>> i said lewis carroll would be proud of that kind of reasoning. i looked straightforwardly with the process with president obama's education secretaries and said we would do the same thing for president-elect trump's nominee. she has now spent 50% more time here in this hearing than either secretary duncan or secretary king did for president obama. she visited every one of your offices. she asked to go in december, no one made time for her in december. she came in january. she received questions from you which she is going to answer. she completed the f.b.i. background. she followed every rule the committee had. i said we'll consider the tax return question at an executive session next week whether we want to change the rules and require that in the future. we senators don't do it for ourselves and we don't do it for our nominees. so we can talk about that. and you will have two days to ask additional written questions, she'll do her reasonable number of them. she'll do her best to give you reasonable answers to them, and we'll not go forward with

. >> lewis carroll the man who wrote "alice in wonderland" and also haunts christian andersen and alluthors that were my favoritey favorite because i am 11 banks basking. [applause] so i have not read your most recent book get by looking for to it so could we do share some of your favorite memoirs with us?r though for any thoughts of the differences by the quick spirit that is the good question because people think that is my life story but actually it is more autobiographical but "the house on mango street" it began with a real emotion. it is great if you can write about what you remember but is more powerful about things you wish you could forget and i began from that place of the emotional shame growing up but unlike the of book it was the stepup washb only when i left it was fudging with the truth but it takes relatives and people place started thinking i would write what nobody else in my class could right but then eventually and left iowa i started to teach at an alternative school in a portan area so maybe a lady would tell me a story and then i would here and another and then

senator alexander: no, i said that lewis carroll would be proud of that. we determined we would do the same thing for president electronic -- president-elect nominee. she has visited every one of your offices. no one may time to see her in december, so she came in january , i believe that is correct. she has received questions from you which she will answer. she has completed the fbi background. we will consider the tax return question at an executive session next week, but whether we change nominees,for future you can decide to do that. we senators do not do that and do not decide to do that. you can have two days to submit written questions. she will do her best to give reasonable answers to them. we will not go forward with a vote next tuesday, unless her letter agreement is public by friday, and available for you to review it. that is my decision. i think that is what we will do tonight. bywill conclude the hearing inviting senator murray, if she has any additional questions, to do that, and then i will do some. senator murray: i think that as the defi

senator alexander: no, i said that lewis carroll would be proud of that. i looks straightforwardly at the process that we had with president obama's education secretaries and we determined we would do the same thing for president-elect trump's nominee. if i were to be even more careful i would point out she has spent 50% more time in this hearing that either secretary duncan or secretary king for president obama. she has visited every one of your offices. she asked to go in december. no one may time to see her in december, so she came in january, i believe that is correct. she has received questions from you which she will answer. she has completed the fbi background. we will consider the tax return question at an executive session next week, but whether we change the rules for future nominees, you can decide to do that. we senators do not do that and do not decide to do that. you can have two days to submit written questions. she will do her best to give reasonable answers to them. we will not go forward with a vote next tuesday, unless her letter agreeme

. >> well now, that, lewis carroll would be proud of that.did you say you'd refused anyone a secular? >> i said lewis carroll would be proud of that kind of reasoning. what i'm saying is i looked straightforwardly at the process that we had with president obama is education secretaries to determine we would do the same thing as the electrons nominee. if i were to be even more careful i would point out that she is now spent 50 50% more tie you're in this hearing that either secretary duncan or secretary king did for president obama. she is visited every of your offices. she asked to go in december. nobody made time to see her in december so she came in january. i believe that's correct. and then she received questions from you which she is going to answer. we had said she has completed the fbi background. she followed every rule the committee has. i have said we will consider the tax return question as an executive session next week about whether we want to change the rules and require that for future nominees. you can decide to do that if you

lewis. jason carroll is live at trump tower with more. john lewis did boycott george bush, the 43rd president of the united states as well, saying that that outcome, he saw, asillegitimate. >> he's saying it this time. we're telling you this time a number of democratic lawmakers aren't going to attend the inauguration. it started to increase after we saw the president-elect criticizing john lewis. many took to twitter to say the time has come for them to follow their conscience. the growing discontent within the democratic party over president-elect donald trump sparking a massive boycott. >> i just cannot celebrate in good conscience. nearly one in five house democrats are saying they will not attend trump's inauguration. >> when you see something not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something, to say something, and not be quiet. >> democrats standing with civil rights icon congressman john lewis after trump called lewis all talk and no action. angered by his claim that he's not a legitimate president. >> you c

. >> i'm carroll lewis. the nhs deals with everyday emergencies. the junior doctors who came to my previous school teaching cpr, very valuable skill. [applause] all over the country in our constituencies they want students to be committed but you cannot just fight for -- could i ask can we help? i would like to thank members of the chamber for taking a very strong interest in mental health and physical health and everything else in nature is covers including my area constantine were looking into young people's mental health. we need to fight for the unheard and the poor and fight for us to ever take up day by day needing help and not getting it because of the cuts preparation and encourage our generation into the medical field a very valuable field and hold regular chamber the account selection but we cannot do that by her cells. thank you mr. speaker. >> thank you. [applause] thank you very much. when you mentioned it i thought of rebecca powell who is an active member this parliament. if you are elected in the parliament she is in this chamber an