mr. harder of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 357, the gentleman from california, mr. harder, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. harder: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of my amendment. as i stated in my previous remarks, my amendment would simply require the federal government to issue an expert analysis of the impact of junk plans on mental health access. people deserve access to mental health care, and we need to know how many people will lose that access if these junk plans become used more widely. thank you, mr. chairman. i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. mr. walden: mr. chairman. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. walden: thank you, mr. chairman. i seek time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. walden: and i'll reserve the balance of my time for the moment. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman fr

mr. gosar of arizona. the chair: the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. mr. gosar: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to offer my amendment, ensuring the constitutionality of the paris agreement. the previous administration refused to abide by the constitution and called this an agreement, not a treaty, despite the agreement having an impact on every american. article 2, section 2 of the constitution states that the president shall, quote, have the power by, and with the advice and consent of the senate, to make treaties provided 2/3 of the senators concur, end of quote. my amendment simply states the paris agreement is a treaty, and before anything can be implemented, to abide by the agreement, it shall be submitted to the senate for approval. morgan griffith said it best yesterday in our special order when he eloquently stated, if we are going to bind our hands and seal our fate to be the number two or number three or number five economy in th

mr. pallone of new jersey. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 377, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. chairman, i have an amendment sponsored by myself and the ranking member of the full committee, mr. walden. we have been considering the creates act, and the legislation like it, for years and has been long been one of my top priorities. so i introduced a bipartisan amendment that gained the support of my republican colleagues during energy and commerce consideration of the creates bill. there was only one outstanding concern still to be resolved after that amendment was adopted and i'm pleased to offer a bipartisan solution to address that concern today. the concern raised during our full committee markup was there was a lack of specificity in the provisions that des

mr. lynch of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 377, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lynch: mr. chairman, my amendment would extend by one year the deadline by which states may apply for federal grant assistance to set up state-based health insurance markets. moving the deadline from december 31, 2022, to december 31, 2023. my amendment would also extend by one year the corresponding date by which the exchanges must be self-sustaining. from january 1, 2024, to january 1, 2025. currently 11 states and the district of columbia have such health insurance exchanges. however, no health exchanges have been established since the a.c.a.'s original deadline of 2015. and while i do support h.r. 987's language that provides an additional two-year window for states

mr. van drew of new jersey. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 329, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. van drew, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. van drew: thank you, speaker. my amendment would add to the finding of the importance of averting, minimizing, and addressing loss and damages associated with the adverse effects of climate change. including extreme weather events. it is well-known that extreme weather events such as hurricanes and tropical storms are some of the most devastating and costly consequences of a warming world. displacing thousands of people at a time and costing government billions of dollars to recover. the good people 6 south jersey know that -- of south jersey know that climate change is occurring because the streets flood almost every time it rains in the coastal areas. unfortunately, we also have the painful reminder of superstorm sandy. on october 29, 2012, superstorm sandy first struck the mainland in my distric

mr. clyburn from south carolina. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. today i stand for the american people and the voters of south carolina's sixth congressional district who spoke loud and clear last november. . demanding that congress uphold the access to affordable care. dismantle ffort to the affordable care act and we stand ready to defend every aspect of this legislation. we will not stop our efforts to hold this administration accountable and my republican colleagues as they continue misrepresenting and undermining the affordable care act. the work of this body, a co-equal branch of our government, to conduct legitimate and lawful oversight in order to protect americans' access to health care who will not be deterred. today, this house will vote on a package of seven bills that will halt the administration's sabotage of the affordable care act, improve the act's implementation and lower the cos

mr. desaulnier of california. the chair: the gentleman from california, mr. to desaulnier and the -- and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. desaulnier: first of all, let me recognize the chair of the committee, my friend from california, for her steadfast work to defend american consumers. members, students are in difficult situation nowadays. the knowledge-based economy we've been told over and other again that america, to be competitive, has to have an educated work force and we need more and more young people to go into college and graduate school. not to say we don't have needs for people to get out of high school and go into career tech. but these generations are burdened with unbelievable student loans and are burdened in urban areaeas high cost of live, lower wage expectations. we have to fix this. one way to fix it is to have more oversight and performance standards for those companies, for-profit companies in particular that control 90% of the market of federal student loans. my col

mr. lynch. the chair: the gentlewoman yields the balance of her time o the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank chairman waters for her great work on this bill and she has been a true champion on behalf of consumers during her time in congress. this chart shows the decrease in enforcement actions which have plummeted by 75% under the office of management and budget director mulvaney. and bear in mind, corruption and abuse of consumers has not gone away. this is a time period when wells fargo, for example, perfect example, they robbed their customers. opened up fake accounts to basically take the proceeds, used their -- so this is when customers went to wells fargo, gave them all their information. wells fargo used their social security numbers and data to open up fake accounts so they could charge their own customers. flat-out theft. and they had to fire 53,000 employees. that doesn't happen by accident. that's a problem that is -- 5,300, excuse me. 5,300 empl

mr. clyburn from south carolina. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. today i stand for the american people and the voters of south carolina's sixth congressional district who spoke loud and clear last november. . demanding that congress uphold the access to affordable care. dismantle ffort to the affordable care act and we stand ready to defend every aspect of this legislation. we will not stop our efforts to hold this administration accountable and my republican colleagues as they continue misrepresenting and undermining the affordable care act. the work of this body, a co-equal branch of our government, to conduct legitimate and lawful oversight in order to protect americans' access to health care who will not be deterred. today, this house will vote on a package of seven bills that will halt the administration's sabotage of the affordable care act, improve the act's implementation and lower the cos

mr. zeldin, a member of the foreign affairs committee. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. zeldin: i thank mr. -- thank you, mr. speaker. i thank mr. mccaul for his statements and i agree with everything that was just stated as well as wanting to commend -- i have great respect for chairman engel and the bill's sponsor, ms. castor, and their intentions and advocacy, and i look forward to working with them on this issue and many others, because this is a very important issue for us to be working on both sides of the aisle, both the house and the senate. i have constituents, we all have constituents who want access to clean air and clean water. it's something that, whether you're representing a district in flint, michigan, or you're in tampa, florida, or the east end of long island, we all want to advocate for that for our constituents. i was concerned with the negotiation of the paris climate deal that there wasn't more discussion -- there wasn't any discussion in congress. there were no hearings and votes. ther

mr. lynch. the chair: the gentlewoman yields the balance of her time o the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank chairman waters for her great work on this bill and she has been a true champion on behalf of consumers during her time in congress. this chart shows the decrease in enforcement actions which have plummeted by 75% under the office of management and budget director mulvaney. and bear in mind, corruption and abuse of consumers has not gone away. this is a time period when wells fargo, for example, perfect example, they robbed their customers. opened up fake accounts to basically take the proceeds, used their -- so this is when customers went to wells fargo, gave them all their information. wells fargo used their social security numbers and data to open up fake accounts so they could charge their own customers. flat-out theft. and they had to fire 53,000 employees. that doesn't happen by accident. that's a problem that is -- 5,300, excuse me. 5,300 empl

mr. chairthe vote is three ayes. >> commissioner: thank you. motion carries. madame secretary, please call the next item. >> clerk: the next order of business is agenda item 5d. approving a budget for the period of july 1, 2019 through june 30, 2020 and authorizing the executive direct to submit the budget and interim budget to the mayor's office and resolution no.11-2019. madame director. >> the item before you is an approval for the budget for 1920 on april 16, the staff presented the informational workshop on the budget today you'll be presented with the slight reduction in the budget by 0.1%. and some comparisons to and submittal to the mayor's office. with that i'll turn it over to amina to present. >> and again i'm here to present on the budget approval action item. so just a reminder of the time line. in april we present the commission the workshop on the budget. we did a detailed look at all of our project areas on affordable housing and operations. today i'm presenting on the action it

lowey: mr. chair, i yield 3.5 minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, the chairman of the transportation subcommittee, mr. price. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for 3.5 minutes. mr. price: i thank our chairman for yielding this time. i rise to support -- in support of this disaster supplemental, which will provide $17.2 billion in long overdue assistance for north carolina and for other states and territories that have suffered from devastating natural disasters. north carolina's been hit by two hurricanes in as many years would thousands of people displaced, homes destroyed, and livelihoods lost. meanwhile, typhoons, tornados, wildfires have wreaked havoc on millions of americans. in the south, midwest, california, and several territories, including puerto rico. the bill before us ensures the federal government will remain an active partner in the recovery effort. it provides comprehensive resources for flexible community development block grants, highway and bridge

mr. rouda of california. the chair: the gentleman from california, mr. rouda and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. rouda: this amendment recognizes that american cities, states and businesses are stepping up and pledging to meet the paris agreement goals in the wake of absent and uncertain united states leadership. while the current administration takes steps to undermine the position of the united states on the global stage with regard to climate change, an unprecedented coalition of american states, ities and are taking action to take us to a low carbon. cities across the country are taking the challenge of combatting climate change. these cities are implementing new sustainability initiatives by targeting 100% renewable energy, recycling 100% will wastewater. as california continues to be an international leader in forward-thinking energy policy and environmental stewardship, we are not alone. when describing the work and action still needed, governor brown said quote, we are at the

>> mr. chair, i would agree with both of those statements. we're really focused on making it as easy as possible for employers and employees. >> again, my question is what are one or two things that congress can do. >> sure. i would say allowing states to innovate and do what works for their constituents. i mentioned earlier the creation and improvement of the 5500 database that allows us more easily to presumptively exempt an employer because they provide a plan on their own. we have a number of mechanisms i think would improve that. i mentioned earlier, reducing the minimum age for participation in an ira so someone starting their career would get on the right path from the start. >> for the panel, any addition to automatic enrollment and escalation for contributions, do any of you have recommendations for tools that could be effective to encourage to save for retirement? >> well, i have one which is automatic re-enrollment or -- it's really visiting. it's automatic enrollment but you re-visit i

>> mr. chairman thank you for the question. i have been very pleased with the experience we've had in oregon with automatic enrollment and turning it into an ally. i commend that full committee's attention. >> you gave an opening statement you have another one you want to add? >> let me say again the priority is coverage, 27 million part-time workers do not have access and i think that is incredibly important to our members. >> okay. ms. dudley. >> i would just add to what the others have said. reducing administrative burdens and removing barriers of savings is key to getting people into retirement. >> thank you. the concept indicates this wouldn't significantly improve well know let me start over again. i left out the part about the analysis going on about these plans that indicating it wouldn't significantly improve the number of small business plans offering a retirement plan. as you stated your company has spent a lot of time evaluating the proposals. would you share your views with us on prop

>> mr. chair, i moved to adjourn. middle of debate and you ended it without the question being called. >> mr. chairman, i move to adjourn. rep. nadler: regular order. is a privileged motion. rep. nadler: motion to adjourn is not in order in the middle of a rollcall. roll has not been called yet. we were in the middle of debate and you did not allow it. mr. chairman? rep. nadler: call the vote. you recognize the man from florida. >> the clerk will result -- record the vote. >> mr. chairman, i appeal. that was on the table. rep. nadler: the clerk will report the result. and ramn sit this through. no's.ayes and 22 rep. nadler: the motion to table is not adopted. >> we didn't even get the results of the earlier vote. >> mr. chairman? rep. nadler: motion to table is not adopted. >> mr. chairman. rep. nadler: next item on the agenda was mr. gaetz. >> no need to apologize, gentleman. rep. nadler: for an amendment. the motion to table was not adopted. mr. chairman, i reserve a point of order on the amendment. mr. gaetz is offe

mr. malinowski of new jersey. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 357, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. malinowski, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. malinowski: madam chair, there are many problems in our health care system. we've heard about a number of them today. but we are here for one simple, specific reason. because of the guidance that the administration issued last year that allows states to expand the availability and duration of junk short-term insurance plans. the administration and its defenders will not say this, because it's become politically impossible to do so, but these plans are cheaper precisely because they deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and what anyone would agree are essential benefits like maternity care and prescription drugs. that's what they mean when they use the euphemism flexibility. where these plans take hold, here's what happens in plain language. if you have a pre-existing condition, you

mr. cunningham of south carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 377, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. cunningham, and a member opposed, will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina. mr. cun canning ham: mr. chair, i rise today in support of my straightforward, commonsense amendment which would ensure that our nation's veterans have access to quality, affordable health insurance coverage. while people often think that everyone who has served in the military immediately has access to v.a. health care, this is not the case. in fact, only three out of five veterans under the age of 65 are eligible for health care through the v.a., and only a quarter of those who are eligible for v.a. health care rely on the v.a. as their sole source of insurance younger veterans who served forer 24 consecutive months are eligible for v.a. coverage for five years after their discharge, and veterans over the age of 65 qualify for medicare. this leaves a potential gap in coverage for many veterans w

. >> thank you mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. chair. thanks to the witnesses. so many questions i would like to ask , but i think i will ask you one, because it would like to get into details. that is debt to gdp ratio. as a former mayor and governor, i conclude it was less the balanced budget requirement than it was consensus around debt ratios that enabled us to manage our finances. it was interesting, especially as governor , very partisan environment , democratic governor with 2 republican houses for 2 years. i had 1 each my second year. we had an agreement largely different by going to the bonding houses and trying to keep the aaa bond rating. we had an agreement about the debt to state gdp and debt service as a percentage of the budget outlays. it was interesting. we had targets and democratic and republicans , we accepted the targets. and we fought like heck about how to reach the targets. we need to cover expenses. we need more revenue. we need more about. when you have those targets, it does not take away the partisan fighting or co-it can be productiv

>> chair fewer: mr. goebel, would it be okay if we continued this to the next meeting? okay. let's take public comment on item number seven. >> i want to talk about current events. i spoke up and demonstrated that 144 unit apartment building complex can be built in the embarcadero for $66 million, and a 66 unit apartment complex can be built for $57 million. i demonstrated that 9 times 3 is 27 and each of these building is 27 stories tall. you get more bang for your buck building a 27 story apartment complex side by side with each of these two buildings which is already being built in mountain view and san mateo. you take a chunk of about 1,900 homeless people off the street by using this technique. and by using that technique, the homeless rate would decrease, and if you apply it to each and every location you want to build a navigation center, you'd have a less amount of people on the streets. sf viewer, please. will you freeze my time? >> chair fewer: mr. wright, would you mind if we continued your pub

without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone to today's mr. nadler: this committee will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. we welcome everyone to today's hearing and oversight of the report by special counsel robert mueller the third. former white house counsel donald mcgahn ii. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. more than a year ago white house counsel don mcgahn sat through the first of several interviews of special counsel robert mueller. over the course of those interviews, he described how the president directed him to have the special counsel fired. course of those interviewed he described how the president directed him to have the special counsel fired. he described how the president ordered him to lie about it. he described self-other obstructive incidents outlined in the special counsel's report. the president in contrast refused to be interviewed by the special counsel or even to answer written questions about his attempts to obstruct the inv

>> thank you, mr. chair. insert you silence your cell phones and electronic devices.pleted speaker cards and copies of any document should be cemented to the clerk. items acted upon will appear in the june 4th, 2019 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated by motion. >> please call our first item. >> agenda item number 1 is the hearing to consider the promised apprentice -- premise -- beer and wine and liquor license, during businesses a market located at 168 to 186 eddie. >> great. colleagues, we continue this item from the main ninth meeting to allow for the applicant to work out some conditions and get a signed document to the alu. i think we will hear from the alu first. so where are we on this? >> good morning, supervisors. i am with the alcohol liaison unit at sfpd. we have come to the agreement the conditions for this type 21. the sale service and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. each day of the week. petitioners should actively monitor the area under our control in an effort to

mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. snyder, for five minutes. mr. smider: thank you, mr. speaker. on saturday our nation was again stunned by yet another horrific attack on americans gathered at wore ship. mr. schneider: the shooting at the synagogue in california same as jews around the world celebrated the last day of passover. one woman was murdered in the attack and three others were wounded. i continue to pray for the recovery of those injured in the shooting and offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the victims of the itkwleas attack happened six months to the day as the assault on worshipers of the tree of life in pittsburgh which claimed the lives of 11 people. the deadliest attack on the american jewish community in our history. these shootings were committed against a backdrop of rising anti-semitism both here at home and around the world. according to the anti-deaf nation league in 20 17 anti-semitic incidents surged in the united states by 57%.

. >> thank you, mr. chair. here we go again. the theater is open and the summations are coming in. in fact, we're begin running over the norms of congressional oversight. we're asking for things that we don't -- but i am glad about one thing. i am glad that the chairman read into the record today the mueller report. i'm glad he quoted directly from the mueller report. i just wish my chairman would go read the rest of it which he has been offered to read, which he has chose not to read. but he did leave out one thing. he read mcgahn's testimony beautifully but he left out what he doesn't want to have to come back to and the frustrating thing that has brought us here again and again and again and that is the conclusions. there was no collusion. there was no obstruction. there's nothing here. after two years of doing this, we can read it in, you can talk about how you don't like it, you can talk about what you would like to ask, but the end of the day we're going to read in the quotes that will make the headlines but we're not going to read in the bottom line of what was concluded. th

. >> thanks, mr. chair. i appreciate that. mr. otting, if a car manufacturer cut corners and sold unsafe cars that harm millions of american families, would you recommend that the government respond by recommending car mechanic literacy so they can decide for themselves if the car is safe? yes or no? >> i don't think it's a yes or no answer. i think you would have to understand the -- >> well, it kind of is. >> well, i don't view it as a yes or no answer. >> okay. i'll try another. mr. hood, if a drug company cut corners and sold tainted prescriptions that hurt millions of americans, would you suggest that we adopt a pharmaceutical literacy program in our schools so students can decide for themselves which drugs are safe? >> i would need a little more information on that. but likely, i would need to -- >> well, common sense would be the information that would come to mind. okay. i guess -- i mean, the question, obviously -- begs the question, why can't we protect americans from dangerous financial products like we do in every othe

mr. clyburn. the chair -- i love saying chair -- the chair of the transportation and infrastructure committee appropriate to this discussion mr. defazio and ron wyden. democrat.op we came with commitment and knowledge and shared vision of this and spirit of president eisenhower, when he instituted the interstate highway system. it was important for jobs and mobility. it was a national security initiative. and it was bipartisan. lyndon johnson and sam rayburn in the house and senate, president of the united states, dwight eisenhower, we thought we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president isn't ready for that. thank you very much. [indistinct conversations] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org. [indistinct conversations] >> c-span's newest book, the president's, noted historians rank america's best and worst chief executives. providing in

mr. chairman. i yield back. >> chair recognizes representative garcia for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a statement written by the parents of samia, who was just 24 years old, when she was skilled in the march 10 crash while on a mission to help others with health care in low and middle-income countries. her parents, as all the of you know, nadia and michael, are tirelessly advocating for greater airline safety and of course they have joined us during the duration of the hearing today. >> without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll waive my statement to ask questions as the hour is late as it pertains to this hearing. would you please confirm that proper operation of mcas was considered a critical or essential safety feature in your certification of boeing 737 max aircraft? >> yes, sir. the mcas was certified as a critical safety product in the total certification of the aircraft. >> would the plane have been certified without it? >> that's too subjective for me to answer. i can't give you an answer fo

secretary, i yield back my time, mr. chair. >> the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill is, recognized for five minutes. >> thank the chair, mr. secretary, welcome back to the committee. we never get tired of our treasury secretary visiting house financial services. i want to raise an issue first on puerto rico and the virgin islands. congressman duffy and i wrote you a letter last november 30 about challenges in getting the appropriated funds by congress out into the contracted private sector both in the virgin islands and puerto rico. obviously, both the territories have a huge cash flow problem. so we appropriate money here, we give that money to hud, or to fema, it's approved by omb and fully in compliance with congress's wishes, and then it is allocated for projects in puerto rico or the virgin islands but they have no money to pay the contractors. so while i'm not suggesting that we should have a line of credit to puerto rico, there has to be a way within omb and treasury with you as our chief financial officer of the country, of having that money flow. because

mr. mccaul, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2116. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. engel: i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: on the foreign affairs committee we focus on diplomacy and development as pillars of american foreign policy. the reason why we do this is simple, diplomacy and development advance our interests and values that saves lives and prevents war and stops crises before they start and stabilize country where conflicts have occurred. these efforts strengthen old friendships and build new bridges of understanding with people, culture and governments throughout the world. we'll always need a strong military, but sending our service members into harm's way should be a measure of last resort. and so, on our committee, we look for ways to make our diplomacy and develop

. >> mr. chair, supervisors. i am here today with my client who owns dalda's market at 200 eddy street. he is in the tenderloin neighborhood development committee building which is being rehabbed soon. there is a brand-new building across taylor street on the other corner, and through two or three year process, and it is in your pocket, i think i handed out the letter. it goes through the whole process. there were many, many public meetings. he is a community leader. when the north market cbd business district was formed in 2008 he was treasure until 2012. he got a certificate of honor in 2011 in recognition of volunteering in that tenderloin community. he is a fixture. his store is well loved. it is never a problem. tndc put him through rigorous screening. what the neighborhood wanted was a larger healthier community market. you will hear from a couple of persons who will testify today but we will talk about his standing in the community and his commitment to build a larger community market with healthier food f

mr. speaker, with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop, for five minutes. mr. wish yop -- 1869, a : on may 10, paper wrote that the people of utah, great pioneers of the rocky mountains, received with aically mation the glad news of the completion of the might which work to which as a people they contributed their part. and hand in hand with the great circle of states and territories now rejuicing in union over the event did thank god for its accomplishments. they were referencing the golden spike which has been driven, completing the first transcontinental railroad. that date, may 10, will forever stand as a tribute to the men of vision who foresaw the potential of an empire stretching from coast to coast in the united states bound together not only by iron rails but also by a common interest. from the time the civil war when this protect started until three or four decades later when the railroad system was completed, america changed. in 1860, the united states was third in the world of pro

. >> thank you, mr. chair. steve liesman, cnbc.e statement noted core inflation running below 2%. it has been falling for three straight months and while you've been close its only been at 2% or above one month since 2012. mr. chair, i guess i wonder, is it time to address low inflation through policy? can you give us some sense of your metric when it would be time? at what level would it require a policy response from the committee? >> so first we are strongly committed to our 2% inflation objective and to achieving it on a sustained and symmetric basis. as we mentioned we think our policy stance is appropriate at the moment and we don't see strong case for moving in any direction. i would point out inflation actually ran, including core inflation,well rein close to 2% for much of 2018. as you point out, both headline and core though did come in on the soft side in the first quarter and that was not expected as it relates to core. so we say in our statement of longer run goals and monetary policy strategy that the committee would

. >> thank you, mr. chair.the statement noted, core inflation running below 2% been falling three straight months while you've been close, it's only been at 2% or above one month since 2012 mr. chair, i guess i wonder is it time to address low inflation through policy, and can you give us a sense of your metric for when it would be time? at what level would it require a policy response from the committee? >> so first we're strongly committed to our 2 % inflation objective and to achieving it on a sustained and symmetric basis. as i mentioned, we think our policy stance is appropriate at the moment and we don't see a strong case for moving in either direction i would point out that inflation actually ran including core inflation, actually ran pretty close to 2 % for much of 2018. as you point out, both headline and core, though, did come in on the soft side in the first quarter. and that was not expected as it relates to core. so we say in our statement of longer run goals and monetary policy strategy the commit

the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green for five minutes. thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, and still i rise. with love of country in my heart and a belief that the constitution ought to be honored. and today i rise some 34 days since the mueller report has been made public. 4 days since we have concluded that impeachable offenses have been committed. the president still commits actions that are deemed obstructive. 34 days. which means that for 34 days now, the president is clearly above the law as it relates to the mueller report. longer than that. as it relates to the mueller report and its being released, 34 days. but there is good news. good many members are deciding to join the impeachable movement. i say, it can never be too late when it comes to being on the right side of history and the right side of justice. so i salute them and i believe that others will come on board as well. i believe they are doing this because they believe that no one is above the law. i think they're doing this because they believe that you have to put

mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, last night at a rally in florida, the president referred to me as that man. mr. speaker, i love my country, and still i rise. and i rise today to address the comment that the president made n referring to me as "that man." mr. speaker, the video of what i said speaks for itself. the president indicates that i said, the only way to get him out of office is to impeach him. but the video speaks for itself . but i do want to share with the president that he is right. i am "that man." i'm that man, a liberated democrat, a liberated democrat in the spirit of shirley chisholm. i'm unbought and unbossed. mr. president, you finally encountered at least one person that your money can't buy and your power doesn't scare. you have a date with destiny, mr. president. your fate is in the hands of 435 members of congress. you are not above the law. no one is. impeachment is in the hands of this cong

thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you. senator braun. >> thank you, mr. chair. i'm new to the committee, and senator cotton and i do have no budget, no pay bill. in the short time i have been here i have been amazed at how resourceful the body is of when we do a budget or how we outwit whatever is in place. i heard senator van holen talen having been the ceo of my own company 38 years, it astounds me how you can come here, the biggest business in the world and it is run like this. i think when i look at how do you come to the table, i think there's implicit on the other side that there's revenue capacity. all i can say is as a main street entrepreneur i have never seen a hotter economy. we may be at the sweet spot of revenue generation. i have got my staff looking mainly at how would we ever raise revenue. i personally think there's some room for high liquid incomes, but i can't see how you move revenue in any way that even makes up a small percentage of what the deficit is. so i think as long as there's a belief on one side that there is revenue capacity -- and

mr. collins: reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york. mr. nadler: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from texas. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in full support of h.r. 5 equality act. we have made much progress in recent years, but the reality is that many still face discrimination because of who they are and who they love. as has been well documented during the legislative record for h.r. 5, there are currently no federal protections for lgbtq people in the united states. let's refocus on what this bill is about. in 30 states. lgbtq can be fired, refused housing or denied services simply because of who they are. the equality act would debately extend civil rights for this community providing protections across areas of life including employment, housing, credit and jury duty. in texas, that means having an explicit protections for lgbtq people for the first time, the first time in our history. it will tear down barriers to prosperity and lead to better out comes for families and loved ones. the speaker pro te