i can't give enough credit to general bob livingston, director of emergency management, secretary of transportation and the other leaders of our agency who understood that can't is not an option. this team knew they couldn't sleep till we made sure we had done everything to keep people safe. provide tied those in need. and strengthen our citizens with the information and the resources to move forward. please help me thank a group of people who didn't back down from a historic challenge. [ cheers and applause ] >> with good reason we talk a lot about south carolina does well, the records we are breaking, the rankings that show us rising to the top, number one in foreign investments, the number one exporter of tires, one of the fastest growing economies on the east coast, the friendliest state in the country, all of south carolina should take pride in those facts. there are others however we talk about less and that we should never be proud of. there is no exexcuse for south carolina -- excuse for south carolina to rank as the state with the highest percentage of women killed by men. d

i cannot give enough credit to general bob livingston, director of emergency management can stensland, secretary of check rotation kristy hall, and the other leaders of our agency who understood that can't is not an option. this team knew they couldn't sleep until we made sure we had done everything in our power to keep people safe, provide aid to those in need, and strengthen our citizens with the information and the resources to move forward. please help me think a group of people who didn't back down from the historic challenge, one i'm proud to call "team south >>[applause] with good reason, we talk a lot about the things south carolina does well, the reco . >> with good reason we talk a lot about things south carolina does well to go the records we are breaking, the rankings that show was rising to the top. number one in foreign investment, the number one exporter of tires. one of the fastest-growing economies on the east coast. the friendliest state in the country. the most patriotic. all of south carolina should take pride in those facts. there are others however we talk about

i cannot give enough credit to general bob livingston, secretary of transportation kristy hall, and other leaders of the agency, who understood that can't is not an option. they knew they could not leave until we made sure we had done everything in our power to keep people safe, provide aid to those in need, and strengthen our citizens with the information and resources to move forward. please help me thank a good -- group of people who did not back down from a historic challenge, one i am proud to call team with good reason, we talk a lot about things south carolina does well. the records we are breaking, the rankings showing us rising to the top -- number one in foreign investment. number one exporter of tires. one of the fastest-growing economies on the east coast. the friendliest stay in the country. the most patriotic. all of south carolina should take pride in those facts. there are others, however, we talk about less, and that we should never be proud of. there is no excuse for south carolina to rank as the state in america with the highest percentage of women killed by men. domest

.>> reporter: bob livingston, in front of a house subcommittee, said that the state is heading in the light -- right direction >> we were allowed to use intelligence to drive the resources. we were able to be very applying the resources. those numbers are actually lower than what they had been if we just threw a bunch of resources at them.>> reporter: since the historic rainfall, state agencies have been working to get their budgets to lawmakers. all to see how much flood recovery will cost the state. they estimate the cost at 30 my million dollars. other state agencies have information on how much the damage has cost.>> the information to the legislators and the governor and able make estimates on how that will all -- on what the cost will be for the government agencies.>> reporter: with some roads that the total damages of the state are more than 300 ryan dollars. they sent -- $300 million. they say that fema will be reimbursed -- reimburse 75% of that.>> we were able to be very effective with the minimum amount of cost. >> reporter: the final cost of the damage is not clear as sout

or six bob livingston made that inouncement and as i write the book, a democratic member, the chair. a democratic member comes up to and say -- up to me and says says, mel white, who's no longer the house. if ime up to me and said, can put together the votes, some talking, if i can put together the democratic votes, would you consider of standing for speaker? said no, that's not going to happen. there are already people on my the aisle deciding who the speaker will be. it's not going to be ray lahood. that talk about how people viewed me as somebody who friendsrtisan, who had on both sides of the aisle. who had an ability to really reach people on both sides. ultimately, on, denny hastert got to be speaker. the other thing that happened that i wrote about in the book, is another democrat came up and me in the chair and said, should we suspend what while we tryere and figure this out? i made a decision. i didn't check with leadership the speaker'swith office. i didn't talk to the parliamentarian. was suchdecision, this a historic day after all that on.gone we needed to proceed with th

party gained house seats and newt gingrich was kicked out and his successor could be kicked out, bob livingstonecause of sex problems of his own. i would love donald trump to be republican nominee. i would love their whole campaign to be benghazi, emails and stuff about hillary clinton. david: really? you would love that. but katie the fact so far what is happening, hold on a second. we have two people in this debate. katie, the fact is gop must love the fact that donald trump is bringing this up, particularly they see comments like ruth marcus's from "the washington post"? >> look, i wrote an entire book about this, assault and flattery, war on women narrative the left tries to pin on right. really left waging war on women for years. hillary clinton was part of that. i mean let's not forget this isn't just about bill clinton's behavior. this is about hillary clinton not only embracing the behavior to get ahead politically, but also engaging in aer. >> campaign against the women that bill clinton sexually assaulted. this is how it doesn't have to be issue. if hillary clinton is going to use thi

stand united in our commitment to bringing amir, om iran jason, and my - sayeed constituent, bob livingston. they sit in iran but we look forward to bringing them how many. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, judge poe, part of the subcommittee on terrorism, nonproliferation and trade. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman for his time and his work on this legislation. i do want to comment that the ranking member, plengle, i value his wisdom on the issue of iran and especially in defense of israel. we happen to disagree on this specific legislation. mr. speaker, the nuclear agreement with the -- that the administration made with iran was still a bad deal for america. as a former judge down in texas, i know that when the bad guys do bad things, you don't reward bad conduct. at a time when the administration needs to be strong and firm, it seems to be showing wobbly knees on this deal. now, we're

stand united in our commitment to bringing amir, om iran jason, and my - sayeed constituent, bob livingston. they sit in iran but we look forward to bringing them how many. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, judge poe, part of the subcommittee on terrorism, nonproliferation and trade. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman for his time and his work on this legislation. i do want to comment that the ranking member, plengle, i value his wisdom on the issue of iran and especially in defense of israel. we happen to disagree on this specific legislation. mr. speaker, the nuclear agreement with the -- that the administration made with iran was still a bad deal for america. as a former judge down in texas, i know that when the bad guys do bad things, you don't reward bad conduct. at a time when the administration needs to be strong and firm, it seems to be showing wobbly knees on this deal. now, we're

stand united in our commitment to bringing amir, om iran jason, and my - sayeed constituent, bob livingston. they sit in iran but we look forward to bringing them how many. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, judge poe, part of the subcommittee on terrorism, nonproliferation and trade. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. poe: i thank the gentleman for his time and his work on this legislation. i do want to comment that the ranking member, plengle, i value his wisdom on the issue of iran and especially in defense of israel. we happen to disagree on this specific legislation. mr. speaker, the nuclear agreement with the -- that the administration made with iran was still a bad deal for america. as a former judge down in texas, i know that when the bad guys do bad things, you don't reward bad conduct. at a time when the administration needs to be strong and firm, it seems to be showing wobbly knees on this deal. now, we're