h.r. 5790, h.r. 6310, h.r. 6323, h.r. 6400, h.r. 6431, h.r. 6450, h.r. 6451, h.r. 6452, h.r. 6477. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the title of the bills. the presiding officer: the senate will proceed to the measures en bloc. mr. portman: i -- mr. portman: i ask unanimous consent that the bills be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: i know of no further debate on the bills en bloc. is there any further debate? the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the measure is passed en bloc. mr. portman: i ask consent that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all en bloc. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 6302 which was received from the house. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 6302, an act to provide an increase in premium pay for united states

that the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 5602, that the senate passed with amendments h.r. 3842, that the senate agreed to house concurrent resolution 183, appointments, advisory committee on international exchange rate policy, united states economic review commission. with best wishes i am signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 12, 2016, at 12:49 p.m. that the senate passed senate 3346. that the senate passed senate 3021. that the senate passed senate 8. that the senate passed senate 290. that the senate passed senate 1831. that the senate passed senate 3112. that the senate passed senate 1168. that the senate passed senate 1776. that the senate passed senate 2852. that the senate agreed to senate concurrent resolution 57. that the senate agreed to without amendment house concurrent resolution 181. that the senate agreed to the amendme

. 6076, nate bill 2971, and h.r. 5790. in each case, by the yeas and nays. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 239, the nays are 170. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, suspend the rules and pass h r. 6076s a amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered this eclerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6076, a bill to require the administrator of the national err naughtics and space administration to establish a program for the medical monitor, diagnosis, and treatment of astronauts and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the

h.r. 6435 would provide v.a. regional leadership yet another tool to root out deficiencies within the v.a. medical facilities by giving visn to work with experienced and objective entity to get access to the v.a.'s operation and management. i believe that will take visn leaders to create a culture of quality and accountability and lead to better, safer care to veteran patients. i'm combreafl to my friend and colleague, congressman markwayne mullin of oklahoma for sponsoring this legislation, and i encourage my colleagues in supporting it and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. takano: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of this legislation by the gentleman from oklahoma, my good friend, markwayne mullin. ensuring v.a. delivers safe and high-quality health care to veterans is an important priority for this committee. this bill will allow veterans integrate service network directors to contract with civilian accreditation

importantly, h.r. 6416 also contains a provision from h.r. 3106 that would require v.a. to use industry standards, standard designs and best practices when constructing v.a. medical facilities. to provide ongoing professional development and training to v.a. employees involved in constructing v.a. medical facilities, and to regularly audit and report on the largest v.a. medical facility projects. before yielding back, i want to take a moment publicly to thank a number of individuals who have been instrumental not only in advancing this legislation, but also throughout my time as chairman of our committee. serving as chairman of the committee on veterans' affairs has been an immense honor and i'm grateful to all those who put their trust and faith in me to fulfill that role for the last three congresses. i hope that i have done each of you proud. i'm particularly grateful to my fellow committee chairmen and ranking members in the house, including mike michaud, corrine brown, and mark takano, and in the senate including patty murray, richard burr, bernie sanders, johnny is

h.r. 6401. and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. bishop: i have no other speakers if you are ready to close. mr. sablan: i have no further speakers and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. bishop: excellent bill. i urge adoption and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 6401. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair 2/3 being in the affirmative, the sules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? mr. bishop: i move to suspend the rules and pass senate 817. the clerk: an act to provide for certain real property to the reservation of the siletz tribe and the state of oregon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah, mr.

i rise today in support of h.r. 6400. this bill is extremely important to my constituents, especially those living in union beach, new jersey. passing this bill will allow the u.s. army corps of engineers to move forward on an important flood control project for union beach. h.r. 6400 would realign the mapping of several new jersey units of the john chafee coastal barrier resource system, congressional approval is required for any changes to these maps by the u.s. fish and wildlife service. over the past year, fish and wildlife service worked with the corps to make noncontroversial changes to the mapping, completed its review, and transmitted them to congress on november 21 of this year. until these maps are approved by congress, mr. speaker, the union beach flood control project will be in limbo. the court cannot sign a project partnership agreement or make other progress until the update the maps are approved. union beach was devastated by super storm sandy. and residents have been waiting far too long for this project

. 6282, h.r. 6138, r. 4680, h.r. 5612, h.r. 465, h.r. 5948, h.r. 6323, h.r. 4352, h.r. 5099, h.r. 790, h.r. 875, h.r. 6304, h.r. 6130, .r. 6452, h.r. 6451, h.r. r. 6431, h.r. 6400. signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk: senate 1635, an act to authorize the department of state for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. smith: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speerble's table h.r. 1150 with the senate amendment thereto and to concur in the senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. sorry. the clerk will report the title of the bill and the senate amendment. the clerk: h.r. 1150, an act to amend the international religious freedom act of 1998 to improve the ability of united states to advance religious freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, training, counterterrorism and foreign assistance efforts, and through stronger and more flexible political responses to rel

h.r. -- blow justice-ups like b. h.r. 6392 would make sure banks are subblet to closer regulatory scrutiny and prevent the federal reserve board from regulating these banks. instead, it would hand over that responsibility to what is known as fsoc, the financial stability yore sight council, in order -- stability oversight council, in order to -- they say, regulate the banks. the fsoc would have to go through a process of designation which takes two to four years to complete, this would give them plenty of time to go back to their old ways that dodd-frank is trying to prevent. even if a potential treasury secretary, mnuchin, decided to regulate his former employer by the time he got around to it, the damage would likely already be done. it's also significant to note that republicans have repeatedly tried to dismantle the fsoc. and its existing designation authority for large nonbanks. they have called the council unconstitutional, introduced bills to make it harder for the fsoc to do its job. and help companies like m

h.r. 6431 -- british columbia. h.r. 6431 helps forego the agreement by ensuring u.s. government person whole are stationed in canada, particularly c.b.p. preclurens officers, may be held accountable in u.s. courts if they commit a crime while performing their official duties, assuming their actions would constitute a crime if committed in the united states. strengthening our nation's relationship with our northern neighbor is important for both our economy and national security. h.r. 6431 helps pave the way for increased cooperation with canada to spur economic growth here at home and prevent those who shouldn't be coming to the united states from arriving in the first place. i want to thank representatives kuster and stefanik for their work on this bill and i urge my colleagues to support this important legislation and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to support the legislation, to consume such time as i may

h.r. 1150. h.r. 2726. h.r. 3784. h.r. 3842. h.r. 4352. h.r. 4939. h.r. 5015. h.r. 5099. h.r. 5612. h.r. 5790. h.r. 5948. h.r. 6130. h.r. 6138. h.r. 6282. h.r. 6302. h.r. 6304. h.r. 6323. h.r. 6400. h.r. 6431. h.r. 6477. senate 8. by speaker pro tem thornberry on december 16, 2016, h.r. 6014 to allow the administrator of the federal aviation administration to enter into reimbursable agreements for certain airport projects. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. loudermilk: i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill s. 3084 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the right -- title of the bill. the clerk: an act to invest innovation through research and development and improve the competitiveness of the united states. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the bill? without objection, the bill is read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the chair lays before the house a commun

or ucsf another brand of the h.r.e have partnerships with many people's and we'll be laefrj they're learning and prebuilt systems such as we can otherwise our costs can go up. >> the rfp will take would you mind repeating one more time. >> from an rfp perspective have a completely open process that means any vendor can actually bid as long as they meet the minimum requirements which we are absolutely clear on what we are considering 8 months of due diligence in terms of our needs we're not going out with a general like an h.r. we know exactly what we want. >> i'm looking that will cost us - >> the process will take 6 months but we've been working on putting together rfp for 8 months now. >> thank you very much. >> commissioner singer. >> yeah. >> so i think one of the highest level lessons to me from this angle that with our closet partner a two body collision didn't work so 09 people organizations will be outstanding this is important i encourage you to keep it as simple as you can and get it done with the partners m

provisions under h.r. 624 -- 6427 include the following. first a bill which would create an office of the advocate for small business capital formation at the s.e.c. you know, for too long, mr. speaker, the s.e.c. operated in a bureaucratic style and ignored the needs of the smaller businesses and entrepreneurs. so we have mr. duffy's bill which gives small businesses a permanent, yes a permanent voice at the sec and passed our committee unanimously by a vote of 56-0. it also passed this house overwhelmingly. secondly, mr. speaker is a bill to include from mr. poliquin that requires the s.e.c. to respond to recommendations made at its annual government small business forum, ensure that the s.e.c. no longer simply ignores the ideas generated by small businesses at this event. this bill again passed our committee by a vote of 55-1, passed by the house vote here, 390-1 earlier this year. it also includes two bills from mr. mchenry who i believe is on the floor and will be speaking later. one of which would fix some of the more unworkable divis

h.r. 5015 by the yeas and nays. h.r. 6427 by the yeas and nays. and s. 1635 by the yeas and nays. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. the remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from texas, mr. brady, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5015 as amended. which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5015 a bill to restore amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes from severance pay for individuals who retired or separated from service in the armed forces for combat related injuries and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house splules and pass the bill as amended? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes

or ucsf another brand of the h.r.e have partnerships with many people's and we'll be laefrj they're learning and prebuilt systems such as we can otherwise our costs can go up. >> the rfp will take would you mind repeating one more time. >> from an rfp perspective have a completely open process that means any vendor can actually bid as long as they meet the minimum requirements which we are absolutely clear on what we are considering 8 months of due diligence in terms of our needs we're not going out with a general like an h.r. we know exactly what we want. >> i'm looking that will cost us - >> the process will take 6 months but we've been working on putting together rfp for 8 months now. >> thank you very much. >> commissioner singer. >> yeah. >> so i think one of the highest level lessons to me from this angle that with our closet partner a two body collision didn't work so 09 people organizations will be outstanding this is important i encourage you to keep it as simple as you can and get it done with the partners m

h.r. -- blow justice-ups like these. h.r. -- blowups like thiels. h.r. 6392 would make sure banks are subblet to closer regulatory scrutiny and prevent the federal reserve board from regulating these banks. instead, it would hand over that responsibility to what is known as fsoc, the financial stability yore sight council, in order -- stability oversight council, in order to -- they say, regulate the banks. the fsoc would have to go through a process of designation which takes two to four years to complete, this would give them plenty of time to go back to their old ways that dodd-frank is trying to prevent. even if a potential treasury secretary, mnuchin, decided to regulate his former employer by the time he got around to it, the damage would likely already be done. it's also significant to note that republicans have repeatedly tried to dismantle the fsoc. and its existing designation authority for large nonbanks. they have called the council unconstitutional, introduced bills to make it harder for the fsoc to do its job. and help companies like m

i rise today in strong support of h.r. 6392. this bill, the systemic risk designation improvement act offers a commonsense approach to the process of designating systemically important financial institutions. in doing so, it addresses a problem that republicans and democrats have complained about for some time. dodd-frank's $50 billion threshold for identifying sifis is a crude and arbitrary way to desigh which firms pose a risk to the stability of the financial system. it's important to remember that sifi designation isn't trivial. when the financial institution is labeled as a sifi, it faces supervision and costs without regard to the nature of the bank or the bank's accordingly, sifi designation impacts a firm's lending ability and therefore the firm's customers in their -- and their customers' ability to thrive. if we care about protecting financial stability and having a healthy financial system, we have a responsibility to pursue a fairer, more transparent, and more accurate process. the approach set forth under h.r. 6392

i rise today in strong support of h.r. 6392. this bill, the systemic risk designation improvement act offers a commonsense approach to the process of designating systemically important financial institutions. in doing so, it addresses a problem that republicans and democrats have complained about for some time. dodd-frank's $50 billion threshold for identifying sifis is a crude and arbitrary way to desigh which firms pose a risk to the stability of the financial system. it's important to remember that sifi designation isn't trivial. when the financial institution is labeled as a sifi, it faces supervision and costs without regard to the nature of the bank or the bank's accordingly, sifi designation impacts a firm's lending ability and therefore the firm's customers in their -- and their customers' ability to thrive. if we care about protecting financial stability and having a healthy financial system, we have a responsibility to pursue a fairer, more transparent, and more accurate process. the approach set forth under h.r. 6392

the clerk: h.r. 6415, a bill to provide for the appointment of members of the board of direct yoffers the office of compliance to replace members whose terms expire in 2017 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to 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 texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i send to the desk a concurrent resolution and ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 179, concurrent resolution directioning the secretary of the senate to make certain corrections in the enrollment of senate 2943. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of concurrent resolution? without objection the concurrent resolution is aeed to and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. he house will be in order. the chair wi

the clerk: h.r. 1561, an act to improve the national oceanic and atmospheric administration's weather research, and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. sullivan: i ask unanimous consent that the thune substitute amendment at the desk be considered, the cantwell amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to, the thune substitute amendment as amended be agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sullivan: i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to senate resolution 606. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 606, honoring the memories and legacies of the three law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the attack on july 17, 2016, in baton rouge, louisiana. the presid

president, i ask the chair to lay before the body a message to accompany h.r. 2028. the presiding officer: the chair lays before the body the following message. the clerk: resolve, that the house agree to the amendment of the senate to l bill h.r. 2028, entitled "an act making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes with an amendment." mr. mcconnell: i move to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 2028 and i send a cloture motion to the desk on the motion to concur. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to concur in the house amendment to the senate amendment to calendar number 96, h.r. 2028, an act making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for

mcconnell, moves to refer the house message to accompany h.r. 2028 to the committee on appropriations with

goodlatte, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4919, as amended. on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title. bill. the clerk: h.r. 4919, a bill to amend the law enforcement act of 1994 to re-authorize the missing alzheimer's disease patient alert program, and to promote initiatives that would reduce the risk of injury and death relating to the wandering characteristics of some children with autism. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 346. the nays are 66. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bi

we will consider h.r. 2845, the enhancement act of 2013. senator cardin?>> again i appreciate that this is before us today. i want to thank senators for introducing the millennium compacts for regional economic integration act with the last year. the bill pass our committee earlier in the authority is included in h.r. 2045. i would urge our colleagues to support this legislation. >> any other discussion lacks senator coons? >> briefly if i might. thank senator cardin first leadership getting it to the finish line and thank you, mr. chairman for what is a close with a regular of such a wide range of bills or today's market. >> thank you. thank you so much. if there's no further discussion i would entertain a motion by voice vote. is there a second? thank you. so moved and seconded. all in favor? opposed? the ayes have it the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. are there further amendments? hearing none of is there a motion to approve as amended? is there a second? the questions on the motion to approve h.r. 2845 as amended. all in favor? opposed? with

will also consider h.r. 4939 u.s. strategic engagement of 2016.to thank representatives engel and ros-lehtinen for their work on this legislation but i think senator cardin for working with us to streamline the spell and assured focuses on encouraging nations to seek partnership in the united states h.r. 4481 education for all act of 2016 is also on the agenda. this resource agrees roland providing authority for usaid programs that have been appropriated. without such guidance from our committee for over a decade. this bill authorizes programs to help countries provide quality basic education the lack of which is a significant barrier to economic growth. we will also consider h.r. 2845 american growth and opportunity enhancement act of 2015. it's an important part of earning geisha with africa. this bill as the president to direct more resources towards helping african businesses trade with the united states. and millennium challenge corporation represents the amcor pill this committee approved an hour june 23 markup or they want to commend senato

to the charge. >> that's correct appropriated the concentrate goes to h.r.nd no other officer files general form memo supporting that complaint then the officer within the station and battalion and other members will only found out if there is an investigation by the drs when the members are detailed for interview. >> is the command force knowledgeable this investigation is concurring or is it to a point they're not knowledgeable until the case move forward. >> the chiefs office is definitely within the notification by department of human resources so, yes. >> one more hypothetical from the officer suspects sexual harassment or impropriety the duty and responsibility of that officer to bring that issue forthwith. >> absolutely so report of third party complaints the officer will actually call me or submit a general form memo but not about the officer it is about a member and things that the officer has observed without the member actually filing a complaint at the moment and so in this case, i will accept a complaint and send a notice to the person identifie

h.r., payroll duties. this is last on my list. -lemonis: yeah. -sandy: yeah.ve never seen a candy store or any retail business that has its h.r. director running the merchandise. i guess i shouldn't be that surprised. if they don't see the importance of having their ice cream be special, why would the candy be any different? it's a nice attempt at a theme, but i'm not really sure that the theme's clear to me. when you walk in the front door, it looks like they went to the local convenience store and just said, "give me some lollipops and some sweet tarts." it's not nostalgic. there's nothing really curated. and what's this -- all this bacon? why do you have bacon cotton candy? sandy: people like bacon right now. same thing with the bacon soda. lemonis: i mean, i know the craze with bacon, but how does it connect to farrell's? shauna: it doesn't. there is no bacon connection. -lemonis: yeah. -shauna: and i think that there are a lot of things that could probably go away. sandy: well, i love the product. shauna: the barrels used to be filled with old-time candy,

the clerk: h.r. 5602, an act to amend the united states code and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the subcommittee discharged. the senate proceeds to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the shelby-brown substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: is there objection? mc-- the presiding officer: without objection. hearing no further debate, all those in favor say aye. those opposed? the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill, as amend is passed. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the following calendar numbers en bloc: 675-783. -- 638. dr 68 3w. officer snrer objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the calendar numbers be considered read en bloc and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on

the example i give are, first of all, the h.r. policies of at&t. company, 360,000 employees living on the edge of the supernova, competing every day with verizon, deutsche come, t-mobile. very interesting to understand what their h.r. policies are like. so i spent a lot of time with their h.r. team. quite simply,s this is what at&t does. randall stephenson, their see to owe, gips the year with a radically transparent speech about what their competitive environment is like and what skills you're going to need as an at&t employee this year. then they put every employee on their in-house linkedin system, then they look brad graham, brad graham. brad, we have ten skills we think you need to thrive this year at at&t, and you've got seven of them. but you're missing three. then they partnered with sebastian -- [inaudible] through audacity, the online learning platform, and he created nanodegrees for all ten. then they said we will give you up to $8,000 or $8,500 to take all these courses on one condition, you have to take them on your own time. if you ta

. >> well, thank you, h.r. for those terrific remarks, a few more points to my mind. you talked about taking a time to free your mind. that is kind of one of the things we're trying to do is just get in with a senior person, actually sort of a role model for our project is one of our board members, i met him in 2007, he was working on iraq and they had an idea that they were thinking of and it was in relation to what was going on in vietnam, they brought me into the pentagon to talk to him and other senior officials and i think it had some value to them and obviously i count give them all the answers, that was of value and it's easy to get caught up in the crisis of the day that it's valuable that way. you talked about complexity, i think that is one of the advantages of history and historians, i think the social sciences in many respects and not all of them, but many of them, oversimplify things, especially when they try to quantify things or come up with grand theories and history makes you understand how complex things are that things are non linear, that you actua

i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to immediate consideration of h.r. 3286, a bill to encourage effective, voluntary private sector investments to reap criewt, employ and retain men and women who have served in the united states military with annual presidential awards to provide to private-sector employers recognizing such efforts which was received from the house. i further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: reserving the right to be 0. first i'd like to say to my p good friend from north carolina, mr. tillis, i've been here for six years, i've never used this procedure. never believed in it. never thought anything would be so direly needed that i would have to stand here and object to all the good things we both have worked on. i have so many good things on my side that i'm not moving right now. you have so many great things on your side that i would love to help you with. but, sir, if you were in my position -- let m

. >> h.r., it's been a tremendous pleasure listening to you. thanks so much for coming and spending some of your very busy day with us. if everyone could join me in a round of applause. thank you. [ applause ] and on that happy note, i again thank you mark, thank you general mcmaster and all of you for joining us today and wish you all the best for the rest of the year and a happy 2017. thanks for coming to the forum. ♪ >>> this weekend on "american history tv" on c-span3, saturday evening just before 7:00 eastern, providence college history professor patrick green, an author of "the land shall be debhujjed in blood" examines the life of nat turner, the slave rebellion he led. >> the clash between the slave and the -- embodied the dramatic differences that existed in the black community as some, including artists, decided to support the revolt while others el

we can make an argument of overregulation americans don't get a good deal with their government with h.r. is not as good as it should be. but the person who has those genes it is happening right now there are thousands of americans they're finding their groove to make it. what gets you that is inside space they never want. you have to getting it there are people in america getting it now with things going on with silicon valley john: i agree i think that includes facebook beyond twitter that crotchety old man that you trash. [laughter] but i ask people to follow me on twitter is the american dream still alive? they say no. it stifles on entreprenuers. it would be tougher today i assume. >> a lot of things have changed but beside facebook and twitter which is heavily publicized one thing about social media it is about every petty talking too much [laughter] john: people should talk to each other. >> but not at the extent -- extent of afterlife exchanging what you eat. i am friendly with rupert brooke -- rock -- murdoch. >> key is my boss. >> he came to see me in the office and said you ha

blumenthal: there is welcome news today, which is that the senate has received from the hoe h.r. 6416, a bipartisan comprehensive measure that keeps faith with our veterans and makes sure that we continue our progress toward leaving no veteran behind. and i want to emphasize at the very start this measure is a down payment. it is far from a final or even fully acceptable solution to many of the problems that it addresses. it has more than 70 provisions. it's broad and comprehensive in scope and scale. more veterans, many at risk of homelessness, will receive the care and benefits they need and deserve. v.a. hospitals will have better management and more mental health care givers and emergency room doctors. families of veterans will be helped by extending critical education benefits to surviving members of those families. work will finally begin to help descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances. but again, on those issues and so many more, we are only taking another step in what must be a journey toward helping our veterans with the services that they need and they deserve an

they also have h.r. at the parade and he was insane. he was mentally ill and after he was executed, they exhumed his body and wanted to study up for science. to see if you could be physical signs of insanity. they cut open his brain and send it to experts around the country and they sent it back and say you probably have but that's all we can tell. they put it in this jar. >> candyce told me before we started this program that she is still looking around for her next subject. i'm almost 77 years old and i want to reach her next book. thank you so much. >> thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] .. every person, 117,000 people have pages that contain all their video. and on that page is a link, a search box and you put in a word. so let's say you want to see jackson lee, you put in a word, they talked about climate change. >> members of the congressional black caucus tomorrow will receive signatures and public statements demanding this body fully support president obama's clean power plant. >> you want ted poe who speaks a lot on

resolution 174 directing the clerk of the house of representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of h.r. 34. the vice president: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i call up an amendment which would rename a title of the bill. i would say to the clerk i would like for her to read the entire thing. the vice president: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from kentucky mr. mcconnell for himself and mr. reid proposes an amendment numbered 5137. beginning on page 1, line 7, strike following correction and all that follows and insert the following: following corrections. one, amend the long title so as to read an act to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures and for other purposes. two, amend the section heading for section 1001 so as to read, beau biden, cancer moonshot and n.i.h. innovation projects. three, amend the table of contents in section 1 so that the item relating to section 1001 reads as follows: 1001, beau biden, cancer moonshot and n.i.h. innovation projects. mr. mcconnell:

it's your secretaries, h.r. low-level workers. everybody up to the present of the company and requires a cultural change. it's requiring culture change in use defense industry where quite a ways along. it will require the same change in the leadership that is concomitant with the change in japan as well. on the cyber site prioritizing the fans. looking for opportunities such as the multilateral info sharing agreement. these misses can be done and multilateral ways that are all part of the u.s. cert. i want to give an example of one way this can all be shared. if i lose my voice, let me come up with a couple of final thoughts. i think that the industrial intelligence future relationship between the u.s. and japan will arrest on japanese initiative. right now the incentive to do so is not as strong as it should be within the united states, and this is japan's future. yes, it's the u.s.-japan alliance but the incentives need to be created at the effort needs to to come from japan first. both u.s. and japan industry have to be incenti

resolution 174 directing the clerk of the house of representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of h.r34. the vice president: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i call up an amendment which would rename a title of the bill. i would say to the clerk i would like for her to read the entire thing. the vice president: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from kentucky mr. mcconnell for himself and mr. reid proposes an amendment numbered 5137. beginning on page 1, line 7, strike following correction and all that follows and insert the following: following corrections. one, amend the long title so as to read an act to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century cures and for other purposes. two, amend the section heading for section 1001 so as to read, beau biden, cancer moonshot and n.i.h. innovn

under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the house message to accompany h.r. 34, which the clerk will report. the clerk: house message to accompany h.r. 34, an act to authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection forecast warning research and mitigation program of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, and for other purposes. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic whip. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise to speak in morning business, with the permission of the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, let me say at the outset that i took the floor last week and said a few words of tribute and friendship to my colleague, senator kirk. i am glad to hear the majority leader's statement this morning. it was spot on and captured his public spirit as well as his personal strength that has brought him to this moment in history, and i have been honored to serve with him for the last six years. i'd say to my colleague, senator coats from indiana, we served together in the house, in the senate, an

under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the house message to aconsider h.r. 2028, which the clerk will report. the clerk: house message to accompany h.r. 2028, an act making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes. mr. durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: madam president, i want to join and echo the comments of the democratic leader, senator reid, about the passing of john glenn. i was just in high school when he was the famous astronaut who risked his life to prove that we could move forward in the space program. it wasn't just an achievement when it came to science. it was an achievement america was hungry for. we were so afraid after the launching of sputnik and two russian cosmonauts that we were falling behind in the space race. all of the astronauts, especially john glenn, risked their lives to move us forward in the space program that ultimately landed a man on the moon. i have read a little bit this mor