horsford: thank you.thank the gentlelady from wisconsin and thank you for your very compassionate remarks and the perspectives of so many people who are expecting this congress to act and we will take heed of your words and your recommendations. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject matter of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. horsford: and may i inquire as to how much remaining time we have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 22 minutes remaining. mr. horsford: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to also include for the record the fact that the u.n. committee on the elimination of racial discrimination recently issued a 14-page long scathing report on the united states' failure to fully comply with our obligations under the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination and numerous areas affecti

horsford: thank you. i thank the gentlelady from wisconsin and thank you for your very compassionate remarks and the perspectives of so many people who are expecting this congress to act and we will take heed of your words and your recommendations. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject matter of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. horsford: and may i inquire as to how much remaining time we have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 22 minutes remaining. mr. horsford: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to also include for the record the fact that the u.n. committee on the elimination of racial discrimination recently issued a 14-page long scathing report on the united states' failure to fully comply with our obligations under the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination and numerous areas affe

horsford: thank you. i'm proud to join with my colleagues in the consideration of h.r. 2678 and would like to yield to my good friend, the gentleman from florida, who has sponsored this legislation, representative garcia, as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. garcia: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. i want to thank the gentleman from georgia and the gentleman from nevada for their kind words. larcenia bullard was a teacher, a public servant, a trailblazer for young african-american women, a mother and a personal friend of mine. i am honored to stand here today in recognition of her unparalleled service to the people of south florida. larcenia spent 35 years living in richmond heights, florida with her son, dwight, and husband, edward, before passing early last year. she was a devoted first grade teacher and an accomplished state representative in the florida house and a legendary state senator. she is remembered for

horsford, ms. titus. h.r. 5205 combines seven bills addressing federal land issues in northern nevada. this compilation prescribes the best use for these lands or addresses or resolves long standing issues within the affected federal areas. it is the product of tireless negotiations with the stakeholders and the nevada congressional delegation to reflect a broad compromise on ideas and solutions. and it provides a balance or complimentary approach to the proposed wilderness in the bill by advancing measures to create jobs and solve long awaited problems for these northern nevada communities. i want to commend my colleague, mr. amodei, for his tireless work in bringing this bill to the floor today. for him i know this has been a labor of love and the state of nevada should be proud of his accomplishments today. so i urge my colleagues to support the bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. m

representative horsford serves on the financial services committee and the committee on oversight andrm. please join me in welcoming someone i have the pleasure of calling my fraternity brother, congressman stephen horsford. [applause] >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon! >> good afternoon. >> i know we were out late now -- [laughter] but we're here now. it's great to be here. thank you, josh, and to the brothers of alpha ph hirks alpha fraternity incorporated for hosting this very important forum and discussion on knowing our rights and the criminal justice system. i'm so pleased to have this dynamic panel and fellow fraternity brother moderating this panel as well. i'd like to just give a couple of opening remarks, because as everyone knows, we are here in large part because of an event that occurred on august 9th in ferguson, missouri, when a young, unarmed boy who had just graduated high school and who literally was weeks away from end rolling in college -- enrolling in college had his life taken from him in an unnecessary event and tragic event. i had the hono

. >> we will hear from another representative joining us, steven horsford democrat from nevada talkingbout similar issuance we will hear from him as the washington journal continues after this. ♪ >> announcer: washington journal continues. >> our second member of congress of the morning representative steven horsford democrat from nevada and serves the fourth district and good morning. >> good morning and thanks for having me. >> we are talking about asked the previous representative about isis and whether congress should come back and have a vote and debate on authorization for iraq and syria, how would you weigh this on that? >> well, i support the strategy that we are currently undertaking, the fact that congress gave the authorization to the president to train and equip along with the air strike strategy. i was a ovn overwhelmingly supp both in the house and senate because on this we need to but noted. this is not just the united states against isil, this is the world against isil. >> you voted for it for your delegation in nevada. >> i was in the house and senator reid supported i

. >> reporter: and nevada's stephen horsford: >> let be frank-- i believe you have done a disservice to the president of the united states. >> reporter: the white house says the president still has full confidence in the security agency and, scott, despite some veiled hints from members of congress today, secret service director julia pierson has not offered to resign. >> pelley: senior white house correspondent bill plante. bill, thanks very much. tonight, there is new urgency in the hint for a survivalist who is charged with shooting two pennsylvania state troopers, killing one and wounding the other. eric frein has been on the run, presumably in the pocono mountains for 18 days. vladimir duthiers reports on today's discovery. >> these are very similar devices. >> reporter: the pictures are of who explosive devices. police say they're pipe bombs, suspected cop killer eric frein left in the woods. the explosives could be lit by a fuse or triggered by a wire, according to pennsylvania state police lieutenant colonel george bivens. did he build these devices? >> he know she's experime

join me in welcoming congressman steven horsford. afternoon. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> i know we were out late, now, but we're here now. it is great to be here. thank you, josh, to the brothers alphi.hi out far i am so pleased to have this dynamic panel and fellow fraternity brother moderating this panel as well. i would like to give a couple of opening remarks because as everyone knows, we are here in large part because of an event that occurred on august 9 in ferguson, missouri, when a young, unarmed boy who had just graduated high school and who literally was weeks away from enrolling in college had his life taken from him in an unnecessary event and tragic event. i had the honor of attending michael brown's funeral at the request of one of my colleagues who represents that area, and i attended to pay my respects to the family and to the community, but also to be part of this national conversation about what we can do to improve the relationshipice and what each one of us can do to make sure that we know our right, and that is wh

house of representatives fourth congressional district in 2012, representative steven horsford is the first african american to serve in nevada's federal delegation. he represents one of the most diverse districts in the country which is approximately 50,000 square miles. prior to coming to washington d.c. congressman steven horsford served in the state senate, and in 2008 became nevadas in august and first african-american state senate majority leader. representative steven horsford servers on the financial services committee and the committee on oversight and government reform. please join me in welcoming someone i have the pleasure of calling my fraternity brother, congressman steven horsford. [applause] >> good afternoon. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> and now we were out late now. we are here now. it is great to be here. thank you, josh and the brothers of alpha phi alpha fraternity incorporated for hosting this very important forum and discussion on knowing your rights in the criminal justice system. i am so pleased to have this dynamic panel and fellow fraternity brother

then a discussion about the upcoming mid-term elections with steve horsford on issues related to the campaigns. we'll also take your phone calls, look for your comments on facebook and twitter. starting live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> this weekend on the c-span networks, saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a national town hall on the critical and historic impact of voting. sunday evening at 8:00 p.m., on q and a, washington post columnist, sally quinn. and saturday night at 10:00 p.m. on book tv's afterwards, matt richtel. and sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern, the ninth annual brooklyn book festival. saturday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv on c-span3, author jonathan white on the role of the union army in abraham lincoln's after eastern, author annette dunlop looksality first lady's fashion. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us. e-mail us. or send us a tweet at. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >>> each week reel america brings you archival films to tell the story of the 20th century.

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after that, steven horsford disk us is 2014 campaign issues. washington journal is live saturday at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. a look at our primetime schedule on the c-span networks. starting at 8 p.m. eastern, remarks from iraq's president at the u n general assembly on the danger of isis. on c-span two, book tv with authors of books on al qaeda and the taliban. on c-span3, american history tv with programs on the u.s. presidency and decision-making. the 2015 c-span student video competition is underway. open to all middle and high school students to create a documentary on the theme "the three branches or you," showing or action by law the federal, judicial, or legislative ranch has affected you and your community. for the list of rules, go to student kim.org. .org.udentcam theonight in prime time, values voters summit. featured speakers include ted cruz and rand paul. saturday night at 8 p.m., a national town hall on the critical and historical impact of voting. on q&a,ay at eight :00 washington post columnist sally quinn. c-span two, daniel

steven horsford is a democrat from nevada. is a republican from utah -- mark is coming in from georgia on our democrat line. withwant to agree president obama. he showed leadership from this country. what i did not hear that concerns me, what are we going to do about this border? i did not hear that. >> thank you. juan calling in from the bronx. you are on c-span. your reaction to the president's speech. >> excuse me. with most of what president obama said. the part of the speech where i is when he spoke about what isis is. it is called islamic state or the army of islamic -- >> where do you disagree with the president? wants to make them like they are not islamic. they all consider themselves muslims. every single one of them. is -- my onlyrn concern is why does he have such a powerful notion of what they are. they are islamic extremists. >> thank you for taking my call. i am curious as to why there is no fire behind it president who is chief in commander, running this country. i do not understand why there are isis terrorist

horsford. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate very much this hearing. and we started off saying that this is going to be nonpartisan, and unfortunately as usual it turns into a bit more partisan than it should, because the role that the ig plays is very important. your mission is important. and we should be working in a nonpartisan fashion to support that. mr. horowitz, i do want to follow up on your comment by my good friend, the gentleman from oklahoma, and to ask you to clarify a little bit based on your testimony today and your previous testimony in january. i want to ask you about some of the concerns that you raised regarding your office's access to categories of information relevant to ongoing ig reviews, including wiretaps and grand jury materials and documents related to the department of justice's use of material witness warrants. mr. horowitz, as i understand it, in specific instances, you have had to seek access to this information from the department's leadership, correct? >> that's correct. >> when testifying about this same issue before t

then a discussion about the upcoming mid-term elections with steve horsford on issues related to theampaigns. we'll also take your phone calls, look for your comments on facebook and twitter. starting live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> this weekend on the c-span networks, saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a national town hall on the critical and historic impact of voting. sunday evening at 8:00 p.m., on q and a, washington post columnist, sally quinn. and saturday night at 10:00 p.m. on book tv's afterwards, matt richtel. and sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern, the ninth annual brooklyn book festival. saturday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv on c-span3, author jonathan white on the role of the union army in abraham lincoln's after eastern, author annette dunlop looksality first lady's fashion. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us. e-mail us. or send us a tweet at. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >>> each week reel america brings you archival films to tell the story of the 20th century. ♪

horsford. >> thank you. i want to thank director pierson for her 30 years of service at the secret service, for rising through the ranks to become the first woman director. i'm aware of what she has inherited and of her many accomplishments. director pierson, i want to ask you about the rumors that have been out there about what the secret service may do. when pennsylvania avenue was closed down after oklahoma city, there was an example of how public access can remain. i was heartbroken. both sides of the white house were closed down. i worked with the clinton administration to open e street. on the backside of the white house. not only for its vista, but because it is a major thoroughfare. it affected the entire region. that was summarily closed down. as mr. basham testified, in front of the white house, though cars can no longer go there, people can go there. essentially, it was made a park, a walkway. none of my constituents, no one says it should be reopened. because that would mean cars, not people. my