meng: thank you, mr. chair. thank you, representative wenstrup for his thoughtful bill, and thank you to chairman roe and weab walz for bringing it to -- and ranking member walz for bringing it to the floor today. clearly, there are department shortages within the department of veterans affairs and there are things that needs to be done. personally i think this legislation is a good first step toward improving the v.a.'s ability to identify staffing shortages, recrew and retain high-quality employees and onboard new hires. the amendment i'm offering today speaks to identification of staffing shortages portion of this bill. der currlaw, 38 u.s.c. 7412, tbe exact, the inspector general of the v.a. is required to submit a report to the v.a. secretary annually highlighting the five personnel occupations within -- with the largest staffing shortages throughout the department. after receiving this report, the secretary is then permitted to recrew and directly appoint qualified -- recruit and directly appoint qualified

>>chinatown in singapore -- theveil of night still lies over the district.but chan hon meng's lights are already on.the staff is getting ready to work their wonders and transformthis cold, uncooked chicken into a culinary sensation.chan hon meng's soy sauce chicken has taken singapore bystorm. it's simple and cheap, andrecently awarded a coveted michelin star. >>we make all our sauces hereourself. nothing is shop-bought. the herb sauce for the rice.or the sauce for the noodles. and we make our soup by boiling100 chicken heads. it's guaranteed to be betterthan anything you can cook at home. a few steps away from hisrestaurant is where everythig started for chan hon meng.a modest food stall in a food "global 3000 court.this is where his prize-winning soy sauce chicken was born.chan has been cooking here for as long as he can remember, from7:00 in the morning until late at night. >>it took a long time until imanaged to perfect the soy sauce.and now the chickens are put in a nice soy sauce bath. >>one day, unbeknown to him, amichelin inspector turned up ad ordered his soy sauce chicken.h

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i want to meng this later tonight all the slushy stuff will freeze.uld have icing problems in the overnight hours. we'll keep a close eye on temperatures this evening. let's check the forecast and head to erin como >> 4:55 and snow and sleet and ice mix putting a damper on commute. i'll keep you updated on public transportation options as well as we go toward the 5:00 hour. widespread slight cancellations at bwi, reagan national and dulles. and if you're trying it take vre they're operating on s schedule today. limited schedule for vre. also metro rail operating at 5 a.m. service on saturday schedule. trains every 12 minutes and severe weather plan service for metro bus and as you make your way trying to take dash in alexandria their service is not opening until 7 a.m. on snow routes as well and metro access service is us is spended today. any questions erin fox d.c. on twitter. >> if you're among those who flights were cancelled you need to call airline. also remember getting a flight on wednesday will be determined by how much snow fell and where it

meng: thank you, congresswoman blunt rochester. i'm pleased to be here today to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women serving in congress. thank you for allowing this legislation to the floor, an thank you to my good friend and former colleague, secretary zinke, for offering this legislation with me. his support has been instrumental in ensuring the consideration of this bill and i am deeply grateful to him. 100 years ago, jeanette rankin was sworn in as a member of the united states house of representatives. she was the first woman elected to congress and was elected before passage of the 19th amendment which granted women the right to vote. in 1902 she graduated from the university of montana with a degree in biology. after that she became active in the women's suffrage movement moving to new york city and assisting in the founding of the new york women's suffrage party and working for the national american women's suffrage party. rankin would eventually return to her home state of montana and was elected to office in the cong

we want to meng montgomery county government offices are closed today. keep that in mind. as you wake up this morning. our team coverage continues in d.c., d.c. is part of rain/snow battle line and d.c. mayor bowser says d.c. is ready for whatever mother night tour brings. >> sarah phraseer is in northwest. sarah we heard d.c. public schools are on two hour delay from what you're seeing are you surprised they may not be closed. >> reporter: holly, i'm surprised. we're ride around on a lot of secondarys. we were on reno road. now headed to due hospital circle on connecticut avenue. and i have to say, yeah, they're -- it's mixed bag. some of roads are cleared. others are not. but as mike mentioned here we're definitely getting more rain can begin to see transitioning more to rain app a little less rain and sxshl hi as temperatures seem to be rising and for us we're seeing temperature at 32 in our vehicle. so as we get up there and maybe get north of that freezing number it turns to rain. maybe district feels things will be better in aanother hour or two. i'm surprised and ve

not to meng the health form p proposal we released in june over eight months ago. there are two primary objectives. first repeals and dismantles many of obamacare's most crushing burdens for patients, job creators and health care providers. legislation will provide relief from obamacare taxes and eliminate tax penalties associated with the individual and employer mandates. with without these penalties, washington will no longer be able to strong arm workers families and job creators into obamacare plans they do not want and cannot afford. the second objective is to empower individuals and families by providing them, not washington, with control over their health care dollars and decisions. proposals will help in a number of key ways. one is by enhancing and expanding health saving accounts or hsas nearly doubling amount that americans can contribute to hsa. it also broadens them so they can be used to cover more expenses including over-the-counter medications. ultimately this will allow americans to save more health care dollars for the future and spend them based

twice and while still alabama senator in 2016 and failing to meng that during his january confirmationin that chair where you sit through hours of questioning testimony and you think this is what you're hearing and what the questioner is asking and so you respond to that question. and sometimes you know you miss judge the question. >> the president particularly per teshed with senate minority leader smumer who called for sessions president iing naiing earlier in the week tweeting this out. >> senator shumer responding with tweet of of his own saying he would be happy to talk about the meeting which koops in 200 in full view of press and public. in washington, joe walden, news. >> and all right. time now is 8:13. weather has been interesting. good morning. >> all winter long we had mild weekends in february and this is a cold one to start off march. >> it is because we adjusted to the warmer climate it is shock to the system to step outside in the 20s and 0s. >> and it looks like spring. not just address this morning. >> flower power. >> look at the white house lawn. you can seep see co

conaway: you menged earlier that when anybody uses the i can't talk because i'm bound by position of anonymity or whatever, that's code for breaking the law. generally, right? when somebody says, i'm talking to a reporter, i'm declassifiesing secret information, the reporter can't tell who it is because, as mr. gowdy was saying earlier, speaking on condition of anonymity, that really should be interpreted, because i'm breaking the law and i don't want to be outed. is that a fair statement? mr. comey: sometimes. i think there are other motives behind that. mr. conaway: it's your statement to us that the f.b.i. was consistent in its aelse is thament they denigrate the u.s. electoral process, hurt hillary nd her potential candidacy and across all that they intended to help trump. that's your testimony this morning? mr. comey: correct. mr. conaway: thank you. yield back. mr. nunes: mr. king. mr. king: thank you, mr. chairman. if you could yield me a few minutes into the next round. i'll just start with this. first of all, let me thank director comey and admiral rogers for being here toda

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. >> director comey do you have information that any votes were changed in the states i menged? >> no. >> thank you. admiral rogers, i know that there is a leak of information regarding director clapper and former secretary of defense carter, were looking at relieving you of your duty. are you aware of those stories? >> i'm aware of media reporting to that. >> and those stories were leaked as soon as you had visited with president-elect trump, correct? >> yes, sir. i was asked if i would be prepared to interview with the trump administration for a position which i did. >> did the leak of that information at all impact your ability in your assessment that you did for the intelligence community's assessment on january 6? >> no, sir. if i spent time in this job worrying about reporting i would never get work done. >> thank you, admiral. director comey, i remain extremely concerned about the widespread illegal leaks that you just referenced in your testimony. just for the record, though, i want to get this on the record. does the unauthorized disclosure of classified information to

. >> you menged you're third in -- mentioned you're third in line to be the president up. think that had something to do with it. >> it had a lot to do with it. i think because, you know, they sure as heck would like to have things work out well. it's pretty tough to take the one -- the first abblingd second person in line and remove them from the facility where they're holding the inauguration. yeah. it was an honor for me. it was a necessary approach that they take in order to really protect the country. and make sure that we have a continued succession in ways that would be very helpful to the country, if some real catastrophe occurred. >> where do you go when you're the dessed survivor? >> that's one of the things that only i know. >> and you can't -- >> and a few others who are with me. >> you can't tell. why is that? >> well, because i guess they don't want anybody to know the methodologies that they use. there are really evil people in greatorld who could cause havoc and pain. i think it's just a matter of sir come spex, do you what you're doing, making sure that no