connolly just said. so often our federal employees are unseen, unnoticed, unappreciated and unapplauded. and i want to thank both of these gentlemen for making sure they keep them on the front burner. making sure that their rights are upheld are, their benefits are intact and protecting them. and i think it's so, so very important. i have social security administration smack dab in the middle of my district. and i know that those many federal employees -- and many others -- really appreciate all that you have done. i'm pleased to be a co sponsor with ms. connolly on hr-2530, the interim stay authority, to protect whistleblowers act is a measure that would ensure protection of federal government whistleblowers in the absence of any members of the merit system protection board, which is the system we are now facing. the holdover term for the last remaining board member, mark robbins, expired on march 1st. in february, the house passed legislation we introduced that would have extended mr. robbins' term, bu

connolly: and your office is how old? mr. kerner: since 1989. mr. connolly: so 30 years. have you received a response to those reports from ms. conway? mr. kerner: ms. conway never responded. mr. connolly: the ranking member compared this to axelrod and others, did those people respond to chastisements by your office, verbal or -- there hasn't been a written report like that. mr. kerner: i don't know if they responded, i wasn't there. i'll leave that to -- mr. connolly: we have your testimony earlier that one of those people not only responded but issued a mea culpa and reimbursed the government for expenses associated with the unfavorable act. mr. kerner: that's correct, secretary sebelius reimbursed the treasury. mr. connolly: contrary to the case in point. could this be solved if ms. conway moved to the campaign? mr. concerner: absolutely. have you ly: we suggested that? mr. kerner: yes. mr. connolly: she's in violation of the law and you definitively determined that. mr. kerner: yes. mr. connellry: and has white house counsel been so informed? mr. kerner: yes. mr. con

connolly shares that objective and i know ma mr. connolly, mr. graves and mr. quigley working together could certainly affect that end. which i would support. i i do not support what perceive to be a retaliatory suggestion about laying off people at o.p.m. in other words if we can't merge it, we're going to lay them off. frankly, if there is evidence that there are too many people and enough people to do the job that is being done and that we can either transfer or -- transfer people to other agencies that might need them, that's one thing. but i don't think that's the evidence that we see. and clearly there would be fficient funds in the budget that mr. quigley has offered to make sure that we have an efficient, effective, office of personnel management. unfortunately, mr. speaker, my perception is that there is a hostility, frankly, toward the federal work force. in this administration. i think that's unfortunate. whether you think government ought to be small or large, you ought to agree on the fact that whatever size it is, we ohto have an effective human r

joining me is jerry connolly which they voted to hold attorney general barr and wilbur ross in contemptentious proposal to include a citizenship question in the 2020 census. congressman connolly, your reaction to what the president said being open for business to what he terms opposition research whether it's from russia, china or some foreign power? >> i think the president has re-opened the whole question of collusion in the gated two years of denial of collusion. he is fond of saying no collusion, no collusion and no collusion and today he said i would welcome collusion. i would gladly accept opposition research or analysis by a foreign power against one of my political opponents. that's the very definition of collusion, anderson. >> opposition research might be disinformation and false information that could be damaging information that could be damaging to an opponent. some are calling for impeachment proceedings to begin. do these comments from the president, does that warrant or change your mind in any way? does it affect it? does it warrant it? >> it certainly affects it, and it

connolly: i'm sorry. i'm going to run out of time. what about the proposed diversion of $232 million from your budget to border operations? did we give you $232 million extra? did we make a mistake? did we overestimate your budget because you didn't need a quarter of a billion dollars? >> mr. pesoske: no, and every agency needs the resources they've been appropriated. we do have an emergency supplemental for humanitarian purposes that's been up here for six weeks that will address a lot of the issues at the southwest border. and i'd urge consideration and passage of that supplemental. rep. connolly: well, mr. chairman, my time is up, but i sure would love to get mr. johnson, mr. bumgardner's take on that if you will allow it. i mean -- >> your time has expired but they may answer it quickly. rep. connolly: i thank the chair. >> i would agree with mr. johnson. it is a complex organization. i don't have anything further to add to that. >> and in terms of obviously, the budget decisions are for the administration and the agency to make t

connolly. >> nay. >> mr. connolly votes no. >> mr. raskin. >> no. >> mr. raskin votes no. mr. ruda votes no. ms. hill votes no. ms. wasserman schultz. no. mr. welch. ms. spear. ms. kelly votes no. mr. desanier. ms. lawrence. >> no. >> ms. lawrence votes no. ms. plasket. mr. conna? >> no. >> mr. gomez. mr. gomez votes no. ms. ocasio-cortez. ms. pressly votes no. ms. talib? ms. talib votes no. mr. jordan. mr. jordan votes yes. mr. amash. >> yes. >> mr. amash votes yes. mr. gosar. ms. fox. mr. massey. >> yes. >> mr. massey votes yes. >> mr. meadows. >> yes. >> mr. meadows votes yes. mr. hice. mr. hice votes yes. mr. grothman. mr. comer votes yes. mr. cloud. mr. gibbs. >> yes. >> mr. gibbs votes yes. mr. higgins. >> yes. >> mr. higgins votes yes. mr. norman. >> yes. >> mr. norman votes yes. mr. roy. >> yes. >> mr. roy votes yes. ms. miller. >> yes. >> ms. miller votes yes. mr. green. mr. armstrong. >> yes. >> mr. armstrong votes yes. mr. stubby votes yes. >> how is mr. grossman recorded? >> i'd like to be recorded. >> mr. grossman is not recorded. >> yes. >> how is ms. fox recorde

[applause] >> please welcome congressman gary conroy -- gerry connolly. >> good evening, fellow democratsthought this was going to be a quiet dinner. with a couple of thousand of my best friends. [applause] fellow democrats, listen up. please listen up. these are no ordinary times. these elections this year and next year are not ordinary elections. it is the opportunity we have, to reclaim our democracy. we are in the fight of our lives for control of our country. [applause] and virginia in 2017 showed the way. and it was an auger of things to come in the midterm elections. we need to win back the state senate, the statehouse, to show america the way to 2020. [applause] it is time to retire the rationalizers and the enablers who see and hear no evil when it comes to donald trump. [applause] we have all but a criminal enterprise that came to the white house through the trump organization. and we need to hold them accountable. in the majority, we are doing just that. and he does not like it. and we need more of us to pick that up. and virginia again has the opportunity to show us the way. f

connolly and myself. we can do it. we will do it again this year.going to take over the house of delegates and state senate. we will win back the white house in 20 20, winning the senate, and owning the house of representatives. we know that when we elect democrats, we are putting the interests of working people over those of special interests. over the years, the public -- republican of structure and in the general assembly -- but we overcame that with hardware. democrats gain the house of delegates in 2017. and because of your hard work, we expanded medicaid to 400,000 who now have access to affordable life-saving health care. members of the house of delegates to stand up so we can show our appreciation for what you did. all the members in the general assembly. and then all candidates, join them, because you will make the liver and swim we take over the house and the senate. deliverance when we take over the house in the senate. thank you. passing legislation by putting working people first, and moving an agenda that is actually for the people. in

most famous the most celebrated the most beloved scottish cultural export of all time it's billy connolly a man who not only isn't ashamed of swearing a man who has turned swearing into an art form and who makes a very strong case case for doing it or most probably are. the biggest current cultural. certainly entertainment world figure is frankie boyle who is it is very much the same we we celebrate fictional characters like malcolm tucker written by the the wonderful armando iannucci who is the most magnificent creative sweeter and in the history of you're not right if you're going to point your revenue. having read reviews i don't believe that but that we should practice going to. apartheid so-called swearwords but not in a special sealed section at the back of the dictionary with a warning this is not to be used they're just words they're words which have a purpose and they use and if you want to express a certain view if you're. protech say particularly angry about government policy that is going to cause by these means of people to die like the most recent welfare reforms which are b

joining me now, virginia representative jer r representative jerry connolly.good to be with you, alex. >> let's get to that contempt vote, sir. set for the full house this tuesday. it may not be the only one this week. i know your committee chair, elijah cummings, has threatened contempt votes against the attorney general as well as commerce secretary wilbur ross, this for missing a question regarding census. what will be your vote in all of this? >> i believe we will, absent some kind of last-minute agreement by the department of justice, and i believe it's well deserved. i most certainly will support a motion of contempt because i think both attorney general barr and particularly secretary ross have engaged in very duplicitous behavior with respect to the committee and the congress. they need to respond to subpoenas. those illegal documents, mr. barr in particular, he's the chief law enforcement official of the united states government, to defie a legal subpoena, you're an officer of the court. that's an illegal act, in my view. >> so what happens next if th

connolly, they voted to move the security clearances to dod. now we are implementing that. we are coming up with all kinds of problems. at the i.t.roubled capacity of opm. we have got to do something. whether that is consolidation or moving the gsa. we have a third world computing system for opm. no wonder we got hacked. maybe we are not as honorable the hacks because we have a third world computing system. all the hackers are on a much more complicated system. i just want to say, thank you to the opm folks for allowing me to really see firsthand what is there. we have to find a solution. this is not about downsizing jobs or getting rid of jobs. i want the opm folks to know that that is very clear from my standpoint. we want to make sure that their jobs are protected. at the same time, we cannot continue to do business the way we are doing business from a computing standpoint that opm. i'm using that to say, the more documents that you give us in a transparent fashion, even if you think that it gives the wrong thanssion, it is better the impression of us not getting the doc

connolly: i thank the chair and i want to thank themy good friend, mr. mcgovern of massachusetts, the distinguished chairman of the committee who i think has done an extraordinary job. i was listening to my friend from georgia. i don't know, maybe he forgot what it was like, the previous eight years, in the last congress in which my friend from georgia sat on the rules committee, we had the most closed rule bills come to the floor in the history to have the congress. -- history of the congress. mr. mcgovern as hasn'tly pointed out how many amendments are in this bill. one of the reasons we're here night after night voting on dozens and dozens of amendments is because the rule committees got opened up. under mr. mcgovern's leadership. and his able staff. and i congratulate them and i absolute them for -- and i salute them for opening up the process that my friends on the other side closed down. madam speaker, i also want to rise in support of this rule and the underlying bill which would make critical domestic investments in law enforcement infrastructure

the subcommitteis chaired by virginia congressman jerry connolly.he medical center director will be here. at the table is michael missile who helped lead the investigations into this troubled medical center. they will be talking about several new reports including one we reported a man overdosed in the parking lot of the medical center and his body was undiscovered by taff more than a day and they will tpek about the recent esca of a patient from the psychiatric rd of the medical center. that man went through the ceiling tiles of a shower and got outside the building and got to a home in manassas. someone told the news4 i-team how it happened. >> he went throu emergen emergency room the staff at the hospital to call a taxi cab. ght >> they called him a cab? >> they called him a cab. >> reporter: he was wearing his hospital clothes? >> he was wearing his scrub bottoms and a tank top. >> reporter: several local members from this subcommittee abwill local questions t troubles at a local medical center. scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. >> the i-team will

i am patrick connolly. i may richmond resident i live on sixth avenue, i am a dad of two young kids. one of which is currently in swim lessons and currently take him outside of the neighborhood to have the swim lessons. i think a use like this would be useful for the neighborhood. there's a lot of families out there. maybe my kids and my younger kid when he's old enough to take swim lessons can go and take swim lessons there. i'd also just generally say as a resident of richmond that thank goodness somebody finally wants to do something with this theater. it's been like this since i moved to san francisco 10-11 years ago. thank god somebody wants to do something with it. i'll leave you without. >> thank you. any other public comments on this item? public comment is now closed. commissioner johnson. >> i, too, am a resident of the richmond. yes, thank goodness. somebody wants to do something with alexandria. when i originally saw the plans in 2013, i was really excited. i think i am a huge fan of civic infra

the utah jazz acquired mike conley from memphis for three players, connolly the perfect compliment toll-time leading scorer averaged 21 points per game last season. he was the highest paid player in the league for a minute or so at $32 million a year. now a bunch of guys are passed him by at $32 million. >>> the a's finish after their 16-run outburst last night. it was the pitching that stole the show today for the athletics. chris on the mound the green and gold dealing. oh, the break on that pitch. he had jonathan v.r. and nunes. you'll all get nothing and like it. threw a no-hitter through five and struck out six. bottom five here comes the offense. josh fantastic. three-run blast. a's up 3-0. seventh three in the seventh. castro wild pitch. khris davis come on down. a's sweep the o's 8-3 the final. giants and dodgers tonight in l.a. >>> this is really cool. san jose earthquakes academy sophie jones was named the 2018, '19 soccer player of the year today and presenting the award in a surprise announcement a hall of fame visitor. [ cheers ] >> you have won the gatorade national girl

house oversight committe it will bed by a subcommittee chaired by virginia congressman jerry connolly. he'll be asking questions to the witnesses. we know the director of the medical center will be here and one of the witnesses will bei sitt right at this table answering questis will be the inspector general of the va whoe has led so of the investigations of the troubled n medical cer. what will they talk about? we know they'll talk about several issues raised by the news4 i-am. including patient safety issues and supply shortages at the medical center and delayed patient proceduresnd they'll ask about a recent escape from che psychiatric ward at the medical ter. a patient who escaped through the ceiling tiles of a shower went out of the medical center and stepped back in to ask an e.r. staffer to cahim a cab. the staffer did. >> he went through the emergency room and asked someone in the emergency room to call him a taxi cab. >> and they called him a cab? >> they called him a cab. >>e was wearing his hospital clothes? >> he was wearing his scrub bottoms and a tank top. >> we his body

announcer: please welcome from the 11th district, congressman gerry connolly.ening, fellow democrats. i thought this was going to be a quiet dinner. with a couple of thousand of my best friends. fellow democrats, listen up a little bit. up.se, listen these are no ordinary times. and these elections this year and next year are not ordinary elections. have toe opportunity we reclaim our democracy. we are in the fight of our lives, the soul of our country. 2017, showed in the way. and that was in order of things to come in the midterm elections. why our election this year is so important. we need to win back the state house, to show america the way to 2020. [applause] >> it is time to retire the rationalize or's and the noblers who see and hear evil when it comes to donald trump. we have all but a criminal enterprise that came to the white house to the trump organization. we need to hold them accountable. in the majority, we are doing just that. and he does not like it. and we need more of us to pick that up. and virginia again has the opportunity to show us the w

i want to democratic congressman gerry connolly members of the foreign affairs committee.ht maccommittee. the president threatening overwhelming obliteration his words. after that he says he think iran takes the threat seriouspy hi. one of the threats that overwhelming being obliteration at times during they take the threats seriously. >> i think iran is taking and has taken the measures of this president and at best they have seen him as ee rat being, at the end of the day he pulls his punches. for a president who can't even follow through on a measured retaliation for the shooting down of an american drone by the iranians why should they be afraid of massive obliteration. this sounds like typical trump blunder and bluster. and you know, i also find it ironic that the secretary of state would characterize the iranian leader comments as childish and immature. if there is anyone who ought to be an expert in ujds child like and immature it's secretary pompeo. >> certainly he recognizes it. >> that's right. >> he calls it out selectively. president trump said today he does no

we have joined by norm connolly. "marketwatch" technology editor jeremy owens out in san francisco.ant to talk in particular, norm, this market. we have trading range on the dow, 81 points. cautiousness ahead of g20. the story about technology, huawei, 5g products, what are you watching in that space? >> it will be a slow news day on friday, right? we're interested in the semiconductors. we're invested in several names for the group. what happens on friday with u.s. china trade is important, part of a cycle. cheryl: jeremy, there has been a call for lot of companies, make equipment from other companies, you can't buildout a 5g network. this has to have tech companies scrambling. >> entire supply chain is so independent. putting it back into china, putting it all together, anything will throw any kind of wrench into that will be a severe thing for these companies. cheryl: fascinating to watch. norm, you've been on the show before. i know you like amazon. that is a stock you've been watching. paypal and visa, who do you like the most? is it still amazon? >> amazon is one of our favori

. >>> for more on that let's discuss with jerry connolly. congressman, good to speak with you today. now, your committee has tried this already. you wanted to interview chris kobach about the citizenship question that was added to the census. kobach headed up the voter fraud commission which is now defunct. the white house cited executive privilege even though kobach was never a part of the administration. how would you break through of people that were not officially staffers still listen to that white house when they're told not to talk? >> you know, i think the white house has gone executive privilege crazy and it doesn't pass the giggle test. executive privilege was kind of invented around 1973 during the nixon white house to basically shield the president and his associates from scrutiny. it didn't work then and it's not going to work now. they're invoking an extraordinarily overbroad privilege that does not exist in law or in the constitution, and it is clearly designed to shield people from accountability, including the president's cl

democratic representative gerry connolly of virginia blasted the motive behind the question. while in the oval office today, president trump defended the additional question. >> i think it's totally ridiculous that we would have census without asking, but the supreme court is going to be ruling on it soon. i think when a census goes out you should find out whether or not, and you have the right to ask whether or not, somebody is qcitizen of the united states. >> the citizenshstion is not just a normal question, by the way hasn't been asked on th1 census sin0, the year i was born, for a reason: because is going to intimidate a discourage. t and it hbe seen in the context, the context of an antic immigrant poliing out of this whiteufouse. >> woo hansi lo wang who covers the census for npr is in new york. welcome back to the newshr. so, hansiwhat, we have going here, we have the presidentsa ng it is perfectly right of the administration to ask whether people are citizens or ensus. but then separately, you have claims that there is evidenceth that administration was adding this q

i'll speak with congressman gerry connolly of the oversight committee and our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the day's top stories. president trump arriving back here in washington, just moments ago, to face a series of conflicts, most of his own making. let's begin with cnn white house correspondent, caitlkaitlan col. the kaitlan, the most pressing issue is the mexico tariffs and the clock is clearly ticking. >> yes, wolf, it certainly is. and the two sides have continued to negotiate throughout the day. and now you're seeing the president strike an optimistic tone, but what you're also seeing that's new, wolf, is the president is now tying this fight to trade issues, rather than mexico's ability to stop illegal immigration, something that aides have denied for a week, that the two are connected. >> reporter: tonight, the white house is facing a deadline and president trump is keeping the nation in suspense. >> they need us. we don't need them, we need them. >> reporter: trump hinting there's a good chance he'll make a deal with mexico and back off his threat to a

he's a partner at williams connolly and i've been fortunate to have him as my lawyer and career guide since i left the white house. it's great to have you here, bob. a new role for me. i get to ask you questions. >> thank you, dana. it's a joy to be here with you. >> dana: when you get ready for a press briefing or press conference or debate, you have to practice like you play. what do you think is the most important way candidates can prepare when you have so many candidates on stage all at once? >> the first thing you have to do is go into their with the strategy. if you go in there, ad lib ad hoc, doesn't work. what do i mean? for some of these people who are virtually unknown, they have to introduce themselves. for others who are in a lane and there are lanes, they may make their strategy trying to knock out somebody in their lien. for others, it will be shooting at the people of the top. for others, it will be ignoring everybody on the stage and going right against the president. the first thing you've got to do is you've got to have a strategy. in terms of the preparation itself

connolly votes no. mr. morrissey votes no. mr. raskin votes no. mr. ruta votes no. mint hill votes no. miss wasserman schultz. miss wasserman schultz votes no. mr. welch? miss kelly? miss kelly votes no. mr. dasani? miss lawrence votes no. miss vasquez mr. gomez. mr. gomez votes no. miss presley votes no. miss to leave votes no. mr. jordan votes yes. mr. marsh votes yes. mr. massey votes yes. mr. meadows votes yes. mr. gibbs mr. gibbs votes yes. mr. higgins mr. higgins both yes. mr. norman votes yes. mr. roy votes yes. ms. miller both yes. mr. armstrong votes yes. >> how is mr. grossman recorded? >> mr. grossman is not recorded. >> this box is not recorded. miss fox votes yes. >> this hill is recorded as no. >> how is miss norton recorded. >> ms. norton is not recorded. miss norton votes no. >> i just want to confirm that i was recorded. >> mr. cross hill cortez is not recorded. >> the clerk will give us the tally. >> on this vote we have 50 yes and 20 knows. >> the motion is not agreed to. let me say this i will work to clarify that ruling. i now recognize myself o

about gun violence and gang violence, where were my republican colleagues last year when congressman connolly introduced h.r. 5960, a bill actually called preventing gang violence act of 2018? mr. neguse: a bill that they killed in committee. if my colleagues -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. members, you must come to order and respect the gentleman's time. the gentleman may proceed. mr. neguse: if my colleagues across the aisle truly wanted to combat gang violence, why did they refuse to let h.r. 1297, the youth promise act, come out of committee when it was introduced in the 114th congress by congressman scott? at the end of the day, there is no question that no one is interested in allowing gang members to benefit from the dream and promise act, and that is why this bill addresses this exact issue. at the end of the day, the secretary has the ability to deny any applicant if they have directly participated in gang activity, even if they have not been convicted of a crime. mr. speaker, what we have lost in the debate today, in my view, is what this bill is all about at

and some of the issues that we connolly associate with health and human services like mental health, substance abuse. opioid addiction and what we're seeing is that mayors are really focused on uplifting parks and recreation as spaces where they are able to improve the health-related outcomes for residents. >> yeah, that's really interesting. we know there is just a study released from the trust republic clans ranking cities on parks and recreation facilities. d.c. ranked very well in that report as other cities did as well. when we think of parks and recreation, though we often think about infrastructure, sustain ability. what's the context that we see it in here for health and human services? >> right we normally do think about in the way of infrastructure. our mayors talk about it in the way of infrastructure. this year we heard a lot about pools, and we also heard about irrigation systems that they were trying to implement. but in terms of health and human services it's really about improving the quality of life for their residents and whether it's true improving sports programs

announcer: please welcome congressman gerry connolly. good evening fellow democrats!nner. with a couple of thousand of my best friends. [applause] fellow democrats, listen up. up.se listen these are no ordinary times. year andctions this next year are not ordinary elections. have,the opportunity we to reclaim our democracy. are in the fight of our lives for control of our country. [applause] in 2017 the way. in 2017 showed the way. and it was an auger of things to come in the midterm elections. we need to win back the state to showthe statehouse, america the way to 2020. [applause] thes time to retire rationalize or's and the and hear no see evil when it comes to donald trump. [applause] all but a criminal enterprise that came to the white house through the trump organization. and we need to hold them accountable. majority, we are doing just that. and he does not like it. and we need more of us to pick that up. again has the opportunity to show us the way. final point. make our, after we decisions, we must come together. a united team going into battle next year. that

connolly. >> aye. >> mr. morty. >> aye. >> mr. raskin. >> aye. >> mr. rudda. >> aye. >> i hmiss hill. >> aye. >> miss wasserman-schultz? >> aye. >> mr. welch. miss speer, miss kelly, mr. desanya. miss lawrence. miss pleskit. >> aye. >> mr. coner. >> aye. >> mr. gomez. >> aye. >> miss alexandria occasio-cortez. >> aye. >> miss presley. >> aye. >> miss talib. >> aye. >> mr. jordan. >> no. >> mmash. >> mr. gosart? >> no. >> miss fox. mr. massey. >> no. >> mr. meadows. >> no. >> mr. heiss? mr. grossman? no. mr. comeyer. >> no. >> mr. cloud? >> no. >> mr. gibbs? >> no. >> mr. higgins. >> no. >> mr. norman. >> no. >> mr. roy? >> no. >> miss miller. >> no. >> mr. green? >> no. >> mr. armstrong? >> no. >> mr. stuvy? >> no. >> how was miss fox recorded? >> miss fox was not recorded. >> no. >> miss fox votes no. >> is there any member wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? the clerk shall report the rote. >> we have 25 yeses, and 16 nos. >> the resolution is approved. the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. staff is authorized to make any techn

connolly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my friend from ohio, the ranking member has attempted to discredit the purpose of this hearing. and in the process discredit those of us who raise questions, legitimate questions about the pricing of a life saving drug. i'm here because of one of my best friends. his name was rick. he developed a.i.d.s. in the lated '80s when there was no cure. he died when myodaughter was just a few months old, 1991. i spent a lot of time with him during the illness. i saw its progression. i saw his suffering. terrible symptoms. it ultimately went to his brain. and he started hallucinating. maybe there was a blessing there because he was not any longer aware of his suffering. he lost his job because of the illness and was uninsured and didn't have access to health care. he went to a home owe pathic clinic because he was hopeful maybe that would work. it seemed to only make his suffering worse. so mr. jordan i'm not here to discredit an american company or mr. o'day. i'm here for my friend rick. i'm h

connolly: for years iran has been labeled as the world most active state sponsor of terrorism. this assertionment is based on the cold, hard facts -- saysment is based on the cold, hard facts of tehran's behavior. for terrorism knows few bounds -- sectarian or geographic. iran has supported -- provided support to sunni, shia, and secular terrorists, all kinds of terror. it has conducted or sponsored attacks around the world, including a plot right here in washington during the obama administration to blow up a local restaurant and kill the saudi ambassador to the united states. and we know tehran is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of american service members in iraq and afghanistan, americans murdered by iran's proxies. so while it should be shocking that iran is now conducting more attacks against civilian shipping vessels in international waters, unfortunately it really isn't all that shocking. this is the kind of behavior we've witnessed over the years. until recently the u.s. spent years failing to hold iran's sufficiently accountable for its terrorism proxies and gr