ms. brooks. there are a number of points i would make. first, there is, as part of fizz ma, intentional adult ration rule in which firms are to look at their own risks, related to potential a dull tur ration from other parties. so that's one component. we do have a food defense group within fda that monitors some of the intelligence and works with many some of the intelligence to try to make sure that that we are able to monitor what's coming in from outside of the country. largely, in terms of food defense. and we also believe that having preventive food safety system, generally, allows for closer monitoring what's coming in and making sure folks understand what's happening in their own supply chains. and that's the kind of danger we have seen in some of these incidents that have happened historically sometimes something happens in supply chain and brought into the united states and then we have issue. and then this system that's being created within fizz ma helps to have people monitor what's happening throughout the supply chain, which

ms. brooks, you are recognized. we'll see if chairman walden makes it but your recognize for your comments. >> thank you, madam chair. and i am very, very pleased to see our colleague and a leader in the house of representatives, representative wagner, who has since we came in together five years ago has been a strong strong voice fighting for the victims and educating the american people about back page and other avenues of sex trafficking. i just want to take a moment to commend the state of indiana. i was involved as nice states attorney from 2001-2007 entering the time the bush of message but he should focus on on exportation and on child exploitation. and we started an effort called ipab now which is about protection against human trafficking. and it brings together law enforcement, victim services. puts in place protocols but i will tell you that the criminals and the perpetrators are always trying to stay one step ahead. they are always trying to find ways to exploit children, women, and others in order to sa

ms. jonsson for leading this debate today and of course -- sorry, miss jackson lee. and i of course want to thank susan brooks -- ms. jackson lee. and i of course want to thank susan brooks. this is an example of bipartisan at its best. and of course dianne feinstein over in the senate whose bill we're taking up, our companion bill. mr. speaker, i rise in support of the protecting young victims from sexual abuse and safe sport authorization act. it's a long name, but it's important. it came about on the heels of reports of sexual abuse at the highest levels of the u.s.a. gymnastics. #me too has come to the olympics -- #metoo has come to the olympics. and we've heard from more than 150 very brave young women, extraordinary not only in their talent but in their courage, who have shared their harrowing stories of sexual abuse at the hands of a doctor, larry nassar. who they were told to trust. one of these stories is from maddie larson, who is a budding young gymnast and a future olympic medalist. at age 14, she hurt her hip and was sent to dr. nassar. the well-known and now disgraced doctor. who cared for hundr

ms. brown's lawyers said desley brooks punched elaine brown in the chest with both fists, sending her flying backwards over a stack of folding chairs. he also said she had her head and had to have surgery on her rotator cuff. >>> later today the raiders welcome back a familiar face. john gruden. >> news conference is set for around noon to present john gruden as the raiders new head coach. john gruden began his career with the 49ers as a special assistant in 1990. he was later an assistant coach in college and in the nfl before becoming head coach of the raiders from 1998 through 2001. he was then traded to the tampa bay buccaneers for draft picks and $8 million. john gruden later won the super bowl with the buccaneers and has been a tv commentator for the past decade. reportedly he signs a tenure, $100 million contract to be back with the raiders. ktvu will have live coverage of the raiders' news conference today during our noon news. we will also livestream it on ktvu.com and on our mobile app. >>> yesterday at this time and 18 football player was a backup quarterback for the university of

. >> those of us who obviously read about richard nixon read ms times where he would make orders like go blow up the brookingsinstitution or break in and make it look like a democrat job. is this one of those cases where the president twaeshl gave an order, wanted it carried out, wanted mueller gone and in the next couple hours mcgahn got the word back to him no. >> i think it may have played out over several days as the president pestered him to try to get him to do this and mcgahn made it clear that he was willing to resign over this and the president ultimately backed down off of this. there's a long-standing thought amongst folks at the white house, if you can distract the president for a certain amount of time, he will find something to fixate his attention on. >> given this new reporting trump ordered mueller's firing last june, look at the events leading up to it. january 27th at a private dipper at the white house, president trump tells comey i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. february 14th also according to comey, president trump tells the fbi director to letting flynn go. march 22nd, trump asked mike

ms. rao: thanks so much to ted for inviting me to be here today and to brookings for hosting this event. every time i have a public experience i asked my staff and close advisers for jokes. no one ever comes up with any. i try to joke about the fact that we no longer have any jokes. my chief of staff has said to me, you are the administrator of the office of information and regulatory affairs, it is just not funny. jokes.y, i have no we'll see if i can do better next time. today, i wanted to discuss the regulatory reform efforts of this administration and to focus on three main points. i want to speak a little bit about what we have done in this past year, what we plan to do in the upcoming year, and then give you some of the principles why we believe so strongly in our regulatory reform effort. first, a little bit about what we have done. from my perspective, this past year was a banner year for regulatory reform. soon after taking office, the president issued an ambitious series of executive orders that directed agencies to eliminate two regulations for each new one and to impose zero