conyers. when people who believe the solution to this problem is to take violent acts against police officers, deliberately targeting them, they need to be dealt with swiftly and surely and severely. we have to make sure our law enforcement officers know that our nation is behind their work, when they are putting their lives on the line every time they go into a community, knock on our door, every time they leave their home and their family worries about them. this is a problem that communities like detroit and atlanta have shared with us. as mr. conyers said, we brought people from other communities here to washington. they share their ideas as well. they involve greater communication between law enforcement and the communities they are policing. they involve having open sessions like we have conducted, where people can share their concerns and complaints. i think if communities across the country, no matter how large or small they are, do this, they will create a better dialogue, and we will

conyers: it seems to me we are both on the right track.the understanding is essential to build up trust. and trust is essential to be able to belive that dialogue and examination of particular cases and challenges law enforcement has in this particular society is solved. something i have a lot of emphasis on is reentry. helping a person convicted, imprisoned, released, and then nable to find employment makes him or her more vulnerable of something wrong to happen again. that is what we are trying to do. with these candid discussions -- and we include police chiefs and mayors and scholars and law enforcement experts -- with that, we have begun to see the other side of the picture. and that gives us the ground we need to build up the confidence and trust that will lead to, i hope, lower criminal activity and crime rates. it is true that a lot of these things are cultural. a lot of these things are tied to geopolitical considerations in the city or town or state that there may be problems. it is in that respect it makes this an important and

conyers and others. this is a bipartisan bill, senator grassley on the senate side, and chuck schumer, sponsored it on the senate side. maxine waters, it's the left, right, middle, herb in -- everybody in between. this is about helping people who are at grave risk when they wander. and i thank the chair. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. gohmert: i'll continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, we have no other speakers other than myself and i believe i have the right to close. i'll reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleagues. who not bow to anyone may think they have greater love or care or commitment to people who suffer fromdy meaningsia --

conyers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm prepared to close but first i want to yield as much time as she may need to the gentlelady from texas, sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the dean of this institution. anyone who has had the privilege of working with john conyers and ohn lewis have nothing but admiration and understanding through their teachings of the life of which they lived. so this important legislation is a reflection of their commitment to these families and their personal knowledge of the pain that so many families still now experience through unsolved civil rights crimes. emmitt till was one of the midwest note worthy and violent and many of us still are able to see in our vision a picture of the open casket of how brutalized and beaten young emmitt till, a 14-year-old boy -- emmett till a 14-year-old boy had to suffer. his mother had to go through what might be considered absolute humiliation, in terms of seeing her son's body open to the wo

conyers, then john ranking member on the committee.e. we will he or about the history of the system from authors and law professors. this panel talks about making changes to the electoral college in the presidential elections. [gavel pound] >> the committee will come to order. good afternoon. i want to begin by thanking the members as well as the panelists, all of whom are present, for participating in today's forum on the electoral college. we are holding this panel because recent elections and public sentiment have made it clear that there are serious problems with the present system for electing our president in -- president and vice president. we begin with the fact that hillary clinton received more than 2.5 million more popular votes than donald trump, the largest divergence between the popular and electoral vote in our nation's history. this constitutes the very definition of anti-democratic in my view. under our current system, the votes of millions of people in non-swing states are effectively lost when they voted for the cand

conyers: thank you for your brevity. i push it up.an of the illinois the one and only glenmore -- glenn more of wisconsin. are both with us. we're going to move to our many witnesses who have been very patient. we're asking you to limit your own remarks to three minutes and with going to begin professor jamie raskin, a constitutional law professor in one who seeks to join the house judiciary committee as soon as possible and we welcome you here, professor raskin. microphone. professor raskin: you spilled my sigrid to the whole world big as it would be a great honor to join you. hello to the distinguished members of the judiciary committee. i see three basic problems with the way presidential elections are conducted to date. the first is the campaigns themselves are not democratic. as congressman cohen was saying. the second is that the institutions are not republican and the third is that the results are not majoritarian or even plurality area and if we can call a new word. the national popular vote agreement a rise not surprisingly f

i was downtown at the public library with conyers abet the top and it was raining and they said don't go out there. porch end i was out on of porch onib my side of the street a newsman and a cameraman and the black guy. the newsman says get me something this is nothing he said what she wants me to do he said go with dogs are he said i'd want to he said gives me something a we are going back to new york city's take some marchershe near the docks. >> host: so what is your point we're running out of time.egan. this says ben fake news since time began. >> guest: i cannot speak to that particular example if you have to invent instance the favored using civil-rights protestors. at times with 150 years of tablets to be falsified or fake information. there is no longer the spaces of that and correct folks. >> moving into the new id ministrations what aboutdissem news dissemination?hing we the most important thing wed can do is demand action from facebook. and with at concentrated power like a google and twitter in facebook even with at landscape negative and beyond uh table how they bundled l

conyers. i rise in strong support of h.r. 6130, the holocaust expropriated act -- recovery act of 2016. and i'm very grateful that my colleagues have brought this to the attention of the house but also this important legislation to try to bring some remedy and solace to a depeff stating era of jen -- devastating era of genocide, the holocaust, to bring some relief to the victims of the holocaust era, their heirs, a fair opportunity to recover works confiscated or nazis. ropriated by the they would have the proper time necessary to do so under h.r. 6130. the bill would apply to art and other antiquities such as books, that were stolen from jewish people and other persecuted groups by the german nazi regime from 1933 to 1945. in the times that i visited israel, i have spent much time in the holocaust museum as i have spent time in the holocaust exhibit and tribute here in washington and our own holocaust museum in houston, texas. i've been on the advisory board of the holocaust museum in houston

virginia's bob goodlatte and michigan's john conyers, who are the chairman and top democrat on the house judiciary committee and six month ago these two men joined forces to create a bipartisan legislative working group on the issues around community -- communities in the country who are experiencing issues with police force and police response, an issue so prevalent in our society the last couple of years. we will check in with them to see how their work is going along. let me introduce the reporters will be asking questions. kimbriell kelly of the washington post. jesse holland of the associated dress. both deeply involved in covering this story around policing issues. kimbriell: since the working committee was created earlier this year do you feel the focus , has since changed, and what do you see as the limitations on that committee? >> well, thank you for the question. we are working very hard to try to promote dialogue in communities across the country to address what is a serious problem, in my perception, a growing problem, in regard to violence affecting the police and affecting

conyers led a session with several colleagues on capitol hill. they talked about proposals to eliminate the electoral college where the national popular votes elects the president. hillary clinton has a popular vote lead, more than 2.5 million, over donald trump. incoming maryland congressman first popular vote bill in the state of maryland. >>> here in the district the d.c. council gave preliminary approval to paid family leave bill, granting up to eight weeks of leave for child care, six weeks for immediate family care and two weeks for individual care. the $250 million program will be supported by a payroll tax on city businesses. opponents of the bill complain that two-thirds of the workers who will benefit live in the suburbs a income taxes. once it's normally approved, the bill is expected to take effect in 2020. >>> continuing to track the rain across the region. we'll start getting lighter rain in portion of the d.c. metro area. you see the yellow on storm team 4 radar making its way into montgomery county up i-95. you can stop it and not

judiciary committee chair bob goodlatte and their ranking democratic member on the committee, john conyers. we appreciate you coming together. so often, we report on how partisan groups are at odds. so we appreciate you. thank you to kimbriell kelly of the "washington post" and jesse holland from the associated press. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] today, secretary of state john kerry speaks about middle east challenges for the trump administration at the brookings institution's annual saban forum, live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. "in death,"ok tv's we host a discussion on the attack on pearl harbor on the 75th anniversary of the attack. program, steve twomey. eri hotta. nelson. donald stratton. your questions and comments live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern. thursday, the president-elect and the vice president-elect spoke in cincinnati as part of their thank you tour in states that helped elect them. during the speech,

top republican and democrat on the house judiciary committee, representative bob goodlatte and john conyers. every weekend book tv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. here's a look at our programs for this coming weekend. film and media professor, author of open to debate. william f buckley put america on the firing line. this -- which made him an early pundit. >> it seems like an important time to talk about a show that discourse, civil debate between people who disagreed with each other. the 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor is the focus of the discussion. will be taking your phone calls, tweets, and email questions. and then former senator george who served as envoy for middle east peace from 2009 through 2011 looks at the israeli palestinian conflict in his book a path of peace, a brief history of palestinian negotiations. he is interviewed by jane harman, president and ceo of the woodrow wilson center. they have long since renounced violence, have andpted israel's existence had opted for peaceful negotiation. >> go to book tv.org. december 7 marks the 75th

. >> we are with conyers men steve russell, fifth district of oklahoma. in 2015,alked to you you talked about the checks and balances in our system of government. coming into the new congress, we have the republican president now. how important is the function of checks and balances now and how does that happen with republican control and 70 areas? >> al republic has seen the pendulum swaying in government, in some rare occasions, in all the legislative branch and the executive branch held by the same party. as we look at it, our republic is pretty resilient. we have a judiciary branch. i think we have to respect the judiciary branch as an equal branch of government. we are unhappy with the decisions that have been made for one reason or another. if he just plays into the checks and balances to sew these appointment will be very important, that the american people has a chance to influence those checks and balances. >> in your world on the floor and in committee, how hard or easy was it for you to work with the other side of the aisle? gosh, i have a hand

visit ncicap.org] withxt, "newsmakers," virginia representative bob democrat john conyers, the chair ranking member of the house judiciary committee. then, donald trumps victory tour cincinnati, and then raul castro speaking at fidel castro's memorial service. john kerry will speak at the bookings institution's annual saban forum live at 1:00 p.m. eastern. "newsmakers" is glad to have virginia's bob goodlatte and , whogan's john conyers created a bipartisan and legislative working group on issues around communities in the country who are experiencing issues with police force and police response, prevalent in our society the last couple of years. let me introduce the reporters will be asking questions. kimbriell kelly of the "washington post." jesse holland of the associated dress.

many many colleagues of keith in the house, john conyers, maxine waters, many others who are supporting keith. too many to name it i want to thank them also. i also want to thank mayor bill de blasio of new york who today came on board keeps campaign. thank you very much, mayor deblasio. i furthermore want to thank the ndi and president ra weingarten for using their livestream. thank you. are over.ank yous what we are doing tonight is not sexy, and it is not going to make the headlines in the newspapers all over the country. but it is unprecedented for the democratic party and for the long-term future of our country and it is of enormous consequence. at a time of low voter turnout am a other time as you all know, when millions of americans are demoralized politically and are sick and tired of establishment politics and establishment economics, we are gathered here tonight not only in this building but all over america to begin the process of transforming american politics and of creating a government which works for all of the people, not just the 1%. that is what we are here to do. mak

and there are many, many colleagues of keith in the house, john conyers, maxine waters, elijah cummings, many, many others who are supporting keith. too many to name but i want to thank them also. i also want to thank mayor bill de blasio of new york who today came on board keith's campaign. thank you very much, mayor deblasio. i furthermore want to thank the afp and president randi weingarten for using their livestream throughout the country. randi, thank you very much. [applause] nator sanders: now the thank yous are over. we have to be polite. what we are doing tonight is not sexy, and it is not going to make the headlines in the newspapers all over the country. but it is unprecedented for the democratic party and for the long-term future of our country and it is of enormous consequence. at a time of low voter turnout , at a time as you all know when millions of americans are demoralized politically and are sick and tired of establishment politics and establishment economics, we are gathered here tonight not only in this building but all over america to begin the process of transform

. >> well, i want to thank ranking member conyers for holding this important forum on the electoral college. in my home state of california, the popular vote dramatically went for secretary clinton, while some ballots are still being counted leaving opportunity for the gap to widen even further, recent vote tallies show that clinton received nearly 8.7 million votes to trump's 4.4 million. so the difference comes out to 4.2 million votes in hillary clinton's favor. what does it say about the electoral process and the legitimacy of the election results when one of the world's largest centers of economic activity and innovation and one of the country's most pop yu list and diverse states, california, favors the losing candidate by a margin almost equal to the amount received by the winning candidate? obviously something has to be done about this electoral college. and i look forward to hearing from the panelists what can be done to change it, what is feasible, a constitutional amendment or the national popular vote interstate compact. we need change. and i look forward to hearing from all the

. >> i want to think ranking member conyers for holding this important form on the electoral college. in my home state of california, the popular vote dramatically went for secretary clinton. while some ballots are being counted as an opportunity to widen even further, recent vote tallies showed that clinton received a .7 million posted trumps 4.4 million. the difference comes out to 4.2 million posted hillary clinton favor. what does that say about the electoral process and legitimacy of the results when one of the world's largest centers of economic committee and innovation in one of the most country's most populous state california favors the losing candidate by a margin almost able equal to the amount received by dave when a candidate. obviously something has to be drawn about the electoral college and i look forward to hearing from the panelists what can be done to change it, what a constitutional amendment or the national popular vote compact change and i look forward to hearing from all the permalink on your thoughts regarding the subject. >> thank you very much, judy. we now t

. >> well, i want to thank ranking member conyers for holding this important forum on the electoral college. in my home state of california, the popular vote dramatically went for secretary clinton, while some ballots are still being counted leaving opportunity for the gap to widen even further, recent vote tallies show that clinton received nearly 8.7 million votes to trump's 4.4 million. so the difference comes out to 4.2 million votes in hillary clinton's favor. what does it say about the electoral process and the legitimacy of the election results when one of the world's largest centers of economic activity and innovation and one of the country's most pop yu list and diverse states, california, favors the losing candidate by a margin almost equal to the amount received by the winning candidate? obviously something has to be done about this electoral college. and i look forward to hearing from the panelists what can be done to change it, what is feasible, a constitutional amendment or the national popular vote interstate compact. we need change. and i look forward to hearing from all the

representatives bob good lat and john conyers. they discuss community relations with police and their role with examining police accountability and aggression toward law enforcement. at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern sunday on c-span. >> so i decided to spend much more time on the young grant. i spent a week at west point trying to understand how this man could finish 21st out of 39 at west point and therefore sometimes viewed by these biographers as an historical intellectual lightweight and yet he said of himself, i must apologize. i spent all my time reading novels. >> sunday night on q&a historian ronald c. white talks about the life and career of the 18th u.s. , esident in his latest book ysses."n ul >> he said to a group of african-american leaders in the white house to the day when you can ride on a railroad car, eat in a restaurant, when you can do so along with other -- every other person regardless of their race, that day must come. it took 90 days for that day to come. grant was the last american president to hold tho

. >> well, i want to thank ranking member conyers for holding this important forum on the electoral college. in my home state of california, the popular vote dramatically went for secretary clinton, while some ballots are still being counted leaving opportunity for the gap to widen even further, recent vote tallies show that clinton received nearly 8.7 million votes to trump's 4.4 million. so the difference comes out to 4.2 million votes in hillary clinton's favor. what does it say about the electoral process and the legitimacy of the election results when one of the world's largest centers of economic activity and innovation and one of the country's most pop yu list and diverse states, california, favors the losing candidate by a margin almost equal to the amount received by the winning candidate? obviously something has to be done about this electoral college. and i look forward to hearing from the panelists what can be done to change it, what is feasible, a constitutional amendment or the national popular vote interstate compact. we need change. and i look forward to hearing from all the