the great act is a straight-forward bill that seeks to modernize the bill. by simplifying the grant process, the great act will create a more open and grant process for all recipients. in los angeles, that means greater opportunities for organizations working to make government work better. when signed into law, this bill would help universities, city departments and other automate their costs, reduce compliance cost and focus their energy where it be longs, on maximizing federal grants to los angeles to make it a more prosperous city. by making grants reports machine readable and fully searchable, it will improve the performance of the grant process. . . nonprofits will have better access to grants. this boish effort represents a major step forward to ensuring government works as efficiently as possible for all americans. i look forward to working with representative foxx and others to continue our bipartisan efforts to help government work better. thank you, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore:

education bill -- labor-h.h.s.-education bill is level funding. of a total increase of $18 billion, the labor-h.h.s.-education bill should receive an increase of $5.5 billion. and yet we received a zero increase and this is, chairman cole has heard me say this over and over and over again, this allocation means that the house bill includes no new investments in the child care and development block grant, no new funding to help students afford a postsecondary education. the house bill also eliminates funding for family planning and teen pregnancy prevention programs, as well as health and safety grants. it even cuts funding for community health centers by $100 million. and the list goes on. in addition, the house-labor-h.h.s. education bill is loaded with ideological poison pill riders, including riders to block funding for the affordable care act, block funding for family planning, block funding for planned parenthood clinics. and it adds new riders to protect monsanto and to allow religious description in child welfare services. however, there wa

bill. the clerk: h.r. 698, an act to require a land conveyance involving the elk horn ranch and the white river national forest in the state of colorado and for ther purposes. -- dible] >> private cyber security act as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6735, a bill to direct the secretary of homeland security to establish a vulnerability disclosure policy for department of homeland security internet websites and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul, and the gentleman from louisiana, mr. richmond, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccaul: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. th

tonko for his work on this bill and commend both you -- he and the bill's sponsor. i ask my colleagues to support in important legislation and reserve the balance of my time, madam speaker. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia is recognized. mr. mckinley: i would like to yield five minutes of the time to the gentleman from new york, mr. reed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. reed: i rise today in strong support of the pending legislation before our body and i would like to take a moment to thank the gentleman from west virginia as well as my colleagues on the other side of the aisle for their support and arctic you lation of the legislation and the need for this legislation. would like to thank my colleague, paul tonko, working with us in a bipartisan way to get this legislation to re-authorize the west valley nuclear site re-authorization act into law. this legislation will provide clarity. additional steps that we can take to give clarity to our area of ne

it's a timely bill. and -- it's a timely time that we are passing this bill because the fee-setting authority for the u.s. p.t.o. expired on september 16 of 2018. this bill will allow the u.s. p.t.o. to have the ability to set the amount it charges for each of the services it provides to patent and trademark applicants. the ability to set its fees will help the u.s. p.t.o. with its long-term planning. the fees are set to recover ggregate estimate costs of the operations. this bill would renew the u.s. p.t.o.'s fee-setting authority consistent with the framework of the america invents act, which was enacted in 2011. section 29 of the america invepts act called for the director of the united states patent and trademark office to establish methods for studying the diversity of patent applications, including those who are minorities, women or veterans. this bill directs the director in the consultation with the administrator of the small bills administration to conduct a study on the number of patents annual

and with that, i ask for adoption of the bill. will the house suspend the bill ap pass the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the rules are suspended -- >> mr. speaker. >> i would object to the vote on he ground that the vote is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8, rule 0, further proceedings on this otion will be postponed. >> i move to suspend the rules p pass h.r. 6599 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: a bill toll modify the application of limited apointment modifications and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, mr. will ton and mr. huffman each control 20 minutes. .> i ask that they have mr. speaker, the office of personnel management questioned seasonal rehaired employees. they did not agree but nonetheless complied. there was con filings and threat yepped the ability of parks to open and operate this patcht summer. many seasonal employees were left without a job. h.r. 6 99 addresses this issue seasonals them to h

unfortunately today this bill is not that bill. a lot has changed and a lot was taken out and a lot was removed from it because the process is broken. we didn't have hearings, we didn't have consultation or the back and forth that's needed to build bipartisan support information an important measure such as this. we have retirement savings in this country and can be doing more to make it easier for individuals and small businesses to offer retirement savings plans for their employee. i'm proud to work with my friend from pennsylvania, mr. kelly, on legislation to try to correct it. part of the original bill is based on legislation that i have offered for years with my friend and colleague from washington state, mr. reichert, another member of the committee. in fact, the original bill when it was up before the recent senate finance committee passed. unfortunately this bill does not reflect what was done there. an important provision that would have provided premium pension relief from rural electric co-ops or boys and girls club of

i'm also supporting the bill. but i want to say thank you, bill. i want to thank you for being a person who is constructive, visionary and works across the aisle with constructive ideas. you've made a difference in this house. your father made a difference in this house, and i thank you for your service. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this bill. it includes key changes to the stafford act that i've been working on with mr. mccarthy and mr. bishop for many, many months. i advocated for the past year to permit federal disaster aid funding to be used to not only reconstruct what stood before but to build to 21st century standards. importantly, the bill puts an emphasis on predisaster mitigation. emphasis is on actions taken to lessen the impact of future disasters. last year, natural disasters cost the nation a record $306 billion, eclipsing it's previous record of $265 billion set in 2005. if we fail to do this, if we fail to mitigate, then we will have fore sakens the lessons of hurricanes katrina, maria, irma and the devastating wildfires in the

bill. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: democratic leader. mr. schumer: first let me thank the senator from florida for his steadfast actions in the senate for many years protecting florida's waterways which are not only a treasure to floridians but to all of us in america. and he deserves to be congratulated on that. now, madam president, last night in the wake of extremely serious and troubling allegations about supreme court nominee judge kavanaugh, chairman grassley announced he would hold a hearing of the judiciary committee next monday to examine the allegations. i want to salute the six republican members who i believe changed senator grassley's mind and leader mcconnell's mind, their first instinct of course was to rush it through, have this ridiculous phone call, republican staff with both people on the phone, both the now witnesses on the phone. made no sense. but because a good number of our republican friends said there ough

befriended bill cosby.brought her to his home that's where it was proven he drugged her and took advantage of her there are 60 other women who suggested bill cosby did the same thing. andrea constand is the only ones resulted in a criminal trial and he was convicted on a second trial. the first one ended in a mistrial back in april. each one could carry up to 10 years in prison. the judge merged those charges yesterday and today we wait to find out what he is sentencing bill cosby to. it could be 5 to 10 years, which is what the d.a. asked for. but, again, we're just not sure what the sentence will be just yet, julie. >> julie: what did andrea constand say when she spoke at the hearing yesterday? >> i'm just picking up this victim impact statement. she sent a five page letter to the judge. her testimony in court was pretty brief and her mother and others in her family also spoke before the judge. andrea didn't read this whole letter in court. i wanting to read you a portion that she did file with the court.

you do have bill cosby, who is 81. a lot of factors such as his age and disability and maybe even his fame that could put into question or at risk his safety in prison. and so being realistic and not shooting so high knowing this wouldn't get that -- they want to go with a penalty range that's more reasonable and likely to happen in their mind. >> effectively it's the rest of his life if he's 81. i've got another voice who just sat down next to me. you're mighty fast. mark geragos is with me and ariva martin. >> you asked why did the prosecutors come down. >> i did. >> if state court they have similsi similar things they have in federal, they're called guidelines. they're saying, look, judge, doesn't go with the guidelines, you only saw a portion of the evidence was presented. you're the one who excluded our request to do other stuff. we're going to lean towards double that. and the thought process, i know prosecutors would never admit this, maybe some ex-prosecutors would, they think it's a negotiating technique. if i

bill?>> bill: griff is pounded, too. that will continue for some time. i found my first civilian, chris carlton from florida, he runs a tree service company. unfortunately the business for him will be very good. you've been out throughout the day and what have you seen? >> the historical downtown was devastated. trees every block. i had to zigzag just to get through to get down here to get away from trees so i don't get hurt. staying in my truck until we get working here. >> bill: your third storm. you'll get work later tonight probably. no doubt in the coming weekend. who do you work for, anybody who needs you? how does that work? >> i work for a -- i'm a private tree service and i work for private owners or any businesses. there are a lot of businesses destroyed like i went by a sign, big -- it destroyed the building. a new sonics. >> bill: look across the parking lot. how many trees are down here. you see the gate that goes into the parking lot, the way that's come down as well. that's a

the final bill. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky yields back. the gentleman from pennsylvania has yielded back. the previous question is ordered. the question is on the motion to recommit. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. mr. lamb: i ask for the yeas and nays, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair >> we'll take you live over to house energy committee. on your screen, pete olsen of texas with testimony this afternoon from jack dorsey, the c.e.o. of twitter. his second hearing of the day. he was before senate intelligence earlier. we'll show what you we can before the house gavels back in later. mr. olson: the report showed increase use of mobile devices combi

deutch, this bill. because we've worked together on this and we advocated for the bill before us today. the bill authorizes, as has been explained, additional security assistance for israel at a minimum of $3.3 billion. the level agreed to in the memorandum of understanding, for the next 10 years. and with this bill, mr. speaker, we both have the comfort of knowing that our support for israel will be ironclad, but it also provides us with the flexibility to modify that support should the threats to israel increase. then additional support is needed and would be given. from drones and emerging threats to cybersecurity, to space, to development cooperation in other countries, this bill also includes a host of other provisions to expand our collaboration in other areas, and collaboration is an important word because, as the chair and ranking member have pointed out, this bill has been a positive, collaborative effort by many members in a bipartisan manner. the u.s.-israel partnership has never been stronge

this bill will save lives. that's why i support it, and i urge my colleagues to support this bill, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the entlelady from new york yields back. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. >> i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez: i yield to the gentlelady from arizona such time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from arizona is recognized for as much time as she may consume. >> every day i hear from arizonans who are sick and tired of the dysfunction in congress. they know name calling keep congress from delivering the results that arizona families expect from their leaders. they deserve leaders who come together and find solutions on issues that matter like keeping our families safe, protecting our nation, and honoring our commitment to veterans. ms. sinn massachusetts: we can still get -- ms. sinema: we can still get this done by working across the aisle and we can do that by passing three bi

that's a tuition bill. that's money for unexpected medical bills. instead -- instead it's moving to pay more bills in montana and south dakota. i offered an amendment to restore the full salt, party vote. so every member who votes for this monstrosity today is voting to make the salt tax forever into -- and to impose a permanent tax on middle class families. it is mind boggling a member would want to hammer his constituents like that. i ask my colleagues, how could you vote to punish your middle class constituents with even more money. what's even more fascinating, a number of people on the other side new york wonder they're voting for this thing today, they get less than 1% of their donations from folks like you and me. so that's why they are tuned in to corporate america. have a great month, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. brady: i'm proud to yield two minutes to a gentleman who started a small business at age 25 and built it up from th

guest: the senate farm bill, i worked hard on the bill. i think it is a strong bill and would help farm country and rule america -- rural america. we are in conference committee out differences. there are differences around commodity programs and conservation programs. we really need a bipartisan bill likely past out -- passed out of the senate. i just talked to some minnesotans who remind me they are struggling, especially with the retaliatory tariffs. they need a farm bill. host: 20 think the resolve will be? guest: there could be good resolve on the democratic and republican side because farm issues have been traditionally bipartisan. we don't have many days to get this done before september when the farm bill expires. the good thing is that the funding will continue through the end of the year. we do have time, but it will peak rate to get this done -- it would be great to get this done in the next couple of months. host: a question about the farm bill is when it comes to assistance programs like snap. have they been resolved? guest: t

bill. the interior and environment related agencies bills, the financial services and general government bill, the transportation, housing and urban development bill. now, the house plans to appoint conferees to this minibus later this afternoon. i would encourage the senate to follow soon thereafter. let me take these one by one. the agriculture appropriations bill is a win for farmers, families, and rural communities. every state in this nation has rural communities. the presiding officer does, i do, every state does. and farm economies that benefit from these important programs. from the clean water programs to investments in rural broadband, from rural housing assistance to agriculture research. this bill touches millions of americans all across the country. and in the wake of uncertainty and chaos caused by trade wars and unnecessary tariffs, our farmers and rural communities deserve better than inaction on appropriations. both the house and the senate have passed their investigators o

the purpose of my bill is simple. we need to do a better job connecting our rural and remote communities with greater access to broadband and high speed internet. i believe that increasing access to broadband services in rural areas, like many places in my home state of utah, is an important first step to help bridge the digital divide and to provide an enhanced quality of life for these areas. this infrastructure is critical to ensure schools, hospitals, libraries, small businesses have access to modern day internet speeds. this legislation will provide economic development opportunities for small businesses and residents in our rural towns. currently, the permitting process for broadband project across federal lands can take many years. in some cases, as much as eight or nine years. in my view, this is completely unacceptable. my bill improves and speeds up the permitting process on federal lands while also safeguarding and enforcing current day federal environmental laws. i visited three different native american t

tax bill. yet the republicans are doubling down with the policy, with the exercise of bills that will guarantee to be dead on arrival in the u.s. senate. s that recommekless tax cut for wealthy and leaves behind average americans. we oppose this bill, and we encourage our friends to help us find common ground on it and let's have expert witnesses and i thank you, chairman. i yield back my time. >> the tax cuts act, 2018, protecting family and small business tax cuts act is making sure that america's workers have first say over their paychecks, not washington. this will lock in low tax rates for american families, workers and mainstream businesses which are already having a huge impact. the choice we have before us today is simple. we can either go back to high tax rates on families and businesses, which led to america's slowest economic recovery ever or lock in the tax cuts for middle class families and small businesses and keep the economic boom going. the committee will now proceed to conside

this is not a money bill. this is an authorization bill. the money bills are in the appropriations committee. and they have been generous. d. and they have been generous. in march the congress addressed $4.0 million for the appropriations bill. in the bill we will address tomorrow for the next fiscal year, there will be another $3.8 billion. that's $8 billion within a few months toward the opioids crisis. the second is moonshot. some people say this needs a moon shot. it does need the energy and resources of a moonshot. unfortunately this isn't a crisis that we can assign to a federal agency in walking and say, let's -- in washington and say let's fix it in ten years. what we can do is everything you can think of to do to create a an environment an that doctors, nurses, judges, patients, parents, everybody this communities who are affected by the opioid crisis can deal with it. we do our best to do that. for example, with senator portman's stop act, which addresses the fentanyl and other synthetic, illegal drugs for being mailed into this c

, has not taken up the bill. however, the house hat lost focus -- has not lost focus. looking across the west and seeing the devastation of the wildfires this year, i know we can't afford to wait. i'm honored that many of my colleagues are joining me here tonight who recognize the threat of catastrophic wildfires and want to do something about them. i look forward to hearing from them. at this time i'd like to recognize my -- the gentleman from utah, my friend, john curtis. mr. curtis: thank you. i appreciate the time, mr. speaker. i rise today as thousands of utah nans my district are returning -- utahans in my district are returning to their homes after being evacuated due to wildfires that came within blocks of their home. the fires have engulfed over 100,000 acres of land and are still burning strong. it's a testament to our brave firefighters and incredible community of volunteers that not a single life has been lost and property has been protected. although this fire season has been one of the worst our sta

bill. the clerk: senate 994, an act to amend title 18, united states code, to provide for the protection of community centers with religious affiliation and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the bill? without objection, the bill is read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? mrs. handel: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 1051, i call up the bill, h.r. 6691, the community safety and security act of 2018, and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6691, a bill to amend title 18, united states code, to clarify the definition of "crime of violence", and for ther purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1051, the bill is considered as read. the bill shall be debated for one hour equally divided and con

host: part of the bill, part of the senate bill includes the u.s. postal service stepping up on the importation of illegal opioids from outside the u.s. talk to us about what that is about. guest: that's in senator rob portman's bill. suites and a huge influx in fentanyl coming into the country. we have seen a huge influx of fentanyl coming into the country. people are using it to lace all kinds of drugs. some people are taking fentanyl not even knowing they are taking fentanyl and it is fatal. we have seen deaths skyrocket from fentanyl use. this would give the u.s. postal service authority to inspect the packages to stop the inflow. host: scott calling from new york. go ahead. caller: good morning. this problem was caused by the pharmaceutical companies years ago. in the 1990's, i was living in tennessee, they came out with oxycontin and told us it was nonaddictive. somebody who has experimented with drugs all their life -- once you take them for a while, you get accustomed to them, they make you feel high and good. in 2002, i didn't touch any opi

and that's not in this bill, but it's not in any of the bills that are about to be considered. so when he's thinking about leverage for the border wall, one option would be to veto this bill and try to force congress to give the money that he wants. >> bob bixby talks about the spending bill and other matters. if you want to ask him questions, democrats 202-748-2000 and other numbers. you talked about passing the bill. what does it do for the nation's debt? >> the government is running a budget deficit somewhere around 800 billion this year. it would probably be 900 billion next year closing in on a trillion dollars. and congress doesn't have a plan to reduce the deficit any time soon, so the funding bills this year will add to federal spending. at the same time the other pot of spending, the mandatory spending, the programs that run on auto pilot like medicare and social security, they go up automatically by a couple hundred billion dollars a year. and so federal spending is going up, congress is looking at another tax cut. they passed a big tax cut last year looking to extend

>> her security, bill. now some democrats have been asking the fbi to research or investigate her allegations of sexual misconduct, asking the fbi to look into threats against her. they wrote a letter to the fbi director. part of it says this. we are increasingly concerned by reports of alleged death threats against her, the hacking of her email, and with the harassment and intimidation that dr. blasey ford has been facing after being forced into the spotlight late last week. in d.c. this morning, this is a crowd that is very motivated by conservative supreme court justices in 2016. a few moments from now, mitch mcconnell is going to talk to this crowd, and we will watch very closely to see if they are discouraged or moved at all by these allegations and the possibility of the rocky road ahead. >> bill: any indications that the senator is aware of dr. ford's conditions? >> just heard back from grassley's office that he is thinking about it right now. in fact, after grassley got off the phone with her lawyer

lipinski: i rise in this bill. i thank mr. norman for introducing this bill. this bill authorizes the department of energy to conduct research with the department of vet rap affairs to have challenges society the with vet raps issues. d.o.e. to irects advance research for a broad range ever blakes. these technologies to improve the distribution of our nation's resources. i would like to thaping the majority and minority for working with the science committee to improve this lemmings. we have ensured that this bill will be a positive step to attack the pros in providing the vet ap the care they deserve. mr. speaker, i support this pill and i reserve the ball of of my time. >> i yield four minute to the yasm, the chairman of the energy ski, mr. weber mr. weber: i rise in support the department of energy erp. the national research program housed within the program is alled a million for to improve utcomes and this is initiative utilizes the unique capabilities , artificial intelligence and by providing researchers access to whilefrlt's and expertise they receive

this is a good bill. this is a bipartisan bill. and this is a bill that should be signed into law. and i urge the president to look at what a bipartisan agreement looks like and take yes for an answer. the last thing any of us want is yet another government shutdown. let's prevent that today, and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: so recognized. mr. cole: i want to begin by thanking my good friend, my colleague on the rules committee for her kind words and her acknowledgment of how many accomplishments there are, that both parties worked hard to achieve in this particular legislation, and that's why i'm confident once the bill comes to the floor we'll have a substantial majorities of my friends on the other side voting for it, a substantial of my friends on my side of the aisle joining them in that. that's a good thing america should be exceptional hely pleased with that. i

this bipartisan bill with not included in the tax bill also not in the bill before us today. the chairman of this committee will move forward without any debate or committee process to is expired.me >> i want to speak in favor of the gentleman from california's amendment. it makes sense and with thoseam beautiful congressional districts in the nation along the mississippi river inland from there many valleys in those various communities nestled within it. unfortunately as pedophile as it is mother nature reminds us there is a price to be paid. we had devastating flooding through these communities throughout wisconsin. 15 inches of rain and a little over an hour and it only had one place to go. that was up and swift suffering over $200 million worth of damage 583 homes were completely destroyed or severely damaged and now people are trying to get back on their feet to a sense of normalcy. we will qualify for federal disaster but this was a gut check. they are not unfamiliar with flooding but the extent this time. to make sure they have a tax code working for them rather than a

that bill contains $855 billion in spending. it is only two bills but it is a large chunk. we still have another four bills being worked out behind-the-scenes by appropriators that could or could not get to his desk before the end of the fiscal year on september 30. >> you talked about the president a little bit. he just signed a package of bills into law, $147 billion worth. your article says, "now comes the hard part." talk a little bit about how that works if we do not get all of the spending bills passed. how do they make that deadline? jennifer: there is a provision in the defense labor spending package that is called a continuing resolution. what that will do for any of the 12 annual bills that do not pass by the time the new fiscal bill begins on october 1 is it will keep those running on autopilot for the current fiscal year. it will keep with the same spending levels they have now and keep up the vast majority of the policy language that they have now through december 7, which is the length of that continuing resolution. and then, lawmakers sort of hope by then tha

bill. a tax on a tax. and oak brook in westmont, illinois, 2% of families received a tax break. the average there was $3,500. given how hard taxpayers would be hit there, it's surprising to see members in illinois and minnesota vote for a bill that directly harms their constituents. this bill manages to give away $657 billion and still takes from homeowners in those communities. it is mind-boggling, a member would want to hammer his constituents like that. some members like to talk about how great tax cuts are, like some miracle drug that cures all ills. they usually leave out the details, like telling their con stitch went con -- constituents that their income will be taxed at a higher level than they were before. forget about tax cuts, constituents in this country will probably not even break even on this tax bill. many tax bills are due october 1. how will your constituents feel when they find out they can no longer deduct their property taxes or state taxes on their federal returns. thi

bill. involved issues like planned parenthood and abortion and funding to administer obamacare. it's a difficult thing for the house to pass because it really divides the body. the senate has combined them to successfully pass. the question is, was going to happen? it looks like paul ryan is willing to go to conference with the senate on the package them in even the other house has not passed its version. this could cause consternation from conservatives. the final one involves all the other bills. that could probably be packaged with a stopgap measure, getting us through the election. >> president trump and his white house budget director have said they do not want another omnibus, another huge package together spending bill. how were they planning on dealing with the border wall? up, trumptting it would sign the first minibus package with the veterans affairs in september. then at least you of got it down from a 12 bill to a nine bill. second done, if you get it to six bills. say, we are

i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer.e, almost due west of myrtle beach. there is no doubt based on the size of this storm that florence will impact the town of florence, south carolina. and so many other parts as well. national hurricane center live now with the latest numbers. >> welcome back to the national hurricane center here in operations once again. here is the update at 11:00 eastern looking at the clock on hurricane florence. the structure very signature eye in the middle. the structure is maintaining its strength. by the structure you look at a healthy hurricane. one thing i want to point out you see the rain bands start to form. it is important as we watch this system come in it's not always about this eye in the central part of the storm. it stretches well out from the center even tropical storm winds stretching out 175 miles from the center represented in the yellow circle. think about that as we come on shore and the advancements of this storm. you'll get rain bands and wind ahead of landfall. we look at th

and this bill and these bills reflect that. the bill we're sending to the president's desk takes care of our veterans. it funds our civilian and military infrastructure and energy needs. and it pays for the operations of the legislative branch institutions essential to our democracy. almost every agency in the legislative branch division of this bill receives its full budget request. one of the highlights of the bill is the funding for the government accountability office , which works to root out waste, fraud and abuse government-wide, and with so many safeguards having failed against mismanagement and corruption in our government over the past few years, the g.a.o. is more important than ever. and by providing the resources for the g.a.o. to take another step toward restoring its pre-sequestration capacity, we're helping to save taxpayer money and prevent some of the worst abuses of the administration. another key accomplishment in this measure is the restoration of the dedicated funding for paid internships in the house of r

we will bill. bill: look at the rain come down yet again.omes down in sheets and just drops from the sky. look at the radar, these bands are thick and heavy and they're going to continue for hours. back in a moment. the top of the hour, take you up and down the carolina shore. alright, i brought in new max protein ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. i'll take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. new ensure max protein. in two great flavors. mike: it is 1:00 here in wilmington, north carolina and florence is one stubborn storm. you're looking at damage here in the city of wilmington, the historic wilmington area. you can't go half a city block without seeing a live oak tree down in the street, power lines down, damage, ripped apart on behalf of hurricane florence that came on shore yesterday. welcome back to our continuing coverage. for the next hour, we're going to take you up and down the coastline, take you to the white house, give you an assessment for what we're learning for this storm

this bill is bipartisan. as here today two speakers from the other side spoke in favor of this bill. i ask my colleagues to join those members and our members and vote for this good bill for american jobs, american security and great foreign relations. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from texas yields back. all time for general debate has expired. pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. it shall be in order to consider add an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on energy and commerce, printed in the bill. the committee amendment in the any ture of a substitute should be considered as read. no amendment to the committee amendment in the any ture of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in part b of house report 115-919. each such amendment may be only in the order printed the time specified in the report, equally divided and control

we have bill cosby walking out right now. where is that camera? there he is hold on a second if you will, bobby, we have bill cosby now walking out. you heard earlier his spokes people say that bill cosby was doing final. that bill cosby was wrongly convicted. of course, setting up the appeal here. bill cosby is now being placed into a vehicle. he will be taken directly to montgomery county jail where he will be processed. the process of how long it takes to actual go from the jail to the prison, i'm unclear. anitha maybe you know. >> this it's a process. get him checked out medically as well. it's interesting we heard in prison they might assign him an inmate that may assist him because is he in blind and in poor health that will be an interesting thing to see. >> trace: bill cosby is in the car and taken to montgomery county jail. i want to bring bobby allen back. he covers criminal justice for whyy news. bill cosby is moving and i want to get your feel of what he was like and what the mood was like in the courtroom right b

chicagoans lose under this bill. illinoisans lose under this bill. real families lose under this bill. under this bill over 40 million middle class families will be double taxed permanently due to the cap on state and local income tax deduction. while corporations that donation to political coffers get the full benefit. indeed 31% of illinoisans recently claimed the salt deduction for a total of $24.12 billion. thus the republican bill would increase the taxes on over almost 2 million illinoisans by hundreds of millions of dollars with 85% of whom are in the middle class. and the august economic report showed that the fastest growing occupations for older workers require 14% to claim food stamps just to eat. this republican bill champions permanently helping the elite afford more yachts and vacation homes. when baby boomers are retiring and needing security, the republican bill explodes the deficit and threatens an automatic 4% reduction to medicare and critical safety net programs. the first republican tax cut damaged the health of the medicare trus

the bill didn't just help the rich. under the new tax law, the share of taxes paid by millionaires increases from 19.3% to 19.8%. also when american companies are doing well, workers do well. just ask one of the four million workers who saw a benefit or pay raise due to the tax reform. i'd also like to point out that companies who had previously stashed money abroad are bringing it back to the united states thanks to the tax cuts and jobs ac. our tax code penalized companies who did successfully operate overseas and we wanted to tax them. our tax code wanted to tax them a second time for them to bring their money back home. so typically these companies would only bring about $50 billion in earnings abroad every quarter. in the first three months of is year, they brought $158 billion back to the u.s., according to bloomberg that's the biggest reversal on record since 1946. in addition, dividends received from abroad totaled $340 billion in the first three months of 2018. which is also a record. this money can be put to w

and moved past what kinds of bill the sandy bill a few years ago? the speaker: there were things in the sandy bill that members didn't think it deserved to be in a disaster supplemental bill. the harvey and maria bills were much cleaner bills and also we have plused up the fema accounts. so right now, fema has money in the pipeline. i think we are better prepared. you never know what is going to be needed until you have gone through a disaster. in the realm of possibilities, of course it is. they are disasters that we don't forget. we have the disaster relief fund. but sometimes big storms exceed those averages and we appropriately respond. over the last two supplementals, i think we had much cleaner bills getting the aid where it was needed and we are doing a better job omit gation and get -- the wrda bill is passing today which is water infrastructure. but that helps provide mitigation so that levees don't break and reservoirs are constructed and don't have the devastation we had before. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp

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i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning.g against the op-ed at a rally in montana arguing that a resistance within the administration is not fair to the millions of americans who voted him into office. former trump national security official michael anton going a step further earlier today and said this. >> whoever this person is, identified him or herself as not a career civil servant but appointee of the president. they're saying i was appointed by this president so therefore i was appointed to implement the agenda on which he was elected and i'm thwarting it and trying to stop it. that's the definition of anti-democratic. >> sandra: griff jenkins has more. >> no new light jed on the anonymous offer. the president is on the war path to find out. >> president trump: gutless coward. you just look. he was -- nobody knows who the hell he or she is. probably he is a disguise. that means it's she. >> what prompted dozens of administration officials to rush out to deny it. every cabinet secretary saying it wasn't me. secretary po

then you have gotten it down from a 12 bill to a nine bill on the this. you get a second package done, you can get down to a six bill. they can say, look, we are meeting you halfway. i think that is where we are headed. the bigger issue for trump is not so much the on the this, but that his border wall is not being funded. the white house budget office has worked with the house to provide $5 billion this year for the border wall. the senate has set 1.6 billion. the republican from west at the end ofus august that she had gone to the voters with the big question of, what do you cut to provide that? do you cut transportation funds, health-care funds? there is a big reluctance in the senate to make those cuts for a waste ofto be money, a border wall that can be defeated by a nine foot ladder. it is not exactly as popular among republicans as it is with trump-pence some of his core voters. >> it to supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the senate judiciary committee will be meeting to take up his nomination, his confirmation hearing. a couple of republicans,

do you think it works for bill cosby?people already see he's lived a very privileged life and you if you are found to be a sexually violent predator, do you deserve a break in court? >> i think for bill cosby, i'd be surprised if it does work. i think for most people it can work, advanced aged, but bill cosby, if this judge wants to set an example, is going to slam bill cosby for ten years in jail. >> harris: what do you know about judge stephen o'neill in terms of what this particular judge might do? >> i think the fact that he allowed during the trial of five other women to testify as a bad sign for bill cosby. there is to go different ways he could go about this. he can choose to show mercy which would probably anger a lot of people or he can just put them in jail which would make him a folk hero. >> harris: when you hear the prosecution say that he would do it again, he's a predator, he is 81 years old. is that a strong enough argument for the maximum amount of prison time in this case? >> i don't think it's a good ar

>> well thank you, bill. and your team have done and provided great coverage throughout the last six or seven days. we want to make sure he understands the magnitude. the white house has been very proactive instead of reactionary in the process. brock long and fema have done well. we have 16 major rivers that are going to be cresting. i know the brunt of the storm hit last week but as north carolina has major rivers flooding is a huge issue throughout this state. 300,000 people still without power. just yesterday mike fox and the dot got one road into wilmington that was completely cut off from the rest of north carolina. >> bill: how do you think fema did so far? i ask that because it is not over and i know you've given them praise. are you getting what you need? >> i think we are at this point. but i would also add this. this morning driving over i thought about going back five years ago to oklahoma with the tornado that was devastating. smith and williams said if you're waiting for the government you might

>> absolutely, bill.body is waiting with great aunt's mission to hear what the present has to say. this isn't just the president speaking to his constituency, this is the president addressing the world. so all the tvs tumbles all the internet, websites, everybody's going to turn into this to see e has to say. there is tremendous anticipation prayed one of the things that benjamin hall brought up is what is he going to say about what's going on with attempts to try and shore up iran financially? so they can withstand whatever sanctions are going hit them on november 4th. it's going to be painful for the iranians, but it's the european union in this new deal. along with russians and the chinese, who signed onto the nuclear deal, they are going support iran. where does this lead us? it's going to be some confrontation in the months and weeks ahead. >> bill: it appears that there someone in the cross hairs of year. north korea was last year, that was the big quote about rocket man, it made its debut during th

same if you look any five dollar bill or $10 bill or $20 bill. look at that. there he is. andrew jackson himself. that's strange. what is he doing on that bill? call me crazy, but that almost looks intentional. am i right? almost like a gotcha, we win. like if you are a big game hunter and kill some game, you take that head and mount it on a wall as a trophy. or maybe i'm wrong, maybe they just forgot that jackson was totally opposed. one way or another, pretty interesting story. what happened in the short-term after jackson's presidency? martin van buren defeats daniel webster in the next election. martin van buren, he runs into some troubles, a new financial panic. the panic of 1837. all those pet banks that received those federal deposits use those deposits, pyramid from them, create new credit. over-speculation in western land creates a land bubble. the bubble pops in 1837. the democrats become extremely unpopular across the country. now it is the whigs' turn. they say they are going to run a war hero. because everyone loves war heroes. the winner of the battle of tipp

bill. it has energy and water which funds the army corps of engineers and the department of energy. the biggest problem with that bill has been veteran health funding. there is a be a choice act signed into law by president trump that would increase services for veterans. that bill does not have any direct funding and there has been a fight about providing funding by making cuts to other bills. or do they declare it an emergency. that has been a big battle. shelbypitched richard would rather call it emergency spending against mitch mcconnell who prefers to make the cuts. he was with shelby in opposing a white house attempt to rescind spending. that decision died in the senate. and the decision was if we are not going to cut the caps on we are also not going to raise them. we will see how they square that. i think they could split the baby and declare emergency spending on a small level for the first year and leave the bigger question to later years. that is the source of the minibus package

he came out with a health care bill 104 pages long. my brother would not have health care. 100,000 people in our district are in the same boat. unlike the congressman, i will fight every day to make sure people with pre-existing conditions, cancer, diabetes, pregnancy, childhood asthma, are protected under the law, and second, i will make sure that every american in the central valley and across the country have access to affordable and high-quality health care, that is my plan. >> thank you. and thank you for refraining from applause. i know it is hard. issue, we have put out a plan and i would agree we are very different on the issue. when you end obamacare and cut all of oure employer-provided health care, when you throw unions that have negotiated with kaiser, when you end the v.a. and do medicare for all, it affects all of our health care, including seniors. it will rob senior fun. with your plan, have do you come up with $32 billion? who are you going to tax beyond the taxes you propose to come up with $32 trillion? supports --ry