mr. collins: thank you mr. speaker. at this time i'm pleased to yield six minutes to my good friend and the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess, member of the rules committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for six minutes. mr. burgess: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i would -- i come today, of course, to speak on the rule and encourage passage of the rule and encourage passage of the underlying bill, funding the department of homeland security for the next 21 days. i would remind this body that the house last month funded the department of homeland security to the end of the fiscal year, september 30. we have since awaited activity in the senate or over in the other body and that activity unfortunately has not been forthcoming. so we're left again with a deadline situation and the house responsibly, house leadership responseably stepped up to pro-- responsibly stepped up to fund for the next 21 days. the problem goes back to november. the house did not want to fund the president's un

mr. collins: i have an amendment -- mr. carson: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: amendment number 35 printed in house report 114-29, offered by the gentleman from indiana, mr. carson. the chair: the gentleman from indiana and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. carson: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. carson: mr. speaker, i rise today to present an amendment to help prepare vulnerable and at-risk students for the future. too many children suffer because we effectively do not have the coordinated efforts to research and apply data on student achievement in a way that will really benefit them system of this amendment supports the creation of a national strategy for the collection analysis and assessment of student achievement data. this day that will be used to structure systems that better serve our students. in addition, it will advance teacher professional development, educational administration and international education comparisons. preparing students f

mr. collin. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you commissioner president murase i believe the next 3 speakers want to yield time to me i request respectfully they do thank you would the parent to show support for the restoring the 8th grade element education please stand up thank you, thank you my name is annette president commissioner and deputy director superintendent and student i'm asking you to modify the mask gratification that was adapted by adding on option for an accelerated pathway called the 3 into 2 option it is expressing contemplated in the common core state standards it is an option that brings the 9th grade algebra one categorize into the 7 and 8 grade by having the 7th grade half of the eight grade at&t half of the remaining math and the amount bra one the reason that parents all over san francisco and more than 5 hundred and 80 san francisco parent signed the petition in support of this option the reason that parents all over san francisco wish this option is that our high achievin

mr. collin. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you commissioner president murase i believe the next 3 speakers want to yield time to me i request respectfully they do thank you would the parent to show support for the

mr. collins? mr. mcgovern? mr. hastings. mr. chairman? aye. >> clerk will report the totals. >> seven ayes, two nays. >> and i will be doing it for the democrats. and i love texas. and the gentleman from massachusetts will be handling this. in fact, i love our united states. and i would say that it is a great country. and that for us to work together is important. and i want to thank the committee for it's time today. i want today let the committee know that we expected to meet tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. the committee is now through with it's work for the day. >>> they have finished meeting on a bill to replace the affordable health care law. they made nearly 60 attempts to ae peel all or part of the affordable health care act since 2011. this is will be the first time it comes up in congress. go to c-span.org to see it from the beginning. >>> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. there are 108 women in congress including the first african-american republican in the house. and keep track using congressional chronicle. vo

mr. collins for five minutes. mr. collins: just recently i'd like to start off with a positive note president obama submitted the federal budget on time for the first time since 2010. while i appreciate his timeliness and the constituents in my district don't appreciate the tiss regard for fiscal responsibility. the budget for congress which is starts the fiscal year with our country in the red. what organization starts off the fiscal year by saying they are going to purposely spend more money than they take in? how many folks around the dinner table actually have their conversations at the start of the year, you know what? i want to start the year broke and end broke. that's what the president's budget does. the president presented a congress a $ trillion budget. yes you heard me right, trillion with a t, the proposed budget request, $4 trillion in spending but only provides, get this, $3.5 trillion in revenue. i was not the best math student but i can see a problem here. that leaves the government a half trillion dol

collins: mr. president the senator from texas who has a fine legal mind, served on the supreme court in texas is exactly right. ms. collins: and moreover, i'd like to read to you what president obama himself said about the very point that the senator from texas said about the oath that we held up our hands and took when we were sworn into this body, and that the president took when he became president. here's what the president said in july 2011 -- "i swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books. now i know some people want me to bypass congress and to change the laws on my own but that's not how our system works. that's not how our democracy functions. that's not how our constitution is written." mr. president, president obama had it exactly right when he stated that reality. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: the senator has been very patient with me. if i could just ask two final questions. given the 22 different public statements that the president of the united states

mr. collins of georgia mrs. comstock of virginia, mr. forbes of virginia, mr. hultgren of illinois mr. cacko of new york, mr. latta of ohio, mr. olson of texas, mr. ratcliff of texas, mrs. roby of alabama. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to clause 5-a 4-a rule 10 of the rules of the house of representatives, i designate the following members to be available to serve on an investigative subcommittee of the committee on ethics during the 114th congress, the honorable john c. carney of delaware, the honorable gerald e. connelly of virginia the honorable janice hahn of california, the honorable brian higgins of new york, the honorable hakeem s. jeffries of new york, the honorable william r. keating of massachusetts the honorable ed perlmutter of colorado, the honorable terri a. sewell of alabama, the honorable jackie speier of california the honorable dina titus of nevada. signed, best regards, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays befor

mr. collins. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for five minutes. mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate that and i thank my good friend from north carolina who has already been stated on the floor is powering through today, standing strong for the values that i think really would not be expressed any differently except to say mr. speaker, that there is critical national interest here. . as we talk about these bills, yes it is -- sort of a groundhog day, i'll get to that in a moment seemingly because it seems like every time we from the republican side of the aisle want to talk about jobs and kitchen tables and making better improvements for life and getting rid of regulatory burden that would help or put controls on government, we are accused of wanting to spoil the environment, kill trees, make flowers not bloom. whatever it may be, but the issue that's groundhog's day. if people want a true groundhog day analogy, here it is. when we want to put constraints on government from interfering and getting in the way of its proper role in helping b

collins: mr. collins: thank you mr. president. mr. president, three weeks ago i came to the senate floor to speak on an amendment which i had hoped would provide a framework that would accomplish three goals. first, to provide funding for the department of homeland security so that it could perform its vital mission of protecting the people of our country. second to put the senate on record as opposing the president's extraordinarily broad immigration actions issued by executive order last november in 2014. and third to ensure that individuals who were brought to this country as children and to qualify for treatment under the june 2012 executive order on delayed action on childhood arrivals the so-called dreamers that senator durbin has just spoken of could continue to benefit under that program. i'm very pleased that it looks like we are moving forward on a bill to fully fund the department of homeland security. we had a very strong vote on that yesterday and indeed, mr. president, i have not hear

mr. collins has heard me tell the story.i was being bombarded by people saying, why are you democrats doing all of these closed round? i kept trying to figure out what in the world they were talking about. time came many years after i became a member and i sought democrats have closed rules and republicans have closed rules command that is wrong. wrong. and the most historic of the rules committee's in the previous congress, the most close rules that we have ever had, and now we are pairing for yet another put aside of the substance. earlier when the chair spoke he took the liberty that many of us do in offering either on the floor or here in the committee when we say with the american public think. i think with the american public thinks is that they are tired of hearing about this. my friend was correct when he said you cannot find the poll saying that person's favor this in any large measure. so here the kinds of organization. i will quote from it. continue debate or moveon. after more than five years of debate about the

mr. collins: they'll miss perfect compassion optimism, and smiling face, but her legacy will live on in the northeast georgia town she loved. my wife lisa, whose hometown is lula, and i express our condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues during this very difficult time. it is in tragedies like this we remember public servants serve first those around them. and when they are gone, they are missed. vicky, we will miss you. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chamber lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. after a breakthrough year for america, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. and in 58 months we have created over 11 million jobs. our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis. more of our kids are graduating than ever before. more of our people are insured than ever before. we are free from the grip of foreign oil as we have been in almost 30 years. thanks to the hard work resilience, and determination of the american people over the last six years, this sh

mr. president, i would like to yield the floor to senator collins. ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you mr. president. maine and maryland have in common not only delicious seafood but also fine craft beers. i'm delighted to join my friend and colleague senator cardin, in support of the legislation that we've introduced, senate bill 375 the small brewer reinvestment and expanding work force or small brew act. the title is more than just a clever acronym. it is a statement of what our bipartisan bill really is all about. this mr. president is a jobs bill and those covered by the bill are small businesses, entrepreneurs who are taking risks and creating jobs in communities around the country. we often talk in this chamber about what we could do to help create the environment that encourages job creation. well, our bill is one such practical means where we can spur the creation of new jobs as well as great products. in maine, we are proud to boast that our state is now home to more than 60 breweries that produce more than

collins collins thank you mr. president. -- ms. collins: thank you mr. president. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senator from minnesota, senator klobuchar and i be permitted to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you mr. president. mr. president, alzheimer's is a terrible disease that exacts a tremendous personal and economic toll on the individual, the family and society. in addition to the human suffering it causes, alzheimer's costs the united states an estimated $226 billion a year, including $153 billion from the medicare and medicaid programs. these costs will only skyrocket as the baby boomer generation ages. already our nation's costliest disease, alzheimer's is projected to cost more than $1.1 trillion if nothing is done to change its current trajectory. it is now estimated mr. president, that nearly one in two of the baby boomers reaching age 85 will develop alzheimer's. as a consequence chances are that members of the baby boomer generation will either be spending their golden years su

mr. chairman. finish. >> thank you senator collins. senator mikulski. >> thank you, mr. chairman. doctor, my question was going to be fatherly identical to senator collins -- fairly identical to senate collins' question on the reduction of $50 million in the 317 grant program which is to take care of the uninsured as well as vaccine safety outreach and education. now, you're saying that that reduction of $50 million will have no impact on those services related to vaccine safety outreach and education? >> no, i can't say that those reductions will have no impact. what i'd actually tried to say is that the way that we would address those changes would be to reduce the discretionary vaccine purchase and try to really increase the billing of insurance. so it's, of course, vital that the public health infrastructure be protected. >> well, we feel the same way and particularly in the issues related to outreach ask education. i'd like to join with the gentlelady from maine, because this is not an appropriations hearing. but when we do move to hhs i think this is a valid area of inquiry a

mr. collins of georgia for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentleman from california, mr. rohrabacher backer, is recognized for -- mr. rohrabacher, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. rohrabacher: thank you very much mr. speaker. today i rise to have a discussion with my fellow colleagues and with those people throughout the united states who are watching this and reading this in the congressional record. the issue i wishes to discuss is a matter of grave concern to me and i think i believe, to the american people as well. i came here 26 years ago. i had served seven years prior to my arrival here in the united states congress, i served for seven years in the reagan white house. i was a speech writer to president reagan and i was a special assistant to the president, which is a designated rank at the white house. i recall what it was like in the time leading up to ronald reagan's election and i recall specifically how ronald reagan dealt with the

mr. marshall thank you for being here. >> chairman collins franky membership haskell distinguished committee members thank you for inviting me to testify today. i'm so grateful for your leadership and action on issues of injustice. my name is philip marshall. i'm a professor of rhode island and a resident of massachusetts and i'm also the grandson of new york philanthropist brooke astor victim of elder abuse by her son son, my father. as president of the vincent astor foundation my grandmother advance its mission by giving millions of dollars to social and cultural causes. in 1998 president bill clinton afforded her the presidential medal of freedom. well into her 90s she was at center stage as new york's first lady and a humanist aristocrat with a generous heart. by 2000 when she was 100 she disappeared from the limelight. she didn't return until july july 2006 when my guardianship petition which i filed to protect my grandmother against my father was discovered by the press. front page headlines displayed disaster from mrs. astor. my grandmother would never want to be known as one of ameri

mr. collins, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 5 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to support state and local accountability for public education, protect state and local authority, inform parents of the performance of their children's schools and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule the bill is considered read the first time. the gentleman from pln -- from minnesota, mr. kline and the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott, each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. kline: i rise in strong support of h.r. 5, the student success act and yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kline: mr. chairman, the house is not in order. the chair: the committee will be in order. members please take your conversation off the floor. the committee will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. kline: this week we have

mr. collins: they entered their northeast georgia grown and bottled wine into the prestigious san francisco chronicle wine competition. it is the largest competition of wines in the world. despite the crowded field and the fact they did their first showing at the competition, they did georgia proud by earning four medals. they brought home the double gold medal for the merlot and a bronze medal for a blend of three estate grown grapes. the magnificent achievement is the latest example of northeast georgia's emergence as a prominent wine region. wine critics and many agree that the unique geography of our mountains makes georgia wine truly special. i commend the ingles and the hardworking georgia wine makers who are making a great name for georgia in the world of wine and i look for their continued success and i yield back. one-minute speeches having now expired for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin prosecutors ryan, seek recognition? mr. ryan: mr. speaker, mursuent to house resolution 101, i call up the bill h.r. 636 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the spe

collins? >> thank you, mr. chairman. director, i want to follow up on the issue of the telecommunications companies holding the data in two different ways. first of all, there are hundreds of telecoms in this country and by contrast, many people who have access to the database in this country was strictly limited and they were well trained. if more people have access to the database isn't that likely to raise additional privacy problems and questions? >> i would have to ask exactly how the architecture would look. >> related question, would you be troubled if there was no requirement for the telecommunications companies to retain the data for a certain length of time? >> it's obviously in the interest of the intelligence department to access that data for as long a period of time as we can. in terms of specific provisions to compel, i can't speak to that. i can only speak to the interest that we have in maintaining that capability which is to have that access. >> let me turn to the issue of homegrown terrorism and to cou

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator warren. and i didn't welcome senator collins to the committee, which i should. we're delighted to have them back. she and senator cassidy are the only new senators this year. and you're not really new. senator roberts? >> thank you, mr. chairman. number one, i would observe that we have flipped the seating arrangement here. there's a brand-new start. the lights are a little brighter. the heat is a little warmer. you can see what the majority used to enjoy. but basically, i observed the minority is to your right and we, sir, are to your left, which is seldom. but at any rate, just thought i'd make that observation. i'd like to concentrate on the teachers -- stephen, how do you pronounce your last name? >> lazar. >> that's what i figured. thank you for your statements on behalf of teachers. some years ago, way before senator collins, i was a teacher for three years. i worried about standard deviation. i had a principal who insisted on doing that and we finally had meaningful dialogue and i was free from that effort. i have no idea

mr. martial, thank you for being here. >> chairman collins ranking member and distinguished committee members. thank you for inviting me to testify today. i am i am so grateful for your leadership and action on issues of elder justice, my name is philip martial i am a resident of massachusetts. i'm also the grandson, my father. as president of the foundation my grandmother advanced its mission by giving millions of dollars to social and cultural causes. in 1998 president bill clinton and well into her 90s. by 200 when she was 100, she disappeared from the lime light. she didn't return till july 2006 when my guardianship petition which i filed to protect my grand grandmother against my grandfather was discovered by the press. front page headlines displayed disaster for mrs. hafter. my grandfather nor did she. well in the throws of dementia chose, manipulated and robbed yet the circumstances have formed a timely cause in elder justice. this may be and enriching himself with millions of dollars. after three months battle and five days before our court date a settlement was reached with permanent

mr. chairman. >> senator collins, thank you. senator mikulski. >> my question is fairly identical to senator collins's question $50 million in the grant program, to take care of the uninsured, the outrage and education. you are saying that reduction of $50 million has no impact on those services related to vaccine safety out reach education? >> i can say those reductions have no impact. what i tried to say is the way that i would address those changes would have discretionary vaccine purchases and try to increase the building of insurance. and the public health infrastructure fee protected. >> this is the same way and particularly issues related to our education the gentlelady from maine, this is not an appropriation theory this is a valid area of inquiry and bipartisan cooperation. science and misinformation, the cdc tracks the correlation between vaccine compliance, and mississippi 100% up what is the autism rate in mississippi? >> i don't have that information but there are number of ways to understand trends in nazism, and a

mr. marshall thank you for being here. >> chairman collins franky membership haskell distinguished committeers thank you for inviting me to testify today. i'm so grateful for your leadership and action on issues of injustice. my name is philip marshall. i'm a professor of rhode island and a resident of massachusetts and i'm also the grandson of new york philanthropist brooke astor victim of elder abuse by her son son, my father. as president of the vincent astor foundation my grandmother advance its mission by giving millions of dollars to social and cultural causes. in 1998 president bill clinton afforded her the presidential medal of freedom. well into her 90s she was at center stage as new york's first lady and a humanist aristocrat with a generous heart. by 2000 when she was 100 she disappeared from the limelight. she didn't return until july july 2006 when my guardianship petition which i filed to protect my grandmother against my father was discovered by the press. front page headlines displayed disaster from mrs. astor. my grandmother would never want to be known as one of america's m

collins. >> thank you mr. chairman. director i want to follow up on the issue of the telecommunications company holding the data in two different ways. first of all there are hundreds in this country and by contrast very few people, the number of people who have access to the database in this country has come out in recent months with strictly limited that they were well-trained to get more people have access to the database isn't that likely to raise additional privacy problems and questions? >> that i would have to understand how the architectures going to look and i would ask if i could take that for the record senator. >> a related question, would you be troubled if there is no requirement for the telecommunications companies to retain the data for a certain length of time? >> is obviously in the interest of the intelligence community to try to maintain the capability to access that data for as long as period of time as we can. in terms of specific provisions to compel i can speak to that. i can only speak to the in

mr. president, i thank the chair. i appreciate the opportunity to speak on this, and i hope when we vote soon, that our colleagues will recognize that it's time to maybe consider about the opportunity senator collins has said will be provided them. to have amendments, and we'll go fort and do the -- forth and do the right thing for the american people. i would yield the floor. >> mr. president? >> the senator from north dakota. >> mr. president, i'd like to thank my colleagues both from alabama and from maine for coming down to the floor and saying let's do the work of the senate, let's advance to this department of homeland security bill, let's offer amendments, let's have the debate let's fund department. but let's make sure that we do it in the right way is. the right way. and where we protect the checks and balances built into this government by our forefathers. mr. president, for the last few days i've come to the floor for the importance to voting yes on the motion to proceed to the department of homeland security appropriations bill for 2015. h.r. 240. i wish that weren't the case. i'd hoped that by now we would be much closer to passing a funding bill for the department that the senate wou

collins? >> thank you, mr. chairman, director, i want to follow up on the issue of the telecommunications companies holding the data in two different ways. first of all, there are hundreds of telecons in this country and by contrast, many people who have access to the database in this country was strictly limited and they were well trained. if more people have access to the database isn't that likely to raise additional privacy problems and questions? >> i would have to ask exactly how the architecture would look. >> related question, would you be troubled if there was no requirement for the telecommunications companies to retain the data for a certain length of time? it's obviously in the interest of the intelligence department to access that data for as long a period of time as we can. in terms of specific provisions to compel, i can't speak to that. i can only speak to the interest that we have in maintaining that capability which is to have that access. >> let me turn to the issue of homegrown terrorism and

collins: mr. president. mr.resident, i am familiar with the provision that the senator from texas refers to, and i kept it included in the bill that we will be voting on at some point and that is it seems to me that if you have been convicted -- if you are a convicted sex offender, why do we want you in this country? and the irony is, mr. president that just this week, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on sex trafficking and why would we want you in this country and the irony is, be mr. president that just this week the senate judiciary committee held the hearing on trafficking and we have heard heartbreaking stories of very young girls who've been abused by men who have been taken from state to state, coerced into prostitution and i don't want those individuals that come from another country to be allowed to stay here and all 20 of the women request -- they have bills that deal with this kind of human trafficking. so, we are trying to send a message that these individuals should be a high priority f

five-minute questions based upon the order of attendance and that's verifying warner coates, collins, langford and rich. >> mr. director i'm going to go right to the issue the vice chair raised with you and that's the three fisa provisions that are set to expire on the first of june. if we allow those to expire what would be the nctc's ability. >> it's important to reretain these capabilities that the ability to have insight into what our adversaries are doing, the connections they may have both internationally and potentially into the homeland is an essential part of the business of identifying individual terrorists and building out the picture of the networks in which the terrorists operate and so fundament alley, reauthorization is something that we're counting on in the intelligence community as an important part of our work. >> director earlier this week the administration announced the creation of a cyber threat intelligence integration center where they refer to it as ctec. the national center will reportedly be modeled after nctc and the national counter proliferation center which has struggled under

mr. durbin: thank you. let me say at the outset, senator collins is my friend and colleague. we have worked on many things together and i respect her especially because the department of homeland security was literally her creation, along with senator lieberman and others and the fact that we have now agreed on a bipartisan basis to set aside this immigration debate and to fully fund this critical department is the right thing to do. a 98-2 vote is unusual on the senate floor. it reflects the fact we finally reached that consensus on funding the department of homeland security. i hope our vote later today also reflects that. but i do take exception to some of the statements she has made about her own measure which she is offering. and first i'd like to invite her, and i'm sure she has been here a thousand times to walk down this corridor and look up the staircase to the painting, a painting that shows abraham lincoln with his cabinet. it's the moment when he signed an executive order. president lincoln signed an executive order and with that executive order 152 years ago the

funding bill as well as the commonsense collins bill. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the minority leader. mr. reid: the majority leader and i have had a number of very good discussions the last 24 hours or so. we've grate that in order to pass a clean homeland security appropriation bill for the replannedder of this fiscal year that democrats will support getting on the house homeland security funding bill in exchange the leader will provide the only amendment, will be a clean homeland security funding substitute which he just outlined. the substance of this amendment is the same as the bill introduced by senators mikulski and shaheen about a month ago. the senate will adopt that amendment and send the amendment to the house in an expedited fashion. ance the senate will vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to the collins bill. i'll be very brief. i don't personally believe the collins bill is a compromise. it would undermine law enforcement and tear families apart. so until full-year funding for the homeland security department is enacted i'

mr. chairman. >> this sunday on qnb. david brooks collins -- columnist for "the new york times." >> the city towards are given for the best magazine essays of the year. they can be in journals, "the new yorker," "the atlantic." or even obscure literary magazines. the idea is that it is a good week to step back and not read tweets, newspaper articles, but to step back and had the time to read something deeper and longer. and to celebrate those longer pieces. i do believe magazines change history. in the republic, until its recent distraction, it was the most influential part. it has created a voice for model -- modern literalism. beginning of voice. >> sunday night at eight, eastern, and pacific. >> live today on c-span "washington journal" is next. at 10:00 a.m., the u.s. house general speeches. at noon, u.s. house discusses federal government mandates. >> in 45 minutes, congressman gene green, democrat of texas discusses gop efforts to repeal the affordable care act. the president's proposed 2016 budget and childhood vaccinations. 8:30 a.m.

. >> thank you for your your testimony had no senator collins has introduced you but we would love to hear your opening comments. >> thank you mr. chairman. i'm a prosecutor with the king county prosecutor's office in seattle washington. 14 years ago i was appointed to play my offices first elder abuse prosecutor. since then with the exception of a two-year hiatus-prosecuting cases of elder exploitation neglect physical assault sexual assault and homicide. everything case that i handled involved in the steam community member of the town north of seattle. she was in her 80s that was in good shape financially. she owned her home and had plenty of money to cover any care needs for the rest of her life. her son was her power of attorney and handled her finances. in 2008 kim sharpe began to steal from her. first to make transfer from her bank account to his and then by lying to get a reverse mortgage on her house and taking those proceeds too. during the next four years than sharp stove over $490,000 from his mother for a new house diamond ring for his fiancee his business and to fund his lavish lifestyle. in 2011 his daughters -- h

mr. speaker, i rise today to mourn the passing of mike collins. mike collins epitomized what a true public servant is. mike was a marine, a city councilman, mayor, police officer. he epitomized that public service that putting yourself never above the people you represent. mr. latta: he always put the people he represented first. with his passing northwest ohio has lost a great leader. mr. speaker with his funeral today, i want to extend my deepest sympathies to his wife and daughters and his family. with that, mr. speaker i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? . >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. costa:: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i rise today to speak on the importance of funding the department of homeland security . playing partisan politics with d.h.s. for ransom because you're unhappy with the p

mr. speaker. i rise to give reassurance and hope to sandy collins and the family of the mayor of toledo, mike collins, who yesterday was involved in a very serious automotive accident. he apparently had a heart attack while he was driving after trying to prepare the city crews for the snowfall that was about to come a level three snowfall. and then there was an heroic act that saved his life, though he's in critical condition, at the university of toledo medical center. a woman named evelyn johnson mother of eight children, a grandmother of five, saw his s.u.v. that had crashed into this telephone pole and she stopped her car on her way to work and she and another man, a good samaritan who came along had to pry him out of the car. it was still running, he still had his foot on the gas, but he was completely unconscience and she and the other gentleman administered c.p.r. at the direction of the 911 crews in the city of toledo. i am so proud of my hometown and the love and the care and the preparedness that they demonstrated to care for our mayor. we pray to god that he will fully recover and that his

senator collins spoke about her bill today on the floor with the whip and dick durbin of illinois. this is 40 minutes. >> mr president. three weeks ago i came to the senate floor to speak on an amendment which i had hoped would provide a framework to accomplish three goals. first, to provide funding for the homeland security to perform a the vital mission to protect the people of the country and the second to put the senate on record to opposing the president's extraordinarily broad integration action issued by executive order last november in 2014. answered coming to ensure the individuals to qualify for treatment under the june 2012 executive order on delayed action with childhood arrivals the so-called reverse that senator durbin had just spoken of as it continues to benefit under that program. i am very pleased lsi queer moving forward on a bill to fully fund the department of homeland security. we had a very strong vote on that yesterday. indeed fly have not heard a single senator on either side say that we should shut down the department of homeland security. each of us recognizes the of vital mission

collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman.or, i want to follow-up on the issue of the telecommunications companies holding the data into different ways. first of all there are hundreds of telecoms in this country, and by contrast very few people, a number of people who have access to the database in this country has come out in recent months with strictly limited and they were well-trained. if more people have access to the database, isn't that likely to raise additional privacy problems and questions? >> i would have to understand exactly how that architecture is going to look. i would ask if i could take that for the record, senator. >> related question, would you be troubled if there is no requirement for the telecommunication companies to retain the data for a certain length of time? >> obviously it's in the interest of the intelligence community try to maintain the capability of access that data for as long as a bit of time as we can. in terms of specific provisions to compel, i can't speak to that. i can only speak to th

and they're going to have a chance to vote on the collins amendment on friday or at some other time mutually agreed upon by the majority and the minority. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader is recognized. mr. durbin: mr. president i listened carefully to the remarks of my friend and my colleague from texas and i would like if we have a moment if he would join me and walk out this door take a sharp left and stop at the staircase and look up and you'll see this amazing portrait that has been copied and referred to over and over again. it is an incredible painting that shows president abraham lincoln signing the amen's paying proclamation in the midst of the civil war surrounded by his cabinet. this proclamation freed three million slaves in america from involuntary servitude three million. was the president signing a bill that had been passed by congress? no. he was signing an executive order. the same type of executive order used by president obama to address the issue of immigration. all right senator durbin, you've found one moment in history, there couldn't

collins. my son c.j. is approaching the age where he's begun to begin school this fall. what i'm saying mr. speaker, is throughout my career education has always been my top priority because i personally seen the difference that it can make in people's lives. from early childhood jearks and quality preschool and kindergarten, all the way through adult education programs to help make sure that adults have the ability to have good jobs in a changing work force. almost every day one of my constituents contacts my office about education. just last week i met with several principals that talked about the good for professional development in schools. last week i heard from a parent that's concerned about the culture of overtesting in her son's school. just yesterday a constituent of my told me about her own upbringing and success in colorado schools. today we're considering h.r. 5, the student success act. this bill would re-authorize the elementary and secondary education -- by the way, mr. speaker, if you can't handle the gavel i'll be happy to take it myself. put more simply this bill is about

mr. alexander," "ms. ayotte," and it is instantly recognizable. kathie has been calling the roll for quite a while. she became the first woman to ever call roll in the senate. in 1999 with senator collins in the chair kathie became a member of the first all-female team to preside over this body. and in 2009 she became the senate's first female legislative clerk. so kathie alvarez has been making a lot of history since she first arrived here in 1984. and you'll notice, madam president, that every female floor staffer is paying tribute to her today. they're each wearing something with kathie's favorite design: animal print. along with the love of cajun food s.a.r.torial distinction is one thing that louisianans become known for a passion for perfection is another. kathie has maintain add laser-like focus for three decades. that's good news for the senate, because we rely on her and the american people rely on her to ensure that every bill, every amendment, and every message from the house is processed perfectly. that's a lot of pressure. so you can't blame kathie for wanting to retire. i know she's looking forward to spending more time with her husband john and i know that kathie wants t

and they're going to have a chance to vote on the collins amendment on friday or at some other time mutually agreed upon by the majority and the minority. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader is recognized. mr. durbin: mr. president i listened carefully to the remarks of my friend and my colleague from texas and i would like if we have a moment if he would join me and walk out this door take a sharp left and stop at the staircase and look up and you'll see this amazing portrait that has been copied and referred to over and over again. it is an incredible painting that shows president abraham lincoln signing the amen's paying proclamation in the midst of the civil war surrounded by his cabinet. this proclamation freed three million slaves in america from involuntary servitude three million. was the president signing a bill that had been passed by congress? no. he was signing an executive order. the same type of executive order used by president obama to address the issue of immigration. all right senator durbin, you've found one moment in history, there couldn't

the collins amendment vote and somehow condoning the same conduct on one hand that we condemn through the passage of this antitrafficking legislation on the other. so i thank the senator and thank you mr. president. >> mr. president. >> senator from maine. >> i want to thank the senator from texas for his contributions to this very important debate. i believe that he helped to clarify a lot of the important issues that i hope members on both sides of the aisle will consider as they cast their votes. i am for comprehensive immigration reform. i have voted that way. that is not what this is about. my bill simply plea vents the executive branch from usurping the legislative power by creating categorical exemptions from the law for whole classes of people. that power belongs to congress. whether congress was wrong or whether congress was right, it does not give the president the authority to write the law on his own, and that is what he has done with his november 2014 executive order. and again mr. president let me make two other points before i will close. ... nothing in my legislation that in any way in any way undoes the more limited 2014 executive order that applies to the dreamers, n