and myself together with our colleagues on the judiciary committee led by congressman goodlatte and conyers. that bill passed with an overwhelming bipartisan majority and i want to thank congressman goodlatte and conyers as well as congressman schiff and nunes, also congressman sensenbrenner and jerry nadler and other members who worked hard and continued the pursuit of this much-needed reform. we need this bill, though, to keep our country safe. section 215 of the patriot act which is the part that legalizes much of n.s.a.'s critical work to protect us from terrorists expires in less than three weeks, on june 1. if we do not re-authorize it with the reforms demanded by the public essential cape -- by the public, essential abilities to track suspects will expire also. this couldn't happen at a worse time. the threats posed by isis and other terrorist groups are just the tip of the iceberg.

and that's how nikki came here to safe, secure conyers.his is robert's house, and here they made a family. unusual, in some ways, as you will hear, but -- >> it was nice. it was really nice. everything clicked just right. >> reporter: and she wanted to her life to get even better. so, while she kept her job as a hair stylist, she enrolled in atlanta's bauder college to study fashion design. >> that's when i actually learned that nikki was a hairstylist. >> reporter: ronda anderson taught a couple of nikki's classes. she thought nikki had a sense of purpose -- whether it was about her kids, or fashion, or other people's hair. >> i came in the class early one day, as i normally do. she looked up at me, and said, "miss anderson, what's going on with your hair?" and i said, "what, excuse me?" and then she asked me this question. "do you have a hairstylist? and does she know have your hair looking like that today?" and i said, "yes and no." and she said, "miss anderson, i'm giving her one more chance. one more chance. and if it's not right, i'm

conyers -- aaron hiller with mr. conyers and bart forsyth with mr. sensenbrenner, for their long hours and steadfast dedication to this legislation. i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserbs. the gentleman from michigan is recognized -- the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. conyers: thank you, sir. ladies and gentlemen, with the passage of the u.s.a. freedom act today, the house will have done its part to enact historic and sweeping reforms to the government surveillance program and powers. this legislation ends bulk collection creates a panel of experts to guide the foreign intelligence surveillance court and mandates extensive government reporting. today we have a rare opportunity to restore a measure of strength to surveillance programs that have simply gone too far. for

conyers, is recognized for his questions. mr. conyers: thank you. i appreciate the different contributions from each of the five panelists. and i think we are off to a good discussion. i would like you to know that thanks to the chairman and the -- mr. scott and sensenbrenner, we have been having hearings on over criminalization that start the out for six months and chairman goodlatte added six more months to it it was so effective. . prosecutor's got to decide whether to prosecute one that he's been working with a long time. professor ramirez and any of the rest of you, please let's look at that for a moment. ms. ramirez: as a former federal prosecutor, i've worked with law enforcement and i know firsthand the difficult and dangerous work that they do but i also believe that when there has been a civilian who's been shot or police misconduct, it is very hard for a prosecutor who works day in and day out with these law enforcement officers and knows they worked with them in the past and the future to make an independent decision which is why i think

conyers: thank you madam speaker. i am now pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguished member of the judiciary committee ms. jackson lee from houston, texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for three minutes. ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i have had more than a momentous time to be in this body. i was moved by the conviction of my friend and colleague and the speaker boehner and representative franks, because i know they speak from their heart. but states cannot be distributed on one side of the aisle. my faith my god is no less than the republicans'. and i speak for those who cannot be here today. i speak for mothers who suffer in corners trying to provide for their children, but love their children and gave birth to them. i speak for those who i sat in a room called the judiciary committee some years ago by listening to the pain of mothers who said, i want this child. but my doctor has advised me that my life would not have survived to take care of my other children had i

conyers. rep. conyers: thank you, mr. chairman. members of the committee, to our distinguished witnesses and to those who have come to this hearing, law enforcement accountability is an issue that is very topical, given current events. but also one that has long been a concern of mine and many other members. as a member of congress, i stood on the streets of detroit with able mourn, an appeal for calm while my city burned around me in 1967. thinking back, there was a race riot in detroit in 1943. on too many occasions i have met with the grieving relatives of those who have lost their lives at the hands of police, but i have also met with the families of police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. some of these officers were killed by violent criminals, while other officers were inadvertently killed by their colleagues, or some of their colleagues who could only see the color of their skin. i have cochaired a town hall meetings with fellow members of congress and others across this nation in response to policing incid

conyers.thank you, mr. goodlatte our chairman. members of the committee and to our distinguished witnesses and to those who have come to this hearing, law enforcement accountability is an issue that is topical given current events but also one that has long been a concern of mine and many other members. as a member of congress, i have stood on the streets of detroit with a bullhorn and appealed for calm while my city burned around me in 1967. thinking back there was a race riot in detroit in 1943. on too many occasions, i've met with the grieving relatives of those who have lost their lives at the hands of police, but i've also met with the families of police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. some of these officers were killed by violent criminals, while other officers were inadvertently killed by their colleagues or some of their colleagues who could only see the color of their skin. i have co-chaired town hall meetings with fellow members of congress and others across this n

conyers: of course. mr. hartley: but for the public's consideration and for the officers' consideration confidence in the process is important and it has to do with planning for the event from start to finish and include community contacts, media engagement and other processors related to the legal system. mr. conyers: thank you very much. ms. rahr, just in closing, do you see some hope in president obama's recent statements on the subject when he was in camden yesterday? ms. rahr: i do. i think that there are a number of recommendations that will be helpful to every police department in the nation for some departments, they will be able to follow many of those recommendations. i hope that as time goes on the distribution of federal funding and resources will take into account the cooperation of agencies that are doing their best to follow those recommendations. mr. conyers: thank you. mr. goodlatte: chair thanks the gentleman. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. gowdy, for five minut

conyers is recognized for his question. >> thank you. i appreciate the different contributions from each of the five panelists, and i think we're off to a good discussion. i'd like you to know that thanks to the chairman and mr. scott and sensenbrenner we've been having hearings on overcriminalization. they started out for six months and the chairman, goodlatte added six more months to it it was so effective. this moves us further along. but the fact of the matter is how do we change this culture? this goes back a long ways. this isn't something a recent phenomenon at all. and so i'm thinking about how we get into this infrastructure and architecture that we're trying to move to and i'd like to look at that for just a moment. but before we do i'd like to raise the question of police prosecutions. we all know the conundrum, the prosecutor and the police work together much of the time, and then all of a sudden the prosecutor's got to decide whether to prosecute one that he's been working with a long time. professor ramirez and any of the r

conyers mr. scott, mr. cohen requesting a hearing in 2014. >> mr. scott, mr. cohen, mr. conyers, and then an article entitled law enforcement warrior problem to be added into the record. >> without objection. >> mr. chairman, if i might, in thanking the witnesses, just make one simple comment and that is i want to express to all of you the significance of your testimony. the judiciary committee, how very serious about coming forward in the spirit of recognizing the pain of an officer's death and the pain of apprehension about police and maybe their death. i believe we can find that common ground. i hope you will allow us to inquire -- we did not get to question everyone. i hope you will make yourself resources as we write to address a mother's pain as well find that place. by quoting a philosopher, treat people as if they were what they should be. you help them become what their capable of being. if we're to keep our democracy there must be one commandment. i think this is what you're speaking of, everyone deserves justice, we do not deny your officers justice and we hav

conyers. and then an article entitled "law enforcement warrior problem" to be added into the record. >> without objection. >> and then mr. chairman if i might just in thanking the witnesses just make one simple comment. and that is i want to express to all of you the significance of your testimony. and that the judiciary committee through our chairman and ranking member and those of us who work on these issues are very serious about coming forward in the spirit of recognizing the pain of an officer's death and the pain of a civilian's confusion and apprehension about police and maybe even their death. and i frankly believe we can find that common found. i hope that you will allow us to inquire of you. we did not get to question everyone. i hope you will make yourself resources as we ride forward to address a mother's pain and as well find that even place. and i, in my remarks, by quoting a philosopher, treat people as if they were what they should be and you help them become what they're capea

conyers. rep. conyers: thank you, mr. chairman. members of the committee, to our distinguished witnesses and to those who have come to this hearing, law enforcement accountability is an issue that is very topical, given current events. but also one that has long been a concern of mine and many other members. as a member of congress, i stood on the streets of detroit with able mourn, an appeal for calm while my city burned around me in 1967. thinking back, there was a race riot in detroit in 1943. on too many occasions i have met with the grieving relatives of those who have lost their lives at the hands of police, but i have also met with the families of police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. some of these officers were killed by violent criminals, while other officers were inadvertently killed by their colleagues, or some of their colleagues who could only see the color of their skin. i have cochaired a town hall meetings with fellow members of congress and others across this nation in response to policing incid

conyers. rep. conyers: thank you, mr. chairman. members of the committee, to our distinguished witnesses and to those who have come to this hearing, law enforcement accountability is an issue that is very topical given current events. but also one that has long been a concern of mine and many other members. as a member of congress, i stood on the streets of detroit with a bullhorn and appealed for calm while my city burned around me in 1967. thinking back, there was a race riot in detroit in 1943. on too many occasions, i have met with the grieving relatives of those who have lost their lives at the hands of police, but i have also met with the families of police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. some of these officers were killed by violent criminals, while other officers were inadvertently killed by their colleagues, or some of their colleagues, who could only see the color of their skin. i have cochaired a town hall meetings with fellow members of congress and others across this nation in response to policing in

he wanted to go throughled task force chaired by representative goodlatte, and i think john conyers from michigan is working on that task force. he thinks we need a comprehensive plan put forth as opposed to him dictating what should happen. when congressman green and i walked out of the meeting with the speaker, we both turned to each other and said that wasn't a bad meeting. i don't want to overstate my optimism, but for the first time since all this began since frankly trayvon martin which you brought the attention to the world, i think that we may be moving congressionally towards some kind of legislation that will dramatically impact what's been happening with police minorities in this country. >> now, congressman, the rialto california, police department did a landmark study on police body cameras. it found a 60% decline in the use of force by police and an 88% decline in the amount of citizen complaints about police. how big a difference would body cameras make to policing across the country? >> a significant difference. keep in mind that all of the good police 99% of them they wa

. >> the dean of the entire house or presented its, congress been -- >> john conyers reporting.thers and sisters, what we are doing here to change things. it's got to change things. we are here with mayor de blasio and so many of our close friends to launch the progressive agenda. give all the members of congress and the progressive agenda a round of applause for putting this together. [applause] income inequality threatens the character of the country as well as our economic future. 95% of the games since the great recession went to the top 1% of the economic ladder and wages for the nation's working families remain stagnant. this cannot continue. the discrepancy partial results from the ongoing crisis in the job market. that's why i propose a full employment legislation for everybody in america to either have a job or get trained for a job. full employment. that's the way out of what we're in right now. now, despite all of the progress made by this administration, and sometimes by us, we've got 20 million americans that are unable to find full-time employment, and that's got t

. >> john conyers reporting. brothers and sisters what we are doing here to change things. it's got to change things. we are here with mayor de blasio and so many of our close friends to launch the progressive agenda. give all the members of congress and the progressive agenda a round of applause for putting this together. [applause] income inequality threatens the character of the country as well as our economic future. 95% of the games since the repression went to the top 1% of the economic ladder and wages for the nation's working families remain stagnant. this cannot continue. the discrepancy partial results from the ongoing crisis in the job market. that's why i propose a full employment legislation for everybody in america to either have a job or get trained for a job. full employment. that's the way out of what we're in right now. now, despite all of the progress made by this administration, and sometimes by us we've got 20 million americans that are unable to find full-time employment, and that's got to change. joseph stiglitz economist, and other top economists, em

great crew from all over the country including from conyers, georgia, where i know a few rain is goingpending on where you're flying. we'll go to girp in just a segd, but first here's the local forecast. >> reporter: rob, around here we're stuck in the 60s, at least we're dry and sunshine up over the horizon earlier cloud cover eroding at this point. breezy and temperatures in the 60s. the exclusive accuweather forecast shows a much cooler high of 69 after yesterday's 88. it will be windy and bluster. sunny and nice, 74. 76 another nice one on friday. back to "g.m.a."! ost magnificent hidden world. we went right up to the brink yesterday. today ginger will take us inside. she's been trekking for days and we are so excited to get inside with ginger right now. where exactly are you, ginger? sgl>> oh george i am way down here from the perspective you can see me about 4 feet below the top of one of the world's largest caverns inside a mountain inside a jungle in central vietnam and this i have to be honest with you, has been one of or the, i would say, most difficult, dangerous and grities

in front of the judiciary committee on tuesday and we thank chairman goodlatte and ranking member conyers for heeding our voices asking for this hearing. and it was a hearing of information. but i think it did evidence that there is a divide that must be bridged. . tonight i stand on the floor to honor, mr. johnson, a fallen officer in my district and none of us want to consent to actions against law enforcement officers in the line of duty protecting our communities and our nation. at the same time, i believe that we have the opportunity to do some serious issues or confront serious issues developing a road map for better police community tissue better police-community relations. so in addition to the legislation that i know mr. johnson has already elaborated on and i support him in his efforts, we will be looking at legislation that deals with holding the standard matrix to provide a road map of training for police officers and law enforcement officers from de-escalation to ideas of interaction with community, professional training, educational training, we'll also hopefully pass a cade

great crew from all over the country including from conyers, georgia, where i know a few people.l drive into northern california where they need it. let's go further west or farther west or east depending on which way you're flying because we're going to go to ginger in just a second. >> morning, and happy hump day. i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area microclimate forecast. the clouds have kept us mild and will keep us ten degrees cooler than average with rain tonight and showers tomorrow, and slight warming this weekend. 70 in fairfield and antioch. that it is. everyone else is in the 60s until you get to the coast into san francisco and mid-to-upper 50s. my seven-day forecast shows tomorrow morning the commute looks to be wet with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the >> that's the weather. the big moment is finally here. ginger and her drones inside the planet's most magnificent hidden world. we went right up to the brink yesterday. today ginger will take us inside. she's been trekking for days and we are so excited to get inside with ginger right now. where e

great crew from all over the country including from conyers, georgia, where i know a few people.lifornia where they need it. let's go further west or farther west or east depending on which way you're flying because we're going to go to gingerjacqui: good morning, washington. seasable air has finally arrived in bc, we are finally chchecking on the 70's today, no clds but it wiwill be a bit a gusty one. i down as the 40 possible subu. 50 degrees inside the beltway. >> that's the weather. the big moment is finally here. ginger and her drones inside the planet's most magnificent hidden world. we went right up to the brink yesterday. today ginger will take us inside. she's been trekking for days and we are so excited to get inside with ginger right now. where exactly are you, ginger? sgl>> oh george i am way down here from the perspective you can see me about 4 feet below the top of one of the world's largest caverns inside a mountain inside a jungle in central vietnam and this i have to be honest with you, has been one of or the, i would say, most difficult, dangerous and gritiest a

conyers and the subcommittee chairman, mr.ing member, are grateful for the leadership of our colleagues in working through the human trafficking legislation. i would associate myself with the words that all of us have said very often as tragically and heinously sex trafficking and human trafficking the trafficking of children keeps on giving in an ugly, horrible disastrous way that ruins the lives of innocent victims. for they are used over and over again. stand here recognizing that houston ranks very high among those cities that have had the scourge of human trafficking. in fact, as i rise to support s. 178 the justice victims act -- trafficking act of 2015, i recognize that human trafficking is a scourge that impacts greatly on my home district in houston, texas. houston currently ranks number one among the u.s. cities with the most victims of human trafficking. so i congratulate on the house bill judge ted poe congressman poe, my neighbor in houston, and care lynn maloney, a -- carolyn maloney, a member from new york, who

conyers of the judiciary committee, for this timely presentation and the offering of this legislation on this floor this week which is a time to commemorate and mourn and to hold up the nation's law enforcement. it's a very important statement that we make today on the floor of the house and as a senior member of the house judiciary committee, as the ranking member of the subcommittee on crime terrorism and homeland security and investigations, and yes, as a member of congress from houston, which has one of the flakes' most effective -- nation's most effective police departments, and as co-sponsor of the house companion measure i rise in strong support of s. 665, the rafael ramos and wenjian liu national blue alert act of 2013. i, too, thank senator cardin, congressman reichart and, of course, my colleague and friend, congressman pascrell. i am also a co-sponsor. i thank them for their particular leadership on this bill. every day more than 900,000 officers protect and serve the people of the united states. on average, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty every 58

conyers. and without objection all the members' opening statements will be made part of the record. if you would all please rise, i'll begin by swearing you in. please raise your right hand. do you and each of you solemnly swear that the testimony that you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? thank you very much. let the record reflect that the witnesses responded in the affirmative. sheriff david a. clark jr. has served as the sheriff of milwaukee county, wisconsin since march 2002, when he was appointed by then governor scott mccallum. he was elected in november 2002 and is currently serving his fourth term as sheriff. sheriff clark holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice management from concordia university wisconsin a master's in security studies from the naval post-graduate school, and has completed various executive education programs with the fbi and at harvard university's john f. kennedy school of government. matthew barge is the vice president and deputy director of the police assessment resource center pa

. >> john conyers reporting. brothers and sisters what we're doing here is going to change things.t to change things. we're here with mayor de blasio and so many of our close friends to launch the progressive agenda. give all the members of congress in the progressive agenda a round of applause for putting this together. income inequality threatens the character of the country as well as our economic future. 95% of the gains since the great recession went to the top 1% of the economic ladder, and wages for the nation's working families remains stagnant. this cannot continue. the discrepancy partially results from the ongoing crises in the job market. that's why i propose a full employment legislation for everybody in america to either have a job or get trained for a job, full employment. that's the way out of what we're in right now. despite all of the progress made by this administration and sometimes by us we've got 20 million americans that are unable to unable to find full-time employment. that's got to change. an economist and other top economists emphasize that full employmen

when you can bring conyers and goodlatte and sensenbrenner and nadler together as co-sponsors of the bill, and a strong vote 338-88. some people opposed it and i don't have an objection to some of senator paul's objections. but where is his bill? move something forward. go to conference. as you know our bill ends government bulk collection of metta date -- metadata. that's a good thing. it replace it is with a new process that requires the government to get approval on a case by case basis with the court record, a fisa court order before asking phone companies for specific records. it strengthens privacy and civil liberty protections. we always want more in that regard but it doesn't -- it makes great progress in that regard. it increases transparency through a panel of amicus briefs legal and technical experts, to provide guidance on privacy and civil liberties technology, etc. these are bipartisan -- nonpartisan in their nature. both sides of the aisle have these concerns about civil liberties and privacy. and it also enhances public and congressional reporting requirements and req

attorney general this morning on the house i come of the chairman, bob goodlatte ranking member john conyers, and a number of other members put out a memo -- bulk collection of data is not authorized under the law and is not accepted by the american people. it also reaffirms debt a straight we authorization of the bulk collection program is not a choice for congress. next week, the house of representatives will vote on the usa freedom act, which contains the most sweeping set of reforms on government surveillance in nearly 40 years. you can find it on c-span. look for the members of congress list. under an hour from the pentagon we will hear from the defense secretary, ashton carter, and also the general martin dempsey. later today as the poll's begin to close in the u.k., they close it and what p.m. local time, 5:00 p.m. eastern, our live simulcast of itv's coverage will begin at 4:55 eastern here on c-span. you are is at some of the candidates and issues in the u.k. parliamentary elections. host: toby harnden. this is one of the closest in decades. why is it so close, and how close is it?

it resulted in chairman sensenbrenner and ranking members conyers writing a letter saying never again should the -- any trade agreement amend immigration law. that's the promise of the congress according to the constitution. and i offered an amendment after one of these trade agreements did just that, and it passed unanimously. senator feinstein and other democrats signed on. and it said never again will immigration law be amended as part of a trade agreement. that's not the way to change the law of the united states, especially when you have a president who is rewriting immigration law enforcing immigration law that congress explicitly rejected through his executive amnesty. so my amendment is modeled after the congressional responsibility for immigration act of 2003, a bill sponsored by democratic colleagues senators leahy feinstein and kennedy former senator kennedy our former colleague. it would prohibit the application of fast-track authority procedures to any implementing bill that affects u.s. immigration law or policy or the entry of aliens if an implementing bill or trade agr

i said the honorable conyers. honorable joseph scrollly, the honorable danny davis, the honorable delaney, the honorable delbene, the honorable duckworth. honorable ellison honorable fudge, honorable grayson, honorable gene green, honorable gridge -- grijalva. this is not the first time that we have had temporary status granted to other countries. it was done under the clinton administration and for nicaragua following a hurricane as well as in honduras. it was done with the bush administration for el salvador, done for the obama administration for those who suffered from an earthquake in haiti. these are some of the people who are part of the mission of mercy. . the honorable louis gutierrez the lonyorble denny heck, the honorable sheila jackson lee the honorable hakim jefferies the honorable hank jon the honorable daniel kildee, the honorable barbara lee the honorable john lewis the honorable zoe lofgren, the honorable jim mcdermott the honorable grace message, the hon yornl gwynn moore, the honorable grace napo