i urge adoption of this bill, i urge aggressive passage of this bill and i urge the senate to pass it as well. with that, i yield back. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, now we have no further speakers. reserve. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman yield his time? mr. mcclintock: if the gentleman from the marianas has concluded -- mr. sablan: mr. speaker, i urge the -- my colleagues to -- i urge for the adoption of h.r. 374. i have no further speakers. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. mcclintock: and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time has expired. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 374. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. . in the of the -- in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. mcclintock: on that i'd ask for 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

speaker, i urge -- strongly urge support of the gentleman's bill. i urge my colleagues to vote for h.r. 642, to bolesering the relationship between the department of homeland security and the state and local stakeholders and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. all time having expired on this bill the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 642. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 526 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 526, a bill to amend the homeland security act of 2002 to establish in the department of homeland security a board to coordinate and integrate departmen

and i urge my colleagues to support the measure once again. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. donovan: mr. speaker, i have no further speakers. if the gentleman from new jersey has no further speakers, i'm prepared to close once the gentleman does so. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. payne: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. payne: mr. speaker, last fall, the threats of cyberthreats we face came into focus when a foreign government attempted to interfere and undermine the inintelligent of our presidential election by hacking into the campaign and political data bases. h.r. 584 includes language to address this threat by directing d.h.s. to share cyberthreat information regarding election equipment and technology with fusion centers. r. 584 seems to secure our critical cybernetworks by i

burgess: i urge passage and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 302. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in. the opinion of the chair, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. . for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i ask that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 304. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 304, a bill to amend the controlled substances act with regard to the provision of emergency medical services. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, and the gentleman from texas, mr. green, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative d

good shape and improve that is just very, very important i strongly support the n n p and strongly urge you to vote for it thank you. >> hello first thank you to the commission for proceeding this forum and opportunity to speak to the eir and the san francisco or the natural resource management plan my name is eric the chair and professor in rec and park and tourism at san francisco state university and media position not necessarily reflective of the university over the faculties but to support of the eir and the resource plan this is my research area i'm familiar with the eir and have been working with the national - natural areas program for 15 years and being past resident and having some experience in those areas walking with any family and the vast majority of parks move any other comments are restated i'll leave it i'm fully confident that san francisco transportation authority plans & programs committee. will be continuing to listen and work with community members thought as they establish this thank you. >> good afternoon. i've been a resident of san francisco over 15 years and

my name is phillip a 27 resident of the city i'm here today as a member of nature in the city to urge your actions before you today san francisco and bayview are iconic natural beauty a mistake to resist those are great places for scores of plant and mammal species and provides safe and healthy recreation important to san francisco natural areas can't be over stated those foster the community throb service and public gathering and provided assess to the quiet and calm of nature throughout the city to all residents including those who lack access to the state and natural parks and enhance the value of our homes and schools and neighborhood the provide habitat to san francisco they connect people to wild nature in the city they provide a learning labor that inspires this and future generations towards wise stewardship this over the course in a critical time as the bio diversity is lost before your eyes ultimately everyone's health and well-being are - a quality of life is measured by the health environment and the access to it of natural open spaces. >> so i urge you to approve the plan

i urge a yes vote on the amendment and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> claim the time in opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> this requires that agencies report to congress on greenhouse gas impacts associated with the rule. it requires agencies to report on a rule's effect on low-income and rural communities. further, the amendment expands the definition of major rule to include rules that allow increases of carbon emissions by more than 25,000 metric tons or that might increase the risk of certain diseases in rural or low-income communities. i oppose this amendment. e reins act isn't to address rules or regulations with heightened scrutiny and not others. it is to restore accountability with the largest regulatory decisions where the subject is involved. further and consistent with that, the congressional findings in one policy area, climate change, but no other, has n

i urge our members to support this. it has widespread support and has in the oversight and government reform committee. i thank mr. clay, mr. connolly and others working on this issue. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. clay: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to my colleague, iend and cohort on the oversight and government reform committee, the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. connolly: thank you. i thank my good friend, mr. clay, for his leadership on this very important piece of legislation. i also thank the distinguished chairman of the full committee for his leadership in moving this through. the federal advisory committee act amendments of 2017, i think, fall under the umbrella of good government, which the oversight and government reform committee at its best

my name is phillip a 27 resident of the city i'm here today as a member of nature in the city to urgeour actions before you today san francisco and bayview are iconic natural beauty a mistake to resist those are great places for scores of plant and mammal species and provides safe and healthy recreation important to san francisco natural areas can't be over stated those foster the community throb service and public gathering and provided assess to the quiet and calm of nature throughout the city to all residents including those who lack access to the state and natural parks and enhance the value of our homes and schools and neighborhood the provide habitat to san francisco they connect people to wild nature in the city they provide a learning labor that inspires this and future generations towards wise stewardship this over the course in a critical time as the bio diversity is lost before your eyes ultimately everyone's health and well-being are - a quality of life is measured by the health environment and the access to it of natural open spaces. >> so i urge you to approve the plan a

i rise to urge my colleagues to support it. excuse me. when an agency decides to write rule or revise an old one, they need to support their proposal. for many years scientific research has relied upon the peer review process to ensure quality, integrity and objectivity of published work. peer review is when scientists open their research to the scrutiny to other experts in the field in order to receive feedback, criticism and ensure their conclusions are sound. unfortunately, when peer reviews of information return unfavorable comments or raise unforeseen issues of quality of work, some agencies have acted to silence or hide the criteeks. this, of course, is -- critiques. this, of course, is bad science and results in bad policy. a recent example of this use occurred during a highly technical rulemaking proceeding in which an agency relied heavily upon a single study that many criticized and profoundly inadequate. the agency commissioned two peer reviews of the study which were completed and returned two weeks into the comment period for

and i urge my colleagues to support it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from oregon. ms. bonamici: a dangerous attack on the rights of women to make their own decisions about their health and their bodies. on saturday, i joined the peaceful march in our nation's capital with hundreds of thousands of women and men and many more marched in oregon and around the world. this legislation, one of the majority's first priorities under the trump administration won't create jobs, it will create barriers. barriers to reproductive health care to countless women and will affect young women, women of color, women in rural communities and immigrant women. this bill turns back the clock risk. s women's libes at restricting abortion does not make it go away but makes it unsafe. this bill will drive women to back alleys. i urge a no vote on the rule and h.r. 7. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the

i urge my colleagues to oppose this reckless legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlewoman from tennessee is recognized. mrs. black: thank you, madam chairwoman. i want to once again mention that this has been a long standing, bipartisan support for the support of the hyde amendment. as a matter of fact, the gentlelady from california that just spoke voted for this on three different occasions. st recently in the makra passed in 2015, the omni, passed in december of 2015, and also in december of 2016 in the f.y. 2017 c.r. it is now my honor to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from abama, a member of the committee and a strong supporter of pro life. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, madam speaker. opponents of the bill are suggesting that we are against women's health care. ms. reby: what we are vehemently opposed to is the killing of innocent lives. innocent babies. so let's call abortion, abortion and be reminded that the one voice, madam chairm

maloney: i urge a strong no vote. this budget resolution jeopardizes the very health of our citizens and put ours economic recoughry at risk. i uverage a no vote and -- i urge a no vote and yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has ex-peer thsmed egentleman is recognized. mr. tiberi: i yield mousse such time as i may consume. there are several perspectives, important perspectives to health care and health insurance. one, value delivered to patients in terms of insurance plan options, choice of doctors, access to treatment and most importantly, health outcome. two, health insurance premiums and health care cost sharing. three budgetary costs to the federal and state governments. four, supply of health care services include big doctors and hospitals and through medications. fifth, indirect cost to the economy such as reduced job creation and labor force participation. the affordable care act fails on all five counts. and that's why we're here today. to start the possess of repealing and replacing it. the program

i urge my colleagues to support this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california is ecognizeded. mr. lance: i rise today in strong support of house resolution 11. the u.n. resolution is vastly disproportionate and includes language that is designed to provoke israel. cat gore ising the western wall as occupied territory is enfirle inappropriate. i believe president obama should have directed united states to veto the u.n. resolution. instead our ambassador sat silent. and sustaining on this vote handed a victory to the forces that wish to delegitimate israel. and this resolution erects a greater barrier, hindering critical goirks. these processes must be negotiated bilaterally by israel and the palestinians with support not provocation by outside actors. in this new year and new congress we should reassert a position of strength on the world stage and stand by our allies including israel whose country should have exercised its veto power and thwarted this ivisive anti--israel

i urge them to vote no and think about it. the reason why they should think about it is because h.r. 5 is a destructive revision of the administrative procedure act that fiendishly convowlutes the agency rule making process through numerous analytical requirements. we call that gumming up the works. these requirements, which are largely opposed by the nation's leading administrative law experts, would cause years of delays in the rule making process and deregulate entire industries through rule making avoidance by agencies. in addition to imposing over 60 new procedural requirements on regulatory protections, title 1 of h.r. 5 imposes a new supermandate requiring that agencies adopt the least costly rule considered during the rule making that meets relevant statutory objectives and permits agencies to choose a more expensive option only if the additional benefits justify its additional costs. the afl-cio has observed that this provision would make protecting workers and the public secondary. limiting the costs and impacts on b

again, i would strongly urge the members to not accept this amendment and i urge a no vote. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. conaway: thank you, mr. chairman. how much time doo i have? -- do i have? the chair: the gentleman from texas has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. conaway: thank you, mr. chairman. cftc prepared a draft report this past year, quoting from page 142 of that draft, says, master hypothesis, which my colleague, who i have great respect for, said the mere presence of -- massive passives distorts the marketplace. that's what they said. the cftc found there's no reputable economic studies which fully endorse this view of how the commodities future markets work. i'd like to close with this comment. from another study by the chief economist. comment leders on -- letters on either side declaring the matter is settled in their favor is simply incorrect. the best economists on both sides of the debate concede there's legitimate debate afoot. this analysis paper documents that t

i urge the house to vote no. don't throw american families into chaos, and don't wreak havoc on our economy. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from tennessee is recognized. mrs. black: thank you, mr. chairman. it's my honor to yield one minute to the gentleman from kansas, dr. marshall. the chair: the gentleman from kansas is recognized for one minute. mr. marshall: i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. mr. chairman, i rise today in support of today's resolution to repeal the affordable care act. as a physician, i've lived the nightmare of the a.c.a. for the past six years. because of obamacare, i know more physicians leaving their practice this year than any other. with this $12,000 deductibles and annual premium spikes of 50% and sometimes 100%, obamacare has made health care truly unaffordable and unattainable for many, many people. in fact, it would be irresponsible for congress to sit back and watch the a.c.a. continue its death spiral and ba

i urge all of my colleagues to support it. i thank my colleagues for their hard work and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from tennessee is recognized. mrs. blackburn: i encourage my colleagues to join us in passing h.r. 288. this is one of those common demrep sense measures. when you talk about removing the burden of regulatory overreach from our nation small business and in this case, our small internet service providers, this is something that will help get that will job done. it is something that will help extend internet service to more americans and that is a goal that we all share. so at this time, as i yield back, i encourage passage of h.r. 288. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 288. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection,

and i urge and i urge them to vote no on the underlying bill. i reserve the balance of my time. and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. huizenga: thank you, mr. chair. may i inquire as to what is the balance of the time remaining on each side? the chair: the gentleman from michigan has 10 1/4 minutes. the gentlelady from new york has 6 1/2 minutes. mr. huizenga: all right. thank you, mr. chairman. with that i would like to recognize the gentleman from florida, sorry, the gentleman from florida, mr. ross, for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized for two minutes. mr. ross: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank my good friend from michigan, mr. huizenga. i rise today in support of my good friend from missouri, mrs. wagner's, legislation. h.r. 78. the s.e.c. regulatory accountability act. the american people have grown tired of unaccountable and unelected washington bureaucrats bringing forward burdensome regulations without fully considering the effect on families in o

trump urged the tech industry to keep jobs inside the u.s. and a spokesman said the president-elect was pleased to have played a role in that the decision by amazon. >> the home-improvement retailer said it is cutting thousands of jobs. in november its last of the profit because of slower store traffic. largely because home depot has been better locations. and contractors also worth noting that they say there cannot/7% of its u.s. employee base by the fiscal first quarter of this year. first will spike it and now chrysler. using software and that dodged admission roles. they said the software is about a hundred 4,000 vehicles and it could cost them more than $4 billion in fines. the chief executive angrily denied the charges seen that the epa has a different way of calibrating admission controlled devices. the company stock opened up just wednesday they agreed to pay $4 billion and guilty to three felonies. and selling and polluting vehicles. the japanese automaker is expected to plead guilty to criminal wrongdoing. to resolve an investigatio

i urge the house to vote no. don't throw american families into chaos, and don't wreak havoc on our economy. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from tennessee is recognized. mrs. black: thank you, mr. chairman. it's my honor to yield one minute to the gentleman from kansas, dr. marshall. the chair: the gentleman from kansas is recognized for one minute. mr. marshall: i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. mr. chairman, i rise today in support of today's resolution to repeal the affordable care act. as a physician, i've lived the nightmare of the a.c.a. for the past six years. because of obamacare, i know more physicians leaving their practice this year than any other. with this $12,000 deductibles and annual premium spikes of 50% and sometimes 100%, obamacare has made health care truly unaffordable and unattainable for many, many people. in fact, it would be irresponsible for congress to sit back and watch the a.c.a. continue its death spiral and ba

i urge a no vote. mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm so glad the gentlelady got the chance to debate on the floor and use that freedom of speech. with that, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. roth. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. roth: i rise to support this rule and express anymy strong disapproval of president obama -- his administration's mr. ross: israel has worked to forge peace with its neighbors. the territories discussed in the misguided u.n. resolution were areas israel gained in self-defense in the 1967 six-day war, including the old city, the temple mount and western wall. areas that were the origin of israeli culture, heritage, and religion. israel didn't seek to take the land but rather when threatened they were forced to act in self-defense and repel these attacks. since that time, israel has successfully reached peaceful agreements with many of the arab countries who at that time sought to wipe them off the map. srael is the only thriving democracy in the m

i urge my colleagues to vote for life. i yield back the remainder of my time. >> the gentlewoman yields back and if the gentlewoman from colorado is recognized. >> i yield one minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from florida. >> the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for one minutes. for think congresswoman yielding the time and strong opposition. i urge the republican-led congress to hero -- hear the voices of the voices -- of millions of marched saturday. women's rights must be respected including the right to choose her own health care. sending a message to this congress that our rights are constitutional rights and must be preserved. americans have a right to privacy as we are reminded on the anniversary week of roe versus wade. this republican bill tramples on that right to privacy. women and their families and their doctors have the right to make their personal health care decisions. not the mostly male politicians in washington. it is especially poly they are targeting those in the military for a reduction i

i would urge president trump to focus on issues we have at the ballot box. we had registration issues, outdated machines in jurisdictions across the country, including texas. those are the kinds of issues that we need to concern ourselves with and that we can fix them and make elections better, more efficient, more effective, so i would urge you mr.other boaters to push trump to look at ways to spend money more cost effectively and make our democracy stronger by making our election system or efficient and effective. host: nashville, tennessee, next. frank, independent line. the money. caller: i was wondering, how much money would it cost to have the federal government to check to determine voter fraud? abouti was wondering absentee voting, how does that work? and are there some discrepancies? host: thank you. guest: thank you. early estimates of what it will cost to conduct this kind of investigation are in the millions. hein, this is something announced, but what we know at this point is that it would cost millions of dollars. again, i assert that those mil

. -- they have crews ready to assist >> reporter: people are urged to bring their own shows and take as many said sex as they need. ---people are urged to bring their own sandbags and take as many as they would need. >> reporter: people are warned to watch out for bloodied and fallen tree-- flooding and falling tree branches. >> reporter: >> pam: well, some good news. the rain showers are starting to let up. and the next step; we start to dry out. >> steve: yes, but for how long? >> brittney: this is heavy rain that is pushing on short right now. so, we are not quite done with this system. not quite yet. lawrence is here to tell us a little bit more about the high wind that will stay in effect as we go into the rest of tonight. >> reporter: you can see some heavy downpours. with a chance of isolated thunderstorms and wind at 25 to 45 mi. per hour. things are a plan to wind down. it will settle down just a little bit. with the heavy rainfall over the weekend and more today. behind that, we will start to see a little bit of a break with lee during showers in to thursday. however, thing

i'm here to urge you as individuals and as a group to urge the state water board to get on board with 60 percent flow. you heard all the reasons why. i will give 3 reasons can i hope you will take to heart. first of all, california is a bio deversety hot spot meaning we are so lucky to have so many diverse species of plants and animals, many of which live only in california and many of which are risk of extinction due to human actirfbties so i would link it would be our collective job to advocate not to have any more species go extinct on our watch. the second reason is that the san francisco bay delta has been designated as a est ware of international importance that you probably already knew that, right? okay. the third reason is san francisco is a spanish name for saint francis, our patron saint of ecology so we need to live up to our responsibility because we are san franciscan's. that's all i have to say. 60 percent. thank you. >> thank you. it was pointed out to me i have a couple slips get stuck together. dr. elizabeth tarny you are next. >> thanks glad i got unstuck. thank you

i urge my colleagues to join me in voting for h.r. 26 and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan yields back. the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. johnson: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. chairman, at this time i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from michigan, mr. troth , currently a member of the judiciary committee but soon to move to another committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. troth : i want to share an experience i had a few months ago that will explain why, aside from the constitution, i think it's important that we rein in unelected bureaucrats. when you talk about regulatory reform, it is sometimes hard to understand the impact the regulations have on our economy. and that's for the simple reason that someone who gos in for a job interview never sitz there and is told by the employer, i would love to offer you this job but i can't because of t

obama urged journalists to empower americans with accurate, rigorous reporting. president oba: i spent a lot of time in my farewell address talking about the state of our democracy. it goes without saying that essential to that is a free press. that is part of how this place, this country, this grand experiment of self-government has to work. it doesn't work if we don't have a well-informed citizenry. and you are the conduit through which they received the information about what is taking place in the halls of power. america needs you and our democracy needs you. we need you to establish a baseline of facts and evidence that we can use as a starting point for the kind of reasoned and informed debates that ultimately lead to progress. and so my hope is that you will continue with the same tenacity that you showed us to do the hard work of getting to the bottom of stories, getting them right, and to push those of us in power to be the best version of ourselves. brent: profound words there from u.s. president barack obama. he also used the press conference to defend

banks to urge the tax clerk to establish a responsible banking ordinance and urging the comptroller to exposure if wells fargo national charter should be resupervisor campos. >> colleagues that resolution was transferred a media and a half ago from the scandal is wells fargo bank has been involved in it is tloefrdz if as well bank opened up all kinds of their consumers accounts as far as new account for consumers and credit cards without their concept that constituted fraud in the city of los angeles and city attorney working with the cooler had found a widespread violation and have a penalty one hundred million dollars penalty from the corral of the currency office that is the latest scandal as a result in san francisco our treasurer jose cisneros suspended the effort working with wells fargo and the bank on san francisco program a literacy program in the city prior we've known that wells fargo bank as wrapped the country with several scandals resulting in african-american and latino household all across the country not getting support and poor service in internal revenue hurldz effor

i urge you to wave all medallion fees to holdser jz urge you to tell mayor lee the only way for the san francisco taxi industry to sur vive is limit the numbers. the city must work with the mta. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker please. >> adam [inaudible] followed by carl [inaudible] those are the last two speakers. >> hello. i'm here to talk about the sfmta 4th speak project between 4th and zoe. wealth street was close td. hearing everyone speak about vision zero you sound hypocritical because the last 2 weeks the sfmta refused to enforce no parking and inaction made a one way street two way. there has been no mandate for having a flag man there to direct traffic while two way traffic goes down a one way street. dpp has been called and been told and told us, we don't have any record of this and not going to enforce. various messages have been sent including up to last friday to am reiskin as well as his subordinates. we keep laering this will be taken care of, it isn't. this morning when i left for work at 9:30 there were 9 cars parked blocking one lane of traffic making it a one

urging americans to talk to each other. listen to each other. get involved.e said he still very much believes in the power of ordinary people to work together. and effect change. and he said if you don't like the way politics is going right now, then you need to run for office. john and christine. >> michelle kosinski in chicago. >>> talking about president-elect trump what does he feel about a time line in repealing and replacing obamacare? is he in line with new congressional republicans? there are questions about this. stay with us. >>> president-elect trump is calling on congress to immediately repeal obamacare and replace is very quickly or simultaneously. the president-elect tells "the new york times" he will not wait years for a replacement and even weeks will be too long. trump calls the affordable care act a catastrophic even. trump spoke hours after house speaker paul ryan with leadership to tackle the repeal and replace simultaneously. but acknowledged it would be complicated and a multiprong effort in election on tuesday. >>> six senior pentagon o

awkward, when back home the prime minister is urging everyone to play nice.oint he made was a reasonable one, but the language has got to be extremely careful in dealing with colleagues and friends. what does boris do? he comes up with these extraordinary phrases of which we should all be ashamed. borisjohnson's team says he was just making the point that it makes no sense for the rest of the eu to treat britain harshly. but only yesterday, theresa may publicly reminded ministers here at home of the need for discipline and with a difficult deal ahead, britain needs all the friends it has. language matters, but it'is the words and attitudes of european leaders that will prove vital. yesterday, the prime minister appealed to her eu counterparts, urging them to behave as good friends, even as we leave. the arch european. jean—claude juncker, who leads the commission that will manage the deal was suing for peace. we are not in a hostile mood. we want a fair deal with britain and a fair dealfor britain, but a fair deal means a fair deal for the european union. yet

i urge you to reject the proposal today. i appreciate this project has been in the works for process for 8-10 years. and however, now is the most critical time. staff just the released it's hybrid proposal december 9th right before the holidays and the public has not been allowed sufficient time to respond to this $400 million project. if this project is for public comment, this is the most important critical time of that process. this critical time should not be rushed. we have learned a lot from this brt project was first conceived. we need to take advantage of what we have learned. the geary brt is under way, for the project, the seniors and disabled will now have to cross to board the bus. staff suggested there will be a 30% improvement. at the brt meetings, citizens advisory committee meetings, the sf mta reported that half of that important improvement had already been achieved today by eliminating stops and left-hand turns. we will probably lose that as soon as they permanently close down 2-car lanes. this project is

i urge you to wave all medallion fees to holdser jz urge you to tell mayor lee the only way for the sanisco taxi industry to sur vive is limit the numbers. the city must work with the mta. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker please. >> adam [inaudible] followed by carl [inaudible] those are the last two speakers. >> hello. i'm here to talk about the sfmta 4th speak project between 4th and zoe. wealth street was close td. hearing everyone speak about vision zero you sound hypocritical because the last 2 weeks the sfmta refused to enforce no parking and inaction made a one way street two way. there has been no mandate for having a flag man there to direct traffic while two way traffic goes down a one way street. dpp has been called and been told and told us, we don't have any record of this and not going to enforce. various messages have been sent including up to last friday to am reiskin as well as his subordinates. we keep laering this will be taken care of, it isn't. this morning when i left for work at 9:30 there were 9 cars parked blocking one lane of traffic making it a one way st

also in the next hour, donald trump is urged not to press ahead with plans to move the us embassy in israel to jerusalem. it comes asjohn kerry attends a summit in france in an attempt to kick—start the middle east peace process, but without the two main parties in attendance. and a debate over whether to bring in birds of prey to reduce the number of seagulls on britain's beaches. and in half an hour a look back at the latest in the week in parliament. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has accused the government of threatening a "trade war" with europe if it doesn't get the deal it wants over brexit. he was responding to comments by the chancellor, phillip hammond, who told a german newspaper that britain wouldn't "lie down wounded" if it no longer had access to the single market and hinted that corporation tax could be cut in response. on tuesday, theresa may is due to reveal details of her brexit strategy. our political correspondent tom bateman reports. under pressure to reveal a plan for brexit, theresa may will hope to answer her critics

i urge them to vote no. >> mr. president i her with a one time exception that requires the members of the military rico seven years before herb appointed to the secretary of defense becausema general mattis as a live-in retired three years. it is a unique situation with the nomination holding to hearings with outside witnesses to discuss the history of the retirement t law and then this morning the nomination hearing with a wide range of defense challenges in he has so long and distinguished military career as a thoughtful and strategic thinker. wai design for civilian control of the armed forces that was from general george marshall.es of it is extremely important we looked at the consequences the and the implications they may have on the future of relations. to be enshrined in the constitution with the revolutionary war to help insure the democracy remains in the hands of the people.bitig establishing the department of defense or any individual within tenures of the component of the armed services harry truman no

i would urge when this comes up for a vote a positive vote for my colleagues and urge my republican friends for the promise they've made and i think senator mccain and others for joining with me and offering it. i yield back. >> mr. president, i've had the pleasure of listening to the senator from connecticut to talk about his concerns from repealing the obamacare and i would say it strikes me that their posture is we sold the american people a limit and insist they keep it. our position is that obamacare has been a failure. it's been a grand in terms of scale experiment in national experiments that have failed. yesterday i talked about my constituents telling me that there are premiums in many their instances doubled, and the that deductible has gotten to the point they are effectively self-insured so the insurance doesn't virtually no good. we will vote to repeal theple obamacare if we are not going to leave people out to dry. we want to make sure they have coverage that they choose and that they can afford and i would welcome the assistance of the colleagues on both sides of the aisle to

a brexit exit — britain's ambassador to the eu resigns — and urges his staff to speak truth to power. best—seller once again. hitler's ‘mein kampf‘ shifts 85,000 copies in germany in its first year of re—publication. republicans in the us congress have withdrawn a controversial initiative to strip an independent congressional ethics watchdog of its powers. the plan, which outraged democrats, also drew criticism from the president elect, donald trump, who said it was not a priority. laura trevelyan reports. the house will come to order. as the brand—new congress convened on thursday, rather than celebrating the republicans‘ dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. it is over their behaviour is policed in the name of avoiding corruption. on monday night, republicans in the house of representatives tried to gut the independence of the office of congressional ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. despite the row, it looked like a done deal. so republicans had to decide whether the