donnelly: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. donnelly: i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. donnelly: i rise to honor our h law enforcement officers for national police week and talk about the importance of supporting law enforcement including their mental health. during national police week we recognize and remember the sacrifices of the law enforcement officers we lost in the line of duty in 2016. every day and through every night in communities across indiana and our country, law enforcement officers are patrolling our streets, arriving at the scenes of challenging and often traumatic incidents and even putting themselves in harm's way as they do their best to keep our families safe. they help ensure our children can be safe at the neighborhood playground and our seniors can sit peacefully on their front porch. he -- they help stem the violence in crime that plagued our communities for too long. our law enforcement officers put on the uniform every day they head out the door to s

. >> tim starks and john donnelly join us. to you, gentlemen, thanks for joining us. >> as you know, the big story of the past week or so has been nnacrylobal out of the wa ransomware. i'm wondering, two-part question, is there anything that congress can do on that front to confronting ransom ware specifically? and because this was apparently caused in part by a leaked nsa hacking tool, is there anything congress can do to refine the process for when the government discloses phone or abilities to countries? -- vulnerabilities to countries? >> i don't think that there's anything congress can do right off the bat that i can think of that would prevent this type of situation from happening. really, it's up to individuals and companies to patch their systems, to make sure that their software updates are updated. that they download their security patches. and that they turn on their automatic updates. i would say to anyone listening or watching right now, you know, go to your television for a minute, turn on your computer and updat

donnelly said o'rielly witnessed the incident and kept walking. donnelly is chair of the national press club's press freedom team and president of the military reporters & editors association. he issued a statement after the attack, saying -- "i have been working as a reporter in this town for years and dealing with the top leaders in our government every day and in the hustle and bustle of press scrums. i've never been in a situation where simply asking a question was treated as a crime." in washington, d.c., newly published video shows turkish president recep tayyip erdogan looking on as members of his security detail assaulted a group of peaceful l protesters outside the turkish ambassador's residence. the violence left nine anti-erdogan protesters hospitalized. it's not clear if erdogan gave the order for the attack. among those assaulted were american diplomatic security officers assigned to protect erdogan's delegation. police briefly detained the assailants, but released them after learning they held diplomatic immunity. the assault came sh

. >> the journalist name is john donnelly. he said he was pinned against a wall by security guards and then forced to leave the building yesterday, after he tried to ask michael riley a question after the news conference had wrapped up. donnelly said that he was polite and there was no justification for the amount of force used against him. in a statement, the fdc says we apologized more than once and let mr. donnelly know that the fcc was on heightened alert based on several threats. they didn't tell us what the threats were. the national press club pushed back, saying, it's completely unacceptable to physically restrain a reporter who has done nothing wrong and force him or her to leave a public building as if a crime has been committed. c saying he's very sorry it happened. there have been growing concerns about press freedom during the trump administration. last week, a virginia journalist was arrested after repeatedly asking tom price a question. we'll keep our eyes open. >>> we're also getting new details about the deadl

. >> senator donnelly. senator donnelly: think you, mr. chairman. i want to follow up and support the comments of my colleague, mr. schatz, that what's actually happening is the appearances that will be making those working-class families, the ones struggling the most, those were the ones whose funds go away to help the richest among us. and we find ourselves with $20 trillion now, $20 trillion in debt. and we were going to dynamically score out way out of $20 trillion for the last 30 years and find that the pile gets bigger and bigger and bigger. and i laughed one time when somebody said to me about the dynamic scoring, i said well then, theoretically if we go to zero, we should have more money than we dreamed of in history because as the tax rates go lower and lower and lower, we theoretically have more income coming in. one of my greatest fears as i look at the tax reform, as i look where we're going, as i look at the budget that goes forward, we have budgets that dramatically increase spending in areas. and tax reform that has huge cuts. and i t

donnelly: thank you. let me ask you about something else, and that would be the chinese and their efforts to try to affect the decision-making by kim jong-un. have you seen any indication that they have become more serious in this effort, that they are taking the steps necessary to alter his -- kim jong-un's decision-making process? have you seen that they are aware of the sufficient grave situation we have here? and then as a follow-up on that, -- aredo you think is the kind of steps china could take that might actually get kim jong-un's attention? dir. coats: we certainly have been able to get their attention, and they have taken some steps. at this point, it has not produced the results that we had hoped. secretary tillis has said that defines this as a series of , steps relative to putting increasing pressure on north korea, and that we are just at the early stages of that. so clearly, china's engagement in helping us address this issue is critical. deemed that way, and we continue to work with the ch

donnelly: thank you. let me ask you about something else.that would be the chinese and their efforts to affect the decision-making by kym johnson -- kim jong-un. they areseen that taking steps necessary to alter his decision-making process? have you seen that they are aware of the sufficient grave situation we have here? and then, as a follow-up on that, what do you think are the kind of steps china could take that might get his attention? we certainly have been able to get their attention, and they have taken some steps. at this point, it has not produced the results that we hoped. --retary tillis has said defines this as a series of steps relative to putting increasing pressure on north at theand that we are early stages of that. china from, engagement in helping us address this issue is critical. with theue to work chinese in that regard. beyond that, i would think the opportunity to address that to secretary tillerson -- sen. donnelly: i knew who humans. tillerson. -- i knew who you meant. tillerson. clearly, china needs to play a role.

senator joe donnelly, thank you for your time. happy memorial day weekend. >> it is my privilege and i want to thank all the families who have lost family members in saving our country and in saving the world. >> absolutely. thanks again. >>> right now, want to fill you in on some news that's coming in to us. laptops, e tablets, ipads are all banned right now in passenger cabins on some flights entering the u.s. but those restrictions may be expanding. this busy holiday travel weekend. this morning, homeland security secretary john kelly was asked whether he's considering expanding the electronics ban to all international flights, both in to and out of the u.s. and here is how he responded. >> are you going to ban laptops from the cabin on all international flights, both into and out of the u.s.? >> i might. that's a quick answer. >> yeah. well, expand a little bit. >> well, there's a real threat. there's newspaper russ threats against aviation. that's really the thing that they're obsessed with, the terrorists. the idea of knocki

. >> senator donnelly. senator donnelly: i want to say watt dear friend, director , how pleased we are to have you here. we are grateful for your service. isst thing i want to ask you on the quarterly dividends to treasury, and i know you are going to put a buffer in. the flow willthat be positive for the foreseeable future as you look at the markets? : i expect it to but there are factors that i outlined in my opening statement that could adversely affect that especially when it is done on a quarterly basis. those fluctuations can be exaggerated. >> one of the areas from my state that is important is manufactured housing. i have encouraged your agency to finish the duty to serve rule because i think it will increase affordable homeownership particularly in rural areas. the pilot program is a good start but i encourage you to expand those efforts. i am encouraged that the duty to serve as making progress. how do you see that rule impacting manufactured housing? watt: having a duty to approaching it in the w

. >> tim starks and john donnelly join us. to you, gentlemen, thanks for joining us.

donnelly: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. donnelly: thank you, mr. president. i also want to congratulate my colleague from indiana. he is a terrific partner the theme of his speech of working together and building on hoosier common sense couldn't be more important, couldn't be more timely and couldn't have been presented any better. so i am fortunate to work with such a good partner for our state and for our nation. and both of us have benefited from the wisdom, the advice and the counsel of senator lugar who in our state has set a benchmark for all of us to aspire to in terms of decency, intelligence, ability, craftsmanship and leadership. and so for a maiden speech, it was an extraordinary effort, a terrific job, and i'm proud to be his partner from indiana. i yield back. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: the senate will soon vote on the government funding bill the house passed yesterday and with it critical resources to address a number of issues facing our country. a

. >> donnelly live in jerusalem lives in that area, knows it well and has the latest for you and your family. >> donald trump met with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in bethlehem in the west bank at the palestinian authority's presidential palace. both leaders condemning the attack in manchester expressing support and condolences to those, families of those who were killed and injured and saying they are willing to work together in fighting terrorism regionally and throughout the middle east. donald trump called those -- the people that carried this out or person who carried it out, evil losers, not only in this attack but in the middle east and all terrorism. he went on to say society can have no tolerance for this bloodshed and slaughter of innocent people including children. both leaders after expressing support and solidarity into their discussions and we heard this yesterday and hearing it again today, both sides of the israelis and palestinians back to the table to restart peace talks. today donald trump set it up by saying israelis and palestinians can make peace

senator donnelly here from indiana, we have been there together with the coal miners and the people who move the coal and do the hard lifting. senator mccaskill from missouri, senator casey from pennsylvania. pennsylvania has a rich tradition in coal mining. senator klobuchar and everyone who has spoken. mr. president, i want to thank you, too. you were an original sponsor. arkansas -- so this is truly a bipartisan -- and, mr. president, from arkansas, you understand what we all -- hardworking people. you signed onto the legislation. i want to thank you. it was a team efforts. people have been talking about all of the things and the passion that we have for different things. my passion comes from the people i was born and raised and grew up with in the coal mining town. so all i ever saw in my life was people around me that nurtured me and guided me and taught me, truly coal miner families. that's all i knew. and my little league coach was a coal miner. my boy scout coach was a coal miner. my teachers were coal miners, trying to supplement their incomes. my teammates that i played ball

senator donnelly? >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i want to say to my dear friend congressman watt and director watt how pleased we are to have you here and what a fine done you've done in this position. we're grateful for your service to our country. >> thank you. >> first on the quarterly dividends to treasury and i know you're going to start putting a buffer in as well that you had talked about earlier. do you expect that flow will be positive for the foreseebable future as you look at the markets? >> i expect it to, yes, but, you know, there's some factors that i outlined in my opening statement that could adversely impact that and especially when it's done on a quarterly basis, those fluctuations can be exaggerated. >> one of the areas for my state that is important is manufactured housing and i've encouraged your agency to finish the duty to serve rule because i think it will increase affordable home ownership particularly in rural areas. the pilot channel program for manufactured housing is a good start but i encourage you

couple days ago, a senator sends a letter to the federal communications chairman asking why john donnellyoll call" was manhandled by a security guard as he tried to ask a question during a meeting on net neutrality rules. as the board wrote in retracting its endorsement of gianforte -- i we believe that you cannot love america, love the constitution, talk about the importance of a free press and then pummel a reporter." well said. and let us add that those public officials finding it difficult these days to muster the courage to strongly condemn a politician committing assault on a reporter? maybe you need to re-examine how much you truly love the constitution beyond just saying the words. >> you know, you've worked on capitol hill. when you are a newly elected congressman, you struggle to find your voice in those marble halls. >> yeah. >> he has the moniker now of the body slam congressman. >> yeah. >> he has to prove that he can work for the people of montana. i mean, he -- i think he has hurt himself and made it much more difficult for him to do his job for montanans. >> absolutely, an

and there would be 7 million let the people decide after a to confirm the next justice with joe donnelly and claire mccaskill. any senator that signs up for the strategy will pay a heavy price. to conclude, i have been involved in the appointment of david is an inherent part of the process but having massive amounts of dark money overwhelmingly it is a dangerous imbalance and threatens the national treasure of the independent judiciary. thank you. [applause] i was wondering what caused the firearm, but the cause and effect are off and it's only fair that i get the opportunity to respond to a. a. we have had the groups and the confirmation. i think having more information about these things it is clear that they had a chance to make their voices known about the vacancy on the court, and they clearly wanted the next president to not be terry -- beat hillary clinton. i was glad to see them agree to set the rule of law first and these are walls i can say for people we are advocating it should apply to both ends of the spectrum so i would say it should be the same whether it is democratic or

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we passed the law enforcement mental health and wellness act introduced by indiana senators donnelly and young to help law enforcement agencies establish or enhance mental health services. like peer-monitoring pilot programs and crisis outlines for their officers. i learned about this bill from my friend jay mcdonald whose add voa cassie -- advocacy for police officers and their families makes a huge difference for the law enforcement community. and we approve senator cornyn's heroes act of 2017 which would allow local police departments to use federal grant money to hire veterans as law enforcement officers. it's a bipartisan commonsense idea that would open new doors for those who serve our communities and our nation and the military and who have accrued and developed skills that will serve well their communities in police work. we have a solemn obligation to the children of fallen officers whose lives are forever changed because of the heroism of their mother or father. the bipartisan children of fallen heroes scholarship act which i've introduced with senators casey and donnelly

that is why we are pleased that senator donnelly's bill passed in the senate yesterday. they helped craft that legislation, as well as hr 2228. this bill will allow the attorney general to collect information about the mental health program provided to officers, and will expand officer wellness. during national police week where we honor to hundred 34 american heroes who away last year, this was a very appropriate time for congress to take up these issues. mr. chairman, i think you for the opportunity to be here today. as of last night, we lost our 18th officer by gunfire, which put us at 6% higher than the rate last year. today, we have had 95 officer shot in the line of duty. 18 have perished. mr. gowdy: thank you, mr. canterbury. chief acevedo? thank you for inviting me to testify today. i'm the chief of police for the city of houston, the fourth-largest city in the nation and our fastest growing. i am the first vice president of this organization, representing the 69th largest law-enforcement agency in the u.s. and -- 31al of 34 years of law enforcement makeience, co

that is why we are very pleased that senator donnelly's basic seven bill passed in the senate yesterday. they helped craft that legislation as well as hr 228 that has been introduced in the house. this bill will allow the attorney general to work with the department of defense and veteran affairs to collect information about mental programs provided to officers and will expand officer wellness. during this week, national police week where we honor 234 american heroes who passed away last year, this is a very appropriate time for congress to take up these issues. mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. i like to point out that as of last night, we lost our 18th officer by gunfire, which put us at 6% higher than the rate last year. today, we have had 95 officer shot in the line of duty, 18 of them have perished. >> thank you mr. canterbury. >> i want to thank you for inviting me to testify here today. ip before you said police chief of houston. the fourth largest city of the nation. it is my privilege to speak to on behalf of the police association where i'm first vi

. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you mr. chairman. i just want to follow-up and support the comments of my colleague mr. schatz that what is actually happening is the appearances that we will be making those working-class families struggling the most will be the ones whose funds go ways to help the richest among us. we find ourselves with 20 trillion now, 20 trillion in debt and we were going to dynamically score our way out of 20 trillion in debt for the last 30 years. we just find that the pile gets bigger and bigger and bigger and i laughed one time when somebody said to me about the dynamic scoring. i said well then theoretic abe vigoda zero we should have more money than we ever dreamed of in history. we theoretically have more income coming in. what one of my greatest fears as we look at the tax reform as i look at where we are going as i look at the budget that goes forward we have ledges that dramatically increase spending in areas and tax reform that has huge cuts. i think all you are doing is adding to the deficit which is i

additional regulatory changes that could streamline projects proposed streamlining that process donnelly cuts costs but improves environmental outcome and to use the spending resources on actual environment instead of stacks of paperwork so to illustrate what is possible let me refer you to the pictures on the big screen of the bridge there recently collapsed in atlanta georgia march 31st, 2017. this ditcher shows the collapsed bridge and the second pitcher shows the new bridge which was just replaced in 49 days. the team from the u.s. department of his rotation was on the ground almost immediately and within 12 hours the department had delivered $10 million in emergency relief funds to help replace the bridge. the supply chain located within two hours of the site quickly identified in the regulatory requirements were expedited to insure timely execution for funding. now replacing the structure is not the same starting the project from scratch. i 852 georgia was an emergency situation it is not possible to slash the time the federal requirements of every project from years two months but

. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman.ant to follow up and support the comments of my colleague mr. shots that what's actually happening is the appearances that will be making those working class families ones struggling the most will be the ones whose funds go away to help the richest among us. and we find ourselves with $20 trillion now, $20 trillion in debt. and we were going to dynamically score out way out of $20 trillion for the last 30 years and find that the pile gets bigger and bigger and bigger. and i laughed one time when somebody said to me about the dynamic scoring, i said well then, theoretically if we go to zero, we should have more money than we dreamed of in history because as the tax rates go lower and lower and lower we theoretically have more income coming in. one of my greatest fears as i look at the tax reform as i look where we're going, as i look at the budget that goes forward, we have budgets that dramatically increase spending in areas. and tax reform that has huge cuts. and i think all you're do

the larger donnelly was stabbed to death last weekend. —— elijah.to raise £12,000 in less than 2a hours after its launch, she reached her goal. the 21—year—old is set to start with her masters in human development in august. jp morgan has bought a new office in dublin. the building, which could ta ke dublin. the building, which could take on hundreds of london workers, is after the chief executive earlier this month, who set up to 1000 jobs would move from the capital in a bid to secure its european business. let us take a look at the travel situation: let us take a look at the roads: good morning. it's a very warm start out there this morning. very humid air. quite muggy and sticky. it is a bright start and we are already starting to see one or two breaks in the crowd system glimmers of sunshine. if that happens in the afternoon, the temperature will get afternoon, the temperature will get a bit warmer. a warm and sticky day but we should stay mostly dry until this evening when we start to see a little bit of rain pushing into the north and the wes

to what i learned during the suicide round table in utah, i have joined senator joe done -- joe donnelly in introducing the bipartisan hotline improvement act, to make it easy for all ages to get the help and treatment they need when they are experiencing suicidal thoughts. the current suicide prevention lifeline system and veterans crisis line are in desperate need of reform. our bill will require the federal communications commission in consultation with the department of health and human services and the department of veterans affairs to study the current national suicide hotline system and make recommendations to congress on how we can improve it. across our great nation there are millions of people, especially young people, who are alone and suffering in the shadows of depression. many of them are bombarded by suicidal thoughts and have no idea where to turn for help. to make matters worse, the national suicide hotline number, 1-800-273-talk is not an intuitive or easy number to remember, particularly for those experiencing a mental health emergency. fortunately, the success of the

for technology came from senator warren and senator isakson and a provision from senators roberts, donnelly and burr to allow more appropriate classification of accessories used with medical devices, and the committee markup last week we unanimously adopted these bipartisan amendments that follow. an amendment from senator collins which reflected legislation from collins, franken, maccaskill and cotton on improving generic drug development and helping lower prescription drug costs. an amendment from senators hatch and bennet and burr and casey to improve patient access to clinical trials. a delay in authorizing -- a delay in reauthorizing these agreements would delay itself review -- the review of drugs and devices submitted after last april 1, more than a month ago. if we don't pass these rethore disairgses into -- reauthorizations into law on time, which means by the end of july, an f.d.a. reviewer who gets started reviewing a cancer drug submitted to the agency in april would be laid off on october 1 before the reviewer is able to finish his or her work. in addition to harming patients a