0, homeland security committee, because of course, we are ashamed as a nation bya course, we are ashameda policy that takes babies out of the arms of their mothers, that builds tents and all the rest to house people that... 0k, we have been listening to nancy pelosi, who is almost certain to become the new speaker of the house of representatives on the democratic party. it has been a fascinating couple of hours, firstly, donald trump laid out his thoughts on the results, now we have had nancy pelosi speaking, and jockeying has begun for the position here. she recognises this as a new era and president trump has to deal with a democratic controlled house of representatives. things will change in washington, will there be cooperation between the two? or will there be confrontation and conflict? from what we have heard so far, confrontation does not look far away. that is it from me in washington, dc. stay with us, because very soon, we willjoin katty kay and christian fraser for beyond 100 days. there will be more coverage of these us mid—term elections. there have been some very heavy sho

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homeland security department testifying on the threat against cyber threats, testimony running an hour and a half. >> the subcommittee will come to order welcome to a joint hearing on the threats and capabilities with homeland security committee on infrastructure protection, today we will examine interagency cyber cooperation, and the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of the department of homeland security and dispense. holding this joint hearing has been a priority for the subcommittee for the past few months and we are pleased that it has come together today. this is a timely opportunity to hear about recent interagency coordination efforts, and the status of related fy 2019 mda a provision. this is a critically important topic that will shape going forward as a long-term policy -- cyber enterprise, our committee and edc in particular has performed significant oversight of the cyber organization, operation, admission force element within dod, at this joint hearing we can now take a broader focus on the cyber organization, and capabilities. within the entire united states government, cyber threats posed by both state and nonstate adversaries continue to grow and evolve at a rapid pace, the steps are not just to the re

yet the house committee on homeland security has had years to act. my committee did the work. we did act. now i'm being threatened with a false choice. either reauthorize the program as is without much-needed reforms are a let it die. in fact, there is a much better third choice. pass s. 3405, the bill our committee passed unanimously. a bill that provides unanimous reforms that strike the right balance between security and efficiency. again, our committee did the work. we did act. and i have to tell all my colleagues here, this is the only option i will support. so, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 670, s. 3405. i further ask the committee-reported substitute amendment be withdrawn, the johnson substitute amendment at the desk be considered and 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: is there objection? a senator: mr. president? reserving the right to object. the pres

a.m., the at 10:00 senate homeland security committee holds a confirmation hearing for the nominee to head immigration and customs enforcement. at 4 p.m., the house veterans affairs committee looks into payment delays. at 7:30 p.m., c-span's road to the white house features ohio's john kasich speaking. when we study the history of memphis, tennessee, there is and april 4, 1968 post-april 4, 1968. >> memphis was the place of a lot of racial tension, but also a place of racial harmony. had there been no comic-con economy, there might not have for this need transportation, but it is also possible memphis might not exist in the 21st century. >> this weekend, we take you to memphis, tennessee. beginning saturday at 7 p.m. eastern on book tv, the author talks about his book "down to the crossroads." about civil rights, black power, and the march against fear. an author charles hughes speaks about his book. on sunday at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv, the history of cotton in memphis during the mid-19th century. and then a visit to the national civil rights museum. watch c-span's citi

department of homeland security, that included contributions from the department of defense, and many other partners. our sub subcommittee, in collaboration with the homeland security committee have been active in improving the issue of cooperation between the two departments. in this year's fiscal year 19, the national defense authorization act we established a pilot program that allows the d.o.d. to provide technical cyber security personnel to the department of homeland security, in order to enhance security and resiliency of critical infrastructure. i look forward to hearing the status of this pilot program at this hearing. also, in this year's ndaa, we created a national security artificial intelligence commission that will be important in identifying the impact ai will have in the cyber doe machblt as our adversaries continue to improve atz increasing speeds we must continue to grow our acts to defend against these threats. i believe we will only be successful if the u.s. can leverage the capabilities and authorities of all of its departments and agencies in the united approach. we must reduce wasted resources, on overlapping and duplicative efforts in government to ma

finally again as a member of the homeland security committee, we need to rush disaster housing assistance to california. none of us have seen the magnitude of the campfire fires. and fema has not provided disaster housing assistance. we must issue that order, meaning the president must issue that order. we must rush to provide those people who are homeless. we know that it is more efficient to provide funding for housing as opposed to hotels. and they are begging for it. and i believe that we should convene the homeland security hearing to be able to assist these individuals as quickly as possible. where is the humanitarian moral compass of this nation? to stop killing children in yemen. to understand that we must help those suffering refugees at the border. and finally, mr. speaker, to help our neighbors in california get housing after everything is gone. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah, mr. curtis, for five minutes. as a member of the house foreign affairs committee, i closely followed the recent developments of the war between saudi a

homeland security committee. of course we are shamed as a nation by a policy that takes babies out of the arms of their mothers, that builds tents and all the rest. we want to look into that. we hope we can do that with sibley having oversight. i hope not, but so be it. next you think it was a mistake to stay silent on the rhetoric from the president and some republican senators. theblicans cap control of senate. some ran on this anti-immigrant rhetoric. are you in hindsight thinking that was a mistake? >> no. i urged our colleagues not to take the bait and with the president was putting out. very dangerous issue because of misrepresentation put out there. a five by fighting that same five. you win by sticking with the program for the people. lower health care costs. cleaner government. that produced a victory for us in spite of the gerrymandering the president has done. >> they are pledging to vote on the border wall and border security funding that he claims democrats pushed back on. >> i am sorry. i did not wa

ohmland security committee. because -- homeland security committee. because of course we are shamed as a nation by a policy that takes babies out of the arms of their mothers, that builds tents and all the rest to house people that they're separating families. we want to look into that. we hope we can do so by simply having oversight. if in fact it requires a subpoena, i hope not, but so be it. >> a followup on that. do you think it was a mistake for the democrats to stay silent on the heated rhetoric from the president, and some republican senators, the republicans kept the control of the senate and some of them ran on this anti-immigrant rhetoric. are you in hindsight maybe thinking that that was a mistake for democrats to stay silent? ms. pelosi: i urged our colleagues not to take the bait on what the president was putting out there. it's a dangerous issue on the campaign trail because of the misrepresentations that are put out there you don't win a fight by fighting that same fight. you win by sticking with the program for the people. lower health

could, and head of senate homeland security committee ron johnson doing the same. trey gowdy is retiring at the end of it term. no lift wants to equate ivanka to hillary clinton and her fry at server, president said there is no comparison. >> ivanka can handle herd, these are historical records, there of no deleting unlike hillary clinton. who delighted 30 thought e-mails. this is early on. she came in, these calls not closclassified. unlike hillary clinton's calls, it is fake news. >> wellest vision go anywhere, can we agree one of these thing ofs is not quite like the other. let's welcome our panel. >> thank you. former congresswoman, board member. nan, happy thanksgiving. >> we're having a dits cusion about stuffing versus stressing, regional differences. nan with you, about comparison that i think is kind of -- >> i agree. >> strikes he apples and oranges. >> i would agree, they are fruit, and e-mail. issues. in fact, wording that senate hockey hockey chairman ron jon john used, we want to determine whether or not there was anything substantive in the e-mails.

been fantastic ally in somebody who's doing and a terrible job and chairs the senate committee on homeland security and governmental affairs and chairman michael who had a great victory in texas and he's in charge of the house committee in homeland security. michael, congratulations. >> thank you, sir. >> solid victory. i also want to thank secretary of homeland security kiersten nielsen and undersecretary chris for being here and they, too, have been working long and hard on this bill. every date america's adversaries are taking our cyber defenses in an attempt to gain access to our critical input structure, exploit our great companies and undermine our entire way of life. we can't let that happen. this vital education will establish a new agency within the department of romance ready to lead the federal government civilian response to the cyber threats against our nation and we had any threats against our nation, cyber is going to be in this form and threats have taken place and we been doing good at knocking them out but now we will be this will make us, i think, much more effective. we are putt

but, before i go any further, i also must congratulate thompson of the homeland security committee for their work shepherding the reorganization billed through the house last night. it has been a bit of a slug as it often is with our friends on the other side of the capital. but after three years, i am proud they will soon be offici the security agency, so, the legislation is headed to president trump for a signature, the department of homeland security taking the lead role in protecting the government, and critical infrastructure, something i that i look forward to hearing more about from the witnesses today in particular i would like to congratulate you, secretary, and the secretary crabs as well the new agency will be well served by your leadership as well as the executive team, so, and, also, what a pleasure it was to have you in rhode island recently and i appreciate your contributions, that you make to our cyber advisory committee, but beyond the implications of the existing new development, we came this afternoon to discuss collaboration between two agencies with important but d

and he chairs the senate committee on homeland security governmental affairs. and chairman mccall, who just victory in texas, he's in charge of the house committee on homeland security. congratulations. a big -- a very solid victory. i also want to thank secretary security, kirstjen undersecretary, chris crebs, fob being here. they -- for being here. have been working long and hard on this bill. adversariesmerica's attempt to gain access to our critical infrastructure, exploit andgreat companies undermine our entire way of life. we can't let that happen. legislation will establish a new agency within the department of homeland federal to lead the government's civilian response to the cyber threats against our nation. we've had many threats against our nation. cyber is gonna be the newest form. and the threats have taken place and we've been doing a pretty at knockingty good them out. but now this will make us, i think, much more effective. we're putting people that are the best in the world in charge and i think we're going to have a whole different ball game. c

republicans including the senate homeland security committee chairman ron johnson and house oversightir trey gowdy want to know whether trump violated federal law. here is president trump on the e-mail. >> very innocent. very short period of time. very early on. there was no delesion of e-mails like the 33,000 plus probably another 100,000 hillary clinton did after she got the subpoena. there was no anything. >> we are here with our power panel. democratic strategist and floyd matheson. good to have both of you. so president trump is saying, listen, there's nothing to see here. this is very innocent. he's saying it was early on, ivanka was not dealing in any highly sensitive. does ivanka trump get a pass on this? >> the important thing is she is cooperating. it is appropriate for folks in the senate and house for those who have oversight to question that and call for that. it is very common in terms of that transition process, especially as it relates to scheduling and personal matters and so on. it seems to be pretty innocent and innocuous. she needs to go through that process. we al

and that would be as instructed by homeland security committee. it's a majority vote to make that budget change. it's a budget resolution. that's what it would take. and once that's done, then the money could be placed into this trust account that's being set .p under the byrne bill and i know back a year and a half ago we heard all kinds of threats, oh, we can't really repeal obamacare because of the byrd rule. can't do it under reconciliation. oh, the byrd rule. oh, we can't -- we had leaders in the house and senate, republican leaders in the house and the senate telling us, no, the byrd rule won't let that happen. sorry, it won't let that happen. nobody bothered to go check with the parliamentarian and the parliamentarian is not even the last word. the particle american dane, i'm very -- parliamentarians, i'm very sorry, say this, but it's true, sometimes parliamentarians are wrong. i don't know of a time when our current parliamentarian was wrong. but i certainly know a prior occasion when a predecessor since i've been here was totally wrong.

. >> i had served in the homeland security committee and it was clear to all of us.troops deployed to the border, their job was not to make apprehensions, but to provide an extra set of hands. the border patrol is trained to do this. this is not the role of the united states and the military and the national guard at the boarder to make those arrests. i don't know why the president would say such a thing. i know the military is not down there to be making arrests. they are there to provide support to the customs border protection as they should. >> he's got a let of generals around him. they are advising him. he's hearing for them, presumably, when it comes to this area of conducting law enforcement. he is hearing from them on how you talk to the troops in a phone call like he made today. do you think he just doesn't care? do you think he is disregarding their advice? >> i suspect at times that the president just does not do propriety well? how hard is it to speak to the troops overseas? you thank them for their service and sacrifice and bring greetings and listen to

. >> i caught up with ron johnson yesterday leaving the senate, chairing the homeland security committee, he's investigated the hillary clinton e-mail issue for the last two years. he says it's not like the clinton e-mail issue but has serious concerns that she may not have complied with the law. they're going to demand answers from republicans and democrats alike. we'll see if it is more like the clinton e-mail issue sthan the president is saying so far. >> one benefit of the clinton e-mail scandal is a lot of very serious things were said about the importance of cyber security. so a lot of these republicans have said -- and democrats in some cases, have said a lot about how important it is that government e-mails be secured. now they have a chance to look into this. >> another example of saying we should do this instead of talking about it. >>> up next, the president sides with saudi arabia and shrugs off a brutal murder. critics say he's selling america out. >>> president trump defiantly keeping up praise for saudi arabia today. this despite bipartisan outrage after a presidential sta

a chair of the house homeland security committee. fabulous to have you on the program today. it's so important to get your perspective and expertise. we're looking at the percentages over the years. a growing number of people trying to do this where they came in a loophole what's happening? stay back most of them are gaming the system. they know the magic words to say and they're allowed to stay in the united states. the fact is, the mexican government -- i talked to the mexican ambassador. he told me they offer the caravan asylum in mexico. this is a safe third country but they could seek asylum in from their original country of central america and that's the place to make your asylum claim. so what we did with the president is trying to do is a showing of force number one with her active duty military and not going to take a bogus asylum claims, going up the standards and you've got to apply at the ports of entry, not between the ports of entry. with his caravan to follow that? i don't know. if i could easily see them going between the ports of entry that's going to be a re

let's bring in ron johnson, chairman of the senate homeland security committee.u today. thanks for being on the program. i first want to just get your reaction to the idea that there was a go back and forth, if you will, over a meeting with president putin. what's happening with ukraine obviously having an effect on that. >> well, hello, harris. i'm not going to second-guess the president. we are hoping that they are pressing -- the ministries and is pressing -- the putin regime behind the scenes. we have a resolution, have cosponsors right now that defend the action that calls for immediate return. at least of the prisoners in the muscles. it's going to affirm secretary pompeo's declaration that we will never recognize the attempted annexation of crimea, and certainly that we reaffirm our support for the ukrainian people. it's government, and its territorial integrity. i think we need to, across-the-board, all, all of the allies across government very strong and resolute response. i would love to see freedom of operations, going straight to the sea. we can't tol

a.m., the at 10:00 senate homeland security committee holds a confirmation hearing for the nominee to head immigrations and customs enforcement. at 4:00 p.m. the house and veterans affairs committee looks into g.i. bill payment delays. at 7:00 p.m., ohio governor john kasich speaking in manchester, new hampshire. >> and a view of the warren commission, they described the fully the circumstances of the assassination of president kennedy. is there more to this story than the war and report discovered -- warren report discovered? series,967 special new a cbs news inquiry, the warren report, anchored by walter cronkite, investigating unanswered questions into president john f. kennedy's assassination. lee harvey oswald and whether he acted alone to assassinate president kennedy. >> it seemed evident that we should try to establish the ease or difficulty of that rapidfire performance, hence our next question. how fast could that rifle be fired? >> watch "real america" saturday at 10 a copy of eastern on american history to be -- at 10:00 eastern on american history on c-span to the. >> sun

number of committees defending on how we go down the path, financial services committee, homeland security committee. shamed as ae are nation by a policy that takes babies out of the arms of their mothers, that builds tents and all the rest to house people and the separation of families. we want to look into that. we hope to do so aggressively having oversight. if it requires a subpoena, i hope not, but so be it. >> i really respected what nancy said last night about partisanship in getting together and uniting. andused the word uniting bipartisanship. that is what we should be doing. we can look at us. they can look at us. we can look at them. it will go back and forth. it will probably be very good for me politically. i think i am better at that game than they are actually good we will find out. -- then they are actually. we will find out. you can't do this simultaneously. if they are doing that, we are not doing the other. just so you understand. we won't be doing that. what happens is we send it to the senate, and we will get 100% democrat support and some republican support. if it is good, i be

ron johnson, the top senate chairman of senate homeland security committee, same thing.eality here is this is a serious problem, whether the president likes it or not, probably more of an ethical problem than a legal problem but the reality is, we do not know what's in those e-mails. republicans on capitol hill as well as democrats say they'll find out. >> need to find out and of course when someone says they didn't delete, did they or did they not? this all has to be now looked into. jeff, thank you very much from mar-a-lago tonight. >>> and next, the man who was a key player in the killing of osama bin laden. rob o'neill is any guest. >>> the mississippi race should have been a shoe in for republicans but are pictures like these of the republican candidate in a confederate hat sinking her chances? i found my tresiba® reason. now i'm doing more to lower my a1c. once daily tresiba® controls blood sugar for 24 hours for powerful a1c reduction. tresiba® is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don't use tresiba® to treat diabetic k

he sits on the homeland security committee as well. he talked about why this is a good idea in his estimation, what lawmakers might learn. let's take a listen to what the congressman had to say. >> this is actually something that should have been done a while ago. to me there are real questions as to how he conducted himself, why he began this investigation in the first place. why in many cases he was telling us one thing behind the scenes and refused to say it publicly. he told us all along that donald trump was never a subject of the investigation, but refused to say that publicly. >> joyce vance, at this point, what can we learn? bob goodlap said this investigation is not about donald trump. it's not about hillary clinton, it's about being able to conduct an impartial investigation. what's your sense of what we could learn if loretta lynch and james comey are brought to capitol hill to do this in closed session? >> i think that's exactly the right question to ask and whether the appropriate focus for the use of congressional resourc

michael mccaul, chairman of the homeland security committee. you for coming back, welcome to our program here. i'm going to take you back to the rally in a florida last night if you're talking to troops at the southwest border. here is the president from the rally. >> republicans want strong borders, no crime, no chaos, and no caravans. [cheers and applause] democrats want open borders, and they want to invite you caravan after caravan into our country, which brings crime upon crime. >> bill: we should hear it again in missouri later tonight. what do you believe about 15,000 military troops going to the border? is that something that is necessary? is it needed? >> well, we have the 3500 approaching mexico city. another 3,000 that are coming up right behind them, and a bill, once again, they can get on what is called the beast. it is a freight train. a very dangerous to ride. can bring them right up to the border. i talked to the mexican investor. told me that they were going to prevent them from getting on that train. they have not been able to

oh, homeland security committee because of course we are shamed as a nation by a policy that takes babies out of the arms of mothers, that builds tents and all the rest to house people and their separation of families. so we want to look into that, and we would hope that we could do so by simply having oversight. if in fact it requires a subpoena, i hope not, but so be it. >> reporter: do you think it was a mistake for the governor to stay silent on all the heated rhetoric from the president and some republican senators? the republicans kept control of the senate and some of them ran on this. are you maybe thinking that was a mistake? >> no, i do not. i urged our colleagues not to take the bait on what the president was putting out there. it's a very dangerous issue on the campaign trail because of the misrepresentations that are put out there. you don't win a fight by fighting that same fight. you win by sticking with the program for the people, lower health care costs, bigger paychecks, cleaner government. that produced a big victory for us in spite what the vaebs dores have done. i hav

let's bring in wisconsin senator ron johnson, chairman of the homeland security committee. he joins us now. a busy couple of days. what are you watching this morning? >> good morning, sandra. i've been traveling all over the state of wisconsin. if democrats succeed in this election it is because they bamboozled the americans one more time with the big lie on healthcare. 2013 president obama was awarded the lie of the year if you like the healthcare plan and like your doctor you can keep them. premiums didn't go down by $2500 per family. every democrat running are talking about how republicans want to take away protections from pre-existing conditions. that couldn't be anything but true. governor walker's wife has diabetes, his mother breast cancer. we want to main thain that protection with people but we want to do it in an architecture where premiums aren't so high. democrats are running on that. we're running on the strong economy. wage growth up 3.1%. in wisconsin unemployment has been under 3% for the last eight months. that's a record. nationally 3.7%. that didn't just

readiness and the customers senate committee on aviation and also served a period on the homeland security committee as well. she current currently finally i should note serves on a variety of din boards many of which are deeply involved in the energy sector. including bloom energy, a leading fuel cell solutions provider. next to her is lushian niemeyer he was appointed by the secretary of defense on august 2-2017. as of yesterday -- >> i am in the process of a transition. >> yeah, transitioning from that position to still working on energy solutions for the undersecretary -- [ in audio ] -- [ no audio ] >> joe brian. joe is a senior fellow here on the atlanta council's global energy center. previously served as deputy assistant secretary of the navy for energy in the obama administration. and before that had an accomplished career on the hill serving in multiple different roles, and working on energy issues throughout his career. finally, to joel's left is nicole bulgarino. she is with federal solutions at am res co, she is responsible for the business unit serving federal government customers incl

i must also graduate chairman mccall and ranking member thompson of the homeland security committee for their sheparding the reorganization bill through the house last night. it's been a big of an slog as is often is with our friends on the other side of the capital. i'm proud they will soon be opening the infrastructure security agency the department of homeland security. the legislation headed by-- the legislation headed to president trump for signature reaffirms, taking the lead role protecting civilian government and critical infrastructure, something i look forward to hearing more about from my witnesses today. in particular i'd like to congratulate you, secretary, and pass along my congratulations to undersecretary krebs as well. the new leadership as well as the inaugural executive team, and also, will et -- let me say what a pleasure to have you in rhode island recently and appreciate your contributions you made to our cyber advisory committee i put together. but beyond the implications of this, this existing new development, we're here this information to discuss collaboration

mccaul, chairman of the committee on homeland security and a senior member of the foreign affairs committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul, is recognized for two minutes. mr. mccaul: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of the bill i wrote with mr. engel, my good friend, the global fragility and violence protection act. one of our greatest national security challenges is preventing violent conflicts around the world. violent conflict creates hostile environments and displaces and deprives citizens. it cost the global economy over $14 trillion annually. they also provide fertile recruiting grounds for terrorist groups and transnational criminal organizations that i tracked as my role as chair of the homeland security. often these strive in states where it's fragile, where the government loses sight of its own people. when ignored, these breakdowns in the government ultimately can lead to lengthy and costly involvement by the united states. that's why today congressman engel and i are proposing an innovative new way of thinking about these challenges. the

she also served for a period on the homeland security committee as well. she currently finally i should note serves on a variety of different boards, many of which have -- are deeply involved in the energy sector including bloom energy. next to her is lucian niemeyer. lucian was appointed by the president as the assistance secretary of defense for energy installations and the environment on august 2nd, 2017. as of yesterday, i believe, is that right -- >> in the process of the transition. >> transitioning from that position, still working on energy solutions for the undersecretar [ no audio ] joe bryan, joe is a senior fellow here in the atlantic council global energy center. he previously served as deputy assistant secretary of the navy for energy in the obama administration and before that, had an accomplished career on the hill serving in multiple different roles and working on energy issues throughout his career. finally to joe's left is nicole bulgarino. nicole is executive vice president and general manager for federal solutions at amresco, a leading

the senaters committee on homeland security and governmental affairs. and chairman michael mcauley incredible victory in texas. congratulations to you. a solid victory. i also want to thank secretary of homeland security kiersten nielsen and undersecretary chris krebs for being here. they also have an working long and hard on this. day, america's adversaries are testing our cyber defenses. toy attempt to gain access our critical infrastructure, exploit our great companies and undermine our entire way of life and we cannot let that happen. this legislation will establish a new agency within the homeland security to lead the federal governments were -- federal government civilian response. form will be the newest and the threats have taken place and we have been doing a pretty good job at knocking them out but this will make us i think much more effective. we are putting people who are the best in the world in charge and i think we will have a whole different ballgame. cyber is to a large extent where it is at right these days. thee men and women of agenc

the confirmation hearing on wednesday was attended by 7 of the 15 members of the homeland security committeedemocrats there grilled him about his involvement in the trump administration's policy of separating migrant children their parents and got him to admit the administration is considering a new policy that would force parents between separation and being detained together. he also said he regretted a tweet in which he compared democrats to the klan. >>> up next, will there be a chic up in the democratic leadership? the answer is maybe. and it's not just about nancy pelosi. pelosi see? opportunity. ev-er-y-where. about to be parents. meeting the parents. and this driver, logging out to watch his kid hit one out of the... (bat hits ball) opportunity is everywhere. all you have to do to find it is get out...here. ♪ yeah, this is bob barnett in chicago. (john foley) i was there when bob barnett made the first commercial wireless phone call. we were both working on that first network that would eventually become verizon's. that call opened the door to the billions of mobile calls that we've

homeland security department testifying on the threat against cyber threats, testimony running an hour and a half. >> the subcommittee will come to order welcome to a joint hearing on the threats and capabilities with homeland security committee on infrastructure protection, today we will examine interagency cyber cooperation,

number of committees defending on how we go down the path, financial services committee, homeland security committeeshamed as ae are nation by a policy that takes babies out of the arms of their mothers, that builds tents and all the rest to house people and the separation of families. we want to look into that. we hope to do so aggressively having oversight. if it requires a subpoena, i hope not, but so be it. >> i really respected what nancy said last night about partisanship in getting together and uniting. andused the word uniting bipartisanship. that is what we should be doing. we can look at us. they can look at us. we can look at them. it will go back and forth. it will probably be very good for me politically. i think i am better at that game than they are actually good we will find out. -- then they are actually. we will find out. you can't do this simultaneously. if they are doing that, we are not doing the other. just so you understand. we won't be doing that. what happens is we send it to the senate, and we will get 100% democrat support and some republican support. if it is good, i beli

on c-span3, the senate homeland security committee holds a confirmation hearing for the nominee to headigration and customs enforcement. clock, the house veterans affairs committee looks into g.i. bill payment delays. at 7:00, c-span's road to the white house features john kasich speaking in new hampshire. when we study the history of washis, tennessee there pre-and post-april 4, 1968. ♪ >> memphis was the place of a lot of racial tension. it was also the place of a lot of racial harmony. >> the right not of been the need for a transportation hub. without cotton, memphis would not exist in the 21st century. >> c-span's cities tour take you to memphis, tennessee. beginning saturday, an author talks about his book. author on the role music played through his book. eastern ont 2:00 american history tv, the history of cotton in memphis during the mid-19th century. and then a visit to the national civil rights museum. >> in the view of the warren commission, they describe fully the circumstances of the assassination of president caminiti -- kennedy. is there more than the report discovered?

he was also appointed by governor janburger to the homeland security senior advisory committee for the state of arizona. outside of public service, the mayor has been a successful small business owner, developing three accounting practices. he has been a shining example after true public servant and outstanding friend to me and my staff over my years in congress. wish him well in his retirement and thank him for his service to the prescott valley and the entire state of arizona. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. senate 3389, an act to redesignate a facility of the national aeronautics and pace administration. the speaker pro tempore: mursuent to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 3:30

. >>> we're live on capitol hill this morning as the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee here on c-span 3, it should start in just a moment.

harman, a is jane ranking democrat on the homeland security intelligence committee, and tobias levkovichth us. james, do you agree with that potential outcome? know i think it is hard to right now. for a president like ours who loves reality tv, this is reality tv on steroids. i think it is in freefall. interestingly, the signing of usmca,or rather the about one hour ago, is just the beginning of that process. our congress and other legislatures have to ratify it. i think that will give leverage to our congress, the u.s. congress, to insist that trump move forward on helping to end the war in yemen, or at least u.s. military support for that war, and back off of the threat to close our government one week from today that would be excitement to watch, and i think it would be bigger drama than what happens in the g20. david: you served in the house of representatives and know it well. to a newk forward congress at the end of the year, what are the odds that they get ratification of the usmca? jane: i don't know what the time frames are, but if i were president trump, i would try to get it

yield two minutes to the gentlelady from texas who serves on the judiciary committee, the homeland security committee, and budget, ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady from california. i thank her for her unceasing, unceasing commitment to the national flood insurance program. we can't thank you enough. i don't know, my colleagues, i know we're from different states, but how many have walked through gutted homes and seen families full of sorrow and tears? hurricane harvey was the most singular largest flood next to, of course, hurricane michael. 51 trillion gallons of water in 2017. or walked in puerto rico to see the devastation as i have. or walked in the u.s. virgin islands and seeing homes and hotels and places for home and for business devastated. the national flood insurance program is a necessaryity. i wish this was a longer extension, but i have seen the desperation of those who have suffered. they need flood insurance. and those of us who have felt p the pain of the fires in california driven by the campfire fi

. >> i understand that you, your committee, homeland security, delayed a briefing, i guess, or delayedsay, on the i.c.e. director because of some concerns that you had over personal issues? can you tell us more about that? >> i think the day before our hearing or maybe the morning of the hearing we received a letter from a number of local union officials within the i.c.e. collective bargaining unit and we responded to that and there were other issues and charges that we have to complete our due diligence in. we are going through our due diligence here? >> can you tell us of what nature they are? >> it's charges of potential retaliation. it's really more a problem before he took over as acting director. it's problems between union and management within i.c.e. we need to track these down, and there are tweets in which were talked about at the hearing as well, and so we are doing due diligence on. >> they are objectionable tweets? >> tweets government officials should not be doing even in their personal life. >> such as? >> they are all in the record. you a he was referring to donald trum

i will say that manu raju just spoke with the chair of the senate homeland security and government affairs committeeron johnson, and he said, doug, we take this very seriously. but also this, douglas. the attorney for ivanka trump is making the case this is apples and oranges. saying that trump didn't create a private server, didn't have a private server in her house or office. no classified information was ever included, they say, and no e-mails were ever deleted. bottom line, it is using private e-mail to do government business. is this apples and ormpgs in your view? >> i think it's maybe two different kinds of apples. you know, you have a granny smith on one side and a golden delicious on the other. i don't think it's fully apples and oranges because there are striking similarities here. clearly, anybody who attended a donald trump rally in 2016 knew what the lock her up chant was about. >> or even goes to a rally today in 2018. >> exactly. i think this is where the trump team, and they have peter, one of the smartest, most skilled pr people i have ever dealt with, out there working this. they'r

. >>> we're live on capitol hill this morning as the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee is holding a hearing on two of president trump's homeland security department nominations. they include ronald vitello to lead immigration and customs enforcement. live coverage here on c-span 3, it should start in just a moment. >>> good morning. this hearing will come to order. i want to welcome our nominees. thank you for your past service and your willingness to serve again in these important positions. today the committee will consider president trump's nominee to serve as director of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement or i.c.e. the director is responsible for leading an organization of approximately 19,000 employees with a budget of more than $7.5 billion. i.c.e. is the lead federal agency responsible for enforcing federal laws related to immigration, border control, customs and trade. in addition to enforcing our immigration laws i.c.e.'s vast responsibilities include financial and cyber crimes as well as intellectual property and commercial fraud, human rights violations

committee chair and ranking member and for 36 years on the governmental affairs committee and now own as homeland security where he chaired or ranking member of several oversight committees including some 15 years on the permanent subcommittee on investigations. in these roles he led investigations into everything from the social security disability program, to defense procurement, to lobbying disclosure, irs seizure policy, enron, money laundering, tax evasion and the 2008 financial crisis. he operated throughout that period with a commitment to bipartisanship and the facts. the result of which has meant the vast majority of his findings, recommendations and investigative reports were supported by members from both sides of the aisle. senator levin retired from the senate in 2015. he now lives in detroit, where he heads the levin center, teaches at wayne law, and serves as senior council at honigman law firm. we're grateful he could be here today to present this award. senator levin. [applaus [applause] >> thank you so much, bob, for the introduction for all the work you do at the law school in detroit a