mr. clyburn: thank you very much mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i want to join my friend and chair of the congressional black jacques, g.k. butterfield, in offering condolences to the parents and family members of freddie gray. i also want to say to mr. tonya graham -- ms. tonya graham that i feel and can appreciate her anguish and the pain that she showed the world a few days ago . i want to say to her son, michael, that i have also felt his pain and anguish having been on the receiving end of such discipline from my mother. but i want to say to him that he can rest assure that the love of his mother her passion for his future will pay great dividends if he continues to show the deference to her love and affection and her concern that he showed when he was the object of her frustrations. mr. speaker, responding to the situation in baltimore, several days ago president obama said, and i quote, we can't just leave this to the police. i think there are police departments that have to do some soul searching. i think there are some communitie

mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my friend, mr. jeffries, for yielding me a few moments here this evening. i visited with the family of walter scott, i attended his funeral and not long after the services were over, i was approached by two women who identified themselves as mothers of two young men who had suffered unusual and unnecessary brutality at the hands of the officer who perpetrated the unnecessary shooting of walter scott. . both these women said to me that throughout the north charleston community there is significant apprehension as to whether or not they could accept or expect any kind of relief for the pain that they are suffering. i remained in charleston over the weekend and on sunday evening i saw that the mayor of north charleston, the chief of police of north charleston, both along with the sheriff of charleston county attended the healing services that took place at the baptist church there in charleston. i applaud them. the mayor, the chief and the sheriff for responding to these three families and there may be

mr. clyburn: right. mr. garamendi: if the gentleman will yield for 15 seconds i'll explain the error and then i'll be out of the way. mr. clyburn: sure. mr. garamendi: quite correct. there was an error on my point. this is a question of the mox facility. $125 million to be applied to other cleanup programs across the nation. that's it. i spoke on a different issue and the mox facility came up earlier. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina. mr. clyburn: thank you very much mr. chairman. as i said, i oppose this amendment and i do so because i really believe that this amendment would endanger our national security. by making harmful cuts to the fuel fastballcation facility that's located in south carolina. this facility would be used to dispose of 34 metric tons of weapons grade plutonium, according to a binding international agreement signed back in 2000 and reaffirmed in 2010. most of the plutonium has already been transferred to the savannah river site and thrts awaiting disposition thr

mr. scott ran away? >> yeah. yeah. >> go ahead, congressman clyburn. >> it would seem to me if he fired the taser gun, then maybe gain, so he's running away. he doesn't have anything in his hand. it would seem to me that this whole question about the taser is not relevant to this at all. >> that's right. one of the things that he said is he heard him yell stop twice. he never heard the officer yell stop. the officer leveled his gun and fired eight times. >> let's get back to the sequence. any video prior to what we have seen? do you have video prior to what we have seen? did you shoot anything of the tasing, of the chase? >> no. >> we see where the death incident begins. you personally tell us what was going through your mind. you just saw a police officer firing shots. >> like i say, something very tragic for the three families in this case, mr. scott, the police officer and me. my life has changed in a matter of seconds. my family is afraid of what can happen next with me. i'm afraid of what can happen. i feel that what it did is just you know look for justice in this case. >> there is a second cop in the video

mr. chairman and ranking member, for the opportunity to appear before you today and look forward to answering any questions you may have. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner clyburnmr. chairman, ranking member nelson. i have always held this committee in the highest regard given my past involvement as a congressional staffer with oversight hearing and legislative efforts. i recommit myself to being available as any resource i can and be any help in the future. in my time at the commission, i have enjoyed the many intellectual and policy challenges presented by the innovative and ever challenge communication sector. it's my goal to maintain friendships even when we disagree and seek out opportunities where to work together. to provide a brief snapshot i voted with the chairman on approximately 90% of all items. unfortunately, a percentage drops significantly to 62% for the higher profile open meeting. one of the policies i have not been able to support is the insertion of the commission into every aspect of the internet. the commission pursued an ends justify the means approach to subject providers without a shred of evidence it's necessary. it punts authority to

mr. wilson: thank you for your leadership. i represent the savannah river site of south carolina. i have the privilege of working with congressman jim clyburn this site is located in south carolina. and worked on this to the savannah river site which should be noted is where the defense waste is currently being placed. it's a consequence of the cold war. but it is a consequence of victory in the cold war. the persons who worked at the savannah river site are grateful to provide for the protection of the american people and been successful. it is particularly meaningful to me i'm a congresswoman who worked at the river site and i know it's really very professional and also very environmentally sound and we are talking about why are we here. it's due to the environment and jobs. and the environment we know is in danger, if we have different sites around the country that could be addressed and the department of energy, i have another distinction. i was very grateful to be the deputy general counsel in the defense bill came up through that time and it was determined that there should be a geelic formation to place the waste of our country wheth