mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. i am pleased to bring forward this rule on behalf of the rules committee. the rule provides for consideration of s. 139, the fisa amendments re-authorization act. the rule provides for one hour of debate with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking member of the judiciary committee. the rule also provides for a motion to recommit. additionally, the rule makes in order an amendment offered by mr. amash representing ideas from members of both side of the aisle. the rules committee received testimony from numerous members, including chairman nunes, ranking member, mr. schiff. we also heard from judiciary committee ranking member nadler, congressman farenthold, congressman amash, congresswoman lofgren and also congressman poe. in addition to the vigorous debate before the rules committee, both the judiciary committee a

mr. collins: mr. speaker, collection collection -- by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 682. the clerk: house calendar 116, house resolution 682. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill s. 139, to implement the use of rapid d.n.a. instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, to prevent d.n.a. analysis backlogs, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee print 115- 53 shall be considered as adopted. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage

mr. collins. the gentleman from missouri mr. smith. the gentlewoman from california ms. pelosi. the gentleman from maryland mr. hoyer. the gentleman from south carolina mr. clyburn. the gentleman from new york mr. khalid the gentlewoman from california ms. sanchez the gentlewoman from illinois admits boost times bustos and the gentleman from katechi mr. llama. [inaudible conversations] the president of the senate is appoints the following senators as members of the committee of the part of the senate to escort the president of the united states into the house chambers. the senator from kentucky mr. mcconnell. the senator from texas mr. cornyn. the senator from utah times utah mr. hatch. the senator from south dakota mr. thune. the senator from wyoming mr. brosseau or the senator from missouri mr. blunt. the senator from colorado mr. gardiner. the senator from new york mr. schumer to the senator from washington mrs. murray. the senator from michigan miss stabenow. the senator from minnesota miss klobuchar. the senator from west virginia mr. manchin and the senator from wisconsin

mr. collins was charged. mr. collins' legal team. >> says the officer trespassed on to private property and the went beyond the limits of the fourth amendment. this oral argument is about an hour. >>> we'll hear argument next in case 161027 collins versus virginia. >> the warrant requirement for the home cannot be overthrown by the automobile exception. under the commonwealth's argument, on probable cause alone, an officer may search a vehicle anywhere that he finds it, and may go anywhere that he needs to in order to access that vehicle. that rule cannot survive foundational fourth amendment principles. searches of the home in curtilage without a warrant are presumptively unreasonable as this court has often recognized. the rule we ask this court to adopt is that the automobile exception does not apply to a vehicle found in the curtilage of the home. >> suppose the police have probable cause to believe that the vehicle is stolen, and they even get a warrant to inspect the vehicle, but the vehicle is parked in thi

mr. collins on something. mr. collins brings excellent points with regard to the military. but he also probably realizes that there's some emergencies on some nonmilitary matters as well. you know, one-third of the nondefense discretionary budget is spent on security measures. everything from counter intelligence issues, to homeland security and so forth. we have to take care of our veterans as well. we have to take care of these nondefense matters. just at the same time we're taking care of these military matters. we have to do it in a way that's consistent with the values of the american people. they're demanding a solution. we have to come to the table right now. it's 12:40 eastern time, we should go to the table right now. i don't think we should delay. we have to get to the work of the american people. i should note that one thing that we're doing in our office we will be open every day of this shutdown. i suspect many of my colleagues will also have their offices open. i'm donating my paycheck to local charities. on a bipartisan note we're co-sponsoring a note, i'm sh

mr. collins on something. mr. collins brings excellent points with regard to the military. but he also probably realizes that there's some emergencies on some nonmilitary matters as well. you know, one-third of the nondefense discretionary budget is spent on security measures. everything from counter intelligence issues, to homeland security and so forth. we have to take care of our veterans as well. we have to take care of these nondefense matters. just at the same time we're taking care of these military matters. we have to do it in a way that's consistent with the values of the american people. they're demanding a solution. we have to come to the table right now. it's 12:40 eastern time, we should go to the table right now. i don't think we should delay. we have to get to the work of the american people. i should note that one thing that we're doing in our office we will be open every day of this shutdown. i suspect many of my colleagues will also have their offices open. i'm donating my paycheck to local charities. on a bipartisan note we're co-sponsoring a note, i'm sh

mr. collins on something. mr. collins brings excellent points with regard to the military. but he also probably realizes that there's some emergencies on some nonmilitary matters as well. you know, one-third of the nondefense discretionary budget is spent on security measures. everything from counter intelligence issues, to homeland security and so forth. we have to take care of our veterans as well. we have to take care of these nondefense matters. just at the same time we're taking care of these military matters. we have to do it in a way that's consistent with the values of the american people. they're demanding a solution. we have to come to the table right now. it's 12:40 eastern time, we should go to the table right now. i don't think we should delay. we have to get to the work of the american people. i should note that one thing that we're doing in our office we will be open every day of this shutdown. i suspect many of my colleagues will also have their offices open. i'm donating my paycheck to local charities. on a bipartisan note we're co-sponsoring a note, i'm sh

mr. collins, for five minutes. mr. collins: permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize scots in downtown gainesville. it celebrated its 10th anniversary to mark this achievement the staff chose a special occasion. they chose to honor law enforcement with a luncheon. when scott dixon first opened scott's downtown in 2007. he took the first step in pursuing his dream. he began busing tables at age 13 and worked his way up the ladder. over his career he developed a passion for brightening people's days with food and a friendly heart. known for providing restaurants with exceptional food rather than highlight this success, however, scott's downtown points to the courage and service of our law enforcement officials who put their lives on the line each day to protect our community. i want to congratulate scott's downtown on their first 10 years of service and join them in thanking the brave men and women blue who make gainesville a safe and beautiful place to live. mr. s

mr. collins was charged. mr. collins' legal team. >> says the officer trespassed on to private property and the

. >> we'll hear case 16-1027 in the case of collins versus virginia. mr. fitzgerald? >> thank you. may it please the court, it cannot be overthrown by the automobile exception. under the commonwealth's argument on propable cause alone, an officer maicer. a vehicle anywhere that he finds it and may go anywhere that he needs to in order to access that vehicle. that rule cannot survive foundational fourth amendment principles. searches of the home in curtilage without a warrant are presumptively unreasonable as this court would often recognize. so the rule we ask this court to adopt is that the automobile exception does not apply to a vehicle found in the curtilage of the home. >> suppose the police have probable cause to believe that the vehicle is stolen and they even get a warrant to inspect the vehicle, but the vehicle is parked in this port. do they need -- do they need a warrant to go get the car for which they have a warrant? >> well, your honor, the warrant would specify the place to be searched for the car, and so commonly a warrant would say, for instance, the dwelling and c

mr. collins of the community fishing association.here is an agreed upon price and the california can public health department said that the commercial crab season can begin and it is expected to begin today and it will be here for the san francisco fishing fleet and the region south of the mendocino county line. as we know in recent years, there's been concern because of the dominic acid that has been occurring and we did see some of that near fort brag this year. -- fort bragg this year. but the good winds prevailed and commercial crab season will begin. also our own fish sales have begun in fisherman's wharf so here in san francisco, there should be a steady supply of good seafood this year. i would like to turn it over now to peter daly or mike nerny. they attended with our own president willie adams, the west cruise -- cruise in the west conference in seattle november 7 and 8. mike, can you tell us about the conference? thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is michael nerny, marketing manager in the maritime divisi

mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. i am pleased to bring forward this rule on behalf of the rules committee. the rule provides for consideration of s. 139, the fisa amendments re-authorization act. the rule provides for one hour of debate with 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by tha

mr. collins had been alerted to the police interest in this vehicle -- >> it didn't reach exigency. it said the automobile exception permits the search of any car no matter where it is in the home. >> the supreme court of virginia found that. the court of appeals of virginia below them had decided on exigency grounds -- >> yes, but the supreme court -- >> that's right. they didn't make its own exigency analysis. that is another ground on which we win. we'd rather win on a categorical exception. we clearly think there are exigent circumstances here beyond the categorical exigency in the automobile exception -- >> that would be a question for remand because it wasn't reached by the virginia supreme court. >> we would be confident if it were remanded we would prevail on that, yes, your honor. >> officer rhodes had probable cause before he ever stepped foot on the driveway to know that this vehicle was stolen. the supreme court of virginiaof cause before he ever stepped foot on the driveway to know that this vehicle was stolen. the supreme court of virginia in its opinion at 15 said off

mr collins, can you sanction those companies if you find they are not cooperating with you?e companies to refuse to co—operate with a parliamentary enquiry. they are cooperating with an inquiry in the us senate. it will be a very bizarre way to start the year by his company refusing to cooperate with what our reasonable requests of a parliamentary committee. we had a debate in the house of commons before the christmas recess where the digital media and sport made it very clear he expects facebook to respond to the inquiry of the committee. that means answering questions and cooperating was at the government is prepared to consider the action to take. you set a deadline for facebook which was today. are you saying they have not responded? reset the deadline for twitter. —— we set a deadline. responded? reset the deadline for twitter. -- we set a deadline. the british government has asked for information and they have not come back. neither twitter nor facebook have given any information relating to russian activity on the servers during the brexit referendum. i believe the in

mr. collins had been alerted to the police's interest in this vehicle. justice sotomayor: it didn't reach exigency. it said only the automobile exception permits the search of any car, no matter where it is in the home. mr. cox: the supreme court of virginia had found that. but the court of appeals of virginia below them had decided on exigency grounds. the supreme court justice sotomayor: yes, but the the supreme court mr. cox: that's right. and they didn't justice sotomayor: -- which is the court we're reviewing mr. cox: that's right. and they didn't make -- they didn't make its own exigency analysis. that is another ground on which we win. we would rather win on the categorical exception, but we clearly think that there are exigent circumstances here beyond the categorical exigency in the automobile exception that justice ginsburg: that would be a question for remand because it wasn't reached by the virginia supreme court. mr. cox: we would -- we would be confident if it were remanded that we would prevail on that, yes, your honor. officer rhodes had

mr. collins, for five minutes. >> thank you.certainly food safety is a universal concern in this is not a partisan hearing. we are generally trying to get to an understanding of what happens. let me back off just a little. we say there are about 3000 recall the year. , roughly how many of those are voluntary firm initiatives. the threat of the mandatory is certainly there. how quickly does the fda classify those of the class 12 or three. i think oig reference some of the earlier data. we were doing it within 13 - 15 days. you do a lot more detailed, urgency for class one. >> it is a red flag. >> comedy class once to beget. year versus two or three? >> i think, it's in my written testimony. have to get back to you with the exact number. >> is a 10% or 80% class one. >> it's in between those two. i don't have the exact number. i'd hesitate to give a number it is a significant proportion do you have a staff, is one person given oversight of that recall? is it a team that goes to work or a single person? we have recall partners thro

mr. chairman and chairman collins and chairman sessions for holding this. i know that the ranking member had to step out. i appreciate both sides coming together and taking on this important issue. what i want to focus on just a little bit, it isn't so much the stories which we do know. we know about the corps. we know about us representing our districts. why did our founding fathers set it up that way to begin with? why was article 1 so specific, specially when you get into bills and section 7 and section 8, when it talks about raising revenue and us spending those dollars? it is because our founding fathers understood that we are closest to the people. they also understood how priorities would be set if it was just surrendered to the executive branch. i think they also understood politics, obviously, very well. when you have certain pockets of high population areas and you have rural communities, they are all designed to be represented equally throughout congress with our districts and we are to control the spending of the tax payers that are being sent u

mr. collins, for five minutes. >> you thank the chairman and our witnesses. certainly food safety is a universal concern and this is not a partisan hearing at all. we're generally trying to get to an understanding of what does happen. so let me back off just a little. we say there's about 3,000 recalls a year. that's about ten a day. roughly how many of those are voluntary firm initiated and how many of those would be mandatory recalls driven by the fda? >> virtually all are voluntary. >> that's what i would expect. the threat certainly of the mandatory is there. since these are voluntary, whether it's under pressure or not, how quickly does the fda classify those as a class one, two, or three? >> so i think oig referenced some of the earlier data. most recently we were doing that within 13 to 15 days within the food program. >> i'm assuming that if it is class one, you know, that's when somebody's hitting the buzzer with the red lights and so forth, that you do a lot more detailed work, analysis, urgency for a class one? >> it is a red flag. >> so roughly ho

mr. collins and all the minority side for bringing this issue to the forefront. until this is solved, we are no longer the congress of the people. we are just people. we can not represent our people. remember, you heard from rush limbaugh and mr. hannity, that this is going to add to the debt. that's pure, pardon the expression, horse manure. in reality, we are spending within that. we have the right and the responsibility to respond to the constituents needs. that's our job as congressmen. otherwise, what are we doing here? it is not just money. the earmark rule went further than that. it even went further because it would only affect one member, it was not under the earmark rule accepted. that's incorrect. what are we here for if we can't represent the people that vote for us? again, i mentioned to you, mr. chairman, this to me is one of the crucial issues to this congress, the next congress and this house. you heard in my presentation before the other day i love this house. i don't want any president, regardless of what president, to be running the house. that

mr. chairman, and thank you, dr. collins. >> thank you, senator collins. senator murphy. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you both for your service. i know it comes at great sacrifice, in particular, dr. gottlieb as a connecticut resident, i know the sacrifice that you make to serve our country. thank you to both of you. dr. collins, i wanted to talk to you a little more about the all of us research program. this is a program that designs to build a diverse biomedical data set for the precision medicine initiative, and i'm interested in it because one of the participating health centers, community health centers, that is currently gathering data, is based in middletown, connecticut. and i think it's great that you have gone out and worked with community health centers because these centers, typically serve a patient population that is typically underserved in biomedical research. i want to put that question to you, which is if you could talk about the importance of having fqhcs as part of this initiative and whether there are plans to expand beyo

mr. quinones: tell them i tip my hat. senator collins: in your investigation, did you find that drug dealers tend to target communities that are economically devastated, are they more fertile ground for addiction? mr. quinones: i didn't notice that. i don't think drug dealers are deep sociologists. i think they are following the money coming into the first place this begins his economically devastated because teenpain treatment and resorting to doctors was part of how you navigate economic disaster. you get disabilities as we were talking about earlier. you have people who are trying to navigate and to get that, you need a doctor and again, this seemed as time went on the it became something to result to a substance. you get pills and you can solve them and people figure that out. some of the first dealers were seniors, they were not young people at all, they were seniors that figured out that kids will buy this stuff and so the rest. i do believe as you said that this is it starts in areas with deep economic affliction and in the areas

collins mr. s pr, for the purposes of debate on i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution all time is yielded for the purposes of debate only. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on house resolution 682, currently under coer

mr. collins, for sitting in the chair, for a long, long time yesterday. yesterday was a little bit vigorous. tom, evidently you saw it. some vigorous action took place here. we come from a body where people have strong opinions. judge hastings you represent some of those strong opinions late. sir, do you want to offer any advice. you were a part of this and i appreciate -- >> no problem, mr. chairman. i appreciate very much we have gone forward with it. i only just to clean up one thing, you were not here when i made the unanimous consent or request that the written testimony of other individuals, senators, former senators, and other organizations be made a part of record. >> without objection that is agreed to. we will do that. >> i have a side from that i really appreciate all of what has transpired and compliment our full committee as well as the presenters of the ones here now, ones that were here yesterday. >> i think it was worth our time. i personally want to thank you and your chief for the time that she invested in this project too. >> thank you,

mr. chairman. dr. collins, we're always glad to see you and i still claim you as my cousin, regardless of the facts. >> i accept. . thank you. the state of maine is doing some really exciting medical research and i have visited a lot of the labs and medical ins institutes in our state. the maine medical center research institute is conducting cutting edge work that researchers in maine have underway to develop medical treatments for chronic diseases, and in september, one of the researchers with whom i met, doctor lee oxberg and his team at maine medical center, received an award through regenerative innovative project, using adult stem cells. dr. oxberg is working to develop novel therapies for chronic kidney disease, which is very exciting. regenerative medicine also holds great potential for understanding aging and reversing diseases like macular degeneration. i understand that the chairman has already introduced doug oliver, but, he, too, is from the state of maine and grew up only 11 miles from where i di

senator collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to explore further with you the link between economic affliction and drug addiction. you have referred to many of the communities in your book like ohio have been devastated by closures for example. it is also that you said heroin is what you have when you destroy dreamland. you said that isolation and its heroines natural habitat. in the state of maine the opioid crisis appears to have started decades ago in washington county which borders canada and it is an economic disadvantage county with very high rates of unemployment and a lot of isolated communities. it then spread everywhere in the main including our most prosperous towns and cities. the portland press herald last summer iran a ten part series on the opioid epidemic and it focused one-story on the lobster industry highlighting the high entry rate and that industry and also the logistical challenges of securing treatment in rural communities. >> great story. i read it. >> they will be glad and impressed to know that i

mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the ma shutdown, this senator collins and mansion were part of the group that worked several times to work out a resolution. discussed what the next three weeks could look like and the chance of a long-term budget solution. this is 15 minutes. the country is open for business again. and my dear friend susan collins we are the two most bipartisan voting members. we have basically taken over susan's offices, that is where we meet in a bipartisan way. everybody is talking with each other, trying to help each other. i want to thank susan for always being here. we start this in 2013 when the first shutdown happened. we were so frustrated. we said, can't we just get some like-minded people together? that is when we started pushing our leadership into a bipartisan deal. it was a natural for our common sense coalition to do it again. susan jumps to the front. when did that come want to introduce you to my dear compatriot, susan collins. susan: today is a day to celebrate, because we have shown that a determined group of senators working together across t

collins: thank you. mrs. hill, welcome. chairman colin, ranking member casey, and members of the committee. thank you for this opportunity to testify today. it is an honor to be here. my name is sharon hill, i am 63-year-old and a resident of vanderbilt, pennsylvania, i have two sons, and seven grandchildren. my youngest grandchild was born tuesday to my granddaughter august has joined me today. she is the volunteer with me at many of the senior centers i go to. i am a volunteer with the pennsylvania price program, nationally apprised is known as the state health insurance assistance program, ship. in addition to volunteering, i work cleaning my church, i care for my 89-year-old father, and health care for my 92-year-old neighbor who is blind. i have a disability myself and rely on the support of state and federal programs to remain active and engaged in my community. at a prize volunteer for four years and initially saw an advertisement in the local askingtimes newspaper for volunteers to help people with medicare issues.

collins mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. during consideration of this resolution all time is yielded for the purposes of debate only. mr. speaker, i ask uim

mr. mueller from being fired. fellow republican senator susan collins of maine, also expressed confidence in mueller to complete the russia investigation and also supported bills that would protect him from being fired. >> there are some constitutional issues with those bills. but it would certainly not hurt to put that extra safeguard in place, given the latest stories. >> sreenivasan: police in russia arrested one of the country's most prominent opposition leaders as protesters took to the street to boycott the country's upcoming presidential elections. anti-corruption activist alexei navalny was detained as he made his way to a protest in moscow's pushkin square. the demonstration was one of several going on across the country responding to navalny's exclusion from running against president vladimir putin in russia's march 18th election. putin is widely expected to easily win his fourth term. just hours before his arrest, officers raided navalny's moscow headquarters, and broadcast it live. navalny faces 20 days in jail for organizing the unsanctioned protests. he was previously convicted of embezzlement in a ca

mr. president, i wanted to give all of our colleagues an update on where we are. i want to that right by thanking senator graham, senator flake, and senator collins who have been working across the aisle to help resolve the impasse we find ourselves in. when the democrat filibuster of the government funding bill ends, when it comes to an end, the serious bipartisan negotiations that have been going on for months now to resolve our unfinished business, military spending, disaster relief, health care, immigration , and border security will continue. it would be my intention to resolve these issues as quickly as possible so that we can move on to other business that's important to our country. however, should these issues not be resolved by the time the funding bill before us expires on february 8, 2018, assuming that the government remains open, it would be my intention to proceed to legislation that would address daca, border security, and related issues. it is also my intention to take up legislation regarding increased defense spending, disaster relief, and other important matters. the shutdown should stop today. and we'll soon have a vote that will allow us to do ex

mr. mcgann did the right thing. >> susan collins said she is hoping for new laws to protect mueller froming his job. >>> powerful winds are moving through southern california, amid a heat wave, increasing fire dangers there. l.a. county crews made quick work of a two-alarm brush fire in malibu. at last check, the blaze is 95% contained. crews are working on month up hot spots. there are no reports of damage. >>> and red flag warnings are in place across the inland counties. powerful gusts are already causing headaches for residents in orange county. >> i came out and seen that my car was smashed. and my trailer was damaged on the inside. >> fire officials say that they have deployed additional resources to be able to respond quickly in case fires break out. >> that is not good to see fire danger and winds. >> yes. january. it's bizarre. but yes, it's california. we do have critical fire danger across southern california. which i do want to show you now. the area under a red flag warning and high wind warning as well. so across southern california. l.a., orange county. they're dealing wit

mr. mueller is investigating. >> that was republican susan collins on that bomb shell report that he tried to fire robert mueller until he threatened to quit. joining me to discuss this solomon wisenberg is now a white collar crime attorney. big welcome to you. why would the white house council threaten to resign when he didn't do so when the president fired james comey. why would it generate more dangerous consequences. >> that's really a political question but not a legal question because firing mueller would be no more the criminal obstruction of justice than firing comey was. i think it is because he realized it would be politically disasterous for president trump. let me tell you something, the firingove ining of comey was nol obstruction of justice. when i see people on your network and on some other networks saying that it is, i want to say to them, sight me a case that says that's obstruction of justice. recall that nobody even suggested that richard nixon's firing was criminal obstruction of justice. it was not one of the articles of impeachment. so again, explain to me, site a case why that's obstructi

mr. azar: sen. collins: for meeting with me. about this.d europeans, canada, japan were not paying their fair share. they start investing more at the framework program at the european union and some of the funding there, but on the commercial side, they are not paying more, and they are able to have socialist systems, single-payer, with formularies, basically take it or leaving -- take it or leave it pricing. with trade negotiations with the factding partners, that they are not paying, but that, of course, does not solve the pricing here. that helps with relieving some of the burden abroad. we have got to address that here with some of the measures i have talked about, and with other measures, i would like to hear other measures you are others have. we're going to solve this issue at the list price level and net price systemic savings level. mr. warner: how much more transparency should we have after companies raise prices in terms of rational. it seems like a mismatch. mr. azar: i'm in favor of more transparency in the system.

mr. mueller do his job. >> republican senator susan collins of maine also said yesterday that she's hoping for new laws toler from losing his job. >>> the white house will officially release the framework of an immigration deal later today. >> among the proposals is a path to citizenship, for 1.8 million so-called dreamers. in exchange for funding for a southern border wall. jessica flores has more from the proposal that is drawing criticism. >> president trump believes that this plan is a compromise. the trump administration believes both sides of the aisle can support the legislation. but some democrats already feel they are trading too much for a deal on daca. the president's legislative framework would provide a pathway for undocumented immigrants. they're currently protected under daca. but in exchange, the president also wants $25 billion for a border wall along the southern border. something chuck schumer has already said is off the table. meanwhile, a deadline on daca is just order under way -- just under way. lawmakers from both sides are trying to avoid a shutdown. >> i think all of us realize t

freedom of information act you can now learn directly from mr rumsfeld's so-called snowflakes what do you think i should do with this collins memo i look at it and i don't know what to do with it please take a look at this article and tell me what you think i want to do about it i need to start seeing gnomes overheads video and photos everyone in the room is seeing all kinds of video and pictures and talking about them i have no idea what they were talking about so the nickname snowflakes was for the tiny notes or memos for subordinates oh i'd love to have a job where i could go i've got an article here just read it didn't get a thing what should i do about it you'll find loads of snowflakes like that and the d.o.d. archive apparently that's how it works there something just pops up in mr rumsfeld's mind he types it out boom the word homeland is a strange word homeland the friend sounds more german than american let's visit about someday in a press conference the president is going to be how many and see meetings. could be embarrassing for you to think of that things are going to happen good things you can. give me a list o

collins. senator casey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. sam quinones, thank you for your testimony and i would like to start with some of the realities in a state like pennsylvania. we have had last year, 4624 overdose deaths. that is up 37 percent from the prior 2015. and rural areas are higher. almost 10 percentage points higher byway percentage. of an increase. and that is overdose deaths overall. obviously love that being driven by the opioid crisis epidemic really. what i see and i miss some of the testimony going back and forth between hearings but what i see in pennsylvania is a tremendous resource. when we went across pennsylvania last year, especially this last summer, we would have meetings with county officials. often in small rural counties. small-town counties where you have a group of people coming together. the mayor of a small town in the police chief in the corner. and any medical professionals that treatment professionals. all around the table meeting all the time every week. because of the dead bodies that keep coming in

mr. president. my name is sue wagner from ft. collinsrado with bank of colorado, also pinnacle bank is our parent company, and we're a community bank serving eight states, we focus on serving local businesses, agriculture and all the customers that we have, and when the news came out with the tax bill passing, sean ostop, our president, we want to make a clear statement that the tax cut would benefit all americans. they immediately announced, i believe we were one of the first to announce the $1,000 -- >> that's true. that's true. >> bonus. and everyone, of course, has their own story how it benefits them. we have some that had a very special christmas. we had others that had medical family expenses, things like that. for me, i have a wedding coming up this year. my daughter. we're looking forward to making a very special event and memory out of that. so we thank bank of colorado and pinnacle bank for their generosity and thoughtfulness and thank you, mr. president, for championing the bill for us. >> thank you very much, sue. we didn't

freedom of information act you can now learn directly from mr rumsfeld's so-called snowflakes what do you think i should do with this collins memo i look at it and i don't know what to do with it please take a look at this article and tell me what you think i want to do about it i need to start seeing films overheads video and photos everyone in the room is seeing all kinds of video and pictures and talking about them i have no idea what they're talking about so the nickname snowflakes was for the tiny notes or memos for subordinates oh i'd love to have a job where i could go i've got an article here just read it didn't get a thing what should i do about it you'll find loads of snowflakes like that and the d.o.d. archive apparently that's how it works there something just pops up in mr rumsfeld's mind he types it out boom the word homeland is a strange word homeland the friend sounds more german than american let's visit about someday in a press conference the president is going to be how many and see meetings. could be embarrassing to think of that things are going to happen good things. give you a list of the next one wil

freedom of information act you can now learn directly from mr rumsfeld's so-called snowflakes what do you think i should do with this collins memo i look at it and i don't know what to do with it please take a look at this article and tell me what you think i want to do about it i need to start seeing films overheads video and photos everyone in the room is seeing all kinds of video and pictures and talking about them i have no idea what they're talking about so the nickname snowflakes was for the tiny notes or memo's for subordinates oh i'd love to have a job where i could go i've got an article here just read it didn't get a thing what should i do about it you'll find loads of snowflakes like that and the d.o.d. archive apparently that's how it works there something just pops up in mr rumsfeld's mind he types it out boom the word homeland is a strange word homeland the friend sounds more german than american let's visit about someday in a press conference the president is going to be how many and see meetings. could be embarrassing to think of that things are going to happen good things he can. give you a list of the next