barletta: mr. speaker, i wish to yield five minutes to the gentlewoman from missouri, mrs. hartzler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from missouri is recognized for five minutes. mrs. hartzler: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to ask all my colleagues for their support of h.r. 1117, the fema relief improvement act, which will require the federal emergency management agency, or fema, to refocus their efforts on the core of their mission which is helping people recover from grave loss in the aftermath of a natural disaster. in august of 2013, as the chairman, the ranking member mentioned, the southern portion of my district experienced a major disaster, involving heavy flooding, which devastating infrastructure and it cost significant hardship for many of my constituents. unfortunately, the federal recovery efforts to this devastated region added insult to injury. local officials dealt with multiple, uncoordinated teams conducting duplicative site visits due to lost paperwork, inconsiste

barletta: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include extraneous material on h.r. 375. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. barletta: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. barletta: h.r. 375 would designate the federal building and united states courthouse located in nashville, tennessee, as the fred d. thompson federal building and united states courthouse. i'd like to thank the gentlewoman from tennessee, mrs. blackburn, for her leadership on this legislation. senator thompson was respected for his work as a lawyer and actor and a united states senator. this legislation is a fitting tribute that i am honored to bring to the floor today. fred thompson first made a name for himself he was an assistant you attorney from 1969 to 1972. that brought him to the national stage in his subsequent position as special counsel on a n

speaker ryan enticed representative lou barletta of columnvania into the yes by promising a vote on legislation to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving tax credits for health care coverage . as greta mentioned earlier, representative steve king also decided to back the plan according to the white house. carol in jonesboro, arkansas, republican line. what is your take? caller: well, there are so many different topics, but i am totally disabled and i am on medicare. he issue is the fact that passed a little issue on adults. they are allowed to stay on their parents insurance policies until the age of 26. i am going, really? no. those kids are able to get up, get out, get a job. let them furnish their own insurance. my parents raised five children. we never stayed on our parents insurance. that is one issue. don't put that at the feet of the government or the taxpayers. because that is not the taxpayers. response ability. i am on medicare. insurance,ave regular insurance myself until i had become 29 years old. i didn't know what insurance was. i couldn't afford it. but when the government pas

congressman lou barletta is now a "yes" after negotiating a swap the president promising to support one of the congressman's legislative priorities in exchange for a vote on health care. >> i knew if i held out long enough, you know, eventually -- >> reporter: you would get what you want. >> they'd send in the big guy to close the deal. >> mary bruce joins us live from capitol hill. we heard shawn spicer say there is only plan "a." republican leaders say they will go i a head with this vote tomorrow, but tonight, there is a real fear about whether they have enough votes. >> reporter: tom, the white house and republicans tonight are scrambling to negotiate, hoping to push this across the finish line, and despite the impacts, i'm told tomorrow's vote is still a go. >> mary bruce, thanks so much. >>> there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. the possible hate crime, the alleged attacker caught on camera. the well-dressed murder suspect running down the streets of new york. his disturbing motive revealed. >>> and the desperate search under way at this hour. the cruise

congressman lou barletta negotiated a yes vote in exchange for the president's promise to support one of his legislative priorities. >> and i knew if i held out long enough -- >> you'd get what they want. >> eventually they'd send the big guy in to close the deal. >> reporter: but the last count by abc news has at least 28 republicans saying they will oppose the bill as it stands, plus, a number of moderates and conservatives still on the fence threatening to land a major blow to president trump on his first big legislative push. >> there's plan a and plan a. we're going to get this done. >> reporter: it's already anticipated votes on the bill could go late into the evening and even if it passes, some republicans have said the bill would be dead on arrival in the senate, so, kendis and diane, an uphill battle either way. >> yes, and they're saying there is no plan b, so we will see what happens there in washington. >> we'll see. >>> and president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, insists he did not work for the russian government. the denial follows an associated press r

congressman lou barletta is now a "yes" after negotiating a swap the president promising to support one of the congressman's legislative priorities in exchange for a vote on health care. >> i knew if i held out long enough, you know, eventually -- >> reporter: you would get what you want. >> they'd send in the big guy to close the deal. >> mary bruce joins us live from capitol hill. we heard shawn spicer say there is only plan "a." republican leaders say they will go i a head with this vote tomorrow, but tonight, there is a real fear about whether they have enough votes. >> reporter: tom, the white house and republicans tonight are scrambling to negotiate, hoping to push this across the finish line, and despite the impacts, i'm told tomorrow's vote is still a go. >> mary bruce, thanks so much. >>> there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. the possible hate crime, the alleged attacker caught on camera. the well-dressed murder suspect running down the streets of new york. his disturbing motive revealed. >>> and the desperate search under way at this hour. the cruise

lou barletta is now a question, the president promising to support one of his legislative priorities. >> i knew if i held out long enough. >> you'd get what you want. >> eventually they'd send the big guy in to close the deal. >> that was mary bruce reporting. >> democrats rallied in d.c. today. >> in california, we're not talking about a few thousand, we're talking about millions of real people getting hurt, getting diseases that will not be cured, having heart attacks not being able to go to a hospital or get a doctor. this is a dangerous bill. it's written by people who don't know what the hell they're talking about. >> brown stole the show at the capitol hill rally. >> today was the third day of the confirmation hearings for judge neil gorsuch. at the same time, senators were questioning gorsuch, the high court ruled to overturn one of his landmark decisions. lana zach has more. >> neil gorsuch argued he was bound by precedent in ruling against an autistic elementary school student applying the daminimus standard. >> if anyone is suggesting i like a result where an autistic child

. >> reporter: house leaders locking in at least one new vote today, congressman lou barletta, who was leaning against the bill, declaring he's now a yes vote. >> we're adding votes by the day, not losing votes. we feel like we're getting close. >> reporter: but the bill is still in serious jeopardy. >> we still haven't seen the movement we want. >> reporter: according to cnn's latest vote count, at least 23 house republicans have said they'll vote against the bill. more have indicate caited they'll likely oppose it. speaker ryan can't lose more than 21 votes or the bill fails. >> there's no plan b. there's plan a and plan a. we'll get this done. >> reporter: this reality setting off an aggressive last-minute offensive to make deals and change mipds before the vote. in public -- >> this is called legislating. there are people who want various provisions in the bill but what's important for us is we have to broker compromises to make sure we draft legislation that can actually pass. >> reporter: and behind closed doors today. president trump ramping up his personal pleas to some of the

some of them have been supporters of trump like boo barletta of pennsylvania.s have not been longtime supporters. if i were a betting man and i had a coin and i tossed it up in the air, i would be afraid that would come down right on the edge. >> bill: do you think they will postpone the vote? >> don't postpone the vote>> unless you don't have the vote. my gut tells me that at the end of the day, they come up with a narrow victory, i wouldn't be surprised if it went the other way. in these kind of things, you want to be looking for signs. that is to say, you want to be hearing people say, i'm against it, but there is something that, here is my problem with it. in essence, asking you to solve that problem. what i hear too often from people who oppose the bill are things that aren't solvable. let me give you two examples. congressman david brat. i was listening to him on a radio program this morning. he says, the premiums are going to go up the next two years. we can't let the premiums go up. well, the premiums under the exchanges go up the next two years, you ha

congressman lou barletta. good to have have you. sadly under these circumstances.ngs with judge gorsuch, nothing has been delayed, stymied anything like that? >> no, nothing's been delayed at this time. i know the president is working very hard. he is totally engaged as well as speaker ryan and leadership. right now we're still scheduled to vote on thursday. >> what is your sense how the vote will go, congressman? >> it is very close right now, neil, to be honest with you. i was a no because i had a concern with one particular issue in the health care bill although obamacare is a disaster, and i'm committed to replacing it but i met with the president last night and with speaker ryan and they have met my concerns. so i will be supporting the bill. i think we'll see more of that as the day goes on. the president getting totally engaged with members who have issues. neil: guys, if we could show the congressman right now to not jar people, we're showing an image he is not addressing for the time-being. i want to put it in context for folks. >> sure. neil: when you're

barletta we saw lou who was a hard note say that he is a yes.member by member, we are seeing trevor bauer -- strong support. i'm not going to get into yes or nos. , whor congressman mulvaney is a leader in a caucus, has been a strong advocate of this policy. he has been on the hill talking to his former colleagues, assuring them of the effort and why the process has to go the way it does. but i'm optimistic in the sense of what are seeing and the trajectory that this is going in the number of votes flowing our way, not the other way. >> confirmation hearings for neil gorsuch, i have not seen any democrat him out in support of judge gorsuch just yet. do you anticipate you will get democratic support on this particular nomination? so. hope and believe . i think there have been several that have spoken very positively. i think he has been extremely impressive during this confirmation process. you've heard members, both in the senate, on the committee, and a lot of outside voices spray can on hat -- who have spoken on how qualified he is. it is toug

. >> i know we saw lou barletta who was a knno, steve king was no, now a yes, the count keeps gettingstronger for us. >> and if it doesn't pass is there a plan b? >> no, there's plan a and plan a and we're going to get this done. >> so you are confident, 100% confident -- >> we're going to get it done, plain and simple. if you want to see obamacare repealed an replaced this is the vote, this is time to act. this is what people have told the american people is going to happen. this vote needs to happen. >> there is no plan b. brooke, it's not just the white house saying. it's what i hear repeatedly from house too, it is going to the floor tomorrow even if they don't feel like they have the votes which makes the campaign that more important. we have seen members shuttled over to the white house, the president sitting down with a few himself. you have speaker ryan and his top allies texting, calling, meeting in person with some of the moderate members trying to make sure they're willing to come aboard. the big question without house freedom caucus, the most conservative members, a couple

two dhaiss we know about for sure, pennsylvania's lou barletta, he tweeted out that he is now a yes afterting a guarantee from house leadership for a vote on a bill that he wants that would ban tax credits for undocument immigrants. also steve king of iowa, he is now a yes, source tell me, because he has gotten an assurance that the president will push for some insurance regulation changes in the senate. now, those are two new yes votes, judy, but there's also at least two, probably more, new no votes, some on the record, some off the record. so it's very fluid. i think it's hard to draw conclusion right now about where this bill is. >> woodruff: so, lisa, what about those who are truly still on the fence? what is known about what they want or what they need? >> here's what conservatives want. conservatives say they want this bill to include a full repeal of the individual mandate and also of the essential benefits that says what must be in insurance packages. the leadership in the house and senate say they can't do that because of the rules of the reconciliation process, because of the w

. >> reporter: house leaders locking in at least one new vote today, congressman lou barletta, who waseaning against the bill, declaring he's now a yes vote. >> we're adding votes by the day, not losing votes. we feel like we're getting close. >> reporter: but the bill is still in serious jeopardy. >> we still haven't seen the movement we want. >> reporter: according to cnn's latest vote count, at least 23 house republicans have said they'll vote against the bill. more have indicate caited they'll likely oppose it. speaker ryan can't lose more than 21 votes or the bill fails. >> there's no plan b. there's plan a and plan a. we'll get this done. >> reporter: this reality setting off an aggressive last-minute offensive to make deals and change minds before the vote. in public -- >> this is called legislating. there are people who want various provisions in the bill but what's important for us is we have to broker compromises to make sure we draft legislation that can actually pass. >> reporter: and behind closed doors today. president trump ramping up his personal pleas to some of the ho

barletta, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1117 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 13. h.r. 1117, a bill to require the administrator of the federal emergency management agency to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to applicants and grantees during the response to an emergency or disaster. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 408, the nays are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the hous

earlier it was reported barletta flipping on the bill. so these will all come in as people look to see do they have two or three members of the freedom caucus to peel off and support the bill to push it through tomorrow? >> congressman brooks and meadows told me there will be some members voting in support of the bill, that they're still planning not to vote as a bloc. that's their approach to this. you will still see some hard-liners like congressman brooks who wants a full repeal of obamacare which is unlikely to happen even though he proposed the amendment today. we'll see how many they can turn. brooks said there are actually, he suggested, some moderate republicans who have switched from yes yesterday to no today. 24 hours is an eternity in capitol hill time. >> yes. it will be -- we'll watch it all play out. >> an hour is an eternity today. kayla, thanks very much. >>> that's the latest out of washington. more breaking news on the deadly london attack. willa marks is on the scene. so is sara eisen as close to ten downing street as s