please welcome eric byrnes. eric byrnes: when paul mentioned a few moments ago that there were books for sale back there, it made me think that i have done something almost shameless with regard to that particular issue. it is at the end of my talk, and yet, because paul mentioned it, i am already feeling apologetic about it at the beginning of my talk. since you do not know what i am talking about, i will wait and when i do it later, i will apologize to you. this is why i do not set. i cannot read. i knew there was a reason. all right. the date was december 10, 1948. the subject was the universal declaration of human rights. the place was paris where a meeting of the u.n. general assembly was running late. very late. in fact, it was 3:00 in the morning. the speaker was the most powerful and respected woman in the world. mr. president, fellow delegates, said eleanor roosevelt, the long and meticulous study and debate of which this universal declaration of human rights is the product, means it reflects the compos

well i do better that as report i'm ex kaiser time now to turn to patrick byrne is the c.e.o. of overstock that's a qualcomm back max great to be on death's great to have it and let me ask you point blank right up front is bitcoin a wall street killer. yes talk a little bit about it i mean i'll give the backstory of the of the back story because obviously that lead in question didn't result in the luminous pontification that i was expecting but kurt yes so. you give the back story so. if you were attacked by wall street in your days over there and oversight by the short sellers and the naked stories it was ok they print money they sell stock that doesn't exist and they pound your price their stock down and you put your head above the parapet and said wait a minute this is not right this is wrong this isn't legal this should be wrong and you were attacked for pointing this out and you did battle and you overcame the sharks as it were and then bitcoin came around and you were really the first guy in the retailing space a major retailer to say we're going to take bitcoin was that

for the bed and janice byrne thank you so much for your insight. from south africa saudi arabia where the ban on women behind the whale has finally been lifted for women it means more freedom for car dealers it means an important new market has opened up and female motorists just might pick my pick out their personal ride at the riyadh motor show the luxury motor show which runs through sunday. saudi women behind the wheel a grabbing hold of a long awaited freedom and call make as a grabbing the opportunity to sell cars to a new market this is a luxury motor show in riyadh and for the first time women have come to check out the cars they want to drive i came today to exhibitions i'm very excited after the king and also when i like to drive so i said i'm going to come look for my future car after that the end of it. yet i've come to choose the car that suits me but i'm planning on visiting all of the sections of this exhibition to make sure that i find the right car. the companies have office today and they will provide us with driver training as we

khurana made several allegations against senior business and political figures rob matheson reports the byrne drag of daphne koller one a car lies in a bolt his feet flung over a wall by the explosion which killed the crusading journalist. in the crime. current corruption. and fortune. there are some. seventy. year old. ana galathea was at the center of often fiery anti corruption campaigns in malta some of her allegations were based on revelations in the so-called pan about papers leak in twenty fifteen over eleven million documents gave details of the personal financial information over wealthy people some are said to have shown evidence of fraud as well as evasion of tax and international sanctions earlier this year. said the wife of malta as prime minister joseph muscat was the owner of a company in. a claim to large sums of money had moved between the company and bank accounts in azerbaijan the prime minister and his wife denied the accusation the prime minister called and one actions in june as a vote of confidence to counter the two on a guy leave his allegations in a tweet on monday h

burns believes that patrick used a do not disturb sign for privacy the policy on privacy is something byrne says could very much change. now manila as we were checking our car into the hotel with the ballet we had all of our camera gear as you can imagine and the hotel staff was actually checking the trunk of our car looking for anything suspicious and so it's something that burns that is that if hotels do that on a regular basis that they could possibly prevent future attacks from happening in manila very interesting thank you for that tosh sweet out of las vegas and for more on the latest in the investigation into the las vegas shooting that's going to r.t. correspondent simone dahl rosario has been ill it's an interesting that natasha mentions that their cars were swept because police searched several compartments of the shooter's car and they found that he was heavily armed with explosive chemicals fifty pounds of t.n.t. right along with sixteen one hundred rounds of ammunition so check this out ten year i is used to form homemade exploding targets it consists of ammonium nitrate and al

a conservative member of the welsh assembly, angela byrne, said, "for the life of me i cannot understandmed acceptable." she called universal credit callous at best and downright cruel at worst, and concluded by saying she is ashamed of her government. can the prime minister ease her colleague's shame by pausing and fixing universal credit? we introduced it as a more straightforward system that ensures work pays and helps people into the workplace. under labour, let's look at what happened in the benefit system. under labour the low—paid paid tax and then had it paid back to them in benefits. under labour people were trapped on a life of benefits for years. under labour, the number of workless households doubled and labour's benefit system cost households an extra £3000 a year. what the conservatives have done is given the low—paid and given the workers a tax cut and ensure we have a benefit system that helps people into work. mr speaker, under labour1 million children were lifted out of poverty. under labour we introduced the principle of the national minimum wage, opposed by all tories

jesse byrnes is associate editor of us political website the hill. he joins us now from washington. running with this story seem very sure of their sources, the president and his supporters are shouting fake news. what do you think? we've had the president come out and call this fa ke president come out and call this fake news. nbc news, which broke that story... i think we've lost jessie, we will try and get him back. jessie, can you hear us? especially in july back. jessie, can you hear us? especially injuly he gave that politicised speech before the boy scouts of america group that tillerson used to lead. tillerson having to push back on that, something that dominated the news in dc today, him pushing back on speculation that he would have resigned as a cabinet official in trouble's administration. the allegation was that he just threatened to resign but he caused the president a moron, in fact an effing moron at a pentagon meeting, what do you make of that? he didn't directly deny that, he directly denied the idea he didn't want to leave his post. 0ther spokespeople in the state

everyone send us your comments on facebook and twitter next week we're taking on wall street with patrick byrne c.e.o. of overstock patrick has exposed financial corruption of the highest order only to be smeared by the media and labeled a conspiracy theorists and always remember when government is the truth becomes a traitor stay very. just. one. world according to. what politicians do so. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to express. something wanted. to do right. this is what. reasonable people. interested in the why. should. all the world's a stage and all the news companies merely players but what kind of parties are anti america. t america offers more artsy american personal. in many ways the news landscape is just like this either real news fake news good actors sad actors and in the end you could never hear on. so much parking for all the world's a stage all the world's a stage all the world's a stage and we are definitely a player. i do not know if the russian state packed into john podesta emails and gave them to wiki leaks but i do know b

stocks and no longer available gun shops sold out on the gallic al-jazeera las vegas nevada but david byrne is the former president of the group students for concealed carry that's a firearms advocacy group he says a gun ban wouldn't have prevented the mass killing it's just unrealistic to think that we could go door to door and prevent firearms or really confiscate the firearms which everyone says we don't want to do we have an illicit drug trade in this country and drugs are enormously illegal and there's that penalties available so again i wish that a law could fix this i don't think that an armed citizen could fix this that tends to be that the you know my side of the aisle says well maybe if someone a good guy with a gun could have stopped this you know he would have been there that's not something that i think would apply in this case and what i wish i could hear from the other side is also saying we're not sure that laws would have fixed this either again how do you stop a millionaire who's intent on murdering people and even if he didn't have the guns the man was a certified pilot h

burns believes that panic use a do not disturb sign for privacy the policy on privacy is something byrne says could very much change. that as we were checking our car into the valet at the hotel long with all of our camera gear the hotel staff would actually be checking out the trunk of our part of the him or anything suspicious that we talked to burns about this and he said that if something like this continues to help it might just help mention another attack live in las vegas costs we are to think that taj speaking of security sweeps on cars simone law enforcement is telling us more about the explosives found in the shooter's car what can you tell us about that actually police searched several compartments of the shooter's car and found he was heavily armed with explosive chemicals they found fifty pounds of tanner right along with six hundred rounds of ammunition ok so ten euro is used to form a homemade exploding targets that consists of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder and it needs some sort of ignition like a bullet to explode but it can do untold damage and may be key to unde

you can retrieve him and take him to your room or staff takes him to your room remains to be seen byrne says hotel employees including housekeeping staff are trained to look for signs of terrorism but burns believes that panicky use a do not disturb sign for privacy the policy on privacy is something burns says could very much change. while you're in the taj i have to ask you know everyone is kind of you know what was going over all the different security devices and what would be installed in place in the hotels around the world i mean are we going to see that here and what other security and sort of i know where we're going to turn our hotels and especially airports yeah it's a great question i mean a lot of hotel the first type of speaking with on the ship they definitely think that they're going to have things like metal detectors will have to wait and see if that's true but actually when we were checking into our hotel with the valet the hotel staff was checking the back of our car at the top of the car looking for anything suspicious and so the gentleman that i interviewed burns h

burns believes that panic use a do not disturb sign for privacy the policy on privacy is something byrne says could very much change. while you're in the taj i have to you know it really is kind of you know what i was going over all the different security devices and what would be installed and what you know tells around the world and you know we're going to see that here and what other security sort of know where we're going to turn our hotels in the subtly of worlds it's a great question i mean a lot of photographers type of speaking with on the ship they definitely think that they're going to have things like metal detectors will have to wait and see if that's true but actually when we were checking into our hotel with the valet the hotel staff was checking the back of our car of the trunk of the car looking for anything suspicious and so the gentleman that i interviewed burns he said that if hotels do stuff like that that could potentially prevent future attacks that would that's i should thank you so much for that report it was a pleasure. so. moving forward to our border we got mix

by the end of the war byrne adults mission known as the white buses. would successfully evacuate thirty thousand prisoners of over twenty nationalities to safety in sweden. one third of them were jews. in the aftermath of war those jews who had survived the holocaust began to leave a continent that had become for them a personal hell. after there was. a big guy. like the birds. thirty to palestine. the lists of ships they discovered that. they didn't the l.o.'s. country. the british the ruling all thirty in palestine had decided to put a stop to the tide of jewish immigration. the tide the pumping swelling since fascism had begun its march across. in one thousand nine hundred thirty six local arab objections to both british colonial rule and mass jewish immigration into their homeland erupted into a full scale revolt. jewish settlements in palestine had been protecting themselves against sporadic arab attacks with the defense militia. the haugen. in thirty six in the face of the daily on suddenly it dawned. the younger generation that unless they are r

next, eric byrnes talks about his book someone to watch over eleanorrtrait of roosevelt and the tortured father who shaped her life. this event is 40 minutes. introduce the ceo of the new york historical society. you know the wonderful work she does. please welcome her. >> thank you.

byrne adults next goal was ravensbruck and the release of french women held there. with the advancing soviet army just days away himmler unexpectedly agreed to the evacuation of the entire camp women of over twenty nationalities. their orders. but make a point of ska. or there were many polish women on the other one in and among them there were three women that were a while their pregnancies were well it just. to their way and so one of the new doctor there was someone asked the guards how come there were so many pregnant women over the book. and the german said that it was a holy spirit to go. the other way if they fed him a oh no. we have this chief medical officer with us on hold somebody. and he told the person in charge that one of them would probably become a mother during the night for him to know the route all those. who lived. it. would do in the way the dome indorse. did so they fitted out a bus which they called. they fitted it out like a maternity ward and the three women were kept in there. with anyone who told them . and one of them a birth. thanks . i

joining us on the phone from cal fire is angela byrne hazel. >> good morning. >> we are so sorry to hear this news. can you tell us -- we have heard it started as a house fire and one home has burned but others are threatened. >> correct. the structure that started the fire has burned and the area is evacuated. the fire is about 1 to 25 acres from our best estimate in the dark. >> are you attacking this? i know it's in the dark and we're watching live pictures right now. is the attack happening now or are you waiting for sunlight? >> we have fire crews in their actively working on the fire right now. as soon as the sun comes up, we will be able to hopefully get some air resources into help as well. >> do you feel confident, have you heard that people were able to evacuate safely from the areas threatened at this point? >> correct. as far as we know everybody got out safely. >> what are the conditions right now as far as wind and humidity is concerned? >> right now there are not any major winds but that could change during the daytime today. we are going to hit it as hard as we can right

/history.w.c-span.org >> of next, eric byrnes talks about his portrait of eleanor roosevelt and the tortured shaped her life."

. >> my mom would let me stay up if john biener or david byrne-- >> stephen: did you like stand- up comices. i never did it, stand-up. >> it's a certain gene, an animalistic gene that pushes you to take that risk, i think. >> stephen: when you were a kid and said, "i want to do this?" who was the comedian. >> the comedian was bill cosby. >> stephen: wonderfulness. >> why is there air? greatest-- what's word-- body of work, i think, in comedy is his. >> stephen: you can still listen to his comedy? >> oh, yeah. >> stephen: yeah, i grew up on his stuff. i think he saved my life. >> right. >> stephen: because when i was a kid, i had a tragedy in my life, but for the next two years i listened to bill cosby albums every night before i went to bed. i would hide the speakers under my pillow so my mom couldn't hear it. you could drop a needle, i can't listen to it now. >> you can't. >> stephen: no, i can't separate it. >> you can't? >> stephen: because there's love there. there's love-- there's love there. >> i know, it's tragic. >> stephen: yeah. >> but comedy-- there's a lot of tragedy in comedy

i would sit down, look at the tom byrne pension commission report and start negotiating their openly.to murphy: should they have tell the truth in these discussions? >> that is for the audience to decide. lt. gov. guadagno: if uruguay to start to interrupt me -- >> skewed to the subject. >> i'm going to try to literally get us back on the right track. this is a transit question. said you will advocate for new jersey transit. you have been a new jersey transit user. but under the christie administration we have seen dedicated funding has been cut, fares have gone up, service quality has gone down. tens of thousands waited hours to leave the stadium. portion left in the rain during superstorm sandy. if you are the advocate you have been there. where were you? in the next four years the first thing i'm going to do is go back and audit everything going on at the department of transportation. singleng to ask every person to resign and reapply for their job. peopleng to make those hand out their cell phone numbers and sit down, actually take the train every day. i know what it is like to be

the byrne grants are very important to new orleans to help us fight crime. now, your office wrote a letter to my friend mayor andrew, asking him questions aboutpl the city's compliance with eight usc section 1373. let me cut to the chase. there have been allegations that new orleans is a century city. you have asked for information. mayor andrew who is my friend, wrote you back a very unprofessional letter. i'm sorry for that. he suggested you are a mere politician, he said you are scapegoating immigrants, he called you a fearmonger, and he basically called you a liar. i don't consider that to be productive discourse. i apologize on behalf of louisiana. would you agree with me that we are a nation of immigrants? >> virtually, a vast majority have immigrated here at some point or another, for sure. >> but we are also a nation of law, is that correct. >> that's correct. >> if i don't agree with the law, do i have too follow it? >> yes. >> i hate traffic cameras. i don't agree with them. do i have to follow the laws about traffic cameras? >> yes. >> what if i d

the economy struggles under the drought that many years running riot is one for the bad and janice byrnehank you so much for your insight . so well having enough water will be a more pressing issue in the future as the world's population is estimated to increase to about ten billion people by the air twenty fifty and another important question humanity is facing will be how are we going to feed all these people traditional farming will likely not yield enough but alternatives are on the horizon a dutch company says it will have made it will have artificial meat ready for the market in just three years. there's nothing like the taste of a freshly cooked before but mark post wants it without the beef the researcher has been busy for more than a decade developing a method to artificially grow muscle tissue in a lab test tube of beef so to speak then in twenty thirteen came the breakthrough. the stem cells he needs can come from a steak or a cow or the animal doesn't even need to be slaughtered the first bucket created from the artificial meat cost around two hundred fifty thousand euros but

formation of the soviet union it influenced the entire twentieth century a new exhibition opens in byrne explores the revolutionary events and their impact we talk with to our culture editor about this in just a bit. but first ben with business and hopes on the horizon for the greeks yes the prime minister alexis tsipras says that his country is turning the page after all the economic hardship forecast has put growth at two percent this year the greece's goal of quitting its bailout program next year is overly optimistic. a warm embrace for christine legarde the head of one of the institutions keeping his country afloat the greek prime minister and the i.m.f. chief both won greece to return to self-reliance as soon as possible with that in mind alexis tsipras presented an optimistic outlook for the future of the greek economy. after several years of economic depression greece is turning bridge. acute risks and the certainty have subsided we cannot make recovery is gaining traction. indeed the two thousand and seventeen expected growth rate of. approximately close to two percent has not b

byrne we started working with libraries to bring telescopes to them. they were able to use them. we intend to keep that program going forward to reach more libraries, institution, schools. we worked with other institutions, including a to teach theirn staff about eclipses. in trying to connect to their audiences. such as seeing the eclipse shadows through the leaves on trees. >> i'm on the education committee as well as the science committee. i heard a concern some of the schools were planning to close because they were concerned they wouldn't be able to protect students' eyes. it seems like a lost opportunity. we need to prepare ahead for the next eclipse to make sure this is a great wonderful learning opportunity for students and get those glasses and make sure everybody knows. that was a real serious concern in oregon. in my remaining few seconds -- there won't be enough time -- one of the biggest questions about the sun is why the corona is so hotter than the surface and what are we hoping to learn and how will the experiments in 2017, how will they advance the heating of the

i hereby appoint the honorable bradley byrne to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of he house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. an interesting column in the morning post about the congressional response to the opioid crisis. both the administration and congress have been good at hyping the crisis when it comes time to actually -- crisis. when it comes to actually taking action, nothing happens. this is appalling since most of the opioid crisis is the result of failed publ

could he be the second coming of arthur byrne, where fiscal policy takes hold?unless it overheats. you could increase the boom/bust cycle, so it is a double-edged sword. what about the linkedin post that you are in a policy mistake if you do not look at individual u.s. earners? ellen: it struck a chord with me. he talked about the perils of looking at the average, or we would say looking at things in aggregate rather than digging down deeper by income group. look at what the s&p 500 is doing. quintilencome represents 40% of all spending. if they are spending -- you look at the aggregate numbers. it looks like consumers are spending and it is fine. when i spoke to our financials analyst, looking at credit group, youincome look at the lower income groups and you are starting to see signs of >>. that is were policies should be targeted, in order to help those groups list their income. the liability mix is so different. the federal reserve has fueled the asset side of the issue for so many people. it is a quality problem. ♪ qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq jon: the

byrne: he announced he will be retiring from the alabama house of representatives after 42 years of representing people in mobile, alabama. he was first elected to the house in 1976, making him one of the longest serving legislators in alabama history. outside of the legislature, he spent much of his life working in public education, including as a school administrator at e.s. chastain middle school in mobile. while we had our share of political differences, i always appreciated his institutional knowledge and respected his passion for our local community. i am honored to call james a friend and appreciate his decades of service to the people of mobile and alabama. mr. speaker, i wish james and his wife virgie all the best upon his retirement and their years ahead together and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> on october 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire on thousands of innocent people at a music festival in las vegas. mr. ruiz: as ou

the estranged brother of kin go johnny nerve agent to murder the estranged brother of kin gojohnny byrnen a prank on a reality tv show. in this grainy video you can make out one of the astonishing assassinations in recent times. the two women were quickly identified, a 25—year—old indonesian and 29—year—old from vietnam, but other parts of the plot remain unknown. at their trial did two women face charges of murder, which carries the death penalty, but their lawyers say they were duped into believing they we re they were duped into believing they were taking part in tv prank. they intend to plead not guilty. the trial could help to shed light on who organised the assassination and how. it is widely presumed that kim jong—un amp, who was estranged from his half—brother kim jong—un, jong—un amp, who was estranged from his half—brother kimjong—un, was killed on his orders. for north koreans also charged by the malaysian police are still at large and probably back in north korea. earlier this year malaysia bowed to pressure from pyongyang and allowed three north korean suspects to return to

the byrne grants are very important to new orleans to help us fight crime. now your office wrote a letter to my friends, mayor landrieu, asking him questions about the and let me cutce to the chase. there allegations that new orleans is a sanctuary city. friend,ndrieu who is my but you got to call it like you see them, wrote you back a very unprofessional letter. i'm sorry for that. he called you caustic. he suggested you were a mere politician. he said you were scapegoating immigrants. fearmonger and basically called you a liar. not to beider that productive discourse. i apologize on behalf of louisiana. would you agree with me that we are a nation of immigrants? a.g. sessions: well, virtually the vast majority have emigrated here at one time or another for sure. sen. kennedy: we are also nation of laws, is that correct? a.g. sessions: that's correct. sen. kennedy: now if i don't agree with the loft, do i have to follow it? a.g. sessions: yes. sen. kennedy: i hate traffic cameras. i don't agree with them. do i have to follow the laws of traffic cameras? a.g

the byrne grants are very important to new orleans to help us fight crime. now your office wrote a letter to my friends, mayor landrieu, asking him questions about the cities compliance and let me cut to the chase. there allegations that new orleans is a sanctuary city. you have asked for information. mayor landrieu who is my friend, but you got to call it like you see them, wrote you back a very unprofessional letter. i'm sorry for that. he called you caustic. he suggested you were a mere politician. he said you were scapegoating immigrants. he called you a fearmonger and basically called you a liar. now i consider that not to be productive discourse. i apologize on behalf of louisiana. would you agree with me that we are a nation of immigrants? a.g. sessions: well, virtually the vast majority have emigrated here at one time or another for sure. sen. kennedy: we are also nation of laws, is that correct? a.g. sessions: that's correct. sen. kennedy: now if i don't agree with the law, do i have to follow it? a.g. sessions: yes. sen. kennedy: i hate traffic cam

the byrne grants are very important to new orleans to help us fight crime. now your office wrote a letter to my friends, mayor landrieu, asking him questions about the cities compliance and let me cut to the chase. there allegations that new orleans is a sanctuary city. you have asked for information. mayor landrieu who is my friend, but you got to call it like you see them, wrote you back a very unprofessional letter. i'm sorry for that. he called you caustic. he suggested you were a mere politician. he said you were scapegoating immigrants. he called you a fearmonger and basically called you a liar. now i consider that not to be productive discourse. i apologize on behalf of louisiana. would you agree with me that we are a nation of immigrants? a.g. sessions: well, virtually the vast majority have emigrated here at one time or another for sure. sen. kennedy: we are also nation of laws, is that correct? a.g. sessions: that's correct. sen. kennedy: now if i don't agree with the law, do i have to follow it? a.g. sessions: yes. sen. kennedy: i hate traffic cam

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byrne and scott of virginia. 723, sideration of 314, 72, 732, 3118 and 31 2 of the house bill and sections 6017, and 3114 1089-a, 1625, of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference, walden, barton and pallone. from the committee on financial services for for consideration of section 86 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference, farr, williams, and ms. maxine waters of california. from the committee on foreign affairs for consideration of ctions 64, 132, 1039, 1040, 1205, 01, 1203 through 211, 1222, 1223, 1231, 1232, 234, 1243, 1246, 1247, 1265, 278, 1272, 1276, 1278, 1280, 1687, 302, 1521, 1522, 841 and 3117 of the house bill 10, ections 111, 861, 867, 11,1203 through 1205, 1212, 1213, 1231 through 1233, 1241 through 1245, 1250, 1251 through 1270-wc.0-b, 1280, 1531 and 1651 of the senate amendments and modifications committed to conference. royce of california, donovan and engel. from the committee on the judiciary for consideration of ctions 515, 1062, 1063, 1067 rks 1080, 1695, 2483 and 3510 of the house bill and sections 528, 9, 1035, 1081, 1

i hereby appoint the honorable bradley byrne to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. january 3, 201 chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:00 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. conaway for five minutes. mr. conaway: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. conaway: mr. speaker, i rise today to thank the community of elcampo texas. recently while surveying crop damage from hurricane harvey, two members of my staff and usda staffer were involved in a