mr. davis, is recognized. chair, i'd now like to yield two minutes to my well riend and very respect respected member of the house administration committee, mr. loudermilk. the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. loudermilk: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague and ranking member for reserving this time. i also want to say how thankful i am that we are here in this front of the , in american people debating something that's very important to this nation that at least process isn't held in the basement of this building, behind closed doors, away from people, like some other issues are being held right now. i am at least still thankful for that. but here we go again. it's another attempt by our on the other side to bring a bad idea to fix a bad situation. is the third attempt for a federal takeover of our election system. me of a f reminds popular television commercial that's on television right now bout these young people in a horror show and there's something evil after them and hey're outside this

so, mr. chair, i'd like to yield three minutes to the lead republican on the capital market subcommittee, mr. huizenga of michigan. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. huizenga: i appreciate the ranking member doing that. as i was hearing my colleagues describe what this bill does and who it's targeted at, it just struck me. there is an untethering from reality of what our economy is and how our economy functions. certainly along any of the border. yes, we have a northern border. while in michigan it's actually to the east of us. when you look at what happens in the automotive industry, in the agricultural industry that is the most porous border in the world because that's our largest trading partner in the world. in michigan canada is the seventh or eighth largest trading partnership in the world. just the state of michigan alone. as we are piling on regulation upon regulation over the last number of decades, you saw companies leaving the united states. sometimes they were for different re

mr. mchenry: thank you, madam chair.- mr. i claim time in opposition and i ield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. r. mchenry: mr. chair, i am opposed to h.r. 2513 and i want outlining my opposition. this bill before us is a new small business mandate. n the smallest businesses in america. the bill before us today requires some of the smallest america, those with fewer than 20 employees, than $5 with less million in receipts. to file annually a list of all owners with the financial network, or ement fincen. for those that are working -- a trivia n c-span, question for them, mr. chair. never ost of them have heard of fincen. i bet those in the house office buildings, mr. chair, have not heard of fincen. now, it's a little known agency, washington, that deals with financial crimes and department. now, imagine you are a small business owner, you are getting a notice from the financial enforcement network to disclose at you your -- the owners of your entity. so this would be t

degette: thank you, mr. chair. mr. chair, as we have heard chaco canyon is a unesco world heritage site and the reason it's listed this way is because it's a place of magic and history. anyone who has slept there under the stars, as i have, and as i would urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to do, knows what a special, unique place this is and why it must be protected. but there are many ways one can damage a historic site. obviously you can damage the very soil that it sits on. but you can also damage the air and the quality that the visitors to this site find every year. oil and gas development produces smog and gas flames that harm animals, van hollen tation, and people that live nearby. it -- vegetation, and people that live nearby. it marks the pristine night skies that attracts thousands of years every year. it emits methane that leads to ozone pollution. and it is just not worth destroying this precious treasure. i support reasonable oil and gas development throughout the west. my state, new mexico,

the chair: the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, is recognized. mr. davis: thank you, mr. chair. from to my good friend arizona, mrs. lesko. this amendment is a very well-intended amendment. my colleague from california, it is a very well-intended amendment that's correct, i tually believe, what would be an unintended consequence if this were to ever become law. -- this section that is being amended today provides power to the attorney general to intercede in or she races when he believes state and local officials have not taken, quote, dequate steps to correct misinformation. chair,ing the attorney general -- madam chair, attorney general is a nonpartisan official. attorney general barr to beiven broad authority given adequate steps -- this is the language in the bill. madam re the facts, chair. if attorney general barr was given broad authority to take adequate steps in correcting the in any democratic district, imagine that. imagine the uproar. there would be a public uproar. same could be said for a democratic attorney general. . this section not only gives broad authority to

mr. tipton of colorado. the chair: the gentleman from colorado, mr. tipton and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. tipton: i rise to speak in support of my amendment addressing water rights. for years, my staff and i have been engaged in numerous conversations regarding the national recreation area and bipartisan agreement in these discussions. that water rights in the region should remain intact. this brings in millions of visitors and provides fishing, hiking, camping and more. while it might be a paradise, but part of war water. this amendment ensures there are no unintended consequences on long standing water rights in the impacted right. and i encourage my colleagues to be able to support this and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from colorado reserves. does any member seek time in opposition? for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek opposition? mr. neguse: i claim time in opposition, though i'm not opposed. the chair: without objection. the gentleman is recognized

mr. hollingsworth from indiana, for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from indiana is recognized for two minutes. mr. hollingsworth: i rise in bill.tion to the the problem is in the details. while he clearly stated this is narrowly tailored bill, the reality is, in a casual of s.e.c. promulgated rules yields over 600 rules this to.d apply six months of testing eachle in we're 300 ch until years worth of testing. ur republic has not been in existence for 300 years. what hoosiers are saying they are tired of our regulators distracted on going back and looking it he history and what they want to be focused on s how they protect investors going forward. as mr. casten and i discussed i think we want those the osures convey information we want them to convey. this bill distracts the s.e.c. necessary work of regulating our markets and protecting our investors by doing hundreds of investor tests on over 600 promulgated .c. rules. because of that, i will oppose the bill. to the t i yield back gentleman. mr. huizenga: i reserve. the chair: the gent

mr. speaker, i yield back my ime. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise to celebrate legislation the house passed this week to name the post office in indianapolis after the late senator richard lugar. he was a true statesman who served his country in the state of indiana with pride. he will be remembered as one of america's greatest senators, leaving his mark on domestic and global affairs throughout his six terms. senator lugar was an essential part of america diplomacy and strived for peace throughout the globe. in 2013, his lasting contributions and decades of service to this great country earned him the presidential medal of freedom. our nation is stronger and safer because of senator lugar and i thank my colleagues for supporting legislation to honor his legacy. i rise to highlight the positive impact the new u.s.-japan trade deal will have on our nation and the hoosier state. japan is an important ally of the united states and a critical trading partner that ben

[roll call] >> clerk: we have quorum. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. quintanilla. can can you please call the next item. >> clerk: item 2, community advisory report. >> chair peskin: and mr. larson -- you are not mr. larson -- you are mr. larson. you shaved. >> i am. good morning, commissioners and supervisors. my name is john larson, and i am the chairman of the citizens advisory committee. this time, there was particular interest in how the save routes to -- safe routes to school program served the needs of concern. sfmta would be providing safety training in areas of concern such as moorely feeling safe engaging in these activities and getting from home to school in those communities. the items related to shop around, vango shuttles related to the challenges of disabled people accessing public transit, especially given the decline in the number of ramp taxis. the needs of wheelchair users were negotiated. in particular, one commenter shared her negative experiences with bus operators, their lack of patience and understanding with accommodating a wheelchair and su

mr. mcclintock. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for 4 1/2 minute. mr. mcclintock: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam chair, when i chaired the subcommittee a few years ago, the ranking member democratic member was from massachusetts. she shared the democrats' goal of having the federal government acquire as much land in the west as it possibly could. try as i might, i could never impress upon her the difference between state like massachusetts where the federal government owns only 1.2% of the land, and a state like mine, california, where it controls 46%. i have one county in my district where the federal government owns 93% of the land. i tried in vain to get her to understand the dire economic implications for her district if the federal government one day seized 46% of her state, took it off the tax rolls, restricted public access, and forbade any productive use on it. what would that do to her state's economy? yet that's precisely what the federal government has done to the west. the federal government owns 39% of the state of arizona. our ho

. >> thank you, mr. chair. i want to say i support representative woodall's amendment, and for some of the same reasons that were already mentioned, but i kind of went line by line through this. the title of section 2 is very misleading. it says open and transparent investigative proceedings. this is not open and transparent in the intelligence committee. all it is doing is saying we are going to do the same thing. two, li i am on page nes 15 through 17. it says require an open hearing. and which was stated before. that could be one open hearing. we don't know how many closed door hearings there are going to be from now on that nobody, including myself, who is a member of the judiciary committee, can even attend. is other thing is that it still allowed, chairman schiff, to instruct witnesses not to answer republican questions. so that came out yesterday. one of the republican members asked a question of the witness and mr. schiff told the witness, don't answer that question. that's just wrong. then on page thre

mr. chair, i have no communications at the moment. new or unpublishe unfinished bu. >> board members, if there's something you would like to address now, please do so. >> i had some leaders in chinatown bring up the issue around -- i know that there was concerns generally about the delay and the subway and concerns about things we can do to mitigate and one of the proposals they're pushing forward was for lesser parking late-night in the garage at a flat rate. i know that is something the department has been considering but i was asked by steven lee on the entertainment commission to bring that forward before the board. interpret are they were looking for something and talking about after 6:00 p.m. between that and 2:00 a.m. or later because a lot of people who come into chinatown come from outside of the city. >> without objection, can you can coordinate on that with the entertainment commission. i'm not sure it's a board item yet but see if it's something you want to address at the staff level. that would be wonderful and report bac

the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. hurd. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. hurd: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend from texas for yielding. i'm proud to rise today in support of the bipartisan pact act, to hold turkey accountable for its destabilizing and dangerous decision to invade northern syria and attack america as he kurdish allies -- america's kurdish allies. after fighting side by side, syrian kurds are now being under siege and fleeing their homes. according to the united nations, over 180,000 people have been displaced, including 80,000 children. many are fleeing to the kurdish region of iraq, which already hosts over 200,000 refugees from the syrian civil war. turkey's reckless actions have created a humanitarian crisis that will strain our partners in

mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith, for five minutes. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to urge my colleagues to reconsider the unilateral push forward with impeachment. we have important and timely bipartisan issues to work on such as passing usmca. canada and mexico represent 34% of all u.s. exports. by far our most important trading partners. the north american free trade agreement as we know as nafta was written more than 25 years ago. the world has changed dramatically since it's enactment. president trump has made the modernization of trade between our three countries a top priority. and has allowed us the chance to make some much needed updates. usmca upgrades modernizes nafta. it will boost our economy and it's a win for farmers, producers, and definitely consumers. we have an opportunity to take action on trade but the work must come first. it is our constitutional duty to start this process in the house. delaying the enactment of usmca hurts amer

mr. chair, thank you for interrupting me as i was interrupting a witness earlier. i should not have interrupted. i appreciate you not making me wait my turn. mr. hook, the reason i interrupted is i don't like being lied to. and you said something you repeated twice that has been said to this committee before that i think is completely wrong. that is th t

mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. and still i rise, mr. speaker. and i rise today with a heavy heart and tears welling in my eyes, i rise. i rise because how dare the lynching to pare impeachment. how dare he do this. does he not know the history of lynching in this country? does he not know that thousands of african-americans were nched, mobbed -- mob violence. does he not know this is the equivalent of murder? how dare the president compare article 2, section 4 of the constitution, a lawful constitutional process, to mob violence and lynching. . mr. president, do you not understand the history that you encroaching upon? continue to weaponize racism and bigotry, this makes better than those who were screaming blood and soil, us. will not replace it makes you no better than them. it makes you no better than those who burned crosses. makes you no better than those who wear hoods and white robes. what not understand you're doing to this country? importantly, do we, the not rs of this congress, u

mr. golden, chair of the subcommittee on contracting and infrastructure. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maine is recognized. mr. golden: thank you, mr. speaker. and thanks to chairwoman velazquez. since coming to congress 10 months ago, i've been focused on protecting jobs in the state of maine. and that means helping small businesses succeed. thousands of small businesses in my state have launched or grown with help from small business development centers, or as you've heard them referred to, sbdc's. just last year, sbdc's served over 1,500 small businesses in my state. helped to start 136 new businesses, and worked to protect or create more than 800 jobs. here are just a few of the small businesses that i've heard from directly in my district about this program. sbdc's helped the maine meal purchase a building in order to launch their new bills. the milk house reeved -- received the accounting and tax advice that they needed to help grow their business from an sbdc advisor, important farming and dairy industry right there. sbdc's helped a ski

mr. chair? >> madam secretary, any speaker cards. >> no speaker cards. >> anybody wishing to speak and seeing none i'll close public comment and close to fellow commissioners for any comments or if anyone would like to move this item. >> no questions. >> i make a motion to adopt minutes of september 17th, 2019. >> i second it. >> commissioner scott. we have a first and second and madam secretary, please take roll. >> please announce your vote comment i announce your name. (roll call). >> mr. chair, the vote is for ayes. >> thank you. >> please call the next item. >> the next is a regular agenda, agenda itemss 5b through 5d for candlestick point will be presented and acted on together. 5b, including mitigation measures, pursuant to the california to the quality act of the 2019 modified project variance for phase two of the shipyard including findings, the implementation of a threshold of significance for evaluating impacts on miles travels, the redevelopment area and bayview hunters point. discus

mr chair thanks so much for being with us you heard the prime minister of the solomon islands has the solomon islands chosen to be on the right side of history when i think i want blame him for his choice because it may have their points why they switch over from taiwan to china but what it will what i want to say is that these islands which has been released to a chinese company with very close ties to the chinese coming to the region is cote . i think they won't be too lucky if you wait a little bit no because china is buying. habits not only these 3 lucky we. do. we know and so on and so on china is expensive they have american power as it's just country is not at the market one so you cannot expect too much on them because they are doing something not only for commission but a specialty for me 3 it's interesting many of the play of words to do yours over there the there won't be too lucky there's a player of the foreign ministry of taiwan is also using its calling it dollar diplomacy and in this particular instance it said i quote false promises of large amounts of foreign assista

the chair now recognizes mr. dancing for testify. welcome to our committee. >> i like to think the chair and ranking member and members of the community to testify on plastic pollution. i am the vice chair and board of directors. it is the largest international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation. i have been working on ocean issues for 30 years in the late 1980s i cofounded the american oceans campaign which has joined with oceana in 2002. i'm here to testify today about the growing problem of plastic pollution that is threatening our oceans. almost in the moment we wake up to the time we go to bed we are faced with throwaway plastic. we face it when we brush our teeth with a toothbrush made of pasplastic and squeeze toothpase out of a plastic tube, when we wash her hair with shampoo and conditioner with plastic bottles, the rest of the routine might include one or several coffees and cups with plastic lids, lunch and plastic take-out containers, plastic utensils, grocery shopping were single-use plastic is u

mr. chair, thank you for interrupting me as i was interrupting a witness earlier. i should not have interrupted. i appreciate you not making me wait my turn. mr. hook, the reason i interrupted is i don't like being lied to. and you said something you repeated twice that has been said to this committee before that i think is completely wrong. that is that the jcpoa, the iran deal, one of the reasons it was bad is because it expires. and i think you know that is false. there are provisions in the agreement that expired. that's correct. so the agreement has a set of agreements dealing with centrifuges and inspections. so say to me, to our committee, to the american public, that the deal was bad because it expires is just wrong. first paragraph of the deal, free face, i said first sentence. first paragraph of the deal. iran reaffirms under no circumstances will iran ever seek develop or acquire any nuclear weapons. that's permanent. ever. under no circumstances. any. that is a permanent provision they have assigned to that never expires unless someone like the united st

armstrong. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr. andeer, the 30% markup on apps, that's been the same since the company started, since the app store started, right? >> yes, it's correct, but for some apps we actually reduced that to 15% and, of course, that 30% only applies to less than 16% of the apps on the app store. >> you said 84% don't pay anything, right. >> that's correct. but what percentage of the total u.s. global revenue from apps come from the remaining 16% that do share revenue? >> i don't know the answer to that question. i do know that developers monetize in a number of ways. we have developers on the app store that monetize through advertising selling of physical goods, selling of services, the value that developers collect through the app store is probably hundreds of billions, perhaps over a trillion dollars. >> so how does the apple app store fit in the company offerings? >> so i think to provide some context, when we launched the first iphone it didn't include the app store. we thought developers and content cre

smith: thank you very much, mr. chair. mr. smith: smith thank you very much, mr. chair. good morning. i'd like to follow up on what i understand are some questions of some of my colleagues asked a little earlier on the public service loan forgiveness program. ms. smith: something i'm really concerned about. there's a minnesota story that was -- she's actually a plaintiff in the a.f.t. lawsuit against the department around this issue. she's a public school teacher in brain ard and she, like so many others, were told by her services that she was on track and making qualifying payments for, even when that was not the case. and that incorrect information was provided to her and not addressed until years later and of course she made all sorts of life decisions based on that bad information. and so here's what i want to try tond a little bit better -- to understand a little bit better. the cfpb and the department of education had an information sharing agreement. correct? ms. kraninger: yes. on complaints in particular and that was separate one on, frankly as i'm sitting here

[gavel striking ] * come to order.ll thank you, mr. chair. thank you for interrupting me as was interrupting wants earlier. i should not have interrupted you. > mr. hook, reason i interrupted is, i just don't, i don't like being lied to, and said something that you repeated twice, that's been said committee before that i think is completely wrong, that jcpoa, iran deal, one of the reasons it was bad is because it you know d i think that that's false. there are provisions in the agreement that expire, that's correct. o the agreement has a set of provisions, centrifuges and inspections, you're correct, expire the inspections 2030 but to 025, or public o the american the deal is bad because it, spice is just wrong the first paragraph of the deal, preface, i said first sentence, first paragraph, i wrong, fir deal, iran f the reaffirms that under no iran ever es will seek develop or acquire any nuclear weapons. that's permanent. ever. under no circumstances. any. hat's a permanent provision that they have signed to that never expires, unless someb

mr. cleaver, is recognized for five minutes >> thank you, madame chair, mr. zuckerberg for being here today. in response to a letter that i sent to f sock i was told that unclear whether u.s. and foreign regulators will have the ability to monitor libra and require any kind of corrective actions and at the same time, if u.s. and international regulators are as they've said in the, my letter, to me, unaware if they have the ability to monitor your network and then protect against money laundering and terror financing. how are you going to get over the regulatory hurdles if they're already saying that and what happens if regulators throw up their hands and say that we cannot guarantee the soundness of this product? >> thank you, congressman. so there are two parts of the process here the first is what we and the rest of the association are trying to do to design this system so that it eliminates those risks and the second is the process of working with the regulator on their concerns and questions to make sure it meets approval on the former, the key part of th

mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. fudge, for five minutes. ms. fudge: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. speaker, today i rise to honor vanessa whiting of cleveland, ohio, the recipient of the 2019 black professional of the year award. miss whiting will become the 39th individual to receive this distinguished award given by the black professionals association charitable foundation at their annual scholarship and awards gala. each year the organization honors a african-american professional for their career accomplishments, community engagement, and civic contributions. throughout her considerable achievements -- through her considerable acheements as an attorney, entrepreneur, civic leader, she's most deserving of this long overdue recognition. she embodies the mission of the black association charitable foundation which is to create opportunities for fringe f

thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, mr. strauss. seeing no other couple pom on this -- seeing no other public comment on this, i'll close public comment. >> chair peskin: i think that it's pennywise, pound foolish. with that, mr. fisher, maybe you can respond to a little bit of what you've heard and address the difference between the status quo and the recommendations around reform. >> thanks, mr. chairman. and really, i just wanted to address a couple comments that we heard on drn-that this po s pom's -- - >> i think the region has changed a bit since this project was initiated. as you start to look at a second crossing, i think the comment about how do we prioritize this in the region and then, on the delivery side, it's a bit of the panel felt very strongly that we needed to have a look at this again. i think the idea that john picari laid out, we are in a national competition for federal dollars, and i would argue part of this relook is coming up with a credible funding plan that is going to make it easier to get political suppor

mr. young. chair recognizes mr. -- >> thank you very much and i appreciate the witnesses coming forward and bringing their expertise and their perspectives to this incredibly important issue that, in my opinion, is important to the united states of america and to the world. i'd also like to offer to submit for the record some letters of support from the mayor of los angeles and other entities throughout los angeles that are supportive of this latino museum. that that will be accepted by the chair and also, thank you madam chairwoman for holding this incredibly important hearing. i'm a proud american citizen, but equally proud to be the son of immigrants from another country. i'm a proud latino american and just blessed to be a member of the united states congress. the american people, the world and the 58 million latinos in america today deserve to visit a latino museum to witness the positive military, scientific, social, and critical economic contributions to our great american nation. the time is o

mr. davis, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. lofgren: thank you, mr. speaker. 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 the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. lofgren: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in support of h.r. 1623. this measure is important, the help america run act will amend the federal election campaign act with commonsense reforms to help everyday americans run for office. current law does not directly address whether people who choose to run for office can use their campaign funds to cover the cost of childcare. this has led several individuals to have to appeal to the federal election commission for evaluations on a case-by-case basis and creates a burden for candidates with school-aged children. this bill addresses that barrier and other family-related barriers for candidates who have experiences like most everyday americans. the help america run

mr. harris. the chair recognizes mr. low and all for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chairman, and thank you to all the panelists. i want to start with the testimony which stated, as i read, that as the close of fiscal year 2018, the number of field law enforcement officers and each of the four land management agencies has declined since fiscal year 2013 and that decline makes it more difficult to protect federal employees. but you first elaborate on the impact that these declines of had an employee safety? >> it is one of a number of factors that are impacted the federal land management agencies agencies to protect federal employees. >> the law enforcement officer decline ranged from 7% through the park service to 22% for the forest service, around 2013 to 2018. the officers have a vast amount of land in which to survey as well, and so the number of law enforcement officers per millions of acres of the land is a fairly small ratio. there are various efforts that are underway to try to address that particular issue we

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mr. horsford: i thank the chair for her timely remarks. and for her leadership and compassion for our entire congressional black caucus membership during this very difficult time. i would like to yield now to the majority whip, congressman james e. clyburn from south carolina. mr. clyburn: thank you very much. i thank you so much for yielding the time. i thank the chairlady of our caucus for giving us somewhat of a resume of the life of elijah cummings. most people know that elijah cummings' roots were deep in south carolina's soil. i happen to represent the county in which he was born. or which his parents were born. ey came north to baltimore seeking a better life for their children. they were sharecroppers. in the county that gave birth to brown vs. the board of education of topeka, kansas. the interesting thing about the ople of that community, that formed that movement, that spurred a national, and i dare say an international movement, was the simplicity of their lives, their aspirations. the brown case was not about integrating schoo

what is it, mr. chair? one year and two weeks? three weeks? 383 days. we will be clicking away. could day in front of another, one could week in front of the another. one could month in front of another. as i said earlier, winning an election is a decision. it's a decision to do what you need to do to mobilize on the ground. no yield one grain of sand to as you own the ground, to mobilize around a message that is unifying and not then ng on mainstream and also about the money that it takes to organize and to spread the message. but when you make the decision to win, you have to make every of the decision in favor of winning. that means curbing some of our enthusiasm from time to time so that we can make a stark contrast. again, that honors the vision of sacrifice of the our men and women in uniform, the aspirations of our children, the fairness and safety and and equality and justice and liberty and all of that for our country because -- hate to be the one to tell you this -- there's a big difference between democrats and subject.ns on this i wish it weren't. i asked the republi

the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. thank you, mr. zuckerberg for being here. does facebook do any business with trump international hotel here in washington, d.c.? >> congresswoman, i do not know the answer to that. >> there have been public reports of enterprises and even governments doing business with trump hotels to curry favor with the administration. do you think you could get us the answer to whether or not you have been doing any business with the hotel? >> congresswoman, i will look into it with my team. >> you'll be able to get us data and information? >> my team will follow up with you. >> is there any chance that facebook actually bookeds blocks of rooms at trump international hotel and does not use them? >> congresswoman, i would be very surprised to hear if that was the case. >> who would be in charge of the people who would do such bookings? >> congresswoman, i'm not even sure because i would be very surprised if it that were a thing we would do. i'm not sure what team would be in charge of a thing i don'

mr. danson. the chair now recognizes mr. pa parros to testify for five minutes. >> thank you, i, too, thank you, ranking chairman rosenthal. i am with the texas advocacy services. we have been working on the environmental justice issues over the houston channel for 16 years. we work at the intersection of human rights and social justice issues. we call houston home, and share it with the largest petrol chemical complex in the nation. it is also the largest city with no zoning meaning that the refineries and the petrol tanks and other infrastructures and industries can be built on the fenceline bordering them. 99% of the plastic is derived from the fossil fuels, and of those plastics produced they from fracked gas and oil, and explosion of the natural gas products has led to the ever increasing demand for the liquid gas, and serving as building block for the plastic production. napalm is a product of the refining, and another element of the plastic production. five companies account for half of the local sales, and b.p., chev

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mr. hi recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madame chair. mr. zuckerberg, you've accomplished something nobody thought was possible. sherman, chair waters, many on the other side of the aisle actually agree with and, in fact, use tweets by the president to support their position. i never thought i would see the day. but here we are. you have taken the puzzle pieces of politics, shaken up the box, thrown them out on the table, and everybody is trying to figure out where they fit when it comes to facebook and when it comes to this technology use. i don't fault you for what your tool has become because i do believe it is a tool. i want to explore that a little bit. first, my question is, what share of calibra is facebook? i know it is an association. i'm sorry. of libra is facebook. so it is an association that you've referenced. m do you own half of it? is it equal shares among all partners? david marcus, who had been at facebook, is heading up calibra. is it one and the same? is calibra facebook? >> okay. congressman, there are two organizations h