with that, i recognize the ranking member, mr. brady, for an opening statement. mr. brady: thank you, chairman neal, for holding this hearing and thank you, am bass doctor lighthizer for your leadership and ongoing negotiations with china and for consulting with us today about where those negotiations stand and what comes next. we can all agree that china has cheated on trade for decades, severely harming american businesses. president trump is the first president to confront china's unfair practices head on and insist on a new, fair, trading relationship with the u.s. while we want china to buy more u.s. goods to support farmers, manufacturers and professionals here at home it's even more important for us to hold china accountable to meeting high international standards on property rights, overcapacity and other structural ways in which china distorts the global economy. a new era of fair tried between china and the sust in everyone's interest. the solution must be enforceable at every level of chinese government governance, measurable and subject to corrective actio

so some of us went over to see mr. brady, a person from your profession, really such a talented man who as you know was shot at the same time president reagan, sadly, was. he sand sara have been such an inspiration. she's a guardian angel of it all for so many years even after his passing. that day we went over, some of us, we were so in awe of jim brady and so we went over after we had lost the vote and said, we're here for two reasons, to whip the rule and to pay our respects to you. to which he said without a second said, well at least you accomplished one of those things. anyway, they were relentless, they made a difference. the beat goes on as we continue. at the same time we're following through with what we promised in the campaign for the people. one, to lower the cost of health care by lowering the cost of prescription drugs and to the energy and commerce committee has a hearing on prescription drug costs on ways and means, will do so shortly. the che has -- committee has had hearings on the affordable care act and

mr. bradyirman and i think you raise -- both you and ambassador lighthizer raise an important point which is that this is the substantive attempt to change china's misbehavior and it's not just one issue that you're taking comprehensive approach by challenging had china at the world trade organization in cases, aligning with europe and china on the wto reform addresses and implementing the investment restrictions that congress put in place last year to address china and then the section 301 case that we got right now. it will take this is the first comprehensive approach that i've seen and one that i think hold the most likelihood for second. as people look at what is a successful win for america, you ought to really focus on section 301 area where you really pull back the curtain on china's trade practices and predatory trade practices laid out the case i know at home in texas we have one of our best corporate citizens, huntsman corporation, nearly 1,000 employees in my district they are an in

hamasaki to be involved with the working group on staffing, and i think right now the matrix group with mr. brady is working with the department to analyze staffing. i think the president of the board of supervisors spearheaded this to make sure there is funding. it is moving forward. i asked commissioner brookter to be the commission and work with the dpa and report back and let us know your view how things are going. finally, on saturday i did attend a celebration of black history month put on by the police department and the mayor's office. it was first annual. i thought it was terrific. i assume there will be a second one. it is not just for african-americans. it is a critical part of american history. i think it is important for all of san francisco to participate. it was a terrific display of history and culture. i appreciate the department taking the lead in that. derek brown who i think was the brainchild. i thank you for that. yes, commissioner ham sa. >> commissioner hamasaki: this will be a presentation next meeting from matrix consulting with the staffing study. they are trying to --

to tom brady, another super bowl win for mr. brady. his wife was in the ground, she was out there, running around. when he was interviewed, he said we could have been a little better. >> could have played better offensively, but the reality is, you get in these games, you've got to find a way to win and we played well in the end and that's what we needed. cheryl: and let's talk about the celebration afterwards. it was quite a crush on tom brady. i've never seen that before in a super bowl, ladies. the media was all over him. of course, bill belichick was on the field and bob craft, the owner of the new england patriots coming down to the field . it was an emotional moment to see tom brady and bob craft react like that. today, atlanta heartsfield jackson could expect to see hundreds of thousands of folks to head to the airport today. it will be a crush of security at the airport. i spoke to the mayor of atlanta last week about the day after and she talked to me about what they are expecting today. >> it's called mass exodus monday, so p

mr. brady has done something to bring home to us the terrible reality, an earnestness of war. he has in essence provided a face to otherwise anonymous slaughter. he has in very specific ways forced audience to grapple in specific ways with this wrenching emotional experience of combat. he is transforming, in other words, how americans are consuming the war, how they are thinking about the war, and he is also changing the subject matter for most americans in the 18th century into the 19th century had been consuming more through paintings that were often the stuff of romantic myth or heroic legend. we are going to talk about those in a minute. nothing romantic about this. there's nothing heroic. but, as i suggested, this war is a transformative moment. it is something that is a work in progress. change is coming very slowly. when hope first turned to the experience of war after he is discharged from service, he does what he knows best, and he is going to make rather conventional depictions of combat, of military life, and so in the lower left-hand side, you'll see an image of a

do you suggest mr. brady take the high road and retire and go out strong?last night performance, he eats right, he works out right, he has a belief you can keep on going for another few years and as a quarterback he does not need to be fast. he needs to have a strong arm. go and evidently and perhaps going forward he will be defeated in a super bowl and cash in his chips. the as a lot of rings and i have a lot of rings. i am proud of my total return concept, i am proud of the innovative assets we were able to move into like mortgages and financial futures and tips and so on, which is the basis for performance in pimco. i had a great career and i'm proud of it. the last few years, we will wipe those off the magic slate and go forward having fun and enjoying life. david: that was bill gross, on tomhenderson manager brady, the patriots, and fixed income. we want to term to lisa abramowicz. what about this career? lisa: a lot of people were saying he should have left it at pimco because this last few years at janus henderson have not been a highlight. his bench

it is remarkable the career that mr. brady has had.rying to get me in trouble. , i am transparent about it. congrats i guess. , they were never underdogs. tom: how much trouble will be president get in with his state of the union tomorrow night? kevin: i was talking with officials on friday about the tone they are going to try to put out. according to the white house, they are going to be uplifting, they are going to try to put out a vision for the country that is positive. they are also going to talk about the wall. what i am gathering is that they are going to tell democrats you can either work with us or not. it is going to be one or the other and you cannot say you're going to interview us under oath with lawyers and say you want to make a deal. turn now, we spoke with margaret brennan of cbs. here she is with the president on speaker pelosi. >> she is costing the country billions of dollars because what is happening is when you have a border and you have drugs pouring in and you have people over the country because of people like

mr. tom brady.teps. >> what did she say to you after the game? >> she said -- she said a lot of things. it's an emotional time for awful us and she's so proud. she's just proud of everyone. she loves seeing everyone like jules and gronk do well, the guys that have been around. she's tired. it's a long week for everybody. my middle son was sick. so, you know, just like being a parent you're on the road and all these things are going on and your son is not feeling good so holding him most of the game but it was just a great experience for our family. >> so many people out here all wearing patriots gear. i didn't know there were so many patriot fans out here in orlando. we see you on instagram playing catch with the boys in the yard. do they dream of following in dad's footsteps? >> i think my oldest son really loves sports. very similar to me. my middle son is more like my wife. kind of -- is very athletic but likes a lot of other things and my daughter is a great little athlete and i'm trying to get

are going to medicate kevin cirilli by going to francine lacqua who does not give a whatever about mr. bradyin our international audience. tom: let's regain our american audience. francine: how fired up her about politics in washington? kevin: there he. just -- very. president trump is going to deliver his state of the union address and he is going to have to make the case about the wall, ,bout the government shutdown national foreign policy, the situation in venezuela, and trade wars. we are going to be hearing a lot tuesday night and a lot from democrats in terms of how this gets recalibrated. tom: i want to go to an op-ed in the washington post and this goes to the class warfare we are setting up for the primary season. on a friday, it works. was not the first candidate to propose a wel alth tax. right-wing wing pundits bemoan the appeal to class warfare. that candidate? donald trump. you could reconfigure the income tax to great something that operates like the wealth tax. does the wealth tax have traction in the democratic party? kevin: it does. whether it is bernie sanders or elizabeth

by the way, we sent numerous letters to mr. brady when he was the chairman of the committee saying let's do this together so it is not partisan. bull to what they are saying today. professor yan, you were right about this committee's use of 6103. to obtain and release the tax information more than 50 taxpayers in 2014. that happened along partisan lines, republicans voting to release the information, democrats are opposed. can you explain your thoughts on the committee's use of 6103 and 2014? >> congressman, i would be happy to. in that instance, the committee did release the tax return information by my account 51 separate organizations with almost half of them having multiple pieces of tax information disclosed. i looked very closely at that whole situation. 40 one of the organizations had absolutely nothing to do with the specific committee investigation and allegations relative to the irs and the purported discrimination by the agency against right-leaning exempt organizations. they had absolutely nothing to do and so the release

well done, mr. brady competitors for using corn syrup in their beer. roll that tape. >> that's not ours. we don't brew bud light with corn syrup. >> miller light brews with corn syrup. >> if something did happen, we need to win this first, right? >> yes. stuart: i thought it was funny. that man is jeff flock. you always have a smile on your face. the corn lobby is not happy about that ad. tell me more. reporter: everyone thought it was funny, unless you happen to grow corn, as a matter of fact. you know, bud light is trying to set itself up as the healthy beer. they are putting nutrition labels on the bottles now. but corn farmers, they are not too happy. in fact, they tweeted immediately after that ad aired, america's corn farmers are disappointed in you. our office is right down the road. we would love to discuss with you the many benefits of corn. thanks, miller light and coors light, for supporting our industry. there are people both sides of this issue. some people think corn syrup is really bad for

by the way we sent numerous letters to mr. brady when he was the chairman of the committee saying let's do this together so it is not partisan. bull to what they are saying today. professor yin, you have written about in committee's use of 6103, this committee. to obtain and release the tax information of more than 50 taxpayers in 2014. that happened along partisan lines. republicans voting to release the information. democrats opposed. can you explain your thoughts on the committee's use of 6103 in 2014? >> congressman psscrell ietd be happy to the committee released the tax information of 51 separate organizations with almost half of them having multiple pieces of tax return information disclosed. and i looked very closely at that whole situation. 41 of the organizations had absolutely nothing to do with the specific committee investigation and allegations relative to lois learn earn and the irs and the purported discrimination by the agency against right leaning exempt organizations. they had absolutely nothing to do. and so the

mr. the story goes on, brady has done something to bring home to us the terrible reality and earnestness of war. if he has not brought the bodies and laid them in our doorsteps and along our streets, he has done something very like it. he has provided a face to otherwise anonymous slaughter. forced audience to grapple in intimate ways with this wrenching emotional experience of combat. how americansming are consuming the war. how they are thinking about the war. he is also changing the subject matter for most americans in the 18th century and a century had been consuming more through paintings that were often the stuff of romantic myths or heroic legend. we will talk about one of his paintings in a minute. nothing romantic about this. nothing heroic. as is adjusted, -- as i suggested, this war is a moment of something that is in progress. change is coming slowly. turns to thest experience of war after he was discharged from service, he does what he knows best. he is going to make rather conventional depictions of combat. of military life. side, the lower left-hand you will see an image o

brady, sparky anderson. tigers andabout his wolverines until the end. he was mr. michigan. a burners ice cream float the day he died -- the day before he died in a toast. i'm surprised you still with us. [laughter] i treasured our relationship for more than 40 years. our offices were across the hall. for years, we would stroll together to test thousands of votes. when you asked him how he was, he had the standard phrase, always better for seeing you. he always said that. the day before he died, we spoke. i wondered if it would be the last time. i told him i finished his book. it confirmed he charted a wonderful career. it was unfortunate we never seem to take time to smell the roses. as thefirst sworn in youngest member of the 84th congress. he said on the house floor mr. speaker, i am deeply touched by this tribute paid to my beloved father and the respect and that was held by all. without regard to political creed, if i can be half the man my father was, i shall feel i am a great success. youchairman, let me assure that your dad would be awfully proud. he designatedr, the

brady amendment seeking to renegotiate the irish backstop. what we've been engaged in today is another waste of time and a charade and frankly a joke. now, last friday, mrert burns' birthday. he famously said, "0 wad some power the giftie gie us, "to see oursels as others see us!" today, mr speaker, the uk government and this parliament are seen as the laughing stock of europe. there then followed a marathon session of voting. mps rejected all the amendments with two exceptions. they backed caroline spelman and jack dromey‘s demand that a no deal brexit to be ruled out. but more significantly they approved the government—backed amendment from the conservative sir graham brady calling for the northern ireland backstop to be replaced with "alternative arrangements." as soon as those votes were over mrs may was on her feet. tonight, a majority of honourable members have said they would support a deal with changes to the backstop. it is now clear that there is a route that can secure a substantial and sustainable... substantial and sustainable majority in this house for leaving the eu with a deal. in light of the defeat of the honourable member the leader o

mr. kraft me so nice. but then i made a mistake. >> jimmy: what? >> i looked tom bradyand all of a sudden i look at gronk and tom brady is right here. i look them in the eyes and i said "damn, you're a pretty man." i got so embarrassed i started turning my head to talk to him. hey, man, it's good to talk to you. >> jimmy: you didn't want to lock eyes. you didn't want to fall in love. >> the defense looking at their eyes, they get mesmerized. he's a pretty man, y'all. >> jimmy: how about that. >> yeah. he's a nice guy, too. but i can't look him in the eyes. >> jimmy: he's a handsome devil, no question about that. >> he's tlichg good life. there's a radio station, public radio station in boston who did a story about there friendship you struck with the man who turned out to be a scientist. >> yes. >> jimmy: he turned -- >> god rest his soul. he lived in iowa and we became really good friends. unfortunately, he passed away last year. >> jimmy: you met him in a bar. >> i did. i'm not one to frequent bars. i met him in sacramento, california. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> one of the

mr biedron is clearly the rising star of polish politics. the question is whether his party can achieve broad—based appeal. tom bradyfter the new england patriots beat the los angeles rams by 13—3 in atlanta, georgia. the bbc‘s tim allman watched the action. whose house? roundhouse! go rams! match day. and the moment when anything seems possible. tens of thousands of football fans coming to atla nta for thousands of football fans coming to atlanta for the super bowl. everyone convinced they are going to come out on top. we are here, we have won the game, we have a great coach is enthusiastic, has the team focused on one thing and working together, and that energy will take us to a win today. patriots are going to win, in my opinion. why do you think that? because tom brady, his line backers are well protected since kansas city. yes, tom brady. the most people's money, the greatest quarterback, perhaps the greatest player of all time. could he pick up a record sixth winners' ring? well, the first half was defence, defence, defence. the only points coming from this stephen gough kautsky field goal. but the super bowl

mr. chairman? >> 12 yeas and 10 nays. it will be favorably reported to the floor. holly brady the northern district of indiana. mr. grassley >> 12 yeas and 10 nays. favorably reported to the floor. roy altman for the southern district of florida. >>mr. grassley mr. lee. mr. cruz, mr. holly ,mr. tillis. mr. kennedy mrs. blackburn, mrs. feinstein. mr. leahy, mr. durbin, mr. whitehouse, mr. mr. blumenthal, mr. booker, ms. harris, mr. chairman. >> 15 yeas six nays. >> the nomination will be favorably reported. stephen clark with the eastern district of missouri. mr. grassley mr. lee. , mr. cruz, mr. holly mr. tillis. ms. ernst, mr crapo, -- >> the nomination will be reported to the floor. next, joshua wilson for the eastern district of pennsylvania >>mr. grassley mr. lee. mr. cruz, mr. holly ,mr. tillis. ms. ernst, mr crapo, mr. kennedy, mrs. blackburn, mrs. feinstein. mr. leahy, mr. durbin, mr. whitehouse, mr. mr. blumenthal, ms. hirono, mr. booker, ms. harris, mr. chairman. >> aye. >> 14 yeas and eight nays. >> favorably reported to the floor. carl nichols the district of columbia. >>mr. grassley mr. lee. ,mr. cruz,

karren brady makes the front page of the telegraph, following her resignation as chairwoman of sir philip green's arcadia, mps have called for her to disclose what she knew about accusations that mrtions which he strong denies. and the guardian has olivia colman on its front page — they call her the ‘oscars queen‘ after she became the first brit in a decade to win the best actress award. let‘s start with the daily mail, three ministers have written a piece, who have urged the prime minister to roll out no deal. brexit is the gift forjournalists that keeps on giving. the daily mail has only dropped this story now to make sure no one else can run this on the front page because it is a huge scope. they have three serving ministers, richard harrington, margotjames ministers, richard harrington, margot james and claire ministers, richard harrington, margotjames and claire perry, they have all put their names to this piece, imploring theresa may to guarantee that she will walk away from no deal if parliament refuses to agree to her withdrawal agreement. helen, they are saying a dramatic development tonight, that the prime minister was appearing to bow to their demands and rule out the

brady, sparky anderson. he tweeted about his beloved igers and wolverines until the very end. he was mr. michigan. a forced steny hoyer to have burner's ice cream float the day died. he in a toast, steny i'm surprised you are still with us. i treasured our relationship years.han 40 our services were across the hall. for years we would stroll to cast literally thousands of votes. and when you asked him how he he had the standard phrase, you.ys better for seeing he always said that. oday before he died we spoke and i wondered if it in fact would be the last time. i had finished his book and it confirmed that e charted a wonderful career and that it was unfortunate we ever seemed to take time to smell the roses. you know, he was first sworn in the youngest member of the 84th congress. said on the house floor, mr. speaker i'm deeply touched tribute paid to my father and respect and affection by all.eld without regard to political half the man be my father was, i shall feel i'm success. well, mr. chairman, let me dad would that your be awfully proud. boehner speaker designated the energy and commerce f

brady is coming back. belichick is coming back. mr. kraft we know is going nowhere.ob hosting that super bowl last night including jim nantz and tony romo. >>> president trump says he doesn't see any real threat from the growing field of democratic candidates for president. the president spoke with "face the nation's" moderator after carry booker entered the race. >> i want to ask about 2020 quickly. senator cory booker announced today he is also running. there are a lot of democrats -- >> he's got no chance. >> no chance. >> i say no chance. >> why? >> i know him. i don't think he has a chance. >> who has a chance. >> so far, i don't see anybody. i'm not impressed with their group. >> kamala harris -- >> she's had the best opening. i don't think she'll do it but she had the best opening. she of the rollout, i think she probably had the best rollout. >> booker elected to the senate in 2013 after serving as mayor of newark for more than seven years. gayle is good friends with the senator and has supported him in the past. great to have you at the table. >> thank you.

karren brady makes the front page of the telegraph, following her resignation as chairwoman of sir philip green's arcadia, mps have called for her to disclose what she knew about accusations that mrnd racially harassed staff, allegations which he strong denies. and the guardian has 0livia colman on its front page, they call her the ‘0scars queen‘ after she became the first brit in a decade to win the best actress award. well, let's have a look. we are spoilt for choice because these are the dramatic few days. threats to quit with three writing. a huge statement on the front pageant something theresa may cannot ignore, especially when the ministers are imploring mrs may to make sure there isa imploring mrs may to make sure there is a deal. it is important that she does look at this. we have labour, jeremy corbyn saying this thing and then we have this thing. jeremy corbyn doing a u—turn on another referendum and she has to be very clear... referendum and she has to be very clear. . . to referendum and she has to be very clear... to be fair, this was labour policy, committed to it very enthusiastically. the enthusiasm now seems to be on the headline even though his party may have i

brady amendment. why are they looking at it again? the eu side have said to mrsme up with new ideas, if you have anything put it on the table. that is what is going on back in london. she is trying to find something that could get through but we know that after all this talk it is unlikely. the only thing the eu are offering at the moment is something about speeding up the progress after brexit for a new relationship, which may mean never having to use the backstop idea but it doesn't change the fundamental idea of the backstop, which is the problem that mrs may has. i think we are still at a point where the real crunch decision of which way she goes, what kind of deal does see put down, it has not been taken. thank you. damien is following the politicians. vicki young is following politicians in westminster. to pick up on that point, fascinating here in brussels to see how the eu doesn't see this just about replacing the backstop or changing it, they would much prefer to reach a softer version of brexit. the question is whether that can command a majority in the

brady. and he tweeted about his tigers and wolverines until the very end. he was mr. michigan.any lawyer to ice cream float before he died in a toast. , i am surprised you are still with us. i treasured our relationship for more than 40 years. our offices were across the hall. together to cast literally thousands of votes, and when you asked him how he was. he had the standard phrase, always, better -- father and the respect and affection he was held by all. without regard to political creed, if i can be half the man my father was, i shall feel i am a great success. youchairman, let me assure that your dad would be proud. designated this room as the john dingell hearing room forever. when i became chairman, i asked all the previous chairs to have dinner and share their secret sauce of how they got things done. i wanted to learn about their bipartisanship. always taught not in ninth grade civics. friendships,, character, hard work, they are needed to master the issues. one of the savviest former ofirs was a guy by the name billy from louisiana. he always had the southern joe, an

mr. kraft, do you have a message to your fans? >> reporter: and just today, kraft seen here arriving by private plane back in boston with patriots star quarterback tom brady. the two hugging after deboarding. david, a court date has been set for late april, but robert kraft is not expected to appear. he could also face disciplinary action from the nfl. david? >> victor oquendo tonight. victor, thank you. >>> as i mentioned at the top tonight, president trump is in the air at this hour, on his way to hanoi, where he will meet for the second time with north korean dictator kim jong-un. the president predicting a, quote, very tremendous summit. after the first summit, you'll remember he declared there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. well, his secretary of state over the weekend now contradicting that. kim jong-un seen boarding his armored train in pyongyang, traveling through china, on his way to vietnam. but back in the u.s., much of this will be on a split screen of sorts, as the president's long-time fixer and personal attorney, michael cohen, answers questions in fronts of the american people, as the summit plays out, as well. abc's chief

mr. chairman, i see that your five mines is up, and so -- [ oohs ] >> seth: oh, i'm sn'ry, but you get to do that, dude. that's like tom bradyg a flag and calling pas interference. the way it works is tom brady winks at a ref, and the ref throws the flag. [ laughter and applause ] this is what happens. this is what happens when trump and his allies finally have to e swer real questions for first time from people who aren't just there to protect them. trumis dealing with several serious challenges to his presidency and real oversight from congress. and by the time this is all over, trump may not be longer the president of -- >> the united shtash. [ laughter ] >> seth: this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with debra messing, everyone. a [ chee applause ] ♪ a >>nnouncer: for more of seth's "closer looks," be sure to subscribe to "late night" on youtube. this is you shopping. and this is you maximizing at t.j.maxx. you shopping, you maximizing. you shopping, you maximizing. find the brands you love and get more you for your money, every time. it's not shopping, it's maximizing. start maxim

mr. kraft engaged in any activities. he was spotted leaving a party in florida. he was seen here arriving by private plane back in boston with patriot's star quarterback tom brady,er deboarding. a court date has been set, robert kraft is not set to appear. he could face disciplinary by the nfl. >> thank you. coming up in our next half hour, we track a weed killer in chemical wines and beer. >> first, how some of hollywood's biggest stars partied down after the oscars. that's coming up next on "world news now." . that's coming up next on "world news now." >>> so some >>> soed so gatorade, advil, fried foods, likely on the menu this morning. not for me, but a bunch of celebrities out in hollywood, who are still nursing that oscar night hangover. >> perhaps. we are just getting our first look at how the glitter-atti celebrated at the legendary after parties. let's bring in our will gans. >> he looks so smart with the glasses on. >> they're prescriptions, i'd like you to know. >> if i took them off, we'd be here a while. all right. the best of us were watching and rewatching, that incredible olivia coleman acceptance speech. hollywood's finest celebrated following t

mr jenkinlj have not decided and we will still discuss about how we respond. it is a gratuitously divisive emotion that the government has tabled. we all supported the bradylt to support, but nevertheless it reunited the party and we are mystified as to why the government has decided to put down a much more divisive notion today. but you are right, today is not that important and it does not change the law or the price of fish, and if there are people undermining the prime minister's negotiating position, it is the ministers in the government to keep saying they are going to resign if there is no deal and that really does undermine the government negotiating position. but how do you respond to the warning from number ten that if you defeat theresa may tonight, that is a sign she cannot command a majority, therefore she will not get any further concessions. we are not running the government. the government could do a lot to help itself by making clear that it has adopted the malthouse compromise, and they will not say that. but they are pressing the malthouse compromise as a replacement for the backstop and they will not confirm they are saying that. they

brady law, time to close the dangerous loopholes. it's past time for congress to take action to save lives from gun violence. mr. speaker, this is not a moment of silence. this is not a sit-in. this is action by the united states house of representatives on behalf of everyone who has pleaded for that action after san bernardino and after southern springs and foothood and is recognized and columbine and sandy hook and pulse and everyday gun violence in our communities. and, yes, after parkland. let's represent the 95% of the american people who want us to take this action to help save lives. let's pass h.r. 8. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. before i deal with the gentleman's comments. it is quoted here 95% of the people want universal background checks. when actually put to the voters of maine, the voters of maine rejected it. i understand where they are coming from. on that, with that i yield two minutes to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith. the chair: the gentleman is recogni

mr. chairman. i will be brief. i come from a family of gun owners in south dakota, and they are hunters. earlyed on the brady bill in my career and this closes many loopholes that we were not able to close at that time. in my state, florida, particularly in south florida, closing loopholes like gun shows and internet sales are absolutely critical. bill.s an important the promise i made to those young people in parkland that i would do everything i could to support. i believe i will support this bill as well as believing in the second amendment, but more than anything else, it is a bill about prevention. if it prevents one death, it is worth it to me, because of my conversations with young people , and the parents other children in my community that have been killed by guns purchased because of the loopholes that exist. i strongly support this bill. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman: thank you very much. for being was of you here and i appreciate the time he has spent with us. you are now free to go. >> it wasn't quite 11 hours. [laughter] mr. chairman: i would like to call of our next panel, mr. jiang fo

brady law. the current law has saved us from more than three million felons, fugitives, mentally unstable people, drug abusers and undocumented aliens from acquiring firearms in the country. mr. speaker, our country is a social contract. we have young people here. we are a social contract. if you go back and read any of the social contract theorists, thomas jefferson, we leave a state of nature which is a state of war -- which is a state of war and state of violence in order to live in a civilized way. but how civilized is it when tens of thousands of americans every year are being killed in firearm violence? every day 100 americans -- another 100 americans are killed with guns. in 2017, the highest level in 40 years we saw nearly 40,000 americans died from gun violence. that's not a civilized state. that's a state of war. that's a state of violence. so we know what the lool holes are and we are going to -- loopholes are and we are going to close the loopholes with our legislation, bipartisan legislation, which has support from republicans, it has support from democrats. the public opinion polls show more than 95% of the american people support what we're trying to do here.

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brady, that is number six. all-time record. final score, 13-3. >> man, i don't deserve this. god has a plan. man, i'm so grateful. it was great. mr. who he is is. >> take them way back. >> our defense balled out. luckily i got a chance to make up for the first earlier. come through for the game. >> gronkowski. >> that last catch,. >> he threw it up, i had ha to make a play. >> the catch he made, my goodness. tommy laid it right in there, it was very special. >> running in for the touchdown. sonny michel. >> guys that believed in me, kept my head straight, touch me so much through the process. >> in the end zone? intercepted at the 3-yard line! >> we know what happened. we got outplayed. for them to do what they did to us is so impressive. tip your cap to them. >> for the patriot fans, who were the dominant fans here tonight, they got a sense they will be back for super bowl liv. >> seven, seven. >> they were chanting seven, that was 45 minutes after the game. all the guys up top got a chance to go down at the end. ainsley: what is your prediction for gronk, do you think he will retire? >> i do. i do think he will retire. he almost

brady law, time to close the dangerous loopholes. it's past time for congress to take action to save lives from gun violence. mr. speaker, this is not a moment of silence. this is not a sit-in. this is action by the united states house of representatives on behalf of everyone who has pleaded for that action after san bernardino and after southern springs and foothood and is recognized and columbine and sandy hook and pulse and everyday gun violence in our communities. and, yes, after parkland. let's represent the 95% of the american people who want us to take this action to help save lives. let's pass h.r. 8. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. before i deal with the gentleman's comments. it is quoted here 95% of the people want universal background checks. when actually put to the voters of maine, the voters of maine rejected it. i understand where they are coming from. on that, with that i yield two minutes to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith. the chair: the gentleman is recogni

mr. nadler: madam chair, this is an important bill that addresses a significant and tragically demonstrated threat to public safety. today is the 25th anniversary of the implementation of the brady backgrounds check act. his lifesaving law served us well. helping to prevent firearms from getting those who shouldn't have it. we know it must be updated and improved. remember what this bill does. all this bill does is give the f.b.i. additional time, to complete a background check in the 8% or 9% of cases where it's not done within 90 seconds. if you haven't gotten the background check back in three days, under this bill, you can't get it. ought matically. you can't get the weapon automatically. they have 10 days to do it. if after 10 days, you can petition the attorney general and if they still don't do it, get your firearm within 10 days that. will save a lot of lives. we hear about mass shootings. we also should remember we're not talking about just mass shootings. 34 people a day are can killed in this country by guns. -- are can killed in this country by guns. every other industrialized country in the world, 90, 120, 170. the united states, 39,000. how are we different? are we