and it was the northern states. the federal government and the southern states coddled slavery. that is a fallacy. this will restore freedom and people have more choices and with more choices, you have more competition. i love this plan. guest: i agree with him. it is about who decides. that is what freedom is about. this isn't about undermining civil rights. this isn't about taking away what is out there. it is about being responsible with what is. a good just heard, was summation of why we ought to do it, but the other reason is because look how much fear we have heard this morning. look how much fear. why is the fear? do we expect the elites in washington to do what is best in the long-term for the country, when in fact their real conflict is what is best for their political career? how in the world -- last year wanted $84 billion published by cbm. the debt when up six point trillion dollars -- you cannot -- that doesn't work. i find it liabilities through $6 trillion. we can ignore that, we can continue but what

the united states has urged peaceful negotiations and respect for the rule of law. united states has advocated the right of all nations to freedom and navigations into international waters. it has maintained its long-standing program globally and in our region. the trump administration is focused on north korea as one of its highest priorities. the dprk represents a profound threat to the stability and peace to the region today. a continues to some its nose at the united nations security council. testing resolution of ballistic missiles. that the five of the security council take all possible steps to send a message to north korea that it must hold its illegal behavior and focus on improving the welfare of its impoverished and long-suffering people. the trump administration is irving china to play a more construct of role in the pursuit of an enduring peace on the korean peninsula. the international landscape is uncertain. there are evident shifts in power between states, and the scale in terms of technical technological advances is disturbing how be living communica

the bill includes three of my proposal is to help the state department personnel. i hope we can agree to provide greater flexibility to allow separated family members of the foreign service officers to travel to see each other's and other family members. and i recommend -- while i support this committee process i also want to be clear, i do not feel as somehow granted congressional approval of the trump administration is an organization. i appreciate line of questioning by senator young to that effect. i continue to be concerned about the lack of clarity surrounding the organization process and hiring freeze. appreciate what we've heard so far today but look for more. and of course, i oppose the seat budget cuts to diplomacy and development proposed in the administrations school year a team budget request. i am pleased that the bill includes a mechanism by which congress can review, derivatization. and i wanted to move forward. deputy secretary sullivan, thank you for testifying and responding to our concern. fern service officers, families and the whole community o

thank you for serving the great state of oregon and the united states senate. the wanted to follow-up on question that was asked in encyclical.e he gave it as a present to president trump when he was there. has president trump had a chance to read or digest that in encyclical? >> i'm not aware. i have looks at some of it. >> farther pieces that resonate for you? >> i think we are all called to be stewards of the land. as i said earlier, president trumpcare's for our environment. clean airo sustain and water and wants the united states to be an environmental leader. we are not backing off of that but we are looking to increase the security of this country. increase the security of this country. more jobs for americans and to have better prosperity. the focus is slightly different. ando what to remain environmental leader. >> the pope indicated he feels there's a huge urgency to acting quickly to address the basic factors driving climate disruption. do you share that sense of urgency? change>elieve climate exists and some is due to human behavior. athink if the pr

after world war two the united states has certainly made mistakes but again overall i think the united states is doing a lot of things well working now to address the north korean nuclear issue we worked for a decade building an international coalition to address the iran nuclear issue to to address isis so sure there are there are challenges but i think the united states is continuing to play an important leadership role in the international system and nobody is trying to diminish the international. the important international role that the united states is playing i just don't understand why the americans as the benton diminishing russia's role because because although each human is that you now listed they wouldn't have been possible without russia's participation all those issues that you have mentioned russia was right there at the table with the americans you know russia did play a helpful role in the iran nuclear negotiations i think that's true russia also played a helpful role and the six party talks but it would be great if russia would contribute to the rules based order i t

the senate foreign relations committee on proposed reorganization of the state department. the plan is part of president trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal. the entire hearing is about 90 minutes. >> senator cardin wanted to make sure and said that everyone had the opportunity to hear everyone's questions, and so in order to accommodate that gladly, at 5:30 we will recess for 15 minutes and come back at 5:45 so everyone can go over and vote and be back so that everyone's able to hear what everyone else's questions. we thank you for being here, mr. secretary, again so promptly. we appreciate that you've made time to appear before this committee twice in a week's time. passing an annual state department authorization bill is one of the fundamental responsibilities of this committee, and when we shirk that responsibility and decline to exercise our oversight we in essence surrender our authority to the executive branch and other congressional committees and fail to do the jobs our constituents sent us here to do. restoring this annual practice was a top priority of mine w

i know you have reviewed the state plans. how has the department's decision to exclude those statutory requirements effected the development of state plans and based on your views are states meeting requirements of the every student succeeds act? >> thank you very much for that question. you know, if it is not written, don't know whether it is happening or not. so i agree that especially around some of our most vulnerable kids, our homeless students and our kids in foster care, not having specific questions for those students means we don't know what is going to be happening. that said, just because it is not in the template doesn't mean those requirements don't exist. >> right. >> it is very important that we still carry out and oversee the implementation of those provisions, even if the questions are not asked in the template. >> thank you. more need for certainty. madam chairwoman, as i yield back i want to take a moment to acknowledge my senior legislative assistant, adrienne anderson, who has worked with me for several ye

and it will be made in the great state of wisconsin. so together we had the special bond that we want to build this technology and it just so happened and then to be a snap:tool. and it said he said it would be nice to build something like that right in that area and that is exactly what we're doing today. we couldn't be more thrilled. and all that they represent from the state of wisconsin. also to this and that president and all those that are here thinking of minority leader who has been a great advocate on this as well. also the members of the congressional delegation. those have been working on this project with republican and democrat. [applause] is certainly a big part of that is what we are proud of. just like flipping burgers the speaker of the house has been an advocate all the way through he reached out and made the case while it is exceptional to do business in the great state of wisconsin. and the champion for the people in this country and like the speaker of the house paul ryan. >> what can i say? this is a great day for a

of is not as dire as some the other states. host: massachusetts on bottom caller from next salem, massachusetts. john, good morning. caller: hi. to speak on the onnection mercatus center has with the koch industries. uest: yes, i work at the mercatus center, a university-based research center. funded, we have range of donors and yes. among them? guest: he sits on our board. gary, good ew york, morning, you are up next, hi. hello. this is jerry. about the question effect of public service retirement, transfer people retire n from new york state and move to outhern states, does that really have any impact, big those on the economies of respective areas, new york, states?is, the retirees' how does that affect the state economies? i'll hangup and listen. guest: so i want to clarify, i'll answer the question, whether you mean does it affect they are leaveing from or going to? certainly some people raise new is it a problem in jersey or new york, you collect florida.and move to i think, in general, if somebody is going to leave the st

a state in the middle of the united states if you put a deployable in the united states you might have a two or three hour drive time but in hawaii it's different. you can't necessarily put one on a boat and go to the next island quickly so we understand we will be putting multiple. we are dealing with a team to determine that number but we understand we need multiple deep labels to meet the needs of hawaii specifically. >> thank you. this is a technical question so i don't even know necessarily this is a challenge, but how does at&t intend to build the network so that hawaii does not depend on continental united states infrastructure to keep the network operational? in other words if there's a problem on the mainland in the middle of a natural disaster in the pacific, are we still required to balance the server in tucson or ho how to does tha? >> unfamiliar with the issue. you are referring to the network that reified subcontinental u.s. so hawaii's traffic does traverse the ocean. your team has brought this up as an issue and we recognize it as an issue and we are working to find wha

sanctions against the united states to punish the united states for its overthrow of the government of libya and the creation of chaos throughout the world we suffer from what we call american exceptionalism we apply a very different standard to the united states when the united states screws up around the world our motives are always pure but somehow we made a mistake but we're innocent but we have a very very different standard and that's that corrosive environment that we live in in the united states where we judge ourselves by completely different stand than we judge everybody else and unless we begin to get past that we can understand how the world looks to anybody else from the standpoint of the rest of the world russia might be a problem in certain areas but the main threat to world peace over and over again in every survey around the world this is the united states the united states is viewed internationally as the main threat to world peace americans don't know that americans are very limited very parochial and they don't have a sense of how we are perceived in the world or

we are so overtaxed, the highest -- one of the highest taxed states in the united states. st: what about the leadership of the state? do you think they are addressing this? house this playing out in california? caller: california is a liberal state, run by democrats in the house and senate for the most part and in-state leadership. republican, i don't always agree with the way it's run right now. i think governor brown, it is time for him to step down. our state is floundering in many ways. it's not a healthy situation for anybody. you can't keep taxing people at the rate they are being taxed and expect states to survive. trust putcharitable out 50 state trends and analysis looking at this issue. they note states have regained much of the fiscal and economic ground they lost in the great recession but not all have fully rebounded despite nearly seven years of recovery. the slow pace of tax revenue growth has left many with little will room in their budgets. 19 states collect less tax revenue than at their recession level peaks after adjusting for inflation and most have a t

shared with the states. someone may disqualify from being a voter in whatever , state the conviction may occur. dhs forms where the person indicates that as a noncitizen they were registered to vote. and of course the larger question of dhs databases that were mentioned that states have had very limited or no access to to ensure that noncitizens are on the rolls. and online registration. and non-registration states like north dakota. so with, if there is no objection, we have at least really a dozen topics that perhaps we can ask staff to bunch together in some coherent ways so each meeting we can address the related topics and hopefully we can start to dig much deeper into those related topics. the next topic on the agenda is future meetings. and i know in discussions with staff, the general idea has been that we should shoot for perhaps having four more public meetings with lots of staff working in between to collect information for us to assess. we may have more meetings than that if necessary. but i think

and in the form that did pass the united states senate. i want to thank the chairman for his cooperation. we have been working without any difference here in trying to get this bill passed in the house. i'm reminded secretary sullivan in that bill is the requirement for review before any sanction relief is given and particularly mention that because of press reports concerning the compounds in new york and maryland and we consider that a really major point to congress if action was taken on that without working with the members of congress. let me thank you very much, mr. chairman for this hearing. this hearing as we will review the most recent trafficking in persons report as you pointed out one of the great moral challenges of our time. it is modern-day slavery. just last week, i was not present but the -- another hat i wear ranking member of the helsinki commission. we had our annual meeting in belarus and our delegation was very much actively engaged on this issue of trafficking. the u.s. leadership on this globally has made a huge diff

it was intended to apply the bill of rights to the states, so that the citizens of every state would be guaranteed the same under theguaranteed federal constitution. i would have to disagree a bit with your history, but i understand where you are going. that congress shall make no law. that is the way it was worded. the 14th amendment made it clear is that that was for the states and that is where we are today. host: if you want to hear and read more from rev. barry lynn, au.org. guest: nice to be here. thank you. host: up next, the potential political follow-up for republicans trying to replace the affordable care act. we will be joined by tom bevan, real clear politics co-founder. then we will discuss u.s. policy toward north korea. we will be right back. ♪ >> sunday night -- >> some like steve jobs can sell this product and forever be associated with it when that is just the shade of the story. he had a lot to do with it, but the truth is even the iphone, developed att was the apple, would not have been developed without scores of people working around the clock. story is that the

the u.s. we combine state, local and federal. why? if you look at the average road in the state of washington, i cannot tell you who paid for it, partly paid by for the state and partly by the fed. if you visit schools, partly local, partly paid by the state, partly by the federal government, title i dollars. if you look at outcomes, the combined spent against the outcome. we did that in our 10k, and our more simplified annual report as well as on our website. maybe i will get you the briefest kind of view of what our website looks like. we will go from our homepage to some of the reports and give you a sense. here is our homepage. into the big picture, first revenue is in bloom. you can look at where the money comes from down to who pays for it. corporate income tax, how much state, how much local. you fan over to expenses and you see the segments, promote the general welfare, secure the blessings of liberty. certain education, investment in human capital is about securing the blessings of liberty. of $185see total spend billion split

the u.s. we combine state, local and federal. why? if you look at the average road in the state of washington, i cannot tell you who paid for it, partly paid by for the state and partly by the fed. if you visit schools, partly local, partly paid by the state, partly by the federal government, title i dollars. if you look at outcomes, the combined spent against the outcome. we did that in our 10k, and our more simplified annual report as well as on our website. maybe i will get you the briefest kind of view of what our website looks like. we will go from our homepage to some of the reports and give you a sense. here is our homepage. into the big picture, first revenue is in bloom. you can look at where the money comes from down to who pays for it. corporate income tax, how much state, how much local. you fan over to expenses and you see the segments, promote the general welfare, secure the blessings of liberty. certain education, investment in human capital is about securing the blessings of liberty. of $185see total spend billion split

in the program. states have a lot of flexibility to design their delivery system, is it managed care, accountable care organizations, they design their payment system, they design their care management system. the area where medicaid is clear however is on the benefit protection for children. it is actually 50 years almost to the day where congress adopted the early periodic screening and diagnostic treatment program to make sure all kids in medicaid are screened for vision, hearing, developmental delays, other problems, and if they have a medical problem the benefit requirement in medicaid is that they get treated. >> i'm almost out of time. texas received 1150 waiver, i think bipartisan we supported. there is flexibility in states, although before i was elected to congress i served 20 years in the state legislature and i watched what -- how we were funding medicaid back then. my concern is that flexibility -- we also vote this federal money, in texas our match is two-thirds fed, one-third state. of course

of the united states? >> thank you, senator, for the question and for the opportunity to address that testimony. i will point out that that testimony was in 2002, not in 2007. so it was 15 years ago that that testimony took place. it was during the time when department of homeland security was just being stood up. it was in the almost immediate aftermath of 9/11. i believe a lot has changed at the state department in 15 years, i'm very enthusiastic about the future of the way the bureau of consular affairs will be doing its -- or fulfilling its function with interagency cooperation, continuous vetting -- >> so let me -- i don't want my time to expire, we have a lot of candidates here. do you believe the state department is committed to the rule of law and the national security of the united states? >> currently, senator, i absolutely do. >> all right. now, let me ask you you went on the same hearing to say the fact -- this is a quote -- the fact that even i was terrified by state's incompetence and apathy t

we've been showing you those .ottom states, the top states a lot of peoples a lot of retirees what are they doing right? caller: several things. they have managed to lower spending per capita since the year 2000. this is a state that is conservative in how it saves money. it's got good strong fiscal reserves. it manages its debts very well. doesn't issue a lot of debt to take on current spending. and is pension liabilities are more manageable relative to the other states. some sclarls have suggested they've got term limit asks that's a factor in their fiscal health and that it's just a well managed state. host: from wisconsin, this is martin. hi. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. i do have to take a slight disagreement with eileen in that i do think politics has something to do with it when we take a look at some of the largest urban areas in the country and how they've been managed. that has a big part in what we're talking about on this particular topic with pensions and other items. wisconsin, we elected scott walker and he went to bat for the private sector versus the

' law operating on the united states' official who is acting inside the united states. this case has, as far as the conduct is concerned, united states written all over it. nothing about mexico. the border patrol guard doesn't take these orders from mexico. >> i think it would be up to the united states to prosecute mr. may said criminal he is they were to choose to do so, which would provide a remedy to the petitioners via a -- >> why? they wouldn't get any damages for the death of their 15-year-old son, for their emotional suffering. but i think i have to follow up on what justice ginsburg is saying, a more fundamental question. which is, i don't think you or the u.s. government is suggesting that anyone is condoning people standing at the border and taking pop shots at passing mexicans. >> absolutely not. >> and yes, there is a criminal remedy for the government to vindicate its position. but why should there not be a civil remedy to ensure that border police are complying with the constitution? either under the fourth or fifth amendment, wouldn't shooting pop shots

and it was the northern states. the federal government and the southern states coddled slavery. that is a fallacy. this will restore freedom and people have more choices and with more choices, you have more competition. i love this plan. guest: i agree with him. it is about who decides. that is what freedom is about. this isn't about undermining civil rights. this isn't about taking away what is out there. it is about being responsible with what is. a good just heard, was summation of why we ought to do it, but the other reason is because look how much fear we have heard this morning. look how much fear. why is the fear? do we expect the elites in washington to do what is best in the long-term for the country, when in fact their real conflict is what is best for their political career? how in the world -- last year wanted $84 billion published by cbm. the debt when up six point trillion dollars -- you cannot -- that doesn't work. i find it liabilities through $6 trillion. we can ignore that, we can continue but what

i am confident that the u.s. state department and usaid will turn to deliver results for the american people. i thank you for your time, and i'm happy to answer your questions. >> thank you. we'll do seven minute rounds. and one, i look forward to your effort to restore the state department, get the feedback, and come to us and say this is what we can do, without this is what we can do more of. so between 2007 and '17, would you say the world is more dangerous or less the. >> the world is changing and it's in a difficult place today. >> so if we've been spending more for the last ten years, it's probably for good reason. and i would say increasing defense spending by 10% is absolutely long overdue. do you support's the president's budget to increase hard power by 10%? >> i do. >> do you believe at general mattis and others that soft pourer is an integral part of our national security strategy? >> without question. >> so we've got the general construct that soft power and hard power is important. i don't understand redu

of the state -- the state municipalities as well. if confirmed i think it's -- i'll need an opportunity to wrap my arms around a little bit better on what they have, and each state operates differently. i'm committed to work with the committee and yourself and to have a thorough assessment. what i can say is when meeting with numerous of the organizations that graciously supported me, the chiefs and the state law enforcement we see the need for it. we need a mechanism to share information. i think it's without question there can be improvements in that. i know undersecretary taylor my predecessor if confirmed was working that -- i'm obligated and i'm committed to do that as well. >> i don't have a -- i don't have a set of recommendations. i do think the whole concept though needs a fresh look. i look forward to working with you on that. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator cornyn. >> thank you, congratulations, mr. glawe. anyone chairman grassley he supports usually guarantees my support so i look forward to your continued service to t

quarters selected by the state. (b)timeline.-each state shall submit its selection of a per capita base period to the secretary not later than january 1, 2018. "(c)parameters.-in selecting a per capita base period under this paragraph, a state shall- "(i)only select a period of 8 (or, in the case of a state selecting a base period under subparagraph (d), not less than 4) consecutive fiscal quarters for which all the data necessary to make determinations required under this section is available, as determined by the secretary; and "(ii)shall not select any period of 8 (or, in the case of a state selecting a base period under subparagraph (d), not less than 4) consecutive fiscal quarters that begins with a fiscal quarter earlier than the first quarter of fiscal year 2014 or ends with a fiscal quarter later than the third fiscal quarter of 2017. "(d)base period for late-expanding states.- "(i)in general.-in the case of a state that did not provide for medical assistance for the 1903a enrollee category described in subse

and a representative of the state state, are not willing to fight the case are they manufacturing adversity by appointing new? so is the the case moot?. >> what happens next if the director issues a grant to a church. if she does that under the liberal taxpayers standing rules somebody kansu to say you are violating the state constitution and if there is a determination that they were then the question before the court today would have to be answered. >> do you agree the voluntary policy?. >> i agree they can apply to this it is not perfect compared to the other president but there is no assurance that for years from now with a change of administration and some point in the interim that there would not be a change back to the prior practice. >> i am still trying to understand the answer to the question from justice kagan how does discrimination on the basis of religious exercise is better than the general programs? and how do we tell the difference? what about the. [inaudible] is you can shock to the capital or who ca

president of the united states is the chief executive officer of the united states. if wants to fire the fbi director, all he's got to do is fire him. somebody said the other day if john f. kennedy had fired j. edgar hoover over investigating and wiretapping martin luther king jr., would people have thought it was obstruction? be so, you know, so there's not really collusion. so what's the latest leak to "the washington post" whose record, by the way, of running anonymous leaks is actually beating "the new york times." it's an enormous achievement. and i give the post credit -- [laughter] that in their energy and enthusiasm, they have been even more consistently wrong than the times, which is actually in the olympics of stupidity, an enormous challenge. [laughter] so the latest thing is mueller, who will not be able to get anything on russia or obstruction, is now going to look at finances. and what you're seeing, obviously, is exactly -- this is why when i was speaker i opposed renewing the independent counsel act. you bring in a whole bunch of high-priced lawyers, t

it has really been left up to the state. one area where i am interested in states improving is to think about how do we intervene in low performing schools. the last thing i'll say because i don't want to take all of my time -- is just, as we have these conversations, it's really important that we get into the plans and figure out what states are actually doing. states may have submitted something to the federal government that may not have anything in it that they are going to do in their state. because of the way the template played out and other things. the federal government is only asking for certain types of information from states. their process and their plan may be bigger than what they submit to the federal government. i think it's important for reporters to ask, what else besides the plan is going on in the state to improve schools. i will stop there. >> thank you, chris. i would like to turn to liz and ask about what the change in this administration means for these plans. obviously civil rights advocates have bee

is that to say the most network state will be the strongest state? hat is the most network state today? and then, what do we do with a state like north korea which is arguably the least networked. but therefore, also apparently least prone to suasion and pressure even from its most important friend, namely china. so is there an odd outlier here that by keeping itself out of the network, north korea is making itself particularly resilient or if not, just stubborn and isolated, is it also then more difficult to move? >> it is exactly the way i think we need to think about the way we need to think about power and the network world or the web world. traditionally power is you know the size, the size of your economy, military, this is your territory and your population. in a networked world is the number of connections and i would say the quality of connections as well. and i don't think that there can be, there is not necessarily one center. because there are multiple states that are connected and again, think about a map of the internet. you have a numbe

they go in effect in september, for the non-expansion states but for the expansion states they would go into effect even after the enhanced match goes away. those are some of the major things. i need to get going on this so if you go to the next slide, it briefly shows you what the reductions are. if you go to the next slide, please. next slide. no, back. follow your booklets. it just shows the year-by-year reductions that cbo has identified in the bcra. overall -- and you are probably familiar with the cbo scores -- the cbo says it would produce a loss of $772 billion over 10 years for the medicaid program and of course very importantly, by 2026 cbo projects that 15 million people covered by medicaid would lose their coverage, would no longer have that coverage. if you go to the next slide, i want to talk a little bit about how the cap works. i am not going to spend a lot of time explaining this. it is a wonderful diagram and hopefully it will teach you, but we can have some time during q and a. spending isc trended forward by a trend rate and both of those factors are critical in te

they emigrated to the united states. was filled with stories about what it is like living in a dictatorship. children that as the right to vote is a precious right and one that can be easily lost. our duty towas always participate in the democratic process. i want to ensure every american who is eligible is able to vote and, that his or her vote is not stolen or diluted because of administrative mistakes, errors by officials, or intentional wrongdoing by those willing to take advantage of what we have, which is basically an honor system. i have a must-read decades experience in the field of voting elections. not just legal experience as a lawyer in the u.s. department of justice and federal laws that protect the right to vote, but i have been a local county election official in two states, georgia and virginia. i know how hard election officials work to administer the voting process fairly. we do have problems that need to be fixed. we have vulnerabilities in the administrative system. votero have a history of fraud in th

it's run by the 50 states and territories and is financed by the state and federal government. so, while medicaid policy has national implications, it has i major implications for states and citizens as well. major changes to the medicaid program has been at the forefront of recent health policy discussions and our included in the legislative proposals in the house and the senate. so today, we are going to talk about what those proposals are, how they would work and what they would mean in practice based on our best evidence and projections. i want to make a special note because while it is easy for medicaid policy ticket. won't be very fast as the old saying goes if you seed fund medicaid program you've seen one medicaid program. this is obviously an issue in the national conversation and it does hit home for many people for that speak to the need for continued respectful dialogue on the different perspectives that are brought to the medicaid program and that is what the alliance for health policy is all about and what the briefing is up about, and we are pleased to have a terr

president of the united states. platform and a salute. ♪ [cannons] >> ready? ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem will be performed by gerald r. ford's own chief petty officer. advance the colors. ♪ >> platform. hand salute. ♪ >> present arms. >> ♪ oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed, at the twilight's last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night, that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave ♪ [applause] >> retire the colors. ♪ >> forward march. [drum roll] >> platform. ready. two. ladies and gentlemen, chaplain barstow will offer the invocation. >> please pray with me. we gather together here today as one body, though we come from many different backgrounds, representing many different religions and from many diffe

it was at the of the united states congress and the united states government that has raised this issue to the international community, making it clear we will not tolerate trafficking in persons, and that we will take all necessary steps to end this tragedy. it distorts labor markets. it destroys people. it erodes communities. and ninevites to building an law and is fueled by corruption, greed and violence. we will continue. and i report to me is the gold standard for what is used to all countries do better. i mentioned previously when foreign guests come into my office, whether they're heads of state or foreign ministers, i have the trafficking in persons report in my office and will review that countries need for additional progress in order to deal with this. so it was with great anticipation that we had this hearing and look forward to the 2017 report. ms. coppage, want to thank you for your extraordinary leadership on this issue. we know that you will be doing other things and i want to first and foremost acknowledge the 2017 report represents a professional dedication that we exp

what you see with the climate agreement which is mainly the united states china and the european union and countries like russia is is that the climate is getting worse it's worsening it's getting warmer and what you have is a crisis of leadership if the world's largest polluter pulls out i think it's a terrible mistake. that in right after the nato summit happened after which german chancellor angela merkel came out and says that that is taking its fate into its own hands after the summit do you feel like america is losing one of its journey. i think president trump is learning as he gets more experience but. his view about nato being obsolete is wrong i think it's the strongest alliance in the world it's close to thirty countries banding together for democratic values democratic countries and he's obviously changing but his emphasis on nato countries paying the two percent that support but that's not the main objective of nato main objective a nato is a political and military alliance and i think as he becomes more experience with issues relating to nuclear weapons troop levels ukrai

to pick for the needs of the state. the returning power to states and the patient as a ultimately gives the patient more power. i will repeat this does not replace the bill that is beingng offered by senator mcconnell. it is an amendment to that and if it turns out that some senators feel that particular bill is not adequate to fulfill that campaign promises, we think this amendment could take away the bill for the rest of the way. mr. president, i yield the flol floor. we are working on a version of the healthcare bill they've been talking about today and i know my colleagues are going to try to say they are projecting and want to ensure people with pre-existing conditions so they don't have to pay through the nose, but i think the president called the house version of this attempt a very mean there'll, and i think the original senate bill was just as mean if not meaner and a number of people that were cut off of medicaid over the period of time to be left without access to care. today's bill also includes an amendment

before the united states entered the war. and then he was working in connecticut. he took part in the selective service act of the united states and was drafted in the united states service. so his uniform as a united states soldier is also shown here next to his german uniform. he basically ended up near the same place in france that he had been as a german soldier two years before. just the incredible feeling that he was there serving, he de certificated, went to the united states and went back with the united states soldiers to serve with the american expeditionary forces during the war. to have both of these uniforms to survive and become part of the museum collection i think is a pretty interesting thing to have happened. as i mentioned earlier, the african-americans who served in the war were in two combat divisions, the 92nd and the 93rd. we're going to go take a look at some of their equipment. probably one of the most famous african-americans units during the war was the 369th infantry regiment. they were known as th

guest: the data shows it is not. states such as georgia and indiana have had voter id laws in place for more than a decade. the turnout data shows it does not keep people out of the polls. georgia had a surge in turnout after its id law went into effect. host: our guest is from the heritage foundation. you can read his work on heritage.org. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to ask the representative think that he is talking about, voter id, how is it that he would allow -- yes, my question is how with the licensesative allow -- and you have kids who are in colleges and they would not accept college id as a form of voter id? guest: i will be happy to talk about that. that has been brought up in the texas id law. , would point out in georgia the university id is allowed to vote, not in texas where a gun license was. there was a big reason for the difference between the laws in those states. the difference was in georgia, the georgia university system does not encourage illegal aliens to go to school there, does

so the state needs to be unitary if under attack of the different corporations with the secretary of state and treasury so when we are under threats there were many different contexts with the state department that was is a unitary state somebody in charge on the same playbook but at the same time in a globalized world our networks are great source of power into vintage and what is seen around the of world the universities are attracting with running campuses abroad and the civic organizations we have to be able to do both. so for instance that means our cities and states are able to ring gauge others like on climate change so california they are now working with their counterparts because they can do things on the ground if you are fighting terrorism you of the ability to help build educational institutions in the states that don't have opportunities to fight the long-term causes of terrorism ever rose zero toggle back-and-forth all hands on deck but it is critically important to say a - - to stay open and participate. >> but in that the state of california and even to convene the me