was not listed on that disclosure. >> well, mr. hart was a lobbyist and you rented a room from him and you had issues pending before your agency at the time that hart's firm were working on, which is to me -- that is the exact swamp that president trump was trying to get rid of and all of these questions i've been asking about is this swampy behavior that's going on here. i mean, consistently over and over and over again, whether it's sirens, whether it's, you know, perks for you and your friends, for your staff. let me move here to your -- it's been reported that a member of your staff, one who got a 33% raise to over $114,000 earlier this year house hunted for you during work hours. this would be a violation of federal rules as well as a misuse of taxpayer dollars. did your staff contact realtors and arrange tours for you during working hours, yes or no? >> it's my understanding that all activity there was on personal time. >> yes or no, sir? >> as i indicated, it's my understanding that all activity there was on personal time. the in

mr. hart was not listed on that disclosure. sen. udall: he was a lobbyist and you rented a room from him and you had issues pending before your agency at the time that hart's firm were working on. that is the exact swap that president swamp -- that president trump was trying to get rid of. over and over again, whether it is sirens, perks for you and your friends, for the staff, it has been reported a member of a 33%taff, one who got raise to over $114,000 earlier this year, househunting for you during work hours, a violation of federal roles as well as a misuse of taxpayer dollars. did your staff contact realtors and arranged horse for you during working hours? -- tours for you during working hours? yes or no? activity was: all done on personal time. the person you are referring to is a long time friend of myself and my wife. you are an attorney general and law enforcement official. prohibitations directing a subordinate to do personal work for you. if you volunteer -- if they volunteer, services must be paid for at fair market valu

i did read comments from the neighbors on both sides, including one, a former employ here, mr. hart. i see no reason not to approve this. i think we should -- you should get it going as fasts you can, move to i prove. >> president hillis: second. are we approving the revised plan? great, thank you. >> commissioner moore: we need to ask the department, is the department has examined the plans? i have not, i couldn't pull them up last night, it was too late. mr. washington have you seen the plans and compared them to the agreement so we can trust your judgment, otherwise i say i need to see the plans. >> we have briefly seen the plans and they seem to be relatively modest alterations, but they are consistent with our policies and consistent with the residential guidelines and we're pretty happy with the final result. >> so could we restate the three conditions to be met. the front setback has been increased, the building elevation materials confirmed and lastly the front deck has been eliminated, is that a correct recap of the conditions? >> yes. the front setback has been increased f

. >> mr. hartcontact with the environmental protection agency in the first quarter of 2018, period. >> just this week after it was discovered that scott pruitt uses four separate agency e-mail addresses, the watchdog agreed to look how the agency e-mails and text messages are archived. democratic senators and agency lawyers were reportedly alarmed by the possibility that pruitt could use different addresses to hide conversations from, say, freedom of information requests. the numbers for pruitt are pretty stunning. he has 14 ongoing investigations, one pending, and one complete. that's eight under the epa nonresponsive general's office, two from the government accountability office, one from the house oversight and government reform committee, one from the office of the special counsel and from the white house. turns out pruitt's $43,000 soundproof office phone booth was a violation of spending laws. another break. >>> coming up as we head to the shank of the broadcast, the closing moments of this

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mr. brady. >> thank you. and what you think kevin hart before arranging today's. i thank you, ms. plymouth, , for test fight today on behalf of the capitol visitor center. the cvc opened its doors as brandy facility for visitors for possible to experience the united states capital and is actively working government. under the leadership of ms. plemmons, remarkable progress and organizational structure, education has been made. the evolution of the cvc has been a rewarding process. although inherited from me to be a part of, has seen a gigantic old underground turn into a world-class facility. it's my pleasure of your today and another for to hearing any information you would be sharing with this committee. thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. brady. does any of the member wish to be recognized for the purposes of an opening statement? seeing now and i would like to introduce our witness for today, ms. beth plemmons adjoined the capitol visitor center in september 2008 as director of visitors services where she worked to develop and up at the visit related procedur

mr. bush has a question. >> i don't know if it goes to you. it's a little bit hart for me to parse which one of you is responsible for which fire stations, what is road work having on the ability to get fire stations out of the trucks and get to where the fires are. >> commissioner, there is a member from the fire department that is here that could respond. >> i know on the embarcadero, it's hard to get anyone from the fire station. >> assistant fire chief anthony rivera. >> are you having problems because of traffic getting out of the faire station and where the fires are. >> throughout the city? >> along the embarcadero is what i'm aware of. >> so along the embarcadero it is challenging for engine 35 to respond. there has been an uptick in usage along will promenade area. i don't know if you have seen the station. it's set back quite a bit, and we want to ensure that public safety is held in the, you know, highest regard. it is challenging at times, especially on the weekends or whether there's events for the fire engine to not only leave the station but then to r

engel hart of lewis to be united states circuit judge for the fifth circuit. mr. cornyn: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: madam president, one of the items on our two-do list is continuing to confirm the president's nominees, which have faced an unprecedented level of obstruction and down-stride foot-dragging. it is maddening to see our democratic colleagues insisting that we go through all the motions and the time limits set out in the rules when nominees are confirmed 99-1 or 100-0. in other words, these are not controversial nominees in many cases, and there's simply no reason to drag their feet and to prevent the senate from doing other important work, including confirming more nominees. we'll certainly be revisiting that issue more in the coming days. but one of the important positions that we are going to be taking up this week is gina haspel who has been nominated to be director of the central intelligence agency, and her confirmation hearing will be before the senate intelligence committee this wednesday. i will proudl