face of not just black women in congress and put our women in congress and younger women in congress. she is the first member of congress to have a baby while she is serving. she shows up on an "ebony" magazine cover holding her baby. the first time there had been sent a cover of a lawmaker holding a brand-new baby. shirley chisholm also becomes a national figure in ways that are shown by these buttons in the collection. they don't say anything about shirley chisholm running for congress. they are all about shirley chisholm running for president. she is our girl. for president. represent all americans. you can see the woman symbol around her face places her in with a feminist agenda. that was something that was important to her. on the national stage in the 1972 election, she was very much putting together a very interesting group of people. if you look at film clips of her at the democratic convention, it is interesting to see her season ed pall talking about her delegates. they are very skilled politicians who also become show horse approaches to things. behind-the-scenes and in fr

as the face of not just black women in congress and women in congress and younger women in congress. she is the first member of congress to have a baby while she is serving. she shows up on it ebony the day magazine cover holding her baby. anand ebony magazine -- ebony magazine cover holding her baby. shirley chisholm also becomes a national figure in ways that are shown by these two but since we have here. they don't say anything about shirley chisholm running for congress. they're all about her running for president. she is our girl. for president. represent all americans. faceoman symbol around her places her in with a feminist agenda. that was something that was important to her. she was very much putting together a very interesting group of people. herou look at some clips of at the democratic convention, it is interesting to see her season pall talking about her delegates. they are very skilled politicians who also become show horse approaches to things. we don't see behind-the-scenes and in front of the scenes. you see a lot of action going on. today as abefore you candidate f

it is your job to talk to congress. for some of you, i had to threaten to send a subpoena, just to get you to appear today. we did some math. we got seven of you sitting here. between your compensation and your benefits package, you make more than $1 million from taxpayers. taxpayers are paying you seven more than $1 million, and you won't come to talk to congress. what do you do all day if you don't talk to congress? that's your job. so we're going to do that today. and the irony here is we're trying to protect the classified information. i didn't create this mess. hillary clinton created this mess. there are years of federal records. some of it so classified, none of us in this room should probably see them. most of it is unclassified. we have a duty and obligation to protect that information. i believe that's probably the same goal that you have. but we're going to have to have a reality check here. she is the one that took the records from the state department, gave access to people who don't have security clearance

it's so divisive in this country and in congress. by that owhy do they slow down g so urgent and needed to be putting something so partisan like planned parenthood and also the previous call wasn't satisfied with congress to do tt obama has just disowned the constitution. i can see why he's upset that we are all upset with obama. there also should be term limi limits. hispanic there was a bipartisan negotiation happening in july and they were participating it pretty aggressively. the talks crumbled in a bit of a surprise an that republicans ine house and the senate put together their own bill in the provision of the plannedone parenthood clinics. that's one of the things they objected to. there's information on pesticides that it could kill mosquitoes and dogs. at the end he mentioned term limits for congress. that's been a topic of conversation over many years. i know in the presidential race donald trump has been making noise about term limits for members of congress. fair response as a reason that s that it would never have beenve

what the heck is congress prohibiting? mr. strickling: they prohibited us from a legacy responsibility. let me ask you this, senator. what is the responsibility you referred to? the only responsibility we have is not based on any statutory obligations. let me finish, senator. if i may finish -- senator cruz: you may answer my question. mr. strickling: i am telling you the responsibility we have to privatize the domain name system. senator cruz: i understand you have a political mandate to do that. let me be very clear. disagree with the policy judgment of the congress of the united states as reflected by federal law, you are entitled to disagree. here is what you are not entitled to do, sir. i want to speak for a moment to the employees that work for you. to the government employees at the ntia and apartment of commerce. these legal prohibitions haven't passed by congress and signed by the president. if your political superiors instructed to proceed with this transition, to spend your time, to spend one penny of government mon

and congress could have done that if the budget committees of the congress, and the congress as a whole, had not increased the spending that i recommended in the budget. i'm sure that you know that in the resolutions passed by the congress, that have added about $17 billion in more spending, by the congress over the budget that i recommended. so i would prefer in that tax bill to have an additional tax cut and a further limitation on federal spending. now this tax bill that hasn't reached the white house yet, but is expected in a day or twoit's about 1500 pages. it has some good provisions in it. it has left out some that i have recommended, unfortunately. on when you have a bill of that magnitude, those many provisions, a president has to sit and decide if there's more good than bad. and from the a- analysis that i've made so far, it seems to me that that tax bill does justify my signature and my approval. mr. newman: governor carter, your response. mr. carter: well, mr. ford is changing considerably his previous philosophy. the present tax structure is a disgrace to this country; it's

and then again, to see congress -- deceived congress about that as well. so it's very clear there's been wrongdoing and while mr. koskinen has come to the hill here to talk to members, he wants to do it it -- do it offline and without being sworn in. he's shown no interest in doing it under oath. the new york post editorial board, quote, if you responded to an i.r.s. audit the way koskinen's i.r.s. has behaved, you'd be looking at huge penalties and maybe prison time. george will, noted conservative, congress should impeach the i.r.s. commissioner or risk becoming obs lute. le -- obsolete. red state, why the impeachment of the i.r.s. commissioner is a sign that congress might actually work. you see, the american people have given up on congress. congress is the legislative branch which is a co-equal branch of government. it should be a check on the executive branch. and the judicial branch for that matter. and yet congress has shriveled up and atrophied so much, the american people have given up on congress ever doing anything about corruption at high leve

why can't congress? >> sir, think we -- we have tried to provide the information in a way that is understandable. i think the investigative summary tells the story and i think that the 302s that we provided are the important ones. >> let me ask you this. if those summaries were all anyone ever needed, why don't you just introduce those in trial? why actually call the witness? >> certainly we were trying to make your life easier. >> but see, i don't want my made being made easier. i don't want that. i want to know what was said in the 302s. because the 302s itself is a summary of an interview. it is not a verbatim transcript. >> that's correct. >> you've given me the summary of a summary of an interview. and i'm not asking for ver baits tim transcript, because you don't have one. >> certainly. >> i am just asking for the 302. i don't have to read your summary. i may read the 302 differently from the way you read it. so why not? >> i think we've given you the relevant ones. >> relevant according to whom. i

adjourns we will have an agreement in place and our funding will be taken care of. >> congress will work on many of those items before the full recess. in the house we also expect a move to impeach. the congressman offered a privileged resolution this week to get the process going. we spoke with him for more details on the effort. we have a member of the house freedom caucus of the congressman you are goincongresr this resolution as personal privilege to impeach the irs commissioner the resolution. for high crimes and misdemeanors what are those high crimes and misdemeanors? spinet i won't bore you with all of the dates and times, but the basic thing is that right after he was confirmed to be the head of the irs he received a subpoena to protect and take into custody all information at the was involved with lois lerner who we found out targeted certain taxpayers and for their political beliefs. within three weeks of receiving the subpoena, he either destroyed or allowed it to be destroyed 24,000 e-mails in 422 tapes even after saying to congress and the promising he would protect th

to the point made earlier on the favorability of your own member of congress versus the congress of large, there's a whole lo tht of incumbents who've been around a long time who are going to continue to be around a long time and that makes it really difficult to tell someone they should be voting themselves out of a job. >> host: spring hill florida next. you ar were on with our guest, o ahead. >> caller: why are they treating social security like their own private think they sold 150 billion. >> social security is one ofdi those places where it is difficult for lawmakers to think about spending money in the future with things in the current and changes made to programs and the way the programs have funded. i offered to handle the the issue to make changes to programs tend to raise taxes or cut programs and i don't think they like doing it but that's the way that it ends up goinge most of the time. >> host: i'm thinking backck maybe because we had a call froa chattanooga buffet breakfastit that we attended with senator bob corker a few months back which i think c-span aired so it's proba

and congress is still missing an action. back from work after a seven week break, but gridlocked as ever as zika spreads and as money to develop a vaccine is running out. >> it means weaker mosquito control efforts, longer wait times to get diagnostic result, delayed back scenes and it puts more americans at risk. >> like republicans and democrats in congress we could call out president obama for not doing more to work with congress. by that he failed to work the phones and twist arms and horse trade as other president's have. and that has contributed to the gridlock in congress we've seen for the past six years. and it is particularly troubling now to see them play poll tiblgs in the middle of a health crisis. >> we should not be playing russian roulette with the health of wem and our babies. >> again, congressman jolly mosquito that carries zika up to washington and threatening to unleash them on congress. >> can you imagine, colleague, the fear and anxiety in this chamber if these one hundred mosquitos were outside the ja

tourge congress and the v.a.consider the recommendations we have supported and the ones that we oppose. we strongly support the commission recommendation to improve the v.a. clinical field process. due to the lack of systemwide processes, veterans have experienced vast differences, often delaying the care they have earned and deserve. members have first-hand experience. we believe it must be reformed to ensure veterans receive an appropriate response to their grievances. this includes the ability to provide evidence to support their appeals, which may businesses do not permit. we also support amending the current health care eligibility recommendations to ensure access to the life-saving care they need and deserve. they also support the commission recommendations to establish high-performance, integrated, community-based networks which leverage the capabilities of the private sector and the public sector to meet the needs of veterans in each community. the vfw is glad to see the commission agrees that v.a. must r

any congress can change the rules for the next congress is the next congress. think they are just feeding the beast with that kind of conversation. but if they want to come in and say that we are going to punish you for having a demonstration about gun violence prevention led by an all-american icon, john lewis, bring it on. pelosihat was nancy talking about the prospect of punishment for lawmakers who staged that sit in. we have tom calling in from sarasota, florida on the democratic line. what do you think congress should be focusing on? caller: they should focus on passing the mosquito -- the zika virus. , they areo understand going to say, are you republican ? you think the mosquitoes are going to ask, are you democrat? mosquitoes are going to bite you whether you are black or white, republican. we need to pass this law. host: you are calling from florida. i imagine you are concerned about the virus spreading. go ahead. caller: yes, exactly. it is all around the world. people travel. airplanes. here. start it is like a cancer. you think it is going to stay

it's congresses. it's congresses library but it's also america's library. >> to say somebody is watching this and i want them to be able to walk in somewhere in this library system and say, doctor carla hayden told me to come here and ask you how to see what i want to see. where would you send them? >> guest: the first thing a person should do is go up to a wonderful information desk and talk to the person who is there, and there will be a person there in the jefferson building they can also go into the madison building and there is an adams building. so you notice there's a theme with the presidents. and they can say i am interested in those films, i am interested in bob hope. i'm interested in this information you have about rosa parks. i'm interested in finding out something about my family's history. i am visiting from iowa. and i understand that you have newspapers that go back, i'm trying to find my great-grandfather. that when they go to that information there's a big sign, information that's w

>> guest: as libraryian we the library of congress is to serve congress -- is like the special forces of the library. there are analysts, librarians, specialists in different areas, that prepare research, nonpartisan research, and analysis, for the members of congress, to inform their work. and the reports are available by request from your particular member. so, if you know someone is working on something, and i think that i've heard different aspects of how much of the information and when the information should be ready or available to the public so that's an area that i think is still being looked at, because there's quite a bit of research that goes into forming a report. c-span: let's say a member of congress calls up the congressional research services and they say i need a report on the b-52 bomber. what is your permanent instinct? once that report was supplied the member, should that be in the public domain. >> guest: i'm not sure. and that is -- i'm going to really be in weeds with some of these aspects, because that is a complex issue in terms of what was it prepared for, w

and congress could have done that if the budget committees of the congress, and the congress as a whole, had not increased the spending that i recommended in the budget. i'm sure that you know that in the resolutions passed by the congress, that have added about $17 billion in more spending, by the congress over the budget that i recommended. so i would prefer in that tax bill to have an additional tax cut and a further limitation on federal spending. now this tax bill that hasn't reached the white house yet, but is expected in a day or two - it's about 1500 pages. it has some good provisions in it. it has left out some that i have recommended, unfortunately. on when you have a bill of that magnitude those many provisions, , a president has to sit and decide if there's more good than bad. and from the a- analysis that i've made so far, it seems to me that that tax bill does uh - justify my signature and my approval. mr. newman: governor carter, your response. mr. carter: well, mr. ford is uh changing considerably his previous philosophy. the present tax structure is a disgrace to this c

of the facts showed you lied to congress, not saying they did, if they showed you lied to congress orthat you mismanaged your office, what do you believe is appropriate for congress to do to fix it? you said you don't think impeachment is the right thing. what do you think is appropriate? should we just do nothing and let that continue or just keep coming back and you saying we won't do it again? >> i never objected to any of the hearings. >> not talking about the hearings, talking about the conclusions. you said you didn't think impeachment was appropriate, jordan said you didn't think you should continue to hold that office, if a taxpayer were here, should be held to the same standard as the taxpayer. the taxpayer would have had to pay the irs. >> taxpayer provided us information truthfully, did the best they could to produce information and found information was missing the first thing we would do is try to help them reconstruct the records. >> you are not going to tell me if a taxpayer comes to you and filed a faulty tax return and then said oh, i am sorry, i didn't know that was

, promising congress that he would protect them. then later after they were destroyed he lied to congress and said that they were all protected and preserved. then he came back and said that goods, something happened, they are going when, in fact, there were some that he didn't know about apparently, that the inspector general found later. and he didn't tell us about that. we had to find that, of course, out on her own. so the point is that it's clear that john koskinen lied to congress, was not responsive to subpoenas, eddie was clear that either he destroyed evidence or obstructed justice or allowed it to happen on his watch. so as a result of that, we feel that he is not fit for duty and he should lose his job. john koskinen, the head of the iris should be removed from office. >> this is the second time around for you. you try to back in mid-summer. ousted move forward. they had two days to move forward on your request to what are you expecting this time around? >> well, we adjourned before the two legislative days expired. in th

with respect to congress appropriating funds, you know -- i mean, this congress has -- still has to pass a budget, but you're talking about dealing with what's called a slush fund, the stop settlement slush funds act of 2016, and they say that congress should be the one to allocate resources, it shouldn't come out of a settlement. well, the fact is that there's no public dollars coming to fruition in a settlement between a big bank and the justice department. those are all privately held funds that are being business court and juryed from the wrong o -- discourged from the wrong doer and put back into the hands of the big banks. so there's no legislative appropriation there because there's no public money. it's private money but it's being redirected to those from whom which it was wrongfully taken. and that's what makes this legislation so hurtful to the process, and so i would ask my colleagues to again be in opposition to it. with that i'll yield the balance of the time to my chairman or my ranking member -- i say chairman in a very hopeful way, the gentleman from michigan, john conye

congress is a library but also america's library.c-span: i want them to be able to walk in somewhere in the library system and say doctor carla hayden told me to come here and ask what i want to see, where would you send them? >> first thing the person should do is go up to a wonderful information desk and talk to the person there, there will be a person there. the jefferson building, they can also go into the madison building and there is an adams building. they can say i am interested in gerri lewis films. i am interested in bob hope. i am interested in this information about rosa parks. i'm interested in finding out something about my family's history. i am visiting from iowa and i understand you have newspapers that go back. i am trying to find my great-grandfather. when they go to that information, that is where you go, your first point of contact. that person, what do you need, make that connection, a vast resource here and in other places. c-span: say they can't travel here but you have it digitized online. how do you figure o

and you won't even come talk to congress. what do you do all day if you don't talk to congress? that's your job. we're going to do that today. and the irony here is we're trying to protect the classified information. i didn't create this mess. hillary clinton created this mess. there are years of federal records. some of it so classified none of us in this room should probably see them. most of it's unclassified. we have a duty and an obligation to protect that information. i believe that's probably the same goal that you have. but we're going to have to have a reality check here. she is the one that took the records from the state department, gave access to people who don't have security clearances, the case is closed. there is no consequences. nobody being held accountable. but we also have had an f.b.i. director come and testify he never looked at her testimony under oath. and somehow we have a classified system and we have a nonclassified system and somehow information was going from the classified system into a nonclassified system. so it's ironic that you don't want to app

is the do nothing congress. we do do something. we grandstand and showboat on a regular basis. this judiciary committee in this room weeks ago after philando castile and alton sterling were killed by law enforcement, i begged for a public hearing on the issue, because i really think that the public deserves it, and i think if we don't do it, we're going have blood on our hands well, unfortunately police officers were killed. this week we have two more incidents where two people were killed in an incident with law enforcement. or two people lost their lives in an incident with law enforcement. but we're not talking about it. we're talking about a fragile country. we're talking about fragile people. and we are ignoring a humongous issue. because we're talking about impeaching you. in louisiana, we just had 7 trillion gallons of water dumped on baton rouge and the surrounding areas. just in baton rouge we lost 60 sheriff's deputy cars. we lost 50 police cars. we have a law enforcement that is dismantled. but we're

-- the third rail in congress. they won't touch it. certain taxpayers over the next five years, $400 billion. it's a big program. let's imagine, i know you all have imagination. that's why you're here. that congress the limited the mortgage interest deduction -- you get your? that's all. imagine i'm over there. [laughter] it eliminated the deduction budget authorized housing and urban development to issue $400 billion of checks, tax-free, to all the people that would've gotten the deduction in exactly the same amount of the tax savings to they end up in same position. the government is out 400 billion. imagined in monday morning, and i'm the chair of the house ways and means committee, something i always wanted to be. and i'm going to tell you how proud we are for the dissolution of that $400 billion. and down the middle their will be the bottom half of all taxpayers. i apologize, but you on the right, you on the top half of all taxpayers, and the five of you including mr. freeman, you included, you are in the top

congress writes the laws. my job as president is to enforce the laws, and the job of the judiciary is to interpret the laws. i don't think you could put it more concisely than that in a matter of two or three sentences. i think the president did a good job of describing that to the -- describing that to the students there, but within about 10 days he decided that he would reverse all of that and all of a sudden he had the power to grant an executive amnesty, an unconstitutional executive amnesty, mr. speaker. i see that the gentleman, dr. burgess, from the rules committee has arrived and hence i've been so busily complimenting the rules -- since i've been so busily complimenting the rules committee, i'd be happy to yield. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: i send to the desk two privileged report prs from the committee on rules for filing under the rules. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the titles. the clerk: report to accompany

congress says it. and congress says that there has to be billions of dollars spent every year in order to ensure that. we're going to calculate our fees based on what congress says has to be done regardless whether you believe that those beds should be filled or not, whether the person is determined to be a flight risk or not. ms. saldana: i'm sorry. lost your question there. what was your question? sorry? >> it was a description of the way these private detention facilities negotiate these contracts based upon the $2 billion a year that congress says has to be spent in large part for the benefit and primarily some would argue for the benefit of these private detention companies. ms. saldana: they don't dictate to us what terms of the contract are. we let out a proposal that specify the terms of the contract. is a 34,000 -- 34,000 useful tool because that's how much money we have, in order to set the number. that bed is not going to be filled unless it need tofpblet we're not going to release anyone wh

were confirmed by opposing congresses, opposing party congresses when previous presidents were in their last two years. this year, just 20 judges. 20? none of them named merrick garland. less than half the typical number of civilian nominees. loretta lynch, such a fine person, was left twisting in the wind for weeks. key national security posts at a time of terrorism are still left unfilled. a failure at every, every level. republicans can point to a few things that were done, as i said. but they pale in comparison to what should have been done and what they didn't do. the number of accomplish. s were puny and where the senate did succeed, like in getting a budget agreement or the fight against zika, it's only because democrats pushed them. republicans were entrusted with the majority in 2014. mcconnell's -- leader mcconnell said he'd get the senate to work again. the record shows the opposite. it didn't work at all. senator reid: senator schumer will take some questions. we know senator mcconnell will be here in a little bit. remind him that the things they did, that we would have done

it is not just congress in general, this is a republican-led congress.s is a divided republican thatity with a right wing is breeding great problems in terms of keeping faith with budget agreements. we have a budget agreement. we had a two-year agreement to get off of sequestration and get our appropriations bill passed and do a job of funding the government. we have some bipartisan by you as to what the bills looked like. i hope we can get this done. nobody should think that this is the way to run a great country. we need a comprehensive budget agreement. a my opinion, we need comprehensive approach to the budget and an investment strategy worthy of a great country. host: kathy from fremont, california, up early waiting to chat with you. kathy, go ahead. i was going to ask you about the fast-track training california, but you answer that. how do communities deal with education when they build houses for people, and more people move into the area, because there have been problems in the bay area with that? and i also wanted to tell you, i enjoyed the nat

we served here in congress together.t over a year ago, he was there to celebrate with my family and friends at my wedding. it has been to these last several weeks that a reflection that mark has been there for milestoner marker in -- and milestone in my life. what is incredible is i can't tell you how mystical i have spoken to who have said the exact same thing about marx presence in their own lives. -- mark presence and their lives. i've had many conversations with inople both here and what -- washington sharing their own testimony about how their lies are positively impacted. i've heard from many of my fellow national guard soldiers who served under mark's command. i've heard about a deep respect for his leadership, what he taught them, how he mentored them, how seriously he took his job as a leader of soldiers taking care of them. our lives come our trinity, our state and country -- community, our state and country are better off with his service. we will forever miss you, your smiley face, you're ready last and heart

congress writes the laws.was one of the main reasons that people were wondering why obama wasn't doing so well. i said good lord, look at who is writing the laws. it isn't the president. everything that obama wants to do, the 246 republicans voted "no" for planned parenthood and all of the bills. the 188 democrats voted "yes" but donald trump has to realize that all the stuff that he is saying has to go through the senate. and i know the democrats will and if you add ted cruz, marco rubio, rand paul, huckabee and lindsey graham -- notknow the republicans are going to be too nice to him at all. thank you. guest: it's true. this is one of the most bizarre things we have seen when donald trump refused to endorse john mccain in arizona. he needs a senate. senators upendorse for reelection was bizarre. barry from florida on the independent line. caller: good morning. the only thing i want to say is that i am a retired military, 25 years. i used to be a diehard republican. the problem is not donald trump. problem is

congress is really broken. it's broken, and it's grid locked andfore represent, both at the same time and i believe in that basic promise of representation, raising up people's voices and making sure they are heard. there are opportunities to work across the aisle in some limited areas, when i'm in congress, i'll tell you the kinds of things that i want to work o. independent businesses, and i tau talked about it, and, which i think are extremely important. another is broad band. wewe have a real crisis with brd band, it is holding back our rural e commies, and f.d.r., in the 1930s, came together with republican rural senators to push through the rural electric act, we're going figure out how to get electricity to every last farmhouse. because of rural poverty. i think it's time for a updated. r. ea, where we focus on getting broad band, and self service everywhere. this is something that should not ab partisan issue. the opponents of that are the big companies like comcast, that have bought lobbyistes like my

i think we are not trying to play hide the ball, we want congress to be able to do its job. what we did in the investigation into how we came to the conclusion and we did that i releasing an investigative summary and the 302's. cummings: thank you. >> when you do not show up at a meeting we request, you lose the opportunity. we're going to recognize the gentleman from south carolina. they -- thedid sender? could you find out? you would agree it would be important if you want to interview the person who sent the cause might information, right? because the recipient thought that see was just the third letter in the alphabet. you might want to note the sender was also clueless in the way he or see viewed information . can you find out whether or not sender of whohe sent all classified information? mr. cummings: certainly. know if thedo you information was known to because fight at the time? can you find out? there are folks wondering how aformation gets from classified source into an e-mail. did your investigation shed any light on how classified on amation could get classified

congress ignored that. finally, you might have the largest credit for people who need the help most and the least credits for people who need the help least. so this is how i end my talk with the students and i end it with you. i say to them, i hope that some of you are brave enough if you're at a political rally, and i hope you go to the political rallies, and you hear a politician say "i'm going to propose a new deduction to help ordinary workers. you hard-working workers." that you'll raise your hand and you'll say "why are you proposing a tax break that saves the most money for people with the highest income who need the assistance least and the least tax savings for people with low and moderate incomes who need the assistance most?" thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> all right, to introduce our next speaker, i believe mr. nader will be returning. is that right? >> thank you, john fox. in fact, we have of pease of your 10 questions that politicians don't want to answer and we can give them out, espec

whether you were the freedom caucus a republican congress he -- republican congress because you still have harry reid with the filibuster and barack obama who is the veto pen. that is tough and in of itself. there is a lot of things we like to do a tax policy. a lot of things we like to do and getting rid of obamacare and putting in a family centered model of health care. a host of things we would like to do on border security and everything else. but when you have harry reid and barack obama, it is difficult. i think it's a concern we have as republicans, not freedom caucus or whatever group that happens to exist. kelsey: should clinton when the -- should house republicans if clinton wins the white house can , you guys work with her on something like immigration reform, justice reform? rep. jordan: right now -- look, i'm willing to work with good policy for america. i work with dennis kucinich when he was here and we are friends. they were certain civil related policies when they were going up against the big banks and they were getting the big bailouts. i can't think of one policy s

the congress should have all that information. so what i would like for you to do for me is you use the word mistake. that is the lowest level -- there is a mistake, there's reckless disregard for the truth, there is a deliberate indifference and then there is intense. i would be curious what you think the proper punishment is for each level of that -- the other thing i need you to do is to the extent you relied upon other people's counsel are what they told you, i need to know who they were. this committee, and i would think you would want us to interview every single witness that has access to information that would be relevant. >> i think you have interviewed them all are ready. >> so you cannot think of a single person that this commissioned interview that we have not already interviewed. >> that's my knowledge at this time that you interviewed. >> i i don't know the names of all the 50. the people who had advised me throw the case you have interview. >> would you do me the courtesy that you make sure the record is complete. b

when i'm in congress i'm going there to clean up congress. to change the way campaigns are funded and to fight for overturning citizens united. everything that i have done from my entire life shows that i will always shows that i will always work for the people not the big corporations. >> it is a pleasure to be here as well and i think w mit and my opponents for participating in this. i think these forms are important for the voters of our district and for our democracy. i think opponent or chest too much. she is raising big money from people who are connected to super packs. she knows the law as well as i do which is that i have no control over what someone may spend or do independently. i would also point out that she wrote a book on corruption. one of the things she said in her corruption that the founders wanted to guide against adventures moving into districts that they have no connection to. indeed, she is an adventure who just popped into the district, she parachuted in from brooklyn, she just arrived and registered to vote in january

is there a role for congress at this point? rep. jordan: any elected , certainly what i vast majority of cases are law enforcement do an outstanding job of protecting and helping the community they serve in. they put their lives on the line every day. we should start with that premise. in situations like this we should get to the truth, let the system work and find a what happened and hopefully not have this kind of violence we have seen in charlotte and unfortunately in other places around our country in the last few years. i think it is best for public officials to take that posture and say those kind of words. i think i can help. that is certainly what we have done and i think that most elected officials have done. susan: the district is working on a criminal justice reform for a while. you see that happening? rep. jordan: probably not before the election. it is something i think is real merit. there are positives with it. there was also some concerns. if you're going to let people out of prison early, we better make sure they ar

i read bills in congress and it is hard to understand the bills in congress because you don't understand what is changing. you can't see how things are changed. comparative print is a great tool for our members that want to read bills and understand them. the change we've had since the last time you proposed this is that the house has gone paperless mostly. won't that reduce the cost of the change? >> absolutely. as your ohio legislature did, when you go paperless, and you put it online or electronic form, then you put the which in green -- new language in green and stricken in red. it has to be a savings of -- for everyone hundred hours reading bills, this probably will save you 96-97 fm. -- of them. you can go right to the changes. sometimes she would see it and you have a bill this thick, he can spend two days reading it and still not know what is changed. sometimes you will see there only to changes in a bill that thick. they changed 18-21. hey changed shall to must. it seems a most intentional to keep members in the dark when you can't have simple, member friendly legislation presen

if there are members of congress, to be clear, it's our mbs of congress that had a change of heart, are not prepared to take a principled position, we would welcome a conversation about that. we would welcome action to solve the problem that they have created. i guess this is the other perspective. there are plenty of problems that we believe that congress should be taking up right now. second taking with you talking about how additional funding for college and financial aid or for early childhood education would address the problems we see our education system. there are a variety of things we can do to strengthen our national security or strengthen our economy, invest in infrastructure, make our tax code more fun. -- more fair. but yesterday this account of what they did, and for a congress, a republican congress that has refused to do its job, it's ironic that they're only adding to their to-do list. justin? >> at the risk of -- [inaudible] i can't go to try to refine what his point was, try to get your reaction to it. i think it would republicans on capitol hill have described as is

it was granted for the 110th and congress. both cast by members of congress ake us accountable to our constituents and allow them to understand where we stand on issues.nt the rules that were adopted by he 112th, 113th and 114th congress denied voting rights for members from the territories and istrict of columbia continue to be making the house responsive to the more than four million americans who live in these districts. voting rights would be wholly symbolic. change the nnot outcome of legislation or amendments considered on the floor. these votes allow us to ensure the needs of our constituents are addressed. many of our nation a's men and women in uniform are residents of the territories and d.c. and these dedicated service members sacrifice much of our -- much for our country and many have paid the ultimate sacrifice. per capita death rate for members from the territories is higher than most states. additionally, beyond lie levels of military service residents rom the territories and d.c. contribute to and serve our nat

congress must act immediately. we must get ahead of this epidemic and slow the spread of the zika virus across the united states. you are-r you're white, black, man, woman a. doctor or child, the virus does not discriminate. no one is immune. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas -- kansas seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in ref brans of those who lost their lives on september 11, 2001. this sunday marks the 15th anniversary of that horrific day when nearly 3,000 innocent people were killed. mr. yoder: it was a despicable act of terrorism and one we will never, ever forget. mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons, and daughters who all went to work that tuesday had their lives cut short by terrorists who attacked us merely because we believe

had congress not passed the bill. the resolution passed both the house and the senate with major support. it also approves federal money for the fight against the zika virus and for the lead- contaminated water crisis in flint, michigan./// ((kirsten joyce)) >> president obama is giving his focus to u.s service men and women. yesterday he held a town hall with u-s service men and women. the forum gave audience members a chance to question the presie questions on topics including terrorism, veterans' health, and u-s military activity abroad. the president -- also speaking about current controversies in the country including n-f-l star colin kaepernick's decision not to stand during the national anthem. (obama) "i want mr. kaepernick and others who are on a knee, i want them to listen to the pain that may cause. but i also want people to think about the pain that he may be expressing." meeting president obama spoke briefly to a group of 100 invited soldiers in fort lee, virgnia. where he thanked service men and women fo

expert on that, but we don't use the foya standard when we produce information to congress. typically, we provide more information, but we still protect our law enforcement equities when we make information available. >> all right. let me go back. it seems like we are going around in circles with this. the chairmen asked you what you believe congress should not be allowed to see or have information. you said it varies from case to case. that's a pretty broad difference. does it vary depending on some cases a high profile individual? >> no, sir. let me try to answer it this way, if i could. when the bureau provided records to congress, really, we think the redactions were very light. we redacted personal identifiable information frr the folks. we try to protect information of a purely personal nature. so, as far as -- >> there's a -- excuse me, i have 20 seconds left. there's more than that that's been redacted. on page 48, you redact mrs. clinton's birth date. the next sentence, four attorneys of hers are mentioned by name, a fifth one is redacted. that's not personal inform

, promising congress, that he would protect them. then, later, after they were destroyed, he lied to congress and said they were all protected and preserved. then, he came back and said -- no, something happened. they are gone when in fact there were some that he did not apparently know about that the inspector general found later. and he did not tell us about that. we had to find that out on our own. the point is that it is clear that he lied to congress, was not responsive to subpoenas, and it was clear that he either destroyed evidence or obstructed justice or allowed it to happen on his watch. as a result of that, we fear he is not -- we feel he is not fit for duty and he should lose his job. >> this is the second time around for you. you tried it back in mid summer. they have two days to move forward on your request. what are you expecting? before the two legislative days expired. in this case, that will not happen. we will be here for at least two legislative days so leadership will be forced to bring this up for some type of f

and this congress -- you know what this congress has done for anyone that's listening in? we've had 31 moments of silence. mr. speaker, sympathy is not enough. in fact, it comes off as being hypocritical. as sincere as people have been when they bow their heads for less than a minute, it is not enough. we have an epidemic in our country, and we can do something about it. we have bipartisan legislation. now, meanwhile, bills have been brought to the floor without one co-sponsor, but mr. king and mr. thompson's legislation, co-sponsors. 186 now, why can't we vote on this? why? i think that there's a complicity with the n.r.a. with awful these deaths around the country, the violence that's taken place of innocent people, children, young people, adults and then all of the aftermath of grieving and the families that have lost someone, they have a mark on their soul. they will grieve the rest of their lives. so we are asking for a vote. if you don't agree with me, vote no. but mr. speaker, we have a responsibility and i think a high moral responsibility to address this. we are a

even after saying to congress, promising congress he would protect them. then, later, after they were destroyed, he lied to congress and said they were all protected and preserved. then he came back and said that, nope, oops, something happened, they are gone, when, in fact, there were some he didn't know about, apparently, that the inspector general found out about later. he didn't tell us about that, we had to find out about it on our own. the point is it's clear john lied to congress, was not responsive to subpoenas and it was clear that either he destroyed evidence or obstructed justice or allowed it to happen on his watch. as a result of that, we feel he is not fit for duty and he should loose his job. john, the head of the irs should be removed from office. >> this is the second time around for you. you tried it back in the midsummer. the house didn't move forward. they had two days to move forward on your request. what are you expecting this time around? >> journed before the two legislative days expired. in this case, that won't happen. we will be

what i want to do is send a signal that congress hasn't forgotten about you.anctions will be there waiting on you if you cheat. by the way, the more you threaten israel, the more we're going to help them. >> what about them threatening us? you're a military guy -- >> they are threatening us. >> provocations to our aircraft and navy vessels. i thought this deal closed up the gap. >> they see obama as weak. all i can tell any middle eastern ally like israel, go hire an iranian, they do better with obama man you do. the iranians have walked all over the obama administration and provocative at every turn against us, against the sunni arab states and toppled four arab capitals and gotten away with it. when it comes to this deal with israel, i appreciate certainty, when they say this is the most historic agreement helping israel in the history of the world. i'm a little skeptical. why? because currently gets $3.1 billion, they'll up to 3.3, that's good, increase, congress appropriated 4 billion this year. it's less than appropriated in the future and congress gave $