mr. cole: mr. speaker, i want to begin by saying i also have a great deal of respect for the distinguished minority leader. and shoe used in her remarks, made the point -- and she used in her remarks, made the point the president asked for a number of things. last year the president asked for a billion dollars more for the n.i.h. we said you know he we didn't think you asked for enough. we'll give you $2 billion. somehow that seems to get lost. last year the president sent out a request for the center for disease control. we said you know we don't think you're spending enough on public health, mr. president, we are going to spend more money than you asked for. this year when the president submitted his budget, he decided i'm going to take $1 billion of discretionary spending away from the national institute of health and spend it someplace else. we said no, mr. president, we think that's reckless. our democratic friends agreed. we are not going to let you take $1 billion of discretionary money away

mr. cole: mr. speaker, i want to begin by saying i also have a great deal of respect for the distinguished minority leader. and shoe used in her remarks, made the point -- and she used in her remarks, made the point the president asked for a number of things. last year the president asked for a billion dollars more for the n.i.h. we said you know he we didn't think you asked for enough. we'll give you $2 billion. somehow that seems to get lost. last year the president sent out a request for the center for disease control. we said you know we don't think you're spending enough on public health, mr. president, we are going to spend more money than you asked for. this year when the president submitted his budget, he decided i'm going to take $1 billion of discretionary spending away from the national institute of health and spend it someplace else. we said no, mr. president, we think that's reckless. our democratic friends agreed. we are not going to let you take $1 billion of discretionary money away

mr. cole: mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend, the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to evise and extend their remarks . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cole: mr. speaker, yesterday the rules committee met and reported a rule for consideration of both h.r. 5243, the zika response appropriations act of 2016, and h.r. 4974, the military construction and veterans affairs and related agencies appropriations act for fiscal year 2017. the rule provides for consideration of h.r. 5243 under a closed rule with an hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the committee on appropriations. along with a motion to recommit. in addition, the

mr. cole: mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rules i call up house resolution 751 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 120, house resolution 751, resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution a, the house hereby takes from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 25577, making appropriations for the departments of transportation and housing and urban development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes. with the senate amendment thereto and concurs in the senate amendment with an amendment consisting of the text of rules committee print 114-56, and b, it shall be in order for the chair on the committee of proningses or designee to move that the house insist on its amendment to the senate amendment to h.r. 2577, and request a conference with the senate thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for one hour. mr. c

mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker for recognizing me and thank you for yielding me the time i need. i want to begin my remarks by complimenting our chairman. i don't know anybody who has spent more time on this issue and devoted more thought to it than the chairman. he took a codel down to the region and our first stop was in peru and stopped at a naval research station. their purpose normally is to look at tropical diseases, which they are doing but switched their efforts to zika, just as they should. so we were on top of this early. then we went to brazil. and we had the opportunity to meet with the centers for disease control and talked to our colleagues in the brazilian government about the appropriate ways to move forward on this that were done thoughtfully and responsibly. what the chairman has laid before us is a three-part plan that funds all the administration wants to do. the first is the initial $600 million that would not be available had the chairman not directed the administration to immediately use available funds. now when we passed money for ebola and look at the le

why.ill cole lee seo le mr. weiss. mr. larry sharp. weld of william massachusetts. either massachusetts or new york. mr. derek grayson of georgia. dern of california. historically within the libertarian party you had to get signature tokens to be placed in nomination. 30 three minimum of nominated for president or vice president. it has traditionally been our practice to suspend the rules and cap presidential tokens as vice presidential tokens for purposes of vice presidential nominations. for anyone who had run for president. a motion was made to suspend the rules and it did not receive two thirds. areonly candidates eligible those who were able to submit their vice presidential tokens by the deadline of 1:16 p.m. this afternoon. someone may cross the 30 tokens threshold. i don't know how many were outstanding. time the names i listed are the only ones who've met the threshold. ballot access needs to be assured in all 50 states. one action is the libertarian .arty taking takee coordination of place according to whatever is negotiated between the party and the campa

. >> do you agree, cole, on this one? >> i'm glad mr.he rear-view mirror out of the way for the listeners. the transition to digital was a tough thing. the pay wall, and that kind of technology, that took up until about four years ago for that to be meaningful to these businesses. the millennials have not engaged in a major way. then again, if you're 25, you're drinking craft beer, and you're not interested in local news. you buy a house, pay property taxes, have kids, local affairs become much more important. in terms of the platform, gannett is the superior operator in the business. to kevin's point, though -- >> when we talk about gannett, primarily talking "usa today" here? >> "usa today" actually i would add is not the premier part of their business, it's daily news, the local communities, the tennessee and nashville free press. back then they used to underprice goods to kill their papers. today i don't know if the ftc could prove they have a monopoly, because as kevin pointed out to the viewers, it's a dead business today. >> mike,

mr. trump. chris collins talking there with chad of fox news. craig kaplan also tweeting about tom cole of oklahoma. don't think trump will cost us seats in the house. follow him on twitter. our capitol hill producer. more coming up. we expect to hear from house speaker paul ryan at 11:30 eastern this morning. we'll have that live here on c-span. but for some perspective on today's meetings, what's behind today's meetings, we spoke this morning with robert costa of the "washington post." ryan responded this is hl -- come to anp agreement about what is best for the american people. they have been treated badly for so long it is time for politicians to put them first. donald trump had this to say on twitter. i look forward to meeting paul ryan on thursday. together, we will be the democrats at all levels. fox, donald trump is quoted as saying if we make a deal, that will be great. will trudge, we forward like i have been doing and winning. joining us on the phone, robert costa. with when and where these meetings are going to take place and what is expected. guest: these meetings are polit

cole from the full-time line. you are on the air. -- tom calling from the full-time line. caller: mr you are doing a great job protecting president obama. explanation about the total number of people unemployed and you obfuscated by saying -- all of those people have been another administration. what are you talking about? that you usedon to protect the democratic party and protecting president obama is just ridiculous. guest: people can disagree. the numbers are what they are. this is not a perfect economy to be clear. this is an economy with major flaws. the income of the family in the middle of the income distribution is lower than 2007. that is a profound failure of our economy to work well. we have a lot of economic problems. the question is, what do you look at? are you looking at the way things are changing? or the absolute level? on the absolute level, there are a lot of ways that economy is worse than it was back in 2007. in terms of direction, most things are pointing in the right direction. trend, unemployment trend, those are going in the right direction, not as fast as p