goodlatte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on h.r. 4919, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, it's estimated that 60% of the 5.3 million individuals with alzheimer's disease and 49% of children with autism are susceptible to wandering or leaving safe areas and the protection of a responsible caregiver. results of wanledsering can be devastating to the -- wandsering can be devastate to get individuals -- wandering can be devastating to the individuals with the disease and children with developmental disabilities. this is named after two boys with autism who tragically drowned. the special circumstances surrounding cases of wandering individuals are circums

goodlatte: yes. the senate has been working on it as well. there are differences between the house and senate, but we think the most important thing is for the house to take up the bills. thethat we are approaching end of this congress, we will work on the bills again. we will learn on what we happen working on here in the police strategies working group. by the way, it is not just mr. john it -- mr. conyers and i. it is 10 of the members with very diverse backgrounds. working groupthe are actually minorities. and i think it has proven to be something that has been an education to all of us. we will take that, and that will help to enhance our legislation, intowe will reintroduce the new congress. i hope we can. and i heard mr. conyers indicate that he hopes to as well. worked together on this goal. this is a long-term problem. there are important solutions we can do now, and other things we will learn as we move forward. frome should not back away this issue. i think creating a sense on the part of the american people that their justice syst

goodlatte: absolutely. with regard to the issue of the federal role in this, the fact of the matter is we have law enforcement at every level of government. we have a number of federal law enforcement agencies. and the same concerns for their protection and safety, the same concern they be well trained, well equipped, not hire people who should not be in law enforcement is applicable to them as well. i agree with mr. 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 commu

goodlatte: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr. speaker. today i and other members of the house, most especially members of the virginia delegation, but other house members who served with three of our virginia colleagues, are here to express our thanks and pay tribute to their service to the people of virginia and the people of the united states of america. we are saddened to lose three members of our great virginia delegation. but we have the utmost regard for all of them and we wish them well in their future endeavors. i'm going to start by recognizing my dear friend and colleague on the house judiciary committee, congressman randy forbes. i remember when randy arrived here, i'd known him for many years before he was elected to the house, and was frankly thrilled

goodlatte: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: from 1933, when hitler took pow for the germany, in 1945 when the allied forces liberated europe, the nazis and their collaborators stole countless works of art and cultural objects from museums and private collections throughout europe. indeed, according to the american alliance of museum the nazi regime orchestrated a system of theft, confiscation, coercive transfer, loot, pillage, and destruction of objects of art and other cultural property in europe on a massive and unprecedented scale. millions of such objects were unlawfully and often forcibly taken from their rightful owners. this systematic looting and confiscation of the cultural property of the jews and other persecuted groups has been described as the greatest displacement of art in human history. in order to provide the victims of the holocaust and their heirs with fair opportunity in our courts to recover artwork confiscated or misappropriated by the na

goodlatte: absolutely.with regard to the federal role in this, the fact of the matter is we have law enforcement at every level of government. we have a number of federal law enforcement agencies and the same concerns for their protection and safety and the same concern that they be well trained, well equipped, not hire people who should not be in law enforcement is applicable to them as well. and i agree with mr. conyers that when people who are -- believe that the solution to the problem is to take violent acts against police officers, deliberately targeting them, they need to be dealt with swiftly, surely and severely because we have to make sure that 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 and every time they knock on a door and 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 some , od ideas

i am thankful to our chairman of the judiciary committee, chairman goodlatte. out out -- ultimately that ommitment bodes well for our collective future and reconciliation within these communities. i accordingly urge my colleagues to join those of us who are leading in this movement and effort and support this ask tant legislation and i unanimous consent to include the statement of the gentleman from georgia, john lewis. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the request will be covered by general leave. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: i have no further speakers and am prepared to close and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan. mr. 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. anyo

finally i'd like to offer my thanks to chairman brady, chairman kline, and chairman goodlatte and their staffs for working together with the committee which i serve to improve this bill. at this point i would like to insert for the record an exchange of letters with chairman brady of the ways and means committee, chairman kline of the education and work force committee, and chairman goodlatte of the judiciary committee regarding this bill. i thank them for agreeing to help expedite consideration of this bill today. i urge the adoption of h.r. 2 -- 329 and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alaska reserves. the gentleman from the northern mariana islands is recognized. mr. sablan: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sablan: public law 102-477 established what is commonly known as the 477 program to foster employment and economic development in indian contry. this highly successful program authorizes tribal governments to consolidate up to 13 different federal grant programs into a

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

goodlatte: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the reading is dispensed with. is there objection to the original request of the gentleman from virginia? without objection, the amendments are agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania stand? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the request is granded. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: we have an interesting one-minute speech oming up here. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise in recognition of small business saturday this past weekend, a day to support small businesses and celebrate the role that they play in our communities. this year, small business saturday saw a record 112 million shoppers. a number which highlights the effectiveness of this movement acr

goodlatte: i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for morning hour debate. holding companies are required to have enhanced supervision. democrats chose again nancy pelosi to serve as minority leader. she defeated ohio representative 130 4-63 votes. after the election, we heard comments from congressman ryan. facts clearly, this did not turn out the way we wanted it to. we knew it would be an uphill battle. we only had a couple weeks to put this together but we did a pretty good job, my staff, my members who came out publicly for me. i think, quite frankly, we got the message out that we wanted to get out, as democrats we need to talk about economics, the issue that unites us. many have heard me say this and i believe it in my heart if we're going to win as democrats we need an economic

i say thank you to 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 t

. >> chairman goodlatt is a republican.o hold a hearing, then what is your recourse? >> the only recourse is public opinion. because in the house, the majority party really does control much more so than in the senate. hopefully we will be able -- well, the other recourse is republicans. i mean, some republicans who are honest people, and there are some, will have to say that this is just too raw. it's a huge conflict of interest. some we see and some we don't. >> have you talked to some of your republican colleagues about whether they would get on board? >> not yet. when the new session starts, we'll be doing that. >> thanks for being on "new day,." >>> donald trump is putting companies on notice. if you send jobs overseas, if you leave, prepare to pay the price. is that legal? is it practical? will it happen? the answer to all those questions may be no and we'll tell you why, right after this. ♪ ♪ is it a force of nature? or a sales event? the season of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease pa

newsmakers the 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

goodlatte asking to find owm hermine have slipped through the cracks it a story that sparked nationalonce again. the president of hampshire college in massachusetts first lowered the flag to mourn hillary's election loss. well then later took down that flag after it was set on fire when president-elect trump won. jesse watters tried to talk to the president about that decision. here's how it went. >> don't you realize the whole country's laughing at you right now? >> come on. get your foot out of my door. >> president-elect, why did you remove the flagged? >> i don't want to talk to you about it. >> well, after two weeks of protests, the president changed his mind saying the flag can fly at full staff but only because he wants the threats to stop. then there is this. first obamacare, now obama tv. president obama reportedly considering a post presidential career in the media and is thinking about launching his own digital company. mr. obama recently telling "rolling stone" he wanted to dabble into story telling. though it's unclear exactly what forum that will take. sources say the po

goodlatte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill s. 2974 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 2974, an act to ensure funding for the national human trafficking hotline and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the bill? without objection, the bill is engrossed, read a third time and passed. and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the question of adopting a motion to recommit on s. 612 be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the house will be in order. members, please take your conversations off the floor, lear the well. he house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania see

i just ran into chairman goodlatte the other evening, and he supports it. chairman grassley, both the house and senate judiciary committee chairs strongly supporting it. you have bipartisan bills that have come out of both of those committees. you have a broad network of stakeholders from the business community to the faith community, to advocate, all who support it. i don't know where else you'd have both the aclu and koch industries working together for a common goal. [laughter] and so i feel like that should certainly happen at the federal level, but if not, you will -- the vast majority of people who are incarcerated of the 2.2 million people incars rated are at the -- incarcerated are at the state and local level. so it makes sense to do it state by state, county by county. >> on that point, will we see more pardons before he leaves office? >> yes. the president is working every single day through his justice department and the white house counsel to process as many of the pardon requests that he deems where people have earned that second chance as he

"newsmakers" is glad to have virginia's bob goodlatte and , whogan's john conyers created a bipartisan 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.

goodlatte. scott rigell and i were elected, he's one of the three retiring that i did not know prior to coming to service in congress, learned that he was a hard worker, dedicated public servant, someone who truly believed in trying to do everything the right way, like myself every now and then a little bit of a maverick, would cut his own way but that's important in congress that we don't all walk in lockstep, that we work together but that we respect each other's opinions and scot was a gentleman and is a gentleman who certainly does that. as a representative, he's done that very well. mr. griffith: i go next to randy. with the exception of, i think probably congressman scott has known ranity longer, having served a couple of years in the state legislature before coming to congress with randy, i think i have served long we are randy because i served with him first in the house of delegates where he was a role model, one of the leaders ton the floor in the virginia house, he then moved on to th

goodlatte of virginia moves that the resolution be referred to the committee on the judiciary. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for one hour. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: members have different opinions about what to do to address the allegations of misconduct against i.r.s. commissioner john koskinen. some would impeach him. others would censure him. still, others would hold no penalty. to ensure this body administers due process in these deliberations, i recommend that the house refer this matter to the house judiciary committee. i yield back the balance of my time and i move -- i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. without objection, the previous question is ordered. >> parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized for a parliamentary inquiry. >> would this impeachment resolution, is it necessary or is it in fac