mr. brown: of course. mr. booker: the republicans control the white house, the senate, and a majority of the house. you and i have had more experience than anybody else. 112 days have lapsed since the program lapsed. states have had to take action. there's been crises, there's been problems. i simply ask you this, your experience, if democrats were in control of this body would the bill have come to the floor before 112 days? mr. brown: i thank the senator from new jersey who has been a real leader on this issue too. the bill would have come to the floor before the clock started because it would have come to the floor in september before it even expired. but think about -- we talk a lot about issue and talk a lot about numbers in this body, but think about this for a moment. you're a parent in the tate of virginia and -- in the state of virginia and you're a parent ten miles from here and making $9 an hour an your wife is making $11 and you qualify for chip because neither you nor your spouse has insurance, yo

mr. brown. >> good morning. chairman rubio and other distinguished members of the committee. thank you for your invitation to discuss health had attacks involving u.s. personnel in their families. i share your concerns regarding the safety and security of our personnel in cuba and welcome any discussion that may lead to a better ntdsing of this issue and stronger safeguards for our employees. from a security and investigative standpoint we continue to work at embassy havana to counter, mitigate and better understand who or what are causing injuries to our dip wlumatic staff. unfortunately this remains a perplexing case. our regional officer first became aware of attacks involving personnel in late december 2016. in the early stages of trying to understand what may be occurring, post leadership and supporting offices in washington believed it was likely a form of harassment by forces hostile to the united states and our presence in cuba. as more incidents were reported in early 2017 and greater

mr. brown and mr. palmieri. with the u.s. mr. >> again, i cannot speculate on what motive the cubans would have. it is just, it has happened in havana and their country, a country which they generally exercise total security control ov over, it is incomprihensible to us, and for them taking step to prevent these kinds of attacks to ever happening again. >> they have said on a number of occasions on our trip down there, the foreign minister traveled here that they did not condone the attacks in any way, they were not apart of them and they had no knowledge of them. they have been very forth thrive in that respect. the safety of our diplomats is paramount and i found it interesting that many u.s. diplomats disagreed with the departure orders as their employer association or the afsa, who barbara stevens said at the time, this is a quote from her, american diplomats need to remain on the field and in the game. we have a mission to do and it is an important mission. what happened with the united states, what the united states did

withstanding the gravity of the allegations mr brown has testified before the us congress during the summer of twenty seven mainly talking about the alleged complicated collusion. mr rather you have given us the first and insight into putin's russia you may have done more to fight corruption worldwide than any other individual and i appreciate what you have done thank you for uncovering the facts and i'm sure how i can tell it's difficult to talk about the life and tragic death of your friend and someone with your colleague i want to join my colleagues and thanking you for being here today and admiring your courage and tenacity i could only. think the us perception of mr browder would change for the publication of simpson's testimony. i don't want to sound naive but i really hold this history will end with a victory for common sense to me here because i knew that i knew how come all this time people like simpson and browder got congress flu time while the person accused of being involved in the alleged collusion scheme never got any on this forum because. i submitted a written testimo

thank you, mr. brown for being here, thank you to derek brown for all the work he did to bring it together. thank you so much. [applause]. so you're getting rings, you got certificates, and tonight, city hall will be lit in purple and gold in your honor. [applause] >> the hon. l. breed: whose house? whose house? whose house? let's get fired up and ready to go. thank you, everybody, for being here this evening. have a wonderful night. [applause]. >> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and th

court of appeals for the second circuit called a hearing on mr brown just keys he demanded of a loris was dropped from the keys after they called her him to be questioned later that day i had a meeting with truong jr i asked him to look into this case and to encourage congress to investigate mr brown this actions aimed at manipulating public institutions in the united states you learn simpson who worked in our team former russian client also happened to be connected to the dossier the congressman investigating the case obsessed with this date because they hoped to prove they had a meeting with glen simpson that day and this caused the meeting was trying jr assuming that my main goal was to blackmail donald trump. has just mentioned bill browder who is also mentioned by simpson he was an investor in russia and later was accused of masterminding a large scale tax evasion scheme his attempts to lobby against russia was one of the main talking points between president sky and trump jr. because goto believe world anymore that among the talking points disclosed in the memo besides the russi

court of appeals for the second circuit called a hearing on mr brown just keys he demanded a lewis was dropped from the keys after they called her him to be questioned later that day i had a meeting with john jr i asked him to look into this case and to encourage congress to investigate mr brown just actions aimed at manipulating public institutions in the united states learned simpson who worked in our team for my russian client also happened to be connected to. the congressman investigating the case obsessed with this date because they hoped to prove i had a meeting with glen simpson that day and this caused the meeting was trying jr assume and that my main goal was to blackmail donald trump it's only if i saw this guy has just mentioned bill browder who's also mentioned by simpson he was an investor in russia and later was accused of masterminding a large scale tax evasion scheme presents guy defended a russian company accused of money laundering a case in which browder gave testimony and she pressed proud to come clean about his activities in russia. because gordo belittled any mor

thank you, mr. brownor being here, thank you to derek brown for all the work he did to bring it together. thank you so much. [applause]. so you're getting rings, you got certificates, and tonight, city hall will be lit in purple and gold in your honor. [applause] >> the hon. l. breed: whose house? whose house? whose house? let's get fired up and ready to go. thank you, everybody, for being here this evening. have a wonderful night. [applause]. bayview. >> a lot discussion how residents in san francisco are displaced how businesses are displaced and there's not as much discussion how many nonprofits are displaced i think a general concern in the arts community is the testimony loss of performance spaces and venues no renderings for establishes when our lease is up you have to deal with what the market bears in terms of of rent. >> nonprofits can't afford to operate here. >> my name is bill henry the executive director of aids passage l lp provides services for people with hispanics and aids and 9 advertisi

that would seem a pretty obvious -- mr. brown you have no definition : of able-bodied adult that would be appropriate for differentiating among, between and among medicaid recipients you can share with us? mr. azar: i just have -- philosophically, i would like us to work in our programs to help avoid any type of cliffs that we have in benefits to try to smooth out the approaches so that individuals have an incentive -- mr. brown: i am sorry to cut you off. you can understand our skepticism and concern that we hear top elected officials and appointed officials in this country talk about able-bodied adults and disqualifying them from medicaid, and then we realize that my state, 200,000 right now, 200,000 ohians are getting medicaid, are getting opioid treatment who are getting it because of the affordable care act, mostly through medicaid. i was with a gentleman in cincinnati at the talbott house, sitting next to him and his 30-year-old daughter. he turned to me and said she wouldn't be alive if it weren't for medicaid. so you spen

didn't do sums up the article mr brown. well i know what i feel my. leg was on my shelf i share prices for one meal. i'm always change five. plus like now but he led. me so far he welcomed these muslim was so hot headed the bottom of it. the prosecutor the one machine you can you can tell the police. must go i am in the interim i am. the truth so if you solve for the day the trial lawyers are going to show you when you pushed me so i seen as i stood out in the sun. to see each new gossamer you face you. have to. look to she's rich. showing every detail which your question is to get on with the mystery and i actually gauged distinguisher macaskill fixed also illustrates the problem in a point she's joking mr. kolstad she begged me to shift gears you still should be education but usually if they. don't your truth the whole. they are muslim brotherhood. it's like the. longest hours of my stay so i try. to get some tonight are some. kind of where your mother katrina. shot place to. place the i think the show or shop. as a washer and one of the list goes o

mr and mrs brown first met paddington on a railway station which is how he came to have such an unusuald on my father, very polite man, always wore a hat and paddington has a lot of him in him. good afternoon, he said, can i help you. there's parsley. sometimes mr 0nion lets him ring the bell. london, a lovely city. you can go to france or america, india, asia, australia, you're going to come back to london city. # london is the place for me.# i think there was a sort of reticence and nervousness that the women might take over all together. we might not present an acceptable face of cricket and i actually cried as i walked out onto the pitch. it was the most incredible feeling. commentator: rachel flynt, what a good piece of fielding but not good running between the wickets, though. umpire: advantage, miss graf. 0vercome with the emotion of it all. she just told me "jana, you will do it, i believe one day you will do it." she's done it! 50—1, blackburn rovers seven, nottingham forest nil. after our last programme, the editor of final score came with a box and when he opened it and produ

and no bauer allegedly mr. brown is that i'm. a little. one of the. poor in the amazingly. good to not going to live in the. what have you. into. it when under mao but but does that come about is in the in the end as i was going to be a mortar. nobody knows how much too much to tell and as a. martin luther's i wanted to mention tucker and. that's it one kind of any and who was. in the car some. meaning to. you and only. one student is an intelligent. a moment because i learned so much about eventide. i'm not going. to miss ellen she she. did you know what was she what did ted want to book the ticket and i don't. just google howard. and she can come on and done no point did the cookie dough cousin joe chick you want to highlight. a moment and then there's a little both of. the known for the i want us out of one of the world though when it was we're going to show you as a muffin are some of those of us a little bit out in the. in the. over the wall there was a limp so how is it a muzzle on the most of the world on the night of the. movie . you know prepared to be from you kno

you guys especially quiet mr brown is going to shampoo are all from a big. and also gives one solicited relationship advice. you're probably better. you better get another job this is a try you're. going to be ok church of church and the yes one day at a time star david. are you ready almost no. chance upset i'm revealing too many girl secrets you just upset. as a guy sharing a scene thank you so much. more than the slightest thing you have a seatbelt while he may be a distracted driver he always wears his seat belt. this should make me. think you know how so i think first of all stephen is getting is here done rio is having a spa day of his own. low . is a stand is well known well known. but i grew up you know with a dad that was an ex mine so it was always when he was coming or harry's kids i was always playing around with all that stuff so you would. say yeah i mean if that's cool i mean i'm in it and then. now we're also going to the national day i want something done. as establishment. ready to go acceptable respectable well it's going to take more than

mr brown outs in clubs it comes off in leaps of and then at the other end of the long writing process do you. do what you do best i.q. score a goal that will be followed to do it for you i just i guess that human eyes again is the explosion of emotion and different feelings of relief of him back in the game of the joy of actually scoring in a game as massive as. i'm with volley and it was a joyous moment but obviously there's a lot going to go. but at that specific moment i. remember a kind of benefiting polka scoring good was a tournament kind back yourself a superstar something that you knew about going about from the no you know six world cup gets a yellow call do you feel a responsibility to see this kind of incredible talent others say i call it my world going to the same issue again i had no idea it was only half staff the papers dog i won't. well and then i'm sore and i remember the guys it was obviously made to lunge and it's actually missed on the goal the other call which he did that for if we made the final he wouldn't be out of play and i was just kind of. always just wear

mr brown outs in clubs comes off in loops of and then at the other end of the long writing process so you you do what you do best i.q. score a goal that will be followed to do for you i was against the german i was again it was the explosion of emotion and different failings of relief of him back in the game of the joy of actually scoring in a game as massive as. i am with the left volley and it was a joyous moment but obviously it is the law going to go. but at that specific moment i can't remember a kind of bet a feeling poor guy scoring good will say in that tournament kind back yourself a superstar something that you knew about coming but from the no you know six world cup gets a yellow call do you feel a responsibility to see this kind of incredible talent others say i call it my will point to the same issue again i had no idea the teller is only half staff the papers dog i won't. well and then i saw her and i i remember the guys it was obviously made the launch an attack you missed on the call the other call which he made that for if we made the final he wouldn't be out of play

the be led by the gentleman from mr. brown. mr. brown: mr. brown. i pledge 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: without objection, the gentleman from texas, mr. castro, is recognized for one minute. mr. castro: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize our congressional prayer leader today, rabbi mara nathan, and thank her for being here. rap by nathan began her tenure at temple beth-el in san antonio on julyle, 2014, where she was the first woman to serve as senior rabbi of a major congregation in the state of texas. at temple beth-el, she's spent her time contributing to her congregation through community buildings, worship innovation, and teaching torah to learners of all ages. prior to being ordained in 2000 by the he grow college jewish institute of religion in new york, she received a bachelor of arts degree in history and certificates in jewish studies and women studies from northwestern university in 1993.

mr. brown: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: i thank senator whitehouse and senator blumenthal for their remarks. mr. president, it's been a hundred days since this congress allowed the children's health insurance program to expire. congress did nothing in september, in october, in november, in december, and now we're more than a week into january, a hundred days of anxiety for parent. a hundred days -- a hundred days of wondering if their kids will be kicked off their coverage, a hundred days of worrying if they'll be able to afford their child's prescriptions or worrying whether they can take them to the doctor if they get the flu. members of congress, you know this, all of this in this body, new members like senators smith and jones, members like senator hatch who have been here for 40 years, all of us have health care paid for by taxpayers. this senate, this senate found plenty of time in december -- we remember the discussion of the tax bill written down the hall in the office of senator mcconnell, the majority leader

mrs. browning, for example, mrs. able in new salem, who were older married, matronly figures. after he married mary and they started having children he treated her like an older married matronly figure. they were the exceptions. basically he moved in a male world chic of the time. but men who were friends with lyndon tended to experience him as their best friend. he had a way of drawing people into his orbit that made them feel special in that context, even if -- i agree -- it didn't really last, even if the friendships didn't necessarily have legs and there might in certain circumstances be somewhat not exploitive but manipulative. >> to add to that, i'd go so far as to call him a jock. he was a great athlete. you see all these things he could do. there was an account of a foot race he ran in front of the courthouse in urbana for example. in the diary entry of the relatively illiterate carpenter said a beat. he runs a foot race during a court session in a foot race in urbana. his wrestling is well-known. there's an event that occurred win monticello, illinois, during a court

santos and mr. brown have been fined about the same if you parked in a bus stop. something needs to be done to enforce the laws of the city. they're serial violators and showing no respect for the law in this city. it's incumbent upon you to do your jobs and enforce the code and respectfully request you do that. >> thank you for your comments. >> my name is kathryn. due to a fluke, conditional use lot merger 841 chestnut decided the illegally demolished was on the planning commission agenda august 21st. planning commission made a decision. we decided to appeal that decision to the board of supervisors. we appealed on december 5th. that was the result -- the result of that was the chronicle article with other areas mentioned. the problem is what went wrong, why did the city's safeguards fail to protect a historic building. the penalties in the building and planning code, the lack of coordination and communication between the department of building inspection and the planning department. the lack of comprehensive, transparent and publicly accessible process and the

ramallah says the death of the late yasser arafat mr one of us should not continue to cease from mr mr brown is not capable of reaching even if he'll in the united states. republicans and the democrats so i don't expect anything to come out of this administration let's look at a more stable administrations beforehand ok. all right but ken i do want to jump in there because we really need to talk about about the here in the now and this is who you have got to deal with he's been awful if we understood from the speech he confirmed that there's been an offer of abu dis as a prospective capital for any future palestinian state so this is the first detail as i understand it then of what we expect to be the new american plan. i appreciate what you are saying but i would beast was offered in two thousand by bill clinton and who don't record for yasser arafat and it was it wasn't so and mahmoud abbas did not come up with anything new in fact did not talk or negotiate with any palestinians or what he wants to do or what he's trying to do or what grampus trying to do is to get the gulf arabs the ones

mr. brown: i do want to thank leader bepelosi. thank you for your commitment to national security, your commitment to the war fighters, your commitment to the men and -- men and women who have taken off the uniform and taken on veterans status and support for their families. today is day three of a republican-driven shutdown. a shutdown caused because republicans are unwilling to negotiate, agree, even having -- even have meaningful conversations about the priorities of the american people whether it's fighting the opioid epidemic, whether it's funding veterans health care, whether it's a more robust assistance for disaster relief from communities from the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico, california, texas or florida or whether it's protecting immigrants. and yet it's their -- and yes it's their unwillingness to sit down and have meaningful discussions about long-term funding for our national security. today more than one million american fighting men and women are waking up today to perform their mission. there are sailors on

what will mr. brown demolish in 2018 unless code enforcement is changed? they submitted false architectural plans to the city. they are not disciplined or fined. why does the planning department not assess financial penalties for submitting false architectural plans? the statement frequently made by d.b.i. and planning department employees that the time delay a developer experience says in getting their project approved because of their illegal actions is penalty enough is nonsense. this is like saying a drunk driver who crashes their car should not be ticketed and fined because the loss of their car is penalty enough. it is my hope the planning commission in 2018 can develop a work plan to improve code enforcement that has specific objectives and due dates. a good first step is to ask the director to identify municipal best practices for code enforcement and compare them to the planning department's current code enforcement process. i presented this schedule at yesterday's building inspection commission meeting and many members expressed interest in a joi

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. today we consider the nomination of federal reserve board governor jerome powell of the federal reserve system. it is responsible for monetary policy, ensuring the stability of the fnt system -- financial system and the safety of our banks. the federal reserve in washington, d.c., also has 12 regions or districts around the country. one of them is located in my hometown of cleveland. governor powell has been a member of the board since 2012, he has supported critical elements of financial regulation. his track record over the past six years shows he is a thoughtful policymaker. he would lead the federal market within the reserve. he has the goals of maximum employment and price stability, the cornerstones of a well-functioning economy. senator crapo, who is joining me today. we listened to testimony today about the nomination of another fed governor, not the chairman of the federal, but a federal governor today, mr. goodfriend, and the answers we elicited from him, seemed to be, it wa

and i said, mr. brown, they're never going to do this. ronald reagan called dr. king a communist. he does not believe in what dr. king stood for, but we went. and years later reagan did sign that proclamation. i'm sure there was a lot more to do with the meeting with james brown, but it was a movement. but reagan accepted it, saluted it, reagan had his own agenda with black america i didn't agrow with it, but he had it. donald trump doesn't even have a black agenda. he has no urban agenda. he has no agenda for civil rights. he is a gender is to race bait and bring us backwards. and americans today on martin luther king's birthday, i'm in washington with his son going to harlem. we're doing all things today. we need to say we can have a debate between conservatives and progressives over how to deal with civil rights, but neither of us should tolerate people that race bait with no plan and just want to play us against each other, which is personified by this president. >> and david ignatius, let me bring you in here because reverend sharpton brought up a very interesting and possibl

mr. brown? mr. burr? miss cantwell? mrs. capito. mr. cardin? mr. carper? mr. casey? >> so getting some clarification, yes, this is the vote that's happening now. mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer will speak afterwards, everyone stand by, will the government shut down, we'll find out momentarily. >> mr. coons? mr. corker? mr. cornen? >> aye. >> ms. cortese-masto? mr. cotton? mr. crepo? mr. cruz? >> aye. >> mr. danes. >> as we -- as a vote, we'll continue our conversation. sorry, david, to interrupt you, did you finish your thought? >> it's not a problem. don, look, i think the bottom line is that once you get this close to a shutdown, into a government shutdown, it's no longer about the policies that brought you to the brink, it's about who blinks first, whoever blinks first ends up weaker in the next round of negotiations, that is governing all of the decisions both democrats and republicans as well as president trump are making as we go forward. >> molly, i want to bring you in here, and get what you think of this conversation, here we are at the once again, really

rng thank you mr. brown. >> in 2013 you stated that the fed -- it was created as independent agency of broad consensus emerged among policymakers and other informed around the world that -- in most important part of the quote that better economic performance is achieved when conduct of monetary policy is free from political control. what will you do if confirmed to ensure that the fed maintains its independence from outside o political influence especially influence from the white house. and can be as specific as you can. >> senator i'm strong isly committed to an independent federal reserve, and i would add thouing, in my conversations with anyone of the administration has given me any concern on that front. and i just would plan if confirmed to follow in the footsteps of -- just being wished prior chair and long tradition really to assure that we do conduct monetary policy and financial regulatory policy by the way, wot a view to political outcomes but with a view solely to the right answers. >> thank you.

mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. thanks to senator schumer and my colleagues who will join us in the course of the evening for coming to the floor tonight to shine a light on the one million, more than one million workers and retirees all over this country who are on the verge of facing massive cuts to the pensions which they have earned. this crisis affects thousands of ohioans. perhaps more than 60,000 is our count. it affects the massive central states teamsters pension plan, the united mine workers pension plan, the iron workers local 17 pension plan, the ohio southwest carpenters pension plan, the bakers and confectioners pension plan, and others. it has an impact on workers and retirees and on businesses in every single state in the united states. it's bad enough, it's bad enough, mr. president, that wall street squandered workers' money. it's worse that the government, that this body, that the house -- government hasn't yet stepped up. the government is supposed to look out for these folks and is so far turnin

mr. brown: thanks -- i thank senator casey and senator stab now for -- stabenow for their leadership. they're exactly right about this. they're right about maternal health. they're right about chip. they're right about rural hospitals. they're right about community health centers that so many people depend on. i thank them very much for their work. i thank the ranking member of the finance committee, senator wyden, who is also joining us and senator carper, i believe, will join us, too. it's now been -- it's been 112 days since funding expired for the children's health insurance program. 112 days of uncertainty for families, 112 days of mothers worried about whether they'll be able to avoid their child's checkups, 112 days of fathers worried about whether they'll have to choose between the heating bill or medicine for their kids, and for every one of those 112 days, republican leaders in congress have made a choice, a choice to do -- to extend chip and renew, something that had been bipartisan

mr. jerry brown, who in september posted the economic forum in vladivostok to get acquainted with the economic potential of russia and the far east. the dialogue a bilateral for , initiating political and business circles taking place in united states and now with russia, as well as place an increasing role in developing ties between the regions of russia and the united states. it has proven itself to be an important informal platform for dialogue and development over positive bilateral agenda which are countries desperately need. in conclusion, i would like to remind you that this december marks the 210th anniversary of diplomatic relations between russia and the united dates. back in 1787, american president thomas jefferson wrote to the russian emperor alexander i. "i am certain that russia is the most friendly nation to us." the russian president vladimir putin has repeatedly stated we are not picking fights with the united states and have always had a positive attitude towards the american people. when we stood together, we always achieve success. that is how it has happened during the am

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mr. brown: mr. speaker, every day 122 dreamers lose their protections from deportation. every day 122 young people in this country still consider weather they should go tos class, whether they should show up for work, whether they should put on the uniform of our military in service to our country because every day that congress delays and does nothing means more bright, hardworking young people who know no other home than the united states are being asked to leave or risk being arrested. our inaction is creating an impending crisis for work forces, families, and communities around the country. we must pass a permanent, bipartisan solution to enable dreamers to continue to live, work, and contribute to this country and that provides a pathway to full citizenship. we have seen time and time again that the overwhelming majority of americans on both sides of the aisle in both parties agree that we should protect our dreamers. yesterday 115 business leaders, including c.e.o.'s from amazon, facebook, general motors, and verizon asked congress to act immediately. dreamers don'

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