mr. connolly each will control 20 minutes. mr. royce: i ask unanimous condition sent -- consent that members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. royce: the world has been watching eastern ukraine following the downing of a civilian passenger plane by russian-backed separatists. we watched as families have grieved. we watched as thugs have blocked access to the crash site. i say thugs because a lot of these individuals are recruited in the russian speaking world on the social websites and frankly every malcontent, every skinhead that they could enlist in this cause has been given a weapon and their behavior as we've watched on television is unconscionable. but what isn't so well known is the information battle that's being waged and that we are losing. we're losing on this front in t

mr. connolly now and come back to this. we'll recognize -- representative from virginia, mr. connolly. >> don't repeat the question, ms. muniz. the assertion is made that patrick kennedy made -- contradicted the secretary of state. and i don't believe that's true. i believe that's inaccurate and for the record i would ask you to go back and have mr. kennedy clarify but i'm quite confident knowing mr. kennedy he was not contradicting the secretary of state who said she accepted all recommendationss as you said and if there's any daylight, come back and clarify. but i didn't hear mr. kennedy say any such thing. >> i think -- >> i'm sorry. thank you. i also find it interesting that in hindsight we have perfect understanding of the security needs in benghazi and you should have understood that benghazi of all of the posts in the world was number one. shame on you for not understanding that. how many posts do we have in the state department around the world, ms. muniz? >> we have roughly 270. >> i'm sorry? >> we have roughly 270. >> you really don't like that microphone, did you? y

mr. connolly. n any event you can do anything, mr. green, it's almost impossible to protect every compound, our employees are at risk around the world. they can't all be confined in the compound, but some things can be done. e have -- we have two lists. one propaired by o.b.o. and the other is diplomatic security folks on the risk level. i just saw a copy of one of those which you all have not provided to us but we have gotten a copy of it and for obvious reasons we don't publicize that. our enemies to know where our emphasis is. there are just some commonsense things that need to be done and some posts are more at risk than others, right, ms. muniz? >> yes. >> mr. jones, you'd agree and mr. green. one of the problems we have is there's the security list i've seen and it differs from the o.b.o. list. can you tell me about the differences, ms. muniz? >> yes, i can and i appreciate the opportunity. d.s. -- >> right. >> that is called the vulnerability list. >> right. >> that list is very, very extensive because it includes every buildin

mr. connolly, for five minutes. i connolly: mr. speaker, want to talk about transportation, but i must say to my friend who just spoke, there is a more humane and enlightened approach to comprehensive immigration reform that would address the issues she's concerned about. railing against people because of their status when there are 11 million people who are here without documentation, a problem that's hardly initiated with this administration. i don't think it's helpful. it may rile up one's base but doesn't solve problems, and it's not the best of america, especially as we celebrate our independence day. the urgency for congress, mr. speaker, to address the shortfall in the highway trust fund grows with every passing day. road and eventually mass transit improvements in every state are at risk of grinding to a halt in the matter of weeks in the heart of summer construction time. secretary fox notified all states last week that their federal funding will drop by an average of 28% starting next month. in my home state of virginia,

mrs. connolly, governor connolly on your left. >> it was whether kennedy, using all his charisma and influenceall the squabbling democrats in texas to come together before the election the next year. >> and here comes the president now. in fact he is not in his limo, he has departed the limousine, and he is reaching across the fence, shaking hands. >> in those days everybody could get a lot closer to the president. i was standing behind mrs. kennedy and saw a hand reach through the chain link fence and break off one of the red roses. >> thousands of children now swarming, trying to get over the fence. the dallas police trying to keep them back. >> this is great for the people and makes the egg shells even thinner for the secret service, whose job it was to guard the man. >> the trip had gone terrifically well in texas. pretty hard to write a script for it going any better. >> thousands will be on hand for that motorcade now, which will be in downtown dallas. >> a number of my classmates were gone, they were at the parade. my father had been invited to have lunch with kennedy at the trade cente

mr. connolly: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the republican house is about to go out for five weeks, but first they have to sue the president and hope we don't pay attention to the unfinished business of this country. i only have one minute let me read it fast. let myllys for you some of the bills not addressed. propping up the highway trust fund, funding of the federal government, re-authorizing oaks im. providing additional resources to fight wildfires in the west, raising the minimum wage, extending emergency unemployment insurance, re-authorizing terrorism risk insurance, comprehensive tax reform, modernizing the voting rights act amendment, and ensuring equal pay in the workplace. i have run out of time but our constituents have run out of patients with this majority. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from indiana seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady from indiana is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker,

mr. connolly, kind of underscored the challenge your.sanctions with the regime, that does not seem to care about what happens to its people, are very difficult. and all indications suggest that the kim regime, you know, is not taking the interest of north korean people at stake here. so they are the ones that clearly are suffering. we have a limited toolbox. certainly as we ratchet up those sanctions, just thinking through various scenarios, chairman chabot touched on your opening testimony, ambassador davies, where china is north korea's last remaining patron. what would happen if china join us in the sanctions if we just thinking through, and really did cut north korea off? how would north korea respond to? >> well, china has said that they support fully united nations sanctions, and i talked about some of the signs that the chinese are beginning to take really unprecedented action in that direction, signaling to north korea they will pay a price if they don't come around, in particular on the nuclear issue. this is why when we talk to

mr. connolly, is now recognized for five minutes. >> i thank the chair. mr.f er -- ferriero, there are 90,000 employees in the irs, is this corrected? >> to the bust of est of my kno. >> how many of them have computers? >> i don't know. >> i don't know either. >> we had testimony last night from the commissioner, so far this year, and it's only june, 3,000 irs computers have already crashed. were you aware of that fact? >> from the testimony last night, yes. >> so that's a pretty high percentage. let's assume we have -- let's assume therefore if we stay on that projectory we will have 12,000 computers crash on the irs alone if you double the number -- excuse me, six thousand. that's a pretty high percentage every year if you assume 90,000 computers, the maximum number, that's a lot. my friend from massachusetts sees some conspiracy. it's just coincidental that right after lois lerer in's computer crashes seven people in cincinnati go rogue on us and create bolos that seem to be nefarious but the fact of the matter is there's no evidence that because of on

mr. issa, ranking member cummings from maryland, congressman farenthold from texas, congressman condoleezza ricely from virginia and congressman -- connolly from virginia, and congressman woodall from georgia, for working together on this bipartisan bill. the 2015 savings plan is an important component of federal workers' retirement assets. given the negative impact of pay freezes, furloughs and other challenges on the pay and benefits of our federal work force over the last few years, i feel it's appropriate for congress to provide investment options that will help federal employees maximize their retirement contributions and savings. changing the default investment option to the l fund makes a lot of sense because the l fund s have substantially outperformed the g fund. however, the bill would also allow employees who are risk-averse the ability to opt out and change their investment options. the house passed a substantially similar bill in the 110th congress, but it was never enacted. this time around i'm hoping that this commonsense proposal will become law, as a substantially similar bill in the senate was recently approved in commit