mr. cummings: we continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. perry: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, no one wants iran to have a nuclear weapon. i certainly don't think the president wants them to, but i think it's clear that they're going to. the question is when. clearly the president tried to make -- he tried to make a good deal. i don't think he thinks that iran can be trusted, but i do think he thinks they won't cheat. mr. speaker, the road to hell was paved with good intentions, and i'm sure that the administration had and has good intentions, but the facts remain. iran has been cheating literally for thousands of years or at least that region has and certainly we know. the facts, the facts is for the last 36 years iran has cheated on every single agreement they have signed.

mr. cummings: to my question, mr. harris, can you think of anything else congress can do to help protect these brave men and women on our borders? mr. harris: we appreciate all the support. i would like to point out on the helicopter shooting incident that chairman chaffetz responded. it is more stay engaged with the border. there is a lot of misinformation coupled with border security efforts. -- welcome any efforts members of congress to the border. mr. cummings: can you think of anything else we can do to help out on that end? while you are formulating your answer, i want you to know, mr. harris, on behalf of all of us, we do understand how dangerous the job is and we appreciate everything that you all do to address the issues. we are sorry for the many losses and injuries that you just spoke about. mr. starr. mr. starr: the battle to increase security, rule of law and justice in mexico is going to be a long-term battle. i think that we have -- we can see what has happened in columbia and the types of improvements

mr. cummings: f.a.a.'s mission is, and i quote, to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world. can you explain some of the challenges that bringing drones into our nation's air space? mr. whitaker: one of the challenges is we have a much more complex and diverse air space than any other country and a busier air space. in addition to four the biggest airlines in the world and dozens of hubs, you have business aviation, you have nearly 200,000 general aviation operations, helicopters, rescue vehicles that fly in all air space. so integrating instead of just setting aside a space to operate, but integrating into the air space requires that these new vehicles be able to stay clear of the existing vehicles. so detect and avoid or sense and avoid. that's a major technological challenge that has to be solved. and then you also have to solve the communications challenge. how the operator communicates with the vehicle, what the spectrum is that's allocated for that and what happens if that lin

mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i rise and claim time in opposition. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: i want to thank you, mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: since 1998, i've had the privilege of sending a group of high school students each year to israel, where they are paired with israeli teens to learn about what life is really like in israel. when these students return, they have learned life lessons that stay with them forever. but just as important, they have made friendships that will also last a lifetime. so i'm a proud and strong friend and ally of israel and i have been for a very long time. this is why i believe we must support the joint comprehensive plan of action and why i'm here to oppose the resolution. the world cannot tolerate a nuclear armed iran. and i will not stand by as iran continues to gain ground toward that objective. this agreement puts real, con secrete ste

mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i rise and claim time in opposition. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: i want to thank you, mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: since 1998, i've had the privilege of sending a group of high school students each year to israel, where they are paired with israeli teens to learn about what life is really like in israel. when these students return, they have learned life lessons that stay with them forever. but just as important, they have made friendships that will also last a lifetime. so i'm a proud and strong friend and ally of israel and i have been for a very long time. this is why i believe we must support the joint comprehensive plan of action and why i'm here to oppose the resolution. the world cannot tolerate a nuclear armed iran. and i will not stand by as iran continues to gain ground toward that objective. this agreement puts real, con secrete ste

mr. cummings of maryland for his opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman for calling this hearing. this is a really interesting hearing and one that i think is extremely important. drones are citing new technology with a lot of uses in the not-so-distant future. companies are developing new technologies to use drones to fight forest fires or even to deliver pizza. however, mr. chairman, i share the same concerns as you and many other americans. i want the use of drones to be safe. and i want to make sure that the privacy interests of the american people are protected. as with any new ground-breaking technology, our regulatory regime has not yet fully caught up with drones. the existing rules do not fully address concerns americans have. our goal must be to balance these concerns in a way that allows for the robust development of these new technologies while ensuring that necessary safeguards are in place. in 2014, there were more than 9.5 million commercial airline flights carrying more than 850 million passengers in the united states, according t

mr. cummings: i have said it before. mr. issa: i'm glad to have your support. mr. ummings: i can show you the documents that show you we have consistently asked we get all of the tapes. if you give me a few minutes, i will give you the documents we send to you showing that. fromssa: the gentlewoman -- the gentleman from south carolina. >> i will ask funding questions that have nothing to do with the video. you, is more important to providing women's health care services or lobbying? ms. richards: i think these two things go hand-in-hand. what we have learned over the years is that to provide health care service you have to advocate for women who are underserved. the two things go hand-in-hand. spent zero dollars on mammograms. ms. richards: we discussed mammograms repeatedly and how women's health care works. when i go to my doctor i get a rest exam. -- we are not a radiological clinic. >> why not? ms. richards: we could take it out. we have never provided mammograms because we work with folks who do provide radiological services. >> there are people running for ms.

mr. cummings. thank you miss richards for being here for the inordinate amount of time that you have and i reiterate so much of what my colleagues here on this side of the aisle have said regarding this hearing and some of the concerns. you and your office know that i have vocalized to you privately the fact that i'm displeased that planned parenthood is not present in my own district in the virgin islands or any of the territories where we have approximately four million people. and the reason i'm displeased about that is because i know the good work that planned parenthood does in preventative health for women with the virgin islands having 141 unplanned teen pregnancies per 1,000 when the national rate is 29 pregnancies per 1,000. i see how important the work that you guys do is to different areas and the chairman has seven clinics in his area in utah and, mr. chairman, we'd be glad to take any one of them in the virgin islands to be able to support women's health and the work that you do knowin

mr. cummings. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. geiger, the expectation of privacy, talk about that answer by we know court cases in light of the question comes down to what is expected of the person. i guess when you drones, it really broadens the expectation is that right quick that kind of throws them come just opens the door to all kinds of surveillance -- do you follow what i think? >> i do. i believe this is how courts will interpret i that in the future. write out the supreme court has interpreted the regional expectation of privacy doctrine do not include aerial surveillance from the publicly navigable airspace and i can only imagine that that reasonable expectation of privacy standard or in common law torts what would count as highly offensive to original person. i've only imagine that will shrink as more and more ues take to the skies. this is one reason why we are arguing that current federal law does not provide adequate privacy protection but we should not just rely on, or the fourth amendment. brought to be something

mr. cummings.thank you miss richards for being here for the inordinate amount of time that you have and i reiterate so much of what my colleagues here on this side of the aisle have said regarding this hearing and some of the concerns. you and your office know that i have vocalized to you privately the fact that i'm displeased that planned parenthood is not present in my own district in the virgin islands or any of the territories where we have approximately four million people. and the reason i'm displeased about that is because i know the good work that planned parenthood does in preventative health for women with the virgin islands having 141 unplanned teen pregnancies per 1,000 when the national rate is 29 pregnancies per 1,000. i see how important the work that you guys do is to different areas and the chairman has seven clinics in his area in utah and, mr. chairman, we'd be glad to take any one of them in the virgin islands to be able to support women's health and the work that you do knowing

mr. cummings, you made a comment earlier that i want to address.in the "new york times," they reported the epa unleashed a major lobbying campaign to rally comments and support for its regulation. you earlier went off on lockheed martin in regards to that application. the epa also disregarded the antilobbying act and broke the law. i would hope that you would co-sponsor my removal of ms. mccarthy as the epa administrator. now back to those processes in here. ms. richards, i'm up here. you're a ceo, right? >> yes, sir. >> you do understand market penetration, right? >> i'm a nonprofit ceo, so -- >> you look at the numbers. all ceos are looking at how they expand and profit. >> we don't profit. i don't actually look at how to profit. we do obviously look at how to expand into areas particularly where there's unmet need. >> okay. i like that. so your market penetration in arizona is different than your market penetration in new york state, would you say? >> i'm sure it is. >> there's three in arizona and there's quite a few more in new york. and there

mr. cummings managed to pull it off.re doing it very differently chairman issa did it and different when the democrats did it when they ran the asylum. letter from linda sanchez on because because committee. she very different view invoking right to incrimination. they threatened to make a witness come in have public hearing. as you know this is private hearing today. and contrary to what mr. cummings said, we have to talk to mr. pagliano. we have to make sure the record's complete. we have to make sure it hasn't been exfoliated or corrupted in any way. frankly we have to make sure what other witnesses told us and witnesses to come or is true. it is either corroborated or true. the right belongs to mr. pagliano. doesn't belong to elijah cummins or the his lawyer or the mailman. it belongs to mr. pagliano. he has to assert that in person. if he does it will be a short hearing but the democrats had a very different approach when they ran congress. i think, martha, what people hate is duplicity and hypocrisy how a different

mr. cummings said we should do everything we can to put money into research. you are not putting money into research, you are criticized for --r salary, which is a big it is a big organization, but if you look at, where is the money going? in minnesota, south dakota, one -- in new england, another employee got $400,000. $77,000 --300 $377,000. and many in the quarter of a million dollar range. if you want money to go for women withor helping health care, identifying the problem or putting the money where it can do the most good. again, we don't -- we have at least the perception of it not being the case and the chairman outlined travel, lavish parties be separate, may that money out, but it does not look good. i yield back. ms. richards: i would love the chance to respond. i guess that was not really -- rep. chaffetz: we will keep the pace here. rep. connolly: welcome, mr. truth. here today,mom was she was kicking boots with a lot of my colleagues. ms. richards: she is here in spirit. rep. connolly: you know, i hope every american woman is watching today's hea

mr. cummings for a generous. >> i thought it was eight, mr. chairman. i think it's eight.ank you very much. >> go ahead. just -- i turned off my microphone for a reason. i pulled those numbers directly out of your corporate report. that slide that congressman jason chaffetz tried to say he pulled directly from the corporate reports really did come from americans united for life. the congressman lifted it wholesale from the americans united for life anti-abortion website. unfortunately, for the congressman he forgot to remove the source printed on the bottom of the slide. before he said this is a planned parenthood document i've lifted from your corporate reports and he put it on display as his gotcha grand finale. on top of that, i don't mean to be like vengeful nerd, but this chart makes no sense. there's no y axis on the chart. how is 268 ,000 supposed abortions equal to 935,000 supposed cancer screenings? there's no y axis. anyway, it's insane. but that's kind of how today went. i mean, it's one thing to imagine being republican chairman jason chaffetz and just blowing

mr. cummings. >> thank you very much. let me be clear from the very beginning. e have asked for all of the tapes, mr. chairman. we wanted all of them -- everything. we welcomed a subpoena for everything, because we think that that goes to the integrity of this committee and it goes to the integrity of this congress. today's hearing is very important. it will reveal whether this committee is more interested in facts or fiction. the questions members pose will show whether they are engaged in an even-handed search for the truth or a partisan attack based on ideology. the way we conduct ourselves will demonstrate whether this committee is seeking integrity in our investigation or is being usurped by the most extreme forces of partisan warfare. let's look at the facts. david dolidon and his group engaged in a campaign of deceit against planned parenthood. they set up fake companies, created fake identities, repeatedly lied about who they were and secretly recorded planned parenthood employees without their knowledge or consent. these are facts that mr. dolidon admitt

mr. cummings, from maryland for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding the hearing today. as i listen today, i am hoping the witnesses listen carefully. i think you raised legitimate concerns and i happen hoping they address them. i think to thank the ranking member of the subcommittee on border and maritime security for being a leader and promoting aggressionive action to protect the united states and our diplomatic core overseas. drug cartel violence in mexico threatens american and mexican citizens on their families on both sides of the border. it also negatively impacts our important bilateral trade relationship with mexico. combating the violence and stabalizing the region needs to be a top priority of both countries. congressmen villa's position is that the consulate should be open to support american citizens and economic interests on both sides of the border and i agree with him and find his argument persuasive. closing u.s. consulates in mexico will destabilize the region and make our borders less safe. consulates in mexico

mr. cummings immediately said, i'm taking responsibility, i did it, and the last two statements i gave police were lies. case solved. >> reporter: there was shock and relief back on walnut street. >> justice could be served now. >> reporter: nbc 10 tried reaching out to the boy's mother, who neighbors said had moved within weeks of his death. she told us she had no interest in speaking to the media. live in reading, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >>> we are following two developing stories this afternoon. a glitch that's impacting air travelers nationwide and a decision by the fed on interest rates. within the past few hours, the federal reserve announced rates will not be going up just yet. >> in light of the heightened uncertainties abroad and the slightly softer expected path for inflation, the committee judged it appropriate to wait for more evidence, including some further improvement in the labor market to bolster its confidence that inflation will rise to 2% in the medium term. >> stocks bounced in and out of negative territory in the wake of the federal reserve's decision on interest ra

mr. cummings. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me be clear from the beginning. we have asked for all of the tapes, mr. chairman. we wanted all of them, everything. and we of course welcomed a subpoena for everything because we think that that goes to the integrity of this committee and it goes to the integrity of the congress. today's hearing is very important. it will reveal whether this committee is more interested in facts or fiction. the questions members pose will show whether they're engaged in an even ended search for the truth or a partisan attack based on ideology. the way we conduct ourselves will demonstrate whether this committee is seeking integrity in our investigation or is being usurped by the most extreme forces of partisan warfare. let's look at the facts. david and his group engaged in a three-year campaign of deceit against planned parenthood. they set up fake companies, created fake identities. repeatedly lied about who they were and secretly recorded planned parenthood employees without their knowledge or consent. these are facts that he ad

mr. cummings from maryland for his opening statement. mr. cummings: thank you very uch, mr. chairman. i want to thank you for holding this hearing today. i think you raised some legitimate concerns and i'm hoping that they will address them. i also want to thank congressman vela, the ranking member of the subcommittee on border and maritime security for being a leader on this issue and for promoting aggressive action to protect united states and our diplomatic corps overseas. drug cartel violence in mexico threatens american and mexican citizens and their families on both sides, on both sides of the border. it also negatively impacts our important bilateral trade relationship with mexico. combating the violence and stabilizing this region needs o be a top priority for both countries. congressman vela's position is that the consulates should remain open to support american citizens and economic interests on both sides of the border. and i agree with him and i find his argument quite persuasive. closing u.s. consulates in mexico will simply destabilize the region, making our borders les

mr. farenthold, rarninging member cummings, mr. connolly and ms. norton for working to bring this bipartisan legislation before the committee. i want to acknowledge senators tester, moran, and too many mi for their work on the senate companion bill. i urge my colleagues to support this important piece of legislation and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lynch: i rise in strong support of h.r. 313, the wounded warriors federal leave act of 2015. i introduced this bipartisan legislation in january of this year, and i'm proud that it has now gained the support of over 30 democratic and republican members of congress. i also want to thank the gentleman from michigan, mr. walberg, for his remarks for this bill. at the outset i would also like to thank chairman chaffetz and ranking member cummings along with the gentleman from texas, mr. farenthold and the gentlema

mr. cummings blamed his wife for the child's death.totally inconsistent with the evidence. >> reporter: the original autopsy said the cause of death was undetermined, but detectives say there was evidence of sexual abuse. but the case lay dormant until 2014, when a second opinion on the autopsy concluded murder and investigators went back to david cummings' jail cell this summer. >> they have a confession from david cummings that he killed the little boy. >> shocking right there. shocking. really didn't think that -- how can you do that to your own kid? >> reporter: without that confession, we would have been able to prove some sexual offenses, but we remained stone walled in proving that this was a homicide. >> reporter: the district attorney says it really was good detective work that got david cummings. and we've reached out to the little boy's mother, she told us she had no interest in talking to the media. live in reading, i'm doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >>> we have some breaking news in the last 30 minutes investigators ruled this

mr. cummings, certainly for his courtesies as well for my participation in this very vital hearing today. i am a member of the judiciary committee as well, and we held such a hearing some weeks ago. and so i can almost say deja vu. let me thank ms. richards, first of all, as a fellow texan, to thank her for the legacy of her family. that has always been engaged in public service. and that's what i consider you and planned parenthood as doing. coming from texas, let me cite the houston planned parenthood offices, of which i've been in, walked through, and seen the clinics, and seen individuals who fell into my arms, indicating that without planned parenthood, they would not be able to, in fact, have health care. let me ask you very quickly, as my time goes. it may be as i've been listening this afternoon that we have been mixing more than apples and oranges. it might be apples and potatoes. because we're talking about abortion. when i say that, many of these questions have come forward. and i just wanted to read this quote from a senator in oklahoma. in discussing planned parenthood. my fo

mr. cummings said our people working for the state department in mexico, is there any threat of their wages going down? >> thanks for the question. i am very proud of our foreign service calling. >> we're all proud of what is the user? are you going to cut their pay? >> alliances change over time the situations change and yes we have developed a new system to change endanger and hardship pay. in mexico some will go up some will go down but that reflects the stage of the situation on the ground. the danger pay calculated in the past, the criminal violence and living conditions are also accounted for in the hardship pay so looking at the colleagues at matamoros get a 5% increase but those in tijuana and nuevo laredo go down by 5% but we believe that reflects the accurate situation. >> there is no merit and has authority over a police force there. are you telling me now is more than it has been? >> yes. by our calculations. >> the american foreign service association takes issue with this to you take issue? to read by an american - - former member. >> they disagree. >> on the basis of conditio

mr. cummings for a generous seven minutes. heather: we'll bring panel back in.id, i let you step into this, in terms of the money how it is spent. you just heard a little bit more of the exchange. what is your reaction? >> there is couple things that matter, heather. it is not percentage matters. where the money is applied. start with the fundamental part of this. what percentage of abortions versus what percentage of women's services, that is not the real issue. it is taxpayer dollars, from americans who have genuine objection where money is fungible inside of planned parenthood, that has been certified as fact, should not be used to support something that many americans don't support. the same is applied to the fetal tissue issue. americans have a right, and we don't separate our tax dollars by religion, nor should we separate when it comes to idea your money should be used to go for something you object to they will argue about ratios in washington, d.c. but ill lee galty less -- illegality leslie mentioned is big issue. if there is violation of federal law t

mr. cummings. >> i want to pick up exactly where the chairman left off. how often are these reassessments made with regard to pay allowances? i see mr. saurs jumping up and down. ifor i could answer the question. >> please do. >> at least once a year we review the allowances at all of our posts. the danger pay that the chairman is referring to in ugust of 2014 we began a review of how we issued danger pay. we looked at also our hardship allowance. >> when was that? >> in august of 2014. the global program include posts much more dangerous. yes, i absolutely admit there are high levels of violence in both of those places. but in our analysis it is very different that the violence there is not directed against the consulate or consulate personnel. they can be at the wrong place at the wrong time. we have many places in the world where we serve where the violence is directed against our people, and those are the places where our employees are getting danger pay. for the types of criminal violence that we see in mexico, that is reflected in their hardship diff

mr. cummings for a generous seven minutes. >> i think it is eight.ar women, including my wife, talk about the way women are treated as opposed to men. and not being a woman, i at the same time try to be sensitive. i want to just -- the chairman just gave you a series of questions. i just have a few other ones. miss richards, i find it extremely hypocritical that republicans criticize the salaries of planned parenthood officials when you have violated no laws especially while these same republicans completely ignore the ceos of huge companies that are actually guilty of breaking the law. earlier this year city corp., jpmorgan and other major banks pled guilty to manipulating currency markets and interest rates. they were fined more than $5 billion for their actions. yet citi group's ceo still received $13 million last year and jpmorgan's ceo received $20 million. these banks get extensive federal support in the form of borrowing through the federal reserve's discount window and access to deposit insurance through the fdic. miss richards, do you know i

mr. cummings of maryland for his opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for calling this hearing. this is a really interesting hearing and one that i think is extremely important. drones are an exciting new technology with a lot of potential uses in the not-so-distant future. companies are developing new technologies to use drones to fight forest fires or even to deliver pizza however, mr. chairman, i share the same concerns as you and many other americans. i want the use of drones to be safe. and i want to make sure that the privacy interests of the american people are protected. as with any new ground breaking technology, our regulatory regime has not yet fully caught up with drones. and existing rules do not fully address concerns americans have. our goal must be to balance these concerns in a way that allows for the robust development of these new technologies while ensuring that necessary safeguards are in place. in 2014 there were more than 9.5 million commercial airline flights carrying more than 850 million passengers in the united state

mr. steinberg and cummings who ran the leu cadia for a number of years and built it to the point that theycquired jeffries, i think is very opportunistic. he's bought a foreign currency trader at a discount in the last year. fx concepts i believe is the name of the company. if you do a book value analysis with all the holdings in the leucadia holding company, shares today are below $21 and we think they're worth closer to $30. >> patterson energy, quickly pttn. what if oil stays low, mark? you still going to oil this company? >> i think the beauty of a commodity business is the oversupply corrects itself with, in this case, rigs being cut back. but they have 1,500 horsepower land rigs that are very vital for horizontal drilling and they're usually built under a three-year contract. so they don't build them until they've got a contract to use them. i think if you do an asset liquidation on patterson-uti at $15 or less, you probably end up with a share price that's closer to $22, maybe even $24. i wouldn't own a lot of this as a portfolio weighting. but i do think it is a material discount t

mr. president, that makes no sense to me, and it makes no sense to the american people. so last week congressman elijah cummings and i sent a letter to mr. skrelli asking him to explain why the price of this drug has skyrocketed by over 4,000%. now, the good news -- or it appears to be the good news -- is that mr. skrelli recently said that he would lower the price of this lifesaving drug, although he has not yet indicated what the new price will be. but, let us be very clear: this is just one of many, many examples of price-gouging within the pharmaceutical industry. let me give you another. in the united states, the prescription drug sovaldi, which is used to treat a very serious and widespread disease, hepatitis-c, cost $1,000 a pill. $1,000 a pill. in europe, the same exact drug made by the same exact company costs $555 a pill. and in egypt and india, the same drug costs $11 a pill. now, mr. president, the cost of this drug has become so expensive that medicaid and the veterans administration and many, many veterans are suffering with hepatitis-c, both medicaid and the v.a. are rationing access to sovaldi a

member cummings and the entire oversight and government reform committee for passing this bill earlier this year as well as the entire new york state delegation for their strong support of this bill. mr. speaker, today we pause to remember sergeant dietz and all those men and women who have lost their lives in defense of our freedoms. i encourage my colleagues to support h.r. 1442 and i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. chaffetz: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lieu: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i'm pleased to join my colleagues in consideration of h.r. 1442 to designate the robert h. dietz post office building. he served in the 38th infantry battalion in world war 2. he was posthumously awarded a medal of honor for his valor. he was leading a squad as they advanced when a minefield and two well-defended bridges blocked their path he led his men through the minefield and moved on. he killed a bazooka team defending the bridge. he killed another bazooka team as well as other german soldiers who fired at him. in his final act of bravery he d