mr. cohen: thank you, sir. the reason i have this amendment is because i don't think the bill hasst a good bill and shouldn't affect settlement agreements on the basis of race, religion or national origin or division. rotected i'm surprised it was made in order, i'll be even more surprised if it passes. but it doesn't matter, it won't go anywhere in the senate. what with do in the judiciary never go anywhere senate. we're the only committee that can deal with issues in the white house, with the russia investigation, with the firing of james comey, with emoluments clause violations. the senate and house intelligence committees have investigations. and so does the senate judiciary committee. only our committee has done absolutely nothing. absolutely nothing. today senator jeff flake a today, senator jeff flake, a man of moral recollect tude, said he cannot continue to serve in the senate because to be quiet on issues in relations to decency and truth and other matters would involve complicitity. he couldn't remai

a big bank and so they don't like the clearing houses right to some extent so maybe that's where mr cohen is coming from but it sort of miffed me quite ok what would you you say it's pretty clear cut. that they're valuable for the financial system we need them why is carrie kahn saying that they could be such a risk which have outlived which have outlived their usefulness i mean yeah we're coming from what's his reasoning behind i've been really turning it off to us i've been trying to say about this for the last several days lindsey and i can't get into the fellow's head. so let me say what the best i could come up with. and before i say it let me just i'm really glad he's there i think he's one of the super sane guys and he's needed for the financial system you know took a big salary cut to go into government and so you know kudos to him and i am glad that he is in the administration doing what he's going to do that said back in the day when he was c.e.o. of a large investment bank goldman sachs two thousand six seven and eight i sure wish he would have told us then that is a big proble

what would you bet on her taking it or even receiving the offer well new guy garrick on like mr cohen i think the chair yellen has done a really good job but she has the distinction which i think the president trump doesn't like of being an obama person and he seems to like you to dislike anything anything tangible obama and so i think that's a negative for her and she has said that regulations that existing regulations are important so look if tax reform were to somehow miraculously pass this year and you know what i think about that not an alley but if it did gary cohen could write his own ticket and be the fed chair i think. jill will have to see but i think it's probably going to go to gary cone or somebody else even though my personal preference is that joe stays there because i think she's been doing a great job with monetary policy over the years i think probably there's not going to be a lot of love from the president the given word from what she could and that's true and less tax reform goes through kerik on pulls a rabbit out of a hat and then as you said right on take at lo

jackson lee, mr. cohen, mr. johnson of georgia. mr. deutsche. mr. gutierrez. ms. bass. mr. richmond. mr. jeffreys. mr. sicilini. aye. mr. swalwell. mr. lew. mr. lew votes aye. mr. raskin, votes aye. mr. schneider. >> aye. >> mr. schneider votes aye. >> the gentleman from california. >> no. >> mr. issa votes no. >> mr. issa votes no. >> gentleman from texas. >> mr. po votes no. >> has every member voted who wishes to vote? clerk will report. >> mr. chairman 8 members voted aye, 17 members voted no. >> and the amendment is not agreed to. the committee will stand in recess until immediately after this series of votes. >> the house approved 2018 budget resolution which allows lawmakers to begin work on tax reform. house ways and means committee chair kevin brady released the committee's work schedule. the bill will be introduced on november 1st and the committee will begin the markup process november 6th with action on the floor expected before the thanksgiving break. on the senate side, the senate finance committee is expected to take action on tax reform legislation later thi

mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of a constitutional amendment i introduced today to prevent the president of the united states or any future president of the united states from pardoning himself or herself, members of their family, members of their administration, or members of their presidential campaign. monday's indictment president trump's campaign chairman, paul guilty plea and of guilty plea of another campaign staff member, demonstrate how important it is for congress to act. the pardon power is supposed to be a safety valve against injustice. a vestige from when we were part of britain and the king had this power. we're no longer part of britain and the pardon power is be as complete as it is. it's not supposed to be a way for presidents to put themselves, their families, and embers that power should not of the law. the law. to obstruct justcies 'tis there is an investigation of wrongdoing. unless we change the constitution, this is how it can be used and may be used. we should stop t

mr. cohen. mr. johnson of georgia. mr. johnson votes aye. mr. deutsche votes aye. mr. gutierrez votes -- fl jeffreys, mr. sis leany votes aye. mr. swaulwell, mr. lieu. mr. lieu votes yes. mr. rasken. mr. eye ms. i pall. >> aye. >> the gentleman from virginia, the chairman. >> he votes no. >> gentleman from idaho. >> votes no. >> gentleman from texas. >> mr. po votes no. >> gentleman from arizona. >> mr. franks votes no. >> gentleman from iowa. >> mr. king votes no. >> clerk will report. >> 10 voted aye. 20 voted nays. >> the nays have it and the amendment is not agreed to. the question is on a substitute. those in favor say aye. those oppose no. and the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. the question is on the motion to report the bill hr 3711 as amended favorably to the house. those in favor say aye. those oppose no. the ayes clearly have it and the order is recorded favorably. recorded vote is requests. >> mr. good -- votes aye. mr. smith votes aye. mr. shabt votes aye. mr. king votes aye. mr. franks votes aye. mr. gomer votes aye. mr. jordan votes yes. mr.

mr. cohen vote aye. mr. johnson of georgia. mr. deutsch. mr. gutierrez vote yes. s. bass. mr.cicilline. s --wallwell. lwell.l .r. snyder votes aye >> are there other members who wish to be recorded? the gentleman from wisconsin? the gentleman from south carolina? >> mr. gary votes no. >> -- gowdy votes no. mr. ratcliffe votes no. mr. king votes aye. not recorded. votes aye. mr. deutsch votes aye. >> the clerk will report. are there other members who wish to be recorded? >> mr. good love votes no. >> clerk will report. >> 12 voted aye. 18 voted no. have it.ys the gentleman for illinois is recognized for the purpose of offering an amendment. report theill amendment. >> substitute to the amendment offered by mr. gutierrez. >> considered red. >> point of order. >> point of order against the amendment. >> the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i offer my amendment as a substitute to the bill now being considered before the committee so that it is replaced with the agricultural, the worker act which identities in may and which 69 of my colleagues have joined as cosponsors.

mr. cohen: you've got a minority report you're putting in with a list of abuses. is that correct? mr. issa: mr. issa: yes, you have copy. mr. cohen: you have all the things that came that chris christie showing the abuses of the system -- the chair: the chair would remind members to address their remarks to the chair. mr. issa: although i don't have them, i'm sure they prove the same point that the light of day, the cleanlyness of sunlight and appropriation would have protected against the abuses you are probably describing. mr. cohen: mr. pascrell will describe it in more detail. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i yield 30 seconds. mr. cohen: we had hearings on this and deposit have any support from the other side of the aisle when we appointed out all of the abuses that were going on in new jersey that monitors were making $52 million. mr. ashcroft in particular. and where money was given to mr. christie's law school a

mr. cohen: high capacity mags shouldn't be permitted and law enforcement should be protected fromity whip, mr. clyburn, for five minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, a few minutes ago i stood on the east steps of this ornate building and i now rise in the hall of this august body to call for action on an issue that has languished for far too long. specifically, congress needs to pass commonsense reforms of our laws regarding firearms. i applaud our concerns for broader background checks, but broader background checks must be as effective as they are efficient. it is true that our current technology allows us to efficiently -- to be efficient enough for background checks to be completed within three days. and over 90% of them are. but what happens to that less than 10%? why aren't they completed within that time frame? well, mr. speaker, we do not have a perfect world. our public servants are not perfect, and the consumingrecog? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous con

mr. cohen: thank you, sir. in the past week we honored and welcomed back steve scalise to this chamber. victim of a horrible shooting aimed at him because he was a congressman. could have been any one of us. today, the democrats spoke on the steps of the capitol about the need for reasonable gun law reform, and with us was gabby giffords who was shot in 2011 because she was a congressperson doing her job. congressman john lewis had said, you can't go to a movie theater, you can't go to a concert, you can't go to school and feel safe. you can't be a public official and feel safe. what happened in las vegas were 58 people were murdered and calls on the ed united states congress to take action to protect the american people. for is a time to act reasonable, commonsense gun reform laws. the former deputy prime minister of australia fisher who in 1996 after the greatest mass shooting in australian history led an effort to reform the australian laws, sent a message to president trump suggesting this

mr. cohen: and that's important. i'm thinking about now is what are they doing on the field as tackling and all that. are there penalties, repercussions? mr. levy: no, nothing other than fines and penalties. you can fine guys, i think they're try to -- trying to suspend guys for certain type of blows. but that's just teaching players to aim blower. my helmet hits your knee is still my brain being moved in my skull, i think. yeah, that's all the extent of it. it's not talk about, in the nfl it's always kind of, every few years it's a hot topic. a couple of years ago, it was, the last few years it's been domestic violence in training camp we get a big presentation and talk about that. few years before that it was michael sam came out, it's gay player, we talk about equality, treating people equally. then it was gun control before that and domestic violence. every year whenever the hot topic comes, i'm sure this year they'll be talking about players protesting. through all of that, there's never b

what did the committee hope to learn from mr. cohen?in, i can't go into the contents, but we certainly wanted to learn about the overtures that were made to pursue a trump tower in moscow. whatever kind of economic interests they were pursuing with russia. we also wanted to know his role in the campaign, his role in the organization, what he might be able to tell us about different meetings that were of particular interest to us, as well as issues that had been raised about potential travel. so those were the topics. i can't go into any of the contents of our discussion. you know what i can say, he answered all the questions we posed. i think it was a productive session, but that's really all i'm able to say. >> so he was cooperative, he didn't dodge any questions? he cooperated with the committee fully? >> he was cooperative. as i say, i thought all the questions that we posed he answered. so it wasn't -- i know it's been reported as being confrontational. there are always disagreements in terms of some soft questions, not with a witne

this all comes after the senate intelligence committee delayed a highly public appearance by mr. cohenen ignored its request and issued a statement before the hearing. manu raju is on capitol hill for us. manu, what are you hearing about those meetings behind closed doors? >> reporter: some members not getting as much information as they want. yesterday's hearing before the house intelligence committee, mr. cohen's lawyer objected to some lines of questioning that he believed were outside the scope of that investigation. some members left feeling frustrated, not getting enough information. others said that it was okay. it went fine. it went as expected. today this happened as a staff committee meeting on the senate side meeting with michael cohen, michael cohen's lawyers. i spoke to senator richard burr, the chairman of the committee, who is not ruling out putting him before a public session in the coming days, jake. >> where is the investigation headed now? the committee also met with president trump's former campaign digital director brad parscale. and they're going to have meetings

mr. cohen: i appreciate the time to speak on this important subject. while it's important, it's embarrassing somewhat to us. as i listen to the other side, first thing that the chairman does over here is he shows a "new york times" ad and because of the "new york times" ad at the time of roe v. wade he suggested we overturn roe v. wade. in 1791, the second amendment was adopted and we had pistols and guns that you could shoot one bullet at a time. and yesterday we had a man in las vegas with guns that could da, da, da. if you get me an ad from 1791, those weapons were not in that ad. but do they talk about changing the second amendment and protecting americans from that type of violence? no. they come here and talk about protecting the unborn forgetting the rights of women, guaranteed them by roe v. wade, the law of the land that says viability comes at 24 weeks. and they talk about what they say are medical experts who come substantial body of medical evidence. what they don't tell you is the

mr. cohen: i thank my congressman. yesterday "cosmopolitan" should an aerial trust black women. n the article, a fellow from new jersey said black women have been a part of every great movement that has happened in this country. we always show up. onight, we celebrate the birth of a black woman who always showed up. ham emp r spoke on behalf of the mississippi freedom democratic party and highlighted the that were preventing plaques in the south that were showing up in the ballot box. during her testimony, she recounted her 26-mile journey to register to vote at the county courthouse where others were looking to do the same. on the way they encountered from state and local law enforcement and men and women who sought to deter them. upon returning home, fannie lou found she had been fired from her job. according to the "new york times," she said, and i quote, they kicked me off the plantation and set me free. now i can work for my people, closed quote. lou ran year, fannie for a candidate from ississippi's 2nd congressional district and she showed up and worked for her people. in

mr. cohen: thank you, sir. the other day a young man in my neighborhood came over and asked me to try to teach him how to drive a car and i told him, son, it's real easy to drive a car. it's like these budget proposals you'll see in congress. if you want to go forward and do things down the road, you put the car in d like democrat for drive and your car will go forward. but if you want to go backwards and go reverse back to the 1950's, you put it in r like a republican. and he learned quick and that's what these budgets are about. if you want to go forward you go with the democratic budget. forward on building highways, school construction, broadband extension, research. research on the deadly diseases that are killing each and every one of us in our children, research the national institutes of health that are cut by this budget. there's nothing more important that can be in this budget than moneys for the national institutes of health and yet they're being cut. cancer, alzheimer's, aids, stroke, diabetes, all

mr. cohento you. in your testimony you know that the first amendment is a bedrock principle of our diverse democracy and i couldn't agree more. you also lay out judgment law that protects college campuses and he made clear that the law strongly protects controversial speakers as i believe we all agree it should. it also recognizes first amendment has important constraints. a classic example we all know is you can't shout fire in a private building. a federal lawsuit recently filed in virginia ledges richard spencer and others inspired to cook and site violence at the unite the right rally. to conquer the street and defend civilization for -- they said they were ready to skulls and traded advice on the legality of running down counterprotesters with cars. we all know a car drove into a crowd of counterprotesters killing a young woman and injuring dozens of others. the lawsuit states many organizers and rally goers celebrated this death is quote worthen justified" machen unpredicted quote a lot m

compromises and some of those compromises down the down the road may may involve some justice for victims mr cohen just lastly do you expect any of those compromises to be made at the new round of geneva talks to end the syrian want to be. at the end of november do you think they can achieve anything given the talks is that the talks past failure is. well you know in any conflict talking negotiating is always good you have a situation where there are some provinces. that are still in the hands of the opposition you have places outside of damascus with as much as four hundred thousand people which are still being shelled by the regime some kind of negotiated settlement has to be made so there's not a further genocide against those populations and that's the process that we're entering let's call thank you very much for your time as always joining us live from ann arbor thank you. now the u.n. chief is calling from the central african republic to put down their weapons on tony says this is a very troubled nation for years after ethnic violence broke out and is the kind of heart reports from the capi

. >> julia, we are also reporting tonight that mr. cohen, donald trump's long-time personal attorney, is going to appear not at a public hearing, but behind the scenes with investigators from both house intel and senate intel as early as this week. remind us what exposure he might have. >> so, of course, michael cohen is trump's personal lawyer and he's someone who has been with the trump organization for a long time. this goes back, way before a lot of the lawyers that have just come into the fray as part of this russia investigation. he knows trump well and he knows the way he operates. he knows what kind of knowledge he might have had of some of the meetings that his campaign associates had. he holds a lot of the answers. as his partner he's likely to be loyal and a lot of people are frustrated this questioning just like a lot of the people have been questioned by these committees is going to be in a closed session. these are a lot of answers people want in a public forum, but we're just not getting that. >> jill, if you had one at bat a

some of the questions that are asked and often those debates are with counsel, but, no, i thought mr. cohen answered our questions as did mr. parscale. that's what we need them to do. we may have more follow-up with those witnesses, but the really contentious part, frankly, was what was taking place during our interviews outside of the room, that was the announcement of those two other investigations. i want to tie it to your next guest michael beschloss and what he'll have to say about jeff flake. jeff flake and i came in together. he is a man of tremendous integrity. i think what we saw in the house and senate today amount to a really sad indictment of the institution. in the senate it became clear with jeff flake and bob corker that the senate has no place for people of that character and quality who are willing to stand up for what they believe the republican party really stands for. that the party has now become the trumpist party, and similarly in the house, in the actions of our chair and the chairs of other committees to basically have a benghazi redux, they've shown themselves to b

mr. speaker, gary cohen said that he can't guarantee the middle class won't see tax cuts go up. can you make that guarantee? he said he cannot make the guarantee. >> when we get the numbers which will be finalized in a matter of days, we will be able to put the bill out. the whole purpose, gayle, is not to be raising -- if it was a tax increase on middle income taxpayers, we wouldn't do it. it is about lowering people's taxes in the middle class, simplifying the tax system and growing this economy. >> why can't you make the guarantee then? gary cohen says he can't make it. >> i don't know why he says that because it is about lowering people's tax else. >> all right. >> can you convince senator corker it is not going to do damage to the deficit? >> absolutely. bob and i have had good conversations about this. >> you got him when? >> bob voted for the budget yesterday, i'm sure he did. >> but the tax reform -- >> that budget yesterday is for the senate's perspective, that paved the entire way -- >> for this. >> there's two things we're going to do here. when you take away a carve

bloomberg daybreak will speak with mr. cohen of the white house. worldwide on bloomberg.ancine: this is -- emma: this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get to the bloomberg business flash. glencore has jumped china's bid to buy oil assets in southern africa. million for $973 three fourths of chevron's business in south africa and botswana. chevron had agreed to sell to china for $900 million. it agreed to sell to glencore. factory orders in germany fell in july. it is a sign that europe's largest economy is set to make regulators in europe and asia are investigating standard chartered over the transfer of $1.4 billion in private bank client assets. the probe focuses on the role that stanley chartered status -- standard chartered staff man played. -- may have played. that is the bloomberg business flash. tom: very quickly, your briefing from washington with mr. played. surreally -- mr. kevin cirilli. the secretary of state is not anthony scaramucci. it is just that simple. tillerson, does he get through the weekend? kevin koke this has been a remarkable week. the relation

. >> this house and its committees -- mr. cohen: being told to the american public as a middle-class tax break. it's a con job. it's a tax give-away to the wealthiest people in this country like never before and lesser incomes will not get benefits and if they do, that's chump change, it's a change to give somebody in a restaurant. billionaires will get away without having to pay an estate tax. billions of dollars not fund pell grants, liheap. that is something they will not come off of it. they may say we will put a higher rate on the wealthy and may say they will give the local income taxes but not go back on the estate taxes and that's who this is for. wake up, america. it's a con job. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are there any further one-minute requests? under the under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentleman from texas, mr. veasey, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. veasey: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days

let's discuss this and more with the former defense secretary of the united states william cohen. mr. secretary, thanks for joining us. when you hear these ominous words from the foreign minister of north korea, what's your reaction action? >> i think we're seeing trash talking carried out at the global level now. the president wants to give instructions to the nfl what their players should or should not do during the national anthem. i would hope the nfl would give the president some instructions saying we don't tolerate taunting on the football field because a taunt is the calculated to provoke a physical reaction. and you could have a fight break out. so no taunting allowed. i think we need to follow that at the international level on the presidential level and so trash talking now could in fact escalate, taunting to provoke the north koreans. it may be that the president wants to taunt north korea into taking some kind of an action which we could then respond with overwhelming force. i hope that's not the case that we're leading up to that, but that's a possibility into if that w

mr. speakering gary cohen said he can't guarantee the middle-class won't guarantee that the taxes won't gorantee? >> when we get the numbers which will be finalized in the matter of days, then we can put the whole bill out. if this was a tax increase on the middle-class, we wouldn't be doing this. ths taxes in the middle-class, simplifying the tax system and growing this economy. >> why can't you make the guarantee? >> gary cohnen says he can't mae it. >> i don't know why he's saying. >> can you convince bob corker? >> absolutely. we've had very good -- >> did you get him to vote? >> he voted yesterdayle that budget yesterday is from the senate's perspective paived the way. there's two things we're going to do here. number one, when you take away a carveout, that broadens the tax base. guess who disproportionately does it, wealthy and well connected. you get rid of those loopholes, you can lower the rates and it's fair for everybody. also what we learned is when you lower tax rates and help people living paycheck to paycheck and put american businesses on a level playing faster economic gr

mr. bash, another viewer's guide from, please. the name michael cohen was invoked today. we're going to be hearing and seeing a lot more about him. remind folks of his role and remind folks his level of potential exposure here. >> general counsel of the trump organization. a long-term adviser of donald trump. and the pont man for the trump organization's potential deal to build a sky skarp in moscow during the presidential campaign. so all the way up to december 2015, just weeks before the iowa caucus, this guy was working deals in moscow to have that building built. it is another point of leverage that the russian federation had over the entire trump apparatus. we're going to hear more from cohen before both committees in the next month. >> 30 seconds from mr. crowley. what to look for, especially having heard this event today. what are you looking for seven days out, ten days out, ten weeks out. >> i do think that indictments could be coming soon. paul manafort's apartment in virginia was raided several weeks ago now. a raid would be followed relatively quickly by indic

mr. bash another viewers guide from you, please. the name michael cohen was invoked today. we're going to be hearing and seeing a lot more about him. remind folks his role. and if you will, remind folks his level of potential exposure here. >> general council of the trump administration, long-term advisor of donald trump, and potential man to build a skyscraper in moskow during the presidential campaign. just weeks before the iowa caucuses, this guy was working deals in moskow to have that building built. it's another point of leverage the russian federation had over the entire trump apparatus. >> i do think indictments could be coming soon. paul manafort's apartment in virginia was raided several weeks ago now. some legal experts say a raid like that would be followed very quickly by indictments. >> that was a big deal. >> that was a big deal. and a manafort indictment is, of course, significant not only because the charges against manafort would be striking but the possibility that manafort would try to bargain his way out of that predict, potentially flip on donald trump

and last night former secretary of defense william cohen was there. mr.ank you for coming last night. >> and mika, joe biden paid a great tribute to your dad. >> he did. thank you. >> let's begin. we have a lot of different directions we could go. let's start with the decerti decertifying of the iran deal. president trump is going against, it seems, the recommendations of his secretary of defense general mattis, and decertify the iran deal. what is your take on that? what are the consequences of that? >> joe, i share the sentiments you expressed earlier, mainly it was not a good deal to have given the iranians the money up front and then hope they were going to comply. having said that, they have been complying according to all reports. this strikes me as a another example of the president passing the buck. in other words, he's done this in the past where he said he favors torture. he favors waterboarding. but he'll let the military decide what to do. in this particular case, he's saying i don't like this deal. i never have, but let congress decide whethe

mr. president -- >> let me ask about -- go . trump: tax reform, ahead. tax reform. you said there were some adjustments being made, kerry cohen said there would be something negotiable. what in your eyes is to go your topnd you said priority is tax reduction, you did not say tax reform. president trump: we are doing minor adjustments. we want to make sure the middle class is the biggest beneficiary. of the tax cut and the tax reform. i'm sure that's what mitch meant also. people get it confused. we are doing massive tax guts and simplification -- cuts and reform. we are doing major simplification. we are bringing categories down. if you include zero, from 8-4. that is a big supplication. we are doing massive cots. wherever i have been, this has been popular with the people. now we have to get additional people to raise their hands. sen. mcconnell: i agree with the president. it is about reduction and reform. it has been 30 years since this effort was undertaken. we are going to succeed this time. the bills will be written by the ways and means and finance committees. after we approve the budget. budget opens the path to tax r

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doing, the e-mail exchange, e-mails to michael cohen and sounds a lot like cambridge an lalytico communicating with julian a avaunavaun assan assange. mrulos lied three times to the fbi. >> why does that matter? the documents to be turned over. i'm not a lawyer. the rest of you are. that wasn't clear. someone pointed that out to me. he already had comitted a crime lying to federal agents and already had him on perjury and may be why he became such a helpful witness? >> they went to him in january of 2017, and he gave a b.s. story. went back in february. again, the story didn't quit with the facts assembled. looks like they gathered subpoenas, evidence, confronted him off his dulles flight and finally he started cooperating. my fear, our witnesses come in, mostly not under subpoena, not turning over the documents we ask and a lot get up and the leave when they want to leave. if they're willing to lie to the fbi we're flying in the blind because we don't have a lot of resources they have. they're not turning them over. i wonder how many stories told were really true? >> is your investigation useless? >> i hope it's a wake-up call. not us

intelligence, you testify you discussed an issue of jane cohen leads firing with rosenstein before either of you were confirmed for your current position. mr. comey was fired on may 9. why did you talk to rosenstein about the firing of mr. comey, and what did you discuss with him, and when did you come to the conclusion that james comey needed to be terminated? >> my view after discussing with director comey. my possibly new attempted a general we discussed as to professionals. he was united states attorney for 12 years. i was for 12 years. it was my best judgment as i think i expressed it that a fresh start at the fbi was probably appropriate. >> did you think that mr. comey needed to be removed? >> i didn't think he was essential at that time. but those my best judgment, and i think his. a few weeks before he was terminated he was testifying before congress. at that time he asserted he believed he was correct to take over the clinton investigation into announce its conclusion and it was being close. he further testified that he would do it again. that was a fairly stunning event for both of us. the highlight the problem more significantl

cohen. >> ivana, you come too. >> i have a very good relationship with ivana. i think i have a very good relationship with melania. >> the two former mrst so much. >> never achieve anything in her life. >> one thing they all seem to agree on, they cannot change mr. trump. >> i just say okay. do whatever you want. he is an adult. he knows the consequences. >> i do think it's fair to assume if this reality show were to ever hit as a series president trump would watch. i guess the ultimate lesson, when it comes to having the last word, ivana said it best, don't get mad, get everything. >>> coming up next presidential candidate hillary clinton will weigh in on her relationship with putin. i am totally blind. and non-24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424. let's get the lady of the house back on her feet. and help her feel more strength and energy in just two weeks. yaaay! the complete balanced nutrition of ensure with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. ensure. always be you. depend silhouette briefs feature a comfortable, sleek fit. as a

mr. koe hen -- cohen votes yes. mr. richmond? mr. jeffreys? l. rat cliff? >> mr. rat cliff votes no. has every member voted who wishes to vote? the clerk will report. >> and amendment is not agreed to. >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will report the amendment. >> amendment to the aamendment page 18. >> the amendment is considered as read and the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. >> this amendment is similar to the amendment offered by my friend from new york, but it is targeted to a specific industry. now, i was a strong supporter of mr. nadler's broader, but i want to bring attention to the issue as it relates to logging. the median pay or logging workers last year was $37,590 a year, an average of $18.07 an hour. it is predicted to be on the downside, 3,800 decline from the current roughly 55,000 jobs in the united states, which causes me to wonder quite a bit about the provisions in this bill that go from a temporary seasonal program or agriculture to a year round permanent program more than agriculture including logging, manufacturing, food processing a