madam tney: thank you, speaker. madam speaker, this morning the american public woke up to news accounts that the trump white house and the republican leadership in congress is going to again this week make another attempt to try and repeal and replace the affordable care act. the majority leader, kevin mccarthy, gave a speech in texas a few days ago on saturday where he promised this is the week the republicans will repeal and replace the affordable care act. for those of us who were in the chamber here just a short time ago in march when the first attempt was made to butcher the health care system with the so-called american health care act, what we saw was the culmination of a process that was hyper partisan, starting in january, in which the committees rushed through a meese of legislation without even -- a piece of legislation without even giving the congressional budget office analyzing the impact. finally, as the hour approached, when a vote was scheduled to take place, the facts caught up with the legislatio

frankly, madam president, our nation's at a precipice. there's a counterintelligence investigation into the campaign and administration of a sitting president. there is evidence that campaign clueded -- colluded with an adversary to persuade our presidential elections. now the president has fired the f.b.i. director under what anyone would say is absurd and false pretenses. now, there are several inquiries under way into russian interference and collusion with russia in the election, but the president fired the head of the only investigation that could bring criminal charges. in fact, it has just been reported, it came just days after director comey asked for additional funding for the investigation. none of this is normal. it's something i've never seen with a republican or democratic administration. we can't treat it as such. president putin's goal, as we now know last year, was to undermine our government institutions, to sway the outcome of the election in favor of donald trump. if we don't get to the bottom of russia's interference i

good morning, madam secretary. it's genuinely my pleasure to welcome you here to the subcommittee on labor health and human services an education. we're looking forward to hearing your testimony. madam secretary, you have one of the most important jobs in washington and that's ensuring that all young people will have access to the education they need to be successful in coming decades. i know it's a cause that you've devoted occur life to quite seflessly. many of our schools do fantastic jobs. some need some support and others are in need of significant improvement and reform. but one fact remains. and that's we need to do the right thing for all america's children and your job is to ensure that that happens. the budget blueprint that came out in march was further detailed yesterday and proposes some dramatic shifts in the way your agency does business. it has a goal of opening doors for more educational choices to families whether those schools be regular public excuse, charter schools or private schools. i applau

cooper discusses the life and presidency of liberia's first elected female president in her book "madam president: eastern area journey of ellen johnson surleaf." >> when did you first meet madame president? >> i have known about her all my life. -- she was theus minister of finance in the 1970's, 1979 to 1980 when the coup happened. i knew who the minister of finance was. she knew my parents. somebody that as a child growing up in liberia i had heard of. she was speaking truth to power. she was criticizing the same government that she worked for.

durbin: thank you, thank you, madam president. i also want to address an issue which came up in debate in the u.s. house of representatives, and that's the question of the repeal of the affordable care act. this is an issue where reasonable people can disagree about how to exactly run our health care system, but at the end of the die i -- day i hope like medical research we can come together on basic issues. congress should not pass a law taking away health care coverage from americans. let's start there. congress should work together on a bipartisan basis to find ways to reduce the cost of health care and health insurance premiums. i think we should agree on that too. third, we've got to find a way to make sure that consumers and families across america are protected with health insurance that's there when they need it. now, it was a little over a week ago when i became a statistic, not just a senator but a statistic in health care. i went through a catheter, heart catheter procedure in chicago last week on tuesday. and after tha

who do important and interesting jobs are human beings. >> i'll take you behind the scenes of madam secretary as they shoot in washington, dc, what it's like and what to expect from the season finally >>> the dairy craze, why experts say there are health benefits. lauren? >> it was day three with high temperatures in 90's but a cold front working through the area. we'll kick the scenario-like heat to the curb. in the full "eyewitness news" forecast come up. >>> prominent statute gone, crews removed one of the oldest landmarks. landmarks. >>> the late show with steven colbert is all new news". >>> city of new orleans removed a statue of robert e lee. from a 60-foot high ped stall. last of four confederate area monuments. some argue that the monuments represent slavery and injustice instead of history and heritage. they plan to put an art sculpture. >>> more people are choosing whole milk. contrary to what many believe nutrition experts say there can be big health benefits to working full milk yogurt into your diet. it can slow down the absorption of sugar. >>> the chris drama madam s

alexander: thank you, madam president. here is the scorecard on 557 presidential nominations during the first hundred days of the trump administration through april 29 according to the partnership for public service in collaboration with "the washington post." on cabinet appointments, president trump did his job, but senate democrats did not do their job. the president made all of his cabinet nominations before he was inaugurated on january 20, but democrats delayed confirmation of cabinet nominations more than those of any other recent president. on subcabinet appointments, president trump did not do his job. he was slower than any other recent president to send his nominations to the senate. so, madam president, here is what could happen. if democrats continue their delaying tactics, when president trump does send subcabinet nominees to the senate, the president would have every excuse to stop nominating and simply appoint acting officials to as many as 350 of the remaining key positions. an administration managed by act

thank you, madam secretary. senator carper? >> thanks so much, mr. chairman. when you're good enough to visit with me, i mentioned one of my core principles and that is things worth having and are worth paying for and when i was governor of delaware i took the lead, and huge investments from '93 and 2001 in the transportation infrastructure and we paid for them and we did it through the increase in user fees and we didn't want to charge more stuff on the state's credit card. i mentioned to you a couple of different things and the user fees and if you will base load for transportation funding for highways, roads and bridges, 65% of the funding for federal highway programs today might be from gas tax and it's about 18 cents a gallon and have not raised it for 23, 24 years and 25% of the money comes from diesel tax and we've not raised that for 23, 24 years. some of us proposed in this committee, we proposed as part of the overall program to grow the economy and we proposed raising gas and diesel tax and index and

who do important and interesting jobs are human beings. >> i'll take you behind the scenes of madam secretary as they shoot in washington, dc, what it's like and what to expect from the season finally >>> the dairy craze, why experts say there are health benefits. lauren? >> it was day three with high temperatures in 90's but a cold front working through the area. we'll kick the scenario-like heat to the curb. in the full "eyewitness news" forecast come up. >>> prominent statute gone, crews removed one of the oldest landmarks. landmarks. >>> the late show with steven colbert is all new news". >>> city of new orleans removed a statue of robert e lee. from a 60-foot high ped stall. last of four confederate area monuments. some argue that the monuments represent slavery and injustice instead of history and heritage. they plan to put an art sculpture. >>> more people are choosing whole milk. contrary to what many believe nutrition experts say there can be big health benefits to working full milk yogurt into your diet. it can slow down the absorption of sugar. >>> the chris drama madam s

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. a senator: thank you, madam president. just last wednesday i spoke on the senate floor about the extremely suspicious timing of the firing of the f.b.i. director james comey by president trump. mr. cardin: in the past few days president trump's actions, statement, and changing of his story on the comey firing has only strengthened the case for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate ties and collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government in the 2016 presidential election. congress should also establish an independent commission to get to the bottom of the russian interference in our election. in addition, there needs to be an independent investigation as to whether mr. trump abused his power and played a role in the obstruction of justice in terms of the ongoing criminal investigation at the department of justice. let me start going back to the beginning of the trump administration. according to news report

what does madam president do next?>> guest: i think you privacy a lot of her on the speech circuit. she said she's going to retire but i don't believe that. i don't think she's going to be quiet. she 78 but she still has a lot, in enormous amount of vigor. i've been following her around for this book, i was exhausted. finally hit, we went on these upcountry tours and we finally get back to where we're staying for the night at 2 o'clock and more and should should be ready for interview. unlike, i've got to sleep. >> host: well, i just think she is such an incredible role model, and again, having interacted with her a lot over the last seven years, my 70 in congress, and to see her as being very understated but extremely powerful at the same time. i only wish that it would've been in congress when she addressed company, that's the first, no, nelson mandela. >> guest: and another liberian president has done that. >> host: he did? >> guest: of the big deal. back in the '70s. and liberia has always been america's biggest al

thank you, madam. senator fisher. >> thank you chao, thank you for your testifying to day and discussing the importance of infrastructure to our economy. list appreciate you highlighting some of the proposals the department of transportation is reviewing to include in this infrastructure package. i look forward to working with the administration in order tone hans our mutual priorities for the benefit of all american families. as you know, our national infrastructure is in a critical condition. the most recent report card from the american society of civil engineers rated the united states infrastructure as a d plus. this is unacceptable. members of congress must work together on a common sense solution to keep our country moving. the fast act, it was an important first step to address our infrastructure needs. and it was first long term highway bill in more than a decade. however, as you know, the work is not done. that's why i happen to have introduced a bill that is going to look at solving two of t

you manipulate their anger, madam le pen. that's all i have to say. >> translator: you don't want to understand. you don't understand because you don't wand to understand. they deserve better. >> thank you both of you. we need to wrap up. firngs, if you wanted an opportunity to speak, eric, to the french people about the top topic. >> translator: we've talked about many subjects and some subjects, we haven't mentioned. i've very briefly referred to our overseas territories. this is over sized territories are mine for that state of our improvement. i would also like to say a word about disabled people. the law that mrs. le pen wants to repeal proposes pragmatic solutions for disabled people in our country. this law, and i will preserve this law to have pragmatic solutions. first of all, i will increase the subsidies. the current -- the handicapped -- >> translator: no more time. >> translator: financial aid which keeps them below the povrntd line. second measure, i don't want disabled people not anymore than to have any soluti

good morning, madame secretary. it is my pleasure to welcome you here on labor, health and human services and education. we look forward to the testimony. madame secretary, you have onene of the most important jobs in washington and that is ensuring everyone has access to the education they need to be yoccessful and in the coming decades.ht one fact remains and that is we need to do the right thing for all of america's children to ensure that have been. the charter schools and private schools applauded the investment in high-quality charter schools as a way to give options to mana students had no options in the past. i support high-quality education options for all students and believe the media have the most to gain from the excellent education. i support those that haveve leveled the playing field for children. that is a common objective.ry with the element tree and secondary education act that was just completed over a year ago and was a decade in the making. i also appreciate that aims to protect the most vulner

thank you, madam chair. >> thank you, mr. connolly. and thank you for honing in on the issue of the day and looking for what remedies we might have under the law. mr. meadows, you're recognized. >> thank you, madam chairman. we're going to follow up, mr. gray, right now. because i can tell you that mr. connolly is spot on. and this is not your first rodeo. you know, we have had these other issues before with regards to privacy. and is it your sworn testimony today that this did not actually require a notification of congress? >> no, sir. my understanding is that the irs had reported the incident and that it was a breach. but the department of education, my understanding, when i was notified on march the 3rd, that the notification had already happened. i have learned in this hearing that it did not happen. >> well, how can the american people, actually people who share private information with you, who expect it to be protected, have confidence when you're here today and you don't even know the full story that you're finding it out in a

kelly: thank you, madam chair. in recent years, hacking, identity theft and cybercrimes have been on the rise. i have been a victim myself. federal agencies have to do their part to secure their systems but congress must acknowledge the impact its own actions have had on the ability of agencies to protect their i.t. systems. many agencies face serious challenges in modernizing outdated legacy i.t. systems and implementing stronger cybersecurity measures under the severe budget cuts that have been imposed by republican-controlled congresses. one of the agencies hit hardest by these cuts is the i.r.s. in may, 2016, the i.r.s. then chief information officer terrence mulholland testified, and i quote, the i.r.s. budget system is the most critical challenge facing i.t. modernization. mr. corbin and ms. garza, what are the impacts of budget cuts on the ability of the i.r.s. to modernize and secure i.t. systems? are we putting taxpayers at greater risk? mr. camus: so congresswoman, one -- mr. corbin: so, congresswoman, on

we have a long list of generous --orms for madame look and madame le pen, but how is she going to finance that. >> we're going to save money by getting it back to the french people. >> the european union, 9 billion a year. >> 15 billion per year in savings, that was very reasonable in my calculations. as soon as your people will stop cheating and there will be no more tax fraud -- overnight. fantastic. >> i don't want to try and i don't think the french will want to try with you. -- do nott taking speak on their behalf. >> i take the french as adult. i do not lie to them and you lie. tried toto me you treat them as children. you have a drawn up a long list of reforms and you do not say how you will find them. the day you obtain your 6 billion savings from the eu, we are going to owe the eu. eu -- the u.k. is going to have to pay the eu at the beginning of brexit. leaving the eu will cost money. we can talk about the euro later. you do not find what you promise. the nonprofit organizations, how will i -- i have told you how i will finance these tax cuts. and the lowering of charges. you ar

>> i am against everything that madame lepen is for. >> can we have a democratic debate madame lepen please? you are manipulating the theories of our citizens regarding terrorism etc. the great fear and you are, the uk has nothing to do with the euro. it is never a part of the euro. the euro you propose a france withdraw from the eu and i think that is a dangerous proposal. and you will, your do-it-yourself system has no meeting. shows you are prepared. my vision is to build a strong euro. jerry european policy that will be powerful and in which we will defend the interest. everybody needs to understand, the former in the region buys his materials from abroad. he has to pay in euros. and you have to pay in francs. if he is a stock breeder, the italians will buy his products in euros and he will pay the employees in francs. >> each country will have its currency. >> so you're going to set the others figured decided for the others. >> is a negotiation. >> say about you decide for the other states part of the euro that they will leave. >> they are dying from the euro. that's all of this

cooper reports on the life and presidency of liberia's first elected female president in her book madampresident, the story of ellen johnson sirleaf. >> host: i must tell you that i have enjoyed every minute of reading the book. >> that's the best thing you could say to me. >> host: when there's a book that you really like huron most disappointed when it comes to the end and that's exact to the way i felt in reading it. it was very special to me because i certainly know president ellen johnson sirleaf if i thought i knew about her past and all that you went into such incredible detail about her rise and it left me feeling what an unbelievable leader she is, international leader but it also made me want to ask about you. i know this isn't your first book. your first book is the house of sugar beach, is that right? >> guest: that's right. i will just echo something you just said. i thought i knew a lot about her too. i had heard about for all of my life. she was a political dissidents so once i started digging into it i was amazed at how much i didn't know. i am from iberia and my family

so madam lepan's retirement plan is either increasing kon bugs or cut in pension. let's keep the system we have by make it fairerer. don't lie i'm. >> translator: i'm not proposing a single system. >> translator: we have 37 bachk pension schemes in this company it's unacceptable. people don't accept this in equality. a retailer, farmer a craftsman no longer accepts to have -- to see other people with special pension regimes that are much more favorable. so for over the next five -- for the next mandate i'm not going to change the level of social contributions. all those i'm no going to change, i'm going to put in place a system which will gradually come into place, all acquired rights will be maintained requested each person will contribute a little bit more each-year. and we will then side in a responsible way, are you partnered either to increase contributions or to retire later? it will be decided -- >> translator: by the employee's federation. >> translator: no. i have an announcement to make. it's not the plan of the employee's federation. >> translator: think

thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. let me first thank my colleague, senator manchin, to range the time to talk about the ongoing opioid epidemic across the country. i know his state of west virginia much like my home state of rhode island has been particularly hard by this epidemic. it's not happening in some far off place or distant country. it's happening in rhode island, west virginia and indeed every state throughout the nation. over 338 rhode islanders lost their lives during an overdose. rhode island is a small state so let me talk about a national statistic that shows the extent of this crisis. last year drug overdoses killed 50,000 americans. that means more people died last year because of drug overdoses than due to car crashes or gun violence. these numbers are staggering. and it is happening in all of our communities. since 201, the number of -- 2011, the number of overdose deaths has increased by more than 90%. unfor

murkowski: thank you, madam president. madam president, i have come to the floor this afternoon to speak on the omnibus appropriations bill that is now before the senate. we'll have an opportunity to vote on that very shortly here. and i'd like to take a few moments to explain why i intend to support this legislative measure. i support this bill because i think it's good for the country and i believe it is good for my state of alaska. i think what we have seen through this appropriations process is a negotiated bill going back and forth between both sides, between both bodies and it is a bill that funds the federal government through the end of this fiscal year. it is far from perfect. i think we recognize that, but it's tough to find a legislation in any place where we're all going to be in agreement that it has everything that each of us wants, but i do believe that it is a solid bill. i think it's a solid bipartisan effort and i would urge my colleagues to support this bill. the first thing it does is it -- it prevents

madam speaker, no doubt that mr. bowman has touched his students' lives and can inspire students for future success. and i thank him for dedicating himself on empowering our young students and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, as co-chair of the congressional oster youth caucus i rise in honor for the alum news that i'm hope to host. kenneth hales from the ocean state where he attends rhode island college and works with children with disabilities. we must ensure every child has the opportunity to reach their full potential. all children need the support and love of a family, yet finding forever families is one of our biggest challenges. it is our moral duty to care for these children as we would our own including by supporting permanence s

madame tussauds? it was like i had achieved immortality. between kurt cobain and austin powers. people came from far and wide to see my statue because they thought i was somebody. and then, a few years later, something changed. i got passed over for the "nightly news" desk. thank you. but that wasn't the worst of it, carol. i was feeling pretty low, so i decided to take my date to madame tussauds. i stood there for hours. luckily, i wasn't the only celebrity pretending to be his own wax statue that day. scott baio and i became great friends. both of us gigantic losers. - so they gave you your statue? - no, i bought it. they were gonna melt it into a gray ball with milli vanilli. i couldn't let that happen. i always thought that once i was back on top, madame tussauds was gonna want me again. - and she will. chuck, now that we're admitting things, um, your head kind of fell off. please, don't be mad at me. i stuck it bac

thank you, madam secretary for joining us today. because of iowa's location and the center of the country, our interstate routes handle a the lot of cross country freight. for a lot of this freight, iowa is not the origination, and it's not the final destination. either it's simply just passing through iowa. and this pass through traffic takes a major toll on our roads, and, of course, drives up the maintenance costs for iowa dot. nationally iowa ranks fifth in the number of bridges and 12th in the miles of roadway. yet the state ranks 30th in population and 23rd in overall land area. central states like iowa which are overwhelmingly rural are responsible for supporting the infrastructure that moves cross country freight, and do you think this point is something that congress should take into consideration when working on future transportation bills and if so, in what ways? >> this is an issue that we have discussed in the interagency work force. we do not have any conclusions on that yet, but clearly this is a very important issue.

>> good to have you here, madam secretary. the forward begin to recognize for the purposes of an introduction. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to introduce tommy diaz. [indiscernible] for the fifth annual shadow day. these are my 40th congressional district. his educational effort -- aspirations -- [indiscernible] i want to thank him for coming today show the voices are heard [indiscernible] our -- are involved in child welfare [indiscernible] well-being, talent and educational aspirations. and tommy is the one with the blue around him. >> why don't you stand up real quick? [applause] >> there he is. good morning, matt of secretary. it is my leisure lucky to the subcommittee on labor, health and human services and education. we are looking forward to hearing your testimony you want the most important jobs in washington ensuring all young people have access to the education they need to be successful in coming decades. i know it is a positive devoted your life to quite selflessly. many schools do fantastic jobs. someda

>> i'm against everything that madam le pen said. can we have a democratic debate , madam le pen, please? first of all, the big fear which manipulating you're , manipulating the fears of our citizens regarding terrorism, , the great fear, and you are the uk has nothing to do with the euro. it has never been part of the euro. now, the euro -- you propose the french should withdraw from the euro. i think that is a mortal proposal and a dangerous proposal. and your do to yourself system has no meaning. it shows that you're unprepared. what is your vision? my vision is to build a strong europe, to i have a european policy that will be powerful and in which we will defend the interest of france. everyone needs to understand the farmer in a region buys his raw materials from abroad. he has to pay in euros. and he has to pay his employees in francs. a lot of products are imported. and if he is a stock breeder, the italians will buy his products in euros. and he will pay his employees in francs. >> each country will have its currency. >> so

madam secretary, if you could please announce the next item on today's agenda. >> mr. chairman and commissioners, the fifth item on your agenda will also be presented by the media bureau and is entitled elimination of main studio rule. michelle carey, acting chief of the bureau, will again give the introduction. >> secretary, michelle. >> thank you. the next item the media bureau presents is a noticed of proposed rulemaking that proposes to reduce costs and regulatory burdens for broadc t broadcasters by eliminating the main studio rule. this rule requires each a.m., f.m., and television broadcaster to have a studio in their community, including the requirement that the main studio have full-time management and staff during normal business hours. joining me at the able are holly sawyer and diana heller who will present the item. >> mr. chairman and commissioners, i am pleased to present this notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on the proposal to eliminate the main studio rule and the program origination capability requirements. we tentatively conclude that te

senator franken. >> thank you, madam chair. in reading through the testimony provided for today's hearing, it became clear that some of the witnesses are concerned about the societal impacts and others are more circumspect. chairman le fleur, could you comment on where we should direct the efforts and resources we devote to enhancing security, what should our priorities be, where would you place physical attacks. emds, on a frtriage list. >> we are comparing attacks that are very numerous and low barriers to entry, like cyber security, you don't have to be a nation state. a lot of people can do it to high impact, low probability. i think that first of all, we have to have a strategy for all attacks, i think right now i would probably put cyber security as number one, but that doesn't mean we don't need to present our substations from physical attacks or that we don't need to protect against solar storms, which we are protecting against and work on the emp issue and figure out how to protect that. i think taking a step back, to

harris: welcome, madam secretary. every secretary questioned in the past few years, i've always made known my preference for giving parents the choice where to send their students. in the end, the parents are the taxpayers, the ones who probably know best. i want to read a sentence from your testimony. you said, in part, my support for educational choice is based on my strong belief in the power of markets and competition has drivers of educational quality and accountability. i'm sure you are aware that in international testing, the test done in 2015 or 2016, in math, reading, and science we didn't crack the top 10. we didn't crack the top 15. in math, we didn't crack the top 25. i think there is no question that we don't get a bang for our book in the american educational system. we see spending going up. we think i guess the measure on how effective education is, is how much money you spin on it, and yet we are failing in a global education economy. i welcome things like the opportunity scholarship program. well,tes

that's in her book, madam president, the extraordinary journey.he is interviewed by karen bass of california. >> when did you first meet madame president? >> i've known about her all my life. >> but did you know her? >> she became famous for minister of finance in 1979 and 1980. i'm 13 or 14 at that time. she knew my parents. somebody that, as a child growing up, she was always criticizing the same government she worked for, and in 1985, when she was arrested and thrown in jail, i heard all about that. she became a political icon at this time. watch sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern. this class errors in its entirety on lectures in history. that is here on american history tv. only on c-span3. somebody read section six for me. back.ad let's get back over here. stateing resided in the before the day of election of representatives, and pay public taxes during that year, shall enjoy the right of the elector. >> is there anything in the statement that becca just read which suggests that you have to have wealth or land in order to vote? that does not have

the work that we have to do, you and i, madam president, and our colleagues is serious and will have real consequences to every american and we must take our responsibilities serious. i've indicated to my colleagues that neither the affordable care act, which i voted against nor what the house has passed is anything i would vote for. i really wish we were doing something different than either one of those things. as i thought about my remarks today, i was about to say i suppose i come too late to get my ideas adopted by congress, but really i came to this issue early. and i think it was twowr, maybe -- 2004, maybe 2006, where i penned on paper and worked on drafting legislation what i called a ten-point plan for the affordability of health care. my ideas, which predate president obama, were nothing like the affordable care act and they were really nothing like the conversation that we're having today. i wish we would address the underlying reasons that health care costs so much rather than focusing so much attention on the issue of health insurance and its premiums. if we can drive t

thank you madam chair. >> mr. scott. >> thank you madam chair. admiral, it is a long way from auburn university. >> we are eagles sir. >> i hope you never lose a war or win a ball game. i am a university of georgia graduate. >> i have a brother and a sister-in-law who went to the university of georgia. i love them. >> was he the one holding the dog when he bit the player? all kidding aside thank you for your service. we talk a lot about how fast technology changes. in the acquisition process being a problem throughout the department. i would lining to hear your comments on the personnel -- like to hear your comments on the personnel again. you speak to this in your comments. you know, when you get the young man, the young woman out there that's the best and the brightest, their opportunities in the private sector versus their opportunities in the public sector under your command, the challenges there, and the issue of you know, what percentage of your personnel are civilian versus uniform? >> roughly we are about 80% military. about 20% civilian.

thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. larson, for five minutes. mr. larson: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. thank you, madam speaker. while we put up a couple of charts here, the most notable one is we want to make everybody aware that tomorrow morning at 9:00 we will unveil action, a call to national service and it will be carried youtube, so g on tomorrow morning at 9:00, may 25, streaming live on youtube. first poster that i have up here is of general mcchrystal. tomorrow morning, john lewis, , our atsui, joe kennedy senate lead senator jack reed from rhode island and general mcchrystal among others will be at our bill introduction and rollout. it was general mcchrystal who said, we need to create a culture of service where we are all invested in our nation's future and feel a shared sense of responsibility, not only to ur nation but to each other. general mcchrystal als

cooper is interviewed by karen bass of california. >> when did you first meet madam president? >> i had known about her all my life. ,he was minister of finance 1979-1980 was when the coup happened. parents.my she was somebody as a child growing up, she was always speaking truth to power criticizing the same government she worked for, and then in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown into jail, i heard all about that, and she became at this time sort of a political icon. announcer: watch after words sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. 1981,cer: on march 30 president ronald reagan survived an assassination attempt outside the washington hilton hotel. sunday on american history tv, the national law enforcement hosts secret service and fbi agents protecting the president that they. here's a preview. >> you were modest about it when i asked about being shot and almost being run over by the president's limousine, but you went to the hospital, did you ever get a chance to talk to president reagan about that? it was a a little lighter than what we had to discuss. a

it's a great bill, madam chair. i think we've done a lot of thinking about it.we cannot defend our cell. we can install defenses that they far outweigh the risk, and how do we get products that can solve? >> first, every member of congress should be briefed on hybrid warfare. that's what you're seeing in ukraine. it's what makes everything come together simultaneously. >> we are seeing word warfare change before our eyes. >> from efficiency to looking at resistance, resilience and redundancy. we have to rethink from the ground up what we mean what's homeland security means. i walked in and said i've been thinking of how to run our cities and can't decide if we should cut out food inspection, the sewer, the fire department or police, which to think we should drop? because that's what were doing now. we have no choice so to look at the totality of disasters and decide that were gonna figure out a design you can't say let's set priorities because the money pick might be the one that kills you i very seldom do book review some a newsletter. it's called the weapon wi

senator franken. >> thank you, madam chair. in reading through the testimony provided for today's hearings, it became clear that some of the witnesses are quite alarmed about the threat of an emp attack as a potential societal impacts and others are clearly more circumspect. chairman lafleur, could you comment on where we should direct the efforts and resources we devote to enhancing grid security? what should our priorities be, what would you place physical attacks? cyber attacks, emps, gmd is and other threats on a triage list. >> well, it's a difficult question because we are comparing attacks that are very numerous and kind of low barriers to entry like savage critic we don't have to be nationstate. people can do it as so let's add high impact low probability. i think that first of all we had to have a strategy for all attack. right now i would probably put cybersecurity at number one but that doesn't mean we don't need to protect our substations and physical attacks or that we don't need to protect against solar storms whi

i got the state right. >> thank you, madam chair.irector mulvaney, thank you for being here today. thank you for the hard work that you've put into this budget proposal. it is refreshing to see a proposal that actually balances in ten years. you're in a tough situation. anytime you talk about cutting anything, somebody's not going to be happy about that. but it takes courage to put these cuts on the table. we may not all agree with the same areas where we need to prioritize spending, but i think we all, at least on this side of the dias agree, we have to do something about the debt in our country and the burden it's putting on our children and our future generations. so i appreciate the courage that you took in putting forth this. i've read the headlines about draconian cuts and deep budget cuts. so, you know, i'd like to go back and look at the numbers. and as i study these numbers, there's a phenomenon here i think the general public may not understand, and maybe even a lot of people in d.c. don't totally understand. but we have th

with that i'll yield, madam chair. >> thank you, madam chair. my apologies for running late, i was caught up on the floor. i'm going to ask a question that wasn't asked before. people come in on temporary visas from mexico. when you return, you're not actually required to collect them at the border; is that correct? or is it a process to collect those? >> they're provided a paper i-94 if they cross through the land border. >> that's correct. >> and they're supposed to hand that back in at the end of their stay. but there are multiple entries, so they can use them for multiple entries and not hand them in. >> how do you account in terms of guesstimating folks that are still here versus those that are not, given that they may be handed in versus not handed, returned when they exit the country? >> so at the land border, what we look at is what we call subsequent arrivals. if someone has a border crossing card with a visa, 85% of those travelers cross the border again within 30 days. obviously they left, they can cross again. if you push that out to

"madam secretary," "almost "elementary." those are season if i al -- finales for those last two. we're going to go extra innings here. nick: back on 18. jason day will go with iron. horschel with driver. you kind of like jason day because you think he's guaranteed to hit the fairway till in play whereas billy horschel could do something. then after, that they'll know exactly what to do. they could almost replicate what we've just seen. jim: anybody the favorite at this point? nick: maybe jason you'd kind of think but they're both looking good. they are both enjoying themselves, both looking good. but you have to think jason day has been on that biggest stage that little bit longer. jim: he had that absolutely brilliant stretch, including the pga championship that spilled over into the start of 2016 when he won three times early. everything. and now to go dry here for almost what a year? so what would this mean to him? nick: it's an amazingly fragile game. when you're winning and you're on form. you get out of bed and go win a tournament. then all of a sudden, you can't quite put