mr. conyers: mr. chairman, it's my pleasure to recognize the distinguished gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, for three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for three minutes. mr. kildee: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank my friend for yielding. mr. speaker, mr. chairman, my main concern with this bill is the provision that would prevent a new regulation from taking effect until it has been available on line for at least six months after the already exhaustive public notice and comment period that is required of new regulations. this may be a well intended procedure, but it could potentially harm the very people that the -- that are in need of protection under some of the rules being promulgated. i know there is an exemption that may relate to health and safety that could include a presidential action, but it requires us to know of an impending threat in order for that procedure to be utilized. i'm thinking about what happened in my own hometown of flint, michigan, where peop

mr. penn: i think myself, and a generation of americans, have been on a treadmill of seeing the same stories in the press, the same movies where the policy of the war on drugs which so deeply affects all of our lives seems not to change. it seems to be so unmovable. in its focus on these druglords, do we often lose focus that with all of the money now $25 billion per year of taxpayer money, -- opium addiction is rising in united states and the death toll is going up. a greater death toll in americans lost in both the afghani and iraqi war. in the violence around the drug war, we are taking thousands of americans and putting them into prison for their illness and piling up our courts demanding over the capacity of our law enforcement, and filling our prisons. as a father, i think of those fathers who sadly fell victim to those addictions and the traumas that they go through in that prison system that they bring home to their children. it occurs to me that often it is a simple idea that oft

mr. engel: mr. speaker, i now yield two minutes to my friend and colleague, a member of the appropriations committee, mr. price of north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. price: i thank my colleague. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this deeply misguided legislation. reports from international experts, nuclear watchdogs and representatives of our international coalition made clear that iran is on its way to fully dismantling its nuclear weapons program. breakout times at this moment have already been tripled, quadrupled. we need to understand, just because the jcpoa does not deal with all of iran's abuses doesn't mean that we shouldn't solve the nuclear issue. we have already had that debate. iran is still a state sponsor of terrorism, and the proposed expansion of its ballistic missile program is particularly troubling. these issues must be addressed. but a nuclear armed iran would only make these abuses more dangerous. foolish ld be wild

mr. poe: mr. speaker, the administration blames the violence in america on gun dealers and congress. so the administration is going to issue some more executive memos and unilaterally ignore the second amendment. never mind that the administration's illegal action would not have prevented any of the tragic mass shootings in recent years. the administration's -- the administration should be prosecuting criminals who use guns, not vetoing the second amendment. the administration's executive action on gun control is just the latest example of white house attempting to bypass the constitution and legislative branch to implement a political agenda. the constitution does not have a burger king provision for the executive branch. the president cannot have it his way. laws are written by congress. the executive is to enforce the law. and a former constitutional professor should know better than to dictate new law regardless of whether he thinks it's a good idea or not. his granting of amnesty has been rul

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from ohio for yielding me time and i support s.j.res. 22, which rejects the environmental protection agency's waters of the united states rule. this rule is just another one of e.p.a.'s many attempts to expand its jurisdiction and increase waters to regulate waterways even if that means invading americans' own back yards. the science committee's oversight hearings revealed that the e.p.a. made arbitrary decisions in writing this rule and justified it with phony science. and the government accountability office found that the e.p.a.'s use of social media to promote the rule actually violated the law. the obama administration will do anything and say anything to impose its liberal agenda on the american people. i urge my colleagues to support s.j.res. 22 and disapprove the waters of the united states rule. i'll yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from oregon.

mr.eld: i know, at 83 years old, i had to learn what an app was before we could do this. charlie: so you were a nato ambassador. mr. rumsfeld: i was, in 1973 in florence. there was a very senior belgian diplomat there named andre. he had been the private secretary to the king of the belgians when they were in exile in london during world war ii. he became a confidant of churchill, a kind of protege. charlie: he was like 29 years old? mr. rumsfeld: very young. churchill taught him at this game of solitaire with two decks. when we were in nato together, we would travel to turkey and various places in nato countries, and he taught me this game. i have played it ever since, since 1973. i enjoyed it. charlie: how good are you? mr. rumsfeld: who knows. my wife and i play every day or two. in the morning, after breakfast. charlie: are you retired? mr. rumsfeld: yeah, i'm retired, and we compete, and we keep track of the points. charlie: you do? mr. rumsfeld: i do. it would be ungracious of me to

mr. sasaki, the brother of sadako sasaki about whom you will learn about in this program. i also want to introduce, myoto who will be doing some translating tonight. there will be a little bit of a delay, but you will enjoy the remarks. she is the deputy director for educational programs for the japan society of new york. it is a great pleasure to have her with us. i also want to introduce yuji sasaki in the front where a -- front row who will be doing a musical program later. now, i will turn to clifton to hear his remarks. clifton: thank you for being here. this starts with thank you. thank you for being here and to yuji and masahiro becoming all the way to the states and the german library. we toured our grandparents home them wherecould show i peeled up the linoleum. [laughter] i will tell you about the nickname he has given me, bad boy. [laughter] clifton: the thank you also goes to kurt and the staff of the records and administration. two alex, and the staff of the library institute

>>mr. o'malley: so it's good to be in the iowa cold. >>sabrina: perfect. >>mr. o'malley: and to see snow. >>sabrina: we'll give you snow. >>mr. o'malley: i embrace it. (chuckling) >>sabrina: now in case you aren't super familiar with his resume, governor o'malley was the governor of maryland. he's been in politics for a long time. he was the mayor of baltimore. before that he was on that city's city council. he is one of three remaining candidates on the democratic side in this 2016 race. governor o'malley, once again, thanks so much for being here. >>mr. o'malley: thank you. >>amanda: so first of all, that was a very shortened version of your resume. we know that. but what do you want the people of iowa to know about you? >>mr. o'malley: what i'd like the people iowa to know is that i have a track record. i'm the only candidate in this race with an executive background, namely as mayor and governor. pulling people togeth across some pretty deep divides in order to accomplish meaningful, im

mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this is a sad and shameful way to begin the new year, 2016 here in the united states congress. his bill is entitled restoring americans' health care freedom. the freedom of health insurance companies to once again deny health care to people based on pre-existing conditions. it may be a new year, mr. speaker, but here we go again. we're in this congress on the floor of this house for the 62nd time. with this effort to dismantle the affordable care act and to dd insult to injury, to deny millions of women access to health care choices by targeting planned planned. while the -- planned parenthood. while the year has changed, it is still the same. with all the pressing issues we face at home and abroad, the first thing that our republicans decide to bring to the floor the most pressing business to start 2016 was to take away access to affordable care to 22 million ericans and deny access to affordable care to 22 million women. that's not my figure but the nonpartisan congressiona

mr. woodall: mr. speaker, it's my great pleasure to yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. ratcliffe. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. ratcliffe: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, obamacare is intrusive, it's expensive, it's full of broken promises, but the biggest failure is the simple fact that it makes life more difficult for hardworking americans. in my district, i've heard countless horror stories from parents, from seniors, from business owners, all of which underscore that there's simply nothing affordable about the perversely named affordable care act. stories like morris from raw et, texas, who -- rawlett, texas. now, the least expensive cost him $854 per month plus a $12,700 deductible. obamacare is preventing morris from investing in things that really matter, like his son's college education. or take from potsboro, who on a $700 per month income can't afford the $287 per month obamacare costs her. obamacare is p

mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, on the wall outside my office are the faces of 149 men and women from washington state who were killed in action over the past 14 years in afghanistan and iraq. today it's with reverence that i will add the 150th face, sergeant matthew mcclinic. he was killed in helmund province in afghanistan on the fifth of january. he was a green beret, engineer, national guardsman, as well as a dedicated friend, son, husband, and father. he joined the army in 2006 and served in both iraq and afghanistan over the course of three tours. on one of his tours, his best friend was killed. so you can imagine what was in his mind when he's now leading a group in afghanistan and one of his men is out on the ground hit. he knew the danger, but he went out to try and save his teammate. he epitomized everything we admire about our warriors, their skill, their mettle, their commitment to teammates, to their families, and to us as a nation. the loss of a promising, smart, steadfast young man whose devo

mr. royce: mr. speaker, i appreciate leader mccarthy working with myself, working with ranking member elliott engel of new york to schedule this legislation before consideration. last week, north korea conducted its fourth-known nuclear test. the kim regime has developed increasingly destructive weapons. and what we are concerned about here is nuclear warheads that fit on to its most reliable missiles. we are also concerned about the submarine tests for firing from a sub. these missiles that would be capable of launching those devices and we're concerned about the ongoing efforts to make certain that they've got the range now to on a free-stage rocket, icbm, to hit the united states. this threat is unacceptable. and it has to be aggressively challenged. the legislation that we're considering here is the most comprehensive north korea sanctions legislation to come before this body. importantly, what this bill does is use targeted financial and economic pressure to isolate kim jung un and his top offi

mr. lamborn: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 1644. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 583 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 1644. the chair appoints the gentleman from minnesota, mr. paulsen, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 1644, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to amend the surface mining control and reclamation act of 1977 to assure transparency in the development of environmental regulations, and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time of the the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn, and the gentleman from california, mr. lowenthal, will each co

mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i rise to thank reverend nathaniel "nate" from new york for offering today's opening prayer. a graduate of spring valley high school and yale university, pastor nate teaches in the central school district and at rockland community college. for the last five years, he has led first timothy christian church, which under his guidance, has been a source of support for haitian americans in our community following the devastating earthquake in haiti. together, we will continue to work toward our shared goals of democracy, prosperity and success for the haitian people. again, i thank pastor nate for his excellent work and for eing here today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the chair will entertain up to 15 further one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for on

mr. price: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it seems whenever we have a serious issue to talk about on the floor, the distortions and utter false statements come out and that's a shame because the american people deserve better. obamacare is harming real people, not just from an economic standpoint across this great land but from a health care standpoint. and as a physician, i can tell you i hear about it daily from my colleagues. we hear from the other side, folks tout the numbers of increased folks who have gained insurance. the fact of the matter is folks that gained insurance and those that had insurance, many of them now have coverage but they don't have care. if you earn $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 and your deductible is now $5,000 or $10,000 or $12,000, you may have coverage but you don't have care. and in fact, individuals are denying themselves treatment right now because they can't afford the deductible because of this law. that's the real world out there. that's the harm that this law's doing. we heard over an

mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, the american people have waited too long for relief for us to delay in the face of this procedural motion. now isn't the time for action, not for parliamentary gimmicks. we are seven years into the obama administration. real unemployment is a problem, america's labor force is near record lows. instead of helping by getting out of the way, the obama administration in washington's entrenched regulatory bureaucracy, day after day, pile new burden avenue burden on the backs of workers, american families and small business owners. the total cost of federal regulations is poised to zoom past $2 trillion per year as the obama administration furiously works to get out the door all the regulations it can in its last year in office. with that $2 trillion or a nation's economy, it would be one of the top 10 economies in the world. mr. speaker, the investors' business daily reports that we have concluded eight years of zero real wage growth for america's workers and families. that means

mr. guinta: mr. speaker, i'm proud tore join bipartisan members, republicans and democrats to talk about heroin use and increasingly public deadly health crisis and i welcome chris and mark who are re to honor the mark's daughter. and i thank my representative to combat the ell epidemic. this is spreading nationwide. and over 40 house meals have joined a task force in this cause. we aim to inform the nation about the tragedies, the challenges that face our families, our communities and states, our loved ones and friend and not here not just to combat this ep dem pick but to bring it to every area of the nation. we have had a round table were experts in concord, new hampshire, our home state. we held a briefing in washington, d.c.,, featuring with the centers for disease control. they are providing a fuller picture of the scope of the problem in which in new hampshire has claimed lives in 2015. one out of 3,000 people have died from a overdose. nationally. jow does deaths have tripled. these members u

mr. carvin. mr. carvin: mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: every year, petitioners are required to provide significant support to a group that advocates an ideological viewpoint which they oppose and do not wish to subsidize. abood's authorization of this clear first amendment violation should be overturned, both to end this ongoing deprivation of basic speech and association rights, and to restore consistency and predictability to the court's first amendment jurisprudence. justice ginsburg: mr. carvin, is it permissible, in your view, to allow the union to be the exclusive representative so that nobody else is at the bargaining table? mr. carvin: yes, that's fine with us. our objection, of course, is being forced to subsidize that exclusive representative. the fact that they are exclusive representative impinges on my clients because it disables them from individually negotiating with the school board, but that is justified by the need for an exclusive representative. and that is why, indeed, requi

mr. smith: thank you very much for your leadership and for your bill. i'd like to you no yield to danley pinsky, the gentleman from illinois, the co-charron progressive the pro-life caucus. mr. lipinski: i want to thank representative smith for all his work and leadership on the issues of life and protecting people at all stages of life. as the democratic co-chair of the pro-life caucus, i stand up here as a democrat who believes that we need to have laws in our nation to protect the vulnerable, those who can't protect themselves. no one is more vulnerable in america today than a child in a mother's womb. no one is in more need of protection. we must continue to fight to provide that protection. we do have our young men and women who are our new pro-life generation. they understand the dangers that they face to their own lives when they were in their mother's womb. and i look forward to continuing to work with all of them, with my colleagues here in the house, to bring us to the day where

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker: the question son agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. mr. thompson: mr. speaker. the speaker: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. the speaker: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the plenl pledge will be led by michigan, n from mr. kildee. mr. kildee: i ask all to join us in the pledge. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests one-minute speeches on each sid

mr. pai: it is. privilege i had the to travel everywhere from the bayous of louisiana to the dakotas. fcc is an area where the has a role to play and putting a lot of plans on the table that do that.p us mr. slen: where is it not deployed? hat percentage of the american population doesn't have access? mr. pai: it depends on what metrics you use. i think it's clear when i travel there are people out there that broadband the opportunities we take for granted on the belt way. outskirts of reno, nevada, been north of the arctic ircle, rural mississippi, places that don't really stand out in the american consciousness but nonetheless ave many americans who are yearning for that digital connection. those are the ones we want to make sure have the ability to live, work and take care of other ids the same way americans do. mr. slen: joining us is brian fun fung. fung: i want to circle back on that. we're hearing national people have talked about the fcc as being incredibly divided agency at this

mr. chaffetz: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman mr. blum. mr. blum: mr. speaker, i rise day in support of the 11 5, searching for and cutting burdensome act. clear.a behind is simple and this legislation creates a commission to identify outdated rules, streamline and updates our regulatory system and enforces systems to repeal regulations to offset the costs. as a a career small businessperson i know what it is like to grow a business under the burden of excessive regulation. i met a payroll every week for the last 20 years and i would propose to you if they signed paychecks they would propose fewer regulations. cost ing to a report, the of the economy of regulations is a staggering $ trillion a year and we wonder, mr. speaker, why manufacturers choose to move their operations outside the united states. instead of hiring more workes, raising more wages, many businesses are forced to divert investments to complying with more government regulations. this has to change. as i travel my district, i'm often asked how do we re-ig knit the economy. we have the be

mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i have voted over 60 times to repeal or replace all or portions of obamacare. i have voted numerous times to defund planned parenthood. these issues have always been held up by the parliamentary rules in the senate which is the ability of a north number of senators -- minority number of senators to block bills coming to the floor. but not now, not today. under reconciliation procedures, a simple majority vote can move the bill out of the senate chamber. so today we will vote to repeal and replace major pieces of obamacare that distort the market, raise prices and deprives our citizens of choice. the bill today will eliminate the individual mandate and the employer mandate. government forcing our citizens to buy a product that they do ot want is un-american and costly. i say good riddance. we were all aghast over the recordings released highlighting planned parenthood's selling of baby body parts. as a member who believes that individual distinct life begins at conception, pla

mr. president, the idea that the next generation will be able to go further and do better than the last is at the heart of the american dream. and the solutions that we are offering today deserve a vote in this congress. i.tit's my hope our colleagues n the other side of the aisle will join us in confronting the student debt crisis and supporting these commonsense reforms that not only makes higher education affordable but can help give more americans a fair shot at pursuing their dreams. i thank the president, and i yield back my time. the presiding officer: senator from ohio. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. i thank senator baldwin, especially for her work on higher education. she knows the value to the citizens about that. i ask unanimous consent after my remarks that the next speaker be senator reed of rhode island. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. tomorrow is earned-income tax credit day, a day -- as we approach th

mr. morr -- mr. vickers: he talked about the rebuilding task, if we fry to do that, we'll fail and two, we'll subject ourselves to a lot of unnecessary pain. mr. wenstrup: ambassador, do you have anything to add? mr. ford: can i shift slightly? i talked about saudi arabia and the gulf and our shared interest in their stability. i think two other things on the diplomatic side that need to be done. number one, i think there's a need for a much more frank, high level discussion with turkey. i'm very happy every time i see that our president has talked to their president. i wish they would talk all the time. because turkey is probably the most important country in the syria conflict aside from iran and it has an ability to really help and an ability to really be a spoiler. and so we just have to have a really frank behind closed door discussion, i think the vice president is planning to go to turkey, i hope he does. and i think the message needs to be blunt but needs to be behind closed door, that is not

mr. chairman, we'll work with you. i think what we have tried to do -- >> here's the concern ms. seymour and testified to us and said it wasn't a problem because it was outdated publicly available information and you won't even in camera you still redact it. so don't tell me that you're responsive and that you're happy, we're in the happy. >> i appreciate that, mr. chairman. that information is certainly not publicly available. that's the last four of social security numbers -- >> that's what the adversaries got. that's what we're concerned about. >> sure. >> right? >> i'm not going to comment on what -- >> because the answer's question. and that's what we need is candor. the answer is yes. but that's totally dramatically and completely different than what ms. seymour testified. she tried to get us to go away by telling us it's all publicly available and it's outdated anyway. it was a lie. she misled congress, she's going to pay that price. now recognize the -- ms. norton for five minutes

mr. chairman, ranking member cummings and i submitted an amendment to the committee for the consideration that would strike the six-month moratorium. striking that would keep important agency rules from being delayed, but delays odd -- seem to be the objective here. we also submitted an amendment that would exempt agencies from the requirement of title two. i would ask the amendments offered by ranking member cummings and myself along with steven lynch, that would require agencies to consider the benefits of regular laces as well as the cost be made in order. i thank the committee for its attention. >> thank you very much. glad that you're here and your suggestions if for the committee would be his welcome and i thank you very much. i'd next like to go to mr. moreno, the chair on breaking reform commercial and antitrust law. >> thank you, chairman. miss lauder for giving me the opportunity to testify today regarding hr 712. i'm going to address that bill first, then if you have no objecti

mr. -- mr. esterson: the royal college of midwives has called the government's plans to cut nurses' student grants appalling and the royal college of nursing says it is deeply concerned. meanwhile, the honorable member for lewes, who is a nurse, says she would have struggled to undertake her nurse training, given the proposed changes to the scheme. so why does the prime minister still think he is right to scrap grants for student nurses? mr. cameron: for the simple reason that we want to see more nurses in training and more nurses in our nhs. we believe there will be an additional 10,000 nurses because of this change. the facts are, today two out of , three people who want to become nurses can't because they are constrained by the bursary scheme. moving to the new system, those who want to become nurses will be able to become nurses. >> the number responsibility of one any government is the protection of its people. does the prime minister agree with me that britain's nuclear deterrent and our m

mr. ross for an opening statement. >> thank you for holding this hearing about an issue for which i am dedicated. that's providing more affordable consumer options in the marketplace. i would also like to thank for their testimony today and representative patrick murphy for joining me today and the current flood government flood insurance model known as the national flood insurance program. yesterday we held our first as a series of hearings to examine the problem with the federal program and explore solutions that benefit homeowners. americans across the country would benefit from more choices when it comes to flood insurance policies and private competition will lead to greater innovation and more affordable policies for consumers the flood insurance modernization act. this will remove the unnecessary regulatory barriers hindering flood insurance options. as a primary regulator i'm proud. it will encourage the expansion of an option for homeowners. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back

mr. goldstein says the state of the law, attempting to violate civil rights. what right, if we say -- >> the right not to associate. >> the right you are claiming. every right to bring this claim in federal court. broadery have substantive rights under new jersey law. i would be surprised if that was not the case. civil rights to which the new jersey statute may refer to under the new jersey constitution. because, it does not abrogate your first amendment rights. it does not matter if he engaged , there could have been a violation of a new jersey statute. it was never alleged in this case. up by not brought respondents in this case in any of the arguments or briefs and with respect to this matter, it is our position that he has every right to me tame -- -- he isht to maintain alleging that he has the right not to associate. that right really stems from the have, that this court has considered and elrod in its progeny. the third circuit, makes its totake in requiring hefferna engage in som

and you'll say ok, mr. president. ok. [applause] mr. trump but they'll call : hillary with ford, right? they'll call hillary. and they'll say, madam president. she'll do the same thing. because her donors gave her a lot of money and they need money for the next election. by the way, the only time politicians really work right is when they're sort of like retiring. like the gentleman over there, the congressman. he's a young guy. he retired of his own volition because he knows what's going on in washington, which i have great respect for. some of them retire and get a little tougher. with ford, you take a look. they call them, now it's president trump. ok, president trump. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: so they call president trump and say, mr. president. you have to do this. ford has been great and wonderful. what are they building in mexico for? they're going to build. remember this, cars, trucks, and parts, they're going to sell them across the border, no tax. you say, we're all smart people, how does that help us? we close plants a

mr. scala: certainly donald trump has put his finger on american politics -- where politics and entertainment intersect. you have 20 million people watching the debate. that has a big effect on how the nomination process will turn out. than it used to be. the primary is different -- it is no longer taking place in living rooms in iowa and new hampshire because a republican in oklahoma can watch the candidates on her tv and judge for herself. janet: have we opened the door where this entertainment and political intersection is what we will see in the future? mr. scala: i think that will be trump' politics, but what he has done. including myself. ed: at this point, the success is not measured. people might be entertained. will they go to the voting booth -- will they caucus for him? mr. scala: that is the last question for trump skeptics like myself who never thought he would get to where he was or will these supporters that come to the rallies vote in the caucuses in iowa? if they vote out

mr. speaker. when almost 132,000 make your mark respondents chose it to be their top issue, when 92% of students believe that p sat should be a mandatory subject taught in schools it is our responsibility as elected representatives of young people to listen. sure, we have chosen a curriculum for life as our campaigns in the past. sure there are other groups campaigning for quality psat, sre and financial education. but this does not mean that we should abandon the campaign and all we have achieved because we have made some ground. on the contrary, mr. speaker, we must persevere. unemployment in the uk is drastically falling but the same cannot be said for youth unemployment. with us as young people being three times as likely to be unemployed than our seasoned counterparts. this shouldn't be an issue though. young people don't need to work. we just need to spend prolonged hours in an education system which is there to equip us with the skills required to tackle the greater world. right? s

mr. chairman, this concludes my statement. we'd be happy to answer questions and thank you for allowing us to appear. >> thank you, ms. mccoy. >> chairman miller, ranking member brown, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the inspector general's recent reports on the implementation of vbms as indicated earlier, i'm accompanied today by mr. michael bowman director of the ig's i.t. and security audits decision. va continues to face challenges in developing the i.t. systems it needs to support its current goals and overall mission. since 2007 we have identified i.t. as a major management challenge for va. our audits in recent years have shown that i.t. system development and management at va is a long-standing, high-risk challenge. despite some advances, our reports indicate the va i.t. programs are still often susceptible to cost overruns, schedule slippages, performance problems and in some cases complete failure. in february, 2013, we issued a report eval

roach. >> mr. roach! >> mr. roach, we have been waiting for you, sir. >> you have returned from requesting a pass from governor hutchinson. shipped toour england with the tea without unloading it. can you tell us what has happened, sir? >> yes, sir. he iscellency said willing to grant anything consistent with the law, and his duty to our king -- the vessel passage until it had been properly cleared by the customs house! i will finish! vessel -- you would make no distention -- distinction between my vessel or any other? >> dr. young. >> he must not suffer harm to his personal property. he has shown us today he is a good man who has done everything in his power to satisfy us. >> thank you, doctor. captain roach. >> under the present circumstances, will you order the dartmouth back to london with its cargo of tea ? >> i apprehend that will be my ruin. >> if you will not order your vessel with its cargo back to london, will you attempt to land the tea? >> i will have no part of the tea, but if properly called upon t

mr. royce: i yield five minutes to mr. russell. mr. russell: thank you, mr. chairman. 19 august, 2015 and i quote, the president of the united states i made sure that the united states reserved its right to maintain and enforce existing sanctions and employ sanctions which we fully intend to do. it is imperative that we take steps to destabilize. this involves continued enforcement of international and united states law including anctions related to iran's non nuclear activities. this was indirect response to the gentleman who is saying he is not for upholding these things today. we have many who voted. the president has stated clearly nder the terms of the act of 2010 that he would not interfere with the terrorist list and the human rights list. but the simple fact is, there are hundreds of people on that list. among them are more than 50 that are on the terrorist list and the human rights list as violators. the president said they will not e lift the off and yet there they are. last week and i quote a letter by our esteemed colleagues on the other side of t

mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this is a sad and shameful way to begin the new year, 2016 here in the united states congress. his bill is entitled restoring americans' health care freedom. the freedom of health insurance companies to once again deny health care to people based on pre-existing conditions. it may be a new year, mr. speaker, but here we go again. we're in this congress on the floor of this house for the 62nd time. with this effort to dismantle the affordable care act and to dd insult to injury, to deny millions of women access to health care choices by targeting planned planned. while the -- planned parenthood. while the year has changed, it is still the same. with all the pressing issues we face at home and abroad, the first thing that our republicans decide to bring to the floor the most pressing business to start 2016 was to take away access to affordable care to 22 million ericans and deny access to affordable care to 22 million women. that's not my figure but the nonpartisan congressiona

mr. santorum: there you go. ok. >> thank you. mr. santorum: appreciate your vote. let's do a little gaggle. just a couple of questions the reporters have. year,pared 2012 and this the dynamics. mr. santorum: it is like running a marathon and breathing through a swizzle stick. there is no oxygen. there is no media coverage. do, it is, are you going to donald trump's thing? i spent time laying out a compelling vision of the country. you are right. there are twice as many this time. is in the business of selling papers and getting eyeballs for their tv program. if you have someone that is entertaining, you will cover that person. you will have everyone else in a race with that person. >> you have practically moved here over the last five years. mr. santorum: i do not know. spent about 3.5 years after i left. >> we are going to go live to iowa for a rally with donald trump, skipping the republican debate to hold what he calls a special event to benefit veterans organizations. live at drake un

mr. kelly. mr. birnbaum made a statement a minute ago that caught my attention that surplus lines don't belong to the guaranty association of states. did i understand that statement correctly mr. birnbaum. did you make that statement? okay. that's a very key point from the standpoint that surplus lines are where you look to to be able to provide flood insurance. is that the case, mr. kelly? >> it is the case. surplus lines insurers do not -- they're not backed by guarantee funds. but the's good reason for that. i mean, if you look at the type of coverages written in the surplus lines market they're often not coverages that would fall under the general limits of the guarantee funds that exist for the standard market. you've also got the ams report that shows an incredible solvency record for the surplus lines market. eleven years of no financial impairments compared to i think 207 impairments in the standard market over that same time period. look at the ratings of surplus lines carriers. they're all

mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of making an announcement. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. sessions: thank you very much. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. mr. speaker, today the rules committee issued an announcement outlining the amendment process for h.r. 3442, the debt management and fiscal responsibility act. an amendment deadline has been set for thursday, january 21, 2016, at 12:00 p.m. that's also known as the noon. amendments should be drafted to the text of the bill as reported by the committee of ways and means which is posted on the rules committee website. please feel to contact me or a member of the rules committee to we may be of assistance to any member in their preparations. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. mccarthy

mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the order of the house of january 6, 2015, providing for morning hour debate, be extended for the remainder of the 114th congress, except that house resolution 578 shall supplant house resolution 9. the speaker: without objection, o ordered. the speaker pro tempore: the chair is prepared to entertain one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina eek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? without objection. >> mr. speaker, today our arkansas delegation rises to pay tribute to a dedicated public servant, a distinguished son of arkansas. former arkansas governor and four-term united states senator,dale leon bumpers, passed away on friday, january 1, at the age of 90. hailing from the small town of charleston, arkansas, senator bumpers graduated from the university of arkansas with the degree in public -- political science and followed that with service in the united states marin

mr. mr. lobenstein: we try to welcome information from so-called white hat hackers. we have regular communications, regular relationships. we attend the same conferences they do. we also do employ third-party cyber security testing on some of our systems, to ensure that we have all the most up-to-date information. and we are patching any vulnerabilities we might find. mr. desaulnier: switching subjects to privacy, the privacy principles are exciting to look at. but given ms. barnes' concerns, we had very spirited debates for opting out of third-party data. the industry lobbied heavily against it. it did not get out of its first policy committee. with the language you have in the privacy agreements you have come up with, and the value you place on it, and the concerns that have been expressed here today as well, can you provide a comprehensive list of all the data currently tracked and stored in your vehicles, mr. lightsey? can you provide that information and can you provided to the committee

mr. fanning we hope you will take the opportunity to introduce her and any other family and friends joining you today. the u.s. army is at war tested by 15 years of war. the army is confronting growing threats and increasing operational demands. by the end of the next fiscal year, the army will be cut down to 450,000 active duty personnel soldiers down from a wartime peak of 570,000. these budget driven force reductions were decided before the rise of a soul or russia's invasion of ukraine. are allowed in cuts to return, the army was trained , resultingtroops that in a crisis, we would have too few soldiers that could enter a fight without proper training or equipment. as global instability increases, the army must be able to maintain an uncommitted force in readiness to respond to unforeseen contingencies. as the army shrinks, readiness suffers. just over one third of combat teams are ready for deployment and decisive operations. the army is woefully behind a modernization. the army must

mr. fanning: absolutely. whenever i travel to a state i always ask if the tag is available to me and took the vice chief of staff of the army out with me i believe in december, might have been november. i bring a number of relationships with me from the air force and plan on increasing that in the army working closely with the tags and governors. issuesed: one of the made reference to is the new legislation which was guided through last year with respect to the services role in acquisition. i presume that would be one of your significant priorities in getting the army fully engaged with new responsibilities and acquisition. can you give some perspective on that? absolutely, there are many gr8 professionals in my experience in working with these departments even in the same building as one of the reasons i prefer working with the military is those that do are much closer to the troops. i think that is very important in terms of setting and monitoring requirements. what i would say about re

mr. clinton? mr. clinton: i think we would strongly support the notion of the government doing research on the cost-effectiveness in this framework. ideake to think it was our , publishing material on this a number of years ago. it is supposed to be prioritized , cost-effective, and voluntary. tested, we would be able to determine various elements of the framework. i think if we did cost-effectiveness studies, we could demonstrate what elements are most effective to varying sizes and sectors of industry. you can demonstrate cost-effectiveness, you don't need mandates for it. companies will do what is cost-effective. au can't just say this is great idea and congress will pass it. they will say, where are the numbers? we did that kind of research, which is easy and expensive, i think we could get a lot of bang for the buck. thank you. i think i've had a lot of experience getting research grants in the government. program.for my phd 've done a number of research grass. nts. more flexibility in applying f

mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, addiction has many faces and one of those is my friend from rhode island, tom, who was elected to the state senate at the age of 25 and also oversaw 40 employees as the director of a local nonprofit organization. already a heavy drinker, tom soon started using cocaine as way to cope with the stress of his responsibilities. when he realized that drugs were taking hold of his life, he tried to quit on his own but was never able to maintain sobriety for more than a month or two. eventual yes checked himself into an in-patient treatment at butler hospital and was able to get help and support and get his life back on track. today, more than 10 years sober, tom works as the chief of staff for the substance abuse and mental health ervices administration. this is a reminder we need to could more and provide resources. those a an approach on getting the support they need. this is particularly in the area of heroin abuse. 5 mill a, only 2 poip yob received. there are millions of a.m. c