mr. upton: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. upton: thank you, mr. speaker. h.r. 446 authorizes the federal energy regulatory commission, ferk, upon request to extend -- ferc, upon request to extend by six years the time period for which construction must commence on the gathright hydroelectric project located in allegheny county, virginia. this may reinstate the construction license if it has expired. similar bill is passed under suspension of the rules in the 114th congress in a bipartisan way and i would hope that we can do it today. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from colorado. degree degree thank you, mr. speaker. i -- ms. degette: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. degette: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 446, a bill

mr. goldberg. mr. goldberg: mr. chief justice, and may it please the court. there are three principal features of north carolina's law that make it a stark abridgement of the freedom of speech. first, section 202.5 reaches vast swaths of core first amendment activity that is totally unrelated to the government's preventative purpose. mr. packingham is not accused of communicating with or viewing the profile of a minor. he violated section 202.5 by speaking to his friends and family about his experience in traffic court. and if today he were to view or respond to any of the thousands of twitter messages about his case in this court, that would be a felony. second, the law does not operate in some sleepy first amendment quarter. it operates and forbids speech on the very platforms on which americans today are most likely to communicate, to organize for social change, and to petition their government. third, section 202.5 -- justice kennedy: please go ahead. please go ahead. mr. goldberg: is

mr. scott: mr. speaker, i yield for the purpose of a unanimous consent request to the gentleman from new york. mr. espaillat: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from -- which states this bill would cost millions to lose -- would cause millions to lose their health coverage and return to the days when even inadequate coverage was unaffordable. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york. mr. espaillat: mr. speaker, i strongly oppose this bill. we all should. protecting a.c.a. is a top issue for my constituents. constituents like leslie who without the protections of the a.c.a. would not have gotten the treatment for leukemia that she was diagnosed with at the age of 22. leslie is now in remission thanks to obamacare. for leslie, the a.c.a. protections, like essential health benefits, were a matter of life and death. this republican bill would destroy those patient protections. under the a.c.a

mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: reserving the right to object. mr. president, none of these senators have read the bill. it's -- i have the floor, mr. president. the bill is 142 pages long compared to 2,700-page long obamacare bill. they can read the bill. if they have objections to the provisions, we can debate them but what they're talking about is a bill that does not exist which they have not read. i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: minority leader. mr. schumer: would my dear colleague from texas yield for a question? the presiding officer: the senator from texas does not have the floor. you have the floor. mr. schumer: i would like to just then tell the -- my friend from texas, this is the bill. it was posted online a half-hour before we came online. and i'd ask a page to come over and bring it to my dear friend and ask him if this is the bill, which we have read. mr. cornyn:

mrs. beatty: mr. speaker, i rise today as a member of the financial services committee in strong opposition to the financial choice act. or more appropriately titled, the wrong choice act. the performance of this field claims it's about regulatory relief for our nation's community banks, but it is not. this bill guts the consumer financial protection bureau, an organization that was developed to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, abusive practices. mr. speaker, i stand here today because the consumer financial protection bureau has done amazing things. this bill would dismantle it. dismantle a bureau that just in six years has recovered almost 29 million for over americans. mr. speaker, this is the wrong choice. this bill returns the american economy to the deregulatory state that led us to the great financial crises and the deepest recession since the great depression. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote no on this bill because the fundamental question is, it does not provide choice or h

mr. hensarling: mr. chairman, i'm happy now to yield one minute to a real workhorse of the financial services committee, the gentleman from maine, mr. poliquin. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poliquin: thank you very much, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, i represent the most honest, hardworking families in this country in the great state of maine. i also represent tens of thousands of small business owners in our state that create thousands and thousands of jobs for our families. and you know, in the state of maine, mr. speaker, we know the difference between right and wrong, and it is wrong to force taxpayers to bail out huge wall street banks that take too much risk when it goes wrong. now, the small community banks and credit unions that dot our landscape in maine did not cause the most recent recession. and these reforms that we're passing today in the choice act reduce unnecessary paperwork and costs that will help our small community banks and credit u

mr. slater: i would like to thank the alexandria police department, u.s. capitol police, and met medinah cal response teams -- and medical response teams who responded to the scene this morning for their quick and decisive actions. actually saving lives. i remind you that this is an active investigation and details continue to unfold. i stressed this earlier and i'm going to underscore it now. that the f.b.i. is not going to talk about the character or nature in which we are investigating this case other than to say we continue to work this as an active investigation and an ongoing matter. there has been some confusion about the injuries involved. our statements sent out earlier today, this afternoon actually, identified the number of ctims and their victims and their injuries. let me just review that quickly for you. five individuals were shot. a congressman, a united states capitol police officer, a congressional staffer, a lobbyist and the subject. an additional two individuals, a cong

mr. mcnerney: mr. speaker, today i'm pleased to be joined by a special guest from my district, bishop stephen blair, who has the privilege of -- blaire, who has the privilege of the today's opening prayer. he was nominated by pope john paul ii becoming the fifth bib on of stockton. throughout his career -- fifth district of stockton. throughout his career, he has promoted and worked towards social justice gains. as a newly appointed bishop, he followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, continuing to address the needs of spanish speaking parishioners by bringing more spanish speaking priests to the diocese and maintaining a ministry to migrant workers. i want to leave you with some words of wisdom from bishop blaire that we can all take to heart. when he was appointed to bishop of stockton he said his vision was to build a church that was strong in faith but also strong in service to the community. as we head home to celebrate the birth of our nation, let's remember that as members of congress, our j

mr. clay: mr. speaker, i rise today to oppose h.r. 10, a dangerous assault on american consumers that would gut the landmark dodd-frank wall street reform act. if the wrong choice act is allowed to be inflicted on working families, the reckless fan shal speculators who sold out the american people on wall street would be given a free pass to perpetrate future financial abuses that will reap billions for them and rob average americans of their financial security again. the wrong choice act would take of ck to the pre-2008 era unchecked, reckless financial abuses that resulted in the worst recession since the great depression. and let me remind you of the crushing costs of that national economic emergency. over eight million jobs lost, 10% unemployment, seven million home foreclosures and trillions of dollars wiped out. no proponent of this bill can look the american people in the face and tell them that this is better for consumers, because it's not. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the

mr. comey: no. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. comey, when you were terminated, the fbi said and continued to feel you have erovided years of great servic to the country. i also said i had significant questions over the last year about some of the decisions you made. if president hadn't terminated your service, would you still be in your opinion the director of the fbi today? mr. comey: yes, sir. as a direction from the president something that you thought was serious and troublesome but continued to show up for work the next day? mr. comey: yes, sir. >> six weeks later we are still telling the president on march 30 that he was not personally the target of any investigation? mr. comey: correct. march 30, and again on april 11, i told him we are not investigating him personally. i told him that was true. >> the concerns of me is all these things are going on, you you areetrospect or -- telling the committee u.s. serious concerns about what you believe the president directed taken no and had action, hadn't even reported up the chain

mr. johnson: yes. mr. swalwell: mr. secretary, in addition to structural reforms to our election systems do you agree that just a general broader awareness would benefit the american people as far as social media trolls, fake news, the dissemination of hacked information and how that can affect outcomes? mr. johnson: yes. mr. swalwell: mr. secretary you , said that in january you designated our election systems as critical infrastructure and i want you to comment on a claim that candidate trump made during the campaign season. he said, remember we are , competing in a rigged election to a wisconsin rally. they want to try and rig the elect at the polling booths, where so many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is all too common. did you find any polling booths were rigged? mr. johnson: as i said, i know of no evidence that as a result of any cyber attack, ballots were altered or reporting was altered. that comment goes to cyber attacks. i cannot comment on the integrity of every voting machine in chicago or san francisc

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mr.uffett: i said, "what do i do with this money?" he said, "investing it is about assigning the right use for the money." i did not want to go to college. my dad wanted me to go to college. i had $175,000. i thought that was all i would need to live the rest of my life. david: did you ever run into that guy again? mr. buffett: he needs protection now. david: when you had your first annual meeting, how many showed up at that? mr. buffett: we had about 12. you have to count my aunt katie and a couple of friends. david: any advice to a young investor who would like to emulate you? >> would you fix your tie, please? david: most people would not recognize me if my tie was not fixed. let's leave it this way. all right. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i had a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? ♪ d

mr. speaker. my question is for the prime minister. will the prime minister update the house on the manchester terror attack? what the government is doing to keep australians safe, including in my area. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the honorable member for his question. mr. speaker, i spoke with the prime minister of the united kingdom, teresa may, last night. and conveyed to her the heartfelt sympathies, the condolences of the australian people to the people of britain and to the victims of this shocking criminal attack and their families. i reaffirmed to her the resolute solidarity of australia with britain, partners now as we always have been and always will be in freedom us a cause. -- freedom's cause. and prime minister may thanked e and thanked this parliament. for the solidarity we showed as we spoke in unionson, united in our solidarity, our sympathy for our friends in the united kingdom. this was a shocking criminal attack on innocence. at least 22 people have been murdered

mr. rosenstein: i think o.m.b. would be the right agency to answer that question. mr. -- senator lankford: i hope to work on that. rather than go back to treasury, as we solve that issue, that budget gimmick goes away. i'll follow up on a question for the record to private prisons that i know you're trying to re-engage and we'll follow up. thank you. chairman shelby: senator coons. senator coons: thank you, mr. chairman. deputy attorney general rosenstein thank you for being ere. you are here because attorney general sessions abruptly canceled his commitment to appear before this committee it is the attorney general's job to be here today. the fact he has again chosen to skip this hearing is unacceptable. the attorney general, believe, has chosen to skip this hearing today in order to avoid difficult questions about the scope of his recusal. questions which have already been asked of you by several senators, but i'll attempt to explore it further. i do think it's important that we have a

mr. bowling: i do run a farm. i live and work on a farm everyday. i live about 45 miles south of washington dc where most people don't think there is any farming going on. it is important to me because it has been working. mexico is the biggest buyer of american corn right now. about 525out -- buy million bushels every year. they have been easy to deal with, they want our product and right now with the way input and crop prices are, nafta and mexico and canada are the deal for america's corn farmers. mr. grumet: if the seamlessness of that relationship became higher in transaction costs, what do you think happens? does mexico just tough it out? what fills that void? mr. bowling: what happens is we have other countries that grow corn like we do. they don't grow good quality corn like the u.s. farmer does but brazil and argentina are waiting for mexico to buy corn. they're are looking for customers just like we are. we need to work everyday day to protect that market that we have worked for

mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. he house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, greg gianforte is a family man, a businessman, he's been a husband for 29 years. he's a father of four. and a founder with his wife, susan, right now technologies. which employs over 500 fellow montanans. it's good to have another business owner in this house. somebody who knows the way the economy works. who has created jobs and who cares about his local community. now, montana may only send one member to this body, but out west, it's not about how many you are, it's about how much you do. greg is a doer. and we're happy to have him here. i yield to the gentleman and the dean of montana. mr. gianforte: thank you, speaker ryan and majority leader mccarthy. i am humbled and honored to have been elected by the people montana to represent them here in this house. i am joined today by

mrs. wagner: mr. speaker, i'm proud to stand before you today to speak on the rule and in support of h.r. 10, the financial choice act, which represents years of hard work by our chairman, jeb hensarling, and the entire financial services committee. for nearly eight years dodd-frank has targeted main street pocketbooks and stripped families of real opportunities for financial success and independence. for instance, the cfpb has spent years removing choices and making access to financial products more difficult to obtain. under these regulations, it is now harder for families to qualify for a mortgage, to obtain an auto loan, and access other forms of credit that they have depended on every day of their lives. meanwhile, the cfpb fails to monitor and spreent actual and consumer fraudof like we saw with the opening of millions of unauthorized customers' accounts at wells fargo. mr. speaker, i have the privilege of chairing the oversight and investigation subcommittee on financial services, and today, to

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize five high school honor students from pennsylvania's fifth congressional district chosen to represent the commonwealth of pennsylvania as delegates at the congress of future medical leaders. the following students were selected to attend the event which began sunday and concluded yesterday in lowell, massachusetts. novan brew break bakker, katherine, hannah, mckensy, and sarah. they were nominated by their teachers or the national academy of future physicians and medical scientists based on their academic excellence and aspiration to join the medical field. each of these dedicated students achieved a minimum 3.5 g.p.a. to be nominated for the honors only program. the event aims to encourage and guide the top students in our country who hope to become physicians

mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i'd like now to yield to a former member of the house judiciary committee, the gentlelady from california, ms. chu, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. chu: i rise in strong opposition to h r. 3004, kate's law. this is politically driven legislation intended to create a fear of immigrants, even though repeated studies have shown immigrants commit less crimes. it enhances criminal penalties against immigrants, the vast majority of whom have come here peacefully to rejoin loved ones. all that and it doesn't even do what it claims to -- address the situation that led to the tragic death of kate stein lee. there are those who might imply that this bill came from h.r. 15, the comprehensive bipartisan immigration bill that could have passed the house if allowed a vote on the floor but this is not true. i know because i was one of the lead sponsors of this bill. our bill would have vastly improved pathways to immigrate legally to t

mr. young: mr. speaker, this legislation, h.r. 220, allows for the expansion of the tara lake hydroleak trick project on kodiak island of alaska. high the way which is larger than new jersey. the tara lake hydroelectric project provides hydropower capacity to the island of 13,189 residents and largest coast guard station in the united states. kodiak island is roughly the size of new jersey. it means it's reliant upon the electrical generation on the island mostly by hydroat this time. some diesel. with the growing electrical demands in the residents of kodiak, the association will not be able to meet their needs without requiring additional resources or will be forced to increase the use of diesel. there is no reason why hydrorich community like kodiak should have to rely on diesel fuel for power generation. they wish to expand their operation by increasing their water resources, and i agree. my legislation allows the kodiak electric company to divert small flows of additional water from upper hidde

mr. graves, and the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, ms. norton, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. mr. graves: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i'd ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2547. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. graves: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. . graves: madam speaker, the facts act created a process only for doctors at the department of veterans affairs. the -- to qualify to perform physical examinations on eligible veterans and issue the medical certificates that are required in order to operate a commercial vehicle. h.r. 2547 would expand who's eligible to prosees -- who's eligible for the process as long as they're authorized by the state which they areland, registered and certi

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, 25 years ago i was grateful to be with governor carol campbell, senator john rursle and senator vern smith when b.m.w. held the groundbreaking for the first manufacturing facility in the upstate of south carolina. today with an investment of nearly $8 billion by b.m.w., south carolina is the leading exporters of cars of any state and the greer plant is the largest b.m.w. manufacturing facility in the world with $9.5 billion worth of autos exported from the port of charleston last year. this fulfills the vision of the legendary industrialist roger millican. b.m.w. has excelled by creating over 30,000 jobs with on-time delivery of suppliers and a total of 120,000 jobs nationwide. was grateful to join lindsey graham, president of b.m.w. and chairman of the board harold kru

mr. lamborn: mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate the 40th anniversary of focus on the family, a vital american institution dedicated to preserving one of the country's most foundational pillars, the family. while i cannot attend today's celebration in person, i'm grateful my good friend, vice president mike pence, is in colorado springs to mark this wonderful occasion. it would be impossible to fully quantify the impact focus on the namfeam has had on our own nation and across the world. children have been lovingly dissippled. and families have been reunited and strengthed. most important are the 382,000 lives saved through focus on the family's option ultrasound, which helps mothers choose life when faced with unexpected pregnancies. those 382,000 lives, and indeed our entire nation, owe you a debt of gratitude. so to founder dr. james dobson, jim daley, and the staff of focus on the family, i say well-done and offer you my sincere congratulations. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempor

mr. barletta: -- mr. barr: mr. speaker, we are here tonight to honor the memory of a legendary kentucky statesman. a baseball hall of famer. a man of this house. and a devoted husband, father nd grandfather and great grandfather, senator jim bunning, who recently passed away at the age of 85. the members who are joining us tonight, many of them who hail from senator bunning's home of the commonwealth of kentucky extend their deepest sympathy to his beloved wife, mary, his best friend for many, many years, his nine children, his grandchildren. those who met senator jim bunning walked away from an impression and that impression was that has to be the most competitive person i have ever a recent op-ed in the herald, one of his very best friends, sports marketing executive jim host wrote that jim bunning was full of integrity and, quote, the straightest arrow i've ever met. and in that op-ed he recounted a story where a reporter of the louisville courier journal wrote that former u.s. senator bunning was, quote, one of

mr. mccaul: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution up the bill, h.r. 2213, to amend the anti-border corruption act of 2010, to authorize certain polygraph waiver authority, and for other purposes. and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 74. h.r. 2213. a bill to amend the anti-border corruption act of 2010, to authorize certain polygraph waiver authority, and for other urposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 374, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by land ommittee of home security, printed in the bill, shall be considered as adopted, and the bill as amended shall be considered as read. the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul, and the gentleman from texas, mr. vela, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. mccaul. mr. mccaul: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within w

mr. lloyd. mr. lloyd: well, senator, with respect to gang involvement, in response to some of the inquiries we received, we did a secure populations on june 9. what we were able to find was t of 138 in that population, approximately 35 had identified as gang -- senator klobuchar: my original question. what do you think the most effective thing to do if you could do one thing to prevent this from happening? mr. lloyd: right now, with respect to our program, it's to equip the kids who are in custody to have the tools they need when they leave custody to avoid gang activity and any sort of violence. and also if there is past criminal involvement, to give that a substitute to find a different path. senator klobuchar: mr. benner. mr. benner: the most critical aspect for us is shutting down the illicit financial pathways. we know that ms-13 makes their money through extortion primarily. and through other exploitation crimes. and our focus from the investigative standpoint is to shut down those illicit pro

mr. neal? >> thank you, mr. chairman for holding this important hearing and highlighting the need for tax reform. we all agree the tax code is broken. far too complicated and certainly in need of repair. our current tax system isn't working for families and businesses alike and we all agree that any revisions to the code should promote economic growth and create jobs for working families. however, we should reject idealogy and work together to reform our tax system for the 21st century. according to a recent pugh study, based on fact, not opinion, the share of adults living in middle income households in the united states fell from 62% to 59% from 1991 to 2010. aggregate household income has shifted middle to the upper income households. the research found that 49% of u.s. aggregate income went to the upper income households in 2014, up from 29% in 1970. and for middle income households the share of income was 43% in 2014, down from 62% in 1970. wealth is now concentrated at the top and i assume there's broad ag

mr. marshall: mr. speaker, i'd like to take a moment and recognize an important piece of legislation that is scheduled for a vote on the house floor today, the veterans' affairs accountability and whistleblower protection act. this bipartisan legislation will reform the v.a. by allowing the secretary to fire underperforming employees, ensure appropriate protections for whistleblowers and authorize the secretary to directly appoint folks to critically important positions that need filled quickly. this legislation has already passed the senate. i look forward to its passage in the house and send it to the president for his signature this week. those that serve our nation are honored heroes. unfortunately, the v.a. bureaucracy hasn't always provided the care, respect and honor they deserve. i look forward to this vote and to bring in our valued veterans one step closer to the dare they deserve. mr. speaker, last weekend i was honored to join the kinsly, kansas, summer food service program at the kinsly ju

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak about the strengthening career and technical education act for the 21st century, which we'll consider on the floor this champion. i proudly champion -- on the floor this afternoon. i'm proudly championing this bill. america is ready for wain. first, i'd like to thank the house education work force committee chairwoman virginia foxx and ranking member bobby scott for their support in bringing this bill to the floor. want to thank the democratic lead, representative raja krystal griner, and my colleague and c.t. caucus co-chair jim langevin. mcmorris hank cathy rodgers, leader mccarthy and steve scalise, who remains in awful our prayers for a full recovery. this legislation aims to restore wrungs from the ladders of opportunity because all americans deserve a good paying family-sustaining job. one of the biggest challenges in career and technical education is the stigma and bias against it. we've seen wrong-headed claims that students involved in the trade

mr. packing him, people who want to do things that are harmless and fully effective and it is as a deterrent. from a first amendment perspective, that is a home run. there is a fourth amendment question. ordinarily once you are done with supervised relief you have full first amendment. for the state, it does aerything perfectly in certain sense except the state has a sense of what you may be up to, which is a concern. they are essentially able to determine people and people who want to speak -- >> i'd think part of what the state is saying here is that it does not have the capacity to do that. it does not have the capacity to check message by message or click by click when a person is doing. in the absence of that, the prophylactic remedy is needed. if you think of a case like feet fromich is a 50 the polling places, that is a galactic rule. rophylactic rule. >> obviously there are times prophylactic rules are good under law. when he was convicted they said he could not have contact with

mr. smith votes aye. mr. jones? mr. jones? mr. brady? mr. brady votes aye. mr. wilson? mr. wilson votes no. mrs. davis? mrs. davis votes aye. mr. lobiando votes no. mr. longeman votes aye. mr. bishop? mr. bishop votes no. mr. larson? mr. larson votes aye. mr. turner? mr. turner votes no. mr. cooper? mr. cooper votes aye. mr. rogers? mr. rogers votes no. miss bordillo votes aye. mr. franks? mr. franks votes no. mr. courtney? mr. courtney votes aye. mr. schuster votes no. miss psongas votes aye. mr. conaway votes no. mr. garamendi votes aye. mr. lamborn votes no. miss spear? miss spear votes aye. mr. whitman? mr. whitman votes no. mr. veasey? mr. veasey votes aye. mr. hunter votes no. miss gaberd? mr. kaufman? mr. kaufman votes no. mr. oroake votes aye. mrs. hartzler votes no. mr. norcross votes aye. mr. scott? mr. scott votes no. mr. gallego votes aye. mr. brooks? mr. brooks votes no. mr. molten? mr. molten votes aye. mr. cook? mr. cook votes no. miss hanaboosha votes aye. mr. bridenstein votes no. miss shay porter? miss porter votes aye. dr. wenstrop votes no. miss rosen an

mr. donnelly: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. crapo: thank you. senator scott. mr. scott: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to the both of you for being here this morning. good morning, ms. patenaude. good seeing you again. thank you for coming by the office and having a good conversation about the direction of h.u.d. certainly as we've had a lot of questions about the president's budget, i think it's important to note that while we in congress will have the opportunity to negotiate and wrestle with the outcome of the budget requirements and priorities, your responsibility will be to take whatever is given to the -- the administration to the department, and do as much good as possible. speaking of as much good as possible, we talked a little bit about the importance of treating the whole person as a part of the h.u.d. approach. myself, i'll be joining senators blunt and reid in introducing the family self-sustainability act. the bill cuts department costs through consolidating redundant programs and at the same time it expands the scope of the ffs program to provid

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the mcconnell second-degree amendment, number 233, be withdrawn, the pending cloture motion with respect to amendment 232 be withdrawn, that the amendment be modified with the technical changes at the desk, and that at 2:00 p.m. wednesday, june 14, the senate vote on adoption of the mcconnell-for-crapo amendment number 232 as modified with no intervening action for debate and no second-degree amendments in order to amendment 232 prior to the vote. finally, that following leader remarks on wednesday june 14, the time until 2:00 p.m. be equally divided in the usual form. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. schumer: reserving -- i will not object, but reserving -- first i want to thank the majority leader, as well as senators corker, cardin, crapo and blown. this is an example of where we can work together on issues that we agree on. i think it will do a lot of good in both direc

mr. grassley: in march, mr. mr. comey briefed ranking member feinstein and me, as chairman and ranking member of the judiciary committee, on the russian investigation. this included telling us who was and who was not under investigation. after that meeting, i publicly called for mr. comey to tell the public what he had told us about whether president trump was under investigation. let me ask the leader, mr. leader, i didn't realize you were going to be here to speak, so i'll yield the floor and start over again. mr. mcconnell: i would thank my friend from iowa. i'll just be a minute. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that not withstanding roulette 22, all -- rule 22 all postcloture time on the billingslea nomination expire at 2 p.m. today and pore on the kristine l. svinicki nomination expire on monday, june 26. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i thank my friend from iowa. mr. grassley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: in

mr. speaker. i thank the honorable member for his question. mr. speaker, spoke with the prime minister of the united united kingdom last night and conveyed to her the heartfelt simple simple sympathies of the people of australia and the victim's this shocking criminal attack and their families. i reaffirmed to her the resolute solidarity of australia with britain, partner nows as we always have been and always will, in freedom's cause. and prime minister may thanked me and thanked this parliament for the solidarity we showed. united in our solidarity, our sympathy for our friends in the united kingdom. this was a shocking criminal attack on innocents. at least 22 people have been murdered. 59 injured. many of them children as we know. this was a children's concert. this attack was designed to kill children. what could be more vial, more rep reap re pencible or criminal. it was what i coward and brave men and women, australians and brittons alike bit nothing be cowered by terrorism wheneve

mr. spicer: the story of every brave man and woman who paid the ultimate price in the battles of our revolutionary war and the battlefields today are a part of our nation's proud history and i hope everyone takes time today to recognize the sacrifice so many made. with respect to the schedule today, later this afternoon, the president will be hosting house and senate leaders for a bicameral meeting to discuss his domestic policy agenda, specifically health care and tax reform and will host a bicameral dinner of republican members to discuss his overseas trip and the foreign challenges he is ready to tackle. he has signed in 36 individual bills into law, 14 under the congressional review act. he passed the repeal and replace of obamacare and embarked on his first trip overseas acting to rebuild america's standing in the world and become the first administration since 1881 to confirm a supreme court justice in the first 100 days. those will be discussed with some of these members of congres

mr. roe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material in the record on s. 1094. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. roe: thank you, mr. speaker. pursuant to house resolution 378, i call up the bill senate 1094, the department of veterans affairs accountability and whistleblower protection act of 2017, and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 1094, an act to amend title 38 united states code to improve the accountability of employees of the department of veterans affairs, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution considered as read. shall be debatable for one hour equally divide and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on veterans' affairs. the gentleman from tennessee, mr. roe, and the gentleman from minnesota, mr. walz, each wi

mr. jeremy corbyn. mr. corbyn: we commemorate the members we have lost in the last year. sadly, mr. speaker, this year must mark the passing of those days e lost in horrific and weeks. a fire has killed at least 79 people. what makes it both a tragedy and outrage, every single one of those deaths could have been avoided. the community are demanding answers and entitled to those answers. thousands of people living in blocks around the country need reassurance and the emergency services, especially rescue foreign services deserve our deepest respect and support. i want to play a warm tribute to my members of ken sing ton. they have demonstrated while her local community put her faith in her, her determination to ensure that every family is rehoused locally is an exemplary work as a dedicated member of parliament. we welcome to her house. lessons must be learned in the public inquiry and a disaster that never should have happened must never happen again. the terrorist attacks in manchester,

mr. slater: i'm not going to comment on exactly who it was. it was multiple. reporter: can you give us an idea of what you're trying to run down on the weapon? mr. slater: the only comment i'll make about weapons is one handgun and one rifle. reporter: what you have learned about this? mr. slater: where they came from, who bought them, how he acquired them. all the logical investigative leads. reporter: county officers interacted with him in march in illinois. was it shortly after that that he came here? because you said he's been here since march. mr. slater: we believe he's been here since march. so i'm not going to comment on the specifics of that. reporter: \[inaudible] mr. slater: i'm not exactly sure on that. don't have a comment on that. reporter: \[inaudible] mr. slater: no. that's what we're really asking the public to help us with. because we're just not sure at this time. reporter: \[inaudible] mr. slater: i'm not going to comment on that. the part of an active investigation. i

mr. jeremy corbyn. >> mr. speaker. thank you mr. speaker. further to that point of order to right honorable gentleman said about 10 minutes ago in conclusion time has passed. he may be in danger of inadvertently having misled the house and i thought you want to take the opportunity to set this right. some made people may think the honorable gentleman is festive he is. you pay your money and you take your choice that there is no disorder here that would itself be disorderly. the honorable gentleman of both people wouldn't want to stray into such misdemeanor. mr. jeremy corbyn. >> just for the record i've given way six times in this debate so you will have plenty of time to make your point during the debate. >> mr. speaker we will use every opportunity to vote down government policy that has failed to win public support. we will use every opportunity to win support for our program. labor is not really an opposition. we are a government in waiting. >> mr. speaker with a policy program that includes and engages millions of people, many for the f

mr. higgins: mr. speaker, soon president trump will announce plans to reinstitute an almost 60-year u.s. embargo on cuba. this embargo was lifted by president obama in 2014, and today over 75% of americans support continued normalized relationships with cuba. the new open relationship with cuba has helped grow the u.s. economy, and the president's plan to close cuba will cost the u.s. economy over $6.5 billion. roswell park cancer institute in my home community of buffalo, new york, is today partnered with the center for immunotherapy in cuba to clinically test in the united states a lung cancer vaccine giving advanced lung cancer patients new hope. the roswell park led clinical trial, approved by the united states department of food and drug administration, was only possible because of normalized relationships with cuba. president trump wants to destroy that relationship, and this congress needs to stand up to this president. on behalf of the millions of americans who benefit, including millions of c

mr. speaker, as co-chair of the career and techny -- technical education caucus, i rise in strong support of the strengthening career and tech nidal education for the 21st century act. this bill is long overdue. the carl e. perkins c.t.e. act has not been re-authorized now in over a decade. i want to thank my colleagues, particularly chairwoman foxx, ranking member scott, representative thompson, and representative krishnamoorthi for their leadership and collaboration on this important bill and particular thanks to my co-chair of the c.t.e. caucus, mr. thompson, for his outstanding leadership and partnership on this issue other the years. c.t.e. provides students of all ages with the skills they need succeed in a high demand, high paying, high skilled jobs. at a time when hundreds of thousands of jobs in manufacturing, i.t. and other skilled trades remain unfilled, congress has has the responsibility to empower work wers appropriate education and training. we fail to modernize and invest

mr. lewis. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. mr. ratter in, i want to join ranking member neal, thanking you for your service to our country. i'm very concerned about values and comprehensive tax reform. some have said this is a once in a generation opportunity. i think we must take our time and we must do it right. we must get it right. as we consider tax reform, do you think it is important to consider the impact on working families and future generation? when will reform, tax policy should consider reforming the tax problem? >> yes, i do think it's important. as i said, i think it's just as important as getting comprehensive tax reform, removing the loopholes and avoidance techniques for individuals and for companies as well as getting the corporate tax system fixed, i think it needs to be fair and i think it needs to have a positive impact for the average american. i think to have a five and a half trillion dollar tax bill involving a 1,000 tax cut for the average american making $450,000 a year doesn't seem fair to me. i think