mr. green: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield the time that she may consume to the co-sponsor of the bill, congresswoman castor, and thank our co-sponsors of this bill -- of this bill for serving on this committee and the energy and commerce committee. the speaker pro tempore: how much time? the gentlewoman is recognized for as much time as she wishes to use. mr. castro: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in -- ms. castor: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of this bill and i would like to thank mr. burgess and green and hudson of north carolina for sponsoring this legislation with me. the mission zero act will assist the department of defense in assigning trauma surgeons to our civilian trauma centers. it will help fill the gap that we currently have in care that was recently examined by the national academies of sciences, engineering and medicine. the mission zero act will establish grant initiatives for eligible trauma systems, to incorporate full military trauma teams, or an individual military t

yeah, hence the name, "mr. greenea." >> look at the color. >> it's been the top seller for what, 45 years? >> yeah. >> that green tea's good. >> isn't it good? >> mr. green tea currently makes three pint flavors, and after being in business for this many years, well, that's not good enough. i want to see them expand their product offering, expand their flavors, and appeal to a much broader audience. what does it cost to launch, to develop a new flavor? >> a lot. >> between the milk and everything, we'll go to a facility, have it run, and test it. that gets expensive. i'm gonna say $10,000. >> launching a new product line is a costly investment, and it's risky, especially when you're dealing with co-packers, 'cause they're gonna charge you a fortune to make a small batch. >> if we wanted to get into, let's say, a hundred stores this year, in 2013, it'd probably cost us about $40,000 to $50,000. >> see, i think more than that, because-- >> do the two of you communicate about these numbers very often? >> michael does no

mr. green: mr. speaker, this is february 14, valentine's day. and this is but one day, of course, in the month of february which is black history month. and i am honored to stand here tonight to present a resolution that will be filed, a black history resolution. but i'm glad to say a good many of my colleagues are in support of black history month and they desire to have their words, their expressions, made known. which is why i've asked for this unanimous consent. my belief is that we will have many, many persons who are not here tonight, for legitimate reasons, who will want to make sure that they are made a part of the record by and through their comments that they will submit in written word. mr. speaker, i'm here to talk about black history because for many years, too many years, to be quite honest, the history of africans in the americas, the history of black people in america, the history of african-americans, at one time known as negros, this history was deleted from the history books. it was said in one book that because little contrib

and over the next six months, mr. greenea ice cream will be in over 6,000 grocery stores nationwide. what do you guys see as next? richard: we're working with another company. they have food service. business was probably $13 million. and they're very interested in us taking that over. michael: when they contacted us a few weeks ago, her opening line was, "we're done fighting mr. green tea's distribution in new york." and that -- i think that shows, you know, the -- the real -- the real actual labor and work we've put in the distribution end of the company. i think probably the highest moment to date has been knowing that we're finally independent and not relying on other companies to manufacture our products, other companies to make money. that really is the heart and soul of the business. lemonis: look at how different his game is. you really have your act together. i'm telling you, just 'cause i'm not with you... lori: and he's gorgeous, isn't he? michael: okay. very good. all right. lori: the process of working with mar

asking the lol and the society to forbid it this is a thing i think mr green doesn't know that europe has a history not only of christian and and but there are also history of muslims the muslims who are in spain longer than the catholics who have bosnians by the turks in europe so this is. a place what a lot of people believe as nonbelievers those with faceless with no faiths who live in the united kingdom version of the good old of europe is founded on the bible as as a the lord jesus christ as the absolute foundation of all of our way of life. and to bring in a foreign god such as the start of the god of islam is what this is really all about and it's about the. spread of islam over europe. and islams attempt to dominance in it and it always has been an expansionist religion for when it started the most noble like every religion it is but it is not makes no bones about it and that is why it has to be another way of the islamophobia thinking mr green is doing and still celebrating the kickoff of muslims in spain you know in in austria there are their faith they say stomach face was

no bones about it and you know a valid point it has to be another way that islamophobia thinking mr green is doing and still celebrating the kickoff of muslims in spain you know in austria there and their faith they say stomach face was recognized since one thousand two hundred more than one hundred and and more than one hundred years it's nice but the empire as an official faithful and the idea of the religious freedom in muslim countries is complete rubbish will even allow to have a bible in saudi arabia for instance and christians are persecuted in egypt in pakistan in it in malaysia in mauritania any muslim that's not usually a bad it's not a response to find a christian community and. so the. the argument falls flat we're being actually. the victims of our own tolerance in europe now that's true or not so true even there the indonesian ambassador who is that this is the largest muslim countries a christian who is here even in nigeria there was a christian president if you go to dubai if you go to qatar if you go to kuwait if you go to a man if you go to all these arab countries if yo

mr. green, if i might pass it on to you. mr. green: thank you, my friend. i greatly appreciate it. mr. garamendi: if you'll wait just a second. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the gentleman from texas, mr. green, is recognized for the remainder of the hour as the designee of the minority leader. mr. green: i thank you, mr. speaker. i also thank the gentleman from california's third, mr. garamendi, for his very kind remarks. mr. speaker, i am honored tonight to present a resolution on behalf of the naacp. the national association for the advancement of colored people. a great organization founded in this country on february 12, 1909. just happens to have been the centennial of the birth of abraham lincoln. i'm honored to be a proud member of the naacp. i hold a life membership. and i look forward to acquiring an even higher membership in the naacp. honored to say that this resolution has the support of the congressional black caucus and it is a bipartisan resolution as well. also honored to say, mr. speaker, that this re

asking the law and society to forbid it this is a thing i think mr green doesn't know that europe has a history not only of christian and and but there are also history of muslims the muslims who are in spain longer than the catholics who have bosnians by the turks in europe so this is. a place what a lot of people believe as nonbelievers those with faceless with no faiths would live the united kingdom version of the good old of europe is founded on the bible as the lord jesus christ as the absolute foundation of our way of life. and to bring in a foreign god such as the start of the god of islam is what this is really all about and it's about the. spread of islam over europe. and islams attempt to dominance in it and it always has been an expansionist religion for when it started the first notice like every religion it is but it is not makes no bones about it and that is why it has to be another way of the islamophobia thinking mr greene is doing and still celebrating the kickoff of muslims in spain you know in austria there and their faith they say stomach face was recognized since

asking the law and society to forget it this is a thing i think mr green doesn't know all that europe has a history not only of christian and and but there are also history of muslims the muslims who are in spain longer than the catholics who have bosnians we have the turks in europe so this is. a place where a lot of people believe as nonbelievers those who are faceless in the face will live the united kingdom and. that all of europe is founded on on the bible as the lord jesus christ as the absolute foundation of all of our way of life. and to bring in the. form god such as the start of the god of islam is what this is really all about and it's about the. spread of islam over europe. and islams turn to dominance in it and it always has been an expansionist religion for what it started the first notice like every religion it is but that is what makes no bones about it and a valid point it has to be another way of the islamophobia thinking mr green is doing still celebrating the kickoff of muslims in spain you know in austria there are their faith they say the islamic faith was recogn

the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm always honored to stand in the well of the house. mr. speaker, today i rise as a liberated democrat, a liberated democrat who will not only speak to truth to power but who will also speak truth about power. mr. speaker, i rise today to dehe fend freedom of speech. i rise today to defend the freedom of speech of "the hill" newspaper. i defend the freedom of speech of "the hill" when it printed these words. it reads, "morning joe" host -- i won't mention his name -- said on sunday that the democratic party should take away funding from democratic candidates who talk about impeaching president trump on the campaign trail. i am such a candidate. i have talked about impeaching the president, and i will continue talking about impeaching the president. and "the hill" goes on to say -- and i am defending it -- any democrat who mentions the word impeachment on the campaign trail should have their funds pulled by the democratic party. this is what

kate maltby says mr green's refusal to accept he had acted inappropriately was the problem.riticism over the way it handled claims of sexual misconduct by its staff in haiti. the international development committee has convened an urgent session to ask 0xfam about what happened in 2011, and the policies it now has in place to prevent exploitation. the bookmaker william hill has been fined £6.2 million by the gambling commission. the fine is for failing to prevent money laundering. the commission said that "systemic" failures by senior management and ineffective social responsibility processes meant that ten customers were allowed to deposit large sums of money linked to criminal offences. the commission warned william hill may have to pay more if more money laundering comes to light. it's expected that many of kfc‘s 900 uk outlets will remain closed today — because of a continuing lack of chicken. the fast food chain has blamed teething problems after switching to a new logistics deal with dhl and quick service logistics. kfc is encouraging staff to take holiday while outlet

the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green. for one minute. mr. green: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise today as a liberated democrat with one request. i ask that the most power man in the world, the president of the united states -- powerful man in the world, the president of the united states of america, keep his word. keep your word, mr. president. you indicated that no one under the age of 21 should be able to buy an assault-type weapon. keep your word, mr. democrat, don't allow the n.r.a. to veto your word. are you the most powerful man in the world. keep your word, mr. president, stay with those young people who have issued a clarion call to this country to do something about the killing that's taking place on our school campuses. these are children that are dying. keep your word, mr. president. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to address their remarks to the chair. the gentleman yield back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. hompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, m

mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, once again i'm honored to stand in the well of the house of representatives. i have been blessed and fortunate enough to stand here and to have the opportunity to vote on some of the great issues of our time. i'm proud to say that i was here to vote on the affordable care act. and i'm proud to say that i still stand behind the affordable care act. i was here to vote on the lily ledbetter fair check, or fair pay legislation. still stand behind what we did on that great occasion. i was here to vote on a good many pieces of legislation, but i must tell you, mr. speaker, i'm very proud to have been here today to see the honorable nancy pelosi as she took a stand for those who cannot be here to stand for themselves. e took a stand for the dreamers. and not only did she speak for them and stand up for them, she also literally took a stand on her feet for more than eight hours in heels. mr. speaker, that is a part of history that i will forever remember and i'm proud to have not in

so let's honor mr. green and the fruits of his labor with a toast. ugh! you got to make it burn! wasn't your life hard enough? ( laughter ) now, on to the story of jerry lawson, a self-taught engineer who invented the video game cartridge. before jerry lawson, the only video game you could play was pong. look at this boring ass video game. action packed. jerry lawson with his invention gave black people an escape from racism, much in the same way neris green did with his jack daniels. so let's toast to neris green! ( laughter ) ooh! like a bitch. mmm! finally the last black innovator lonnie johnson, an aerospace engineer who in 1982 invented the supersoaker, an invention that brought joy to both children and wet t-shirt contest audiences alike. anyway, the only reason i wanted to mention lonnie was so i could honor neris green in the most efficient way possible. high-pressure alcohol dispensing. that's right. ( laughter ) oh, lordy, lordy right there. yes, lord. ( laughter ) whoo! lordy, lordy! mmm! so there you have it. so black innovators, we say thank

. >> reporter: this afternoon spokesperson for walmart called fox 29 and said all mr. green has to do is speak to the manager in the walmart behind me and get his new tv. he did that early this after evening. asked how this could happen the spokesperson said walmart is a retailer not a manufacturer. it couldn't have happened with them. jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> sky fox over the scene avenue deadly fire in philadelphia. it started just past 9:00 this morning in a house on the 2600 -- 2500 block of newkirk street in north philadelphia. police say a 71 year old woman died inside the home. three other people were hurt. two of them a 69-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman are at the hospital in stable condition we don't know yet what started that fire. students at cherry hill east high school walking out this morning in support of their teacher. that teacher suspended after comments that he made to a class about that florida school shooting. our shawnette wilson has the story from cherry hill, new jersey. >> reporter: the issue has spilled over on to social media. parents and

and mr green and then said he would undertake a com plete and then said he would undertake a completeuth sudan. the americans have given up on your government. this is his opinion, and we respect that. the us is our ally, and they will continue to be an ally. they had been a bit difficult with us recently... had been a bit difficult with us recently. . . why had been a bit difficult with us recently... why do you think that is? they have imposed an arms embargo, sanctions on your two senior generals, and accusing them all of outrageous levels of collection description. —— corruption. america is an ally, a friend us and the people of south sudan. but for them, you do not sanction your friends, you sudan. but for them, you do not sanction yourfriends, you do not create ha rd sanction yourfriends, you do not create hard positions when it comes to herfriends. create hard positions when it comes to her friends. if you think your friends are betraying the interest of your own people... you advise and guide yourfriends, you do not station i'm. there comes a friend -- point where you can be f

mr green, what was your view on the government's response following carillion's downfall?at they would be able to play a positive role. and we were deeply disappointed, and to an extent surprised when that didn't happen. the funding we were asking for those two weeks in january, essentially 10 million to be matched, 10 million from the banks and then some guarantee underpinning for a supply of change financing against which we would, they would be tested through the broader restructuring plan. and i do find it somewhat perplexing when one looks at the funds that government is now having to spend on the liquidation on carillion, on the guarantee arrangements that have needed to be put in place to support the supply chain. you know, i still truly believe that the least—cost outcome for the taxpayer would have been to support carillion, as it sought to restructure the business. did you ever have a conversation with your colleagues, saying, ‘actually the government is never going to let us go to the wall because we are too big to fail and we‘ve got such major contracts? for ex

and he then, that is mr green, said that he would undertake a complete review of american policy towardudan. the americans have given up on your government. this is his opinion. and we respect that. the us will continue to be an ally. of course, they have been a bit difficult with us recently. but why do you think that is, minister? why do you think that is, that they oppose an arms embargo, they have put sanctions on two of your most senior generals and the minister of information, accusing them all of outrageous levels of corruption? why do you think the americans are doing this? you know, we are really concerned about the decisions that the americans are taking. america is an ally, a friend to us, and to the people of south sudan. but for them, you don't give sanctions to your friends, you don't... you sanction your friends if they are betraying the interest of your own people. you advise your friends. you don't sanction them. well, there comes a point where you can be friends no longer with people who are consistently betraying their own people. it is very unfortunate if america tak

mr. green: the point is, i am a proponent of having small banks. i call small banks community banks. i'm a proponent of this, and if i'm a proponent of it, then i support the notion that we cannot allow them to be consolidated such that we will have fewer of them. i think this legislation is a little bit misguided in that it contradicts the very premise upon which it rests. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from california reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: i yield myself 10 seconds to say, they want to support community banks and they supported dodd-franks. the reason the banks are being gobbled up, and the point of the legislation is to allow them to come together and protect themselves and not be gobbled up by the big banks they vilify in the first place. i yield three minutes to mr. huizenga. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. huizenga: we've been hearing some detail os they have bill, but here's

at the end of the day, we produced a report on bhs, that was sir philip green before us, mr philip greencomes back to the big issue, you have rightly talked about brexit, but we need reforms on the home front. thank you for your contribution. you're watching business live. global markets turn red — as the dowjones suffers its biggest one—day fall in history. we have talked about whether it is a correction or collapse. take a look at that. many of these we re take a look at that. many of these were down over 3% lower. we will talk to a top market analyst in around five minutes also to get her analysis of why we are seeing such declines, and whether we need to cut our losses and run or hang in there. it will take a tough nerve over the next few days. a lot to get through, let's bring you date with other stories making headlines. laurent potdevin, the boss of athletic wear firm lululemon, has quit unexpectedly. the vancouver—based company said mr potdevin had fallen short of internal standards of conduct. hejoined lululemon, which is best known for its yoga—wear, in 2014. singapore's centra

. >> this afternoon a spokesperson for walmart called fox 29 to say all mr. greeno do is speak to the manager in the walmart behind me and get his new tv. did he that early this evening. asked how this could happen many the spokesperson said walmart is a retailer, not a manufacturer. it couldn't have happened with them. jeff cole fox 29 news. >>> as long as he gets what he paid for. delaware county guy got arrested for dui. cops say he was passed out behind the wheel which is bad enough, right? well, what if we toll you this wasn't his first time? it was his eighth. let that one sink in. >>> and septa and the ppa are teaming up you got to watch where you park because this, this could get pricey. ♪ this is so exciting, dave! hey gus, meet tucker... . awwww... whoaaaa !! ...and axle, angie, frank, charlie, millie, ralph, henry, audrey and duke... yep...ten times the fun. sorta like this... ahhh, ten times the bucks. it's one of the new times the bucks games from the pennsylvania lottery. with millions in prizes! hot diggity dog! keep on scratchin'! oh! there's one.a

mr. greene just talked about and my good friend and colleague talked about in terms of trying to figure out how the fed is going to balance things. for we look at unemployment the general public, i guess i'm we continue to have t 2% as our inflation discouraging toward getting some of those groups like african americans mobilized to move toward more full employment? --haps the target inflation inflation target ought to be 2.5%? chairman powell: we are pretty committed to our 2% inflation goal. the level of employment in the economy is not a function of -- you cannot increase it by increasing the inflation rate. we are committed to having a .ymmetric 2% goal i'm wondering what your thoughts are about the increased income inequality we see in this country. according to the united nations report, the united states is on track for being the most unequal, having the most inequality in the world. bill whereecent tax we see, despite what mr. barr has indicated, 43% of these moneys are being spent in buybacks, another 19% in mergers and acquisitions. only 17% in capital investment 13% inments and a

you could probably elect mr. greens as a democrat in california this year given how bad off the republicans are in that state. but as john points out, it's other districts where this control of the house will be won or lost. it won't be suitable to have a resist candidate. they'll need like conor lamb. somebody who is moderate. somebody who can talk to moderate voters. >> dana: mitch mcconnell had to try to lead a course correction for republicans to make that better for the republicans future. listen to this. it's a little early to talk about 2020. doesn't mean democrats aren't thinking about it. terry mcauliffe apparent told the washington free beacon that who better to take on trump than me. so he's already thinking about it. when you think about the democrats having this poll between pragmatists and progressives, he would be much more in the pragmatist camp. >> he has one big problem. he is solidly identified with the clintons, who are just a dire political brand now. bill and hillary clinton have gone from being v

given that, i guess i just want to focus a little bit on some of the things that i think previously mr. green just talked about. also my good friend, colleague, mr. burr, talked about in terms of trying to figure out where the fed, how the fed is going to balance things when we look at unemployment for the general public, i guess i am wondering if, if we continue to have 2% as our inflation rate, is thatin fact sort of discouraging toward getting some of those groups like african-americans mobilized and moved toward more full employment do you take any guidance from some suggestions that perhaps the target inflation target ought to maybe be 2.5% >> i think we're pretty committed to our 2% inflation goal over time, the level of employment in the economy is not a function of, you can't increase it by increasing the inflation rate so we're committed to having a sm se metric 2% goal so we're persistent >> okay. well, you know, given that, i'm wondering what your thoughts are about the increased income inequality we see in this country. according to united nations repertory report, united states i

. >> you bet >> gentlemen yields back the chair now recognizes gentleman from texas mr. green, the ranking member of our oversight subcommittee >> thank you, mr. chairman thank the ranking member also would like to thank the persons who are here who call themselves full employment defenders. welcome. mr. chairman, what do you consider full employment i have the number 5.5%, but if you differ, i'd like to hear your number, please. >> you know, so if i had the to make an estimate, i'd say it's in the low fours that means it could be five and three and a half >> take the low fours or throw and a half when is the last time that african-american unemployment was in the low fours or three and a half >> i don't think it ever has been in the years we've been measuring it >> quite frankly, not since slavery. that's the last time there was full employment for black people mr. chairman, 6.8% seems to be the lowest number that i can find since we've been keeping numbers. and for the last 47 of the last 54 years, it's always been twice that of white unemployment twice. do you agree >> do i

. >> now this afternoon spokesperson from walmart in arkansas called fox 29 to say all mr. green has to do is show up at the walmart behind me talk to the manager, get his new tv. asked how this could happen. the spokesperson said walmart is a retailer not a manufacturer. this must have happened some place else. green is in the store right now picking up his tv. live in northeast philly i'm jeff cole fox 29 news. lucy. >> hopefully that tv measures up. all right. thank you, jeff. >>> breaking news out of the delaware county firefighters are battling a fire at a home in lansdowne. sky fox over the 200 block of owen avenue. this thing started just about 4:00 this afternoon. so far paramedics have taken one person to the hospital. we're not sure how badly that person is hurt. more details as the news warrants. >>> in william penn described philadelphia as his green country town, he no doubt had tree lined streets in mind. but hundreds of years later, philly's so called street trees are behind some big headaches for homeowners. our bruce gordon joins me in studio and bruce, love tree

that kind the other is watch how dangerous is it in egypt today to publish documents the way that mr greene talks well media work in egypt these days is not the safe thing to be doing i mean since may twenty seventeen i think there been more than four hundred websites in egypt blocked these include amnesty international reporters without borders and actually fell a web site not the main web site but one of the each of us affiliated web sites reporters without borders also categorizes egypt as one of the world's egypt as one of the world's biggest prisons for journalists and we've gone it just has gone down the world press freedom index to two points i think it's at one hundred sixty one right now so. pretty dangerous but i think i think they're pretty determined as their name isn't listening which means we're determined and they're determined to continue their work thank you so much abraham from our social media desk. guinea is among the poorest nations in west africa still suffering from the legacy of a series of dictatorships that ended only in two thousand and ten one blogger there is tr

the chair now raises the gentleman from texas, mr. green, the ranking member of our oversight investigation subcommittee. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank the ranking member. also, i'd like to thank the persons who are here who call themselves full employment defenders. welcome. mr. chairman, what do you consider full employment? i have the number 5.5%. but what is your number? >> if i had to make an estimate it's somewhere in the low fours b -- fours but it could be five or it could be three and a half. >> let's take low fours or three and a half. when is the last time that african-american unemployment was in the low fours or three and a half? >> i don't think it ever has been in the years we've been measuring it. >> quite frankly speaking it hasn't been since slavery. that's the last time that was full employment for black people. mr. chairman, 6.8% seems to be the lowest number that i can find since we've been keeping numbers. since keeping numbers, black unemployment has been twice that of white unemployment, do you agree? >> do i agr

mr. greene of texas. rep. greene: thank you, mr. chairman. said, according to the national institute of health, 115 americans die every day after overdosing on opioids. the misuse and addiction to opioids include prescription and relievers, heroin, others is a serious national crisis that affects public health as well as socioeconomic welfare. the patterns of lives ruined due to the opioid epidemic must be reversed. is, >> andepidemic multifaceted, as you said, however, there is no simple or solution. it involves community involvement in finding solutions and more consistent use of approved pain control options. the comprehensive response to this crisis must address the limited resources currently available, the societal ills that fuel addiction, and the addiction to drug use. the affordable care act expanded health care coverage to 21 million nonelderly americans. opioid victims need to overcome their addiction. this must include measures to stabilize and strengthen the exchanges, make coverage accessible for americans who currently do not h

mr. green: there are a good many people who are opposed to my position. as a member of the house, i would challenge any member who desires to debate this issue on the floor of the house, i would also challenge any member of a morning program, "morning joe" who believes he should back up his words to talk to me on his program. never talked to me, would you invite me on your program and show the courage to speak of these issues with me there so i may defend and you may attack. i yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from gay seek recognition? mr. collins: by direction of the committee on rules i call up resolution 736 and ask for its consideration. cle the clerk: house calendar number 126, house resolution 736, resolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule xviii, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 620, to amend the americans with disabilities act o

mr. green was not permitted ,ntrance but was kept outside he says there were approximately 12 police officers. discloses thatce no search warrant exists. from the time she began legal proceedings in ohio all the way to the supreme court -- we will learn about him and his role in the case of the program proceeds. this deals with the forced amendment -- the fourth amendment of the constitution. it is the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, not be violated and no warrants issued unless upon probable cause. what -- why was this part of our constitution? >> prior to the founding of the nation, in england there had been general warrants that allowed police a lot of discretion to search house and home. when we came to colonial america, there were writs of assistance that did the same thing. the founders wanted to rein in what the police could do. the language you read says two things. we have the right against unrea

. >> mr. green, ranking member of our oversight investigation committee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank the ranking member. also would like to thank the persons who are here, who called themselves full employment defenders. welcome. mr. chairman, what do you consider full employment? i have the number 5.5%. if you differ, i would like to hear your number, please. >> if i had to make an estimate i'm going to say it's somewhere in the low fours. i would stress what that really means, it could be five, it could be 3.5. >> when was the last time african-american unemployment was in the low 4s or 3.5? >> i don't think it has been in the years we've been measuring it. >> quite frankly, not since slavery. that was the last time there was full employment for black people. mr. chairman, 6.8% seems to be the lowest number that i can find since we've been keeping numbers. and for the last 47 of the last 50 years it's been twice that of white. do you agree? >> do i agree? >> that black unemployment is twice as much as white unemployment. >> that's what the numbers are, i believe. >>

given that, i just i guess i want to focus a little bit on some of the things i think previously mr. green just talked about and also my good friend, colleague, mr. brar talked about in terms of tryin to figure out where t fed, how the fed is going to balance things. when we look at unemployment, for the general public, i guess i am, i am wondering if, if, if we continue to have 2% as our inflation rate is that in fact discouraging getting some of those groups like african-americans mobilized and moved toward more full emplment? do you take any guidancerom to may be 1/2%?terhaps >> i think we're pretty committed to our, we're strongly commitd tohe 2% inflation goal. over timehe tevel of employme in the ecomy is not increase ity increasing inflation rate. so that we be equally concerned with undershoots, persistent undershoots of 2% and persistent overshoots. >> okay, well, given that, i'm wondering what your thougs are about the incased income inequality we see in this quality? according to the united nations report, united states is on track for being the most unequal, having the most ine

mrs. lorraine green.c pod. >> okay. >> thanks. >> lorraine green. >> i'm going to see if she has additional witnesses to speak to because at the end of the day when you alleging something, you have to have some witnesses. you have to have somebody for me to talk to. some way for me to prove the statement that you're making. >> good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm good. yourself? >> i'm okay. >> were there any other witnesses you would like for me to talk to? >> the only person that was there was me, your co, ryan, and mr. mets. >> i spoke with the corporal and i also spoke with the officer that was there at the time. corporal has wrote a statement saying at no time did he make any comments in a sexual context -- >> i bet he did. i bet he did. >> let me finish what i'm saying. >> what's the sense of it? you guys are agreeing to each other. so what's the sense of it? i'm looking like the idiot while your co agreeing with each other. he never said it when he did say it. what's the sense of spea

. >> the gentleman yields back, the chair recognizes gentleman from texas, mr. greenranking member of oversight investigation subcommittee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank the ranking member, also i would like to thank the persons that are here who called themselves full employment defenders, welcome. mr. chairman, what do you consider full employment? i have the number 5.5% but if you differ, i'd like to hear your number, please. >> i would -- if i had to make estimate, i would say it's somewhere in low 4's, what that could be 5 or 3 and a half. >> let's take the low 4's or 3 and a half. when is the last time that african american unemployment was in the low 4's or 3 and a half? >> i don't think it ever has been in the years we have been measuring it. >> quite frankly speaking it hasn't been since slavery, that was the last time there was full employment for black people. mr. chairman, 6.8% seems to be the lowest number that i can find since we have been keeping numbers. and for the last 47 of the last 54 years, it's always been twice that of white unemployment, tw

i would now call on representative blumenauer who is an expert on green infrastructure. mr. blumenauer: let me say a word about green infrastructure from the outset. speaker pelosi and president obama, in the midst of the economic -- near economic collapse, fashioned the recovery act, had almost $1 trillion in debt. and it created hundreds of thousands of family-wage jobs, dealt with infrastructure, broadband, roads and bridges, research. i sit on the ways and means committee, we passed $1.5 trillion with zero investment in the future of our infrastructure and other priorities. one of the priorities we need to invest with deals with green infrastructure. the ways and means committee, their gesture for clean energy future in the tax program they had in the house was to gut the agreement that we reached with wind energy, putting it at risk, billions of dollars of wind energy that was already under way. they are not dealing with the partnerships, with local communities that need to deal with resilience. we see on an ongoing basis, the cost of not making that infrastructure. look

.>> reporter: the indictment says the group promoted hillary clinton's democratic and green party challenger. mr. mueller's work is not complete. he is still negotiating with president trump's lawyers over an interview.>>> now to the investigation into wednesday school shooting in south florida. the fbi admitted it had received a specific tip about the alleged gunman early last month. but never follow through. lauren blanchard's live in south florida with more on that. and the visit by president trump today.>> reporter: president trump and the first lady visited the hospital behind me what they met with some of these medical professionals as well as the victims. they tried to console a community and morning.>>> very sad something like that could happen. the job the doctors did and the nurses in the hospital first responders law enforcement. really incredible.>> reporter: he visited victims hospitalized as well as first responders from the sheriff's office. on thursday trump saying he would work with the state and local leadership to secure american school and tackled the issue of mental health.

given that, i guess i just want to focus a little bit on some of the things that i think previously mr. green just talked about and also my good friend urr talked about in terms of trying to figure out howthe fed is going to balance things. when we look at unemployment for the general public, i guess i'm wondering if we continue to have 2% as our inflation rate, is that, in fact, sort of discouraging toward getting some of those groups like african-americans mobilized and moved toward more full employment. do you take any guidance from suggestions that perhaps the inflation target ought to be 2.5%. >> i think we're strongly committed to our 2% inflation goal. over time the level of employment in the economy is not a function of -- you can't increase it by increasing the inflation rate so we're committed to have a symmetric 2% goal so we'd be equally concerned with undershoots of that -- persistent undershoots of 2% and persistent overshoots. >> ok. well, given that, i'm wondering what your thoughts are about the increased income inequality we see in this country. according to the united natio

. >> david green with nbc universal. mr. deputy attorney general i wonder if you would speak about the priority of your department. with the issue of piracy content theft and whether that is an important issue for the department of justice. >> it is still an important as it was when you were there 25 years ago. one of my curly colleagues at the department of justice. we have not talked about the intellectual property but that is one of our top priorities. in fact recently, established intellectual property around the world announced identified ip coordinators that we set up with detailed department attorneys stationed in foreign locations to coordinate efforts in those areas because we recognize a lot of the threat comes from abroad. and, intellectual property is critical to the success of american industry. entrepreneurs deserve to know that we are going to do what we can to protect their intellectual property interests and so, yes we are concerned about piracy and our department criminal division does have experts who focu

i would like to start the questioning and, mr. green grass, to ask you, do you regard and does google reregard campaigns or disinformation of fake news as being harmful to your customers? >> first of all, thank you very much for the puopportunity to b here and present evidence. i would think there's no question that the issue of misinformation and untoward influence on our societies is indeed an issue and certainly an issue for google. i should point out that, as you know, our mission is to organize the world's information and make it accessible and make it useful. billions of users take advantage of our services every day and rely on us to do the right thing, rely on us to provide the right information. so this is not only important to us as a company and important to our users, important to society, it's actually crucial to what we do. i often think of ourselves as being in the trust business. we will continue to retain the loyal usage of people around the world to the extent that we retain their trust with our work every day. so i ag

mr. trump's green light.rman of the house intelligence committee released a gop summary of what they see as willful omissions on the part of the fbi. the memo claims before the presidential election agents relied on a politically motivated dossier from former british spy christopher steele in seek a warrant to spy on carter page advising the trump campaign at the time. it suggests the judge of the secretive fisa or foreign surveillance courts with not told of the steele democratic funding. but adam schiff, the top democrat on the intel committee said that is not accurate and he is pushing to release his own memo based on the same intelligence. schiff said republicans are trying to discredit the ongoing russia investigation. when asked about the republican memo, president trump said it shows a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and when asked if he still have confidence in his deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. who is overseeing the investigation. president trump said only -- you figure that ou

mr. trump's green light, devin nunes, the republican chairman of the house committee released a gop summarysions on the part of the fbi. the memo claims before the presidential election, agents relied on a politically motivated dossier from former british spy christopher steele in seek warrant to spy on carter page who was an adviser at the time. it goes on to surgery that secret surveillance was not told of funding. but adam schiff said that is not accurate and he is pushing to release his oemememememed on theeeee same intelligence. schiff says they're trying to discredit the ongoing russia investigation. when asked about the memo, president trump said it shows a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and when asked if he still has confidence in his attorney general rod rosenstein who's overseeing the investigation, he said, you figure it out. alex? >> errol barnett in florida with the president. thanks, errol. with more we're joined by mark mazzetti. he's a washington investigative editor at the new york tiechlts good morning. >> good morning. it focuses on the warrant to surveil c

green. >> thank you, mr. speaker. manufacturing and invading in uk for nearly 200 years, including its factory in west horton at the heart of my constituents. the only british company bidding to produce our new passports, the other two being french. salama right honorable friend commit to doing all she can to support our manufactures, our innovators, and making our new blue passport truly british? >> can i i say to my friend i'm sure he's aware this will be an open and fair competition that i can't, on in the debates but it sure he will make his voice heard. but it m is right from august 19 will issue new blue and gold passports which has always been the you case covers the choice our passport and i think would be absolutely right that after we leave the european union we return to deciding the color of passports that we want, not what the european union wants. >> thank you, mr. speaker. my constituent, claire throssell, suffered a terrible tragedy when her two children were murdered by their father and it arson attac

national deal to with regard to multiculturalism and this last remark goes especially to the greens here. well it was mr gallant was making that statement i'm glad she had enough she got up and walked out and this is the this is say is this the new normal in german politics because like them all loathe them alternative for germany already the palm and they all making gains in the polls and not sure the chancellor can simply leave the chamber every time they say something she doesn't agree with. you know all the things for now for the update and thank you for watching as well more call more from me in thirty. was similar to this but there was no because in most of the snow one of the one of them. beautiful yes but couldn't you push the door to push you in but you know you don't close but i miss my timothy and i do you know but you know my mom goes with the star and you have to use them. so. i use in the middle of the this part of the. u.s. so yes it's a little. too confusing you with someone from the so you're going to show you cool bullets to the police and you should be busting them for them so she's t