mr. brooks: i heard that. one of the things you are very well known for besides political life is being a best-selling author, which is pretty unusual, particularly if it's a highbrow intellectual work, which your churchill factor most certainly is. churchill you admire great deal. and in your great book, boris ill matters today because he saved our civilization. and the important point is that only he could have done it." telling a little bit about your inspiration from winston churchill and what we can learn from him today. fmr. sec. johnson: keeping about churchill, was that he was so fantastically brave. he wasn't a big guy. he was bullied at school. he was pelted with cricket balls. tall and he had a 30 inch chest. he was a shrimpy guy. but he turned himself, by pure will, into this extraordinary colossus, who dominated so much of british politics and world politics in the 20th century. is thatkey point for me although he made so many mistakes and got so many things to thefrom gallipoli abdication crisis,

mr. brooks: hello, boris. fmr. sec. johnson: good evening, arthur. mr. brooks: i was under stress because you had votes in the parliament and you had to come this morning. we were watching your flight across the atlantic. fmr. sec. johnson: the votes wouldn't have kept me away, and i'm absolutely thrilled to be here at the american enterprise. you could have knocked me down with a feather when i got the news i was getting the irving kristol award, and i haven't been so surprised since i was 25 and i got a letter from monash university mellman, saying i was going to be a professor of european thought. turned out, it was a case of mistaken identity. [laughter] fmr. sec. johnson: that's what i'm here tonight. but this is a very, very important institution. i followed the work of aei scholars and of people associated with this body for many, many years. you have been incredibly influential and a driver for change and things i believe in. and it's great to be here tonight. mr. brooks: thank you for generosity. we're going to talk about high fluting things this

mrs. brooks: yes, mr. speaker. i yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas, the subcommittee chair for the health subcommittee, dr. burgess. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burgess: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, one century ago, our country was in the midst of the worst pandemic in history. it claimed the lives of almost 700,000 americans and killed more than 50 million people worldwide. mr. speaker, we listened to testimony. we discussed aspects of this legislation before us today, and it is -- it is critical that we remember the significance of the centennial anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic as we consider this legislation today. the creation of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response under the original legislation in 2006 has helped us to make monumental strides in preparedness, coordination and response. close collaboration between the centers for disease control and the food and drug administration and our state and local and territoria

mr. brooks and mr. brewer were exonerated, and the forensic science discipline has now been debunked in almost every jurisdiction in the country. here's the part to me today that is interesting. in mr. brooks' case, there was an eye witness identification, and i know that at least one judge in the audience today and he and probably many others will know that for decades, the u.s. supreme court has worked hard to come up with a structure for both administering and admitting identification evidence into american courtrooms. it has to comport with sort of basic notions of fairness but also explicit notions of due process. likewise, confessions. there have been enormous juris prudence around confessions. how does law enforcement interview people? under what circumstances? >> guest: what can they say? what can they do? how long can they hold people? and there's been -- there's a significant amount of case law around when is it proper to admit a so-called confession? and in both cases there was evidence of id

mr. brooks. mr. brooks votes aye. mr. cook. mr. cook votes aye. mr. perry. mr. perry votes aye. mr. meadows. mr. meadows votes aye. mr. yoho. mr. yoho votes aye. mr. kinzinger. mr. kinzinger votes aye. mr. zeldin. mr. zeldin votes aye. mr. donovan. mr. donovan votes aye. mr. sensenbrenner. mr. sensenbrenner votes aye. miss wagner. ms. wagner votes aye. mr. mack. mr. mack votes aye. mr. rooney. mr. rooney votes aye. mr. fitzpatrick. mr. fitzpatrick votes aye. mr. garrett. mr. garrett votes aye. mr. curtis. mr. curtis votes aye. mr. engel. mr. engel votes no. mr. sherman. mr. sherman votes no. mr. meeks. mr. sires. mr. sires votes no. mr. connolly. mr. connolly votes no. mr. deutch. mr. deutch votes no. ms. bass. mr. keating. mr. keating votes no. mr. cicilline. mr. cicilline votes no. mr. berra. mr. berra votes no. ms. frankel. ms. frankel votes no. ms. gabbard. mr. castro. mr. castro votes no. ms. kelly. ms. kelly votes no. mr. boyle. mr. boyle votes no. ms. titus. ms. titus votes no. mrs. torres. mrs. torres votes no. mr. schneider. mr. schneider votes no. mr. suozzi. mr. suozzi vo

mr. brooks' comments about the taxi system being a public agency and drivers being public workers. i went to spain over the legislative break and i arrived at the end of a multi-day taxi strike where the entire country's taxi drivers struck for days. not a single one of them worked. shut down that public transportation -- well, it is a public transportation system. they are employees of the cities. what struck me was the solidarity of the workers to one another. we got into really long conversations with all of our taxi drivers while we were there about the fight they have against the t.n.c.s in spain and it was so different because there was so much solidarity among all the taxi drivers whereas i see you being split apart. i would really encourage to you stick together in this fight because you've got such a monster to fight on the outside, these large corporations dumping money into politicians' campaigns to get them on their side. you have to stick together. don't let them separate you in this struggle. [off mic] >> supervisor: i know but i'm telling you already have a big uphil

mr. brooks?ow do you assess like which area is going to be the most vulnerable, and is there a priority for certain areas of getting the power back up? >> well, you know, we first focus on getting our transmission infrastructure in core facilities like emergency management, hospitals, fire departments. those are certainly a priority. then we work to restore as many customers as possible. one of the challenges we're going to see in this storm is what we saw in hurricane matthew, and that's flooding. we saw communities that were flooded, equipment that was underwater. that can really hamper restoration efforts, but our goal is to get as many customers on as quickly as we can, recognizing that this is going to be an extended, potentially multi--week restoration. >> thank you, jeff brooks. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, how bad could florence get? how bad could it get? well, we're going to take a look at past hurricanes in the carolinas and beyond and what they can teach

mr. brooks. >> thank you aaron brooks, californ californians for energy choice and under the structure you've been discussing and i would urge they include studying environmental impacts in the same way jobs are outsourced overseas because countries have lower environmental standards. these jobs are being outsourced to the ride hail companies because they have lower environmental standards. that's one of the factors and because they play their employees jerk wages the way amazon does so that needs to be factors in because it's part of the economic equation the way the workers are paid and treat and how the ride hail companies get away with this and are under cutting the taxis. then i'll speak to the next item to save you time, future agenda items. i would definitely urge you and the executive officer, since you're meeting every two months to meet every month if you can but since you're meeting every two months right now to definitely put the local clean power s.f. build-out on the next agenda because i'm hearing through the grapevine the s.f.p.u.c. will make a request to the board of supervis

mrs. brooks: i rise today to honor the life of evan hanson, a senior at with a bash college who ended his life on september 10. evan epitomized compassion, charity, and loving his neighbor. he was the kind of young man who made customers feel special when he greeted them personally while working at a butcher shop. his parents have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love they received from friends at home and overseas. he had studied abroad, making lasting friendships from people around the world. evan was admired by his teammates as the captain of the with a bash -- wabash football team. while he was tough as nails on the field, he was as caring as mother teresa off the field. he organized the summer lunch program for children in need. he was always ready to lend a hand or offer his smile to friends and strangers. he planned on attending miriam university's nursing program next year. september is national suicide prevention month. it is my hope we can remove the stigma of mental health issues

walden: i yield to mrs. brooks for 30 seconds and concur in my colleague's recognition of the staff here. mrs. brooks: the opioid crisis continues to hit hoosiers hard. we haven't turned the tide yet. it's robbing the futures of americans never state in the nation. we must support those battling addiction. i've met with so many hoosiers battling addiction. i visited treatment centers and recovery houses like the lodge house for men. ohana house for women. i talked with addicts and those battling addiction with what's working and what's not working with different recovery options. passing this strong bipartisan before -- bill before us today is critically torrent important. it will help ensure more people have better access to treatment and -- thank you. and we can try and save more lives across this country. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon continues >> i yield -- mr. pallone: i yield four minutes to mr. cummings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. c

mr. smoot. >> jolly organized if brook was so afraid smoot, why would she want to keep seeing him?records show she was the one who called him that day. >> she continued to treat shawn as a friend, as someone she would do activities with. >> did you worry that could be confusing to the jury? >> absolutely. i think that's the underlying question any time that we're talking about domestic violence. why does anyone go back? >> the prosecutors hoped any doubt the jury may have regarding his guilt would be wiped away when they called their key witness to the stand. amy was working for smoot during that time. the impression of the nice outgoing man didn't last. >> why did it change? >> he was cold. he got angry easily. not satisfied really r. seemed like he enjoyed getting somebody riled up. >> in court, she testified about what happened the monday following brook's murder. >> on that day, did mr. smooth come into the office. >> he came in that morning when i saw him the first time. he didn't see me and he was crouched down under his desk. unhooking his computer. i asked him if he was oka

mr. chairman, lynn brooks who said she did not want to come forward, another friend from yale and showing this is not partisan, she is a republican, mr. chairman, she did not want to come forward but last night after listening to his testimony was so offended by his lies that this is what his friend from yale, a registered republican said. there is no doubt in my mind that while at yale, he was a big partier, often drink to excess, and there had to be a number of nights he does not remember. in fact, i was witness to the night he got tapped into his fraternity and was stumbling drunk and he was in a ridiculous saying really dumb things. i could almost guarantee that there was no way that he remembers that night. this is a registered republican who did not want to come forward until he heard the lies of judge kavanaugh. brooks said last night in an interview that there were multiple emails and texts circling amongst her classmates about how kavanaugh was "lying to the senate judiciary committee in his testimony." that's from a republican who did not want to come forward until she witness t

mr. chairman, lynn brooks, who said she did not want to come forward, another friend from yale and showing this is not partisan, she is a republican, mr. chairman, she did want to come forward but last night after listening to his testimony was so offended by his lies that this is what his friend from yale, a registered republican said. there is no doubt in my mind that while at yale he was a big partier. often drank to excess and there has to be a number of night he is does not remember. in fact, i was witness to the night he got tapped into his fraternity and was stumbling drunk and he was in a ridiculous saying really dumb things and i can almost guarantee that there is no way he remembers that night. >> so congresswoman, you know the politics, you're right there n there on a daily basis on the house. but are they going to be forced to -- i don't know what the process is, not just to suboena them, to talk to them, what if some of these people don't want to come forward? >> they can subpoena them. and what is -- this is such an important appointment that has -- in some ways it's the most

mr. chairman, lynn brooks who said that she did not want to come forward and another friend from yale, and showing that it is not partisan, she is a republican, mr. chairman, and she did not want to come forward, but last night after listening to his testimony was so offended by his lies that this is what his friend from yale, a registered republican said, there is no doubt in my mind that while at yale he was a big partier, often drank to excess and there a had to be a number of nights that he does not remember. in fact, i was witness tonight that he got tapped into the fraternity and was stumbling drunk, and he was in a ridiculous state saying dumb thing, and i can almost guarantee that there is no way that he remembers that night. this is a registered republican who did not want to come forward until he heard the lies of judge kavanaugh. brooks said last night in an interview that are there were multiple e-mails and texts circling among the classmates about how kav naur was, quote, lying to the senate judiciary commit too tee in his testimony. that is is from the republican who did not

mr. chairman. >> thank you.now recognized, the gentleman from alabama. congressman brooks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i've heard words like socialist, communist, authoritarian, represses and abuses citizens, basic freedoms or frames that we would take for granted in the united states of america. upon reflection it sounds a lot like china. but here we are talking about cuba. i would submit there's a major difference between china and cuba. is that china is a significant geopolitical rival. perhaps a foe. certainly, china is having a significant military buildup and is threatening in ways that cuba is not. i reference the south china sea and what's happening there as but one example. with that as a backdrop, the question is this, she american foreign policy treat cuba differently than how we treat china with whom we have over $400 billion in trade going back and forth. and if we should treat cuba differently than we treat china, why? if not, why not? at the ambassador martin can you take the first and we will work their way across to ambassador bodde and then dr. mazanec and dr. rosenfarb als

mr. president, i yield four. schematic geraldine brooks as our guest on in-depth fiction addiction.i live : program on sunday october 7 at noon eastern. most recent book the secret court. other novels include march, caleb crossing, people of the book in the year of wonders. watch live sunday october 7 from noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv. watch next month author jodi and brought meltzer. on book tv on c-span2. >> saturday, to retiring members of congress bill schuster pennsylvania and louise gutierrez of illinois talk about their experience in congress. >> coming to the end of my term as chairman of the transportation infrastructure committee. and that was really the driving force and i thought to myself playing sports throughout my days in high school when you're on the starting team will put you on the bench it's not too much fun time to make room for real members. i have no doubt those continue to do good work. >> been here 26 years. i believe that i think the last couple of weeks demonstrate that that i have helped create an immigrant movement in the united states of ame

mr. chairman. >> thank you. now recognize the gentleman from alabama, congressman brooks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i've heard words like socialist, communist, authoritarian, represses and abuses its citizens, basic freedoms or freedoms we would take for granted in the united states of america, and upon reflection, that sounds a lot like china. here we're talking about cuba. and i would submit there's a major difference, of course, between china and cuba. that is that china is a significant geopolitical rival, perhaps a foe. certainly china is having a significant military buildup and is threatening in ways that cuba is not. i'd reference the south china sea and what is happening there. but one example. so that all as a backdrop, the request question is this. should american foreign policy treat cuba differently than how we treat china with whom we have over $400 billion in trade going back and forth, and if we should treat cuba differently than we treat china, why? in not, why not? ambassador merten, could you please take that first and we'll work our way across? >> sure. thanks for the question.

mr. johnson also sat down with aei president arthur brooks to talk about politics and you came brexit relations -- u.k. brexit relations. this is just under aur

mr. kagan is a senior fellow at the brookings institution and has a new book, america and our imperilledit's great to see you. you're posetting that trump did not create this, that it has roots in america and popularity here, if not around the world. >> yes, we're used to an america it's fearful that the rest of the world has ganged up on us, has pushed us around, invading ourg sovereignty. he's playing to a very deep strain. military might. the u.n. general assembly, where there's so many countries that are struggling with lack of resources? >> obviously not. in doing so he's breaking with the fundamental compact that america sort of put together after world war ii and which americans have benefited, which is we're going to work with other nations, help other nations to create an international system that is conducive to all values and all prosperity and all security. he is walking away from that. that's why i use the term the jungle growing back. we have seen the return of every nation for itself. the kind of conflicts that we saw before -- you know, world war i and world war ii. he's

mr. chairman, lynn brooks who said she did not want to come forward another friend from yale, showing this is not partisan, she is a republican, mr. chairman. she did not want to come for the last night after listening to testimony, was so offended by his lies that this is what his friend from yale, a registered republican said, there is no doubt in my mind that while at yale he was a big part of your, often drank to excess and there had to be a number of nights he does not remember. in fact, i was witness to the nights he got -- and in his fraternity and stumbling drunk and he was in a ridiculous saying really dumb things. and i can almost guarantee that there it is the way that he remembers that night. this is a this is a registered n who did not want to come forward until he heard the lies of judge kavanaugh. brooks said last night in an interview that there were multiple e-mails and text circling amongst her classmates about how capital was quote, lying to the senate judiciary committee in his testimony. that's from a republican who did not want to come forward until she witnessed thos

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mr. chairman, earlier on today i -- >> you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin, you have been listening tohe contentious confirmation hearing of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. he is just half of a massive news day. also happening exclusive new details about the president and his white house in a new book by bob woodward, we have the scoop on that, we will get to that in just a moment, but first let's talk about what we've been listening to for the last little bit. i have had the pleasure you have sitting next to john dean listening to your running commentary. even just jogging back to senator blumenthal and the chairman of the committee chuck grassley back and forth, he had made a motion to adjourn as had several other senators. what do you make of this? >> it's a little bit of pandaemonium, but there's also clearly an effort to get to the core problem the democrats face is the lack of documentation and a thorough vetting of this candidate. i think they're right to push for this. this is being jammed through, trying to get it through before the election because no one can be sure w

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mr. chairman i seek unanimous consent to present into evidence. >> without objection ms. brooks is recognized for four minutes. >> thank you. and thank you mr. dorsey for being here today and for sitting through an entirely very long day of a lot of questions. i want to share with you and stay a little bit on the public safety angle. in 2015, i was very pleased because we signed into a law the department of homeland security social media improvement act bill. this group has been meeting, which i am pleased that they organized and have been meeting. they've issued about three different reports. one of the reports is focused on highlighting countering false information in disasters and emergencies. another one focuses on best practices of incorporating social media into their public safety exercises. how do they operationalize social media for public safety. i would be curious whether or not you and your team if you knew anything about this group and whether or not you and your team might be willing to assist this group? while i recognize that you have contacts around the globe, t

lynn brooks who said she didn't want to come forward, she is a republican, mr. chairman. she did not want to come forward, but last night after listening to his testimony was so offended by his lies that this is what his friend from yale, a registered republican said. there is no doubt in my mind that while at yale he was a big partier. often drank to excess. there had to be a number of nights he does not remember. in fact, i was witness to the night he got tapped into his fraternity and was stumbling drunk and was in a ridiculous saying really dumb things. i can almost guarantee that there is no way he remembers that night. this is a registered republican who didn't want to come forward until he heard the lies of judge kavanaugh. he said in an interview there were multiple e-mails and texts circling moosz classmates about how kavanaugh was lying to the senate judiciary committee in his testimony. that's from a republican who didn't want to come forward until witnessed the lies. what three other people dr. ford indicated were present last night. he told us as his exonerat

words there mr ban a we'll give a fuller assessment when he brings ministers from the remaining twenty seven member states back in brussels on tuesday paul brennan al-jazeera london tom brooks is with us now professor of law and government in the dean at darren law school in the u.k. thanks for your time tom i want to talk specifically with you more about the issue of the border northern ireland in autumn but before we go just a broad brush question to start with can you believe that we're having these discussions and that you're listening to a report like that six months before breaks it. no i can't say i'm very surprised that the prime minister triggered article fifty and started britain down this this very tight timetable to have a break that plan before she had a plan by think of it a lot more wise to put together agree what they want out of bricks is how they're going to get there and then trigger this process rather the trigger first then try to develop something later it's taking up all of her time and it's causing a real headache yeah so one of the big things that was overlooked is that border issue northern ireland an island effectively the u.k. and europe. do you

mr. rosenstein: you have in mind going out and recruiting students with diverse points of view or speakers? sen. alexander: you could do it many different ways. arthur brooks is one way. he is very talented. if harvard students are exposed to him, they will learn something from him. i was on the faculty at the harvard kennedy school of government. there were not many republicans there. another way to do it would be to do differently recruit students. i hate to keep using personal examples, but the attorney general imagined when i went to law school i went to new york university. 1962, almostn everybody was from the bronx and queens. they were trying to find ways to get kids from all over the country. they created scholarships based upon judicial districts. , or got hillbillies like me sweets from minnesota, or people from all over the country and student diversify the body at nyu and they felt it aided a richer place. speakers, faculty members, thatnts just to make sure you are not constantly exposed to one point of view. the concept of limited powers in our federal government. at the same time, we have a vast enteral government with many powers, departmen

mrs. cosby today. they're saying they did not great fair trial, they will get an appeal. but those things aren't really convincing at this level, brookell will have to be taken up with the court of appeals of pennsylvania. >> you heard the man out of the gates saying this has been the most racist and sexist trial in the history of the united states. >> i don't think that that is the argument to make. i just don't. the fact that you say now that he is a black man, clearly i am an african-american, i am a black woman, i grew up loving bill cosby. let me be very clear, as i have said in other interviews, i have been in their presence, i have met them. i know of the good work, the philanthropy they have done. i applaud all of that. but the jury came back, brooke, and they found this victim had been drugged, that she had been rendered unconscious and that she took advantage of her. and the judge really relied very much on andrea's impact witness statement in this case. and he said that because of this situation, i will not treat mr. cosby any differently. and so there are people who will say that he has been singled out and i understand th

mr. president, say her name. her name is julie swetnick. i want to go back to sara sidner, who was detailing the allegations. please, continue. >> what you said, brooke, is important. this is actually the first time that the president has ever mention mentioned michael avenatti in any way publicly. it shows you how high the stakes are being that michael ofavenat has come after the president himself. let us talk about julie swetnick and her allegation. we were mentioning that she has said that there was a room where brett kavanaugh and his friend mark judge were standing outside of the room. she said men were going into that room and, her words, gang raping a woman, who was potentially incapacitated. she herself is known and wants people to know she has a long history, a work history, she has a lot to lose. i want to let you hear from her attorney who talked about her and said that she is 100% credible, willing to have the fbi investigate and to talk to the senate judiciary committee. >> this is a woman who passed multiple security clearances administered by the u.s. government. she worked for the u.s. mint, she worked for d.o.j., she worked for the s

. >> right, but, brooke, the only thing that mattered was that last sentence he said, which is, i trust senator grassley to hear from mrsuse that's the only thing -- everything else before that is spin. now, you could argue he's right, he's wrong, it doesn't really matter. what matters is you now have the chairman of the senate judiciary committee and the senate majority leader essentially saying, yes, we're going to hear from these two people. now, when is that going to happen? is it going to be public testimony? is it going to be in private? i think it would be very hard at this point to not make it public, given that the accuser said she's happy to have it be public, or at least her lawyers said that. but that's where we are. it seems to me, it's very hard and i don't think republicans want give up on this yet, but i don't see how given what grassley, mcconnell, senator susan collins, what they've all said over the last 24 hours, i don't see how you could possibly stay on this thursday vote schedu schedule. the judiciary committee is ostensibly still voting on thursday. i don't see how you do that. because it now see

, vice chairman steve knight and energy subcommittee members dana rohrabacher, mo brooks, randy hultgren, zoe lofgren, mr. lipinski. as well as barbara comstock, clay higgins, elizabeth esty, and ed perlmutter. six stand-lone bills from last congress are included in this legislation. the d.o.e. research and innovation act prioritizes critical basic research in science at the d.o.e. national labs. it provides the first comprehensive authorization for office of science programs, which conduct and support over $6 billion in research each year. this legislation also requires d.o.e. to coordinate research across the department. it provides private industry with increased access to the unique user facilities and capabilities of the national labs that will help to develop advanced technologies for the next generation. title 1 of h.r. 589 improves the technology transfer process between d.o.e. and private industry. the innovative early stage research performed at the national labs can have great value to the private sector. while the labs consistently develop ideas and technology that have commercial potential,

brook haden llison deathers, millburg, sherry young and barry walker. on the minority staff, beck lee jarrett, jennifer, and chris bigalow. on my personal staff, johnny and spencer, and on mr. visclosky's staff, joe. in closing i again urge my colleagues to support this agreement and fund our national security. it is vital that we pass this agreement this week and have it signed into law. the men and women of our armed forces deserve no less. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. >> i yield four minutes to the gentleman from indiana, the ranking member of the defense subcommittee, mr. vis closely. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. visclosky: fiscal year 2019 starts october 1. it is wonderful to be here in september considering a conference report on two additional appropriation measures. i would like to commend chairman frelinghuysen, ranking member lowey for bringing a semblance of order back to the appropriations process. along with their senate couldn't parts they have managed to 1/2 gate an upset political situation that's completely stymi

mr. swagel: i want to respond. i made friends with a lot of lawyers in 2009. there is a paper i wrote for brookings that said anytime economists use the word "force," the next sentence should explain what part of the u.s. code provides the authority. i think today we understand probably regulators could have said, look, you have to raise capital. mr. wallison: any questions out here? es, sir. >> pete kyle, university of maryland. i am going to followup on what charlie was talking about. you said the debtholders were bailed out of bear stearns and the equity holders were not. they were facing a pretty dire situation. but doesn't that exactly create zero incentive to raise new capital? you're basically saying the government wasn't going to force them to raise new capital but yet the government instituted a policy that discouraged them from raising capital themselves. you are creating a situation where you knew there was not going to be any capital going into the banking system except modest amounts except maybe after march of 2008 compared to what was needed. mr. swagel: what pete is pointing out is

mr. chairman. i want to thank both of you gentlemen for your lifetime of service and your family's dedication to our country. general abrams, i was just over earlier this year meeting with general brooks, meeting with defectors from north korea, and i was struck by the posture that we've had for a long time with our rok partners. our agreement works under a special measures agreement as i understand it where they currently are paying about 50% of our residents' presence in the peninsula. they put about half a billion dollars a year into that and they put $10 billion into camp humphries. we are now entering in a conversation -- that expires, i believe, this year, and so we're in a conversation with them right now about that accord. how do you see their level of support and do you support the conversation that we're beginning to have with them about their participation in our operational costs? these are activities that we use the soldiers for while we're there. >> sir, i think the special measures agreement that you're referring to has been adequate since its inception in about 1990. it has gone through nine different iterations. we are in the middle of negotiations for agreement numbe

lynn brooks who said she did not want to come forward, another friend from yale and showing this is not partisan, she is a republican, mr. chairman. she did not want to come forward but last night after listening to his testimony, was so offended by his lies, that this is what his friend from yale said, there is no doubt in my mind while at yale he was a big partier and drank to excess and has to be a number of nights he doesn't remember. in fact, he got tapped into his fraternity and was stumbling drunk and was in a ridiculous saying really dumb things and i could almost guarantee that there is no way that he remembers that night. this is a registered republican who did not want to come forward until she heard the lies of judge kavanaugh. she said there were multiple emails and text sclling about how cavanaugh was lying to the senate judiciary committee in his testimony. that's from a republican who didn't want to come forward until she witnessed those lies. judge kavanaugh's testimony also miss character ises what three other people indicated. he told us as his exonerating evidence mentioning three names over and over