mr. washington. no more speaker cards. is there anybody here here what and are there any questions or comments. >> no questions. just a comment of joining the others with congratulating you, pam, sonia, you know i just bother you all the time. all the time. but i thank you that you make yourself available for that and if you don't have the answer, you find it and you come back and pam, for this thorough report, full can annual thank you so much maria, as a team. >> thank you,. >> vice-chair. >> i echo the bank and i have some questions and i just jotted them down but one of them, i'm interested in the usage of dalia by by stakeholders. there's a percentage that is still doing business and i am just trying to see whether dalia is a good tool. >> again, pam sims. and actually, dalia continues to be a very good tool for our cop holders as you know are elders. and actually the number of paper avenuapplications was up for 189 versus 17 or 18. there were six paper applications for cop holders out of 209. >> that's excellent. >>

mr. washington. we will now hear from the project sponsor. >> my name is bill, i'm an architect practicing and living in the city. i've lived there since 1977 and practiced. this is my 43rd year of practice in san francisco. i enjoy doing what i do. i raised three kids. i really try and feel that i enjoy working on projects where they are family. i do my best to have my projects be family-oriented in terms of the design, particularly in this case of the three-bedroom. i also feel as a bonus you also get the commercial space at the ground level, what was there now has been rather plain, white stucco walls, it's very empty, and not an attractive street to walk along. i think this will greatly enhance the pedestrian space along the street. i want to be brief. the only thing i would mention, there was confusion on my part at one point, i thought i had an e-mail from the planning about a continuance that didn't happen, but our rendering which we did was submitted rather late. the only thing i saw on there

mr. washington. always good to see you. anybody wishing to speak. seeing none, i'll close public comment and i will turn to my fellow commissioners for any questions or comments. >> i don't have any questions. i just want to commend the staff for a very thorough report and just kind of lays out i think in just easy to read and easy to understand but the impacts that come back i think are, we have great collaboration with our city partners and private partners and i mean, on local hire and affordable housing and on production. it seems like we're meeting our milestones. i know the work, the staff is working very hard so i want to say thank you. >> thank you. i just want to echo the same things. you are working very, very hard and the fruits of your labor is definitely showing and it's also second nature for this organization to keep doing all the righteous works so i want to thank you for that. >> i too want to thank you, jeff, and pam, the full team. especially for this report. the full report. it was in lightening more than i would have even asked

mr. washington? >> that's correct. if they choose not to approve, they would lose fair ability to have formula retail use at that location. >> commissioner diamond. >> question for staff. if we were to approve this sign, is it sets some precedent? are there exceptions which we would allow them to go forward without tying ourselves to future cases that come in front of us? >> did you want to answer, mr. washington? >> i'll answer that. it won't necessarily set a precedent. i think in this particular instance, the dimensions are based on the aesthetics of the area, the location in that doorway entrance into the storefront and this particular design. but it wouldn't necessarily result in a precedent that future tenants in this building would be able to come in. >> or anywhere else? >> or anywhere else. >> commissioner johnson. >> i'm looking for clarification from staff. because i've heard a couple of things about this business operator's relationship to a formula retail entity. so what i heard was that the operator itsel

mr. washington. >> del vivin washington. as i understand, as we enter the building entry and lobby area, the goals of the commission is to extend the stairway down. we have to realize that this is an entry to reach that lower unit and if we reduce some of the parking we can possibly get the width of this garage so we can get an additional corridor that would allow access to that. is the project architect here? you think that is feasible? >> um, it's difficult. i'm looking at page a2.1. >> please, real quickly. you guys do this light bulb things all the time. we can have a fence on the property line and we will. people in this building will put their trash out there and the people next door will say, why don't you put a roof on it and well it's like gee, that's what we were proposing. and the other thing is there's a half a stray differential. we purposely did not put pits on it. we'll thin frame it and keep it as low as possible. because it is over the stair, we can lower it a little bit. as you said, the other thing to keep

the gentleman from washington state. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey chair of the subcommittee on land and air forces, mr. norcross. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. norcross: i thank the gentleman for bringing this bill to the floor. this bill continues tactical land and air forces' work to make the land and air forces the best in the world. i thank ranking member mrs. hartzler for her commitment and contributions to this process in upholding that tradition of bipartisan work. our cooperation has kept us focused on what is truly important. we delivered a defense bill that addresses the modernization and readiness requirement of our nation's air and land forces. at the same time, this includes bipartisan provisions that allows for aggressive oversight. the department's complex programs to protect the taxpayer and support our military. this bill manages risk in our american defense industrial base by providing additional funds for the army chinook helicopter, armored he

mr. washington can help. >> 737 is really crying out. >> a group close to the mothers says wedgewood refuses to sell the house to a local trust that would purchase the home on behalf of the women. now what's next, we don't know. we'll have to wait and see. back to you. >>> all right, san francisco police are warning about a jewelry scam on city streets. police say this man is one of the suspects who tricked the victims at the time of purchase by placing fake jewelry on them. sometimes they even managed to the jewelry the victim is already wearing. here's a look at some of the fake items recovered. san francisco police say they know of 20 cases where people were fooled. the suspects have been able to walk away with over $55,000 worth of stolen jewels. >>> an 18-year-old driver has been arrested after striking a pedestrian and running away. san mateo police say nathan ferris was under the influence of drugs when he drove into parked cars yesterday evening shortly after 6:00. and here's a look at the suspect's blue honda, the front smashed, the tires nearly falling off. the victim was seriously

. >> i yield three minutes to my friend from washington, mr. newhouse. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. newhouse: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my good trend from colorado for yielding some time. mr. speaker, if you talk to any farmer in this country, one of the biggest issues they will raise is something they're concerned with, their labor force. a secure and legal labor force. that's what brought together a bipartisan group of members of congress, representatives from agricultural groups around the country, as well as agricultural labor groups around the country, to come up with a bill todale with the labor situation that we have in this country. to provide a certain legal labor force, something that is simple in saying that, but very, very complex in order to get to the solution. this has three titles. number one deals with the current work force. we have come up with something that the president has asked for. a merit-based system. to provide legality to our current work force. it requires a history o

mr. khashoggi'killing.ri budh has denied that. david ignatius is a "washington post" columnist who was friends with mr. khashoggi for more than 15 years. the bbc with him earlier. david: trumpimself seems to have decided to give mohammad bin salman a pass and not to press him on this. other parts of the government intelligence ancies, the state department itself, has been arabia show in somthatthat saudi there is accountability. military and intelligence g service have a lot rid the stability of the kingdom and want more answers that they have got. in a sense, what the saudi prosecut has done is a poke in the eye of these agencies in the u.s., which the saudis know very well have been demanding some accountability and action be taken. nada: david ignatius speaking to the bbc the chief executive of boeing has been fired less thane a weekfterlane maker said it would mporarily halt production of the 737 max airliner. the company has struled to recover after 346 people died in two crashes involving its planes. our business correspondent has the story.re porter: two

from them which is mr putin and supporting ukraine and i expect that that will continue there are no signals that both paris or berlin are breaking from ukraine same here in washington. that's with the u.s. german marshall fund thank you mr knight from washington johnson as always we appreciate your time thank you. it is one of the world's most successful and active volcanoes today it became a deadly volcano at least 5 people died monday in a volcanic eruption off the coast of new zealand's north island 8 others are reportedly still missing the corrie volcano which is also known as white island erupted suddenly shortly after 2 pm local time on monday spewing plumes of ash into the sky. upon it to wrist watch as a wall of volcanic ash threatens to envelop them. but. minutes. volcanoes age no they bore witness to its might. survive or scrambled on to boats 50 people were on the island emergency services ferried the engine some in critical condition to the mainland however it is now clear that there were 2 groups on the island those who were able to be curated and those who were close to the eruption as police it out last night the police helicopter risky helicopter in

"the washington post," mr. khashoggi's form employer, has described the sentencing as a shameful travesty of justice. our security correspondent frank gardner has more frank: the last public sighting of jamal khashoggi, seen here walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul in october last year. he never camout alive. turkish cctv footage shows a hit team of 15 saudi government agents arriving istanbul to intercept khashoggi. inside the consulate, they overpowered him, injected him,d ffocated him. his body as never been found. 11 men were eventual put on trial. today the preliminary ces were announced. >> the criminal court in riyadh has delivered the following preliminary sentences for 11 of the accused, sentencing five of them to death in retribution. they are the ones directly implicated in the devih of the im. may god rest his soul.th frank: atime of the crime, saudi arabia initially denied responsibility. but turkey leaked details of what really happened. in november 2018, the cia said the killing was prob

mr. president when? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: i want to turn to the nomination that is pending before the senate that we will be voting on as soon as i finish my remarks. mr. president, i have come to the floor many times to speak in opposition to president trump's ideologically driven, deeply partisan judicial nominees and express my frustration that under the republican leadership, the senate is stamping one lifetime nomination after another. they have been willing to rubber stamp the nominees whose qualifications are in doubt, a record number have been deemed unqualified by the bar association, the impartiality is virtually nonexistent and without a doubt chose fon their commitment to uphold president trump's agenda rather than upholding our nation's laws. these nominees have sided with shady for-profit colleges like the president's department of education. trum's nominees have followed his footsteps on health care, ruling and speaking against expanding affordable health care for families. they've allowed major corpora

thank you john hutton of the washington post mr ladbrokes what is your sense from the united states based on your discussions in syria do you think the trumpet ministration is coming along or maybe accepting the assad regime's rule in syria were were they more critical of the russian position critical of russian bombing in it live. or perhaps maybe open to opening an embassy in damascus what's your sense of how the united states views the assad regime. was nice to move more americans could you probably are going you should ask that question when talking to the your ass administration because that's their attitude towards the governments of the syrian arab republic and you suppose it wasn't. with that 1st because. the u.s. did not support the process but later on the joy in your book. you cook with the process of helping to establish the constitutional committee that committee consists of 3 sides the opposition the government and the civil society representatives. with. that show you see that america understands and accepts the reality in syria these are the realities of today and these ar

washington. ms. cantwell: mr. president, i rise today to join my colleague from massachusetts who's been a leader on this important issue of net neutrality. i want to speak backing up what he has said today about why it is so important that we need to fight to protect a free and open internet. but before i do, i would just like to mention that yesterday we filed a bill dealing with trade enforcement. the reason i bring that up is because today there's going to be a lot of discussion about trade writ large. it is very important that in the trade discussion that we also have trade enforcement. so much of what we filed yesterday is what we hope to see in an agreement that is now being unveiled, and this i would abouts on capacity building. that is very important. that is, to make sure that we have the enforcement capabilities at ustr and now the capacity enforcement in mexico to make these agreements work for the future. but i'm really here to talk about how two years ago the trump administration basically with the f

mr. chairman. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. ms. cantwell: mr. chairman -- mr. president, i rise to join my colleagues on the floor today to pay tribute to my colleague in georgia, senator isakson, and to congratulate him on his retirement after 20 years in congress, including the past 15 years in the united states senate. we worked together on key provisions of the secure act to improve retirement planning for millions of americans on behalf of the work he's done for veterans, the veterans v.a. mission act, important to so many people who served our country, and specifically working together on the finance committee for the last six years on important issues like affordable housing. there's been no better advocate for the affordable housing tax credit, hoping to secure billions of dollars in funding for affordable housing nationwide than senator isakson. now, it is true that my colleague senator hatch and i had a bill to help increase the affordable housing tax credit, but i guarantee you that there's nobody that understood it better, could explain it better, a

mrs. lincoln's dressmaker, she helped establish these contraband camps in and around washington, d.c. she went to the first lady and asked for money for these and cap mints. mrs. lincoln wrote to the president saying, we are going to get $200 to fund this contraband release organization. from then on they would continue to give money for these organizations. also people within the african american community, as well as gathering food and provide shelter, providing money, so these encampments refunded through church groups. working was elizabeth in a d.c. area, there was another woman, harriet jacobs, she was formally enslaved and she found her refuge and freedom in new york, where she met a quaker woman named julia wilber. they came to alexandria and worked with these contraband camps, and provided money, food, shelter, clothing. they also helped establish education programs. education,es offered night schools, not only for children, but also adults so they could become literate, read, write & contracts because they were starting to look for and get jobs. outsideth women working these

and "the washington post" ran every single cartoon that mr. block chose to draw after that. he had a lot of power at the poe post as a cartoonist. we can see his art style has evolved to a very loose drawing style, but much more loose, he uses a lot of graphite, a lot of ink brush. and he's using a coquille board, a stippled board so it really grabs the pencil and grifbz it a nice texture. he used whiteout both as a way to control his mistakes but also to enhance his image. so for example on this canoe being guided by president kennedy, he's got budget run in whiteout on top of the ink and pencil, so that it stands out in his cartoon. kennedy was hard for most cartoonists to draw. he was a handsome looking fellow, and even as late as 1962, they really hadn't found like big ears or big nose or something that stood out to make him look funny. and so he's kind of looks generically handsome for the entirety of his administration. that doesn't mean that mr. block didn't find faults to pick with him. and this particular cartoon is about the kennedy administration's desire to imemp

mr. block showed was half way up the vietnamese country. if you read "the washington post" between 72 and 1974 between the time the watergate scandal broke out and the time president nixon resigned, you opened the pages to see 174 cartoons attacking the president on watergate alone. he had drawn nixon coming out of a sewer during the eisenhower administration and with the exception of the free shave he gave him as a newly elected president which is now in the collection of "the washington post," he never relented and he did not see a good side to richard nixon which doesn't mean that he attacked him blindly. it meant he had real issues with some of the things whether it be corruption or wiretapping or things he just liked and he felt it was his job as a cartoonist to express his opinion and to share it with others, and that's the basic role of an editorial cartoon is to express an opinion and persuade people to your point of view and a good cartoonist does more than just illustrate the news, he gets his point across or she gets her point across. so here we have nixon

mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. ms. cantwell: mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about the importance of passing the expired tax credit provisions for many small businesses, industries that support families, help revitalize economic depressed communities, and those that are underserved. we all know that two years ago the republicans and president trump enacted a $2 trillion tax break for large corporations and there was a lot of lobbying here that went into getting that legislation passed. and yet when it comes to these provisions which is just about tax certainty in the tax code that has been there for decades that needs to be reauthorized, congress is not getting the job done. and we need to come to terms now about why it's so important to help small businesses have tax certainty in the code, to help families and communities, and to get this provision done by december 31. we all know how important it is that these voi individuals, gren energy companies, economic development, and many other aspects of the tax code are

was all about briggs and indeed it was brags that $2.00 for bojo it is time to deliver and mr close to washington. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest ninety's and he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the nikkei of western civilization and we surgeons of russia we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor and you know so many internet media project and in london we cross alexander make errors he's a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com hi gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime we want in. always appreciate it let's go to london alexander the dust is settling ok about this general election the blow out of the of labor is spectacular and we have to go all the way back to 1935 ice i suppose the the civil war within the labor party has already started and now we have a majority for the tories something we haven't seen since margaret fine not sure what does this tell us about the electorate because a week ago if you were to tell me working class people have never

mr. morelle, washington, d.c., does not have a beach on the ocean. virginia does. mr. speaker, if we defeat the previous question, i will offer an amendment to the rule to consider house resolution 750, which expresses the sense of the house that it is the duty of the federal government to protect and promote individual choice and health ensures for the american people -- health insurance for the american people and prevent any medicare for all proposal that would outlaw private health insurance plans such as employer-based coverage and medicare advantage plans. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. lesko: mr. speaker, i hear from my constituents regularly, and i have a lot of senior citizens, that they are afraid of a medicare for all approach. they understand that a one-size-fits-all government-run health care system will not work. that is because whether it is called the single payer s

i want to thank you for coming to washington, and i look forward to our continuing conversations in the future. thank you. mr. lavrov: to secretary pompeo for the opportunity to meet in washington. we have accepted the invitation to visit the united states as a response visit after secretary pompeo traveled to the russian federation in may this year. there was a meeting with the president of the russian federation as well as our meaningful negotiations. we meet each other regularly and talk when necessary. today's meeting has confirmed that it is useful to talk to each other. however difficult this period are relationship is and in global affairs, talking to each other is better than not, -- not talking to each other. we spoke about strategic stability arms control and we spoke frankly and businesslike. to not only listen to each other, not to hear each other. it is an open secret that we have different views on different things, and it would be naive that we -- to think that we could achieve understanding overnight. there is no one , anded percent coincidence diplomacy is trying to find solutions that would

she went into washington, d.c., met with mr. riggs, where she sold the eggs, and she made sure the transaction was legitimate because she received a receipt for the transaction of the eggs. thanks to sarah tracy, we are still able to enjoy and visit mount vernon today. not only were women nurses, entrepreneurs, having jobs, selling items, but women were also soldiers in the war. they had to do this in a disguise. it was frowned upon for women to join the war as soldiers. that is why they had to dress up in men's uniforms. women would dress up on either side of the work, either side of the war, both confederacy and the union, as soldiers so they could fight among their brothers, husbands, family, and also fight for the cause of the war. one woman in particular is sarah edmonds. she also went by frank thomas. she was very open about being a woman soldier, especially after the war, and after the war, she would dress in traditionally men and women's clothing. we know about 300 to 500 women that served during the war, but those are t

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany s. 1790 which the clerk will report. the clerk: conference report to accompany s. 1790, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year to 20 for military activities of the department of defense and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come here today to address the current status of the national labor relations board and in particular, how the rights of workers are being undermined by republican obstructionism. you see, for decades presidents have nominated and democrats and republicans in the senate have confirmed n. -- n

sanctions target one of the country's biggest airlines mahaan air and 2 shipping companies mr pompeo says washington will not deviate from its campaign of targeting iran's economy through sanctions russian official has dismissed reports of russian attacks on civilians in syria's italy province as falls special envoy alexander lavender m.t.f. spoke to our to 0 sum up intervene in kazakhstan where the latest round of syrian peace talks are being held. all of it completely it's fake news no proof to it because when our. is making from fulfilling some military task you know it is checked all the locations of all of the fighters of the headquarters and so on it's checked triple times so that in order not to make any mistake and another not for the civilians to cause any damage is among the civilians so i am 100 percent sure that these are and it's a pity that the the position of the listen to it and they correspond this to the. among the international community you know this this is a 1st not good but at the same time i should tell you that. we tell the opposition take everything into your hands. and it

new arms control agreements are reached an annual meeting of russia's defense ministry mr putin said washington's withdrawal from a cold war era nuclear treaty and the expansion of nato were key concerns for moscow he said 82 percent of the country's nuclear arsenal has been modernized. bigger we are ready to work on new arms control agreements but until this process is launched we will strengthen our own nuclear forces i mean equipping ourselves who through t.g. card for sonic missile forces with modern complexes and strategic missiles as well as you can use submarines who are our navy and we will continue to work on the creation of other missile systems capable of defending russia and its allies. christian pilgrims and tourists from around the world a mocking the holiday of christmas in the city of bethlehem where many believe jesus christ was born 2019 has been one of the holy cities busiest years with an estimated $1900000.00 tourists making the trip is natasha going to. music and prayer joy and reflection from the church of the nativities built over the grotto were christians believe jesus c

how do we get back to that point in washington? mr. walsh: we have to take the first step, which is get rid of the guy in the white house, because as long as donald trump is there, whether i defeat him in the primary or a democrat beats him in the general, he has got to go. because as long as donald trump is there, it will be only about donald trump. there will be no big policy debates and discussion. it will be trump 24/7. then we get rid of trump, trump is gone, and then what democrats and republicans have to learn again how to debate and fight about issues respectfully and learn how to come together. look, steve, whoever the next president is, they are going to have to try to unify the country. maybe somebody like me, who has been involved in the fights and has been pretty divisive, maybe it is going to take somebody like me to say that is wrong and we have to come together. but look, we have got a country that is bankrupt. we have got big, big, profound issues of health care and immigration and climate, to just name a few, that we

john hudson washington post. thank you mr secretary i understand everything you laid out about the importance of having china in those discussions would you you know if it doesn't pan out given the objections that mr lavrov pointed out that the chinese have would you be willing to go forward and in any way and maybe secure a look at securing a limited extension of new start without the chinese and on impeachment the democrats obviously unveiled their articles of impeachment which. democrats have accused your building of. resisting oversight efforts and taking part in abetting in the alleged quid pro quo do you have any response to that. mr lab rob is there been any progress on establishing the u.s. russia business council and as you mentioned you would like to see the u.s. come forward with information about election battling why not just read the moeller report it's very detailed when it comes to u.s. allegations related to meddling in the 2016 election. so if i may take a 2nd question 1st congressional oversight state depar

mr. schiff: madam speaker, i'm happy to yield another 30 seconds to the gentleman from washington. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. heck: this idea of america is in peril. brought about so by this president who sought to cheat in an election. a president who puts himself above the law and attacks the bedrock constitutional precept of checks and balances. the question is, can mercosur vive -- can america survive this behavior? what idea will we hand down to those who follow us? and finally, what is our obligation to those who would follow? it is simply this -- to do our duty. to defend the constitution and the values underpinning it. by voting yes on the articles of impeachment. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: i reserve, madam chair. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. schiff: madam speaker, i'm proud to yield to the gentlelady from florida, mrs. demings, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is reco

mrs. speaker, i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. gentleman from california. >> i'm proud to recognize the gentleman from washington, mr. heck for two minutes. >> gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> madam speaker, this week americans are busy finishing up their christmas shopping mostly for their children or if they're lucky enough to have them, their grandchildren. in high school and college students are taking final exams and sweating out the results. and that got me to thinking about those who follow and what our obligation is to them. and that got me thinking about those who came before and how they might have seen their obligation to us. people like my grandfather whom our family believes literally was born on the boat on the way over here from germany. where my father who fought in world war ii against the very people that his grandfather had left. we're all here today, all of us because someone before us sacrificed so that they could journey here and build a new life in this unique land. and we are here today because those immigrants and their children were dedicated not just to the land of america but to

mr. speaker, renowned alabama educator, artist, and botanist george washington carver, like many americans, overcame numerous obstacles to achieve greatness. carver's contributions to science and agriculture made a huge impact that is still felt across the globe today. on january 5 of 2020, alabama will unveil an historic marker honoring dr. carver at decatur's horizon school. he visited decatur in 1935. carver elementary was named in his honor. during his visit, he spoke to an audience of more than 1,000 decatur residents. in a letter to then superintendent w.w. henson after his visit, george washington carver wrote, quote, the carver school far exceeds my expectations. it is a most beautiful building and i hope it will be able in every way to integrate itself into the upbuilding and development of the splendid possibilities which lie all around you. carver was deeply devoted to education. during the civil war, george washington carver was born in diamond grove, missouri, shamefully he was not allowed to attend public schools near his home because he was a african-american. but that did n

mr. bloch was syndicated, the other newspapers. they knew that a cartoon had appeared elsewhere. the washington post ran every single cartoon that he chose to draw after that. we can see mr. r mr. bloch's art style and a very loose drawing style. he's using a simple board. use white out as a way to enhance his image. being guided by president kennedy, he's got budget written in white out. it stands out in his cartoon. kennedy was hard. even as late as 1962. you they haven't found the years and big nose, he kind of looks generically handsome. that doesn't mean mr. bloch can't find faults to pick with him. but to some special privileges. people who have benefited. we have lyndon johnson. mr. bloch really admired his war on poverty. he did not admire his war on vietnam. he loved to take johnson quotes and misappropriate them. his particular cartoon shows we were willing to go more than halfway. he intended to talk about the peace table. bombing up more the vietnamese country. between 1972 and 1974. the time president nixon resigned, you opened the pages to see 100 74 cartoons attacking the preside

mr. jeffries: george washington in his fare well address to the nation counseled -- fare we will address to the nation counseled america that it is in that spirit we proceed today. donald trump pressured a foreign government to target an american citizen for political gain and at the same time withheld without justification $391 million in military aid to a vulnerable ukraine as part of a scheme to solicit foreign interference in an american election. that is unacceptable. that is unconscionable. that is unconstitutional. there are some who cynically argue that the impeachment of this president will further divide an already fractured union, but there is a difference between division and clarification. slavery once divided the nation, but emancipators rose up to clarify that all men are created equally. suffrage once divided the nation, but women rose up to clarify that all voices must be heard in our democracy. jim crow once divided the nation, but civil rights champions rose up to clarify that all are entitled to equal protection under the law. there is a difference between division an

mr. heck from washington is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first i want to join with my friend from texas, mr. williams, in expressing my appreciation for the role that treesry played in the international insurance negotiations. i happen to be one who believes we should keep faith with the mccairn ferguson act. this is the best way. i think it's worked well. so thank you, sir. i'm also grateful that my friend across the aisle raised the issue of a tax cut and jobs act. i'd like to ask you about it. obviously at the time small technical fixes necessarily notwithstanding, i'm a cosponsor, i hope we get to it -- that we were promied that it would be a game changer. those were your words. a game changer for business. it was broadly held as something that would lead to increased business investment. it hasn't. there's the chart. that's the chart of the bureau of economic analysis revealing that we've basically had six quarters of a significantly downward trend of business investment in capital. and i'm going to ask you why you think that is and wh

mr. jeffery. >> george washington and his farewell address to the nation counc counseled america that the constitution is obligatory on all. it is the spirit that we proceed today. donald trump pressured a foreign government to target american st citizens for political gain. he withheld $391 million in military aid to a vulnerable ukraine as part of a scheme to solicit foreign interference in an american election. that's unacceptable. that's unconscionable. that's unconstitutional. there are some who cynically argued that the impeachment of this president will further divide an already fractured union. there is a difference between division and clarifications. slavery once divided the nation but emancipated rose up to clarify that all men are created qualitily. suffra equ equally. jim crow once divided the nation but civil rights rose up, all are entitled to equal protection under the law. there is a difference because division and clarification. we'll hold this president accountable for his stunning abuse of power. we'll hold this president accountable for undermining our national security. we'll hol

mr. speaker, yelled back. speak with the gentleman yields back, the gentleman from california. >> madam speaker i am proud to recognize the gentleman from washingtoncht for 2 minutes. >> the gentleman is recognized for 2 minutes. >> madam speaker, this week americans are busy finishing up christmas shopping mostly for their children or if they are lucky enough to have them, their grandchildren. in high school and college students taking final exams and sweating out the results. that got me to thinking about those who follow and what our obligation is to them. that got me thinking about those who came before and how they might have seen their obligation to us. people like my grandfather, who our family believes literally was born on the boat on the way over here from germany. or my father, who fought in world war ii against the very people that his grandfather had left. we are all here today, all of us, because someone before a sacrifice so that they could journey here and build a new life in this unique land. and we are here today because those immigrants and their children were dedicated not just to the land up america, but to the idea, freedom a

mr. super patriot taking a victory lap living in's conspiracy world and crazy home courageous leadership. "the washington post," mr. comey, i warned you about this before it. you might want to hold off on popping the champagne. and guess what, you have the right to remain silent. i suggest you might want to do that. we have a clear pattern now of willful misconduct. comey, brennan, clapper and all these other top officials in the obama administration. one of the most pieces of evidence is the fact that no one inside the trump campaign, they never went to the trump campaign, candidate trump is a patriot and want the trump campaign about this counterintelligence investigation. no. let's see brennan went to the russians twice and obama went wants to tell them. take a look. >> what i find particularly inexplicable is that they talk to the russians. but not to the presidential campaign. on august 4th, brennan ahead of russian intelligence, he calls the head of russian intelligence and we know what you're up to. you better stop it. he did it later in august and then president obama talked to president putin an

former special impeachment counsel so the house of representatives and he joins us now from washington d.c. mr baron i've just been having this conversation him with clyde about the partisan nature of this process now potentially was that what the founding fathers had imagined when they wrote these impeachment proceedings will that when they laid the foundations for that probably not. i mean they weren't naive and they there were even in those early days factions rather than parties as we know them today but there was more of a common purpose i think i don't think we've seen even in our lifetimes partisanship that it's so. absolute on both sides of the aisle i mean it's very very disturbing there is no center left there's nobody there to reach across the aisle and try to work out a compromise the fact that mr mcauliffe senator mcconnell could make some of these statements about how well you know this is this is partisan and that's the way it is that's it's very disturbing i want to bring in mr bobbitt here at this point because there has been lots of speculation about whether or not. impeachin