mr. buchanan: no. [applause] i thought it was a terrible movie and i was told that the producer of that movie gave g ibson a copy of my first book on the southern campaign. i do not think anybody read it. [laughter] anybody else? yes, sir? >> [inaudible] could you comment on carlton? mr. buchanan: yes. a, i don't think i ever mentioned, but he was prominent in the first war. when he was in hot pursuit of an enemy he was at his best. and this was especially shown in the waxsaws when he caught up with giffords continentals early in the war after the fall of charleston and was sent upcountry. to very good effect. was when he, and he ruthless, there is no doubt about it. i think the late and much revered don -- said he was probably more, probably by the standards of warfare in his day more ruthless than most men. but, of course, he met a master and daniel morgan. -- in daniel morgan. and proved himself -- and i think, really that was his only set piece battle. am i right? yeah. i think so. his only set pie

mr. buchanan: i yield two minutes to my co-chair of the congressional animal protection caucus, mr. blumenauer of oregon. the chair: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for two minutes. mr. blumenauer: i appreciate the gentleman's courtesy and i appreciate his leadership on this. sadly, invoking the memory of teddy roosevelt is not exactly the best symbol of conservation. he was one of the people that slaughtered thousands of buffalo and had trophy hunting around the world. what's different today is that the scale is much greater. the populations we want to protect are dwindling. at one point we thought there was an exhaustible supply of wild animals to kill. even teddy roosevelt ended up supporting legislation to be able to protect endangered species, which he did in terms of the slaughter of wild birds. we've seen these populations drop dramatically, and what trophy hunters do, they kill the strongest, the most magnificent animals, if they were left in the population would promote stronger herds of elephants and lions. we're working against ourselves. for a while here, the fed

mr. buchanan of florida. amendment 19 by mr. langevin of rhode island. amendment 20 by mr. foster of illinois. amendment 21 by mr. of illinois. amendment -- mr. foster of illinois. amendment number 22 by mr. foster of illinois. amendment number 23 by mr. foster of illinois. amendment number 24 by mr. schiff of california. amendment number 25 by mr. mckinley of west virginia. amendment number 26 by mr. butterfield of north carolina. amendment number 27 by mr. johnson of ohio. amendment number 28 by ms. moore of wisconsin. amendment number 29 by ms. moore of wisconsin. amendment 32 by ms. matsui of california -- ms. matsui of california. amendment number 33 by mr. barr of kentucky. amendment number 34 by mr. cleaver of missouri. amendment number 36 by ms. castor of florida. amendment number 37 by mr. hill of arkansas. amendment number 38 by mr. hill of arkansas. amendment number 39 by ms. pressley of massachusetts. amendment number 40 by mr. khanna of california. amendment number 41 by mr. richmond of louisiana. amendment number 42 by mr. banks of indiana. amendment number 43

mr. buchanan: thank you, madam speaker, i urge adoption of my amendment and i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. roy: madam speaker the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. roy: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause , rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 19 printed in art b of house report 116-109. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 19 printed in part b of house report 116-109 offered by mr. langevin of rhode island. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: i yield mysel

mr. buchanan of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] he chair: the yeas are 238 -- the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 239 and the nays are 192. he amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 135 printed in part b of house report 116-119 offered by the gentleman from california , mr. duncan, on which further proceedings were postponed and the yeas prevailed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 135 printed in part b of house report 116-1

mr. buchanan. let me recognize the jae from connecticut fl larson to inquire. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you mr. ambassador for your ongoing work and we really appreciate the cooperative nature that exists between you and the members of congress. my question deals with nafta or mexican and canada agreement. and it seems to me from an environmental provision that some of the montreal protocols and notably that of climate change were left out. can you comment on that? and where we think many of us on this die as teed to address climate change to vitally important between that ongoing relationship between canada and mexico. >> well thank you, congressman. first of all i would say that as you say, climate change is not dealt with in this -- in this agreement. the montreal protocol of course is. and we would say directly or indirectly all of the multilateral environmental agreements are covered, either directly specifically or the obligations are in there. the second thing i would say from an environmental point of view this is the farthest reaching agreement ever negotiat

mr beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. michael buchananf murder and sadistic sexual abuse, harvey proctor came to court to denounce his accuser and vehemently deny the allegations. 0ccasionally breaking down in tears, the former mp said he'd never met carl beech, who he described as a fantasist. sitting just metres apart, harvey proctor said mr beech‘s litany of charges against him were, "horrendous, horrible, heinous allegations, the worst thing that one could say against another human being. i was horrified that anyone could think me capable of such things." asked directly whether in 1980, he had stripped a boy, tied him to a table, raped him and then strangled him, as carl beach has alleged, harvey proctor said the allegation was false, emanating from a polluted imagination. jurors had previously seen a police interview in which carl beech had accused harvey proctor of threatening to cut off his genitals with a pen knife, only to be prevented from doing so by the former prime minister ted heath. alos, you said you had the knife as well?

mr beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. michael buchanan of murder and sadistic sexual abuse, harvey proctor came to court to denounce his accuser and vehemently deny the allegations. occasionally breaking down in tears, the former mp said he'd never met carl beech, who he described as a fantasist. sitting just metres apart, harvey proctor said mr beech‘s litany of charges against him were, "horrendous, horrible, heinous allegations, the worst thing that one could say against another human being. i was horrified that anyone could think me capable of such things." asked directly whether in 1980, he had stripped a boy, tied him to a table, raped him and then strangled him, as carl beach has alleged, harvey proctor said the allegation was false, emanating from a polluted imagination. jurors had previously seen a police interview in which carl beech had accused harvey proctor of threatening to cut off his genitals with a pen knife, only to be prevented from doing so by the former prime minister ted heath. alos, you said you had the knife as wel

mr proctor said he'd lost hisjob a5 a result of how police had handled the allegations, and was forced to move abroad. he'll continue giving his evidence tomorrow. michael buchanan you can reach me on twitter, we have the latest news for you at 2am, but time now for sport today. hello, this is spot today. light from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme, the usa qualifier for the last 16, chile below the challenge doe5 for the last 16, chile below the challenge does make chance against high—level. they failed to progress. david bonner‘s century guides australia back to the top of the table with a 48 run win over bangladesh at the cricket world cup. and as expected, the nba draft has been selected,. welcome to the programme was not was up welcome to the programme was not was up at the footballing news, we're down to the last 16 of the women's world cup in france. that officer made drama, selling the remainder of the third piece doe5 made drama, selling the remainder of the third piece does make these fini5he5 the third piece does make these finishes on thursday. nedlands and canada and usa and sweden have gone through. it didn't take away from enterta

buchanan: thank you, mr. chairman and mr. ambassador. thank you for your outreach to both sides. i want to talk about the cost delay. everybody thinks this needs to get done. the longer it drags on, the chances are more difficult. the u.s. international trade commission found, in a recent would addt usmca 167,000 -- 170 6000 new american jobs and increase american wages, and concluded new labor commitments would increase wages of unionized workers in mexico by 17.2%. cost of delay, one impact -- what impact does that have? do we have a timeline? if you don't have a timeline, you don't get anything done. you mentioned it has been nine months. slow of my colleagues say, down, go and our pace, and i understand that but i think we need to have a timeline and the cost of delay, i would be interested in your comments. would you please turn on your microphone, mr. ambassador? ambassador lighthizer: the itc report showed the strongest result of any trade agreement we have are of -- we have ever entered into, and the midpoint was .35% of gdp, and that didn't include some of the advantages

mr beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice and one of fraud. our correspondent, michael buchananr and tell jurors how he'd woken up one morning in 2015 to find out he was accused of murder and sexual abuse. police investigating historical allegations about a paedophile ring involving establishment figures have searched the home of former conservative mp harvey proctor. bbc breakfast were running details of a police raid that had ended just hours earlier. occasionally breaking down in tears, the former mp said today he'd never met his accuser, carl beech, who he described as a fantasist. sitting just metres apart, harvey proctor said mr beech‘s litany of charges against him were horrendous, horrible, heinous allegations, the worst things that one can say asked directly if, in 1980, he had stripped a boy, tied him to a table, raped him and then strangled him, as carl beech has alleged, harvey proctor said the allegation was false, emanating from a polluted imagination. jurors had previously seen a police interview in which carl beech had accused harvey proctor of threatening to cut