the and we ought to all take time to be kind to them, to show them how much we care, and to show them the friendship that we truly have for them. mr. president, i'm grateful that i know a number of these people, quite a number, and i'm grateful for them for what they do for all of us. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. -- i yield the floor. mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, let me join my friend, the senior senator from utah, the president pro tempore of the senate, in his remarks about the u.s. capitol police. all of us who work on capitol hill, all of our visitors who come here, constituents around the country, are in their debt because they literally do keep us safe and secure here on capitol hill. i do think the events this morning give rise to some additional concerns of what happens after the hill when -- off the hill when ordinarilily there might not be the sort of security measures that are necessary in place. and i think it is another wake-up call to all of us to be vigilant, to be aware of our situation, and to exercise concern for our own safet

all right. thank you, mr. lette. >> all right, man. >> i'm sorry i broke my word to you. you hear me? >> okay. we're going to try it again, man, okay? >> all right. thank you, mr. colette. >> all right, bud. >> unlike nava, rafael gonzalez is a newcomer to the segregation unit. >> rafael. you part of that mess from 16 last night? >> yes, sir. >> you know he dies, you go manslauger charge, you know that. 20 to life. >> you think he's going toake it, though? >> don't know. >> i didn't mean to harm him that bad, you know. just -- anger. >> i understand rage. >> i seen him and i thought about my little girl and somebody harming my little girl like that. >> but it wasn't your kid. >> it wasn't. >> what he did has what to do with your family? >> nothing to do with my family. >> not a damn thing. >> i'm not really like a trouble person. >> i know, you're not even on my radar. you are now. >> i'm not going to give you any more trouble. i give you my word. >> i know that. be cool, you think about what you're doing befor

mr. speaker, may i wish you all the very best of luck. thank you. >> mr. tame farron. >> main congratulations to you and may i associate myself with the remarks made by the speakers so far, especially in the light of the outrage that took place both in manchester and in london during the general election campaign. they were outrages that were meant to divide and it our response is to be united, to show love and respect, immense gratitude to those who came to our aid, those who came to help those who are stricken, those who keep us safe and as we were attacked in this place a few months earlier and saw the death of keith palmer, we are reminded in most utterly visceral way how safe our police and our security services keep us, and to whom we are immensely grateful. may i also associate myself with the remarks -- generous remarks for rushcliffe and the remarks by -- she said that we have got rid of nearly all the whigs. i think there's 12 of us now, and that's a 50% increase. thank you very much. come on. i'm here always. and mr. speaker, mr. speaker, congra

mr. peters. i hope all of my colleagues will join me in supporting this bill, and i'm now pleased to yield to the author of the bill, mr. peters, such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. peters: thank you, mr. speaker. hydropower play provides a eady base load -- hydropower provides a steady base load. it reduces harmful emissions that pollute our water. this bill would cut red tape for hydropower construction permits. the act gives already approved hydropower projects allows ferc a four-year extension during the initial permit. as the gentlelady from colorado, right now this takes an act of congress to extend construction permits for hydropower projects even though they've gone through rigorous environmental regulatory process. moving forward, the ultimate solution to unlocking hydropower is to streamline the regulatory process and it's my hope we can continue to have bipartisan, -- bipartisan conversations how to

mr. president do you regret your tweets this morning at all? >> mr. president, how do you get china to cooperate with north korea? >> no regrets over your tweets you sent out this morning? >> so, don, you can see it's obvious the president could hear those questions and elected not to answer those questions and the president rarely if ever apologizes for anything he does or tweets. >> we have had a couple of discussions about the white house briefings being off camera. of all days why would this one be on camera today? >> one would think they would want them off today but they were on and we had the treasury secretary, steve mnuchin to come out and talk about this important issue of north korea and how they were sanctioning a chinese bank that they were

deterrent effect is lost we really need to focus and pull together all of the various elements involved in space issues. and unfortunately mr. turner's amendment is all too often a way of avoiding a necessary issue. i don't know that this would become law this time. i know the chairman would want very much to push this forward to try to make it law this time. but if we accept the proposed amendment it will simply be buried and this issue will tend to not be addressed. so i would oppose the amendment in hopes that the space corps as in the mark would continue and cause us all to focus on something that is critically important. i suspect that i'm probably misinterpreting mr. turner's intent here. but we've seen a lot of, a lot of studies. and it's a great way of avoiding the reality of the problem. i think, mr. turner, as well intended you may be, you're about to bury a very important issue, another study, and therefore, i oppose your amendment. >> other discussion on the turner amendment? mr. mcquichen? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i recall shortly after we were brought into this congress, in assigned to this committee, we ha

it's all right. mr. speaker, it is customary on tose occasions congratulate the returning prime minister, and i absolutely do so. i'm sure she would agree that democracy is a wondrous thing and can so often have very unexpected results. [laughter] and i'm sure we all look forward to welcoming the queen'' speech. mr. speaker, i would just let the house and the rest of the nation know that if that is not possible, the labour party to offer strong, capable leadership. i want to warmly welcome all new members to this house. have is, as you and others said, no greater honor than being elected here. it is an amazing day when you first come and take the seat here. the honor of representing your constituents and taking on decisions that will help people's lives, that is why we are elected here to represent those that have put us here to try and make their lives better. out,uite rightly pointed as did the prime minister, we ,ow have over 200 women mp's more than ever, and i think that is excellent, and i joined t

mr. buffett: all of the above.that i regard berkshire hathaway sort of like the way a painter regards a painting. the difference being that the canvas is unlimited. so there is no finish line at berkshire. and it is a game that you can continue to play. david: any words of advice that you give to a young investor who would like to emulate you? what would you recommend they do to build something close to what you have done? mr. buffett: i think you should look for the job that you would want to hold if you didn't need a job. you're probably only going to live once. shirley maclaine may differ with that, or a few people, but you do not want to go sleepwalking through life. and you really -- whether you make x or 120% of x, it really isn't remotely as important as to whether in most cases you marry the right person and you also find something that you would do if you did not need the money. i have had that job for, you know, 50 or more years. and i was lucky in that i sort of found early on what turned me on that way,

all so i should be able to graduate high school. garage. giving kids food and an education is not entitlement it's the moral thing to do. well. you can't spell moral without oral. and mr poor can suck my. dick come on man come on this is a show about children so if you want to for the criteria for the report all right fine and used a primary indicators to determine the best and worst countries to be a child and those eight categories are depressing as half. i feel like i'm in the middle of a p.s.a. airily a hello please help save the children from malnutrition that stone screwed and under five years old mortality rate being out of school child labor early marriage adolescent births displacement by conflict and child homicide for just a dollar a day you too can curl up into a ball and the moan existence knowing we live in a sick sad world. that was depressing i'm good at what i do. so why do you have to skip ranks. of the dirt come on give me the dirt be a c.n.n. crew over a veil grows deal with that. the united states was not found to be exempt from the threats that contributes a premature death among children it is one of seven countries where half of all teen births

all of you have been ex postsed in terms of marketplaces and so forth. so mr. stevens, let's start with you. a permanent tax policy versus a temporary tax policy. and put this in the context of all the anxiety that we feel and the debate around this place where wefd these tax extenders and temporary policy that fade off in 24, 36, 48, pick it, number of months. what is the value to you and further down the line -- because you told mr. richert what happens down completely throughout the whole chain -- how important is permanentance? you got a minute on it? >> permanent nance is extremely important. the ability to look at that is as m. farr said a quarter or a year but looking at three and five and ten yoish plans particularly in a company that provide benefits over literally over decades. so having that ability of permanent nance, knowing what the rules are. tell us what the rules are and we will abide by them but knowing that allows us to make consistent significant material capital investments that allow for the demand for jobs, demand on our suppliers, and qui

money right around our you can take your socialist wealth redistribution scheme and stuff it in that mr all right america is always going to be number one even lower number thirty six we're still number one we're number one we're number one at speed number thirty six where number right here in number thirty six where gaona how the. oh and one of the reasons children can have top childhoods here in the u.s. is because are endless war on drugs and how it's used to lock up their parents for relatively small crimes but that's not the only reason the drug war is a travesty let's go now to naomi caravan and for the raging controversy. our story begins in texas in two thousand and eleven when the drug enforcement administration obtained a lier and the valuable piece of intelligence about the leaders of the mexico based cetus curtailed one of the most powerful. drug organizations in the world the operation was named to cheat to win two legit to wait. because mc hammer is a paragon of success. also that's a nineteen ninety one reference to look at the clip fell out of use that they excel community g

mr. goldberg: yes. all of the above, your honor. and this is not a case where the level of scrutiny is going to make a difference. justice kennedy: elizabeth barrett browning, "let me count the ways." mr. goldberg: exactly, your honor. so -- justice kennedy: but let me ask you, suppose there were an app, a program in which officers could monitor your video and your and your cyber -- and your cyber equipment and disclose if you are communicating with minors. could that be a law that every -- that every convicted person has to consent to that app and to that surveillance? mr. goldberg: well, i think that goes to the question of which you don't need to answer and i want to answer justice sotomayor's question as well in this case. what does the status of being a registrant mean in terms of somebody's constitutional rights? i think that is clearly a much less restrictive from a first amendment perspective, because then, again, people like mr. packingham, anybody who wants to do the things that are harmless and fully protected is able to d

mr. speaker. i urge all our colleagues to support this needed legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina yields back. the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. cook: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. virginia.man from mr. buyer: i would like to yield three minutes to the distinguished member from congress, from north carolina, dr. adams. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from north carolina is recognized for three minutes. miss dams: thank you. i would like to thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in re-authorization of the hbcu historic preservation program. there are 10 hbcu's in re-autho carolina, johnson c. smith university is in my district. i'm pleased to see strong bipartisan support that recognizes how integral historically black colleges and universities are to our situation. i'm proud graduate twice of north carolina at&t. most of the structures of this program will date back to the foundings of these schools, mos

they are not at all shy about expressing their views. mr. grumet: not being shy and not being effective are not necessarily the same thing. do you think you are getting good information? sec. ross: at the end of the day people will hopefully have a new agreement to look at and then you can judge of what has been effective and what has not been effective, and if we have overall done an effective job. mr. grumet: a couple other questions before i let you go. i know you have to be across town soon. the mere act of change creates uncertainty. you can't have progressed without uncertainty but there has been quite a bit of anxiety and you've seen a lot of market movement around different stages of this process. when the president -- people thought they would be ending the agreement, you step in. how possible is it to put boundaries around the negotiation? i think you laid out a a pretty clear framework. but there is an imagination that the u.s. might walk away from this agreement. can the administration say more explicitly that these are the bound

mr. burgess: during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, the day before yesterday the rules committee met and reported a rule for consideration for two very important measures. first, the resolution provides for the consideration of h.r. 2372, the veteran act. this rule provides for one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the ways and means committee. in addition, the resolution provides for consideration of h.r. 2579, the broader options for america act. this rule provides for one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the ways and means committee. mr. speaker, both of these bills are part of the house of representatives' commitment to repair damage done by the affordable care act. these bills seek to amend key parts of the american health care act which the

all of you agree? mr. farr, i'd like to follow up on your comments about the importance of tax reform to, as it relates to u.s. competitiveness and economic growth. in your view and i know we've had you know, lower corporate rates, permanent territorial simplify full expensive, comprehensive. what is, in your opinion, the best thing that we can do, the most important thing we can do when it comes to tax reform? >> from my perspective, the lower tax rate is the most important thing. i know there's going to be a lot of tradeoffs, pluses and minuses relative to that lower tax rate. it's very, very important to have the lowest tax rate. that will help all employees. the last ten years, we've increased our wages year by year but my employee base has lost a lot from higher taxes and lower cost of benefits. lower tax rate will help. >> 20 seconds, the importance of permits. >> permits is critical. i make decisions over three years, five years and ten years. it's a ten-year horizon. >> you need certainty to help w

we will not encourage or rise up explain what democracy and love is all about. mr. speaker, i leave this podium by saying, love prevails over hate. and i know that the love that is being generated toward those who are wounded and being cared for is going to cause them to have, i pray to god, a speedy recovery. and i say today god bless all of you and god bless the united states of america. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. lawrence, or five minutes. mrs. lawrence: mr. speaker, i rise here today to address the i.c.e. raids that have happened in michigan. i was alarmed that the u.s. immigration and custom enforcement raids that resulted in the detention and possible removal of iraqi nationals, as well as other members of the detroit community. why am i alarmed? mr. speaker, what we saw happen on sunday, june 11, was an all-out push to just remove iraqi nationals who have been in this country, some for 40 years. who have lived in this country, raised families, and have worked, and were subject to being to raids. over 100

all the time. pedro: and that is survey to slack. -- mr. pomeranz: and also there is sergei gorkov.ne clearly has no idea what was discussed in the meeting. the russian development is the russian bank is a state rank that supports project inside the country. so the question is, what was he talking to mr. kushner about? sure he showed -- so wants to invest in stadiums in russia and all those other big projects. unclear why that meeting was arranged and what they talked about. backdrop of some sort of creation of an alternative channel of communication that would actually use russian facilities. pedro: before we go further i want to let our viewers calling. if you want to ask our guest questions about the rush investigation and the trump administration, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans and (202) 748-8002 four independents. you can also tweak at c-span wj. but this idea of the back channel, what do you think about it on its face as far as the desire establishment? mr. pomeranz: it is not unheard of to have back channels. they have existed in the past. at tim

mrs. emerson for all she's doing for her ag students. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. today. for error. senator mcconnell is starting the week several votes short of the 50 need with both conservative and liberal opposing the matter. cited concerns over medicaid. you can read more details online thehill.com. speeches likely in the senate when they meet at 4:00 eastern. you can watch that on c-span2. recently on c-span -- williams college student zachary wood at a senate judiciary committee hearing on free speech. >> they unilaterally cancelled the speaker. days later the president enacted new speaker policies that made bringing speakers to campus and especially -- an especially arduous process for my student group. what i find undemocratic and anti-theycal is the president's decision to disinvite a speaker solely on the basis of his inflammatory remarks about ace. >> congresswoman diane degette on the opioid crisis in the u.s. ms. deg

[laughter] >> the last time i turned off by mr. all kinds of things and i turned it off 20 minutes. >> it does damage your ability of reality and to be a human in the world. i don't know where americans would go with this point. >> can we all go live in the shire? [laughter] but i also think to be able to speak to feel that i am being heard or read and this is a lot more fun than it was 17 years ago to be raging dire warnings about putin so this is much more in beijing and rewarding and in essence it is unjust my experience but we have seen an incredible conversation andrea engagement. we should enjoy it while it last and the more that we enjoy yet the longer that last. [applause] >> i do feel there is an excitement and passion in the air and there is of feeling in the air and i do appreciate that because it is in a way that has not happened before ended is exciting. >> you have been a lovely cry out -- crowd. [applause] >> i am the chair of the committee. one more hand please. that was amazing. [applause] when we were putting stuff to

all. yes or no, does the president believe that climate change is real and a threat to the united states? mr. pruitt: it's interesting about all the discussions we've had for the past several weeks have been focused on one singular issue. is there is good or not for this country? that's the discussions i've had with the president. that's been my focus. the focus remains on whether paris put us at a disadvantage, and it did. it put us at an economic disadvantage. but paris set targets at 26% to 28%, the entire content of the previous of administration, we still fell 40% short of those targets. it was a failed deal to begin with, and even if all the targets were met by all nations across the globe, the only reduced the temperature by less than two gents of one degree. that is something that the president focused upon with respect to how it impacted us economically, and whether there were good environmental objectives that were achieved as a result of paris. his decision was no way that was based at our discussions. >> 2/10 of 1% of the reciting, says trumpscience badly understood the findings

mr. sessions, there's been all this talk about conversations and that you had some conversations with the russians. senators up here who are on either foreign relations, intelligence, or armed services, conversations with officers of other governments or ambassadors or what have you are everyday

mr. elliott: should have, would have, could have is easy for all of us, but i don't know how i could be sittinge talking to charlie rose and wish that i had done something different. [laughter] mr. elliott: i have had a blessed career and i have been very fortunate to do some things i am proud of and things that have touched people, you know? charlie: for me, in a very different life, people will come up to you, not because they know you or you are on a screen somewhere, but because they say "you have made a difference for me in some way. you have helped me learn. you have given me some joy. you helped me understand." mr. elliott: you honored by -- my profession. soldiers. charlie: exactly. mr. elliott: it is a wonderful thing to be able to do. charlie: i am so happy for you. mr. elliott: thank you so much. charlie: back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ charlie: dexter filkins is here, a writer for new yorker magazine. his latest feature is a profile of james mattis. he first met general mattis in 2003 when he was covering iraq for the new york times. the article was published on the heels of presi

mr. ryan: first of all, i would tell you with absolute -- mr. goodlatte: first of all, i would ten tel you with absolute certainty that most law enforcement officers want to have good relationship between federal, state and local law enforcement. when you can take criminals off the street, when you can prevent things from happening, like what happened to kate steinle in san francisco, when their policy caused them to release this individual on street, even though he'd been deported from this country several times already, we're making the streets safer and law enforcement knows it. if talk to individual law enforcement officers, you're going to find overwhelmingly they support having better cooperation here between the state and federal and local law enforcement agencies. reporter: what about cutting their funds? mr. goodlatte: at simple principle. if you're going to receive taxpayer dollars from the federal government to keep people safe, you've got to follow the law. and keep them safe. that's the reason why we included that. reporter: can we g

charlie: and he was writing it all down? mr. elliott: he was writing it all down in there. ith this script, and it is the high point of my career mr. elliott: it is the high point of my career and it has been almost 49 years. that i feelnough like i went off on a high note. charlie: why is it a high note? mr. elliott: i think it is a combination of the story, an opportunity to do things i have never done. i have never played an actor before, and i think the commonality of me and this ,haracter come in between that script,script, mark's it was the ideal situation. charlie: this is the best time of your life. how do you enjoy it? simply let it wash over you? mr. elliott: as catherine reminded me as i left the house in malibu to come east to do this leg of the fresh to her, she said to keep it in perspective. i think that is pretty wise and sage advice. i am just trying to enjoy it and keep in mind that i'm doing what i wanted to do as a child. charlie: how lucky we are. those of us who get to do what we wanted to. the film. mr. elliott: yeah, and in some way, one might look at

mr. hunter: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 1726. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hunter: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hunter: after 68 years, h.r. 1726, the coast guard improvement and reform act will eorganize will amend title 1 code. it provides a more uniformed logical structure. it makes no substantive changes to the reorganized sections. title 2 includes amendments to title 14. the coast guard requested uniformity and how its advisory committee operates. it transfers the advisory committees from title 14 to 46 and changes uniformity in committee operations. title 2 also transfers sections in title 33 and 50 dealing with port safety into title 14 to co-locate them with similar authorities. in 2002, port security provisions were similarly reorganized and this follows that pattern. no substantive chan

mr. clarke: it is all about facts, all about data.hey interviewed -- we interviewed people in 20 fields from all of these cassandras, and they also the same thing, i hope i am wrong. here are the facts, show me where the facts are wrong. and the critics don't argue on facts. jane: what about the actual threats themselves, are they changing? how do you find an expert on a lone wolf for instance? mr. clarke: there are counterterrorism experts, experts in every field. we looked at seven cassandras who were right and people who are being unheeded. artificial intelligence, sea level rise, the rise of pandemic disease, and about a great assistance the possibility of , something outlandish like a giant asteroid hitting the earth. experts in all of these fields are saying things, asking for people to do things, and a not enough is being done or nothing is being done. jane: so how do you prioritize these threats and these warnings? mr. clarke: first of all, you take them seriously. you get other experts to look at them. the problem with cassan

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. reporter: [inaudible] mr. slater: not going to comment on that either. so really, we're exploring all angles and we're not going to be limited by -- we'll let the facts take us where it goes. reporter: witnesses say he was handcuffed. was he still speaking and conscious when he was taken away? mr. slater: i can't comment on that, i'm not sure. reporter: [inaudi

could this sort of integrate to that at all? mr. acosta: well, certainly one of the important aspects of this is the portability of credentials. when someone earns a skill, when someone learns a skill, it's important to signal to other employers that this person knows a certain set of skills. and so the -- i should say the emphasis is on high-quality apprenticeships. it's important to not water things down vandskills that are portable and that are indicative of quality. reporter: in terms of the overall focus on work force development, the president's budget contains about 40% cuts in all work force skills programs. from the last budget. if work force development is a priority, why is the president calling for that? secondly, my understanding is the budget has about $90 million for apprenticeship programs which is what president obama had requested. how is this expanding what the last administration wanted? mr. acosta: let me circle back to the point i made about private-private partnerships and what the building trades do. the buil

mr. trump all the time. >> host: leesburg, virginia. kevin your next. >> caller: thanks for having this discussion. i hear the word back channel quite a bit and i'm wondering whether that's appropriate. my experience limited experience, seen it back channels being discussed throughout history involves a third party or third country a when we don't have a relationship with russia we have diplomatic relations and i wonder setting up, it seems to be covert commit communications channel if they're using russian facilities and it's a covert communications channel and i would wonder what the purpose of making that covert is when we have diplomatic relations with the country i can give you my take which is this shows a very, very deep distrust of american institutions that have been built up over hundreds of years. the intelligence community, state department it seems to me that donald trump on the campaign trail and at one point seemed like plaster creating this distrust to get elected this shows that those are truly deep-seated issues that h

mr. speaker. >> caroline lucas. >> hello. i associate myself with the comments made by the prime minister. our hearts go out to all those affected by the attacks. i'm delighted to congratulate you, mr. speaker elect on your well-deserved reelection. when you were last reelected in may, 2015, you said you would like to be immortalized as the back benches champion and as a member of this house and perhaps the least chance of becoming a backbencher i say you have that ambition safely in the bag. can i also say you are a champion of the smaller portions of this house as well as a pioneer when it comes to the urgent issue of parliamentary reforms. i would like to congratulate you on becoming father of the house and i go the well said words about the right honorable member on her will when it comes to being the mother of the house and in particular her role in getting more women elected. in doing so, would like to echo the comments of others about seeing now a record number of women being represented in this place and at the same time we remain somewhat off. slow progress is better than those progress, but we still have

mr. all caps? mr. wilcox: i think one of the main concerns is whether you're going to be able to legally designate the brotherhood as a terrorist entity. >> either subordinate entities to the brotherhood that might be able to be singled out that would be more accurate? sorry, he was nodding so he got the call. i've there are number of linked organizations you to take a hard look at. ask mr. chairman i am out of time. i'm going to ask if you please contact my office with a list of subordinate entities that might be more properly designated. >> and i would ask to provide that list to the chair and the chair recognizes the gentlelady from california. >> thank you and thank you to our witnesses. i am a new member of this committee. prior to coming here, i was on homeland security. i was a local mayor. in the state legislature in california i spent a lifetime studying -- a lot of time studying and dealing with prison issues in my district. i have a women's prison, a men's risen, and a juvenile detention whi

mr. lipton: is a combination of all of those things. the real problem that we have seen is that the single biggest factor in the cost of pharmaceutical drugs is the branded drugs because while they represent a relatively small number of prescriptions written in the united states, they are by far the dominant cost factor. the branded drugs are more expensive than the generic drugs and that is the fastest part of the pie and they spend the most in campaign contributions and therefore have the most protection. so far, the legislation that has seemed to have the most movement will not go after the brandeds. they will go after other chunks of the industry. and the reason they can explain that is that the brandeds have an insurance policy to protect their interest. pedro: we will continue with our conversation with our guest eric lipton of the new york times. if you have questions about the industry lobby involved in a topic of high drug prices, (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 for republicans, and (202) 748-8002 four independents

mr. chevnovil, a modern figure. and all of them -- i'd like to emphasize this -- all of them preceded from the assumption that ukraine needs to be given independence, but to be a federation. it needs to be a federative state. one of them was a straightforward. he said that a mechanical centralization, overly centralization would lead to internal conflict in ukraine. well that is exactly what we are , seeing in ukraine right now today. he promotes their ideas. he does this in public. he makes statements. he does a lot of research. he writes articles on this issue. some people do not like it, but this is the way he thinks. by the way, those people who promote ukrainian independence and nationalists, they have never seen -- some of them believe that crimea should not be part of ukraine. said, anyone -- everyone that democracy should prevail, that ukraine should be a federation, and mr. medvedchuk shares the same values. but given this, he promotes very good relations with russia. it might not be a union, but again, we need to