we get reaction from san jose congresswoman zoe lofgren.he's co-authored a bi protect immigrant families. >>> plus a new documentary reveals the toll factory farming takesnm on the envit and human health. hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we begin with immigration. on wednesday president trump signedec an eive order ending the practice of separating immigrant children from thesr famit the border. the new order would allow families to be detained together. in april attorney general jeff sessions announced a, quote, zeroolerance policy to criminally prosecute all illegal ose er crossings even for traveling with children and claiming asiel ing ing asielum. since then more than 2300 immigrant children have been separated from their parents and held in government-run shelters. backlash to the practice has been intense among both republicans and democrats. on monday during a press briefing department of homeland security chief kirstjen nielsen pushed back. she blamed congress for the separation and said that et nted children were

joining me now is discuss this iswosan jose congrean zoe lofgren.he joins me via skype from washington, d.c. congresswoman, nice to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> e pentagon is now saying it's preparing to house as many as 20,000 migrant children on four american military bases in texas and in arkansas. are you gettiy details on who would be housed thre, for example, would the parents of the children also be there? >> no, they've shared no information with me, which is alarmingince i am theenior democrat on the immigration subcommittee and we have jurisdiction over this issue. >> what do you think, though, about that prospect, of having these migrant family camps housing lots of people on military bases? >> i think it's a terrible idea and it's completelyunnecessary. if someone com to the united ates and seeks asylum that's permitted under american law, you need to administer the law in an orderly fashion. you'll need you don't need to lock people up in order to have them showmup at theirgration hearing. in fact, we had a program in existe

. >> as you just heard congress mom lofgren say, many questions remain about the president's executive order to stop separating families at the border. it's unclear if those separatedd will be reun and if so when. the president's order also calls for indefinite detention. but that contradicts a 1997 federal court settlement barring children from being detained for more than0 days. meanwhile, advocates have been raising concerns about the damaging effects of forced separation on children. rihe president of the an academy of pediatrics said conditions in detention facilities are, qunge, traumatind that alternatives to detention exist. and joining me now for a deeper look at these issues are julian aguilaimmigration and border security reporter with the "texas tribune." he joins usia skype from texas. also attorney spencer ander with the aclu immigrant rights project. and chandra gauche ippin, childt psycholognd associate

zoe lofgren - it's become a very ugly race. because i do think this is about the judiciary. the individual who committed the offense was found guilty by a jury. i believe therefore he was guilty. the judge imposed the sentence that was provided by law.i honestly felt it was too low myself. but the law has been changed now. so that it could never happen again. that's the way to deal with it i think. other other lawmakers have agreed with lofgren.... including bay area congresswoma n anna eshoo.. ken and pam? (pam) kron-4 is your local election headquarters. we have a special election section on our website -- with information on all the important races and propositions. we will also have complete coverage on election night-- when the returns start coming in at 8 p-m tuesday. it's all on kron-4 -- your local election headquarters. (ken)new tonight at 6. starbucks is seeing movement in its top management. executive chairman howard schultz is stepping down in june. so what will schultz do now?rumors are swirling he may consider run

lofgren, for many years on real immigration reform. here we are today. let me tell you why i'm opposed to this. it may be because i represent americans. americans who are in the 18th congressional district in texas. it may be because we're the most, one of the most diversed cities, maybe the most diverse city in the nation. we have haitians, freem europe, those who are latino, from the caribbean and africans and many, many more. we have those from europe. here's what this bill will do. it will quash any opportunity for mom and dad to bring in extended family members, citizen mom and dad to bring in their family members. it ends, it ends legal immigration of what we have called the values of america, family reunification. at the same time, the ugly name that's been given to diversity visas is not true. those who come through the diversity visa from small country, should we discriminate against small countries? have the highest level of education and go into medicine and science and try to help. and then there is no relief for daca. people who are military

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lofgren. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, this bill wouldn't end the separation of children from their parents but would also provide parents could be put in jail with their children. the alternative, which is false, seems to be, put the mother in the cage with the toddler or they run free and we'll never see them again. it's not true. there was something called the amily case management program. 100% attendance rate at the immigration hearing. that's not my figures. those are figures from the department of homeland security office of inspector general. 100% of the people showed up at their hearing, either to get relief or to be removed. at a cost of $36 a day, as compared to $711 a day to keep a child in a temporary tent facility. we don't want to see the equivalent of internment camps, as we saw in world war ii, for these asylum seekers. we need the orderly administration of the immigration laws. this bill will lead mass incarceration of mothers and their toddlers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washin

lofgren. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, this bill wouldn't end the separation of children from their parents but would also provide parents could be put in jail with their children. the alternative, which is false, seems to be, put the mother in the cage with the toddler or they run free and we'll never see them again. it's not true. there was something called the amily case management program. 100% attendance rate at the immigration hearing. that's not my figures. those are figures from the department of homeland security office of inspector general. 100% of the people showed up at their hearing, either to get relief or to be removed. at a cost of $36 a day, as compared to $711 a day to keep a child in a temporary tent facility. we don't want to see the equivalent of internment camps, as we saw in world war ii, for these asylum seekers. we need the orderly administration of the immigration laws. this bill will lead to mass incarceration of mothers and their toddlers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from was

lofgren is one of the lawmakers still fighting to save the rule.providers insist that they won't do anything to harm what they call the 'internet experience.' but most analysts expect them to start testing the boundaries overthe next six months or so.. grant and pam? (grant)thanks catherine.. (pam) time now for a look at tonight's top local stories. sota dispute between a 70- year-old landlord and a tenant in his 30's leads to a violent assault, death threats, kidnapping and a police pursuit from a residence on oak street ending on lorenzo avenue in oakland monday morning...oakland police spokesperson johnna watsonsot in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news a warming trend will continue through tuesday, especially for inland areas, as high pressure builds over the bay area. temperatures will continue to warm on tuesda

the chair recognizes representative lofgren of california. ms. lofgren: thank you, mr. chairman. i think this is an important hearing and most of the questions have been asked. i would like to think about what urther congress could do noigs avoiding the kind of situations mr. lamb addressed the shutdowns issue, the inconsistency between the president's requested budget and what's appropriated that lends uncertainty to the planning process. what could congress do to limit the uncertainty in funding other than those two issues? he idea of a multiyear funding program or large projects is valuable but can you give us further guidance to stem losses through our own actions? ms. chaplain: i'll start. i would say avoid overspecifying what your expectations are. avoid setting dates for program. avoid choosing how they're going to do it. because that limits their choices even more in what they an do. >> i would echo that. we seem to be get manager and more direction from the appropriations process, particularly through the reports. and we're expected -- the expectation is we'll follow tha

lofgren to kron four newsroom.. . (ken) some (ken) some states - including california - are trying to come up with their own laws to ensure continued net neutrality.. it's not clear whether those laws would prevail over f-c-c policy. (ken) kron-4 is your local election headquarters. we have a special election section on our website -- with information on all the important races and propositions. we'll also have complete coverage on election night-- when the returns start coming in at 8 p- m tuesday. it's all on kron-4 -- your local election headquarters. (vicki) still ahead tonight -- apple holds its annual developers conference in the south bay today. we'll take a look at the new features coming to your devices. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message. i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55

lofgren: madam speaker, i think it's important that we be honest about why we're here today. every major problem in this bill , that this bill purports to tackle, was actually created by president trump himself. first, there's trump's policy of ripping children away from their parents. he issued an order last night purporting to address this issue, but we would not need to address it in legislation if it weren't for his misguided policies. and i will point out that his remedy appears to be the same one that's in this bill. which is to put the mothers in the cages with the toddlers and to incarcerate whole families. then we have the daca program. that president trump chose to terminate. he says he cares about dreamers, but it was his own decision that created the present danger to these young americans waiting. and finally, we have the asserted need to change our asylum laws to make it almost impossible to qualify and to authorize the prolonged detention of asylum seeking families with children, to ensure compliance with the laws. i mentioned during the discussion of the rule,

but big que and legal challenges .remain we get reaction from san jose congresswoman zoe lofgren.'s co-authored a bill to protect imgrant familiew. >>> plus aocumentary reveals the toll factory farming takes on the environment andhe humanth. hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm tuy vu. we begin with immigration. trumpnesday preside signed an executive order ending the practice of separatimi ant children from their families at the border. the new order would allow families to be detained together. in april attorney general jeff sessions announced a, quote, zero tolerance policy toal crly prosecute all illegal bor

lofgren: there are lots wrong with these bills. i'll discuss it during debate. this is for the rule. for my friends on the other side of the aisle, they need to understand that this is a self-executing rule. when they vote yes on this rule, they are voting to strip 100 billion dollars from funding president trump's wall. let me say that again. a vote for this rule is a vote to take $100 billion out of building president trump's wall. i want them to understand that they're going to have to go home and explain to their constituents why they voted to strip $100 billion out of funding for president trump's wall. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california. mrs. torres: mr. speaker, if we defeat the previous question i will offer an amendment to strike the text of this rule and insert house resolution 774, representative denham's bipartisan queen of the hill resolution. this rule would bring up four separate immigration bills to be debated and voted on the house floor. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record a

[applause] >> representative lofgren i am , the ranking member on the immigration subcommittee area i want to say, there has been some confusion perpetrated by the administration about what's really going on. asylum is part of american immigration law. when people go to the ports of entry to file for political assembly, they have been turned away. those families after a period of days are going to turn themselves in to border patrol agents to make a claim they are permitted to make under american law. what happens then? the administration has separated, taken babies and toddlers away from those parents, the first time it has ever happened in the modern history of our country. it is an outrage. we now know there are babies who have been left behind, parents who have been deported with their children left behind. what kind of country does that? we cannot allow that to be done in our name. this bill would stop that. the truth is the president cantt the truth is the president can do this on his own. the answer is not to violate the law to put whole families in indefinite prison. the answe

want to thank chairman smith, ranking member lofgren for co-sponsor this important legislation. i'm grateful for the opportunity to work with members of this committee to help america compete around the world. and, mr. speaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. weber, reserves. the gentleman from texas, mr. veasey, is recognized. mr. veasey: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. veasey, is recognized. mr. veasey: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 5905, the department of energy science and innovation act of 2018. this bill provides important statutory direction to the department of energy's office of science, which is our nation's largest supporter of research in the physical sciences. so it is impossible to overstate its importance to our energy -- to our energy future and to our overall innovation enterprise. this agency also operates more than 30 world-class scientific user facilities whose applications range from developing new materials for next gen batteries t

lofgren? ms. jackson lee votes no. mr. cohen votes yes. mr. johnson of georgia? mr. cohen votes no. mr. johnson of georgia. no. mr. deutsche votes no. mr. gutierrez votes no. ms. bass? mr. richmond? mr. jeffries? mr. cicilline? mr. cicilline votes no. mr. swalwell? mr. liu? mr. liu votes no. mr.s are a kind? ms. jayapal? ms. jayapal votes no, mr. schneider votes no. ms. demmings votes no. >> has every member voted who wishes to vote? >> mr. chairman? >> the gentlewoman is recorded as no. >> we're going to wait another minute two for the ranking member. are you recorded? the gentleman is recorded. >> mr. chairman, how am i recorded? >> not recorded? >> the gentleman from louisiana is not recorded. >> yes. >> mr. johnson votes yes. mr. swalwell votes no. >> may i make a parliamentary inquiry? >> the gentlewoman will state her parliamentary inquiry. >> i'm trying to inquire of the basis of the emergency and the cause that generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice. >> it's not an emergency. it's good cause. the gentleman from maryland. >> how am i rec

zoe lofgren, from the state of california. ms. lofgren: thank you, mr. correa. and thanks for organizing this special order. you know, it is a part of immigration law -- it's not a violation of immigration law -- it is a part of immigration law that people fleeing for their lives can come to the united states and apply for asylum. not only is that in our statutes, but also in a treaty we ratified. so people concerned about the rule of law ought to realize this is part of our law. here's what's happening. people fleeing from their lives primarily from central america are going to the ports of entry. in some cases we've received reports, they make their claim and their children are taken away from them, i believe, in violation of law. in other cases, even though they're there to make an application, they're turned away by the border patrol. they then go down the road and find a border patrol agent to turn themselves into to make their claim for political asylum. and when that happens, their children are now taken away from them. we got a report today from the depa

secret fisa applications, zoe lofgren democrat from california said she's been around 24 years. she's never seen this being turned over to congress. she spent most of the day reading the fisa application. there is so much information in there, lives would be lost if it was made public. the fear is these republicans are using this material in a very cavalier way. and while you heard rosenstein being attacked by republicans, which is remarkable in its own right, and you may have heard some democrats trying to interject on his behalf, some people including our friend matt miller have been arguing that democrats should actually be asking harder questions of rosenstein, principally, why are you handing this stuff over to these people? why are you breaking with press department? one of the answers i'm told, he's being advised by other members of the cabinet, look, at the end of the day president trump is not going to back you guys on this. you can take a stand and refuse to hand it over, but it's not really up to you. it's his executive branch. house speaker paul ryan has also been si

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lofgren? ms. jackson-lee? >> no. >> mr. cohen? >> yes. >> mr. johnson of georgia? >> mr. cohen votes no. mr. johnson of georgia? >> no. >> mr. deutsche? >> no. >> mr. gutierrez? >> no. >> ms. bass? mr. richmond? mr. jeffries? mr. cicilline? >> no. >> mr. swalwell? mr. lieu? >> no. >> mr. raskin? >> ms. jayapal? >> no. >> mr. schneider? >> no. >> ms. demings? >> no. >> has every member voted who wishes to vote? >> mr. chairman? >> the gentle woman is recorded as no. >> we're going to wait another minute or two for the ranking member. so are you recorded? the gentleman is recorded. >> mr. chairman? how am i recorded? >> the gentleman from louisiana is not recorded. >> yes. >> mr. johnson votes yes. >> mr. chairman? >> the gentleman from california. >> no. >> mr. swalwell votes no. >> chairman, may i make a parliamentary inquiry? >> the gentle woman will state her parliamentary inquiry? >> mr. chairman, i'm trying to inquire of the basis of the emergency and the cause that has generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice of the notice. >> it'

we get reaction from san jose congresswoman zoe lofgren.uthored a bi protect immigrant families. >>> plus a new documentary reveals the toll factory farming takesnm on the envit and human health. hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we begin with immigration. on wednesday president trump signedec an eive order ending the practice of separating immigrant children from thesr famit the border. the new order would allow families to be detained together. in april attorney general jeff sessions announced a, quote, zeroolerance policy to criminally prosecute all illegal

representative lofgren from california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thinks is an important question and both questions have been asked, but i would like to think about what further congress could do in addition to avoiding the kind of situation mrs. lam addressed that shut down the issue and the inconsistency between the president's requested budget and what's appropriated that lends uncertainty to the planning process. what could congress do to limit the uncertainty in functions and the idea of a multi-year funding program for large projects is valuable, but can you give us further guidance to stem losses through our own actions? i'll start. i would say avoid overspecifying what your expectations are and avoid setting dates for program. avoid choosing how they're going to do it because that limits their choices even more to what they can do. >> i would just echo that. we seem to be getting more and more direction with the appropriations process, particularly through the report and the expectation is we will follow that direction and that constrains t

. >> the chair recognizes gentle woman from california, miss lofgren, for five minutes. >> deputy attorneysenstein and director wray, this may be an appropriate time to make what is kind of an easy request, but could you state for the record what is the department of justice and federal bureau of investigation's policy on commenting on any matter related to an ongoing criminal or counterintelligence investigation? and does this policy apply to document production, even when requested by congress? >> yes, congresswoman, director wray may be able to speak more specifically to the reasons where why the fbi doesn't comment on counterintelligence investigations, but we do not discuss counterintelligence investigations or criminal investigations while ongoing. >> congresswoman, it is always been my experience that the department and the fbi did not comment on ongoing investigations. there are a number of reasons for that go back to all of the days when i was a line prosecutor and long, long before that. they have to do with protecting the reputations and the privacy of the people who are subject

lofgren for five minutes. >> deputy attorney general rosenstein and director wray, this may be an appropriateto make what is kind of an easy request but could you state for the record what is the department of justice and federal bureau of investigation's policy on commenting on any matter related to an ongoing criminal or counter intelligence investigation. and does this policy apply to document production even when requested by congress? >> yes, congresswoman. director wray may be able to speak more specifically to the reasons why the f.b.i. doesn't comment on counter intelligence investigations. we do not discuss those or criminal investigations while they're undergoing. >> it has always been my experience the department and the f.b.i. do not comment on on going investigations. the reasons go back to the days when i was a line prosecutor and long before that. they have to do with protecting the reputations and privacy of the people who are the subject of the investigations and have to do with protecting the integrity of the ongoing investigation and they have to do with protecting the righ