representatives from that cross-section and leadership team as well so that's all we're but again alance we've got a long leadership team and i hope we have an forward.ity to move >> let me ask you this, not to on the parade a bit, there is a strong republican majority in the house. republican ept its majority. we also have a president who ooks like did not win the popular vote. how do you -- what do you see as of his man, the republican mandate generally and how do you guard against the overreach that republicans -- excuse me, that democrats saw in and 2010 that resulted in the massive midterm reversal we saw then? >> well, i'll give you an example. i think the democrats made major in 2009 when they started with a philosophical attack on healthcare that really obama what president campaigned on. that was one of the leading signature issues at the beginning of their campaign. i mean, at the beginning of their time in service. a high political price for it. so i think it's important to what this election told us and what didn't tell us. what did it tell us? are ready for change and they a

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the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the alance of his time. ms. waters: i was surprised to hear the gentleman from illinois repeating some of the outrageous statements that mr. trump made during the campaign where he talked about the airplane carrying bill yongs of dollars to iran. with that -- mr. speaker, i have no further requests for time and prepared to close and i would yield myself the remainder of my ime. president-elect trump will face a daunting array of international challenges, the raining in g is russian corruption and dealing with the civil wars in iraq and syria. the islamic state, though it is in retreat in iraq and syria has demonstrated its ability to behind the confinings and sponsor attacks in asia, europe and the united states. mofere, the nuclear threat posed y north korea will require a policy. so if ever there is a time that the u.s. should be afirling our commitment to the international agreements that promote our stability and security in a global environment. we should be working to reassure our allies and the rest of th

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the .alance of his time the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. royce. mr. royce: mr. speaker, i'm going to yield two minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. curbelo. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for 2001 -- is recognized for two muns -- minutes. curb curb i thank the ch -- mr. curbelo: i thank the chairman for yielding. i rise in strong support of h.r. 573 2, the cesar syria civilian protection act of 2016. this legislation would impose sanctions on those who are responsible for the syrian humanitarian crisis and on those who hinder or deny humanitarian assistance in syria by declaring that to be a serious abuse of human rights. i have consistently said that the conflict in syria is one of the greatest blemishes on human history. and it's imperative that we do more to put an end to it. bashar al-assad's regime has committed horrific abuses against civilians in his country by employing widespread torture and other tactics that have shocked the international community. the regime also con

speaker, i yield back the alance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from illinois. ms. schakowsky: it is now my great pleasure to yield to my colleague and friend, lois capps, from california, who came to congress, the 106th congress, along with me, prior to that being a nurse and is now retiring from that seat. but not before she adds one more thing at least, maybe there will be more, to making our health system better and protecting so many lives. i yield to you as much time as you may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized. mrs. capps: i thank my dear colleague from illinois for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 1209, the improving access to maternity care act, which i'm proud to have co-authored with my colleague from texas, congressman burgess. we know that healthy women make healthy moms. healthy moms make healthy babies. to support these women throughout their lives, they need