we've had speakers in the house armed services committee, the house appropriations committee, defense subcommittee, and so on, and it is an important reason because of the -- of how much money it commands of federal taxpayer money to actually protect, secure, defend the united states of america. but, mr. speaker, one of the discussions, one of the debates about the aving is true drivers of the deficit and the debt and that's a conversation that i'd like to introduce in these proceedings today. i bring a chart with me. as i was preparing my remarks today, i got to thinking. what were the numbers back in 2010 when i first sought office in the house of representatives versus what we're talking about today? so we have a snapshot in time of 2010 and a snapshot in time of what we're debating today. mr. speaker, i direct your attention to this chart because in 2010 discretionary spending, which is the spending that most of us kind of relate to the federal government, everything from keeping the lights on at his capitol to pay for the men and women downrange defending our freedoms, was a litt

. >> so i have the honor of serving on the house armed services committee and i think something that isn't emphasized enough is that our enemies want nothing more than for us to be divided as a country, and every single day that the president has this kind of rhetoric he's playing directly into the hands of our enemies, so it's important for us to do everything we can to try and bring us back together and i think this resolution, the way it is being authored, is an attempt to say as americans, regardless of your heart, we do not believe that people are -- that people are somehow less than others because of the color of their skin or their country of origin. ms. hill: or because you disagree with the president of the united states. and i think we have to show the world that this isn't who we are as a country. we have to show ourselves, our neighbors that this isn't who we are as americans. and this is such an important message for us to send across the entire globe. we are constantly fighting the rhetoric that this president is putting out there. we cannot have this kind of division m

we've had speakers in the house armed services committee, the house appropriations committee, defense subcommittee, and so on, and it is an important reason because of the -- of how much money it commands of federal taxpayer money to actually protect, secure, defend the united states of america. but, mr. speaker, one of the discussions, one of the debates about the aving is true drivers of the deficit and the debt and that's a conversation that i'd like to introduce in these proceedings today. i bring a chart with me. as i was preparing my remarks today, i got to thinking. what were the numbers back in 2010 when i first sought office in the house of representatives versus what we're talking about today? so we have a snapshot in time of 2010 and a snapshot in time of what we're debating today. mr. speaker, i direct your attention to this chart because in 2010 discretionary spending, which is the spending that most of us kind of relate to the federal government, everything from keeping the lights on at his capitol to pay for the men and women downrange defending our freedoms, was a litt

working with my colleagues for over 20 hours on the house armed services committee to mark up this bill in the late hours of the night and early hours the next day was all worth it. mr. speaker, with this passage of this year's ndaa, we have fulfilled our duties to ensure our military's readiness, strengthen our national security, and ease our service members be' transition toively -- members' transition to civilian life. more than half amendments were offered on a bipartisan basis. these provisions supported programs that are critical to service members living in the 39th congressional district. as major priority of mine -- a major priority of mine is ensuring service members have the support they need when they transition back to civilian life. i was proud to co-lead the bipartisan work for warriors provision with my colleagues, presentatives paul cook, elisea slotkin. it has a track record of providing job placement assistance to unemployed guard men, military spouses and veterans, not only help them provide for their families and successful heir transition to civilian life. and prov

down with congressman mac thornberry, the chair of the top ranking republican of the house armed services committeed out what comes next. rep. thornberry: iran is trying to get european nations to back off some of the sanctions and hope by creating a crisis atmosphere, that they can divide the u.s. and our european allies and get some sort of relief after this. i think the most important thing for us is to not let that happen. to work very closely with our european allies, but also to maintain a strong military presence. i don't think it is a coincidence that these bombings of tinkers started at a time when we did not have a carrier in the persian gulf. we used to have one or two but cap ist have enough that when the last prices -- crisis begin. shery: we are seeing the president dispatch more troops. will that help? rep. thornberry: the troops he is sending our defensive, because i think there has been specific intelligence which -- where americans in iraq and throughout the middle east could be threatened by iranians or their proxy. the president has tried to say do not tack americans but i don't

as a member of the house armed services committee and the science, space, and technology committee i see how national security and space intersect every day. as a floridian, space is something that is absolutely in my d.n.a. it is from, of course, florida's kennedy space center our astronauts launched to the moon. i know that florida will be a key player when we go back to the moon once more in 2024. military, , the u.s. and american industry work together to maintain american leadership in space. in my district in northeast florida, we are very fortunate to have companies who once again will assemble the lunar landers to help nasa get back to the moon. so looking back on this historic moon landing 50 years ago -- 50 years later, i hope we'll all remember what an incredible moment this was for our country. our american values, and american ingenuity have taken us to new worlds, not just on earth but beyond. it is an honor to celebrate these accomplishments here today, and it is absolutely critical that we continue exploring and we continue innovating. but it is also equally critical

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. >> so i have the honor of serving on the house armed services committee, and i think something that isn't emphasized enough is that our enemies want nothing more than for us to be divided as as a country. and every single day the president has this kind of rhetoric he is playing directly into the hands of our enemies. .. we have to show ourselves, our neighbors that this is who we are as americans and this is such an important message for us to send across the entire globe. we are constantly fighting the rhetoric that being put out there. we cannot have this moving forward and our colleagues across the aisle will join us and recognize that. >> it would be great if this could be bipartisan but because that's what it should be. this is a country that's in the middle and we're in the middle and that's about getting things done but our diversity is what's made everything in america at work for centuries. we've got to celebrate that and i sit on the house foreign affairs committee and as katie talked about, it's allowing our adversaries to show us in complete disarray and discord and tha

different way on what has historically been the most bipartisan committee the house -- committee, the house armed services committee. truth be told, i had expected that this committee, above all other committees, would always work together in support of our national security. after all, for over 50 years this committee and this congress have risen above partisan politics and passed the national defense authorization act. mr. banks: sadly, today it appears that tradition might come to an end. madam speaker, it doesn't have to be that way. this motion is an opportunity for my friends on both sides of the aisle to rise above petty partisan politics and do what the american people sent us here to do. to support our troops and defend our homeland. this year the ndaa has unfortunately become the nondefense authorization act. and instead has been hijacked with a partisan political agenda. unlike the last couple of years, when we all actually worked together to restore military readiness. at a time when our enemies are challenging us on the world stage, we simply cannot put our troops at risk and jeopardize our n

armed services committee also widely support dr. esper's nomination. advancing his nomination with an overwhelming bipartisan vote. across the capitol both the chairman and ranking member of the house armed services committee support dr. esper. they all support him. chairman -- chairman smith said that dr. esper is capable of executing the national defense strategy in a way that is -- ranking member mack thornberry said he has done an excellent job. i agree with congressman thornberry. he managed the largest reorganization of the army in 45 years, prioritizing research, development and innovation. he showed accountability to the taxpayers by being responsible with his budget, making tough decisions, tough choices, streamlining legacy programs and directing defense dollars to critical future needs. impressive but a good army secretary isn't enough on its own. secretary mattis reminded us that civilian leaders in our military must be more than their past accomplishments. mark esper more because he truly respects and honors his commitment to the men and women in uniform. i've seen this first hand. back in april, i asked him, dr. esper, to join me on a visit to fort still in my state o

questions i believe that most of us would like to see resolved so there is clarity the house armed services committeeould be in a position to carry out its consultation on - - constitutional obligation to declare war and what would be a very significant light. the other purposes to make it clear we believe it is our obligation to debate and decide on behalf of the american people if we want to war with iran. the language before us and dealing with some of those concerns that have been expressed but i would like to see this go forward on the floor there will need to be clarity on the matter i would urge all of us democrat or republican or conservative to work together to make it clear the ambiguity that exists today could create a war that we have not authorized. part of that has seen in the current language as mister gallagher has pointed out the administration has been using the word emergency over and over again. and what he has expressly expressed his concern about we have to be very careful that we shoulder the responsibility given to us by the constitution that we agree to accept. so this is a m

as a member of the house armed services committee and the science, space, and technology committee i see how national security and space intersect every day. as a floridian, space is something that is absolutely in my d.n.a. it is from, of course, florida's kennedy space center our astronauts launched to the moon. i know that florida will be a key player when we go back to the moon once more in 2024. military, , the u.s. and american industry work together to maintain american leadership in space. in my district in northeast florida, we are very fortunate to have companies who once again will assemble the lunar landers to help nasa get back to the moon. so looking back on this historic moon landing 50 years ago -- 50 years later, i hope we'll all remember what an incredible moment this was for our country. our american values, and american ingenuity have taken us to new worlds, not just on earth but beyond. it is an honor to celebrate these accomplishments here today, and it is absolutely critical that we continue exploring and we continue innovating. but it is also equally critical

speaker, i rise today to thank the members of the house armed services committee for their hard work on this year's national defense authorization act. maelstrom air force base is home to the 341 stth missile wing which maintains and operates 1/3 of the u.s. icbm force. service members there protect our country, but the base can do more to keep america safe and secure. with some work, the base's runway can once again host flying missions. i want to especially thank and recognize mr. turner of ohio. we worked on a measure that could reform the basing process to focus on improving existing facilities like mall strom instead of building new ones. this bill begins the process of including mall strom in future air force basing decisions to host aircraft and potentially increasing the number of men and women serving there. appreciate the montana defense alliance for their advocacy and all the service member at maelstrom and elsewhere who keep our country safe. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose

you have defense hawks from the senate armed services committee and house armed services committees. have appropriators who likes this bill smoothes the process of that spending bill effort. also key and don't forget about this, you have all four congressional leaders who signed off on this deal and you have a president who has signed off as well. now, there is concern the president may waffle on this. we've seen this a number of times the last two and a half years when it comes to these fights. but senator majority leader mitch mcconnell announcing his support and made very clear the president supports the deal and he is proud to join and support the deal. the reality is they should have the votes and leadership thinks they will pass this. but it won't be overwhelming, it will be just enough. john. >> just enough. inspirational. phil mattingly, live on the hill, appreciate it. good luck. >>> joining us, kaitlin collins and damien from "the washington post." damien, from a structural budget standpoint, economic standpoint, what are the most significant elements of the deal. >> suspen

republican congressman mike wolf sits on the house armed services committee. he served as a green barre commander, and right on time. let's start with iran and this whole thing because that comes up no matter who is in the oval office but particularly from that part of the world. iran says they have 17 so-called american spies and they have already begun to execute some of them. we are saying that's not true. what do we know? >> from what it appears, we need to make the distinction that these are iranian nationals working on their nuclear program in the missile program that the iranians are accusing of working on with the united states. this is another player out of their age-old playbook of ranting up tensions when they are desperate. right now the maximum pressure campaign and economic sanctions are working in a big way. we will continue to see them and lash out against oil tankers or accusing some of the citizens and scientists of being spies because they need to divert their domestic policies which is helping at hurting underneath the sanctions in order to

a member of the house armed services committee joins us. thanks for coming in. >> always a pleasure. >> i want to get to the president's tax returns in a little while. so far you haven't called for the start of formal impeachment proceedings against the president. do you think mueller's testimony tomorrow could change your mind? >> we're in the process of moving towards an inquiry of impeachment which is a step before the actual impeachment resolution would undoubtedly come to the floor n. that process this is a very, very important moment in the process. >> do you want hearings to begin on impeachment? >> no. an inquiry that would then provide the information that could lead to the resolution of impeachment. >> so you're stopping short of formal committee hearings at this point. you just want an investigation on the part of the house judiciary committee. >> that is in preparation so we know all the information necessary that would in an impeachment resolution. we're not there yet. this is part of a very important step that gives us importa

he's a member of the house armed services committee. thanks for coming in. >> good to be here. >> on the alex acosta, the labor secretary, do you believe he should resign because of what he did or didn't do more than a decade ago when he was the u.s. attorney in south florida. >> never should have been appointed. he had a bad record even before he was confirmed. we knew much of this and now we know more. he ought to be fired. >> what if he doesn't resign and what if the president decides not to fire him, let's him stay on the job. what happens then? >> i think this grounds for impeachment. he could be impeached with every other federal employee and his record is terrible and what he did in that case is unconscionable and why did he do it. that question has not been answered. why did he allow this guy to get away with a horrible crime. >> there were about eight democratic senators who voted to confirm him as secretary of labor. you think they did a major blunder? >> they made a mistake. he never should have been nominated in the first pl

maria: all right, well just want to say we had congressman ranking month on house arm services committeeown all our satellites. >> yep. >> there is that throwing that out there. >> okay. >> i should have liquid that. >> national security issues top of mind i know you have a lot more on all in 15 minutes we will see. >> you droning on about space tourism you come up with goods right there. >> "varney & company" 9:00 a.m. we see you in 15 thanks so much join stuart top of the hour after "mornings with maria" sliding into home base this morning, mlb top players gearing up for all-star game on fox i speak with former mlb commissioner bud selig joins me here on set next up. ♪ ♪ . >> ♪ wanna take your xfi to the next level? now you can with xfi advantage. giving you enhanced performance and protection. when devices are connected to your home's wifi, they're protected. helping keep outsiders from getting inside. and if someone tries, we'll let you know. so you can stream, surf and game all you want, with confidence you can get coverage where you need it most. that's xfi advantage. make your xfi

committee last year on the floor than were republican amendments. the bill passed the house with 351 votes. it has been a hallmark of the house armed services committee to work in a collaboratively way and give every member of the committee to make an imprint on the nature of this bill. and the reason i have to take a moment is just to contrast that with what has happened this year, the vote coming out of committee and the amendments where there was some disagreement and some debate and potential vote, there were about 60 democratic amendments and one republican amendment. now that limits the ability of the minority to shape the outcome of the final bill. so the gentleman's statement has led me to want to emphasize, the difference this year versus prior years. i think it's too bad. point ine that at some this process we can return to that collaborative process. i reserve the balance of my time. chamente the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from oklahoma is ecognized. ms. horn: mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from from washington, mr. smith. the chair: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: i appreciate

then chair of the naval directors testified before the house armed services committee that with current technology, he said the potential exists ta we could develop an advanced fuel system that might increase uranium loading while still meeting the requirements for naval reactors on nuclear-powered war ships. i want to mention that this house already -- addresses the concerns of my colleague, that $20 million was included in the energy and water appropriations package that passed the house on june 19 which included an increase to salaries and expenses. so these spending levels have been set by the house. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. wittss witness i remind -- witt this is not another appropriations bill so this is spefpk to the use of these dollars for these dollars specifically. and i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from virginia. the chair: the gentlewoman from irginia is recognized. >> focusing on limited resources that will make our forces more reliable. i oppose this amend

of us in many places and across the country but on this committee, i also sit on the house armed services committee, that especially given mr. torres what you mentioned about the blackout and how we are very concerned about the electrical grid and infrastructure of the national security issue on a broader level as well as looking forward as an infrastructure issue. we know we have significant work to do and i'm glad that you are doing this work. talking about the national imperative and cyber security research development act, cyber security being one of the major threats. i'm curious to hear how you would assess the current state of our grid cyber security efforts and what additional things to help bolster those efforts. >> some of the-- i want to echo some of the colleagues that my esteemed colleague mentioned. there is a robust mechanism that we have is a sector specific agency and the whole government approach that we take like department of homeland security and transportation depending on what we are looking at. one thing to do is where will he be in the future, and based on risk modeling whi

many of us in places across this country but also on this committee, i also sit on the house armed services committee, that especially given, mr. torres, what you mentioned about the blackout, we're very concerned about our heck tri cal grid and our infrastructure as a national security issue and an infrastructure issue. so i'd like to start, secretary evans, with you today if we could. we know we have significant work to do but i'm glad that you're doing this work. you mentioned in your testimony talking about the national imperative and the cyber security research development act, cyber security being one of the major threats. i'm curious to hear how you would assess the current state of our grid cyber security efforts and what additional things those of us on the committee can do to help bolster those efforts. >> i want to echo some of the comments that my esteemed colleague just mentioned about looking for the grid of the future. so there is a robust mechanism that we have as an agency going forward but also with the whole of government approach that we take with our partners like department of h

as a former member of the defense advisory committee on women in the services in the 1990s and is a former member of the house armed services committee, i know well sexual harassment and sexual assault have been in the military. they are investigated and punished and while i've now left the defense department, i was the secretary of the air force and directed the investigation of allegations made against general hyten by the former subordinates. that investigation was overseen by the inspector general it was to conduct an investigation and to find the truth. during my time, i come before you with great success stories and i've been here when the air force is. it's taken seriously and was handled appropriately. 18 of 53 investigators interviewed 63 people in three countries and 14 saves. they reviewed over 196,000 e-mails and 4,000 pages of documents. they reviewed 152 travel records and portions of phone records dating back to 2015. they interviewed members of the general staff and strategic command as well as members and staff when he was the space command. he was one of the closely regarded officers and military

dingell: i would like to first thank chairman smith and the house armed services committee for all their good work crafting the fiscal year 2020 national defense authorization act. this is a strong bill that includes many top priorities that will care for our service members and keep the united states well defended, including serious provisions to address chemical contamination which is a serious threat at too many of our military bases. the chemicals are man-made and harmful to human health. and our environment. developed in the 1940's, p fast can be found across multiple industries and all around us in many of our communities. the contamination is widespread, it's in red states, blue states, small water systems, large ones. on military sites nen anne in residential communities. recently experts have identified 712 sites in 49 states that have some level of p fast contamination. and most are not being cleaned up. these sites are associated with drinking water systems serving about 19 million people. and the number of sites is expected to grow across the country because states are just b

he's a member of the house senate armed services committee. thank you for being with us.here in your home city, detroit. we're here for the democratic debates. it to ask you about the breaking news overnight. when you see that picture of 6-year-old stephen romero -- one thing we know is we're not doing enough. enough is being done to stop these shootings. so what now? >> first off, your heart just is broken when you see that image of a 6-year-old child who had his whole life ahead of him. we had a hearing on school shootings which we see all too often. how do we deal with that in a comprehensive way? there's no one simple solution. how do we make things more secure? physically more secure and how do we identify folks who may eventually commit such an atrocious crime? we also have to be able to protect our places of worship. we're working on legislation to increase grants to places of worship. the one place you think you're always safe is a place of worsh worship. unfortunately, you're not. there are no -- >> a high school, a church, a synagogue, a garlic festival. there's

stefanik on the house intelligence committee and i couldn't agree more with the point she has made. as a veteran, as a member of the house armed services committee for the previous three terms, and a member of the house intelligence committee, i'm familiar with u.s. military as well as the intelligence community. this amendment, if adopted, would require the director of national intelligence, not the secretary of defense, to submit a report to congress regarding strikes taken against terrorists outside of areas of active hostilities. as well as an assessment of combatant and noncombatant deaths. this amendment is problematic for several reasons. first, there already exists transparent oversight mechanisms with respect to civilian casualties. and that report is fully available to the public. requiring the d.n.i. to conduct a review already completed by the secretary of defense is not only wasteful, but demonstrates a gross disregard for the d.n.i.'s time that should be spent overseeing the intelligence community's efforts against u.s. adversaries. further, this amendment circumvents the normal legislative process and completely bypasses

join us tonight, congressman matt gaetz, member of house judiciary and armed services committees. congressman, good to have you with us. your reaction, you watched the hearing unfold before you. i know you had to do the busy work they are, as a member of the committee. but were you not absolutely shocked to watch the former special counsel in his performance? >> that was not the robert mueller i was expecting. and we take ourselves back to the beginning of the week. adam schiff said that robert mueller would be reading life into the mueller report. reality was, he ended up sucking all the life out of the impeachment movement. i think we are the death rattle for impeachment at the conclusion of his testimony before our committees. even before robert mueller testified, more americans thought his investigations was unfair then they were americans that thought the investigation was fair. that is even from a abcnews poll. after i think even more americans than subjected to the bias, the really bizarre choices that robert mueller made to only seem to go after the trump campaign and dimi

we'll talk to a member of the house's armed services committee. but first let's good to bill with a check on the severe weather headed toward the gulf coast. >>> all eyes are on new orleans and louisiana, that's who's going to get hit the worse. the yesterday was bad enough. advertiser of this storm dropped 6 to 10 inches of rainfall and overwhelmed the pump system in new orleans. widespread flood was reported. a lot of that has been cleared out now with the pump system but additional rain and flooding is expected in this city. let's get to the storm. it's still a disturbance, it is not yet a depression, that should happen later today. the hurricane center thinks it should become a tropical storm in about 28 hours and 48 hours from now become a hurricane just south of southern louisiana. we've taken houston out of this, it's mostly a louisiana problem and rainfall problem in areas of mississippi. here's my greatest concern. here's the storm surge forecast. you don't need a powerful hurricane to cause problems with rainfall and surge. the winds, th

army green beret commanders is a member of the house armed services committee and former counter-terrorismvice president dick cheney joining us now florida congressman michael waltz. michael, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: what do you make of joe biden's assessment of the trump doctrine? >> i have to remind everyone of secretary of defense bob gates who served as secretary under obama who said that joe biden was wrong on every major foreign policy issue in the last four decades but he is a nice guy. steve: but other than that. >> but other than that so joe biden's problem is president obama and the disaster that was therefore in policy. and just walking around the world from russia's invasion to crimea and the ukraine to the isis caliphate that at one point was the size of great britain launching terrorist attacks all over europe and the united states. the near collapse of iraq. the iran deal. regime change in libya where that it is still a disaster. doing nothing on north korea, china marching across the south china sea, these are all the problems that president trump inheri

. >>> i want to bring in the house overnight and arms services committees congressman. let's start with north korea. is this reported freeze, is moving toward a freeze better than a stall, in your view? >> yes. it is. look, i think there are the outlines to get a deal there. the first thing we need to do is to have a permanent peace agreement and a non-aggression pact. i've spoken with president carter and many of the experts about this. they believe if we get that kind of a permanent piece, kim jong-un would have incentive not just to have a free but massive denuclearization. the final step would be to see what sanctions relief there could be. >> overall, then, are you pleased with how the last 48, 72 hours have gone as it relates to north korea? >> i am pleased. i am pleased that john bolton has nothing to do with this. he has been the most destructive person in agreementing us to an agreement when president bill clinton made ptremendous progress. john bolton single handedly tore that apart. i believe john bolton was an extraordinarily destructive force in the last ne

armed services committee. that's followed later in the day by a senate homeland security and governmental affairs hearing on preparations for the 2020 census. >>> white house counselor kellyanne conway defied a congressional subpoena and did not testify before the house oversight and government reform committee about her alleged hatch act violations. committee chairman elijah cummings said if ms. conway does not testify they will hold a business meeting on july 25th, 2019, to hold her in contempt of congres congress. >>> the committee will come to order and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. we are convening for part 2 of our full committee hearing on violations of the hatch act under the trump administration to hear testimony from ms. kellyanne conway. i now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. today the committee was scheduled to hear testimony from ms. kellyanne conway, counselor to the president, about her repeated violations of federal laws. this is the second time in three weeks our committee has attempted to obtain her testimony. we invited her to appear voluntarily

navy veteran and house armed services committee, mikey cheryl of new jersey. columnist for theda daily beast and msnbc legal analyst, someone who knows the doj well and washington bureau chief for the texas tribune. i want to start with the fight we are seeing over the census and the possibility that the president would say okay, courts aside, i will use an executive order. >> i think it's concerning because we know how important the census is in new jersey. we just lost a congressional delegate member in the last census. we're a state with immigrant and urban populations. it stands at risk of not being counted. this not only affects the billions, but the planning for social security and how are we going to make sure it remains solvent. planning for the future and where the money will go. i think any move to violate what the court has said and the enumeration clause is really important. >> you make a good point that this is so much broader as geoff said than the count and the implications are tremendous. you have the axios reporting about the action that all t

house. >> we'll stay in close touch with you. you are busy over the next few hours. >>> joining us now -- democratic congresswoman jackie speier of california a member of the intelligence and armed services committee. thanks for joining us. you plan on supporting this resolution condemning the president's racist tweets but do you expect a significant number of republicans to vote for the resolution? >> i can't speak to how many will. but it is not crafted in a way of attacking the president per se. it is reconfirming that we support immigration, that to use that trope of going back to your country is, in fact, a racist comment without a a tributing it necessarily to the president. i will say that, wolf, this is yet another example of how my republican colleagues have lost their moral compass. under any other set of circumstances everyone would gather around and say of course this is racist. you would never -- three of these women were born here in the united states. but if you look at the litany of statements made by the president over the course of his candidacy and presidency, there are filled with examples of him trying to separate whites and persons of color and to somehow den grate people of

maria: joining me right now is the florida congressman himself, a member of the house judiciary and armed services committeess morning many thanks for joining us. >> good to see you. maria: does that thinking, that sentiment also hold true if iran attacks the united states? >> no. maria: can the united states go back at iran if it attacks it without going to congress, my question. >> of course, even if we saw iran preparing an attack we would maintain first strike capabilities under the current war powers act, the president can maintain a conflict for 60 days. our issue is that no president should be able to keep our country in war for months or years without ever coming back to the congress. that's just not what the constitution says. maria: i understand that. so as a member of the armed services committee, how serious is this threat from iran? >> it's very serious. iran engages in malign influence all over the globe. they continue to enrich uranium, it's noteworthy they're nowhere near weapons grade enrichment now. if they were to break to the bomb, we would have to build an international coalition to resi

joining me now is pennsylvania congressman and member of the house judiciary and armed services committeethe u.s.'s next step in taking on iran and ending this hostility. >> thanks for having me on. i appreciate it. when it comes to iran, we've got to look at their actions. air acting out because the trump administration has been a applying maximum pressure to iran. so what they're doing is they're acting out. i think they're even trying to manipulate the cost of oil because they know that the economic sanctions are hurting them and they need to make up for that somewhere. >> congressman, good morning. mitch rochell. many of the military analysts who have been on this network have been talking about iran potentially just punch themselves out, this is all they have and they're going to keep doing it until they can't do it anymore. what's your reaction to that? and whether or not this is going to continue or just be something that's short-lived? >> i think they're going to continue to act out because as the economic sanctions are hurting the iranian economy, the regime's having a hard time

possible senators will also begin debate on a house passed a budget deal that also suspends the debt limit for two years. on c-span3, the senate armed services committee considers the nomination of vice admiral micro -- michael killed ray to be chief of naval operations. that is followed by another hearing on train safety with the head of the federal railroad administration. is chairman of the board of directors at the national whistleblower cente, joining us on national whistleblower appreciation today. why is today the national whistleblower appreciation day? in 1778, at the height of the united states revolution, the u.s. congress passed our first whistleblower law. they did

. >> the house takes up the 2020 defense authorization bill on wednesday. next highlights from the armed services committee meeting and debate on chair adam smith's budget proposal that would authorize approximately $725 billion in discretionary spending for national defense including $69 billion for the overseas contingency operations program. this runs an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thanks very much chairman cooper and to ranking member turner. unfortunately, we were as the ranking member

and more regulation >> congressman, i want to shift gears for a moment you're on the armed services committee. the house passed its version of the fiscal 2020 defense bill in terms of tech huawei has been swept up in the trade talk between the u.s. and china, but from a legislative standpoint, is it going away as a national security threat >> i don't think it's going away i challenge for us is, as you know, huawei produces most of the 5g technology, and so i do believe we need to do more in the united states to make sure that we are prepared to have 5g in this country, and we need to make sure we're doing more in developing artificial intelligence and developing v official intelligence that can be used from our military. in china, they can use all of the companies for their national security fortunately in our country, we don't have the government appropriate the private sector, but that does put a greater burden on us to develop some of the cutting-edge technology. >>> finally, congressman, with you you surprised at the skepticism, or cynicism that david marcus was met with in front of the your colleag

armed services committee. live coverage starts at 3:00 p.m. eastern. and tomorrow, federal reserve chair jerome powell testifies before the house financial services committee on u.s. monetary policy and state of the economy. all of our live coverage is available online at cspan.org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. >> there has been discussion about an appearance before congress. any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. it contains our findings and analysis and reasons for the decisions we made. we chose those words carefully and the work speaks for itself. and the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress. >> former special counsel robert mueller set to appear before two committees of congress wednesday, july 17th at 9:00 a.m. eastern. he gives testimony to the house judiciary committee. later in the day, taking questions from house intelligence committee, both open sessions. coverage of robert mueller's congressional testimony will be live on cspan 3, online at cspan.org or listen with the free cspan radio app. >>> take us up to live covera

house financial services committee. he'll answer questions about u.s. monetary policy and the state of the economy. watch live wednesday morning at 10:00 eastern. >>> and on thursday, the senate armed services committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of general mark millie to be the next chair of the joint chiefs of staff. the committee will also -- reappoint him to the grade of general. that's live thursday 9:30 eastern on c-span3. all our live coverage is also available online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> there has been discussion about an appearance before congress. any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. it contains our findings and analysis and the reasons for the decisions we made. we chose those words carefully and the work speaks for itself. and the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress. >> former special counsel robert mueller is set to appear before two committees of congress on wednesday, july 17th. at 9:00 a.m. eastern, he gives testimony to the house judiciary committee. later in the day, he'll take questions from the h

possible senators will also begin debate on a house passed a budget deal that also suspends the debt limit for two years. on c-span3, the senate armed services committee considers the nomination of vice admiral micro -- michael killed ray to be chief of naval operations. that is followed by another hearing on train safety with the head of the federal railroad administration. is chairman of the board of directors at the national whistleblower cente, joining us on national whistleblower appreciation today. why is today the national whistleblower appreciation day? in 1778, at the height of the united states revolution, the u.s. congress passed our first whistleblower law. whistleblowers, sailors, and marines, had criticized the commander of the u.s. navy. including criticizing him for mistreating british prisoners. this is embarrassing to the u.s. government, but think about it. the founding fathers put everything on the line. this was not an election or paul. if they lost the revolution, they would get hung for treason. in the middle of that's revolution, they paused, and they said every inhabitant of the united states should report waste, fraud, and co

arms services subcommittee. the hearing starts at 3:00 p.m. eastern. tomorrow, federal reserve chair jerome powell will testify before the house financial services committee on u.s. monetary policy and the state of the economy. watch live wednesday morning at 10:00 eastern. and on thursday, the senate arms services committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of general mark milley to be the next chair of the joint chiefs of staff and the committee will nominate him to the appointment of the greater general. watch live thursday morning at 9:30 eastern on c-span3 and all of the live coverage is available online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> there has been discussion about and appearance before congress, any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. it contains our findings, analysis and the decisions that we made and we chose those carefully and the work speaks for itself and the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress. >> former special counsel robert mueller is set to appear before two committees of congress on wednesd