know that's the bozeman trail goes to bozeman montana so the rocky mountains in montana where i go and there was gold discovered now that was eight hundred sixty eight and short a short time after that eight hundred seventy four. custer general custer led an expedition into the black hills on the black hills. the heart of our people where our tribes are degrees to nation so this is our origin story this is where we came from we came from the black hills we came from wind came and we came with the buffalo at one time as far as i can see there were buffalo. and the buffalo was everything it was our our our our relatives. he he provided our our housing for us with their t.p.c. provided food he provided tools he provided anything and everything we needed it was a he was our economy the buffalo were part of who we are. so they wrote systems came through our lands and for sports. people on the rail system was she buffalo and just killed those pictures in the north korea story that showed mountains of buffalo skulls they have to go out. because the buffalo falls. on the prairie because there

montana and they called it the bozeman trail from the bozeman trail is that the black hills know that's the bosun trail goes to bozeman montana the rocky mountains in montana gold and there was gold discovered. that was eighty six years and short a short time after the seventy four. custer general expedition into the black hills in the black hills. the heart of our people our tribe to nation this is our origin story this is where we came from we came from the black hills we came from. and we came with the buffalo one time as far as i can see there were buffalo. the buffalo was everything it was our relatives. he he provided our our housing for us the thirty p.c. provided food he provided tools we provided anything and everything we needed it was he was our economy the buffalo were part of who we are. so railroads. storms came through our lands and for sport. people on the rail system was she. just killing those pictures than the north. pole bombings of buffalo they have to go out and pick up the buffalo stalls. on the prairie because there were so much everywhere a million so there were

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or lot of people have disappeared out here who gone back home i guess i know some are gone back to bozeman big sky area because constructions doing ok there some went back to minneapolis some to idaho but yeah a lot of people have left here i don't know too many people here anymore they're all gone just slow down too much they lost their jobs got laid off so couldn't put in the hours a lot of families to a lot of guys in the oil business the higher ups the guys making more money they've gone to south america in the middle east so they'll be back i guess some day but. so that's the general process. sort of her cleaning the. i could buy a house and i did i could stay in a very nice apartment but i don't need it and i have very low overhead and i like it that way i don't have a lot of needs. and this is. it is cheap this was a born garage and there was a snow storm and heavy snow storm about three years ago i suppose and the snow load on the roof caused the roof to collapse so anyway it's kind of an open air garage and i. have a hose hooked up in there and i watch. the oil industry has change

create lives in bozeman montana a small town six hundred miles away. he is right out of options in his hometown and has decided to settle for willis and he knows he will not see his wife and two kids for several weeks. hours behind the wheel with the hope that he will find work when he arrives when i leave my family like this i usually feel you know pretty lousy at times there was one incident years ago where my daughter was just in tears as i was leaving and it's like it's hard it's it's not fun it's hard but it's what has to be done. they're getting better at it they're getting used to it i'm getting used to it but i still like a brother be home. with craig is the way he's usually go anywhere from about four weeks to this last i was eight weeks early. well see him for about eight weeks along hokum home for about a week or so it's been hard for the kids because. they were told me that check on supplies orders stuff a lot of running around to do i love to work i am a workaholic there's no doubt about it the money's nice but i like work just the way my

simon bozeman joins us now on sat he's an investigative reporter for al-jazeera we're also joined in san francisco by eva galperin the director of cyber security at the electronic frontier foundation and in los angeles by mohammed taps are national security staff attorney at the american civil liberties union that's the a.c.l.u. of southern california welcome to the stream everyone now simon as we saw in your piece there are your basic ation has had immediate fallout and has led to more investigations which we will get into today questioning who should use these self deleting messaging apps before we get into it though i want to go to eva for a breakdown some of the terminology we're going to get into today clarification on self two leading tax apps and into and encryption break it down for us eva all right so frequently when people talk about secure messaging apps they sort of lump everything together they say the this messaging app is great because it's encrypted . and sometimes they mix it up with this whole notion of self deleting messages now and encrypted message as we saw in t

thank you senator bozeman for your service. you are examples of what it is like to run a world class office. and now ladies and gentlemen, i'm proud to present you the winners of the constituent service awards. bozemantative raul and rom arizona. and accepting on behalf of senator boseman is his general counsel susan olson. [applause] >> my sincere appreciation. it's a democracy award and is a very important confirmation and their fine staff that her finals. -- that are finalists as well. confirmation of our staff's hard work. many times work goes work that unrecognized and unappreciative. this recognition is important. it brings attention and honor. people that come to our offices come seeking out and they come confused and come to vet and it takes a certain kind of people to be able to help them navigate and advocate for them and treat them with compassion and attention that they and respect hey deserve. in a way the staff at these offices are showing this constituent the samaritan, this resident how democracy actually works

simon bozeman joins us now on sat he's an investigative reporter for al-jazeera we're also joined in san francisco by eva galperin the director of cyber security at the electronic frontier foundation and in los angeles by mohammed taps are national security staff attorney at the american civil liberties union that's the a.c.l.u. of southern california welcome to the stream everyone now simon as we saw in your piece there are your basic ation has had immediate fallout and has led to more investigations which we will get into today questioning who should use these cell for the leading messaging apps before we get into it though i want to go to eva for a breakdown some of the terminology we're going to get into today clarification on self deleting tax apps and into and encryption break it down for us eva all right so frequently when people talk about secure messaging apps they sort of lump everything together they say the this messaging app is great because it's encrypted . and sometimes they mix it up with this whole notion of self deleting messages now and encrypted message as we saw

simon bozeman joins us now on sat he's an investigative reporter for al-jazeera we're also joined in san francisco by eva galperin the director of cyber security at the electronic frontier foundation and in los angeles by mohammed taps are national security staff attorney at the american civil liberties union that's the a.c.l.u. of southern california welcome to the stream everyone now simon as we saw in your piece there are your basic ation has had immediate fallout and has led to more investigations which we will get into today questioning who should use these self deleting messaging apps before we get into it though i want to go to evolve or break down some of the terminology we're going to get into today clarification on self deleting tax apps and into and encryption break it down for us eva all right so frequently when people talk about secure messaging apps they sort of lump everything together they say the this messaging app is great because it's encrypted . and sometimes they mix it up with this whole notion of self leaving messages now and encrypted message as we saw in the

simon bozeman joins us now on sat he's an investigative reporter for al-jazeera we're also joined in san francisco by eva galperin the director of cyber security at the electronic frontier foundation and in los angeles by mohammed taps are national security staff attorney at the american civil liberties union that's the a.c.l.u. of southern california welcome to the stream everyone now simon as we saw in your piece there are your basic ation has had immediate fallout and has led to more investigations which we will get into today questioning who should use these self deleting messaging apps before we get into it though i want to go to eva for a breakdown some of the terminology we're going to get into today clarification on self two leading tax apps and into and encryption break it down for us eva all right so frequently when people talk about secure messaging apps they sort of lump everything together they say the this messaging app is great because it's encrypted . and sometimes they mix it up with this whole notion of self deleting messages now and encrypted message as we saw in t

. >> senator bozeman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. today's hearing is so important in regard to trade. it's all about trying to provide some certainty to our farm communities struggling so very much, and then also the other thing that we've got going on is the farm bill. i want to thank senator stabenow and roberts for providing the leadership we need to get that done. that's about certainty and trying to put the safety nets in place. we appreciate you and more importantly your staffs for their hard work. we know who actually does the work around here. they're working hard. i just couple of weeks ago traveling around. we do that every year in arkansas. and certainly trade was right at the top regarding in the sense that always, it doesn't matter what the situation, we have a very difficult situation now, the retaliatory actions are always against agriculture first. and that's the situation that we are in. and so i think, you know, the farmers in arkansas are willing to work with the administration, they understand, you know, that we n

bozeman will continue the procession if i'm gone. >> thank you. mr. secretary, welcome back on the job. i know it is not an easy job. but probably one of the most important jobs. i personally am glad you are there. so i want to talk to you about a couple specific ask issues, one of the issues you committed to me on is getting up to the state -- my state soon in your tenure. i know your staff and my staff have been looking at possibly confirming dates for the third week of october. and as luck would have it that is when the alaska federation of native is going to be meeting in anchorage. that's the large -- afn is an annual meeting. it has all of our -- thousands and thousands of alaska natives who institute almost 22% of the population in my state meet together. very importantly, from the v.a. perspective these are some of the most patriotic americans in the country. they serve at higher rates in the military than any other ethnic group like native hawaiian and americans indians. decade after decade even though after world war ii or korea or vietnam t

senator bozeman, what we saw were children receiving .xcellent medical care we saw children playing in the gymnasium. families sitting at computers in the library that was well-stocked. a cafeteria that was spotless with unlimited amounts of food. they live and auditory settings with televisions and host of other recreational opportunities. >> you understand the concern to suggest that a parent would voluntarily send their child to a place like that to have a good time for the summer. the parent put themselves in this position. that is why they are there going. >> this is an oversight committee hearing. i'm asking specific questions to gauge her ability to conduct oversight over the operations of your agency. mr. perez, i'm sure you are --re of the public outrage large metal detention cages. they apparently have been given mylar blankets and camping pads to sleep on concrete floors for multiple nights. since the president signed executive order regarding family separations have any families been separated at the border? if so, how many? separatingot families at the border. as i mention

women's entrepreneurship and economic empowerment act, and commend my fellow arkansan, senator john bozeman, for introducing its companion in the senate. as the proud father of a daughter studying hard, i hope she's studying hard, in college, i believe that it's critical that we all support all of our aspiring young women. i urge the senate to act quickly on this important legislation. i thank the speaker for the time this evening and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, for 30 minutes. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you. my thoughts and prayers will continue going out for the folks that are in harm's way, the hurricane coming ashore. really grateful for all of those that are serving, both state and federal local officials trying to keep people safe. and they will continue to be in our thoughts and prayers. i'm very grateful that president trump hasn't waited. they