republican, mike conaway, led the opposition. subsidies andt programs should be maintained. we will show the debate. a final vote is expected today. mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i commend my colleague, mike conaway, and the other members of the agriculture committee for their work on the farm bill. i have every intention of voting for the bill and have stated that on many occasions. having been working on a re-authorization of a major bill recently, i can certainly sympathize with the effort here and say that overall this bill is an improvement on past farm bills because it responds to the desperate need of work requirements for able-bodied people. however, there's another piece of this bill that's been around for a long time.

it is something that the chairman mike conaway is working on throughout the weekend because the boat is coming up pretty quick next week. >> and president trump hosted a meeting at the white house recently with both the house and the senate agriculture committee chair. also agricultural secretary. what came out of that and do you think that the house and maybe later the senate version would change? because of the white house meeting? catherine: i think that the white house meeting between chairman conaway and that roberts and secretary purdue, they were talking farm bill specific and interactive. they said trump didn't talk but the veto threat, which was walked back by the white house director of legislative affairs. and then conaway after the meeting, said that some of the. work requirements and that is some of the pressure for the gop in the house. at the end of the day, the house and senate farm bill does need to go to conference. it will be interesting to see whether that version can get back to the house because you know, the senate has, the chairman has said he is not intereste

republican, mike conaway, led the opposition. subsidies andt programs should be maintained. we will show the debate. a final vote is expected today. mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i commend my colleague, mike conaway, and the other members of the agriculture committee for their work on the farm bill. i have every intention of voting for the bill and have stated that on many occasions. having been working on a re-authorization of a major bill recently, i can certainly sympathize with the effort here and say that overall this bill is an improvement on past farm bills because it responds to the desperate need of work requirements for able-bodied people. however, there's another piece of this bill that's been around for a long time. 85 years. that is not corrected. it is decidedly bad policy and it is long overdue to be corrected. and our amendment does that. but this amendment is not new. in fact, this body has debated it in every farm bill for over a generation. the issue of which i speak is the issue with sugar and the need for reform of the way we treat sugar. which is different

so the chairman mike conaway has proposed imposing strict work requirements of over 5 million people who are able-bodied people who participate in the work program. and the other 80% are commodity insurance for farmers and their premiums are subsidized and that's where the government comes in and that pays out when there's a disaster like a natural disaster or the wildfire that we saw last year. of course there's also information implementing land conservation practices. >> and you mentioned snap of course, the food stamps program and the fact that the farm bill usually gets quite a bit of bipart san support. >> the people on the program, so about between 5 and 7 million people would be subject to strib stricter work requirements, they would have to work at least 20 hours a week or be enrolled in a job training brahm. that's very expensive. they would save probably $9 billion over 10 years on slashing food benefits. that's pretty controversial because i can see that there's a lack of kind of data on the success of these state work programs and the cbo actually estimates that it would

speaker, i commend my colleagues, mike conaway, and the other members for their work on the farm bill. intention ofry voting for the bill and stated i cany occasions -- sympathize with the effort and say that, overall, this bill is an improvement of past farm bills because it responds to the desperate need of work requirements for able-bodied people. there is another piece of this bill that has been around for a long time. 85 years. it's not corrected. decidedly bad policy. it is long overdue to be corrected, and our amendment does that. this amendment is not new. this body has debated it in every farm bill for over a generation. the issue of which i speak is the issue with sugar and the need for reform of the way we treat sugar. that's different from all other commodity programs. if the only program that and supplyth support management. supply management is the ugly cousin of direct payments. if we weren't in activity. americans are outraged when they tor tales of direct payments farmers were not producing something. rewardme injustice for of inactivity is what we find in the sugar p

speaker, i commend my colleague, mike conaway, and the other members of the agriculture committee for their work on the farm bill. i have every intention of voting for the bill and have stated that on many occasions. having been working on a re-authorization of a major bill recently, i can certainly sympathize with the effort here and say that overall this bill is an improvement on past farm bills because it responds to the desperate need of work

republican mike conaway who ran the russia investigation told me this. >> that's an easy thing to assertho they are talking about, i'm hard pressed know who is threatening their life. >> you think they are overplaying their hand in. >> i think there's a certain possibility of it. i'm open to evidence to the contrary. always concerned. that's an easy thing to assert. sounds great. i'm not convinced. >> reporter: wolf democrats believe this is part to undercut the justice department. if they do not take steps to give the senior officials in n contem contempt, republican say it's in the their intention. another question is later tomorrow when these two men gou gowdy and nunes go over there, will they read the documents. we'll see what happens tomorrow and if this alleviates any concerns that the republicans have about this information. >> those republicans at odds with the white house itself. >> thanks very much. the former cia director is joining us. he has an important new book that's just been released president it's entitled the assault on intelligence. american national security in an

will also consider h.r. 2, the agriculture and nutritious action, sponsored by representative mike conaway. ronald reagan said american farmers are the backbone of our country. both myself and the data would greevement food and ag industries drive more than 43 million jobs, over a quarter of all american jobs, and u.s. farm exports generate more than $300 billion in economic activity. this important bill will re-authorize farm and nutritious assistance programs for five years while making reforms to modernizing key programs and bert support rural america. since my friend often asks about items beyond the week to come, i'd like to make this a bonus colloquy for him. and preview several items that are possible during this work period. this includes h.r. 5674, the v.a. mission act of 2018. sponsored by representative phil roe. this bill would fundamentally transform the v.a. and the way america veterans receive care for the better. i want to applaud chairman roe for his hard work on this legislation, which recently passed his committee on a bipartisan vote of 20-2. next h.r. 3, the spending c

i talked to a number of them on that committee including mike conaway, the republican running the investigation. he said he's 100% confident in their assertions and another republican said there's only one person that can determine whether or not slvladimimir put wants donald trump to win and that's vladmir putin. house republicans increasingly isolated in their view. >> good point. thank you very much. we're also gets a first look at transcripts of donald trump junior's interview and shedding new light on his meeting with a group of russians over at trump tower in new york during the 2017 presidential campaign. our chief national correspondent is working this part of the story for us. jim, first of all what do we know about these transcripts. what do they reveal? >> you can be forgiven for losing track of donald trump juniors, trump allies and other explanations for that meeting. what the transcripts make clear is from the very beginning the run up to this meeting to the moment they were in room till the end of meeting, members of the trump campaign, senior members of the trump campaign expect

white house meeting today with the agriculture secretary sonny purdue, pat roberts of kansas, and mike conawaythe president said that he expects when the language of the bill is drafted that it will include measures that would require work for people who are on food stamps. the president said that he expects said to be in the legislation, he stopped short of issuing what was expected to be a veto trend. >> bret: there is a story in "the new york times" headlined north security close to resigning after trump berated her and talks about an incident, what we know about that? >> what we do know is that in the cabinet meeting yesterday, i have confirmed this through sources, kirstjen nielsen felt like she was singled out and paraded by the president over what he saw as a lack of border security. "the new york times" report says that she was close to resigning over it and that she had drafted a letter of resignation. what we are hearing from sources at dhs is that a tweet will be coming soon. that would deny the existence of a resignation letter. it may be that she was saying something to the effect

so mike conaway thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> dana: new eruption at hawaii's kilauea volcanoshooting a massive cloud of ash 30,000 feet into the air. jeff is live in hawaii. jeff? >> yeah, dana, we were just evacuated from the checkpoint into the neighborhood that was hard hit by all that lava and toxic gas because the levels of sulfur dioxide rose so high that hawaii national guard came up to us, and told us, hey, we're getting out of here. we're putting our respirators on and we suggest you do the same thing. this area behind us is the fire station. and this is the staging area now which is at least about an hour drive, about an hour drive from the volcano summit. that's where today, that's where today had that massive eruption at 25,000 feet in the air, sent those ash plumes. from where we're standing, dana, you really can't see that dramatic plume in the air because it is so rainy and cloudy. but i will say that the air tastes differently. it smells differently. and geologists we spoke with a little while ago told us for the folks who are directly downwind from this plume

speaker, i commend my colleague, mike conaway, and the other members of the agriculture committee for their work on the farm bill. i have every intention of voting for the bill and have stated that on many occasions. having been working on a re-authorization of a major bill recently, i can certainly sympathize with the effort here and say that overall this bill is an improvement on past farm bills because it responds to the desperate need of work requirements for able-bodied people. however, there's another piece of this bill that's been around for a long time. 85 years. that is not corrected. it is decidedly bad policy and it is long overdue to be corrected. and our amendment does that. but this amendment is not new. in fact, this body has debated it in every farm bill for over a generation. the issue of which i speak is the issue with sugar and the need for reform of the way we treat sugar. which is different from all other commodity programs. it's the only program that provides both loan support and supply management. supply management is the ugly cousin of direct payments. it rewa

will also consider h.r. 2, the agriculture and nutritious action, sponsored by representative mike conaway. ronald reagan said american farmers are the backbone of our country. both myself and the data would greevement food and ag industries drive more than 43 million jobs, over a quarter of all american jobs, and u.s. farm exports generate more than $300 billion in economic activity. this important bill will re-authorize farm and nutritious assistance programs for five years while making reforms to modernizing key programs and bert support rural america. since my friend often asks about items beyond the week to come, i'd like to make this a bonus colloquy for him. and preview several items that are possible during this work period. this includes h.r. 5674, the v.a. mission act of 2018. sponsored by representative phil roe. this bill would fundamentally transform the v.a. and the way america veterans receive care for the better. i want to applaud chairman roe for his hard work on this legislation, which recently passed his committee on a bipartisan vote of 20-2. next h.r. 3, the spending c

the chairman, mike conaway, has proposed imposing stricter work requirements between 5-7 million people that are able- bodied adults and enrolled in the program. then, of course, the other 20% of the bill is spent on commodity subsidies for farmers and the crop insurance program that they pay into, but their premiums are subsidized and that is where the government comes in, that will pay out when there is a disaster, and natural disasters like hurricanes or wildfires that we saw last year. of course, there is also assistance with implementing land conservation practices and those are the key aspects. >> you mentioned snap, the food stamp program and the fact that the farm bill gets quite a bit of bipartisan support. this seems to be's leading parties along party lines, tell us more about the issue? >> the program has about 42 million recipients, it has agriculture chairman, mike conaway, wants to impose stricter requirements on a subset of the people with the program. between 5-7 million people would be subject and have to work at least 20 hours per week or be enrolled in a job training

is: so mike conaway proposing to make changes to the food stamp program. most significantly he wants to ask and work requirements for able bodied adults. it has enraged democrats. they say it is too harsh. they walked away from the farm bill current conway has to rely on republicans to get the bill done but not all republicans get on board. they may have to walk it back. >> we heard in the agriculture committee bill, which passed on a partyline that all democrats plan to oppose the bill. your article, house freedom caucus debates is killing immigration, what is the status of support of the bill overall? liz: right now it does not appeal that conway has enough votes. he is working overtime to make sure he gets them. last night he told us he is trying to talk to as many numbers -- members but it is hard to get support. they threw a wrench into the whipping process because some of the members are trying to withhold support. controversial immigration bill, that is bringing to the floor. >> what changes are you looking for on the floor debate? liz: over 100 ame

liz: so mike conaway is proposing to make changes to the food stamp program. the most significantly, he wants forxpand work requirements able-bodied adults that are not dependence. it has enraged democrats. they say it is too harsh. they walked away from the farm bill. conaway has to rely on republicans to get the bill done, but not all republicans support the changes, and there are divisions within the cost -- caucus whether they want to back changes to the food stamps program. >> we heard in the agriculture commission, which passed on a partyline 26-20 vote, that all democrats plan to oppose the bill. your article, house freedom caucus debates is killing farm bill over integration, focuses on republicans lobbying against immigration. what is the status of support of the bill overall? liz: right now it does not conaway has enough votes. he is working overtime to make sure he gets them. last night, he told us he's trying to talk to as many as possible to get support, but the freedom caucus threw a wrench into the process by saying some of the members are threa

so the chairman mike conaway has proposed imposing strict work requirements of over 5 million people who are able-bodied people who participate in the work program. and the other 80% are commodity insurance for farmers and their premiums are subsidized and that's where the government comes in and that pays out when there's a disaster like a natural disaster or the wildfire that we saw last year. of course there's also information implementing land conservation practices. >> and you mentioned snap of course, the food stamps program and the fact that the farm bill usually gets quite a bit of bipart san support. >> the people on the program, so about between 5 and 7 million people would be subject to strib stricter work requirements, they would have to work at least 20 hours a week or be enrolled in a job training brahm. that's very expensive. they would save probably $9 billion over 10 years on slashing food benefits. that's pretty controversial because i can see that there's a lack of kind of data on the success of these state work programs and the cbo actually estimates that it would