolution. it's a very expensive evolution but we have to do it because we have to retain a safe, secure and reliable nuclear force as a bedrock. mr. rogers: that leads me to my second question. do you see the recapitalization as a deterrent in this environment? secretary carter: particularly you can see it right now that the submarine recapitalization in the decade of the 20's cannot be tak

mr. norcross, aye. mr. molton, aye. mr. garrett. mr. woodall, no. mr. stutzman. mr. blum. mr. garrett, no. mr. chairman, no. >> clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 14 and the nos are 20. >> the amendment is not agreed to. for what purposes the gentle lady from wisconsin? >> yes, would like to be -- should have been added as a co-sponsor to this amendment. >> without objection. >> next up is amendment number five. the clerk will designate the amendment. >> amendment number five offered by mr. mcdermott relating to medicare. >> the gentleman from washington state is recognized for six minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. there was a member of congress from massachusetts many years ago who walked on to the floor and said to a new member, you know something you don't know about this place? the guy said, what? he said, this place ain't on the level. well, this budget ain't on the level. this proposal that you have here before us to remove medicare as we've known it is about as likely to pass as any of us are to walk on mars. it is not going to pass. but ev

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, this weekend we learned that isil-daiish has continued their use of chemical attacks against innocent civilians, including children, with two attacks in northern iraq. over 600 people suffered burns, suffocation, dehydration and sadly a young child, fatima, died from saturday's murderous attack. officials have confirmed that isil has used chlorine and low-grade mustard gas to kill and incapacitate and insight fear. recent news reports say isil developed a unit for chemical and biological attacks, which is a threat to american families. it is said that the president's legacy of weakness, he has not submitted a plan to defeat isil to congress, and has repeatedly belittled the threat of mass murder to american families. his legacy of failure is drowned children fleeing from violence and dead children from chemical attack. i am grateful that the house of representatives took a decisive stance against isil this week, accurately calling their actions against christians and other re

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i want to thank mr. sherman for his very eloquent remarks and strong support for this resolution and urge support and passage of this resolution and yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey yields back the balance of his time. all time having now expired, the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 121, as amended. those in favor will say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative -- mr. smith: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey. mr. smith: on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. for what pur