we are hoping that senator ernst will be joining us shortly.out of a meeting at the white house with president trump. i think the topic had to do with certain issues about the pork industry. she and other republican senators were there to talk with the president about some of those trade issues. i have a feeling we may see her tomorrow. not today. let me bring back the panel. sahil. is keith ellison sending any sortontric messageo other democrats saying the house isn't place to be? being an attorney general is. or is this just an opportunity for ellison. >> he tried to become dnc chairman, and he said he would quit the house if he did. >> that's true. >> he is doing this while his wing of the party ascended. the democratic caucus if they k the house is destined to have more power than the left flank has had for a long time. >> and he would have been seen as the leader of that wing. >> the co-chair of that caucus. yeah. >> for keith ellison, if he wins this, i joke that ag stands for aspiring governor. but you could see this as an interesting sp

bob sigh dough is a principal at ernst & young, more than 30 years of experience working with fortune 500 companies on all aspects of security, data protection and privacy, identity and mac cess member management and cyber economics. i met with him this week and impressed with his expertise in all things cyber security. and also impressed with his knowledge of all things cincinnati reds. and while i'm an indian fan, at the other end of the state, i urge any of you baseball fans at one time go to cincinnati opening day, it's celebration of

tell usbout this, senator joni ernst, this is a republican that says this is as swampy as it gets. >> reporter: that's right. the problems are growing for a scandal on his plate. scott pruitt repordly t enlist an aidt theepa to help him with a personal task, the task of securing a potential businepportuni his wied to become chick-fil-a franchisee owner, the aide reached out to chick-fil-a to the ceo of chick-fil-a to set up a call between pruitt and she said it was a persol request on behalf of mr. pruitt. this is becoming just something else added to the list. at opportunity never actually materialized, but it's one more thing we're seeing scott pruitt do here as he's und 12 federal investigations right now for a including his travel expenses, flying first class on taxpayer dollars living situation, his coziness with lobbyist, his blatant disregard for the taxpayer dollar and we' seeing

ernst: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mrs. ernst: the national defense authorization act on the floor today is a bipartisan bill to ensure that our war fighters are able to work across the full trum conflictsnd suor objectives lai out in the 2018 national defense strategy i'm disappointed that we were not able to come together and workhrough a robust bipartisan amendment process this year on the floor. we h a great markup, and i'm thankful my colleagues across the aisle were so willing to work together in a bipartisan manner on this piece of legislation. as the chair of the emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee, i worked hard with my ranking member, senator heinrich of new mexico, to ensure the ndaa invests additional funding in innovative technologies so that we can maintain u.s. technological superiority over near peer adversaries, particularly in the areas of hypersonics, unmanned systems, directed energy, and artificial intelligence. the ndaa provides m

joni ernst. a good favor for the farmers yesterday, right? we love the farmers. i'm glad it worked out. steve daines. all here. we have on the house of representatives, mike coffman. jack bergman. buddy carter. did i introduce you, senator? i hope so. there are a people i did note. introduce and they will not -- they will not speed to me for the rest of my life. i apologize. colon.r gonzalez peter king. he comes from new york. thank you, peter. jack bergman. our chair. what a great job. the was a lot tougher than we thought, right? have thought it would be easy, it makes sense. kevin cramer. jim banks. claudia tenney. you are doing very well, martha, wherever you may be. i hear martha is doing very well in the great state of arizona. what the word is. don bacon. jason lewis. cathy mcmorris rodgers. athy?? representative neal dunn. brownley. i assume we have a couple others -- anybo i did not announce? you want to stand? you deserve it. itas been incredible.ch, really, finally, i want to thank the veterans service organizations slatio the finishsh the whenever i s

certainly this week, the senate is moving their farm bill, their version of the farm bill, and joni ernst and one other -- tammy baldwin. joni ernst from iowa and tammy baldwin from wisconsin have actually brought the same version on the senate side. so i expect we will get it passed in this year's farm bill. host: it passed the senate committee by a vote of 20 21, and now is coming to the senate floor. we will have that debate on our respective networks. let's bring in our viewers and listeners. port crane, new york, independent line. good morning. caller: good morning, gentlemen. thank you for this conversation. i want to talk about the fbi. they do not have any credibility because in my estimation, when they admitted to falsifying the hair analysis for 25 years and sent people to death row, that did it right there. and as far as this hillary clinton thing goes, they cover things up from start to finish, and that is wrong. it is a two-tier justice system. one for us and one for them. host: thank you, rob. guest: all of the stuff you let off with is fine. you can take your perspective, a

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ernst: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mrs. ernst: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. ernst: mr. president, i'm here today to call up my amendment today so that we can save money for our nation and for our military. certainly i'm not here to derail the national defense authorization act. i'm thankful that again this ye w have a great bipartisan bill, and i'm hopeful that my bipartisan amendment can be made pending today. amendment number 2400 is the presidential allowance modernization act, and it has cleared committee by voice vote and cleared my colleagues on the republican side on the hotline. however, my minority counterparts have had months to look at this bill now in amendment form and it still remains blocked. this bill passed the house with unanimous support and has been included in the house ndaa bill. this amendment would establish a cap on former presidents' monetary allowances which are cu

so i commend senator ernst from this area. and i'd like to hear from other members about the add q&aty of these programs from these stand points that we have enough incentive that the most fragile go in before high yielding land goes in so we get more bang for the taxpayers dollars. and whole farms shouldn't be given consideration over other land. on crop insurance, i'm happy to see that we maintain a very strong program. the changes that clarify in the crop insurance program for covered crop termination shall not take effect -- shall not effect the insure ability of subsequent crops. very welcome in iowa, cover crops are becoming popular, they help reduce runoff that hurts the environment. the commodity title of this program is very similar to the last farm bill. there are certainly improvements that can be made as a few crops have price triggers that are extremely high. when price triggers have a ten-year average to determine the price of that crop, it's hard to explain how that is a safety net and not simply a guaranteed pa

chairman moran: thank you, senator ernst. senator shaheen, thank you for your efforts and look forward to your statement. senator shaheen: thank you for letting me testify this afternoon and thank you for your efforts to highlight the failures of the u.s. olympic committee and others to prevent and stop the sexual abuse of our young athletes. on january 24, u.s.a. gymnastics dr. larry nassar was sentenced up to 175 years in prison. it was a cathartic moment for nassar's victims and for the nation but it was a moment of only partial justice because not all of the organizations and individuals responsible for predator acts against our young athletes have been held to account. because the u.s. olympic committee operates under a federal charter and its athletes compete under the american flag, i believe strongly that the senate has a responsibility to investigate the allegations of abuse brought forward by these athletes and any other misconduct on the part of usoc and the national governing bodies. that's why i joined with senat

senator ernst said of scott pruitt, it's about asw u get re in washington, d.c. and if the president wants to drain the swamp, he needs ton at's a republican senator saying that about the presiden the president was going to reduce the debt. the republanargoing to reduce theeficitnd national debt. instead, they exploded the debt by $2 trillion. with their tax break for the wealthy and giving b corporate america with interest on that debt over $2 trillion added to the national debt. and that's what's sad abt f r seniors and t budget. our families and our children. so what's interesting about it is when the trustees of social security and medicare trustees made their report and they saidw become insolvent by 2026. that's three years sooner than it would have been. they specifically cited the tax bill. as one of the reasons why. ax brks. 83% of the advantage of the bill will be for the top 1%. almost $1.5 trillion plus interest given to corporate america and who pays the price? america's seniors. look at the trustees report. the list goes on.ancase, here w the floor

testimony senators ernst and jeanine have taken an interest in the olympic movement. their testimony will be valuable in helping us raise awareness and identify solutions. thank you both for your time that you have taken to prepare them for your presence here this afternoon. most importantly, for your care and concern for athletes today. i will conclude my remarks by reminding my colleagues that in light of mr. penny and doctor simon, subpoenas were issued requiring their attendance today. through their counsel, they have made it clear they would not appear voluntarily on june 5, or any other day going forward. i wish that were not the case, since issuing subpoenas is something this committee take seriously and only pursues as a last resort. despite the circumstances, i appreciate their presence today and i look forward to a productive hearing on this important matter. with that, i will turn to the ranking member for his opening statement. >> thank you, senator moran. my thanks to senator moran for his leadership in his partnership in this profoundly important effort

joni ernst. where's joni? i did you a good favor for the farmers yesterday. we love the farmers. i'm glad it worked out. john hoven, steve danes, all here. we have on the house of representatives mike hoffman, r-- did introce you, man, buddy senator? what's going on, huh? i hope so. if i didn't introduce you, i'm you kn the probl with this, there will be four people we didn't introduce, and they'll never speak to me for the rest of my life. they'll make sure i suffer, right? so please, i apologize. jennifer gonzalez colon, peter king. where's peter? stand up, peter. you have been so nice to me. he should. he comes from new york. right, peter? thank you, peter. jack bergman. phl, what a great job. [ applause ] that was a lot tougher than we thought, right? you would think it would have been easy. it makes sense. but you would have thought. kevin cramer, jim banks, andy barr, claudia tenney, martha mcsally. i hear you're doing very well, mar wr youay be. i hear martha's doing very well in the great state of arizona. that's what the word is. don bacon, jason lewis, kathy mcmorris ro

senator ernst. >> thank you very much. thanks, mr. chair. member stabenow as well. we working on a number of issues together. also to the members of this committee for all of the diligent work over the past year. i know this has taken an incredible effort to get us here today. i am pleased we're taking this important step forward in supporting our farmers and ranchers and addressing many of the concerns i have heard from iowans as i tour this state. farmers in rural areas are resilient, but when we're saddled with tension, it does truly take a toll. it is critical that farmers and ranchers know that absolutely we have their back. this legislation maintains robust crop insurance, improves commodity programs and promotes soil, health and water quality. however, the bill is not perfect. we must do more to help snap recipients rise up out of poverty. the u.s. economy is booming right now. for the first time on record the number of job openings exceeds the number of americans looking for work. we must seize this opportunity to help folks become self-sufficient. mr. chair

joni ernst. i did you a good favor for the farmers yesterday, right? we love the farmers. i'm glad it worked out. john hoeven. steve daines. all here. we have on the house of representatives, mike coffman. brian mast. jack bergman. buddy carter. did i introduce you, senator? i hope so. if i did not, i am in trouble. the problem with this, there will be for people that i didn't introduce and they will not speak to me for the rest of my life. they will make sure i suffer. i apologize. jennifer gonzalez colon. peter king. [applause] he comes from new york. thank you, peter. jack bergman. our chair, phil rowe. [applause] what a great job. the was a lot tougher than we thought, right? you would have thought it would be easy, it makes sense. kevin cramer. jim banks. andy barr. claudia tenney. martha mick sally -- martha mcsally. i hear martha is doing very well in the great state of arizona. don bacon. jason lewis. cathy mcmorris rodgers. representative neal dunn. representative elise alton. julia brownley. i assume we have a couple others -- anybody i did not announce? you want

i now recognize senator ernst for her statement. >> thank you very much chairman moran. thank you for giving us the opportunity to testify today. i want to thank senator shaheen for joining me to discuss the importance of ensuring a safe environment for our athletes. like many americans, i was horrified to hear of the crimes committed by larry nassar, usa gymnastics doctor, who abused hundreds of athletes. the actions of this man and the individuals and institutions that facilitated and protected his behavior are reprehensible. they also point to wider cultural issues within the amateur athletic community. it was a failure at all levels, and symptomatic about her problems facing our society on sexual assault, rape, harassment, and abuse. the types of failures are the reason i have worked with my colleagues in congress on reforms to ensure sexual misconduct across the society is reported, responded to, and taken seriously, and ideally prevented. i was previously a volunteer counselor at a crisis center that provided shelter and support to survivors of abuse and sexual ass

ernst: i rief in support of the farm bill. thank you, chairman roberts and ranking member stabenow for bringing this critical piece of bipartisan legislation to the floor for consideration. farmers, ranchers, and rural communities are resilient. some of the toughest in the face of adversity. but low commodity prices, trade tensions, and unpredictable weather have taken a toll on many of our folks back home. mrs. ernst: these are the people that americans rely on day in and day out to put food on our tables, clothes on our backs, and fuel in our cars. and in trying times, it is essential that we provide farmers and ranchers with the certainty and the predictability they need and they deserve. these folks helped guide my priorities for this bipartisan farm bill which maintains a robust crop insurance, it makes improvements to commodity programs, and it promotes soil health and water quality. i'm thankful that several of my provisions and amendments can be found within this bill. long overdue reforms to the conservation reserve p

bob sigh dough is a principal at ernst & young, more than 30 years of experience working with fortune 500 companies on all aspects of security, data protection and privacy, identity and mac cess member management and cyber economics. i met with him this week and impressed with his expertise in all things cyber security. and also impressed with his knowledge of all things cincinnati reds. and while i'm an indian fan, at the other end of the state, i urge any of you baseball fans at one time go to cincinnati opening day, it's celebration of america's first baseball team. cincinnati is a baseball town. and i've been to opening day half a dozen times there. and it's something if you love baseball you want to experience it. mr. sigh doll has promised any of you that will go, he will give you tickets and give you a tour and tell you all things cincinna cincinnati reds history. so thanks for joining us. >> thank you, senator brown, i'll not take the tickets, however. gentlemen, we appreciate you being with us today and bringing your expertise to assist us with this issue. we will proceed in

the rest are delta, southwest airlines, apple, erpfiz capitol one, and ernst and young. >> kai that ising to -- china is threatening to fight back. this comes on the heels of retaliation of china last week announcing tariffs on america's goods. that means you could pay more on gos you buy. we have pr mo-- we have more on prices americans may pay. s thekes got higher with the showdown witha. they are ready to impose tariffs on $450 billion in tariffs on china. that was after chinaaf retaliat r the first tariffs. americans could be forced to pay more forverything from tvs to computers and toys to clothing. a $500 cell phone could jump to $550. onhe farm in southwest iowa, ray and chris support getting tough with chie you that. but they are already getting squeezed. soybean prices have dropped 15% since china targeted u.s. agricultureor retaliation. >> when the prices we receive go down, so does on our ability to supportour family and continue with our farm. fear of a widening trade war sent the stocks in to a slide, the dow jon is now negative for the year. though the administration said

i want to thank senator ernst for joining me. just as the farm bill supports farmers and landowners, it also supports families and communities. we work to find common ground to improve the integrity of nutrition assistance and help families find good paying stable jobs. we made historic investments to support tribal communities. we also protected and expanded initiatives that create rural jobs and ensure families can enjoy a high quality of life no matter where they live. one of the things sorely needed, and i know we all agree this is needed in rural communities, is reliable high-speed internet. in my home state alone, there are nearly one million people in rural michigan who lack access. our bill includes new opportunities that will connect rural households, schools and businesses that need it most. we strengthen job opportunities by continuing strong investments in bio-based manufacturing and we found ways to improve the health of rural families. new prioritized support for water infrastructure will address harmful con ttamina

iowa senator joanie ernst is one of a number of farm state republicans upset with scott pruitt anyway. she says scott pruitt lied to her about the renewable fuel standard, an important thing for iowa farmers. beyond that, though, she sounded today like she was starting to get a little fed upith the ostentatious part of what scott pruitt is doing at that agency as well. >>>. >> i will remain highly critical of administratorpruitt. only do we gree on the rfs but there are a number of other transgressions that we have seen coming out of that office directly tied to administrative pruitt and the way he spends money and the way he misuses basically his office. my words, nobody else's, but he is about as swampy as you get here in washington, d.c. and if the president wants to drain the swamp, he needs to take a look at his own cabinet. >> he is about as swampy as you get, iowa senator joanie ernst, republican senator calling on president trump essentially to fire epa admtrator scott pruitt today saying as part of her remarks it's up to the president but essentially she hopes he fires him. a

all of the sudden chuck grassley and joni ernst. i watched joni ernst on chuck todd's program. they are aghast. they are outraged. not really about the scandals, though they are about that, but because he's going after ethanol. and i think that probably puts him in more political peril than anything else he's done. >> one of the things -- well, it also goes with what trump is doing on tariffs. you know, what they're doing is hurting their own constituency. it's just nonsense. it's not like they're winning. they're actually doing harm to what they say is their own agenda. >> but i think it's important to look at the real scandal because if people look at just -- i mean, it's kind of fun and ugly and odious to look at these grotesqueries. but there's a deeper scandal here. and i think when people go vote they care about clean air, safe food and those issues for their kids. >> you're going to pry ritz carlton lotion scandals from my cold dead hands and used trump mattress. i wake up every morning praying for the news gods to deliver something even more cringe-inducing than yesterd

ernst. this city has received a $4.9 budget ask to kick off an open source paper ballot voting program. would the office of elections be able to put that money to use? keep in mind the ask originally was to be matched with the state dollars. maybe take it back and ask, i can reframe the question, how could we enhance our system to ensure that, you know, that it's fair and transparent and won't be hacked. maybe you could start there. >> the department went out to bid in february for a new voting system. the enhancements that could occur are inherent to the type of system we are bringing in. the next system will be what's called image based. it will take pictures of all the ballots cast in san francisco. right now we have an optical, the light bounces off the page and picks up the difference in reflection of the light density. you can't really do anything with light density. but images you could post online. people can see how votes were cast in every contest and every measure and every precin

. >> senator, as swampy as this may look to you or to joni ernst is there realistic anything you thinkl come of any of these investigations? this investigation you're asking for, or is this a case of, he serves at the pleasure of the president? >> i think eventually these investigations, not to be conducted by democrats and republicans but inspector generals and the inspector general of accountability and others. they'll receive results from their investigations and are impartial, objective and my hope is that my colleagues not just democrats but republicans will listen to those and take those seriously. >> the president defended him yet again today. let me play that for you, senator. >> scott pruitt is doing a great job within the walls of the epa. we're setting records. outside being attacked viciously by the press, and i'm not saying that he's blameless, but we'll see what happens. >> that's pretty much the same line we've heard from sarah sanders. she has been answering questions about him for months. let me play that. >> i haven't had a chance to speak with the president directly

ernst is not happy with it.e they'll put up ethics products -- >> mess with their corn, don't do it. before i let you go, andrew, not just what's happening on capitol hill outside the epa but what is happening inside as well because "the atlantic" has been reporting and others as well there are a couple of pruitt aides resigning amid these scandals. one was tired of being thrown under the bus by pruitt. when asked for comment a spokesperson responded you have a great day. you're a piece of trash. where are we? what are we doing? >> yeah, i mean certainly an unusual comment unusual comment from the taxpayer-paid spokesperson for the epa there, but within the agency there's just a lot of tension. there has been for quite some people, and people who work for proo pruitt feel like they're taking the blame for his problems and people at the white house feel the same way. they're sick of having to answer questions about scott pruitt. they're done with it. >> totally. i've had that same experience. thank you for coming

mentioned senator joni ernst. senator grassley has also raised concerns about scott pruitt. corn state senators, republicans from corn state republicans are really concerned about a different issue, renewable fuels mandate, biofuels and how they feel that the epa under mr. pruitt is treating their states. and so that has really fed into a lot of concern about mr. pruitt from some republicans that, you know, that might not ordinarily, you know, raise these kinds of flags. but i think, at the end of the day, one thing that we've reported over and over again is that there is one person that counts here, and it's president trump. and, you know, as we saw today, there still appears to be a great deal of support for president trump. >> lisa freiedman, climate reporter at the "new york times." thanks for helping us do that. >> thank you. >> it will be interesting because as i intimated in the introduction here, this new scandal involving scott pruitt would appear to cross pretty directly into potential legal jeopardy for mr. pruitt. abusing your office to seek personal aid -- to se

patrick leahy, democratic senator from vermont, joined by joni ernst, republican senator from iowa.f them have just sent a rare as hen's teeth bipartisan request to secretary mattis at the defense department asking him to change his decision. "we are deeply troubled by the department's decision to send active and reserve j.a.g.s to the border on temporary orders to prosecute immigration cases." they're asking basically for the defense department to undo this decision that they've made. "pulling 21 trial counsel from military courtrooms to prosecute immigration cases is an inappropriate misapplication of military personnel. we urge you to maintain these resources within the military justice system." i'm singling out this response because there are so few bipartisan requests in american lawmaking right now, let alone on something that has as red hot a partisan lens on it as this story. but again kristen gillibrand, patrick leahy joined by joany ernst, republican senator from iowa tonight, in asking the defense department to undo this decision to have military lawyers prosecute these c

i think i have better than my grandpa's ernst it because there is a freedom and also better technology better off everything i think. this week on global ideas we take. elephants. kruger national park in south africa elephant populations are on the rise they have a local vegetation that spread peace come in the industrious insects have now been appointed the park's chief tree protect his. murder went to find out more and managed to come back without a single. in the middle of the south african bush zoo ologists. cook have set up fifty beehives the colonies are positioned right next to the kruger national park for more than a year now the two conservationists have been testing whether honeybees can protect selected trees inside the park. believe it or not these bees can ward off the park's largest residence elephants just like people elephants don't like getting stung. they also have an acute sense of smell and hearing so one hint of a beehive and they're off. and the reason we're doing that is that in our protected areas in south africa we've got a build up of elephant densities and co

i want to thank senator ernst for partnering with me in the partnership program. new titles are also included. just as the farm bill supports farmers and landowners, it also supports family and communities. we work to find common ground to improve the integrity and help families find good paying stable jobs while preserving critical food access for millions of families in need. additionally we made historic investments to support tribal communities. we also protected and expanded initiatives that create real jobs and ensure families can enjoy the high quality of life no matter where they live. one of the things really needed, and i know we all agree and this is needed in rural communities is reliable high-speed internet. my home state alone there was nearly 1 million people in rural michigan who lack access. our bill includes new opportunities that connects rural households, schools and businesses that need it most. we strengthen job opportunities in bio -based manufacturing, clean energy installation and rule small businesses. we found ways to improve. [inaudible

. >> senator ernst. >> thank you. it was a pleasure meeting with you last week. i appreciate your insight and thank you for supporting your father. last year there was a very realistic chance that all forces were going to be withdrawn from afghanistan. can you paint a picture of how afghanistan will today. >> my personal opinion is that a disorderly withdrawal, we would have had negative effects on affecting our vital national interests based on threats from afghanistan. >> so you do agree that at some point we need to find our way out of afghanistan but needs to be done in a method order. >> that's correct. >> thank you very much. you shared some wise words with me when stated that the afghan military and government must want to win more than us. can you explain how we work with the afghans to make that happen. >> i worked with afghan partner partners, specifically the special security forces and i know they can fight and win. as we go toward that one must be a sustainable effort, you put money where you know you will have results. that speaks to any other activ

you have people like joni ernst saying it's as swampy as it can get.ong this can last. >> it seems like the president could easily try to move him aside at this point. there are plenty of people in the administration that would keep the policies alive. at a certain point this becomes a question of the war you're at with the press, the war you're at with the public, and all eyes are focused on scott pruitt right now which means we're not focused on some things the president would rather we not be focused on. >> that's the point. leaving the conversation battle aside, which would be very difficult to confirm anyone, you could put an active administrator that would implement essentially the exact same things that scott pruitt are doing. really, this is not about the policy, this is about the president saying he wants to stick with the policy here. they're very frustrated, think this is a big distraction for the administration. they're not being very aggressive about it. i think that could change once these inspector general's reports come out. john brasso

iowa, today, where the two senators from iowa, chuck grassley and joni are asked, two republicans ernsttwo republicans arguing against scott pruitt on that policy. china. he is facing it from all fronts on policy today ahead of the g7 and ahead of june 12, the summit in singapore. david: kevin cirilli has the view at the white house. thank you very much. let's check in on the markets. at this point for the major averages, we are looking at very small moves, but earlier we had two major averages trading to the upside and now the dow and s&p 500 are lower. flipping between small gains and losses but right now, near session lows. putting in its first all-time high since march. at that time on pace -- not right now -- for its second-highest closing high since yesterday. it will be interesting to see whether they close in the record territory. a little bit of a reversal of yesterday's modern route -- modest rwe will take a look at t it today chart of the dow transporthey were down yesterda% over the last two days, the worst two day since april 24. this could have to do with increasing trade

and more recently an audit conducted by ernst and young for the logistics agency found that it could not properly account for some $800 million in construction projects. mr. president, it is time to hold the department of defense to the same level of accountability as the rest of the government. mr. president, i would also like to briefly mention an amendment that to me makes an enormous amount of sense. in this bill we are spending $716 billion in defense spending in order to protect the american people. and what this bill does is spend that money for the production of fighter planes, for bbs, for guns, mo fissiles, for tanks, for -- missiles, for tanks, submarines and other weapons of mass destruction. the amendment i have submitted would reduce the defense budget by one-tenth of 1%. not a massive cut. one-tenth of 1%. and we would use that $700 million, one-tenth of 1% of the current budget, to make our country safer by reaching out to people throughout the world in ways that bring us together through educational and cultural programs. at the end of the day it is not necessarily t

at various companies and certainly i think a lot of the big audit firms as -- as the gentleman from ernst & young mentioned working on us through various standards of the iica and to assess and independently assess the level of security risk at certain companies. i think it would be interesting to further explore how that could be married with other types of public disclosures so you get a full picture of the risk of organizations. i think there's something there's a lot of activity on and worth future consideration. >> great. thank you all very much. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you. >> yeah. thank you. senator brown has one. >> it's really a yes or no question for mr. kes lefrmt you talked about how important it is to notify your customers. did equifax share information about you with the breach in time to help your bank's customers? >> no. >> okay. okay. thanks. >> senator warner, just under the wire. you've got five minutes or less. >> thank you, mr. chairman, for that gracious accommodation. >> we always appreciate you. >> and this hasn't been asked. mr. venable, we have a lot of l

i want to ask bret jodie ernst, republican has said she's as swampy as it gets. >> that's exactly rightthe trump administration was going to drain the swamp is once again the opposite -- >> but this isn't democrats saying it. we need democrats saying it. it's not an idea of ideology, it's not a matter of regulatory performance. and as "the new york times" has reported going back to days in oklahoma appearing to trade personal favors for policy favors. this is the essence of corruption. >> it put stain on the trump administration because, again, it's not decent. if you put decency above politics, then we all could sort of unify here? what's your take, because those that want to say, look at the economy, i love it and love trump policies. they cannot answer for the chick-fil-a? >> but you say it puts a stain but where does it put the stain? it puts the stain on a different agency in the white house. we need to ask why he continues to have him on. is scott pruitt serving as a pillow for the a foil for the administration? is that what scott pruitts even at the end of the day if the republic

the accuracy of the outcome falls on the shoulders of john ernst, the director of the san francisco department of elections. >> we stayed until 10 pm the last few days coming in at 6 am on friday and saturday. >> reporter: in what has become a nailbiter, not only pulling out in front of mark winne to take the lead on saturday. but when the elections office released their counts on sunday afternoon, the lead widened more. she has 103,000, 388 votes. to lentils 101,808 votes. that puts the sitting president of the san francisco board of supervisors ahead by 1500 and 80 votes. >> came in what -- say we came in at 8 am, tomorrow it will be 8 am-8 pm. >> the numbers included 16,400 votes that were tallied. that came from approximately 2600 ballots that voters delivered to the city hall elections office that were cast at the city hall location or delivered to polling places, citywide. >> this week will will start to process the provisional ballots which are the polling place ballots that people cast. if they were on the roster or did not have their ballot when they went to the polling place. >> repo

speaking yesterday at an energy policy forum, senator joanie ernst said it is as swampy as you get ining to the allegations. >> the problem is i have known him so long, i c him doing something like that. but nonetheless, there's a lot of smoke and there might be some fire. >>> we are less than a week away from president trump's historic sit down with north korea's kim jong-un in singapore. now we know where the meeting will take place. yesterday, press secretary sarah huckabee sanders tweeted the e capella hotel on sentosa island. another notable individual will be in singapore at the time of the summit. >> coincidence? >> take a guess who it is, dennis rodman. he traveled to north korea and met with kim multiple times in the past several years, even g kim trump's ghost written book "the art of the deal" for his birthday last year. rodman's agent had no comment for confirmation when asked by nbc news about the report. question is how is he preparing for the meeting to help world peace. >> i was going to say if the deal goes through and they reach an agreement, dennis rodman could be t

certainly this week, the senate is moving their farm bill, their version of the farm bill, and joni ernstnd one other -- tammy baldwin. joni ernst from iowa and tammy baldwin from wisconsin have actually brought the same version on the senate side. so i expect we will get it passed in this year's farm bill. host: it passed the senate committee by a vote of 20 21, and now is coming to the senate floor. we will have that debate on our respective networks. let's bring in our viewers and listeners. port crane, new york, independent line. good morning. caller: good morning, gentlemen. thank you for this conversation. i want to talk about the fbi. they do not have any credibility because in my estimation, when they admitted to falsifying the hair analysis for 25 years and sent people to death row, that did it right there. and as far as this hillary clinton thing goes, they cover things up from start to finish, and that is wrong. it is a two-tier justice system. one for us and one for them. host: thank you, rob. guest: all of the stuff you let off with is fine. you can take your perspective, and

now, these little senators, including chuck grassley and joni ernst of sigh what claim a trade deal wouldsident trump promised to make an agreement that would benefit all americans and especially farmers in his bilateral trade agreements. joining us tonight is a professor of public policy at howard university. good to see you. >> good to see you too, lou. lou: the republican party is filled with rhinos. i've mentioned two of them. giving the president of the united states an ultimatum, they have no sense of their own imp impetus and absurdity. >> from the policy side it's clear that trump is going in the right direction. these were bad deals created and what you're really seeing is the vested interest who profited from moving factories offshore fighting against trump trying to negotiate a better deal. lou: do you find just extraordinary that this president, this po pop populist president being elected and changing the direction of this country from a trajectory of failure to one of immense success in 16 months, there isn't an area in which he hasn't been successful and there isn't, it see