mr. cummings. >> mr. chairman -- answer the questions that you promised him he would have an opportunity to answer? we endured 15 minutes of badgering of the witness. can he be allowed to answer? >> the gentleman will suspend. witness at any time is can for additional time to respond to any member's question if the time has been -- ended. >> you said you were going to give him that opportunity at the end. >> i am giving him that opportunity. >> mr. chairman, may i respond to? >> yes you may. >> sir, i think it's important that you understand the context in which the texts were made. in terms of the texts that we will stop it. you need to understand that that was written late at night, off-the-cuff and it was in response to a sear aries of events that included then candidate trump insulting the immigrant family of a fallen war hero, and my presumption based on that horrible disgusting behavior that the american population would not elect someone demonstrating that behavior to be president of the united sta

mr. cummings. but the motion has to be heard immediately, mr. chairman under rule 11, clause 2. >> the gentleman will suspend. >> the motion is not germane. >> i move to table the ruling of the chair. i move to overrule the ruling of the chair. >> mr. chairman, i will table the motion. >> motion made to table the appeal the ruling of the chair. all those in favor of tabling the appeal respond by saying aye. >> those opposed no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> mr. chairman, i asked for a recorded vote. >> chairman, point of parliamentary inquiry. >> the gentleman will state his point of parliamentary inquiry. >> on the vote to table, or for that matter, on the vote to appeal the ruling of the chair, do we take separate votes of the two committees or one vote of everything? >> my understanding was that both you and mr. cummings were satisfied with one roll call vote. >> but we'll go through each committee in order. and then we'll take the cumulative vote after the conclusion of both committees. >> i just wanted to clarify that po

mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the electronic message preservation act and i want to thank mr. gowdy, our chairman, for getting this bill to the floor. i introduced this bill with the goal of modernizing federal and presidential records act. this bill would require the archivists of the united states to issue regulations mandating that all federal agencies manage and preserve their email records electronically. this bill would help ensure , then il records federal agencies and the us who are preserved. according to -- the white house are preserved. according to a report from the national archives and records administration, approximately 46% of agencies continue to print and file paper copies of email messages. these records are more likely to get lost and are harder for agencies to retrieve during record searches under the freedom of information act. this bill would put into statute what agencies are already required to do under a directive issued by the archivists and the director of

mr. cummings -- >> mr. chairman, could i respond -- >> can he answer the questions you promised him he would have an opportunity to answer? he endured 15 minutes of the badgering of the witness. can he answer now, as you promised, mr. chairman? >> the witness at any time can ask for additional time to respond to any member's question if the time has been ended -- >> you said you were going to give him that opportunity at the end -- >> i am giving him that opportunity. >> mr. chairman, play i respond? >> yes, sir. >> i think it's important when you look at those texts that you understand the context in which they were made and the things that were going on across america. in terms of the texts that we will stop it, you need to understand that that was written late at night off the cuff and it was in response to a series of events that included then-candidate trump insulting the immigrant family of a fallen war hero and my presumption, based on that horrible, disgusting behavior, that the american population

mr. cummings -- >> mr. chairman, could i respond -- >> can he answer the questions you promised him he would have an opportunity to answer? he endured 15 minutes of the badgering of the witness. can he answer now, as you promised, mr. chairman? >> the witness at any time can ask for additional time to respond to any member's question if the time has been ended -- >> you said you were going to give him that opportunity at the end -- >> i am giving him that opportunity. >> mr. chairman, play i respond? >> yes, sir. >> i think it's important when you look at those texts that you understand the context in which they were made and the things that were going on across america. in terms of the texts that we will stop it, you need to understand that that was written late at night off the cuff and it was in response to a series of events that included then-candidate trump insulting the immigrant family of a fallen war hero and my presumption, based on that horrible, disgusting behavior, that the american population

mr. cummings. >> mr.pond -- >> answer the questions that you promised him he would have the opportunity to answer. endured 15 minutes of badger, the witness. can he be allowed now to answer, as you promised, mr. chairman. >> gentleman will suspend. the witness can ask for additional time to respond to any member's question if the, time has been ended. >> you said you would give him that opportunity at the end -- >> i am giving him. [no audio] >> presumption based on that horrible, disgusting behavior, that the american population would not elect somebody demonstrating that behavior to be president of the united states it was in no way unequivocally, any suggestion that me, the fbi, would take any action whatsoever to improperly impact the electoral process, for any candidate. so i take great offense and i take great disagreement to your assertion what that was or wasn't. as to the 100 million to one, that was clearly a statement made in jest, using hyperbole. i recognize millions of americans were likely

mr. cummings. n order, rule 11, clause 2. >> i move to subpoena steve bannon in our house intelligence investigation he was under subpoena and refused to answer questions of mr. gowdy. mr. gowdy appears to have a sincere interest in getting to the bottom of what happened. i move to bring mr. bannon to this committee. also mr. chairman is in resent of nunes's letter recommending the committee look into russia and recommended witnesses. i move for consideration from mr. bannon to be subpoenaed and if he refuses contempt proceedings to confer. i yield back to mr. cummings. >> motion is not germane and the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings >> i move to overrule the ruling of the chair. >> mr. chairman i will table the motion. >> motion is made to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair. all those in terms of take the appeal aaye. the ayes have it. >> i ask for a recorded vote. >> point of parliamentary inquiry. >> gentleman will state his point. >> on the vote to table or for that matter on the

mr. cummings. >> i yield to the gentleman, mr. meadows. >> i thank the gentleman. i thank the gentlelady. mr. chairman, in the spirit of transparency, and i think we all want transparency here, i would offer for the chairman's consideration this body's consideration, releasing the full transcripts that we had in the 11th hour, breaking with two different conditions. one is, is that we have the opportunity to interview miss lisa page first, since those text messages were back and forth between two witnesses. and the second that we can scrub that transcribed interview for any personal relevant information that might be embarrassing before we do that. >> if the gentleman yields. >> yes, i yield to the gentleman. >> thank you. spirit of the gentleman's recommendation is taken, is well taken, and we will definitely take that under advisement. >> i would also hope we give the fbi the opportunity for redaction of anything that would impact on the nation's national security. i think that is extremely important. >> reclaiming my time, it's my understanding the gentleman doe

mr. cummings? mr. cummings about snow. ms. maloney? miss maloney votes no. ms. norton? mrs. norton votes no. mr. clay? mr. lynch? mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper? mr. cooper votes no. mr. connolly? mr. connolly votes no. ms. kelly? ms. kelly votes no. miss lawrence? miss lawrence about snow. miss watson coleman? ms. watson coleman votes no. mr. christian morphy? mr. christian morphy votes no. mr. raskin? mr. raskin votes no. mr. welch votes no. mr. cartwright? mr. cartwright about snow. ms. plaskett? miss plaskett votes no. >> the chair, how is mr. gaudi recorded? the clerk will call the role of members who have not yet been recorded. >> mr. isa votes yes. mr. gaudi, mr. buck? mr.:votes yes. ms. robie? mr. rosser? mr. roth it says yes. miss bass? mr. jeffries? >> i have been asked by the minority and the majority counsel to advise members that their votes will only be counted once. the clerk of the oversight -- >> mr. chairman point of order, on what basis without rule be since each committee is a voting separately on that? >> procedurally we have agreed to one unified vote.

told we don't want to fill the first who are these thank you oh large the orders that we heard mr cummings on the phone that she was on we don't say that there was a great start to the summit. and here's a sneak peek of the preparations made for the joint lunch enjoyed by the presidents and their teams here we are in the kitchen at the presidential palace and healthy. we now expect the final news conference to take place shortly before their private meeting vladimir putin and double trump gave brief speeches there were russian president said it was time for talks with his american counterpart while trump stressed the need to now improve relations with moscow. president i have continued to have contacts over the last few months we've spoken on the phone and met a couple of times during international events but the time has come to have a silly talk about bilateral relations and sore spots in the world. you have not been getting along very well for the last number of years taking here not too long but it's getting close to you but i think the moon defending. it been saying and i'm sure you'v

mr. cummings. mr. cummings votes no. ms. maloney? ms. maloney votes no. ms. norton? ms. norton votes no. mr. clay? mr. clay votes know. mr. lynch? mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper? mr. connolly. >> nay. >> mr. connolly votes nay. ms. kelly. ms. lawrence. >> no. >> ms. lawrence votes no. ms. watson coleman. ms. watson coleman votes no. mr. christian morthy. >> no. >> mr. christian morthy votes no. mr. race kin votes no. mr. gomez votes no. mr. welch. mr. welch votes no. mr. cartwright. mr. desonye votes no. ms. plaskett votes no. mr. sarbanes. mr. sarbanes votes no. >> have all members who wished to vote voted? clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, on this vote there are 17 ayes and 15 nos. >> the ayes have it. the motion is tabled. the ga from georgia is recognized for his five minutes of questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you know, i don't think anyone here denies the fact that russia attempted to meddle in the elections. they have done so in the past. they have attempted in 2016. i don't have any reason to believe that they won't attempt it again in the ones

mr. cummings' questions, why the investigations into the russian government's attack on our elections and other critical infrastructure is important to our national security? >> it's extraordinarily important because of what it represents. the selection of our nation's leader, of the chief executive, of the person who is charged with the defense of the united states, national security of the united states, whether that's militarily or economic, there is no greater responsibility in the land. and the way we do that, the underpinning of what we are in america, the election, is the process by which we do that. so the idea that not only a foreign nation, but an advanced hostile foreign nation would be inserting themselves clandestinely in that process to undermine the will of the united states is terrible. >> thank you. and is that why you thought it important to prioritize, and i think it was in october of 2016, the russia investigation and leave mr. wiener's laptop to someone else? you asked to look into it. >> the first reason i did it because the director told me to. it's a top priority,

mr. cummings and mr. gaudy, all kinds of times in the previous administration when there were tens of thousands of pages provided that were often not adequate and threats of contempt and i remember excoriating to dr. crawford in getting the information. in your case we have a request going back to october. let me ask you this. are you prepared to promise at this hearing that you will cooperate with document requests to the best of your ability going forward. >> yes, i will do that going forward, yes, sir. >> because we will probably want to know about the state of illinois and if there were other states like that. >> yes, sir. >> i know my home state of virginia was also probed by these -- final point, mr. hatch, i can't resist having been in local government, i really appreciated the point you made in your opening statement about local governments. so much of congress is always at the statewide level. maybe that's because so many of my colleagues come from state legislatures and they forget the implement

mr. cummings, for his opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. when chairman goodlatte and chairman gowdy launched their joint investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails, they promised not to interfere with the ongoing criminal investigation being conducted by special counsel mueller. they were crystal clear. let me read some of their statements. on december 6th, chairman gowdy said and i quote, i specifically communicated to special counsel robert mueller i would not wittingly or unwittingly interfere with an ongoing criminal probe, end of quote. on march 18th, dharm gowdy sa c said and i quote, i've been really very clear, leave him alone, let him do his job, end of quote. chairman gowdy went on to offer advice directly to the president and this is what he said and i quote, my advice to the president is the same thing i just told his lawyer, give bob mueller the time, the independence, and the resources to do the job. he went on to say that when you are innocent, if the allegations of collusion which the russians -- and there's no evidence of

mr. cummings. >> i yield to the gentleman, mr. meadows. >> i thank the gentleman and ge gentlelady. in a spirit of transparency and i think we all want i would offer for the chairman's consideration releasing the transcripts we had in the 11th hour, breaking with two different conditions. one is that we have the opportunity to interview miss lisa page first, since those text messages were back and forth between two witnesses. the second that we can scrub that transcribed interview for any personal relevant information that might be embarrassing before we do that. with that, i'll yield back. >> if the gentlewoman will yield -- >> yes. >> thank you. the gentleman's -- the spirit of the gentleman's recommendation is well taken, and we will definitely take that under advisement. >> will the gentleman yield? >> i yield. >> i also hope we would give the fbi the opportunity for red redaction for anything that would affect the nation's security. >> i'm going to thank him for trying to work these things out. full transparency. i think that's important. i think the american people and this co

mr. cummings. he is the ranching member on the house oversight committee. we also have a copy of the resignation letter. politico and others have reported it. this is the first time we've heard from scott pruitt. what he is doing is he is blaming others for his resignation. he is making and casting himself as the victim. i'm going to read it to you here, nicolle. the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unpress departmented and have taken a sizeable toll on all of us. that is scott pruitt saying he's not resigning because of anything he did wrong, but because he's been attacked in public life. nicolle? >> which is, of course, joyce, ludicrous. i mean, the attacks on his family didn't come in a vacuum. they came because he wanted a chick-fil-a franchise for his wife and wanted federal employees help him get one. >> there is a difference between attacks on your family and allegations of misconduct. an attack on your family is making fun of chelsea clinton's appearance as a child. it's not an attack on your family to point out unethical lapses

mr. cummings: i want to thank the vice ranking member of the oversight committee for yielding time and for doing such a phenomenal job on our committee. i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 50, the unfunded mandates information and transparency act. this legislation would obstruct the regulatory process with new requirements that would make it more difficult to promulgate regulations that protect the health and safety of americans. this bill also would give regulated companies the ability to weigh in on rules before other stakeholders. and that is simply not right. under this bill, gun manufacturers could influence a gun safety rule before children safety experts. under this bill, banks could shape rules related to obtaining lines of credit before consumer advocates. under this bill, a coal company could weigh in on clean air rule before doctors, scientists and other public health experts. this is a gross distortion of how this process should work. and it would put the interests of polluters and other corporate offenders ahead of the american people. and i simply say we're better than that.

mr. krebs, you are recognized. >> thank you. chairman gowdy, ranking member cummings and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify recording the department of homeland security's ongoing efforts to assist state and local election officials, those that own and operate election system. today's hearing is timely as primary elections are winding down and officials have time to reflect and get ready for the november elections. in fact, less than two weeks ago secretary nielsen and the dhs leadership team met with officials as they gathered in philadelphia for the summer conference. let me state plainly and clearly. the 2018 midterm elections remain a potential target for russian cyber and influence operations. as described in the 2017 intelligence community assessment, we know the russians engaged in a multi-faceted campaign to meddle in the last election including tactics they have used for decades. based on this prior demonstration of capability and intent, we are planning and preparing as if they'll try again this fall and beyond. in terms of cu

mr. cummings, i have to tell you i'm letdown with the performance of you and the democrats. the majority of the people are dying from overdoses of fenton on heroin. opiates have affected people but it's the illicit drugs coming in from mexico. you democrats are trying to put up a wall to stop the illegal drugs as much as possible coming in. you don't see anything or don't care. illegal immigrants sneaking in drugs. you don't care. it's the same thing with population. you let all these immigrants coming who take jobs get your black population we want to see them working. there americans. >> host: if you want to address the illicit part of it, go ahead. >> with all due respect, guinness i said, and it is sad to say but this has no boundaries or. we have a situation where white slacks, it doesn't matter, urban, suburban, rural, drugs have penetrated our society to a great degree. one of the things that we need to do is cut off the desire for drugs. so, when you have 10% of the people who have this problem and that's just 10% out of 100 that are being treated adequately because

mr. cummings made an accurate statement in this article of particular concern the indictments shall have the russians tried to suppress the votes of minorities across the united states in order to help the current president when his presidency. you both represent communities where there are minority votes, and the actual investigative data that shows the many campaigns across the country of the targeted suppressing minority votes. what are you doing to ensure that every vote counts? >> thank you for asking that question. we were counting the seat is approximately one third hispanic population so we do have a viable minority population. as an election official, my focus is on removing barriers for voters and to ensure that they have confidence that when they go to the polls or mail their ballots back in that they have confidence that it will be counted fairly and accurately and that the results will be fair and accurate. i do those regardless of the nature of the voter, the location of the voter, whether it's in a neighborhood that is known for having more minoriti minorities. the focus i

mr. bolten, in your testimony, you referenced an indiana-based manufacturer, cummings incorporated, major company. you note that cummings, on account of what you characterize as an escalating trade war, must now pay a 25% import from china for use in u.s. production. you go on to note that the companies absorbing a 25% u.s. tariff on finished products that it manufacturers in china for sale off highway equipment manufacturers and if cummings were to pass this tear rough-related cost and increase to the highway customers who lose final sales to the world as a national competitor. mr. bolten, earlier this year i introduced along with other senators on both sides of the aisle some legislation i mentioned in our first panel. the bipartisan national economic security strategy act of 2018. as 2757. it will create a statutory requirement for not just this administration but for a future administration to periodically submit to congress a national economics security strategy. a very sensitive topic, but there's an unclassified version with a classified enx. members of congress respectfully engage

cummings. sen. warren: addiction is a medical issue, not a moral failing. we need to treat it that way. i listened to mr. hodge talk about how hard it is to get treatment or to find treatment beds available. there is nowhere in america where if someone comes in and says, i have hurt my leg, they say, you have broken your leg, we will have a spot for setting your leg probably in the next two weeks. can you come back then? that doesn't happen in america because we take a broken leg is a serious medical problem, and that means we have a serious commitment to put the resources in to make sure people can get the help they need. there is nowhere in america where we say, you have been diagnosed with cancer. we are giving you one chemotherapy treatment and if the cancer comes back, you have had your treatment. you are done and sorry it did not work out for you. because we that treat medical problems with humanity and we make commitment as a country to do our best. we don't always get it right, but at least to push in that direction, but not so with addiction. i am glad to be here at health care for the homeless

mr. bolten, in your testimony, you referenced a indiana-based manufacturer, cummings, inc., and you note that they, on account of what you characterize as an escalating trade war, must now pay a 25% tariff on manufacturing components it imports from china for use in u.s. production. you go on to note that the company's absorbing a 25% u.s. tariff on finished products that it manufactures in china for sale to off highway equipment manufacturers in the united states and if they were to pass this tariff-related cost increase to its off-highway customers, it would lose vital sales in the market to european and asian competitors so that brings it right close to home for the people i represent. mr. bolten, earlier this year, i introduced, along with various other senators on both sides of the aisle, some legislation i mentioned in our first panel, the bipartisan national economic security strategy act of 2018. that's 2757. it will create a statutory requirement for not just this administration but for future administrations to periodically produce and submit to congress a national economic sec

mr. brumhoff. will have an opportunity to speak about that question. in reviewing his record, i know college -- yield yale college for his bachelor degree, cum laude and he was yale law school where he was on the yale law journal. that takes some substantial academic qualification. something i know about because i was there. and the only difference between mr. kavanaugh's tenure on the yale law journal and being the yaleacademic graduate from law school differs from my record that when he was there, the competition was tougher. he is slightly younger than i am, years have passed and yale law school has been more , to attain academic achievement. that is something i know of firsthand. record beyond law school was to clerk for judge stapleton, and they will speak for themselves. and then he was in the office of solicitor record beyond law school general where he argued one case before the supreme court of the united states and if you were on the judiciary committee, would put him in second place. not to bad a place to be on the judiciary committee or supreme court arguments. there have been a number of arguments in the court of appeals and before distri