this weekend, today actually, our colleague bennie thompson of mississippi will be doing a response to the president, talking about the integrity of our elections. he is our top democrat on the homeland security committee. imagine this, some of the information that should be available to the state, about information that has been collected in terms of an assault on the integrity of our election, some of the secretary of states, you can get the information because you don't have the proper clearance. we reserve that for jared kushner, any questions? >> you cited this meeting as cold hard evidence of collusion. you heard from congresswoman waters saying she thought that president trump should be impeached and then you have others introduce [inaudible] do all these inquiries you are talking about, do they need to be answered and investigated before you are ready to some art [inaudible] mrs. pelosi: i think the facts will be self-evident. maybe they will be explanatory of the president. maybe they will not. there is evidence, clear evidence, that we need to know more. we should not close t

the state of the health care replacement bill, and with the democratic response, congressman bennie thompson of mississippi on the russian investigation. president trump: my fellow americans, next week the senate is going to vote on legislation

one of them, representative bennie thompson of the state of mississippi, the ranking member of the committee on homeland security, writes, "unfortunately, as with most major decisions in this administration, it is clear that this was rushed and not well thought out. the president and republicans insisted the dhs secretary be confirmed on day one, but now the president leaves this critical national security cabinet post vacant. the timing could not be worse." thompson went on to say that the new head of dhs likely to be elaine duke, kelly's current deputy, probably won't be confirmed until at least the fall, fred. >> all right. boris sanchez, thanks. so while john kelly faces a number of challenges if his new role as chief of staff, a source close to kelly se the veteran marine general will help bring order to the white house. here's cnn's dianne gallagher. >> reporter: it was another major announcement made over twitter. >> we're following breaking news. president trump just announcing a new white house chief of staff. >> reporter: the president tapping homeland security secretary-general jo

i also want to salute the chairman, ranking member, homeland security ranking meb, bennie thompson, for his -- member, benoity thompson, for his leadership -- bennie thompson, for his leadership. our election systems are part of the critical infrastructure of our country. some of the most critical infrastructure of our democracy itself. we must protect it. the united states must reject foreign intervention in our elections, no matter which party it helps or which party it hurts. an oath of office, our oath of office is to protect and defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. working with the intelligence committee to ensure -- to better ensure the integrity of our elections is vital too to that goal -- vital to that goal. so i urge a yes vote on this bipartisan legislation. i especially want to acknowledge the tremendous leadership of our ranking member, mr. schiff of california. with that i yield back the balance of my time. mr. schiff: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, reserves.

thompson are streamlining medicare rules to include access to prosthetics and mr. john lewis co-sponsored language to help dyalisis facilities to treat in-stage renal disease. mr. dell benny and mr. thompson allows telehelp so patients can receive treatment in the comfort of their own home. mr. kind, who led an opportunity to provide more serpt for medicare providers. our colleagues on both sides of the aisle worked hard on these bills and i'm pleased we can move them forward in a bipartisan manner. i encourage my colleagues to support h.r. 3178. and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. tiberi: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tiberi: thank you, madam speaker. i stand in strong support of h.r. 3178, a package of bipartisan policies centered on improving care for medicare beneficiaries across several areas. in particular, h.r. 3178 includes a bill that i introduced with my friend and colleague from new jersey, mr. bill pascrell, that provides a temporary transitional payment for home infusion providers. the 21st century cu

thompson: hello, i'm congressman bennie thompson. i represent mississippi's 2nd congressional district, and i am the top democrat on the committee on homeland security. nearly everyone outside the white house accepts the intelligence community's conclusion that russia carried out the hacking campaign in an

hello, i'm congressman bennie thompson. i represent mississippi, the second congressional district. nearly everyone outside the white accept

hello, i'm congressman bennie thompson. i represent mississippi, the second congressional district. nearly everyone outside the white accept this shocking new evidence places even graver questions of infiltratingess the election systems in 21 states and stealing voting records containing personal information. all of this has damaged america's faith in our democracy and complements the security of our systems. in fact just this week one poll found one in four respondents reported that they may not vote in the next election because of cyber security concerns. this is not acceptable. congress must act and act immediately. we must get the truth of russia's meddling in the full extent of the camp in complicity. we must also take action to protect our elections and our election infrastructure next time. lawnis why house democrats -- launched the congressional tax -- congressional task force. this task force's central mission is to focus on how to bolster the cyber security of our election system ahead of the 2018 election. and election infrastructure. identify actions that should be taken

thompson: hello, i'm congressman bennie thompson. i represent mississippi's 2nd congressional district, and i am the top democrat on the committee on homeland security. nearly everyone outside the white house accepts the intelligence community's conclusion that russia carried out the hacking campaign in an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. and this week, in donald trump, jr.'s emails, we saw the first public evidence that the trump campaign eagerly intended to collude with russia. this shocking new evidence raises even graver questions about russia's success infiltrating the election systems in 21 states and stealing voting records containing personal information. all of this has damaged america's faith in our democracy and confidence in the security of our voting systems. in fact, just this week, one poll found one in four respondents reported that they may not vote in the next election because of cyber-security concerns. this is not acceptable. congress must act and act immediately. we must get the

i'm congressman bennie thompson. i am the top democrat on the committee for homeland security. we hope that everyone outside the white house accepts the intelligence community's conclusion that russia carried out the hacking campaign in an attempt to influence the outcome of the to the