mr. butterfield that if he's not here this afternoon, i will send the senate sergeant at arms out to fetch him and bring him to the hearing. which, having located him in a barber chair, i did faithfully. this message changed his mind, and later that afternoon butterfield now quite contrite and neatly quaffed arrived at the senate -- at the senate to give his electrifying testimony. the subpoena that i served on butterfield still hangs in my office. >> the interesting and i think very clever decision that the

mr. butterfield that if he's not here this afternoon, i will send the senate sergeant at arms out to fetch him and bring him to the hearing. which, having located him in a barber chair, i did faithfully. this message changed his mind, and later that afternoon butterfield now quite contrite and neatly quaffed arrived at the senate -- at the senate to give his electrifying testimony. the subpoena that i served on butterfield still hangs in my office. >> the interesting and i think very clever decision that the democrats made was rather than -- for sam dash to ask this question to butterfield, because it had been uncovered by don sanders who worked for the minority and the republicans, they would have the republicans ask butterfield the question, since don sanders had discovered this. in other words, to have fred thompson raise the questions. this gave it a little different feel with the republicans uncovering this incredible bit of information. in the clip that follows, i believe you can see howard baker on the far side of the screen. he looks like he's ill after having found this informatio

mr. butterfield: i yield to mr. kind, ron kind of wisconsin, such time as he may consume to speak to this bill. thank you, mr. kind, for coming to the floor. there's not a member of this body who works harder than you on issues pertaining to veterans. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. kind: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my good friend from north carolina for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of the jason simcakoski promise act. jason was a veteran who unfortunately saw his life end way too soon while receiving treatment at the toma v.a. medical center in the heart of my congressional district. i want to thank subcommittee chairman bilirakis for the leadership and support he's shown this legislation. he's been a joy to work with. i want to thank chairman miller for the leadership you provided the committee and the concern and attention you've given to our veterans throughout our country. i want to thank representative

mr. butterfield, the former chair, ms. fudge, and the ranking member on the education committee, mr. scott. there could not be a more important topic than the topic that we're speaking about tonight, and there are moments in history that i think come at times when urgency is the call of the day. that dr. king emphasized in his tenure the urgency of moving forward on civil rights. and spoke eloquently about the fact of why we cannot wait. so if i might, i want to capture his theme of why we cannot wait to end the school-to-prison pipeline, end it now. and begin the whole, comprehensive approach of criminal justice reform. let me take texas as an example and cite some important statistics from the apple seed report and as well comment on the work that we're doing in the judiciary committee. i'm so glad at this moment in history to be the ranking member of the criminal justice committee and working with the members of my subcommittee, including mr. jeffries who is a member, ms. bass who is a member, and a number of other members as well on this very difficult hurdle that we have. let it

mr. butterfield, he was not very surprised.ght at him. i felt very good. yeah. i can sleep at night now. >> we talked to butterfield only moments after he left the courtroom. and he told us what the verdict meant to him. >> so a free bible study for the rest of my life, free meals included. that's what it is. free bible study for the rest of my life, free meals included. how can you beat that? it's not a joke and i'm trying not to make light of it. i'm trying not to go crazy in this place. >> it was a horrible thing he did to his daughter and a parent is supposed to be the person that protects and loves you. and he was the boogie man that we try to save our children from. >> you guys only see her as dead. she is in the cell with me every day. i just wrote another song two days ago. i feel she helped me with these songs. i've written nine songs in jail, 314 poems. so in my opinion, she's not dead. i hear from her all the time. >> go straight back to your cell. go back to your cell. >> back in his cell, butterfield turns to one o

mr. butterfield, i don't want america to get the wrong impression. but i see that you have action items. can you tell me what is good but the system that we could work with? this is a system we can fix. we need to get people back in the system. also if it's good? >> is no doubt about it and he is back to the two track system. but that system does perform well, and when you look at other systems they all have issues. i went to school in new jersey, working for a number of years minus some of the issues they have. san francisco is facing significant issues. it is a large infrastructure investment. day-to-day the system works well. >> also, the concern is people in america are moving back into the cities. if we don't have a system that is safe i think we are headed for trouble, and i know we have a responsibility to make sure there is enough funding for the infrastructure, the safetyinfrastructure, the safety part of it, and i just want america to know what you can still companies the system. we are going to fix it. >> you can cows with a couple in from

mr. butterfield: thank you for yielding me time and thank you for your work and on behalf of e people i represent in that district in new york and the gentlelady from ohio and joyce eatty, you are an incredible leader and i thank the two of you for selecting the discussion. it is an appropriate topic. we are working on the 19 5 voting rights act and i will single out congressman lewis and ongresswoman sewell and swam jackson lee who have worked tirelessly to enforce the right to vote. mr. speaker, on august 6, 19 5 and i remember it well. it was a few days after i graduated from high school, this congress, this house of representatives where we are seated tonight and the senate together passed the the voting rights act. this act was signed by the president of the united states immediately and then it has had a profound impact for empowering african hifere americans to participate in the elect torl process. prior to the voting rights act, it was a sad state of affairs in north carolina and sourget carolina, it was a very sad state of affairs. in order to register to vote, one had to read and write

mr. butterfield: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it is bipartisan legislation like this that makes me proud to be a member of the united states congress. and so i want to thank each one of my colleagues for your role in making this day happen. i want to thank jason's family. i'm not going to single them out except to make reference to them, mr. speaker. i just want to thank jason's family for making the journey to washington today for this very important and moment us occasion. with -- momentus occasion. with that -- are there any other speakers on our side? with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. miller: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i wish that we did not have to discuss this tragedy today on the floor. jake is not with us, not by his choice. his wife is a widow. his daughter is now fatherless. . s parents lost a son why? why did he die of a drug overdose in

mr. butterfield, i don't want america to get the wrong impression. but i see that you have action items. can you tell me what is good but the system that we could work with? this is a system we can fix. we need to get people back in the system. also if it's good? >> is no doubt about it and he is back to the two track system. but that system does perform well, and when you look at other systems they all have issues. i went to school in new jersey, working for a number of years minus some of the issues they have. san francisco is facing significant issues. it is a large infrastructure investment. day-to-day the system works well. >> also, the concern is people in america are moving back into the cities. if we don't have a system that is safe i think we are headed for trouble, and i know we have a responsibility to make sure there is enough funding for the infrastructure, the safetyinfrastructure, the safety part of it, and i just want america to know what you can still companies the system. we are going to fix it. >> you can cows with a couple in from

butterfield are host pediatric trauma briefing on sues the 2 this. with that discussion, mr. chairman i yield back. >> anybody else on our side want anything to add at this point? i recommend the ranking member, mr. pallone for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all of our participate pants for joining us -- participants joining us today. additionally i like to thank the chairman's for his commitment to this examination on concussions and brain trauma. earlier this year we had an initial roundtable on this issue and at the time i requested of chairman upton we hold a series of hearings on concussions an sports related head trauma. i proposed we start with examination of head impact and youth sports. i'm gratified we're here to discuss this very top and look forward to additional hearings on this important issue. parents across the country are concerned about the risk of concussions with good reason. i have my own experience as a parent in dealing with my daughter's concussion and deciphering the med al vice provided. it is challenging as parent to balan

mr. thompson is that the installation was made between -- and this is a very rough guess, april or may of 1970, and perhaps the end of the summer or early fall 1970. >> alexander butterfield also is the primary source for bob woodward's highly readable account of this history the last of the president's men. this promises to be a wide ranging and engaging conversation, and i've been assured one without gaps, certainly not as long as 18 1/2 minutes. watergate as we know, changed the relationship of the press and the presidency looking back on events, we know that one of the historical ironies is that the press arguably may have exercised its greatest power on the eve of a digital revolution which has profoundly reshaped the news industry. >> before our time, before the era of big data, before public debate over government surveillance, it was an era of magnetic tape. the public debates then were about the separation of powers and the public interest and the workings of our democratic institutions of power. suffice it to say our notions of executive authority and the public interest were profoundly shaped by the final years of the nixon presidency. the last of the president