mr. clyburn. our request is that publicly state that you will schedule a vote to consider the hurd-aguilar bill and any another daca bill. we strongly believe the members of the house and the constituents deserve the same dignity that leader mcconnell has stated that he will allow a vote on this issue. and we asked him for his immediate attention to this issue, but we did not receive that. i said earlier, america is the greatest country that ever existed in the history of the world. aren't we proud to be american? america is a country of beautiful diversity that has changed over time from the days of our founders. they could never imagine how it could be, how many many different people. and yet, they established ar constitution that enabled everyone, everyone as they stated in our declaration of independence, everyone, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. and it is a beautiful thing. our country has become a more diverse country over time. pluribus unum. we are a nation of immi

mr. clyburn of south carolina, was -- a -- one of the great champions of all time in congress of expanding the funding for programs for care and for bricks and mortar for our community health centers. this is a very important piece for us. we want -- should be extending it in a fuller bill to five years, except it's used here to hide from the fact of so much other domestic investment that we are not making. republicans are eliminating the home visiting initiative that's vital for ma tern and childcare and cutting off work force training for low-income americans seeking good-paying jobs in health care. the sole purpose of the republican bill is to destroy our leverage to achieve parity in the caps. to eliminate any need for bipartisan compromise. to eliminate any need to invest in working families. why? because if they get their defense number, then they don't have to negotiate about the domestic number. and as i said, we support our men and women in uniform having what they need to be safe and to keep us safe. but the strength of our country is measured in other ways as well. they don't be

mr. clyburn, the assistant leader, and mr. hoyer, the democratic whip, and i is sent a letter to the speaker -- and i sent a letter to the speaker. it said, dear, mr. speaker in the spirit of bipartisanship, we write again to our sincere desire that the government remains open and that the priorities of the american people are properly addressed. as you know, democrats have been clear that we support a budget agreement that ensures that our men and women in uniform have the resources they need to protect our country and that america's middle class and working families have the tools they need to succeed. as part of this agreement, we have always expected that the house and the senate would address the issue of daca and the dreamers. most of our members believe that this budget agreement is a reasonable compromise to address america's military strength and critical domestic priorities. likifying the opioid crisis, -- like fighting the opioid crisis, boosting the national institutes of health, moving forward to resolving the pen

mr. clyburn's proposal. think it all has to be considered as part of a package. i think it's important for democrats and republicans to come together to figure out what are the things, not just what one side labels is common sense but what are the things we can agree to to get past and get the president to sign that and get it through the senate? you need 60 votes to pass anything in the senate. host: clyburn still came up as a petition in the house. is that something you would get behind? these i don't support petitions in general but i have to look at it. i will look at every proposal. host: steve, the walkie, wisconsin, independent, go ahead. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. we have had a lot of discussion about why things have fallen through the cracks in broward county there seems to be a growing amount of information that says some of the criminal activity and the reporting has been racially-based or biased cruz andnikolas trayvon martin -- what's going on with the reporting of crimes by mainstream media, by certain law enforcement agencies th

mr. clyburn's district when the guy went into the church and killed the people who were -- a prayer group there, you remember that person should not have been able to buy a gun but it was an overlapping jurisdictions, city or county or something, when they went to do the background check on him, there was a delay. and they -- it came back, they didn't clear him, but they couldn't positively say he was prohibited. and the base law, the federal law, under which they were operating said if you can't identify someone is prohibited within three days, you have to give them the gun. so that guy never got a complete background check. they knew he was a problem, but they couldn't identify it. he got the gun and went into that church and murdered those people. california had a 10-day waiting period. you have more time to figure out if somebody should or shouldn't have guns. ms. pelosi: i want to commend mr. thompson for the work he did when we did have the minority in terms of expanding the nics background system. the nics improvement act requires federal agencies to submit mental health records. w

mr. clyburn of south carolina, was -- a -- one of the great champions of all time in congress of expanding the funding for programs for care and for bricks and mortar for our community health centers. this is a very important piece for us. we want -- should be extending it in a fuller bill to five years, except it's used here to hide from the fact of so much other domestic investment that we are not making. republicans are eliminating the home visiting initiative that's vital for ma tern and childcare and cutting off work force training for low-income americans seeking good-paying jobs in health care. the sole purpose of the republican bill is to destroy our leverage to achieve parity in the caps. to eliminate any need for bipartisan compromise. to eliminate any need to invest in working families. why? because if they get their defense number, then they don't have to negotiate about the domestic number. and as i said, we support our men and women in uniform having what they need to be safe and to keep us safe. but the strength of our country is measured in other ways as well. they don't be

mr. clyburn: thank you very much, representative evans, for granting me some time. mr. speaker, i proudly represent the sixth congressional district of south carolina in this august body, and this past week, i spent a significant amount of time throughout the district meeting with faith leaders as well as other community organizations and one of the things i kept hearing that came from people who are particularly interested in whether or not this congress will do anything to respond to this horrific problem that we have with guns. of all the things that i find myself talking about, the one thing that bothers me most is the fact that we seem to be no longer safe in our most sacred institutions. i often quote alexis de tocqueville, who came to this country way back in the early 1800's, seeking what he called the magic of this great country. he said that he went throughout the country looking at our institutions, educational institutions. legislative bodies. trying to find the magic of this great country. alexis de tocqueville said he could not find it in any of these plac

mr. clyburn's proposal. think it all has to be considered as part of a package.hink it's important for democrats and republicans to come together to figure out what are the things, not just what one side labels is common sense but what are the things we can agree to to get past and get the president to sign that and get it through the senate? you need 60 votes to pass anything in the senate. host: clyburn still came up as a petition in the house. is that something you would get behind? these i don't support petitions in general but i have to look at it. i will look at every proposal. host: steve, the walkie, wisconsin, independent, go ahead. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. we have had a lot of discussion about why things have fallen through the cracks in broward county there seems to be a growing amount of information that says some of the criminal activity and the reporting has been racially-based or biased cruz andnikolas trayvon martin -- what's going on with the reporting of crimes by mainstream media, by certain law enforcement agencies that w

mr. wiley and ms. fowlkes. we will turn to comments from the bench including commissioner clyburn. >> i would like to thank the bureau for such a very, very completed comprehensive report. this is an extremely serious issue because a false ballistic alert in hawaii should be a wake-up call. we cannot simply dismiss this as being an inadvertent mistake that only public officials in hawaii need to address. this incident should and is serve as a catalyst for every state and locality to review their emergency alert procedures for every community should do more to prevent an issuance of a false alert. if and when a false alert is ever sent again the technical capability to immediately send a correction should be in place and the protocols on how to go about that should he clearly defined. thank you. >> thank you commissioner clyburn. commissioner o'rielly. >> i do want to say this could have been a cataclysmic catastrophe of utmost importance. i didn't want to check on what is the point you made. you have highlighted and it was raised in the "washington post" article regarding the governor and the hawaii emergency

mr. wiley and ms. fowlkes, for that presentation. we will now turn to comments from the bench, beginning with commissioner clyburn. >> thank you. first, i would like to thank the bureau for such a very, very, very quick and comprehensive report. this an extremely serious issue , because the false ballistic missile alert in hawaii should be a wakeup call for all stake holders involved in emergency communications. we cannot simply dismiss this as being an inadvertent mistake that only public officials in hawaii need to address. this incident should and is, i hear, serving as a catalyst for every state and locality to review their emergency alert processes. every community should be doing more to prevent an issuance of a false alert. but if and when a false alert is ever sent again, the technical capability to immediately send a correction should be in place, and the protocols on how to go about that should be clearly defined. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner clyburn. commissioner o'rielly. >> thank you commissioner clyburn. commissioner riley. >> i want to say it's astounding that no one was hurt in this instance, it could h