well-done, good and faithful servant. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable emanuel cleaver, united es representative from the fifth district of missouri. mr. cleaver: o lord, the chair of the committee, elijah cummings, is now meeting you, the chair of the board of all of the universe. we issue thanks for sending elijah our way. we are better for having had him near us lo these many years, we bless those who have come and will come from near and far to pay tribute to this magnificent man. and now to the one who is able to keep you from falling and make you stand without blemish in the presence of god's glory was rejoicing to their only, god our savior, the glory, majesty , power and authority. god, please now receive the bootlegging preacher based in baltimore, elijah cummings. amen. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] conversation] >> ladies and gentlemen, the howard university chorale ♪. ♪ announcer 1: earlier today the late

one of congressman cummings' friends and colleagues joins us, congressman emanuel cleaver.or being on the show. it's a tough morning. >> it was a tough morning. i was supposed to have spoken to the congressman earlier this month. i left the floor last night, marcia fudge said i haven't been able to reach elijah. i said he told me to call him early in the morning, so i'll have his number and i'll call and let you know how he's doing. i received a phone call early in the morning to tell me that he had died. so we all are really wondering why such a good man was taken so soon. the congressional black caucus will probably gather later today to pray. but you know, elijah cummings was an amazing human being. i accused him of being a bootleg preacher. >> yeah. why is that? >> well, i've had him in kansas city. his mother was actually an evangelical preacher, and he went to law school instead of seminary, and i ride to explain to him that i went to seminary instead of law school and he needed to stay out of my business. i looked up one day and he had performed a wedding ceremony fo

you see emanuel cleaver right there, an ordained minister. he said he would refer to elijah cummings as a bootleg pastor. he didn't go to seminary, didn't have a church, yet to listen to him preside in a congressional hearing, it was almost as though he was behind a pulpit. that's a skill a lot of people don't have, a talent that's going away. we live in an era where there are so if statesmen and stateswomen doing the people's good work here on capitol hill. this loss i think is being palpably felt. >> including bringing back former speaker of the house. we saw my colleague the reverend al sharpton there, speaking on people who are on different sides of the aisle. we see those conversations going on in that hall as they wait for this to begin. i don't want to talk too much about politics, jake, at a time like this when we really do want to celebrate his life. he was inherently a political figure. he loved politics. he believed in politics. he believed in the work that congress could do. and when you look at the void that is left behind, parti

the rule will amend the bill to also include my friend, congressman emanuel cleaver's, h.r. 2514, known as the counteract, which would modernize and improve the bank secrecy act. this bill passed the financial services committee unanimously in may. specifically, it would expand communication about anti-money laundering data within financial institutions and safeguard privacy by creating a civil liberties and privacy officer within each financial regulator. additionally, this legislation increases penalties for bad actors and reduces barriers to innovation. for years, congress has proposed reforms to the bank secrecy act, but this is the first major legislation to receive broad bipartisan support. this bill strikes a careful balance between security and privacy, and will be a big step forward to strengthen anti-money laundering tools. together this combined legislation will create a more secure and transparent financial system. i urge all my colleagues to support the rule and the underlying bill and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reser

joining me, emanuel cleaver, a democratic member of the financial services committee.gressman, thank you for being here. how do you view this expansion? >> i think this is really, really tragic that an investigation can be conducted and then we decide to investigate the investigators. look, my constituents would like for that to happen, you know? many of them, some of them get convicted on things, and after that, they should say, well, we want the fbi to investigate the fbi or the police department or the sheriff's department. or is this just reserved for the president of the united states who didn't like what the report -- the initial report produced? the president of the united states has asked his hand-picked attorney general to go out and find something that would allow him to say that the investigation that was directed at him was unjust and unfair. there are a lot of people who would like for that to happen, and i think this is a dangerous precedent. and it also is an insult to the fbi, the cia, the national security council, all of the other agencies that report

we have invited on the program democratic congressman emanuel cleaver of missouri to be with me now. before we get to his friend, there you are come i can see you now, congressman, thank you. we will get into that in details but because there is breaking news in the white house, the chief of staff, acting chief of staff the last 30 minutes come i want to get your reaction to what is playing out in ankara in turkey. we are getting ready to hear from the secretary of state and the vice president. >> emanuel: well, years ago during my last term as mayor, the institute sent me to a place called -- where i met with kurds and turks. trying to get them to work together and so forth. but i'm very familiar with the situation. and i think it is unfortunate, it is not unfortunate but tragic that kurds are being slaughtered and in some instances, the turks are asking to be filmed as they shoot kurds. there are enemies, i'm sorry, the turks are with russia and the united states. the turks were aligned to us first and foremost. but now, they have formed allegiance with syria. and i think we are go

let me say to congressman emanuel cleaver were joining in enthusiastically with this program to begin and was in opposition to it who have a negative reflection on contractors. but i think because the tso are on the frontline security that they should be consistent in a managing structure as congressman and the airports opted in and was put into law by us individuals who i think with privatization and many of us to oppose it that means the airport cannot opt out except for the contract of whether runs out or not. gather thing i want to make sure that were no longer thinking about tso a small airports. i think it was a mindless concept we will put them at the small airports as someone gets in the plane and opposes the big airport. it is no longer on the table regarding diaz sows. you better thing i want to join is the salaries of the tso because one of the organizations in question that i like him to expand his the technology. i don't know if they're moving fast enough for tsa and a new type of technology and is a more sophisticated way sir? >> certainly. we've seen the checkpoint in t

examiner reform act of 2019, or the counter act, a bill introduced by representative emanuel cleaver. the counter act closes loopholes in the bank's secrecy act, the key law aimed at countering money laundering, terrorist financing and other criminal uses of the banking system. for example, the bill requires the identification of owners behind high-risk commercial real estate transactions and transaction involving art and antiquities which are often used by criminals to launder money. the counter act examines chinese and russian money laundering, an issue that is seen in opioid and methamphetamine production, as well as human and wildlife trafficking. the bill also creates a national strategy to fight trade-based money laundering, which is considered the most pernicious, but hard to detect form of money laundering. mrs. maloney and mr. cleaver's bill also works to lower the compliance burden on financial institutions, most of which are community banks, by establishing several tools to allow for more targeted sharing of b.s.a.---, is -- bsa-aml-related information. studies kes modest a

emanuel cleaver would call elijah a bootleg preacher. >> yes, he did. >> he said, i went to school to you're a bootleg preacher. but the way he spoke. >> absolutely. >> and the way he carried himself, there was such dignity, such grace. >> sure. >> and just the power. you could feel the power of god in that man and his worsds. >> well, you know, he and i talked about that a lot. he was grounded by faith. his whole notion about how to serve was just faith-based. >> yes. >> and, you know, i thought -- my dad said to me when i told him i was not going to the seminary as we talked about so often, he said to me, "i suspect the world would much rather see a sermon than to hear one." >> amen. >> i talked with elijah about that, and we all saw it, both of us, that part of our duty and responsibility to our communities was for people to see a good, productive sermon in our service. that is the way we did it. one of the proudest moments of my service here was when elijah came up to me one day and says, you know, as chair of the congressional black caucus -- which he was -- i get to selection so

well-done, good and faithful servant. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable emanuel cleaver, united epresentative from the fifth district of issouri. mr. cleaver: o lord, the chair elijah mmittee, cummings, is now meeting you, the chair of the board of all of the universe. we issue thanks for sending elijah our way. we are better for having had him near us lo these many years, we bless those who have come and will come from near and far to pay tribute to this magnificent man. and now to the one who is able to keep you from falling and make you stand without blemish in the presence of god's glory was rejoicing to their only, god our savior, the glorry, majesty power and authority. god, please now receive the bootlegging preacher based in baltimore, elijah cummings. amen. >> ladies and gentlemen, the choir.university ♪ [singing] ♪ ♪ [singing] ♪ >> the late maryland congressman and oversight committee chair elijah cummings died last week at the age of 68 after a long illness. he will lie in state on the house side of the u.s. capitol and the public will be able to pay their respects sho

commission, to attend the parliamentaryry assembly in marrakech, morocco, with fellow congressman emanuel cleaver and andy harris. we were warmly received to north africa. we saw firsthand the vibrant democracy conducting parliamentary and presidential elections. we placed a wreath at the north africa american cemetery where over 6,500 americans are memorialized for liberating north africa from nazi occupation. in jerusalem, we dedicated -- we met with our dedicated u.s. ambassador to israel who presented an update on the u.s.-israeli alliance. prime minister benjamin netanyahu enthusiastically reviewed the ever changing political situation. we were inspired with an audience with the pay tree arc of jerusalem. chief of staff alex johnson provided briefing materials for the assembly in marrakech. with parliamentarians from 57 nations it was refreshing we had the opportunities for full articipation by asemipresident -- by the president and secretary ten of italy. -- secretary-general of italy. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thomp