mr. conaway: into the state systems? e secretary: into the d.n.c. and there was a delay between that and the report got to me. it may have been there were others who were privy to this before it filtered up to me, but that's my election. mr. conaway: let's talk about attempts at scanning or whatever the russians did with respect to the election system, who discovered it and if it wasn't d.h.s.? the secretary: it was discovered in late august, could have been july, but late august, in my mind and my recollection is that once it was discovered, that information came to me and other senior people pretty quickly. enough -- : is there one thing for the director and the secretaries to have good personal working relationships, institutionalizing because that ebbs and flows who is in that jobs. is the notification is there any impedements to not working on its own that you had at the time? the secretary: in my observation, it worked pretty well but could stand improvement. and we have to instill that in their work forces. it worked pretty well in my three y

mr. conaway. >> thank you, mr. chairman. again, elections have consequences, and while i disagree with results in 2007, or 2009 and 2012, or 13, nevertheless, or 13, nevertheless, we lived through that. continuing to go to the previous election goes to whether this amendment has nothing to do with the amount of money foreign governments spend on whatever property come to the united states four. i would argue that that's really beyond the reach of even this committee to be able to require foreign governments to report to anyone what they spin coming to the united states. this would simply tell you what the government spends going to and from the property, not necessary what they spent at the property. there will be other expenses. it's not lost on anyone that people are showing up at mar-a-lago or whatever the present goes. he owns those properties, whether it's a buck 05 or whatever number, these exactly the same. you are already met, you're a understand it. it's not going to change. it will be a campaign item for your some

mr. conaway. >> thank you mr. chairman. again, elections have consequences and while i disagree with the results in 2009 and 2012 nevertheless we live today and continuing to retrace the previous election gets us nowhere. this amendment quite frankly has nothing to do with the amount of money foreign governments spend on whatever property they come to the united states for. i would argue that that's really beyond the reach of this committee and may require foreign governors to. reporter: anyone what they spend coming to the united states. this is what the government spends going to and from the property not necessarily what they spend at the property. there would be other expenses. this is not lost on anyone that people are showing up at mar-a-lago or wherever the president is. wherever is a $1.5 the issue is exactly the same. you understand it, it's not going to change. he will be a campaign ad in three from now and whoever's campaigning against the president will be able to use this over and over again. this is the house

mr. conaway and make sure the investigation gets downright. so that is what we're keeping our focus on, but if the speaker wants to allow this kind of thing to go on, that is really up to him and i think he will ultimate i will be held accountable for how this is conducted. >> why would a subpoena be necessary if you have oversight over the nsa and the fbi counter intelligence investigations, and the cia, certainly as the intelligence committee, why can't a request be made to those agencies for any classified reports that could involve legitimate or improper unmasking. >> i don't think they are necessary. i think the agencies are cooperating with us. i don't think they have demonstrated any intend to withhold information. so i don't really see the point. i think the intellince communities and agencies are working in kbait with us as part of our ordinary overnight of issues and minimalization. don't think they were necessary, but they were consulted if the majority or the chairman felt there was a problem, he didn't share that problem with us.

mr. conaway on. we have a need for the investigation and whatever process is necessary to get to the bottom of of this is what we veal to do. >> congressman mike conaway is the lead republican member who is in charge of this investigation now that deven nunez has recused himself. he's the chairman of your committee. congressman schiff, thanks for joining us. >> thank, wolf. >>> we have to take a break break. we're standing by to see if the white house or personal lawyers will testify on this. more coming up right after this. there's nothing more than my vacation.me so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it. they offer free cancellation if my plans change. visit booking.com. booking.yeah. on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch an

mr. conaway and i have been in discussions about one of the next open hearings we'd like to have.we intend to reach out to former secretary jay johnson. we'd love to have him come and testify fore us in a hearing that would be both open session followed by closed session. we haven't had a chance yet to communicate with the secretary, but he has been certainly cooperative in terms of my interaction with him over many years. and i think he would have insight as one of the signatories into that october 7 statement issued by the i.c. attributing the conduct for the first time by the administration to russia, as well as interactions that the obama administration and he had with secretaries of state and local elections officials in terms of the dangers posed to our electio elections infrastructure by what the russians were doing. those are plans we have ahead. very much appreciate the opportunity to work with mr. conaway and we look forward to our continued progress on the investigation together. >> we are not going to take questions, but as we complete things that we can share with you

mr. conaway, president obama how much that adds to it the value o his property in dc. it might decline the value. whatever it may cost it doesn't come within millions of dollars of the amount of money that's already been spent by the foreign government going directly into the hands of trump property. and there is a painfully simple solution to this. put it into blind trust, release your tax returns and be transparent which is not being done. and unfortunately, there is so much that his over-the-top partisan, completely, on the democratic side and republican side. it all gets sort of blurred just so much noise and one-sided criticizing the other. this is different. and i'm sure my republican colleagues will not have to be given this offer to tell me why i'm wrong and why this is different why there isn't something uniquely wrong about a president actually personally profiting. but this is a problem and i know we are not going to address it in this bill but i do think it is something we should address more broadly in that the president can address. he can be transparent

mr. conaway who now has that responsibility, he should be the one who have that access and that regard as the top republican really, a very important position in terms of the intelligence gathering for our country. so you have to ask him. but really it all comes back to the speaker. it's his appointment. >> on another subject, hillary clinton said today that it's possible for the democrats retake house and she's hoping that of the issue and messenger for the democratic party? >> you know what, i don't think there are all kinds of messages in this as with our great and diverse state. some people will be more helpful some places than others. i didn't hear that. you are telling me now that she says she's going to be helpful and that would be great. she is highly respected in our country and fight is going to take everything to defeat the republicans because they will have endless special interests, secret, dark money flowing like black substance into the campaign, suffocating the airways with their misrepresentation to so it will take everything that we are very proud of our chairman and the

mr. conaway: thank you. mr. speaker, -- mr. conyers: thank you, mr. speaker. and -- mr. conyers: thank you, mr. speaker and i also thank mr. -- mr. speaker, and i also thank mr. scott. members of the house, i've been here for five decades. and i can't recall a time when we've debated something so obviously harmful to seniors and working people in this country. this bill strips health care from 24 million people. requires seniors to pay sometimes 100% or more of their income in premiums. this legislation drastically and dramatically cuts medicaid, directly contradicting president trump's claim not to. in michigan, fully half, half of all children rely on medicaid. in my district alone, 56,000 people will lose coverage, including 16,000 children and 3,200 seniors. let's be clear. if we pass this bill, people will die. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. conyers: health care is a right and not a privilege. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. black: continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the b

mr. conaway and i are working together well. we are conducting the investigation.s true the chairman is doing his own thing. but we're trying to keep our focus where it should be and not allow ourselves to be buffeted by what others on the committee may do, including the chairman. so we are bringing witnesses in. we are receiving documents. we are scheduling additional open hearings. we'll have one with former secretary jeh johnson in the near future. well need to get to the bottom of these questions. one other observation i do want to make about the hearing today, rach rachel, because this really stood out to me viewing it as a member of the investigation, but also as a former prosecutor, and that is between these two competing claims now, between director comey and the president, the white house has no good answer to the question if the president wasn't bringing up anything improper, if the president didn't ask the director to drop the flynn case, why did he empty the room? why did he tell everybody else to leave? as a prosecutor i can tell you that strikes me as

mr. conaway is maybe upset by his wife is being contradicted by the person she's working for.a loyal servient and every time the president contradicts it. >> i think he has a first amendment right to express his views. he's a very respected lawyer and he's got a twitter account just like the rest of us. and he's allowed to express his opinion and say what he wants. and he came back later and made other statements that softened it a little bit but at the end of the day -- >> the damage is done, though. >> well, i hear you. but i still think what we're talking about is what the president said is going to hurt or help. it's not a forgone conclusion it's going to hurt. i'm not arguing it's going to >> thank you you all. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ nothing performs like a tempur-pedic. and now is the best time to buy one. now through june 11th, save $600 when you buy select tempur-pedic mattress sets. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com.

mr. conaway votes no. mr. garamendi votes aye. mr. lamborn votes no. miss spear? miss spear votes aye. mr. whitman? mr. whitman votes no. mr. veasey? mr. veasey votes aye. mr. hunter votes no. miss gaberd? mr. kaufman? mr. kaufman votes no. mr. oroake votes aye. mrs. hartzler votes no. mr. norcross votes aye. mr. scott? mr. scott votes no. mr. gallego votes aye. mr. brooks? mr. brooks votes no. mr. molten? mr. molten votes aye. mr. cook? mr. cook votes no. miss hanaboosha votes aye. mr. bridenstein votes no. miss shay porter? miss porter votes aye. dr. wenstrop votes no. miss rosen and mr. graves, mr. graves votes no. mr. carbohall, mr. carbohall votes aye. miss stefanik votes aye. miss mcsally votes aye. mrs. murphy votes aye. mr. knight? mr. knight votes no. mr. russell, mr. russell votes no. mr. owe hall letter ron votes aye. dr. dayjarley votes no. mr. swazey votes aye. dr. abraham? dr. abraham votes no. mr. wolz votes aye. mr. kelly? mr. kelly votes no. mr. gallagher? mr. gallagher votes no. mr. gates? mr. gates votes no. mr. bacon? mr. bacon votes no. mr. banks? mr. banks votes n

mr. conaway with consultation with myself. that should have been done by now. it hasn't been done.. >> why hasn't it been done? >> he simply refuses at this point. >> even related to the russian investigation? >> yes. >> but he recused himself. >> exactly. >> isn't that one of the most important aspects of running an investigation, the power to subpoena witnesses? >> it absolutely is. and it's indefensible. the only thing i can say is thus far we have only sought to issue four subpoenas. he did sign off on them but it's still inexcusable that he's ultimately a check on what the russian investigation can do. the other part of it is there is this unmasking oversight going on. that is something that he is conducting. and i think some of the timing of what he has done is helping to prop up the administration's message that not helpful to the russian investigation. >> swregene robinson, final thoughts? >> that was an incredible revelation. i was not aware that chairman nunes was holding on to power over subpoenas. that ought to be shouted to the heavens and something ought to be done ab

mr. conaway president obama -- fence whatever it may cost but it doesn't come within millions of dollars of the amount of money that is already spent five of foreign governments going directly into the hands of these properties and there is a painfully simple solution to this, release your tax returns, be transparent about it. there is so much stuff that is just completely not admitting to that on the democratic and republican side that it's all just so much noise and one-sided criticizing the other. this is different and i'm sure my colleagues will not have to be given this offer to tell me why i'm wrong and why this is not different and why there isn't something wrong about a president personally profiting from the travel of the foreign governments but this is a problem i know we will not address in this bill that it is something we should address more broadly. he can be transported and released his tax returns and business records and go into blind trust as all have done before. he has refused to do all that and said nobody cares. i can do this. i think that is dangerous to allow some

mr. conaway and ms. hanabusa brought up, you said a round of brac could allow us to buy 120 super hornets. what's the department's assessment of what we could buy from the last round of brac? >> we could go in and show the amount of money that we saved. obviously it goes into the defense budget. we can give you some examples of -- i was showing examples of what that savings would translate to in terms of combat capability. we could certainly go back, show you what we've saved from past bracs, then tell you what that translates into in terms of number of ships or airplanes or tanks or whatever. >> and i think we all appreciate that, and also an assessment of what investments and readiness we're prepared to forego in order to fund another round of brac. in other words, sort of reverse the dynamics and say, how many hornets would it cost to fund brac. >> you mean for a couple of years until it started paying off. >> the costs on the front end. thank you. i yield. >> mr. secretary, the last round of brac too

conaway regarding this bill. the chair: the gentleman's request is covered under general leave. mr. webster: we thank him for helping expedite this bill today. i congratulate my colleagues for bringing up this bipartisan, commonsense piece of legislation. i urge my house colleagues to support the bipartisan bill and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman's time is reserved. the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. grijalva: wild fires are a huge problem in the country. they are becoming more frequent and intense and pose a growing threat to public safety and local economies. instead of taking steps to reduce wild fire threat, bill tries to scare us into weakening environmental safeguards and giving away public land management to states and localities. i agree with the bill's sponsor that overgrown vegetation can spark forest fires. however, government data shows that this accounts for less than one third of 1% of fires in the past five years. why are we f

, congressman conaway and congressman wenstrop who both said they helped care for the majority whip, steve scale, after he was shot in the hip. we have that formal statement saying that mr. scalise was on his way to surgery, that he was in good spirits, that he spoke to his wife and that he's grateful for the capitol police. so, business here on capitol hill looks to be postponed today. this is obviously an event that's deeply shaken everyone that has come up here so far. this is a place that doesn't really get into the full swing of business until about this time in the morning. so, it has been kind of a quiet trickling in of people and of course the mood here very dramatically different so as we learn more from those congressmen who were at that practice, we'll bring it straight to you. >> casey, you spend a lot of time there on the hill for us. you presumably know the congressman from louisiana fairly well. what can you tell us about steve scalise, the man? >> reporter: steve scalise, you know, i was at a meeting with him, the contents of which were off the record not that long ago, and he is somebody who, you know, he's a louisiana guy. he is somebody who cares a lo

mr. conaway. we look forward to continue this work on the investigation together. >> we will not take questions. as we can teach -- complete things that we share with you, -- we intend to keep you updated as best we can. we appreciate you this afternoon. thank you. >> education secretary betsy devos took questions about the proposal.ation budget after that, remarks from vice president mike pence at the national catholic prayer breakfast. director james comey testifies intelligencenate committee. he will testify in an open session, which will be followed by a closed session. you can watch live coverage thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3 and www.c-span.org. you can also listen on c-span's radio app. also re-airwill thursday evening at 8:00 p.m. on c-span2. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, new york republican congressman john faso on president trump's budget, the gop agenda, and efforts to combat line disease.