mr. correa: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4569, the counterterrorism information sharing improvement act of 2017, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. correa: thank you, mr. speaker. this bill seeks to ensure that d.h.s. gets access to biometric and biographic data collected by the united states government to carry out its counterterrorism efforts. since 9/11, the democratic members of this committee have been committed to bolstering terrorism information sharing within our government. today, terrorist threats are decentralized spreading beyond al qaeda, al shabaab and isil, to a patchwork of small cells and lone wolves ready to carry out violence to our country at their whim. increasingly, this threat also includes homegrown violent extremists and domestic terrorists. ensuring that d.h.s. has access to biographic and biomet he rick data on individuals -- biometric data on individuals associated to a terrorist ganization, it

mr. correa, five minutes. mr. correa: thank you, mr. chairman. for having this most important hearing. i thank the folks here as well. it's a little bit about my background, licensed realtor. former loan broker. and, gentlemen, as you know this can be one of the dirtiest businesses there is out there. real estate. real estate loans. mr. cooper, have you had to fire anybody? mr. cooper: i have not personally had to fire anyone, no. mr. correa: that's impressive. most of the time there are a lot of bad apples out there. you end up firing folks because sometimes it doesn't matter what your mission statement is, the interest of making a buck sometimes outweighs the interest of following your mission statement. in reference to what my colleague, mr. takano, put up do you put this online? the state of california, if you have a doctor that is civilly fined, that goes online. the bureau of automotive repairs, any violations go online. so you as a consumer have any issues, you immediately go online, see who the heck it is you are dealing with, and that information is disclosed to the world. it'

mr. correa, each will control 20 minutes. mr.iggins: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. higgins: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. higgins: mr. speaker, today i rise to offer for consideration h.r. 4564, the post-caliphate threat assessment act of 2017, for house consideration. the homeland security committee's task force on denying terrorist entry into the united states, which i'm a member of, spent the last year taking a deeper look at our terrorist organizations and lone wolf -- and how terrorist ornyizations and lone wolf attackers are entering the nations they're targeting. one of the most concerning issues the task force learned is an estimated 40,000 foreign fighters travel to isis-occupied territories to join a force of over 100,000 radical islamic t

mr. correa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. correa: thank you, mr. speaker. recently my daughter came home from high school accompanied by two of her good friends. these young ladies are about 16 years of age. they wanted to sit down and talk to me a little bit so we sat down and spoke. while i learned these young ladies were very nervous, very scared, they were dreamers and they had a basic question for me which was, what can we do, what can you do for us? very, very tough questions. after a moment i answered them, continue to study hard, continue to follow the law, be good students and don't give up home. at the same time i told them, i said, don't worry about washington, d.c. i'm going to washington to fight for you. and that's what we're doing here today. myself and my colleagues fighting for dreamers, fighting to make sure they have a shot at the american dream. i'm happy to say today that dreamers enjoy the support of not only democrats but republicans as well on this floor. why? because all of us know who dreamers are. dr

mr. correa: thank you. i'm also honored to join my colleagues from across the aisle tonight to talk about attorney general sessions' decision to rescind the cole memo which has guided the state of california's -- the state of california as well as other states in pursuing reasonable cannabis regulation. the california state senator, we relied on the cole memo to help craft california's cannabis industry regulatory framework. i personally introduced legislation to regulate medical cannabis that was sponsored by the public safety community of the state of california. we all relied on the cole memo. we all relied on regulating medical marijuana to make sure it was chemical-free that it was tested, labeled, and that cannabis was kept away from our children, our neighborhoods, and our schools. i remember working on this legislation and one day i got a phone call from a republican doctor who wanted to lecture me about my bill. i assumed he was opposed to the legislation but you know what? i wanted to hear him out

mr. correa. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the veterans for the service to our country and echo some of the comments made by my colleagues of redirection of funds without properly notifying congress. let's do better next time. a couple of questions. i'll start out. i'm from california and the question i'm getting asked by a lot of my veterans is, what impact would cannabis use by veterans have on their eligibility to access the various programs, the services that you offer. how are they affected in terms of their eligibility? >> that's a tricky one. i know that the va does not allow cannabis use. there are some verifiable medical uses for marijuana. it's -- it is a tricky area because so many of the veterans that we have in our housing have substance abuse issues, addiction issues. so -- >> we have an issue of opioid use, abuse. then we have right now the issue, the famous cold memo that's been essentially repudiated by our attorney general. then the state of california we do have medical cannabis use. there's