and so i introduced myself as hi i'm steny hoyer and they would say skinny hoyer? i hated so i started calling myself so i started calling myself s. hamilton hoyer. i thought -- i did that for a couple of years and then my friends got on me. who do you think you are? but in any event, carington, that's a great name. i want to hear from you as to what you see as policies that we could pursue. and given of course we want to stop putting you deeply into debt which is an immoral policy as well as an intellectually bankrupt policy. you guys are inheriting a debt far beyond what i inherited and far beyond what we ought to be leaving you. we have a responsibility to do a much bter job managing our fiscal affairs. who wants to start off giving me your thoughts on where we are? good. >> my name is abdul from prince georges community college. i found out that over 70% of the people that come to my school -- our school -- are people that are just coming back. from work and they want to get licenses or want to get licensed on something. but many of them find themselves that th

i would introduce myself high i'm steny hoyer. and they would say skinny hoyer? so i started calling myself as hamilton hoyer. is that something? i did for a couple of years and so my friends really got on me. who do you think you are? that in any event, carrington that's a great thing. i want to hear from you as to what you see as policies that we could pursue of course want who want to stop putting you deeply into debt which is any moral policy as well as a bankrupt policy. you guys are inheriting forward on what we should be leaving you. we have responsibly to do a much better job managing our fiscal affairs at the national level. okay, who wants to start off give them your thoughts on where we are? okay good. >> my name is abdul. i'm from and georges committed to college -- prince george's community college. i found out over 50% of people come to my school -- [inaudible] are people that are just coming back. there are people who come coming back from work and what to do to get licenses are want to get license on something. but many of them find themselves tha

hoyer: mr. supreme court ruled in 2013 to invalidate the preclearance formula in the original voting rights act, it issued a challenge to congress to pass an updated one. that is a challenge congress must extend. . millions will continue to face barriers at the boll ott box. on april 18 "the new york times" editorial highlighted the disturbing issue that preclearance is no longer necessary. obviously, the congress of the united states found otherwise. the editorial stated and i quote, quote this process stopped hundreds of discrimination new laws from taking effect and deterred lawmakers from introducing countless more. the process to which they were referring was the preclearance process that the supreme court threw out. the other cited a new study that analyzed more than 4,000 rights cases. they write again, quote, the study provides the most wide ranging impeercal evidence that yet congress was amplely justified in finding that voting discrimination remains concentrated in the covered states

hoyer: mr. speaker, when the supreme court ruled in 2013 to invalidate the preclearance formula in the original voting rights act, it issued a challenge to congress to pass an updated one. that is a challenge congress must extend. . millions will continue to face barriers at the boll ott box. on april 18 "the new york times" editorial highlighted the disturbing issue that preclearance is no longer necessary. obviously, the congress of the united states found otherwise. the editorial stated and i quote, quote this process stopped hundreds of discrimination new laws from taking effect and deterred lawmakers from introducing countless more. the process to which they were referring was the preclearance process that the supreme court threw out. the other cited a new study that analyzed more than 4,000 rights cases. they write again, quote, the study provides the most wide ranging impeercal evidence that yet congress was amplely justified in finding that voting discrimination remains concentrated in t

hoyer: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, before i yield to my friend, the majority leader, for the purposes of informing us of the schedule, i'd like to note the presence of the longest serving member of this house in history one of the best legislators in the history of this house and one of the most decent human beings i know and we're so proud to have him on the floor with us once again. his successor, who he knows very well, debbie dingle, is with him as well and john dingell, mr. speaker, we welcome you, mr. speaker pro tempore, back to the house of representatives. we're so glad to see you. and mr. chairman your -- the beautiful deborah beautiful d

hoyer. the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley. the the gentlewoman from maryland, ms. edwards. the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. the gentleman from california, mr. honda. the gentlewoman from california, miss ma suey. the gentleman from california mr. takano. the gentleman from hawaii, mr. takai. the gentlewoman from colorado ms. degette. the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott. the gentleman from texas, mr. castro. vice president biden: appoints the following senators and members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort his excellency shinzo abe into the chamber. senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from texas, mr. cornyn. the senator from utah, mr. hatch. the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. the senator from mississippi mr. economicer. the senator from tennessee, mr. corker. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin. the senator from washington, miss murray. the senator from maryland, mr. cardin. and the senator from hawaii -- the senator from hawaii

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the ranking member said this was a bill to solve a nonexistent problem. everybody ought to pay their taxes. everybody. everybody ought to pay their taxes. now if you're really rich, you can find an accountant who can find you about every loophole that there is that we've given. we don't have a bill on the floor to close loopholes. the chairman admits that federal employees pay their taxes at a -- voluntarily and correctly -- at a higher percentage an the general public. should every one of them, should it be 100%? the chairman is right it should be 100%. the gentleman from north carolina talks about our federal employees and they ought to be treated correctly. we're their board of directors. i will tell you, folks if any board of directors of any large corporation treated its employees the way we treat them they'd all quit and the company would go bankrupt because we treat our federal employees very poorly. . very poorly. and the general public, of course, thinks they're loafing and n

hoyer: mr. speaker i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of inquiring of the majority leader, mr. mccarthy, the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the speaker. i yield to my friend, mr. mccarthy. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, on monday, no votes are expected in the house. on tuesday, the house will neat at noon for morning hour and meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30. on wednesday and thursday, the house will neat at 10:00 a.m. for horning hour and noon for legislative business. and on friday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. last votes of the week are expected no later than 3:00 p.m. mr. speaker, the house will consider a number of suspensions next week, complete list of which will be announced by close of business tomorrow. in a

add steny hoyer to the long list of liberals pushing for more urban aid as if money were the answer.se of baltimore, it is not. on a per student basis. federal aid to baltimore schools is second only to new york city schools. and the last time i checked neither is lighting

the number of people unemployed is hoyer than it was in 1994,ed end of apartheid. >> the level of protest is increasing. the trend is up wards whether talking about strikes or community protests. the basic problems are not being addressed by the government which is becoming increasingly unpopular and out of touch with ordinary people. >> he describes how he feels walking through the neighborhoods in which he works. >> i know people i work for are very rich. it's painful to return every day to my place but i have no choice. it's a better life than a life of crime. >> for millions of people like him, a meaningful change in post apartheid south africa is yet to come. al jazeera johannesburg. >> a court in pakistan sentenced 10 men to life in prison for their role of school girl malala yousafzai. they shot her in the head because of her support for girl's education. she was just 15 years old at the time. we are live from islamabad. tell us about the doyle of when information, who are these men who were sentenced and what's the evidence against them? >> the attack took place in 2012 but last y

steny hoyer says there is no framework. >> that's exactly the point. there is no deal right now.ust a long list of dangerous u.s. concessions. president obama said iran should not be able to keep a deep fortified in the bunker with sentryconsiderwith centrifuges but we conceded on that. if there is a final deem reached by the end of june congress will reright and have a vote on it. but what the president already proposed is too dangerous a path to go down. you are talking this way you are not convinced by john kerry. we are hearing there is nothing to talk about at this point. it would seem based on that that we are a long way from getting something like this even signed. >> we are a long way. in part look at the what supreme leader of iran ayatollah khomeini said. he said there would have to be an immediate removal of sanctions and there would be no inspections. that contradicts what the president said in the rose garden. senator corker's legislation would insure congress has the ability to review the deal and monitor any future deal. bill: what was passed yesterday you gave som

three times hoyer than last year -- higher than last year. mcdonald's struggled to bring back customers after a series of food safety scandals. >> remembering those killed in the holocaust. >> thousands walk the march of the living at the auschwitz concentration camp where more than a million were put to death. >> and turning abandoned buildings into public works of art. how graffiti art is growing in india. india. >> on al jazeera america ali velshi looks at the issues affecting us all... >> we're taking a hard look at the most important issues out there that get you the answers that you deserve. >> real money with ali velshi only on al jazeera america >>> a sombre anniversary in eastern poland as thousands gathered at auschwitz for holocaust remembrance day, many that made the 2 mile march of the living were young israelis waving the flag symbolic of the trek from auschwitz to a big nazi death camp. a million jews were put to death there more than 70 years ago. >> every year we come to the march of the living and from here to here is more d

steny hoyer leading democrat in the house came out and said there is not an agreement. what bob corker told martha this morning on "america's newsroom." how do you expect the white house to do what they want with the sanctions that took almost 10 years to put in place? the complications involved in these sanctions are massive. >> right. >> if you're going to remove them and the president suggests that we put them in place that snap, snap -- >> fingers. >> thank you that. but you can't. it took them a decade to put it together in the first place of the other thing that corker said, they will have this vote around 2:00 this afternoon. this is on the schedule right now. martha asked him will democrats turn their back on the white house. he said to borrow a phrase, or paraphrase. you might be surprised. so, the other thing corker said, look at the vote that comes out of committee, because that vote, if it is strongly weighted in republican's democrats together, that will be a sign that they might have the veto strength needed in the senate to do whatever they want depending

when we spoke with the head of the west virginia national guard, james hoyer, he insisted lieutenant colonel james was not retaliated against and did not think west virginia needed to change the state's uniform code of military justice. >> we don't have a criminal investigation division so we have to rely on our civilian law enforcement partners who have the experience who have the crime labs, who have all those things in place. so i think right now based on what we have and the relationship we have with our folks in the civilian court system and law enforcement, we've got the tools we need. >> reporter: the statute of limitations in lieutenant colonel james' case ran out. california lawmakers just eliminated their statute of limitations for rape in the military. one of several state that's have recently overhauled their laws to protect service members from sex assault. delegate flash our wants west virginia to be next. in response to our investigation she's introduced house concurrent resolution 155. it has 14 co-sponsors and creates a special committee to study what she calls a ver

nancy pelosi and steny hoyer voted for nafta.gressman earl blumenauer just wrote an op-ed in favor of trade promotion authority. there are some supportive democrats. they are looking for some of those folks who are going to be able to get them up to 218 votes they need to pass the house. most everybody thinks this is going to pass the senate. the houses where the question is. a lot of those republicans on the other side were taken over for democrats, these are the tea party conservative republicans. what majority of republicans are in favor of a transpacific partnership, the chamber of commerce is a huge fan of it. the more conservative elements of the party is troubled by the fact that they are giving more authority to president obama. that is not something that is good for a republican going back and asking for votes back home. you just gave new authority to the president we all despised. why would you do that? that is creating a lot of headaches on the republican side. host: the more conservative wing , wrapping around in join

in the house, the people to watch our nancy pelosi ends any lawyer -- steny hoyer.o the other direction, the president has some problems. erik: he doesn't need those democratic colleagues for reelection support. matt: of a higher for hillary clinton may make the elizabeth warren way of the party happy and it's a bloomberg exclusive. erik: welcome to the yearbook aim. here he is. he works in the technology world and he graduated in 1983. i think i reckon ties that be speckled young man. you can tweet us your guesses. remember, you can't just get a name. we want added value. tell us something about this person beyond his name. scarlet: we are at session lows. the exception is general electric which reported earnings this morning. the vix is moving higher. a lot of people are looking to china as a catalyst for the selloff. after china's market close, they plan down on margin debt. you can see the high is off by 5%. the backdrop is that chinese stocks are among the world's best performers. within the u.s. market, american express is the worst performer in the dow jones

hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for using some of the time so i could get to the floor. i appreciate that very much and thank the gentleman for his leadership. mr. speaker, i rise in support of this resolution. which i have sponsored. for many -- which i have sponsored for many congresses to permit the greater washington soap box der bee for its annual competition. i'm sure the chairman and the ranking member, ms. edwards have said that. this year will be the 74th soap box derby held on june 20. on that day young people from around washington, d.c. will gather at the capitol for an event that is both fun educational, and a teacher of responsibility and making things in america. the greater washington soap box derby began in 1938 with norman rocka out maneuvering 00 other racers to win the inaugural race. each year since, dozens of boys and girls, ranging in age from 8 to 17, have comp

tom: we're going to talk about this later in the hoyer, but there's a huge desire to drive the big rigia, isn't there? guest: yeah, which is strange, because if you look at the roads, they're very narrow. but people have massive, humongous cars. tom: there's literally eight audis wrapped around the hotel. they're all huge. they're not an audi, they're the biggest audi. olivia: rolls royce makes a bigger one for mainly in china. tom: exactly. we'll speak with sir martin in our next hour, always interesting on his united kingdom elections. sir martin also on, don't count newspapers out quite yet. i like that too. we'll see in our next hour. also, we go to new delhi as we try to go to kathmandu. stay with us. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. we need the single best chart. when brendan greeley joins us from washington, d.c. brendan, what are you doing in washington, recovering from the party? brendan: it is not what you think, tom. i'm actually the least important journalist in america. when everybody was flying out of washington, d.c., yesterday, i was actually flying in. in fact, i met som

is that a hoyer criticism -- harsh criticism?we don't see a slowing of the pace of reforms and we know that criticism is being made but indeed when you look at the labor market for example, we were able to have an agreement with the social partners and it is very important because you want to have this labor market reforms in a context where there is social peace. so we want to take this -- we have this approach gradually so that we can do it in agreement with the social partners and a lot has been done already. and when it refers to reforms, we also need to observe the effect of such reforms, see if they need to be recalibrated. there are still reforms to be done. we continue to do reforms and we continue to announce reforms going forward so we do reject that criticism. we think it's simply not valid. >> it's not you taking your foot of 0 the pedal because of qe. >> actually qe provides an opportunity to continue to do reforms while we have these advantages in the financial front or the financial conditions being supported by qe

hoyer: i rise in opposition to this conference report. written by house and senate republicans alone. it reaffirms their commitment to a severe and unworkable policy agenda that would harm the economy and stands little chance of being implemented. this budget conference report draws heavily on house republicans' budget framework by eliminating the medicare guarantee, turning medicaid into a cap block grant limiting pell grants for college students and cutting knew trishon assistance while hiding $1 trillion in additional cuts behind a magic asterisk to be filled in at some time in the future. these props if enacted would be disastrous and i would suspect even most republicans wouldn't vote to make them law and i predict they will not vote to make them law. still, many of the proposals must be taken very seriously. the republican budget report includes reconciliation instructions to fast track to repeal the affordable care act jeopardizing coverage for millions of americans, with no alternative in sight. it continues the republican policy

steny hoyer could be speaker of the house in democrats want.e has a lot too. >> quickly, wendy baker did say one of the reason his was backing van hollen is van hollen brought money to prince georges county while in congress. >> that's what i was saying earlier. >> that matters. >> right, it does matter. i'm sorry i went blank. i know -- i know what i wanted to ask. i was reading some people say we're in a post-racial culture now. do you agree that politics can be post racial? >> i don't -- i don't know if we're there. i would go back to joe's point on this on the interest and the self-interest and what baker is looking at. baker's got this issue with the budget that he's trying to shore up. he wants to make sure money's going to flow down from the hall of congress. i think race still matters, especially in prince georges county you look at the demographics there. but if we back up again, anthony brown, you you know he carried prince georges county but did not carry it by the numbers many expected that he would in his gubernatorial race. >> wha

steny hoyer was proud to join urging the end to same sex marriage discrimination and from politico, ted cruz saying this effort to redefine marriage by judicial fiat poses a serious threat to religious liberty for traditional marriage backers. want to remind you that all of our coverage today, the oral argument our "washington journal" program, even some of the video we just sawing -- going to reair the oral arguments. at 8:00 p.m. eastern. about 10:20 eastern. or so, so we hope you can join us. comments quickly. facebook.com/cspan. max well says guy, it's been legal in the uk for a while. dawn says it's a done deal. suck, but that's the fact. there is one place where the extreme court has no authority. my house. lots more at fbi.com. as we look at the demonstrators, the supporters the opponents outside the supreme court today, we'll take you to part two of the oral argument on same sex marriages. the case is from ohio kentucky and tennessee and addressing whether the -- that were performed in states where it's legal. this is about 50 minutes. >> we'll now hear argument on the second qu

hoyer: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york will please suspend. the gentleman deserves the courtesy of being heard. please take conversations off of the floor. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. israel: mr. speaker, what happened in washington, d.c., on april 7 of this year can happen in any congressional district in this body. instead of a blown transformer, it will be a cyberattack against energy systems in any one of the districts represented here today mr. speaker. and when that happens, our constituents will ask us from that place in the dark, what did you do to prevent it and what did you do to protect me from it? and this vote on this motion to recommit will be your answer. let's put the protection of our businesses, our government our military and our constituents ahead of partisanship and vote yes on this motion to recommit. with that i yield back, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from t

after that, minority whip steny hoyer hold a discussion with college students. starting tomorrow night, profiles with congressional -- profiles of congressional freshmen. we start with representative steve russell of oklahoma talks about his career in the army his time in congress, it's a difficult childhood experiences. -- and some difficult childhood experiences. >> i almost died several times from birth. i had an opposite blood type from my mother. she had had a couple of miscarriages prior to me and i nearly died at birth. she has always told me that i was her fighter. and that does something to a child. you are not going to quit, you are going to persevere. that i survived a bout of appendicitis. my appendix actually ruptured and it was about six or seven hours before i had any medical attention to deal with that. i didn't know what it was. i was in intensive care for weeks, two major surgeries. my folks at that time thought they were going to lose me. >> you didn't know that it ruptured? >> no, i didn't. i had a stomach ache and suddenly it felt better. th

hoyer: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent, as i said to place a statement into the congressional record paying tribute to the memory of my dear friend, earl hargrove, who passed away earlier this month. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. hoyer: earl was a very respected figure in maryland's fifth district and in maryland and indeed nationally who built a successful specially declarations business and served our nation in the marine corps. everyone has seen earl hargrove's work in america because he did much of the inaugural -- many of the inaugural floats for our presidents. so when you watch television, you are watching the work of earl hargrove and his family and his co-workers. i'm honored to celebrate his life and legacy today and i hope my colleagues will join me in offering condolences to earl's wife of six decades gloria love hargrove, and to his children and grandchildren and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland yield