for south africa mr states and yet there. i don't think it was a big community any perceived. of unease. for lee is extra gesture on the. what. the. in physically explicit. see. said the most i meant by allah yes. we had only a few minutes to film the painting. but as the handlers turned the work around we happened to film something on the back that we only noticed later this label from the one nine hundred thirty venice biennale. the owner's name had been crudely erased. and it looks like that of staten or. a clue to which the detective never had access and which could be crucial for the next stage of his investigation. the canadian detective is convinced the geneva freeport could be housing other works of dubious origin. well i think there's a high probability that many other paintings in the freeport were probably looted and probably rest there today that have not seen the light of day for many decades and i believe they're there and i think that it would be very interesting if the public were made aware or at least the art industry were made aware of what those paintings a

mr. speaker, to address the question .f the state of the union what is the state of the union? mr. speaker, the state of the union is one of devolution.. what mr. speaker, we're devolving nto the normalization of inequality. inequality in a way that allows us to pass a $1.5 trillion giveaway that will reward the rich for being rich and punish the poor for being poor. we're devolving into hyper high an politics as the jacking after supreme court justice when justice goresuch was appointed. we're devolving and evolving into the high jacking of justice itself because we now find that there are those who believe that there is a deep state conspiracy within the justice department that somehow there is this belief that the justice department should be assaulted and attacked. that it should be demeaned. that it should be discredited. we're devolving, into, mr. speaker, the normalization of disqualifying bigotry. as evidenced by some of the statements that have come from the presidency. statements that would normalize language such as there are some fine people among those who were gots, ra

mr states if they. don't get it. and it was a bit. of unease. is extra gesture on the. what. the. in physically explicit. see and then you see i mean by. this. we had only a few minutes to film the painting. but as the handlers turned the work around we happened to film something on the back that we only noticed later this label from the one nine hundred thirty venice biennale. the owner's name had been crudely erased. and it looks like that of stanton or. a clue to which the detective never had access and which could be crucial for the next stage of his investigation. the canadian detective is convinced the geneva freeport could be housing other works of dubious origin. well i think there's a high probability that many other paintings in the freeport were probably looted and probably rest there today that have not seen the light of day for many decades and i believe they're there and i think that it would be very interesting if the public were made aware at least the art industry were made aware of what those paintings are so so that you know if the prosecutor's office is what's

mr. president. david: what was it like when your mother walked in the oval office for the first time and you are president of the united statesinton: she started laughing out loud. [laughter] mr. clinton: it was so ridiculous that it could ever happen. ♪ ♪ david: both of you ran for congress and both lost. so you have that in common. but after you lost the first time, you were trying to beat an incumbent congressman and you lost. did you say, i am out of politics? what made you say -- mr. clinton: no. i got a break, in a way. i think about in the house, the democrats did well in 1974 because president nixon resigned. but i ran against a congressman who was one of his father's best friends. he had an 85% approval rating, and 99% name recognition. mr. bush: that is called suicide. [laughter] mr. clinton: i was zero and he beat me 51-48. by about three points. it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. we wound up being friends too. but this district we ran in had the highest amount of gasoline use per registered vehicle in america because it was all on hilly roads. and it was so rural. and you had to do stuff peopl

mr. president, in my state of vermont and all over this country there are millions of young people who went to college, went to graduate school, and have left school deeply in debt. and because of high interest rates, some of those people owe more money today after paying off year after year of their debt than they did the year after they got their debt. we have to face the debt crisis facing 40 million americans. in vermont, and again all over this country, if you're a working person, what do you do if you have a 3-year-old or a 2-year-old? well, you look for decent quality child care, but all over this country it is difficult to find that child care. any serious budget agreement that we reach must include increasing funding for child care so that working people in this country know that when they leave their kid at a center that child will receive quality care at a cost that is affordable. every dollar that we invest in early childhood education is a dollar well spent. mr. president, all over this country in this, the most wealthy nation in the history of the world, we have an frawg, road

mr. bennett has ever accepted the two-state solution. i don't think that mr. bennett had ever accepted to negotiate with us honestly. as a matter of fact, had he read that, he would have seen the issue that is there for status negotiations was agreed by the israeli government, including that of mr. netanyahu in 1996, jerusalem borders settlement refugees, borders and security. so when president trump, with all due respects, comes and says it's off the table and we could never reach an agreement, so that's dictating and is music to mr. bennett's ears because he never recognized the right of the palestinians to live in their own state side-by-side in the state of israel. the difference between us, christiane, is i recognize the state of israel based on the 1967 lines. i wish to hear from mr. bennett that he's willing to let he's j the lives of israelis and palestinians. but saying that jerusalem is off the table, that means undermining the best ingredients of muslims and christian palestinians. this is impossible. it's meaningless to have peace. and then preside

congress may regulate interstate commerce directly, but it may not regulate state's regulation of interstate commerce. >> mr. olson, isn't that what the government does whenever it preempts state law? it says you can't regulate? >> when the government preempts state laws, the government, the federal government has initially taken the position or taken an action to regulate interstate commerce in some respect, and when it does that, this court has repeatedly held it may preempt contradictory or inconsistent state laws. >> so what do you make of ferc. >> pardon? >> what do you make of ferc? the government gave the state a choice. regulate this way or don't regulate at all. >> that's right. >> and we won't either. >> it gave the states a choice in conjunction with the regulation of the area -- >> no. there were federal standards. the states were told accept them or don't, but if you don't, you won't regulate, neither will we. so -- >> as a matter of fact, the consequence of that is that the states could regulate according to the standards established by the federal government with respect to the regulation of

mr. clement gives. states may not regulate commerce in a way because the states are to take their hands off of that particular part of interstate commerce. even if the court thinks it's a principle doesn't need to reach it here because there is actually a federal regime beyand paspa itself. federal law is in violation of a state law, so when states started looking at authorizing these things, congress handled the other half of the circle and said all right, look, we're not going to make it criminal, but we will give an injunkative action. certain section for whom the law will stay in existence, that's not authorizing, that's repealing. >> i think that would be right for the a lot of the things the states do. but if they say we can't do the sports book except for the 12 that already do gaming operations. >> that's the issue court avoided. i haven't look at the licensing laws in new jersey because they weren't provided to us, and it was further afield then the question presented. but the court below said it was

nebraska is one of the last states to make this change. ... mrs. he state of the state is strong and growing. [applause] last year, nebraska one the governor's conference for the most economic development per capita for anything in the country. in fact, nebraska had more qualified projects then north dakota, south dakota and kansas combined. "forbes" ranked nebraska the fourth estate overall for business. we moved up seven spots and chief executive magazine's ranking of the best states for business. folks, this matters because when companies move here and invest, they create job opportunities for people. this past year, we continue to achieved record levels of employment with over 1 million nonfarm jobs and the lowest unemployment rate in our state since 1999 at 2.7%. and our population hit a record 1.92 million people for the first time ever. these achievements are no coincidence. senators in this chamber in the teammates in my administration work each and every day to grow nebraska. working with you, we will continue to bring new opportunities to

let me remind my colleagues what donald trump said last august at a rally in arizona, your home state, mr. president. and this is what he said at a rally. quote, believe me, if we have to close down our government, we're building that wall. august 22, 2017. donald j. trump. now, mr. president, i do not know why donald trump may be pushing for a government shutdown. maybe he thinks it's, it will work well for him or work well for the republican party politically. i have no idea. but i do know that the idea of a government shutdown is a very bad idea. maybe republicans will gain from it. maybe democrats will politically gain from it. i have not a clue. but what i do know is that the american people will lose on a government shutdown, and in a bipartisan manner we must do everything we can to prevent that shutdown. a shutdown would harm tens of millions of americans who will be unable to access vital government services. it would disrupt the lives of hundreds of thousands or more federal employees who depend upon a check to provide for their families. and in fact it would endanger members of

i'm not surprised it's just another example of a gross hypocrisy mr. states rights leave things to thetates don't let the government get involved in peoples affairs but every time we are just fine on california thank you very much mr. sessions it's proven to be successful, it's good for the economy yeah i think it's ridiculous actuallythe california attorney general has issued a statement today saying he plans to protect the state's interent from any potential federal crackdown saying ....we decided it was best to regulate, not criminalize cannabis. unlike others, we embrace, not fear change." maureen kelly kron4 news. (steve) new in the bay area... a man was arrested for unlawful possession of and brandishing of a firearm in fairfield. 32-year-old herbert similton is the suspect who had a rifle on him... police first received a call of a possible residential burglary in progress in the 1900 block of san benito street... but when they arrived to scence...there was actually a disturbance between a resident in one house and workers at another house. the suspect herbert went into his home

promises of the united states mr gray let me go to you and pick up on what mr costin the saying just how realistic is a complete withdrawal from the peace process that has that started with in one nine hundred ninety three with no longer recognizing israel given the reality on the ground the cooperation between israel and palestinian entities in running the palestinian territories i don't think that the p.l.o. was mentioning or even the president himself recognizing israel it's recognizing the leadership of bibi netanyahu as a as a viable partner for peace defacto the peace process is that had it's been dead for a while it's not to recognize the reality on the ground and formally a new paradigm this leadership the palestinian authority led by mahmoud abbas has failed spectacularly they'll promise the palestinian sovereignty equality and freedom none of these things has been delivered ever the peace process was there for the sake of peace for the for the peace process it was a fake leave the settlement activity continued the colonization activity continued we are looking at the one st

mr. trump has publicly state he is looking forward to meeting with mueller. mr. trump's lawyers asking the team to demonstrate that only the president can give them the information they require. >>> top justice officials met monday with chief of staff john kelly about the dangers of releasing the memo from the fbi. rod rosen stein attended questioning the memo's crazy and warned kelly -- accuracy and warned kelliy that releasing it could jeopardize information. after that, the president was heard having this exchange with republican congressman jeff duncan. >> release the memo -- >> it's fine. 100%. >> could you imagine? >> cnn has learned the democratic rebuttal memo from congressman adam schiff takes aim at the republican devin nunes. he claims the memo is an attempt to provide cover for the white house in the russia investigation. >> the fear by some is that this gives president trump the ammunition to fire rod rosen stein, put someone new in place who could fire robert mueller. that's the fear on the left. >>> hillary clinton says she would not make the same

who give more money and my response is because there are more wealthy people that live in those states. mrbenstein: some people say it was an effort by the red states to tax the -- sec. mnuchin: i don't think that's the case at all. no one said this is a political issue. it was an economic issue. mr. rubenstein: what is think about governors who say you can make your payments and make it a charitable deduction? that ischin: i think one of the funniest things i have possibly heard. [laughter] i will say we will wait to see the language. most people understand the concept of a charitable deduction. that is voluntary, that goes to help people. it is different from the high cost of real estate taxes in my favorite two locations. mr. rubenstein: so there would be no auditing of governors who proposed that? you wouldn't audit their taxes? sec. mnuchin: we wouldn't audit there's, but we will audit real estate taxes. mr. rubenstein: the people who worked on this tax bill, the gang of six, what were those meetings like? how did you avoid the press knowing when you are meeting? sec. mnuchin: one of

mr garnier. the 27 member states have approved the directive. states have approved the directive. the general affairs council will provide an update. provide an update. that was tweeted a short time ago. a short time ago. i am sure there will be plenty more on brexit later. will be plenty more on brexit later. for now, let's take a look at the weather. weekend, we will be looking at temperatures of around 5 degrees. temperatures of around 5 degrees.

message to you, that they would like to promote good relations between the united states and the russian federation. mr. putin has received me on the eve of my departure to the united states, and one message i have from him is that we need pragmatic, equal relations between the united states and the russian federation. one should not forget that russia and the united states as permanent members of the u.n. security council and two largest nuclear powers bear a special responsibility for maintaining global peace and security. therefore, despite all negativity, we should not shut off from one another. not look back at the past. but rather forward with the strategic vision of our common goals. it is clear the russian and united states interests intertwine when it comes to the fight against global terrorism. there is a context between the russian and united states presidents on the sidelines of the asia-pacific summit in vietnam, and a joint statement on syria prove that our countries need each other. they are coordinating their efforts to defeat isis and achieve a stable political settlement in syria. we

mr. speaker, the president of the president of the united states of america. [applause] in mr. ryan: members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of united states. [applause] president trump: mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, first lady of the united states, and my fellow americans, less than one year has passed since i first stood at this podium in this majestic chamber to speak on behalf of the american people and to address their concerns, their hopes and their dreams. that night, our new administration had already taken very swift action. a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land. each day since, we have gone timism was already sweeping across our land. have goneince, we forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission, to make america great again for all americans. [applause] pres. trump: over the last year, we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have faced challenges we expected and others we could have never imagined. we have shared in the heig

states but in europe. i want to start by acknowledging some of the staff. mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to laurie kerry who is a fellow on the foreign relations committee staff on loan from the state department during today's session of the senate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: i wanted to start with the statement that this is not a partisan report. yes, i commissioned it as the democratic ranking member because decisions had to be made early in 2017 on the allocation of resources. as i know the presiding officer knows, i work very closely with senator corker on the senate foreign relations committee, and throughout the development of this report, i have kept senator corker informed, and the work of this report has relied upon the work of many members of the united states senate on both sides of the aisle, and, in fact, i think the presiding officer will recall the work that we did democrats and republicans in the passing of legislation in 2017 that held russia accountable for its maligned a

mr. weaver state d, thousands of units in the pipeline in the mission. a couple of weeks ago somebody put in my packet the book about screeching owls and vomiting anarchists, which i read in the bathtub one day. it was cute. it reminded me of the illustrated marx book my mom got me when i was six years old, but, you know, what was missing in that book, which i think, you know, was a smart analysis in a libetarian kind of way was anything about race in america. and race has been the defining factor in real estate prices in america and in our cities. san francisco had a terrible history with redevelopment in the western addition. we fought redevelopment in the mission. the reason why there are parcels that were devalued in the mission is because 40, 50 years ago the federal government engaged in red lining. and also nobody wanted to live next to brown people and gay people and black people. that you guys are now seeing is that has kind of gone away, and that's a good thing, but what i feel is that for decades the community suffered from dis-investment, fro

pulling out of -- are you not concerned about giving up the united states? mr. cohn: the president said this through his asia trip, he said it in europe -- we are very open to free, fair reciprocal trade. if you treat us one way we will treat you the same way. if you have no tariff we will have no tariff. if you have tariff we should have a reciprocal tariff. it is hard to argue against that. that's our trade policy and we are going to keep going on that. presidentago at davos she made a big splash internationally. xi made a big splash internationally. is president trump going to make any effort to counter that? it's his appearance here any effort to counter that? mr. cohn: the president's appearance is there to sell his accomplishments to remind the world that we are open for business, that we are a competitive country, that we haven't made -- have made america competitive. what we have accomplished and what we are going to continue to accomplish. are having dinner with our european-based companies with large precence in the u.s. the president wants to hear wha

states of america. to israel. as i announced yesterday, mr. hasident, president trump directed our state department working with ambassador friedman to complete the transition of from here tobassy jerusalem by the end of next year. and we look forward to that as a tangible sign of our enduring commitment and alliance to the state of israel and to the people of this great nation. the bond between us we believe has never been stronger. but under president trump's leadership, we are committed to make it stronger still. we have a deep commitment to freedom, shared values, and also through commerce. more than $45 billion in trade takes place between the united states supporting jobs in our country and yours. collaborationty has never been more robust. we stand shoulder to shoulder with you in the battle against radical islamic terrorism. >> i thank you for your courage and your courage of your military. i pledge cooperation on behalf of our mutual security. we stand together against the threat of the leading state sponsor of terror, iran. in preside

mr. speaker, i have a parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: state your inquiry. mr. hoyer: if am i correct that a continuing resolution is not necessary if, in fact, an appropriation bill has been passed to fund the government? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not stating a parliamentary inquiry? mr. hoyer: am i correct? the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a, rule 1, >> congress returns today to work on legislation to fund the government. the senate returns at 10:00 with a boat on a three-week spending bills agile for new. the house will cap and -- will gavel in if it is taken up by the senate. gavel-to-gavel coverage. we are also streaming live online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. >> american history tv on c-span3. this week in prime time, tonight at 8:00, the american historical association's annual conference in washington, d.c. teaching a panel on public policy centers. tuesday, more from the conference with a discussion on presidential plantations and how slavery is explored at those sites. wednesday at 8:00, historians atend

away from those obligations or to really tweak them would have a dramatic affect on every state including kansas. >> mr. parker? >> senator, with or without nafta, american agriculture is in intense competition around the world, we know what the brazilians are doing and everything else, and as you so correctly stated, our key is our interior infrastructure, our rivers, our rails, our highways and our ports. i think the single thing we can do to make sure that we keep american agriculture competitive as it relates to the rivers, is the general fund obligation and the user fund fee, that would be a huge step toward modernizing these aging locking dams and making sure that we can keep agriculture competitive in world markets. a key component going forward and we would hope that the congress will direct some steps to start that funding and look at those changing those locks to 400-foot locks to help agriculture moving forward in that area. >> we don't have navigatable waters in kansas, at least that i can find, but i would say as a kansan, we care deeply about those water ways, those locks and dams, they a

mr. speaker, i rise today to introduce my guest for the state of the union, marko chavez. marko is a veteran who served his country honorably, came home, and was deported to mexico. now, mr. chavez was born in mexico. he was brought to c as an infant. he served in the marine corps as a lawful permanent resident before being deported. california governor brown granted him a full and unconditional pardon for a minor crime had he done, but he was separated from his family for 16 years. it is an injustice that we can -- we -- our veterans can serve overseas and this is how we treat them when they come home. ms. barragan: after serving this country. many of whom put themselves in harm's way. that's why i introduced the veterans pathway to citizen act which would make it easier for deported veterans to return to the urns and ensures active duty service members don't leave the military without understanding their options for naturalization. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the chair: the honorable the speaker -- the clerk: the

i'm not surprised it's just another example of a gross hypocrisy mr. states rights leave things to the states don't let the government get involved in peoples affairs but every time we are just fine on california thank you very much mr. sessions it's proven to be successful, it's good for the economy yeah i think it's ridiculous actuallythe california attorney general has issued a statement today saying he plans to protect the state's interent from any potential federal crackdown saying ....we decided it was best to regulate, not criminalize cannabis. unlike others, we embrace, not fear change." maureen kelly kron4 news. (grant) coming up... president trump expands offshore drilling... including right here in california. details on the plan that could put oil rigs off our coasts. (vicki) a serious security flaw could affect your personal information. and it's found in most personal computers and smartphones. details on how to make sure you are protected. (grant) plus... the east coast is facing freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions... and it's affecting travelers here in the ba

mr. speaker, i have a parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: state your inquiry. mr. hoyer: if am i correct that a continuing resolution is not necessary if, in fact, an appropriation bill has been passed to fund the government? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not stating a parliamentary inquiry? mr. hoyer: am i correct? the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a, rule 1, reporting on the senate side thoughts about what he said with an the hours saying the majority leader has offered the democrats a vote on a three-week during which time we will continue to work on this daca solution. my guess, it will pass. eric watson of bloomberg reports in this tweet, a group of 20 senate moderates are trying to hammer out likely february 8 cr in exchange for immigration vote by them. -- ben. -- then. senator graham is part of that bipartisan meeting and a photo of his -- of the senator on his way to the work. the washington post with a tweet about senator joe donnelly saying he and other democrats met with senator schumer this morning and urged him to move toward r

are you not concerned about giving up the united states? mr. cohn: the president said this through his asia trip, he said it in europe. we are very open to free, fair reciprocal trade. if you treat us one way we will treat you the same way. if you have no tariff we will have no tariff. if you have tariff we should have a reciprocal tariff. it is hard to argue against that, that we should treat each other equally. that's our trade policy and we are going to keep going on that. >> a year ago at davos president xi made a big splash internationally. you see him taking world leadership at the expense of the united states. is president trump going to make any effort to counter that? and is his appearance here any effort to counter that? mr. cohn: the president's appearance is there to sell his accomplishments, to remind the world that we are open for business, that we are a competitive country, that we have made america a very competitive, and that everybody should understand what he has accomplished in this first year and what we will continue to ac

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encourage participating states to cooperate move mr brennan what i mean by my question is that i think there is absolutely no secret that many in the united states in particular see any efforts to deepen economic or security integration among former soviet states as a sort of stepping stone towards the recreation of the soviet union in its geopolitical role this is what former u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton talked about in very disapproving terms this is what many people in the united states believe and for them europe you know that conception of europe is whole free they would say at peace but in russia people with interpret as under the american heel and to many in the united states and in the west more generally russia is a spoiler that is trying to destroy this beautiful vision of europe hall three and on to the american influence can you tell me authoritatively that you have never came across that kind of formulation in your work as the. secretary general. i can assure you our food. oh you see. this page in states to be free to. straight lines they want to enter. it out n

mr. snyder: how do you think the state is adapting to those changes? mr. cha: part of the way they are adapting is they are trying to crack down, certainly on the unofficial markets that have existed, some of the official markets. there have been efforts at reform, what you might call reform, in north korea. some of the economic cooperation projects with the affluent south korea, but these have largely been aimed at bringing hard currency into help the regime, not so much to create real market reform in the country. and so i think that what we are seeing now, if we do see efforts at economic engagement with the outside world, the north korean leadership is doing this because they seek hard currency, not because they are seeking necessarily to create a better life for their people. mr. snyder: in what ways do you think pockets of protests could emerge, or do you think it is going to be a case where anything that happens is going to be stamped out? do you see any possibility for the elites tolerating certain forms of dissent? mr. cha: right now, it is hard t

address senate democrats in action while they continue funding the united states government and the important instruments of government. mr. speaker, last evening, senator chuck schumer from new york and senate democrats made what i consider to be a reprehensible decision to allow the united states government to shut down. by voting against the bill that funds our military and the pay of the men and women in uniform they voted against a bill that would extend children's health care for six years. not because they opposed anything in the bill, because you'd be hard-pressed pob opposed to anything that was in this legislation. they voted against the bill to manufacture a crisis in a purely political move based upon an unrelated issue that is not facing an imminent deadline. i'd like to thank the five senate democrats and six house democrats who voted with republicans to keep the government open. led or schumer should have the rest of his democrats and encouraged them to do what he did back in 2013 when he said, we, i say the democrats, could say we're shutting down the government. we're not. we're going to raise the deficit

my response to that is that's because there are more wealthy people that live in those states. mr. rubenstein: some people say it was an effort by the red states to tax the blue states. sec. mnuchin: i don't think that's the case at all. there is not one meeting i was ever in that anybody said this was a political issue. it was an economic issue. mr. rubenstein: what do you think about governors who might be saying to your constituents, you can make your payment to your state and local taxes and make it a charitable to adoption? -- charitable deduction? sec. mnuchin: i think that is one of the funniest things i have possibly heard. [laughter] sec. mnuchin: i will say we will wait to see the language. i think most people understand the concept of a charitable deduction. that is voluntary, that goes to help people and things like that. it is very different than the high cost of real estate taxes in my favorite two locations, new york and california. mr. rubenstein: so there would be no auditing of governors who proposed that? you wouldn't audit their taxes? sec. mnuchin: we wouldn't a

those states and territories desperately need. mr. president, we cannot continue to kick the can down the road. we cannot continue to run a $3 trillion government on a month-by-month basis -- unfair to everybody. we have got to sit down and negotiate a serious budget agreement, and what republicans must understand is, yes, they have a 51-49 majority here in the senate, but you need 60 votes to pass this type of legislation. you need 60 votes. that means you cannot do it alone. you cannot give that means you t cannot do it alone. you cannot give the democratic congress datacomm plea and expect him to say we are going to follow you. this requires bipartisan discussionsc on the parody issue in domestic spending. they support the dreamers piece of legislation and pass forward to citizen ship. we have a strong majority of the american people. let's not kick the can down the road. they must negotiate in a bipartisan way. mr. president, constituents of mine are hearing today that there is a looming government shutdowns that by friday midnigh

mr. speaker, i rise today in the well of the congress of the united states of america as a democrat. ated a liberated democrat by my definition is one that cannot only speak truth to power but can also speak about power. so i rise today, mr. speaker, to honor and celebrate the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king. and in so doing, i want to encourage persons to not only read the masterpiece that dr. king wrote when he was in the birmingham jail, but also read the letter that he was responding to. this letter was written by eight persons, in my opinion none of whom were bigots, none of whom taught or preached hate. eight persons who were of the religious community. ight persons who were beyond reproach, high moral standards, impeccable character. you need to read the letter that dr. king was responding to, the letter that was written by eight members of the clergy. when you read this letter, as you go through it, you'll get to the last paragraph. i shall read the last paragraph and excerpt from it, if you will, not in its entirety but i should read an excerpt from the last paragra

mr. president, i united states is one day into a government shutdown that senate democrats have forced on our country. let's take a look at where we are. last night a bipartisan majority of senators, republicans and democrats, voted to avoid this. a bipartisan majority voted to advance a noncontroversial bill that already passed the house and which the president had already said he'd signing. of course, like any compromise this funding bill cannot be all things to all people, but this bipartisan bill does what we need to do right now. it ends this pointless, pointless, irresponsible shutdown, funds the government for our troops, our veterans, and millions of vulnerable americans and extends health coverage for millions of children in low-income families. none of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle can point to a single thing in the bill that they oppose, not one thing. that's why a bipartisan majority voted for it last night. it would have passed smoothly and been sent for the president's signature. except -- except that the democratic leader took the extraordinary step of filibu

from the mayor you can see, and that he writes, welcome to bethlehem. ,e pray that secretary of state mr. baker, will succeed in helping us to have peace tween palestinians -- between palestinians and israelis. it is stated 1991. 1991.dated broke out inolence the bosnian region and yugoslavia. gaps of the cold war. the americans were involved in ohio --e rss in dayton, peace processes in dayton, ohio. theas a hot spot, and secretary of state, marilyn albright, was aware of what was going on in the region. managedas, and a sheet the response in coordination with some of her foreign minister counterparts, and she held an almost daily conference call with the foreign ministers, and she later termed it conference call diplomacy to help manage the conflict. they coordinated and worked quite well together. at the end of secretary albright's tenure in january 2000 one, she and her conference call diplomacy counterparts together for dinner in paris to celebrate the end of secretary albright's 10-year, and she was tenure,d with gifts -- and she was presented with gifts. this russian porcelain cof

mr. speaker, i have a parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: state your inquiry. mr. hoyer: if am i correct that a continuing resolution is not necessary if, in fact, an appropriation bill has been passed to fund the government? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not stating a parliamentary inquiry? mr. hoyer: am i correct? the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a, we are also opening up the line for federal employees. 202-748-8923. it will get your comments and calls as soon as we can. also on twitter if he sent us a tweet. speaking of twitter, are capitol hill producer between senator jeff flake about the meeting going on for than the last half hour. mcconnell and schumer now in talks on a path forward to end the government shutdown. there are reports on what those talks may produce. joe williams, a reporter with rollcall rights this evening, "bipartisan group of senators hoping for a breakthrough on the shutdown." a group of 20 are presenting options to break the stalemate to leaders. lamar alexander and tim kaine. there is growing optimism the senate