speaker, this bill is a good bill, it's a bipartisan bill, and i urge the support of the house. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: thank you very much, mr. speakering -- mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. levin: there's no doubt about where democrats stand. we have taken the lead to make sure there's no offshoring. and there has been a good faith effort here up to a point. surely that's been true of mr. carney and all of his efforts working with mr. nunez. but the problem is that there remains some serious shortcomings in this bill, and unfortunately we cannot try to remedy it through an amendment. so the notion there's an open process here is incorrect. the definition of expatriate has been tightened. i think there remain some issues, at least one regarding it. but the major problem relates to the language and how it would impact potentially health insurance for an estimated 13 million legal permanent residents an

it's a comprehensive bill. there's a few more things we should be doing in this piece of legislation, that hopefully we'll be able to take up in the senate or in the conference committee. i spoke earlier about the export of liquefied natural gas, l.n.g. this is an enormous opportunity for america to rebuild its merchant marine, more than 100 ships will be needed to export that l.n.g. those should be american-made ships. manned by american sailors, flying under the american flag. i think we need to also work on title 11, the loan guarantee program for ships that are built in the united states. it's very restrictive in its present form. chairman hunter in his opening remarks also talked about the problem of the appropriations. this bill does provide authorization authority that should be sufficient for all of these elements, the legislation -- the ultimate money available will be through the appropriations process. i'm very concerned about the austerity budgeting that has consumed this congress for the last three

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speaker, this is a good bill. it is a bipartisan bill. i ask for its immediate passage and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i too rise in respect of h.r. -- rise in support of h.r. 4488 and i'd like to thank anymy colleague across the aisle for his support and i would like to thank the honorable john lewis for being a sponsor of this legislation. this is important legislation, as it does embrace two congressional gold medals that have already been accorded. and as fate would have it, mr. lewis was the original sponsor of the medal -- the bill according to the congressional scott dal to ms. coretta king and reverend dr. martin luther king, both honorable people. he has been a champion for human rights and civil rights. it's difficult to have him in your presence and not acknowledge all he's done. today i'm honored to support the technical corrections act of 2014 and i'm also honored to mention one other colleague, the h

this economy would be roaring if we could pass bills here. we have 48 bills ready to go. that would create new job this is a we can't put on the floor because of our single occupation here of trying to dismantle the health care act. if we defeat the previous question today and i hope everybody will vote no on it, to give us a chance to do something that cries out to be done. mr. speaker, if we defeat the previous question, i will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up legislation to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. the american people are calling for an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment in the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote no to defeat the previous question, vote no on the underlying bill, and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from t

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thanks, steve. >> thanks, bill. bill: here's martha.rtha: crowds tearing down signs and setting mattresses on fire and attacking police. not your typical spring break, right? how chaos became so bad in california that police had to fight back with tear gas on this crowd. bill: remembering the actor, mickey rooney and his amazing career from musicals with judy garland to broadway and beyond. ♪ t word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the 2015 subaru forester (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. bill: chaos in the streets of california when a spring break party turns violent. it is the annual deltop independent a celebration near santa barbara. it turned into a riot. authorities say college students tore down stop signs. set mattresses on fire in the streets. threw bricks and bottles at police cars. the officers responded with tear gas and rubbe

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. >> reporter: the government buildings in 9 cities appear to be controlled by pro-russia insurgents. america has promised more sanctions if the violence isn't stopped in eastern ukraine. russia says they have nothing to do with it. bill: the president spoke to putin by phone. was the tone of that conversation stormy like it is in washington? >> reporter: frank views were exchanges and each one gave a different explanation for what's going on in ukraine and why. the white house put out a statement saying quote the president expressed grave concern about russian government support about the actions of pro russian separatists and he urged putin to use his influence with these armed groups to convince them to depart the buildings they have seized. but the kremlin said putin told president obama he should do all he can to prevent the use of force and bloodshed in ukraine. and he said reports of russia meddling in ukraine are false. but information seems to bac

this is a five-month bill. this is not a long-term, indefinite bill. the clock is ticking so every day more benefit benefits are retroactive than progress -- than progressive. we want to give people a chance. now people are struggling. with that, i would yield the floor because i see my colleague, the senator from kansas. mr. moran: madam president? sphir officer the senatothe pree senator from cang cang. mr. moran: i ask that be made in order for me to offer a amendment designated 29 ^1 1. the presiding officer: snr is there objection? mr. reed: reserving my right to object, in order to get this bipartisan emergency legislation completed and benefit 2.7 million americans, i would respectfully object to my colleague's amendment. the presiding officer: objection is is heard. mr. moran: madam president, we were here last evening both you and i on this topic for consideration by the senate and the amendment that i was offering that the gentleman has objected to in my view is one of the many amendments that could be -- should be considered in this legislat

to the point that you're making, these first three bills are the three most least controversial bills. therefore, they are being taken up. there's little desire, really, from lot of lawmaker, this election year to wrestle with some of the thorny issues such as health and human services, homeland security issues and that sort of thing. what's more likely to happen is they will do a handful of these bills and some time this summer agree that perhaps we should forward them into a continuing resolution that would allow existing funding levels to continue past the election. >> what are the nonspending bills that's coming up in the house. but actually came up a couple of week ago. this bill by john carney that deals with piece of the healthcare law. why was it defeated and coming up again? >> there long been in this session and previous sessions questions about the ability of the house republicans. as part of that expedite process, the rule is you got to get two-thirds of the lawmakers voting to approve it. this bill got parent approval but did not reach the two-thirds. a clearly missed cal

speaker, this is a good bill. it's a bipartisan bill. it's a bill i think meets the needs of our services for the military construction as well as for our veterans and our military families. as far as our military construction, if our services needed it, it's in the bill. if they didn't need it, it's not in the bill. i'm so happy that we have taken very strong steps to address the claims backlog at the veterans administration. we've taken strong steps to ensure that we will soon have a coordinated, interoperable electronic health records between the veterans affairs department and the department of defense. and i'm happy that in this bill, together we will assure accountability for our nation's veterans. . mr. speaker, when our men and women took the oath to serve our country as part of our nation's military, they took an oath to serve and defend. and when they completed that service, our nation has, in fact, figuratively written a check assuring that they will have the benefits that they need when they come back following their service.

bill is 100% right. there are fewer people starving, fewer people sleeping without a roof over their head. fewer people that are illiterate. life expectancy is generally longer. by any rational measure, things are better. that doesn't mean every place or every person, and there will always be a bottom 20%, and we will always redefine what that means, but to say that all of the foreign aid and the moneys that the bill and melinda gates foundation or bloomberg or lots of other generous people have invested, hasn't done anything that is just not true at all. we have a guy, a doctor in africa, who is trying to get numbers and find out what people are dying from. if you can't measure it, you can't manage it. we don't know. a lot of times you look at birth certificates that will say act of god. that doesn't tell you where you want to put your money to save people's lives. bill and melinda working on polio, this is the chance of really eradicating this disease like smallpox or both of us working on malaria, or

bill: a moment of silence. when secretary sebelius appeared on a local news station in oklahoma city, the cane or how do not season camera point out a majority of oakan oak oa' them . secretary sebelius thank you for being us this morning. i think we probably lost sound here or something. >> i can hear you. thanks for having me. bill: so. it is not clear whether they lost audio. it's not clear whether that was posed in the form after question and she what is waiting for a question as opposed to a statement. regardless, is obamacare here to stay? send us a tweet. >> it's like she thought that wasn't a question. that's my guess. but we'll see. she has had a lot of talking to do. let's bring you now to this fox news alert and break details on missing malaysian airlines flight 370. malaysian airlines is change their account of the final word from the cockpit. they were actually good night, malaysian 370. not all right, good night which is a bit more innocuous some are saying. it feels a little bit different. what d

bill as currently drafted, it exempts all appropriations bills. i know some of my friends don't want to acknowledge that, but funding purchases, purchasing ships for the navy, a few examples in which we invest taxpayer money have a stimulating effect on the economy. 26,000 construction jobs are created with $1 billion. it's estimate wed invest in transportation infrastructure. in addition the flovet spent $13 billion other the past 25 years supporting the human gee noem project that $13 billion federal investment has, it's estimated, had a receipt to it of $780 illion and counting. we have received at the point where we know the cost of everything but the value of nothing. investments have returned on them. whatever the cost, it was worth every penny. eisenhower said investment in infrastructure, in the highway system, whatever the cost, it's a gift that keeps on giving. it's a -- an invest that continues to return to this day. let's make sure we have full dynamic scoring for all appropriations bills in the spirit my friend from georgia has laid d

about the 220 jobs-related bills. 311 total bills. in stark contrast, the senate has sent to the house only 67 bills. the senate produces just about 1/3 of what the house does. 1/3 of the work, mr. speaker. i'm not saying that passing -- s in and of itself is an good. the patient protection and affordable care act, or obamacare, is a primary example of that. but it's one way to measure how hard you're working. from the house natural resources committee i sit on, we have passed six bills opening up american energy that would create over one million new jobs, lower gasoline and electricity prices, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and help lower our national debt by generating over $1 billion in new revenue. these bills are now stalled in the senate. the u.s. senate has turned into a productivity graveyard. president obama has signed only 24 senate bills into law during this congress. in contrast, 91 bills from the house had been signed by the president into law. these are total bills of all different subjects. senate democrats' sole

bill: quied explosion. -- bill: al qaeda is gang strength. shows terrorists in the country of yemen. dozens of them. that video is said to be authentic and recent. there are critical figures on that. this stunned a lot of us. did you know this tape was out there? >> i was not aware of the tape. i know there had been gatherings in yemen. i did not expect the tape to be made public at this time. it should be a wakeup call to all americans, particularly our government as to how serious a threat there is from al qaeda. bill: we have been firing drones into yemen for more than a year, right? >> we have been doing it longer than that. we killed al-awlaki in 2011. i want to know whether our intelligence people knew about it. if they did not know about it, why not. if we did know about it, why we didn't attack it. we'll never get an opportunity like this with so many terrorists and prominent terrorists in one location. >> it's remarkable. i made the comment it looks like usama bin laden in the mountains of afghanistan prior to 9/11. but you raise an

it is a good bill, an important bill. it helps american women in many different ways. but for reasons known only to them, senate republicans don't appear to be interested in closing the wage gap for working women. as my daughter, my grandchildren, your wife, your daughter, friends, neighbors, mr. president, four years ago the republicans filibustered this exact same legislation. two years later the republicans filibustered this legislation. now for a third time the paycheck fairness act is before us, and it appears it is going to be filibustered again. they've indicate that had they'll likely not let us begin work on this important piece of legislation, this debate. if they are ideologically opposed to ensuring equal pay for equal work, free to vote against passage of the paycheck fairness act or give speeches as to why it is such a bad deal but we have not heard that. today's vote is to begin debate on the bill. are this so repulsed by equal pay for hardworking women, they'll obstruct equal pay for equal work? republicans have come to the floor and tried to offer amen

bill: what do you have from there? reporter: about another 20 miles, 21 miles to the northeast of us, that community took a direct hit as well. some of the fatalities are up in that community. that community had a very bad tornado that went through there a few years ago. some of the folks who went through that particular storm a couple of years ago said it was just all too common, the feelings of the warnings coming last night, hunkering down in storm shelters. those people dealing with what we see here, a lot of damage, lots of destruction and unfortunately a number of fatalities, bill. bill: casey stegall, good to have you on the ground. reporter: thank you. martha: these twisters touched down to the north of that area in oklahoma. one person was killed. first responders say the storm developed very quickly. people did not have much warning at all. >> way too many times in this area. it seems to be a repeat that keeps occurring. it's something that is hard to deal with as emergency responder because he wants to save

bill: thank you. live in dallas.nd federal government have now taken a new turn. the ranchers say to the battle over freedom and they are willing to fight to the bitter end. but the fight is really a matter of fairness. bill: a hair-raising controversy in north korea. the uproar over this sign. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] help brazil reduce its overall reliance on foreign imports with the launch of theountry's largest petrochemical operation. ♪ when emerson takes up the challenge, "it's never been done before" simply becomes consider it solved. emerson. ♪ emerson. ♪ ♪ no two people have the same financial goals. pnc works with you to understand yours and help plan for your retirement. visit a branch or call now for your personal retirement review. bill: back to the standoff now, the bundy family waiting to see what happens next after the fed backs down in the standoff. cooling off for now. the family has heated words for the government. here they are on hannity. >> do you worry they may kill your dad or somebody in your f

factor tip of the day bill clinton aliens and me.mel is an not an alien but he is involved upcoming. ♪ ben! ♪ [ train whistle blows ] oh, that was close. you ain't lying. [ ql guy ] let quicken loans help you save your money. ferd >>> back of the book segment tonight. miller time. we had a chatted with the sage of southern california tonight. the first topic was another violent display by sports fans, this time in southern california. >> witnesses say it all started with an argument between three women. one angel's fan and two dodger's fans. >> the girls, yeah, they got a little out of control and started hitting each other. >> hundreds were on the street after the bars let out. police say at that point three marines who were on leave from camp pendleton jumped in to help the angel's fan being beaten by the other two women. soon, a group of men believed to be the two women's friends got involved. take a look at this video. police say when officers tried to break up the fight the man in the gray shirt stabbed one of the marines in the

bill. the united farm workers do a pretty good job of clarifying this bill when they say, quote, congress should not pass laws that create an economic incentive to hire guest workers over professional u.s. agricultural workers. the afl-cio is against this bill because it would undermine the health security of 13 million green cardholders, people with work visas and individuals who are granted visas for humanitarian reasons. the national law immigration center is against this bill because it eliminates minimum essential standards for, quote, expatriate health insurance plans provided to individuals who travel abroad. as a result, this bill would deny health coverage security for low-wage immigrant workers, including farm workers and caregivers. this bill contains too many loopholes that amount to an extraordinary bailout for insurance companies. this bill also establishes a precedent for employers to hire guest workers. it's being brought here as a suspension bill with no opportunity to amen

support and 2 opposition bills. on the support the first measure is recently amended bill sb on page 6 of the matrix. so far attests on the matrix on page 6 it will grant to the recreational transportation agency and that definition includes san francisco ta he the san francisco bay areas low combroont the authority under current law to use c m g c it's an contractor for the emerging best practices for the implementing transportation projects it will only be an authority i can go into more details but we're recommending support it's an authorization to use going forward the task. a b-2197 by mr. mullan is on page 9 of the matrix that deals with temporary plates and supported by ta c the concern is the lag time between car prufrpdz and plating and toll revenues that is associated with the lag time. the bill will simply say the dealers will have a process that immediately allows them to print a readable plate that will be placed on the windshield. the rules and regulations can read that as they go through the road tol

bill: it's 11 months.e are going to hold her in contempt. what's taking so long? >> it's certainly the case that the house government reform committee has been cite sighed for taking this long. and they have been cite sized for not pushing immediately. in their defense they had to take the type to acquire to the extent they can all the materials possible to make their case. we heard from the irs commissioner a month ago, even if they were to comply with the subpoena and provide the information requested by the house republicans, it could take years. that's the kind of resistance these investigators have been meeting pretty cop is tently. bill: it's kind of what the speaker said last night. i think that's the reason why he's resisted. >> i think that's probably the reason he resisted. their is scepticism of that. but this need to move forward or it's going to fate away. one of the things the white house has been profn effective at is handling burgeoning scandals. they provide a little bit of information. th

ask bill o'reilly.eople like basketball hall of famer dominique wilkins, are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar, but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza. he said victoza works differently than pills, and comes in a pen. and the needle is thin. victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. victoza has not been studied with mealtime insulin. victoza is not insulin. do not take victoza if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to victoza or any of its ingredients. symptoms of a serious allergic reaction may include swelling of face, lips, tongue or throat, fainting or d

we tried to do a highway bill. a highway bill. important for this country. we have a deficit in infrastructure of $3 trillion. it wasn't much better a couple years ago. so what we brought believe that to -- that bill to the floor and this great amendment process, they want, what -- they wanted to stop women from getting contraceptives. that held things up a month, a month, before they got some sense and withdrew that. so, madam president, the republicans made a decision a little more than five years ago to oppose everything that president obama wanted or tried to do and they've stuck with that. it's not been good for the country and we have situations just like we have here. mr. cornyn: mr. president, would the senator yield for a question? mr. reid: sure. mr. cornyn: the majority leader says there is important work for the senate to do and i can think of one urgent thing we could do today if the majority leader would cop sent. the house has passed the reauthorization of the debbie smith act, which is money that congress has appropriated to the department of

bill: a fox news alert. there is a blistering report on thcharles edwards the former inspector general. the report shows he was more of a lap dog than a watchdog. we found that mr. edward was a compromised inspector general who was not exercising real oversight. it said a lot more than that. michael warn, staff writer. i want to read to you from the report. routinely shared drinks and dinner with department heads and gave them information about the finding and timing of investigation. how is that for an inspector. >> this is a total bureaucratic mess. when you think of what an inspector general ought to be. an ig ought to be independent. he was getting drinks with people and seeking legal counsel from the dhs office. he's ultimately supposed to be representing congress and the people making sure our federal agencies and departments are doing the work -- bill: taxpayer dollars. he was seeking job with the administration at the time to be the permanent inspector general overseeing the dhs. that's a department

this bill, our minimum wage bill will lift an estimated seven million people out of poverty. all working families need a raise. some of my friends on the republican side said, well, not all of this goes to people in poverty. that's absolutely true. because 12 million people who have family income between $20,000 and $60,000 a year will also get a raise. what's wrong with that? these hardworking families need to be able to, you know, put some money aside for a rainy day, provide for their kids' education, maybe buy a new car, buy a new home, upgrade what's wrong with that? so yes this helps a lot of american families to get a fair shot at the american dream. i might just add taxpayers need a raise in the minimum wage. right now we're spending about one-third of a trillion dollars, $243 billion a year, on social programs to help families who are struggling to make ends meet who are low-income or are in poverty. it's been said it's estimated that the minimum wage bill that we have will save $4.6 billion a year in money we won't have to pay for food stamps. $46 billion over ten y

bill. bill: thank you. more to come.trong defense of affirmative action as her colleagues uphold a ban in michigan. we look at the very important decision and her descent. bill: a manned mission to the red planet. nasa unveiling a flying saucer out of this world. you will see a glimpse of that. we will talk to our favorite little astronaut. can you start tomorrow? tomorrow we're booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. tomorrow we go live... it's a day full of promise. and often, that day arrives by train. big day today? even bigger one tomorrow. csx. how tomorrow moves. martha: whenever we get the chance would love to show you these pictures. this is a live spacewalk happening as we watch. we heard earlier from our reporter on this. they came out just about 50 minutes ago. they are now outside of the international space station. they are in the process of beginning the computer repair that needs to be done to allow them to continue to research the exploration. >> cannot have you hold? >> no problem. >> take your ti

it's a bipartisan bill. it's the bill that i introduced. it is the companion legislation, and as i mentioned, we have bipartisan support for this bill. but i hear some people suggesting that maybe -- maybe we should wait, maybe now is not the right time, maybe we need more time. mr. president, i just want to say as strongly as i can, we have had enough waiting. we have wasted enough time. and let me explain why we can't wait another day. i want to start with two numbers. the first is 130. since january 1 of this year, mr. president, 130 teachers have been arrested across america for sexual misconduct with children. that's more than one teacher arrested for each day of the year so far, and that's, of course, only those who have been caught and arrested. every moment we delay, we delay rooting out some of these problems. the other number is 73. 73 is the number that comes from the government accountability office. g.a.o. says that the average pedophile molests 73 children over the course of that pedophile's lifetime. these predators actively

it's a bipartisan bill. it's a bill that i introduced with senator manchin. it's a bill that has other cosponsors. and i know there's some folks who say, well, let's wait. we need more time. madam president, i say we've had enough waiting. we've waited too long. let me explain why we shouldn't wait another day. i'll start with two numbers. the first number, madam president, is 130. senator manchin mentioned this number. since january 1 of this year, 130 teachers have been arrested across america for sexual misconduct with children. that's more than one teacher every day. and these are the ones who have been caught. how many more are happening? the stories are just absolutely heartbreaking. a teacher's aide who undressed and sexually assaulted a mentally disabled abtpwaous in his care. a child whose abuse began at age 10 and at age 17 found herself pregnant with a teacher's child. a special education kindergarten girl forced to go shirtless in a class. these things are just, it's just unbelievable. but every day that we delay, we delay rooting out one of these

but then you send them a bill and they can't pay the bill. they don't have insurance and they can't pay the bill. well, guess who pays that bill? that bill has to be paid somehow. the taxpayers end up paying that bill. somebody has to eat that cost, and it's not the hospital. i mean, they do a fraction of it, but those costs are spread and all americans have to pay them. state by state. county by county. so this is a way that people cannot only benefit from the act but can also take a measure of personal responsibility for their own health care coverage. and that's why in the 1980's and 1990's before this issue became so political, before president obama was inaugurated in 2009, that's why originally the kind of legislation that we now know as obamacare or the affordable care act, before it was actually legislation that was passed, it was promoted by the very conservative heritage foundation. it was considered to be a conservative idea in the same way that somebody getting car insurance, taking personal responsibility in case you hit somebody

this bill would undo it. n fact, the biggest victims of legislative action if we pass this bill today would in fact be the very women some of my colleagues have been talking about today. so i urge my colleagues who say they are committed to the interests of women to vote against this bad bill and to support the expansion of health care, especially for working women in america. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back. the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentlewoman from kansas is recognized. ms. jenkins: madam speaker, before i yield to the gentlewoman from wyoming, i just want to highlight that according to the bureau of labor statistics that a substitute teacher earning $11.27 an hour, if that substitute teacher's hours were cut back from 39 to 29 hours, he would lose $125 per week or $6,484 per year or nearly a 26% pay cut. these are the folks that we are here fighting for. and with that i'd like to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from wyoming, mr

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so why was the bill, the civil rights bill, the bill of the century?d an embattled minority. the bill, as martin luther king said, it cashed the check that had been written, the promissory note, that had been written by the united states with the end of slavery. it reconciled all of those wrongs that had been left after the civil war. >> anybody that studied history at the time knows that jfk was wringing his hands and striking the perfect ball. lbj was the bull in the china shop. why the difference? >> i think there are nuances. kennedy created the bill. kennedy, you're right, was wringing his hands for a long time. he came around at the end. he created the bill, started pushing it through. >> would kennedy have passed the bill? >> i think he would have passed a thinner bill, accepted compromise. where johnson's great achievement was not only calling for the bill and pushing for it but pushing for the full bill. he said, i have to have exactly what is written and that's what he got. >> in terms of the big characters, lbj, mlk, martin luther king, but

and the senate bill, the bill we passed changes that. the bill we passed says if you are a stem graduate from another country and you graduate from an american university and you have a job offer in the united states of america, we will staple a green card to your diploma. that's what we need in this country. that's what the high-tech industry in colorado needs out of the united states house of representatives. i mentioned tourism at our ski resorts. they will continue to suffer. this is colorado's second largest industry. there are a lot of reasons to act here. there are a lot of economic reasons to act, but i think they are also fundamental reasons that have to do with who we are as a country. we often say it's often said that america is a nation of immigrants, and of course that's true. there is literally no other country in the world, mr. president, for which immigration is so central to its history and to its identity, and i have heard enough speeches in this chamber to know that for a lot of us, for a lot of the 100 of us, it's ver

i can't pay my rent or electric bill, phone bill, no money for gas, no money for food. i can't even print out my resume for a job because i can't afford to buy ink for my printer. this is the first time in my life i had to go to a food pantry. i was ashamed. never in a million years would i imagine this is where i would be. i'm not looking for a handout. i just need a little help to get back on my feet until i find a job. tonight the senate will pass a bipartisan u.i. extension. this house must not ignore these stories. we must act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition? mrs. brooks: madam speaker, i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. brooks: i want to congratulate the outstanding ability one program that is committed to providing employment opportunities for people suffering from vision loss. since 1915, indiana's very own bosma enterprises has been a partner o

bill george will be here. around. ♪ . ♪ collects attack of the activists. -- >> attack of the activists. it might be a game changer for the industry. activists are going after far bigger gain. >> what are companies doing to fight back? ebay may have the textbook the new, a full hour on era of activism right here on "market makers." >> looking back to "market makers." i am stephanie ruhle. >> and i am erik schatzker. we spoke to bill ackman about his latest investment. thething we have not seen likes of for generation. teaming up with valiant pharmaceuticals to purchase a rival drugmaker. this makes it a good day to focus on activist investing? we will be spending the rest of the show doing just that with with two special guests. he serves on the board of goldman sachs and the mayo clinic. he runs blackstone advisory, you might think of it as their investment bank. someone who knows a great deal about the business. so, gentlemen, let's begin with this. john, if you don't mind, i will put the question to build.

protecting his members from having to cast a vote for a bill that's a good bill or against a bill that would get them defeated because it was a good bill. he just keeps it from going to the floor. we've seen that in so many of the bills we've passed from the house, that would have an immediate helpful effect on our economy it would have an immediate -- economy. it would have an immediate helpful effect on our government. and for heaven's sake, i know the mainstream media will never get this right, even our own speaker didn't understand what happened that day apparently. of ast fall our house representatives, a majority at least, believed that obamacare was very detrimental to this nation, to its economy, to its -- to people's health. and so what did we do? we did what we believed and we voted to completely defund obamacare. that's what we believed, that was the vote we did first. but understanding that in washington you have to have two ouses pass a bill, we passed a compromise measure that simply said, look, obviously obamacare is not ready for primetime. you've had going on four year

, not to two budget reform bills, but to three budget process reform bills. we talk so much about numbers in this institution, mr. speaker. we talk about baselines. we talk about c.b.o. scores. we also talk a lot about people. we talk a lot about families. we talk about why what we do here matters in the lives of folks back home. father conroy prayed this morning, mr. speaker, that we could get out of some of our old habits of -- that the inertia leads us to disagree and find those things around which we do agree. there is one thing that's undisputed in this chamber. in fact on capitol hill, in this entire town, mr. speaker, when it comes to budget process, and that is that every time we decide we are going to spend money today, we get a little boost in the economy. and that boost comes from a mortgaged future. we can get a little today at the expense of a little tomorrow. or conversely, we can lose a little bit today in exchange for gaining a little bit tomorrow. there's no he free lunch of when it comes to budgeting, mr. speaker. i only get to spend each do

this is a civil rights bill. it's a women's issue bill. and i say it's a civil rights bill because if you look at the people who are going to get benefits, 13 million people, 28% of african-american workers, 32 percent o%of asian and other workers. 50% of people making the minimum wage are with elm. it'women. kids. people who aren't getting adequate nutrition and child care are the kids of people making the minimum wage or tipped wages, even less. so it's a -- it's a civil rights bill, it's a women's issue, it's a kids issue and it's an economic issue for america. it's time to give america a raise and raise the minimum wage. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about jobs. once again this week the senate is taking up an extension of unemployment benefits, which will be the 13th such extension since 2008. and arguably, of course, we came out of an economic downturn, a lot of people hurt by that,

bill: falls u.s.tory cable from sweden suggested the aviators were deserters when they were not. the u.s. gentlemen, iraq war veteran, historian, worked for 15 years to get his grandfather's name cleared. and today he has done that. heather: there were nine of them at waited for this day to happen. one of them died before he could make it to this moment, but his son is there representing him instead. bill, i believe with some of these war war veterans in an honor flight to d.c. when they recount their stories, to them it was just like yesterday. they remember it so clearly, and the emotions, so proud and so humble. >> technical sergeant. [silence] [applauding] bill: so proud. it took an act of congress and relentless pursuit of justice by a grandson to correct the stain on the honor of more than 135 u.s. war heroes who had been prisoners of war and mislabeled as cowards. [applauding] we salute all of them at the pentagon today. wanted to share that with you at home watching today. heather: they deserv

the warning shot bill?fety, does it. >> not at all. you could also call it the wave your gun in the air bill. what's basically happening here is the alexander case is being used as an excuse to do the opposite of what people thought would happen after the trayvon martin case, which is to expand the rights even further than the nra has managed to do. the same person, marion hammer, unofficial governor of florida, the lobbyist for the nra in florida, who eventually gets complete obeisance from nearly every politician in the state for every single one of these bills going back to when jeb bush signed stand your ground, she and her team have basically justified the warning shot bill using the marissa alexander case even though it's not clear at all -- i called a couple attorneys before i came on tonight, spoke with one, it isn't clear thblgd even be used by marissa alexander at her retrial, but her case is used to inspire it. chen of course the prosecutor in that case who also prosecuted george zimmerman is opp