the only committee to provide a handbook to its members and 1 of 2 committees that televises the committee. and liaison model for overseas bonds. and six recommendations. first two recommendations to measures and reportings. first being that the committee should complete the process of standardizing the reporting format used by all bond programs. will ensure the committee is receiving adequate information from all bond programs to enable it to confirm that the proceeds are spent in accordance with the relevant bond measures. further, stake holding engagement. in regards to orientation and training, the committee should consider instituting an enhanced orientation plan for new members. this will ensure that all members begin their service with an adequate understanding of bonds and finance and should development supplementary training for continuing committee members to enhance knowledge and effectiveness. in terms of public transparency and access to information, the committee should ensure it provides to the public adequate information about its activities, functions and members, by enhan

it was also discussed in rules committee and it's going to come back to the rules committee for further discussion. happy to discuss these with my colleagues off-line. >> thank you. before we go to rules, i would like to excuse our student delegates. thank you very much. i know you have ap exams tomorrow. you should mosey out of here, please. commissioner sanchez. >> we discussed our appointee and that was heard last night and discussed and voted on with a positive recommendation. we had several other items that we discussed that are going to be voted on by the board at the next board meeting. so we'll hear more about them at that meeting. >> thank you. so item 2, board delegates to membership organizations. any reports on those, commissioner muiration. >> murase. >> i did review 60 workshop proposals. i hope my colleagues will plan to attend a conference in december. there is a delegate a simply next weekend. i'm not able to be there. i'm not sure about my colleagues. but i do think -- i hope my colleagues will show some interest in -- i think we're missing a delegate or two. >> no oth

at least i can vote in this committee and in this committee my vote will be no. i yield back. >> mr. chairman, i am disappointed, disappointed in the broken process that get us here to the markup, disappointed this committee has been pushed away from its bipartisan legacy. mr. chairman, we asked time and time again to open up the process and allow this transparency to members and the public. i am not disappointed. i am most disappointed that this bill doesn't come close to doing enough to help rural communities and promote rural economic development. this is unacceptable and a huge loss for rural america. i came to congress committed to bipartisanship and finding common ground. and i have the record to prove that. that's why i asked to join the agriculture committee. with this legacy of working together on behalf of america's farmers, ranchers and rural communities. while there are always going to be some places where we find disagreement, the ability to reach consensus on the majority of things we agree on has long be the hallmark of this committee. our shard va

the arts steering committee will meet after the visual arts committee. so that meeting is being scheduled. then we expect to come back in june with recommendations for the board to consider. and ultimately, the contracts are held by the arts commission with the selected artist and they manage those on our behalf. in the initial sites, include the ferry plaza, building one plaza, hilltop park, for building one plaza, they were ai weiwei, ai weiwei, gormley and pardo. and for hilltop, sewage moto, booker and gold worthy. so these images are images of ai weiwei's proposal for the waterfront plaza. the pardo proposal was for pieces, red and green, on either side of the ferry building, the ferry shelter structure. again, recalling navigational buoys as a leaping off point for inspiration. and then anthony gormley, this was his piece, which was a monumental sculpture figure. and this was the piece that was provisionally recommended by the panel with some questions for the artist on form, potentially location, and some other things for discussion. those are the

i was one of the teachers on the committee. this was just a really, really solutions oriented committee, very unique having district representatives, teachers, and parents together all really working to the to find solutions and make sure that the practices in this case, the assessment practices that we were using were really designed to improve student learning. our conversation and everything focused on is what we're doing going to improve student learning and if not, what do we need to do to make sure that in this case our assessment practices are directly in line with how we're going to all work together to improve student learning. the representatives of all three of these groups met, went back and forth, and really came to agreement on all these recommendations. so i just really urge the board to approve the recommendations of the assessment committee especially increasing the number of sub days per teacher, per assessment cycle, up to two sub days per teacher, per assessment cycle. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> g

you are obviously no stranger to this committee and all the members on the committee briefed as many times, and i think you bring remarkable skills this position. in mand my question today, i wao focus on two issues. one is on the security clearances. this committee has had a couple of hearings on the subject both open and close. we knoclosed. we know that dni is the governments security agent and as the point person you have the technique to lead on that. as you acknowledge the current system is broken. so a backhaul costs too much, take too long, too complex. we have had lots of testimony about continuous evaluation and better use of technology, trying to knock down on the gop side the amount of backlog and add more details and to provide us with any updates. the second issue that i want to focus on is your role to oversee the activities across the u.s. government particularly with regards to some of our nation state adversaries. russia and china that the whole society approaches. i believe particularly the challenge posed in its acquisition of our technologies for its and the pene

pat, can i just ask the committee, so how the appointments are made on the oversight committee? >> they are made by board -- they're -- it's a combination of board appointees and superintendent appointees. the terms are two years, can be renewed for two years, and then, a member can be reappointed but has to take a year off. >> and do you currently have anyone that's appointed that's uesf? >> linda plaque is -- >> is it just linda? >> yes. >> okay. but the conversations in terms of the committee meetings do not include a uesf rep besides the appointed person? >> not officially. although we do as a courtesy reach out to uesf to alert them to the meetings, and as miss blanc had mentioned, she or a representative of uesf is present at almost every meeting. >> great. so that's public comment. commissioners, any questions or comments? commissioner merase? >> thank you very much. i want to thank miss shaw, and i'd like the committee to stand and be recognized. it's a tremendous amount of work. [applause]. >> my only question, one of your recommendations is the 71-29% split, and i've a

the mark before the full committee today also authorizes u.s. special operations commands' programs and activities, including ongoing efforts in iraq, syria, afghanistan, yemen, somalia, and eastern europe. we extend authority for critical personnel recovery programs and strengthen congressional oversight of ongoing counterterrorism and sensitive activities. the mark will also streamline the department's oversights of countering weapons of mass destruction by creating a single principal adviser to the secretary of defense for these activities. to build upon the success of family support and mental and behavioral health programs within u.s. special operations command, which this subcommittee has championed in previous years, we are encouraging the department to examine how the most successful elements of the programs can be scaled to the broader force to ensure our service members and their families are receiving the best care possible. we're also directing the secretary to review professionalism and ethics programs across the special operations

work of the senate intelligence committee, by the minority on the house intelligence committee, by bobmueller's investigation with the indictments of the russians, by the intelligence agencies that have continued to work on this issue. the only outlier our house intel who dispute the basic conclusion stepped it russians and donald trump is obvious to anyone who has looked at facebook ads recently. that is a clear window into where the republicans on our committee have been, which we are going to put out a favorable report to the president and tear down any actions by the justice department that is not favorable to the president. that is their mission. i confronted with that we had little choice but to part company. but if we had the opportunity to run the committee, we will choose to run it in a very different way and bring back i bipartisanship to the committee, as well as focus on the work that the country has really charged us to do. >> another big event in the last couple of weeks was the trump administration's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. the uranian's and euro

, the information judiciary committee democrats provided today shows one thing thing -- committee democrats made -- made crystal clear that committee republicans are prematurely saying pencils down. there is much left to investigate. many witnesses still to be heard. many facts left to follow. the message of senate republicans on this investigation is, quote, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. the american people won't be fooled. they know the difference between a genuine search for truth and a whitewash. i remain hopeful that senators burr and warner are running down every lead and every thread. there is no doubt the senate intelligence committee's investigation will be the next target of the president's talking heads on fox news. finally, mr. president, on prescription drugs, i head a headline in this morning's "washington post." trump's drug price retreat adds to the list of abandoned populist promises. that headline is spot on. the president has repeatedly talked like a -- the president has repeatedly talked like a populist but governed like a plutocrat. on taxes, the presi

mrs.secretary welcome back to the committee. the resources committee held its budget hearing back in march and i appreciate the opportunity to further discuss the details with your budget here today. over the past year we've been able to work very closely on a host of issues that are crucial to alaska and i thank you for your commitment and your attention to these very important matters. and all that you've done to produce the state's abundant natural resources. just as a reminder. we're going to adhere to the early bird rule this morning. i will call on member as they arrive and we'll do six minute rounds. and i'm hoping to do a second round to give everyone an opportunity to raise the issues they want to raise. this is roughly 2.5 billion below the reduction i support and others that i will note my concerns. i do appreciate the budgets emphasis on greater energy security and increasing responsibility development of our natural resources. an important effort is the department's work on a new five year plan for offshore. i'm ple

the ag committee. i represent my constituents on the rules committee and budget committee. i work with c.b.o. day in and day out, as my colleague knows. c.b.o. is absolutely charged with being the nonpartisan scorekeeper. in all of these budgetary matters. but as the gentleman recalls, having worked for a former member of the rules committee himself, when republicans passed and president clinton signed the unfunded mandates point of order, it was designed with one goal and one goal only in mind. that was to make sure that when congress acts it considers the impacts of folks back home. it considers whether or not it is shirking a responsibility in washington and shifting that responsibility to state and local governments back home. ith certainty, w mr. chairman, that not a single member on this side of the aisle has waivered in that commitment from when this bill passed in 1995 until today. but what my friend from massachusetts references are programs that a are implemented y the states in order to a fe

i sit on o the judiciary committee. we haven't held a single hearing about reducing gun violence or working to keep our children safe. we can't prevent every tragedy, but there are actions we can take right now, today torques save lives. we have the power. i urge my colleagues to find the courage to act. our kids are counting on us. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from utah seek recognition. >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. love: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to raise awareness about postpartum depression. i rise today to raise awareness about maternal deaths. let the country know about one of my constituents, emily dikes. she was a good person. she was active in her community, beloved by all who knew her, let the country but most of all she was an amazing mother. however with her fifth child she developed some difficulties and emily was over

manafort for a committee hearing set for july 26, 2017. mr. manafort instead offered to appear voluntarily for a staff interview the day before the hearing. and the ranking member asked me to withdraw the subpoena. then the f.b.i. raided his home and mr. manafort indicated he would invoke his fifth amendment rights and then consequently declined to answer the committee's questions. however, we did review the transcript of his earlier interview with the intelligence committee. the ranking member refused to participate in a voluntary interview when we had a chance. she said democrats on the committee objected that the scope would be focused on the trump tower meeting. for all i know, the minority leader's office objected as well. but political leadership should not be dictating bipartisan committee oversight. for mr. kushner, he refused to participate in a voluntary interview after the ranking member unilaterally and prematurely released another witness transcript. there was no consultation with me at all by the minority on that point. that's th

and our sub committee was ably assisted by a technical advisory committee led by m max lowenstein. >> successful planning for resilience to address climate change, sea level rise and disaster response requires working with others. for this reason, the sub committee hosted many speakers at our sub committee meetings to discuss resilience planning from a citywide and regional perspective. these participants included staff from weta, the water emergency transit authority, bcdc, our own port staff, city planning, san francisco department of the environment, san francisco department of emergency management, the san francisco neighborhood empowerment network, and the city office of resilience and recovery. the resilience sub committee's work differed from that of the other sub committees because instead of undertaking an update of existing waterfront land use plan sections, the resilience sub committee was tasked with creating new policy recommendations on two subjects that the 1997 waterfront land use planned ahad touched on lightly or not at all. those were environmental sustainability an

>> we do check that when the committees supply documentation of that. committees are required under regulations to provide proof documenting residency. it is not the job of this commission, and i'm not speaking to this particular matter. i don't know this individual's name, but it's not the job of the commission to take a list of 5 or 600 contributors and check proof. when we look, we do look, for example, to make sure that the contributor listed is the contributor for whom the i.d. is being provided. in some cases, we found a contributor listed with a supporting documentation being a voter i.d. we looked at that voter i.d. and found that, for example, the person associated with that voter i.d. on the city records was born in 1993. the contributor listed was in law practice much, much prior to that. so there were a couple of inconsistencies where the voter i.d. did not match the contributor, so those are another examples of where voter i.d. is important. >> commissioner kopp: wait. what's the voter i.d.? >> the voter i.d. is the number registered to the

you're obviously no stranger to this committee and all of the members on the committee. you've briefed us many times. and i think you bring remarkable skills to this position. and my question today, i want to focus on two issues. one is security clearances. and this hearing -- this committee has had a couple hearings on that subject, both open and closed. we all know that dni is the government's security executive agent, and you as the dni's point person have to take the lead on that. as you've acknowledged, and i think this committee internationally has acknowledged, the current system is broken. 740,000-person backlog. costs too much. takes too long. way too complex. we've had lots of testimony about continuous evaluation, better use of technology, trying to knock down on the dod side. a big amount of that backlog. i'd like this morning to view that in a little more detail and provide us any update. the second issue that i want to focus on will be your role to oversee the counterintelligence security activities across the u.s. government, particularly in regards to som

we have had hundreds of amendments considered in committee. we have had hundreds of amendments, which have been drafted for floor consideration. that is a lot of work on a very few individuals who have had to make sure it was in the appropriate legislative language. and i especially want to thank legislative counsel working with our staffs for getting this measure ready for floor consideration. mr. chairman, the best way to summarize this bill is that it takes the next steps, the next steps to rebuilding our military and reforming the pentagon, the next steps towards strengthening our country's national security. we are going to hear a lot more about the details in the days to come. noust want to emphasize that one bill can do can do everything for the men and women especially in repairing their equipment and readiness and giving them the best equipment, support and training that our nation can provide. no one bill can do all those things. but this bill takes important next steps building on what was done in the 2018 bill. finally, mr. chairma

committee and i've had the pleasure being on the rules committee of hearing her make the presentations with reference to this matter. she speaks very clearly and i'm very pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from nevada, ms. tithe u.s. -- ms. titus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from nevada is recognized. ms. titus: thank you for those kind words and for yielding to me. i represent las vegas, which is the heart of southern nevada. we have over two million people and be we welcome 40 million people from around the world every year. so let me give you a different perspective. i have been fighting yucca mountain since the 1980's. i do know these issues, and i appreciate some of the points that have been made but some of them are just incorrect. h.r. 3053 is a flawed piece of legislation, and it just doubles down on bad policy and bad politics. i testified in front of the energy and commerce committee on this bill when it was first introduced last year and noted many of the flaws in the legislation. flaws that remain in the bill

that's what spawned the two committees. they stood up in 1976. >> when the committees were first established not everyone by virtually all the members took it as a national sacred trust. the responsibility not related to home state or district. to think that revealed the first 15 or 20 years and gradually over time the congress has invaded the communities that's not good for the intelligence community. the intelligence committee needs oversight. unfortunately we are having many complaints over time. is what were doing legal, ethical, moral, and in accordance with american standards and values? that should be the main purpose of those committees. sometimes what happens involves into micromanagement were people want to do the job of seniors and that's not good either. you have a tendency to lose sight of the important things. what is the community doing the legal, ethical and more which is how they started in the first place. >> the message here is that committees are credible and effective when they do things on a bipartisan

olympic committee. case ofe clear, in one sexual abuse is one case too many and it will take a herculean effort to regain the trust of athletes, their families and the american people. keepingys a role in millions of athletes safe from harm. the majority of athletes involved will never compete in olympics. their own teams affiliated with an angie be or play in an angie be sponsored event. this can include little league teams local tennis tournament or gymnastic competitions. in many instances they are children. but fall within the parameters of organized sports so when we talk about athletes safety we aren't just talking about elite , we are also talking about our friends, neighbors, and children. this is why athletes safety must be the top priority of the usoc .nd and gps these policies and procedures must be followed otherwise they are not worth the paper they're written on in the culture must be such that athletes feel safe and protected. we've seen what can happen when athletes safety is not a prior

standing committees, can i get a report from the committee of the whole? commissioner cook? you've already taken care of that. report from curriculum, commissioner norton. >> commissioner norton: there were two items on the agenda, the first was the petition for the mary l. booker leadership academy. that petition was given a negative recommendation by the committee. the other item was informational item on really a very broad array of summer programming that students will receive this summer. and options. it seems like it's been expanded a lot during the time i've been on the board. and it was very interrogatory interesting to -- very interesting to hear about all the summer options to students. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: thank you. board delegates to membership organizations. anyone have any reports on that? all other reports by board members? anyone have anything else to mention? >> commissioner murase: thank you, i wanted to announce the strengthening k-12 arts town hall, sfusd representatives want to hear from the community about shaping the future of arts educatio

they have a committee. it's the transportation committee. it's where the coast guard looks at this and with people who understand these issues vastly better than we do, so i -- i, too, would urge opposition. >> other debate. the gentleman from ohio, mr. turner. >> i yield my time to mr. bishop. >> like since i want the opportunity of having more sarcastic speeches coming on this issue, let me, mr. chairman, withdraw it now and i'll work with the others so that they can fully understand what the requirements actually are and see if we can actually present this on the floor. this is a simple situation. we're not trying to screw anything over. we're simply trying to allow americans who have big yachts that can't meet coast guard standards because it's not designed to do that. the law was in the 1920s, to have the ability to fly the american flag. that's not had a big deal, but i'll be happy to work with you at a later date to see if we can introduce this so that you actually finally will understand it and you'll finally realize this is not simp

during his interviews with our committee out in oregon, this committee continued its work, even though the president nominated him without waiting for the committee to complete its work. this committee asked him if he had controversial writings or events in his life that he needed to disclose them, and he said he did not. and he did not disclose them. so this is not an ancient failure of integrity. this is an immediate, recent past failure of transparency and integrity. here is the letter that we received from the chair of oregon's federal judicial selection advisory committee. i am writing to you as chair of the oregon federal judicial selection advisory committee. i have reviewed a recent piece in "the wall street journal" titled, quote, give amnesty for college writings. the piece concerns ryan bound, candidate for the ninth circuit court of appeals vacancy and specifically states that our committee recommended him. the piece notes mr. bounds' writings but fails to point out he never disclosed those writings to the committee at any point in the interview process. since that time, i

also a bi partisan republican led committee found that there was no collusion rushes active measures campaign achieved its primary goal of inciting division and discord among americans for more than a year us politics have been consumed by busy recriminations charges and countercharges about the attacks now the democrats completely dismissed the committee's assessment saying that it was incredible that republicans couldn't see collusion. throughout the investigation committee republicans chose not to seriously investigates or even see when in plain sight evidence of collusion between the trim campaign and russia and guess what democrats have pledged that they'll continue to investigate this collusion so now there's three separate investigations all contradicting each other and we're not even taking into account investigations conducted by the department of justice homeland security other congressional committees and of course the infamous muller investigation so this russian collusion drama has been going on for a couple of years now so we'll definitely keep you updated that is if yo

committee. he along with house speaker paul ryan and a missouri senator sat down to talk about some of the issues congress is working on. this was part of a legislative seminar hosted by the law firm baker hostettler. >> we are going to get started off this morning. there's never much going on in washington these days. people from around the country say "hausa going in washington?" it's not old. more and more folks are on twitter. i'm delighted you are here. this morning, the president tweeted out. i would love to get your reaction. "congratulations, america. the greatester of witchhunt in american history, still no collusion and no obstruction. the only was done by democrats unable to win on election day, despite spending far more money. he is for spring -- referring to special counsel robert mueller through the anniversary of the special counsel's work. one of the leading democrats in the house, the ranking democrat on the subcommittee of intelligence, involved in these conversations. what's y

olympic committee. , community, pardon me. there has been a systemic failure in the system to protect athletes, including in how allegations of sexual misconduct have been handled, or should i say, not handled, by the national governing bodies. the groups the run individual sports and the u.s. olympic committee. let me be clear, if one case of sexual abuse is one case too many. and it will take a herculean effort to regain the trust of prospective athletes, their families and the american people. usoc and ntb play role in keeping billions of american athletes safe from harm. the vast majority of the athletes involved in into the zone of compete and olympics. they are on teams affiliate with and in gb or plate and in gb sponsored event. this can occlude little league teams, local tennis tournaments or gymnastic competitions. they are in many instances children, but they still fall within the parameters of organized sports. so when we talk about athletes safety, , we're not just talk about the elite athlete representing the coun

chairman, distinguished members of the committee. it's an honor for me to be with you here today along with your dear friend and former colleague, senator bide, along with our mutual friend gina haspel, obviously president trump's nominee to be the leader at the cia. it's hard to believe it's been a little over three years since i sat on your side of the dais and while i miss my personal relationship with each one of you, i do not miss the daily decisions that you're having to make but thank goodness all of you are here to do that. i've known and admired gina haspel for many years. in fact, i met her as a member of this committee and no doubt traveling to one of the many garden spots that cia officers have been deployed around the globe. gina is a consummate intelligence professional who is unwaveringly honest and objective which is exactly the type of person we need leading the men and women of the cia today. the world in which we live gets more complex each and every day. today we're fighting terrorism on several different continen

committee. the good news about the notittee, which is particularly apparent from the among thes that, even worst of times, in terms of our differences over russia, the non-russia-related work of the committee has gone on in a very nonpartisan way. it's not that chairman nunes and i ever discuss this and said we to compart mentallize our because the other work is important, but we implicitly.at today for example, i will have to rush out, because we have a hearing on china. and the increasing challenge posed by china militarily, in the cyber world, and in other realms. so that work has gone on, but nonetheless, some of the actions of the committee have been deeply damaging to our relationship with the intelligence community. and that will have to be fixed, and it will be a long-term project. but among the most damaging in terms of our committee's relationship with the intelligence committee, was the whole chapter involving the nunes memo. it was the first time this obscure house rule was used to s

olympic committee. sore hoping they're prepared to provide consistent support to the center for safe sport. it's critical to have a permanent dedicated source of funding. the sports organizations should make sure it happens. the require sports governing body's for topped reforms as needed to reduce harm to athletes. who his subjects to background checks how they're done and whether these are banned are important. they should be applied consistently across all sports. i also want to hear that the olympic committee and all governing up bodies are committed to ongoing assessmen assessments. before we leave on hear from the witnesses and i will want to examine how they failed athletes in the past and how that's shaping what they've done in the past. also to protect athletes under your leadership. there'll be zero-tolerance for the kinds of abuses that are brought us here today. with that, i yield back. >> the chair now recognizes the chairman, mr. walton. >> thank you for lead in this investigation. every o

olympic committee. clear. me be if one case of sexual abuse is one case too many and it will take a herculean effort to regain the trust of prospective athletes, their families, and the american people. usoc and ngb's play a role in keeping millions of american safe from harm. the vast majority of athletes compete inll never olympics. they're on teams affiliated with in an ngbplay event, including or gymnastue teams ics competitions. they are children but fall within the parameters of organized sport so we're not about elite athletes representing their country at the highest level of competition. talking about our friends, our neighbors and yes, our children. athlete safety must be the top priority of the usoc ngb's and why they should policies in place to reflect that priority. more importantly, these policies and procedures must be followed, otherwise they're not worth the written on and the culture must be such that our athletes feel safe and protected. seen what can happen when athlete safety is not a prio

this committee is not the only committee that filed for public financing and other committees that file under the same rule, same set of expectation. i think some of them filed earlier expecting there would be the expected requests for additional information. in this particular case, i think the committee admitted they filed at the very last possible minute. i think out of abundance of fairness, this commission at the last meeting had granted extra time which to me was pretty unprecedented to one committee to submit additional information with the expectation thatauld of us agreed that would be a final decision, and i remember we asked the committee could they live with that condition and they said yes, the executive director's determination would be final. my understanding was there was an allegation that net file or -- two different things -- there was a serious allegation against the staff of fraudulent behavior, that's why we had this item. my concern was that it was agreed upon the decision was finalized based on the conditions and the second thing was i am very concerned that we a

committees. guest: you are very likely to see questions about committees. the house ways and means committee is one of the oldest committees, and because the country should give the house the power to start tax bills, revenue bills, the ways and means committee, which really is of taxes committee, is a key committee when it comes to the power of the purse -- where does the government get its money? another key committee you should know in the house as the house rules committee, where in the house, the rules committee is a collection of democrats and republicans come up majority party has most in the roles committed, and they dislike the rules for debate. and the house has a much more limited where no one can add an amendment during the debate. guest: in addition, i would also know the types of committees. they types that you're most likely to see are going to be the standing committees versus the conference committees. know the difference. standing committees are permanent. they are in the house

olympic committee. next is the chief executive officer at usa gymnastics. next, the president at usa swimming, and the executive director of usa tae kwon do. then we have mr. davis, chief officer of usa volleyball, and finally the president and chief executive officer at the u.s. center for safe sport. you are aware the committee is holding an investigative hearing, and when doing so, has had the practice of taking under oath. do you have any objection? all witnesses have responded no. you are entitled to counsel. do any of you desire counsel today? the record reflects that all witnesses have responded no. in that case, please rise, and i ask you to raise your right hand and i will swear you in. do you swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you, you may be seated. you are now under both, and subject to the penalties of the united states code. you may now give a five-minute summary of your written statement, and we begin with you. you hav

chairman, i move the committee now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration. had r. 5515, direct knows report that it has can -- that it has come to nos remain title of the resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the -- the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 5515 and has come to nos remain title of the resolution thereon. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute peeches. the chair lays before the house the following personal request. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. stivers of ohio for today and the balance of the vehicle -- and the balance of the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objectio

also a bipartisan republican led committee found that there was no collusion the committee found no evidence that meetings between trump associates and official representatives of the russian government reflected collusion coordination or conspiracy with the russian government now the democrats completely dismissed the committee's assessment saying that it was incredible that republicans couldn't see collusion throughout the investigation committee republicans chose not to seriously investigate or even see when in plain sight evidence of collusion between the trim campaign and russia and guess what democrats have pledged that they'll continue to investigate this collusion so now there's three separate investigations all contradicting each other and we're not even taking into account investigations conducted by the department of justice homeland security other congressional committees and of course the infamous muller investigation all those who phoned. or something whoever found there to be something could not explain what it was so you have to give me an idea of the ludicrous natur

a burden that people serve on the committee there does not happen with other committees it is mostly secret. and you don't get much benefit so that as a sacrifice on your part. i just want to say i have always appreciated that. as far as, one of the benefits of writing a book like this is it was cathartic. it gave me an opportunity to be contemplative and to think about what are things in my life that influence me? i have to say it was surprising, my parents give my dad was back in world war ii he served through korea and vietnam and he never requested, never pursed military service or anything like that. but just his example. my mother was a feminist before the term became popular. i think social justice probably came from her. because she was big on that. and i didn't really put that together. and unfortunately did not appreciate the impact my parents had only until they were gone. that i think points to a single influence or the influences were my mother and father. >> your mother was, there's that wonderful story to tell about i think you are in asia and she invites the junior of