when i met with mr. dai, and dr. tong a year later here, again -- in my office, i was touched with that absence of malice. he did not engage in tirades against vietnam or his government. he spoke about defending human rights, and caring for the disenfranchised, the people of faith, which i found just incredible, and i do hope that that is not lost. there are always reformers in any dictatorship or any repressive government. they need to know when he's away from them, talking to members of parliament or congress, in his office or washington, his message was one of hope for the people of vietnam, and so i want you to know what an inspiration your presence here is today. if president obama were sitting here where i'm sitting, or if the prime minister of vietnam was sitting here, what would you say? [speaking vietnamese] >> translator: if the president was sitting in front of me, i would plead with him to help the people of vietnam. when he fights for human rights in vietnam, he helps the people. the people of vietnam ha

and mr. dai's release and the release of other prisoners of conscience would be a very, very serious and positive step for the vietnamese government to make. and it's doable. the president has to ask. he has to demand. because the vietnamese government wants certain concessions from the u.s., government to government. we want freedom and respect for human rights. nothing for ourselves. but for the brave people like mr. van dai. >> through the hearing of ms. dai testimony, would you have any more facts or something that you never heard before about the human rights situation in vietnam? >> well, it is deteriorating, and that's very troubling. after the world trade organization, the bilateral agreement as well, there was great expectation. i was frankly not that encouraged that things would happen, but there were a lot of people that thought vietnam would turn the corner and start respecting human rights. precisely the opposite has happened. and they're in a -- unfortunately in a dive, a nosedive, wh

mr. brittain: but it is in the carriage now. way with coach on its the forces -- what is a sergeant at arms? what is the day job? mr. : the day job is being responsible for security and access to the house of commons and it is working directly with the speaker of the house of commons to make sure the public can get in and there are more -- and there are more than a million visitors a year. and that the function of parliament can continue. it is a difficult balancing act allowing access for the public. we are also keeping member states of the house can continue. mr. brittain: this is probably not the kind of thing i should mention, but it is well known that one of your thrillers is about the state opening. and it does not go according to plan. they normally go exceedingly to plan. pageboy did faint which did not happen before. you can see the tremor of fear that was going through everybody, what do we do with him now? the duchess of cambridge came to the rescue and indicated that somebody should do something. he will be living out -- mr. brittain: your book -- mr. dobbs: yes, "the lord's day," lawrence was responsible

mr. dobbs: the chamber is our main office. that is the day job, basically. mr.rittain: there is the diplomatic corps, there. they are sitting behind the bishops. and, go on, tell us. you are interested in power and the exercise of power. and frankitain underwood in the u.s., they are interested in power. they aren't interested in the content of the queen's speech, what they want is the power. we're not of course, talking about a documentary here. we are talking about a drama series, there is a bit of a difference. the prime minister in italy was recently photographed going to the bookshop and rome and buying a copy of "house of cards," and i wanted to write to him that this was a piece of entertainment. mr. brittain: when you in the british parliament, did you feel is more accurate than you expected, or perhaps less? mr. dobbs: i do occasionally get the idea that there are plenty of people in parliament and elsewhere who are auditioning seriously -- furiously for parts in the next series. what drama does as it does remind you we are looking at the functions of p

mr. barney. now, the day of this tragic ath also, mr. speaker, the 11th of february, there was something else significant. it also marked the anniversary of his 25-year career, shot on he 25th anniversary of his 25-year service to the clayton county and riverdale police forces. and so i know with a heavy heart and deep condolences, each of this in this united states congress takes this moment to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of major barney. his lovely wife and his two sons, gregory and robert. mr. speaker, these were twin father. lost their and so it is most fitting also, mr. speaker, that when we, the post office where we are naming fter or for major barney, is located directly across the street from the riverdale police department headquarters now and also, mr. speaker, it's also within the view of the apartment complex where the drug raid took place where major barney lost his life. and mr. speaker, major barney became the first police officer in riverdale, georgia, to be slain in the line of duty. so, mr. speaker, a

knowing the risk that is on the line every day. mr. speaker, the risk is very real. it's very audible. we know it's been -- we know, it's been talked about tonight, that on average we lose a law enforcement officer once every three days. in the line of duty. as sheriff reichert very rightfully pointed out, we also know the prevalence of assaults and injuries. by some accounts, more than one assault every single hour of every single day, 365 days of every single year. the risk is real. we all have an opportunity, the privilege to hold the public trust when we sit in this chamber. we represent fine men and women who wear the uniform, we represent multiple police officers, other law enforcement agencies. one of the great departments i've gotten the opportunity to work with since being a member is the clear water police department -- clearwater police department. men and women of impeccable character and bravery, but also impeccable sacrifice. a department that dons the number four on their shirts, to remember four law enforcement officers from their department who paid t

mr. wiedefeld: you can. i was with a couple in from colorado the other day. they didn't know who i was and they got talking about the metro and they had a good experience. it's -- i think that's more common than we think. mr. sires: thank you for being here and talking about the system. thank you for the panel. mrs. comstock: thank you. i now recognize mr. webster for five minutes. mr. webster: thank you, madam chair. i rode the metro every day for 5 1/2 years since i was in congress. i went to pentagon city to l'enfant to south and i think there's more saving, firing people, hiring people, all of that all i know is that every day i ride there's an escalator broken so i started watching three escalators. there's a bunch on them i ride on but this is three and i would say that over the past few years that these three i watched have been rebuilt four times. i'm talking about everything. all the threads, all the bearings and all that. and it just seems to me there would be a more efficient way to do that. if we can save money we can save money in the right place.

mr. dais: i'd like to thank the gentlelady too. this is an opportunity to address both of those issues. obviously representing part of the mississippi river like i do, we've seen the asian carp problem firsthand. as a matter of fact, a plant opened in my district not long ago to process asian carp to be able to get fish oil and fish meal that's used for pet food and other commodities and unfortunately, they didn't anticipate the smell. so can't really build a fish processing plant around homes and they think they figured that out but we need ingenious ideas and funts like that to be able to address the asian carp problem because it is, it's an invasive species and we need to do everything we can in a bipartisan way to work together to put a stop to it, in the great lakes or any other waterways. ms. kaptur: i learned in the peoria region, all the natural fish dispyred as a result of the invasion of asian carp there mr. davis: i wouldn't say all the natural fish but i know the asian carp infestation has grown substantially more than

day. finery. not be in our mr. brittain: when do you get dressed? >> 7:30 in the morning. it is a very long day. . brittain: it is a different uniform? >> it is the same uniform with additional elements. more place. the colors the sergeant at arms wears is sewn onto the shoulders of the uniform at 7:30 sort does not slip off. it is a very long day. by this time, you already feel as if you have done a days work. mr. brittain: it has a party atmosphere. people are celebrating traditions. all of these peers dressed up, it is the only day we get dressed up. it is a little bit like a fancy dress party as well as being a very serious occasion. mr. brittain: thank you very much. we will come back to you all soon. we've seen the lords and ladies as.their ermins and tiar what kind of moral message might all this ancient ritual convey? i spoke to the reverend sam wells in london's trafalgar square. [courtyard sounds] >> state opening of parliament demonstrates how we understand how the people vote. the parliament is elected. parliament proposes to make laws that the governing party -- but the governing par

four days, mr. speaker. nearly 100 hours of not knowing whether their little girl had gone -- where she had gone, where she had been taken, or whether they would see her again. yet, within 45 minutes of receiving that location data, when they finally got it, kelsey's body was found. she was dead. when her mother testified in front of the subcommittee on communications and technology, she spoke so bravely of the agony kelsey's family endured during that time. she described their ordeal in painful detail. what does a parent go through when a child is missing? you do not eat because you do not know if your child is eating. you do not sleep because you wonder if they are sleeping. it is to quote missy, pure hell. missy and greg smith have made it their mission to prevent this type of tragedy from ever happening again. they began facilitating safety awareness seminars for parents and students. they also began to push for legislation to address the very problem of obtaining timely cell phone location data and only

mr. allen: are you going to be able to convince donald trump of that? chairman priebus: i don't know. it has been three days not quite there yet. mr. allen: do you hope -- chairman priebus: first, let's get the speaker on board and then we will get into the details later. [laughter] mr. allen: but can you persuade donald trump that the republican party is the party of the open-door? chairman priebus: yes, and i think he believes that but i will make sure that some of these issues are discussed and , andd about and understood i am confident that given my experience so far with him that he is going to have an open mind to some of these issues. mr. allen: mitt romney said the that when he announced he would not support donald trump he said, i paid too much popularity ond both sides of the aisle. do you agree? chairman priebus: everyone has their opinion and it is one thing i learned quickly. mr. allen: tell me about yours. do you think there is too much demagoguery? chairman priebus: there is plenty of it. listen, i think there is plenty of it. whether there is too much is a result what people have been served

mr. hanna from new york, who courageously supported it. i'm honored by the support and i'm honored by the position you've taken in this house over the past couple daysd back. the chair: any member claiming time in opposition? the gentleman from texas. >> i rise in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. sessions: mr. chairman, thank you very much. mr. chairman, i do respect the gentleman for his right to come and offer in an open rule in a different bill his objections to what occurred last night. last night, the house of representatives passed the bill and today the gentleman's offering a limiting amendment that would turn back that amendment that we made. mr. chairman, several days ago the house armed services committee handled this issue. it was not sneaking something in. it was a straight up vote. it was a vote that was held in the armed services committee, and then the -- and it passed nd then the final vote was 60-2. mr. chairman, that is a bipartisan vote. that is a vote from people who viewed who are on the committee that they were not going to let one issue or another get in the way of supporting the men and

a sad day, mr. speaker, in the history of the house. i still see no leader unless mr. department, who i have great respect for, wants to tell us what the dead is -- schedule is for next week. i'd be glad to yield to him for that purpose. i want to say, mr. speaker, that the majority leader is not here. the majority leader has a very happy day today. and congratulate him. his son is graduating from georgiatown -- georgetown. and he obviously needs to be there. i was hoping someone else could tell us the schedule. at this point in time i'd be glad to yield to my friend, mr. sessions. the chairman of the rules committee. mr. sessions: appreciate it. i would like to politely offer viewpoint that i believe that we do not view that the issue was discrimination. that we view -- have the viewpoint that earlier in the week, we brought forth a bill in the sed 40-2 committee of armed services. and that bill was brought forth to the rules committee and we held hours and hours and hours and hours of hearing that republicans and democrats were not only welcome to attend but did atte

mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and xtend their remarks and insert extraneous materials in the record on the bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: before the gentleman is recognized, he house will be in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4976, the opioid review modernization act of 2016, introduced by sean patrick maloney of new york and leonard lance of new jersey. opioid use disorder and overdose deaths have reached epidemic levels. a comprehensive approach is needed to reverse these trends and the tragic toll they have taken on families and communities across our country. the food and drug administration does have a critical role to play in such an approach. patients living with serious pain must have access to safe and effective therapies to help them function and lead productive lives. f.d.a. reviews prescription pain reliev

day off. however, before mrs. kennedy went on her trip to india she wanted a day to herself so that caroline and she could come and visit with tom kitten and that would give for a day of relaxation. so, anyway that was one of the more happier moments and there were several others, but as i say there is so much to talk about that we cannot really covered in just a few minutes. >> i have read the book so i recommend the book. [laughter] >> thank you. [applause] >> nancy duggan, worked in the campaign for fred duggan. she later ran robert f kennedy's campaign. your husband was a specialist for jfk. tell us a bit about that and how you met and what that entire experience was like. >> is it on? >> it is on. >> let me tell you a bit about the white house because it is so different today. the kennedy white house had no chief of staff. eisenhower was the first president with the chief of staff, military so it kind of fit, but he wanted one, but when it came time to organize the kennedy white house, bob kennedy was his clos

mrs. kennedy in georgetown, all day, every day, 24/7. i just thought i would be so happy when this year is over because after that, i had every intention of resuming my domestic life -- motherhood, caring for my husband and all of that. it was in palm beach florida on a trip with jackie before the inauguration. three days before we were ready to leave is when they wanted to send out the announcement of this secretaries mrs. kennedy was taking to the white house. prior to that, i heard nothing about being asked to go to the white house. i'm in the firm belief that when this year is over, i will go back and look. the press secretary, i was in palm beach at the time and he came from one of the president's bedroom to mrs. kennedy and she was dictating to me at the typewriter. he said the president wants a press release to go out and she sat up and he said i know you have your social secretary and then, he said i'm sitting there, how about mary? without even asking me, she walks over and said yes, mary has to come to the white house. i was so

it does not happen right that day. mr. wasniewski: it did not happen right away. the role of the radicals becomes more assertive after the end of the war. after lincoln was assassinated, president johnson takes over and has an even more lenient view than lincoln of how the southern states are going to be readmitted, and he is pushed constantly by the radical republicans. in a short time, roughly for five years, they pass a series of constitutional amendments and also laws that bring about the equality of african-americans in the south and that starts with the passage of the 13th amendment. that is ratified later that year, banning slavery, outlawing slavery once and for all in the u.s. but that was following with major legislation might the civil rights act of 1866, which extended citizenship rights to the freedmen and constitutional amendments like the 14th amendment. the 15th amendment that guaranteed voting rights and also a series of reconstruction acts that divided the south into military districts. they gave power to union districtso run those politically, e

mr. young: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to include extraneous material. without objection. mr. young: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, for the record, this is the same bill that passed this house twice awe nan mousely and over to the senate and sent it back to us. it would direct the general services administration on behalf of the national archives to convey property to the city of anchorage. the house companion bill passed the house twice and now sent whack to my senator. the national archives determined it no long earl needs the property and shrink its real estate footprint and reduce costs. it will require fair market value based on the independent aprail. the proceeds will be depositted in the treasury. this bill is in line with what we have been urging all federal agencies to do, consolidate, reduce their space and sell unneeded properties. the municipality of anchorage requested this land to be made available. the city council passed a resolution thanking the delegation for supporting this legislation. i'm very excited to ge

not because there's something special about this particular day of the week, mr. speaker, but because it's the culmination of days, weeks, months, and years of folks fighting hard for what they believed in. folks fighting hard for what their constituents sent them here to do. folks fighting hard for what they thought was right. and finding a way to come together and make a difference for the american people. mr. speaker, i hold here in my hand a statement of administration policy, the president urging congress to move this bicameral, bipartisan compromise to his desk for his signature. this isn't a day about show. this isn't a day about politics. this isn't a day about a november election. this is a day about making a difference for the folks who sent us here and with the passage of this rule and the do age of this bill we will together what others found too hard to accomplish. i'm proud of that, mr. speaker. with that i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is on orderin

mr. vice chair. from dayse republican leaders and operatives have orchestrated a program of unprecedent unprecedented disrespect of president barack obama. on the evening of his inauguration they met at a local restaurant to plot their program of undercutting and undermining his authority as president of the united states and as if on cue, donald trump picked up his efforts to lead the birther movement. but he didn't stop with just the birth certificate. hoe began to raise questions about the president's college transcripts, as if to not only delegitimize him, but also to devalue him as a human being. i think what we have seen in recent weeks has been the culmination of activities that started way back in the 1930s, when this country was trying to recover from the great depression. those programs that were developed to bring us out of the depression, franklin roosevelt had to succumb to republican opposition by hanging little tags on ccc, the civilian conservation corps, wpa, wok progress act, administration,

mr. walker: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material in the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. walker: h.r. 4877 designates the united states post office on grants lake boulevard in sugar land, texas as the lance corporal garrett gamble usmc post office building. garrett gamble was a determined young man who decided even in high school he would join the marine corps. he was killed when he stepped on a land mine. this is a small honor to give to a man who gave his life for his country. i will yield to the bill's sponsor, my colleague, pete olson, to tell us more about the honorable soldier and reserve the balance of my time the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan. >> i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. lawrence: i join my colleagues in consideration of h.r. 4877, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service in sugar and, texas, as lcp

mr. wiedefeld: you can. i was with a couple in from colorado the other day. they didn't know who i was and they got talking about the metro and they had a good experience. it's -- i think that's more common than we think. mr. sires: thank you for being here and talking about the system. thank you for the panel. mrs. comstock: thank you. i now recognize mr. webster for five minutes. mr. webster: thank you, madam chair. i rode the metro every day for 5 1/2 years since i was in congress. i went to pentagon city to will he fant to south and i -- lafant to south and i think there's more saving, firing people, hiring people, all of that all i know is that every day i ride there's aness can lator broken -- that's an escalator broken so i started watching three escalators. there's a bunch on them i ride on but this is three and i would say that over the past w years that these three i watched have been rebuilt four times. i'm talking about everything. all the threads, all the barings and all that. and it just seems to me there would be a more efficient way to do that.

mrs. clinton? >> graduation day at wellesley college, and you do not want to miss the photo call in a year that itsost famous alumni could become america's first female president. it's the subject on everybody's lips. the picture is a little more trump and a little less hillary. >> for hillary clinton, the road to the white house can be traced mater, a female college she entered as a republican and left as a democrat. >> i'll vote for hillary, yes. >> hillary. >> hillary! >> but it's far from a unanimous endorsement. the highlight of graduation ceremonies is the keynote commencement address, and in 1969, hillary rodham became the first ever student to deliver it. it was a fiery speech, set against the backdrop of 1960's campus unrest and thrust her into the national spotlight. hillary clinton was painted as the leader of a generation, and oem.ended by quoting a p but that famous commencement address says more about hillary likeon, according to fans hannah. >> what's fascinating about the speech is it shows what her core values are. that's what gets me when people say she does not have the courage o

john: they put up that statement 2 days according to mr. trump.he prime minister's office at 10 downing street responded this afternoon, saying it is long-standing practice for the british leader to meet with nominees for both american political parties, but because donald trump and hillary clinton are not confirmed nominees yet, "there are no confirmed dates" for this meeting. there is room for interpretation here. what trump seems to have said is not clearly right or true. is he courting much danger by playing fast and loose with the facts here? mark: the clinton campaign raises it with reporters off-line all the time. the chairman of the campaign put out a statement, pounding on this notion of not being able to trust him. we have both talked for a long time about trump in the nomination fight when there are international incidents. i think there could come a time in the debate in the fall where trump says something that is wrong and it it is called on. in the short-term, i don't think it is, and i think the people who think insulting the britis

mr. hanna from new york, who courageously supported it. i'm honored by the support and i'm honored by the position you've taken in this house over the past couple daysclaiming time in opposition? the gentleman from texas. >> i rise in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. sessions: mr. chairman, thank you very much. mr. chairman, i do respect the gentleman for his right to come and offer in an open rule in a different bill his objections to what occurred last night. last night, the house of representatives passed the bill and today the gentleman's offering a limiting amendment that would turn back that amendment that we made. mr. chairman, several days ago the house armed services committee handled this issue. it was not sneaking something in. it was a straight up vote. it was a vote that was held in the armed services committee, and then the -- and it passed nd then the final vote was 60-2. mr. chairman, that is a bipartisan vote. that is a vote from people who viewed who are on the committee that they were not going to let one issue or another get in the way of supporting the men and women of our united states mi

mr. bilirakis: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bilirakis: mr. speaker, this bill is sponsored by congressman joe heck from nevada and i thank him for introducing this piece of legislation. master chief petty officer jesse dean was born on august 11, 1947, and enlisted in the united states navy when he was just 17 years old. throughout his time in the navy, master chief petty officer dean served on numerous ships and on several overseas assignments and earned several awards and commendations. he served our nation both in and out of uniform. his service to fellow veterans and neighbors in nevada. it is entirely fitting that with the passage of h.r. 3969 as amended today we name the v.a. community based outpatient clinic in laughlinning the master chief petty officer jesse dean v.a. clinic. thank you and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida. ms. brown: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield

days. and as a result the labor party that want elections to go on losing those elections. >> mr. speaker with 29 days until the most important decision this country has facedd in a generation we have to forward the government in utter chaos at war with itself, the state should not be higher, yet this is a government that has the benches unable to get their agenda through parliament instead of that fighting a war over the leadership of their own party. and i notice that no outer -- have been banished dcial. [inaudible] mr. speaker -- while mr. speaker it's nice to see that justice secretary here. ting that justice for rest colleague in detention. [laughter] instead of providing the leadership that country needs they're fighting a approximatey are war over the leadership of their own o party instead of focusing on the insight they're focuses on their narrow self. what we need mr. speaker, is a government which will do the best for britain what we've got is a conservative party focused only on themselves. >> she told us about our parliament party. let's look at her parliamentary part

i was driving through shenandoah national park last summer and it was a very hot day. mr. stanton: which part? you can be in engineer or a landscape architect. we have many different jobs. i appreciate that. >> i will try to be brief since we are getting low on time. i was driving through shenandoah national park last summer and it was a very hot day. mr. stanton: which part? >> shenandoah. it was a hot day in august and i went into the visitor center and discovered a history exhibit which was possibly one of the most remarkable history museums i have ever had. it is a phenomenal exhibit. it talks about how land was appropriated to create the park and the creation of the skylight drive and conservation in the park and watching children in the exhibit with this parents was a very emotional moment for me. i felt like something i did professionally was connecting to the public in a deep and meaningful way. it got me thinking about that space as an indoor space. most people go to the parks for outdoor experiences, and there seems to be some dissonance there. i did not know it e

mr. speaker, somebody dies from using heroin every three days. nationally that statistic is one every 19 minutes. every single one of them leaves behind a family in grief. today, mr. speaker, i'm joined in the chamber by chellsy, jodi and gary, the family of a young man from buffalo grove named alex. alex graduated from stevenson high school. he played sports. he got good grades and made a lot of friends. a typical teenager that had his whole life ahead of him. but behind his happy exterior alex was sick. he was struggling with escalating drug abuse. during alex's sophomore year in college he came down with an unknown illness. he would go to the hospital and he would get better. at least for a while. but then a few months later he would get sick. he would be admitted to the hospital and again would repeat the cycle. his family didn't know it then but alex was dependent on primmings drugs and was suffering -- prescription drugs and was suffering from withdrawal. he continued this path until just a few days before his final exams. at that point in t

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mr. khalilzad: i kept a diary, not every day, but often i would write notes. i started work on it, i would say, within a year after leaving the government. brian: what year was that? mr. khalilzad: 2009. i did not want to do a rushed book. i wanted to take my time. i let the heat of the battle, so to speak, between the various people and forces internally dissipate. i had time to reflect. my goal also was to draw some lessons for future diplomats and intelligence officers and military officers, and hopefully, to be helpful to them. bryan: over -- over your government work all those years, who did you disagree with the most that you had to work with. and what did you disagree about? mr. khalilzad: well, i had the biggest disagreement was in the period when i was going to afghanistan, and our goal became, not only to overthrow the taliban, but to bring the people who had committed the attack of 9/11 to justice, and to make sure that afghanistan did not return to being a haven for terrorists. the third goal, i thought, we did not have a strategy of consensus about

and mr. dai's release and the release of other prisoners would be a very, very serious and positive step to the vietnamese government to make. and it is doable. the president has to ask and he has to demand. because the vietnamese government wants certain concessions from the u.s. the government to government. we want freedom and respect for human rights. and nothing for ourselves, but for the brave people like dai. >> through the hearing of miss dai's testimony, would you have any more facts or something that you never heard before about the human rights situation in vietnam? >> well, it is deteriorating. and that is very troubling. after world war trade organization, the bilateral agreement as well, there was great expectation. i was, frankly, not that encouraged that things would happen but there were people who thought vietnam would turn the corner and start respecting human rights. precisely the opposite has happened. and they're in -- unfortunately, in a dive. a nose dive when it comes to res

mr. speaker, be advised and be assured that members of this body fight every day for these veterans in a case-by-case basis and we do win some of these but we don't win all of them and it's just -- it's just flatly wrong. mr. speaker, what this amendment does is really ensure that our article 1 prerogatives are secured, that we go back to the original language, that we passed and the president signed, and i would ask for all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this amendment. with that i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. dent: thank you, mr. chairman. i did make a point of order against this amendment and although it's very well-intended amendment and i am very sympathetic what he wants to do and i think there might be a way, if the gentleman withdraws and tries to perfect it, it might be made in order. because it proposes existing law and institutes legislation in an appropriations bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule 21, the rule states in pertinent part an amendment to a general appropriation bill shal

mr. speaker this morning i had meetings with others and in addition to my -- i shall have further such meetings later today. >> modern day. >> thank mr. speaker. may i start by comments with leicester city. on monday, there is a need for a new initiative in the dialogue to keep it alive. will the prime minister withdraw his air strikes, which have done nothing to bring about peace and redouble his efforts in securing political resolution to war through a new dialogue as recommended by his own foreign secretary? >> prime minister. >> i think we should do both things, which is to continue to hit daesh terrorists because they threaten our country, but at the same time do everything we can to support dialogue between the opposition and the syrian regime, which is what the process has been about. we'll continue to take both those steps. >> mccartney. >> thank you, speaker. tomorrow, 33 conservative candidates are standing in the city elections. labor will lose some seats. we in lincoln are all aware the need for tolerance and the stemming out of racism and anti-semitism, especially considering my predecessor's current role on

mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the house -- on the house resolution currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. collins: thank you, mr. speaker. i am pleased to bring this rule forward today on behalf of the rules committee. the rule provides for consideration of h.r. 5046, the comprehensive opioid reduction t of 2016, and h.r. 4641 , a a bill to provide for the establishment of an interagency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other . rposes for h.r. 5046 the rule provides r one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the energy and commerce committee. both rules are structured rules that make in order numerous amendments. yesterday, the rules committee received testimony from members of the judiciary committee committee, the energy and commerce committee and multiple other members on their amendments

mr. khalilzad: well, i know alshaganearby i from the day we today. n in school >> he's president of afghanistan right now. mr. khalilzad: exactly, and i came to america together in 1966. most shocking experience of my life, given zone and been in a war there have been attempts to kill me but the most shocking xperience was coming from afghanistan to the united states to new york because i had never left afghanistan and i had lived a small town and to come to abal which was like a cosmopolitan city, which was in comparison small, and then to come to new york in the middle f the summer, heat and humidity, that i had not been used to. afghanistan can get hot but it's dry heat. i did not use the air conditioner. air otel room it his own conditioning unit. i did not know how to operate a tub, and i bath could not sleep the first night because of the heat. i had not turned on the air then seeing new york, a vast city with all kinds and how america was was, and i ended up staying in a small town in northern california called ceres, but we came on that trip t

mr. cosby to let andrea constand to get her days in court. mr. cosby is going to have his days in court at the trial. i think that's important. they want the truth to come out. were you surprise sort of the frustration and anger over the reading of the testimony instead of having andrea here. >> i am not surprised at all because no doubt japan did want her -- perhaps, they wanted to do a fishing eld decision and try to find out more about what her testimony will be at trial and to try to emphasize any in consistent situations they could find. either they instead the detectives who interviewed miss constand and wrote a police report and which he mad an opportunity to make decisions on. >> that was -- >> you are saying it is not a usual in pennsylvania to be admitted. it is not unusual for police officers to testify at the preliminary hearing of what the victim said rather than having the victim to testify. we have the same concept in california. why are you here? >> i am here to representing the women that was affected. gloria, all right, thank you

and the residents to come up we'll have victor and sam if you'll do it and help us remember this day mrmayor thank yo (clapping.) >> housing everybody doing happy asian pacific american heritage month coming up well, welcome everybody to city hall and want to say thank you for helping us kickoff the next month of great celebrations we have worked out with our asian pacific american heritage month celebration committee a celebration of great milestones have been remind we have a lot of milestones coming up whether that is this year's forgetting celebration of soulcy city 50 years with the asian art museum aj is here or about next year but 60 years of our sister city yes and, of course, one hundred and 10 years with our japantown so a lot of milestones to celebrate (clapping.) i don't know if you knew this i celebrated with the burmese just beginning to this about and understand they're new democracy they're trying for we'll have a lot of interest so thank you for every single board of supervisors commissioner peskin supervisor wiener pr katie tang and supervisor yee and supervisor mar am

mr. khalilzad: it was christmas time, and i have taken a few days off and left iraq. st: you were ambassador at the time? mr. khalilzad: as ambassador to iraq at that time, yes. person whol from the was our charge. ministerthat the prime had called her and wanted us to ton over saddam to them enforce the judgment of the court, which was that he should be hanged. i was concerned about the timing, because the islamic with theon, along visit of muslims to mecca, it was eminent. i said, let me talk to maliki. i called him, i said, are you sure, mr. prime minister, that you want to do it that quickly, because the islamic gathering takes place and there is a time , to hang someone at that time, usually, you part in as part of that festivity, and it is not the time that you -- youpeople, based paying people, based on islamic traditions. hang people based on islamic traditions. it is based on shia, based on the sunnis celebrating. he also said that they have information that the terrorists or extremists were going to take over a few schools to bargain for saddam. the sooner we

mr. meadows: range? seven days? ambassador mull: i have to check with our technical engineers. mr. meadows: let me tell you the reason why i ask. i've got a letter here that went to governor mccrorry from descriptions ny is a pro-iranian marketing material suggesting that we ought to do more business with iran. and it says we need to check on sanctions and asking the governor to do that, of which they don't have the expertise, they have asked me about the expertise in terms of compliance. why would you send a pro-iranian marketing letter to my governor? ambassador mull: sir -- mr. meadows: who instructed you to do that. ambassador mull: i disagree that's promarketing. mr. meadows: we'll disagreement who instructed you. in the agreement the -- ambassador mull: in the agreement the united states government permitted to inform the state and local authorities about changes in the nuclear situation in iran. mr. meadows: you sent a letter like this to all 50 states? ambassador mull: that's right. because the united states government -- mr. meadows: in doing that, you went to great length

mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks include extraneous material on h.r. 4957. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. urbelo: thank you, speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time. mr. curbelo: mr. speaker, h.r. 4957, would designate the federal building located at 99 new york avenue, northeast, in the district of columbia as the ariel rios federal building. i am pleased to be a co-sponsor of this legislation along with the chairman and ranking member of the public building subcommittee, mr. barletta, and my colleague from indiana, mr. carson. special agent ariel rios joined the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives in 1978, where he became one of the most effective agents assigned to then-vice president george h.w. bush's task force. special agent rios worked as an undercover agent as part of the task force. during his undercover assignment in 1982, he and another agent arranged to meet two suspect

mr. priebus: i have not really gone there yet. it's only been a few days. i had dinner with our ceo of the convention last night. they are doing a great job. they've got good people in charge. mr. allen how worried are you : about money for the convention? mr. priebus: we are good on the money. it is the dnc that has problems. there is a portion of the funding that the rnc kicks in anywhere from $14 million to $17 million and i think we are about 80% raised. the dnc is maybe 10% raised. mr. allen: went to the people have in common? they all say they are not coming to the convention. there is a tough race in new new hampshire. do you worry about 70 key -- do you worry about so many of your key leaders sitting out? mr. priebus: if they are in cycle, most of the time you're not coming to the convention. you have to look at people in cycle. if they are in cycle most of the time they are not coming. you asking that i do not think claire mccaskill went four years ago. did she? i think it happens. people make their own choices. mr. allen: some officials in the high

mr. alan. that day in 1967, there was history, there was the majesty there in the white house of mr. alan serving marshall. congressman, you were a warier and sammy davis junior was a warrior in the arena of entertainment, sugar ray robins robinson, marshall was an warier in the realm of law. and then you have a genuine patriot, mr. alan, you know, who served people and was unknown, had no fame, his only fame was that he worked under the american flag at 1600 pennsylvania avenue every day. he never missed a day of work, loved the presidents. i asked him during my time spent with him if he was a democrat or republican and he said you can just put down that i am an american. that is good enough. put that into story. it was lovely. >> host: june 13th, 1967, here is some videos: >> he is solicitor general marshall, the best known negro lay lawyer of the country. ... the first of this race so honored. >> host: why did he pick thurgood marshall? >> guest: i think the president johnson had a great sense of reverence for the company, and so he seized a moment in history. i think he had -- ha

days. if in fact mr. cole's representation is correct, if 's no need to act, but the actions that they're taking speak loudly that, yes, in is a need to tell the american people, we get it, there's a crisis, we're going to act. the problem is nothing will happen as a result of this action other than a bill will go over to the senate with which the senate does not agree. they passed a bill with 69 votes. half of the republicans, all of the democrats said we need the $1.1 billion. now, the president has asked for $1.9 billion, but what they didn't do is steal from ebola, steal from other health priorities, and i hear the gentleman talking about how much money is out there, but if that's true, why do we need to act in the dead of night last night and today just as we walk out the door? we have not dealt with zika. we haven't acted on puerto rican debt. we haven't acted on a budget resolution. we haven't acted on flint water crisis. we haven't acted on criminal justice reform, and we haven't acted on voting r

mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 3209, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. paulsen: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. paulsen: thank you, mr. speaker. members this week we have thowlses of members of the law enforcement community here in washington to celebrate police week. every day police officers throughout our country wear the uniform with pride and they understand the tremendous responsibility that comes with it. putting the safety of others before the safety of themselves. they protect us. they protect our families. and they protect our neighborhoods. and we owe it to these police officers to give them every reasonable tool possible to solve crimes and keep our communities safe. unfortunately police officers are currently being denied a critical resource when it comes to solving child abduction and missing children cases. whil

day. and one of them -- [applause] mr.er: -- and one of the presenters will be arguably the greatest promoter of the first amendment in the 20th century, phil donahue. nobody -- [applause] mr. nader: -- nobody demonstrated a belief in the first amendment like phil donahue. he brought on his show, again and again, people who despised him, who disagreed with him, who assailed him, that's the ultimate test of the belief in first amendment. he will discuss how he broke through one taboo that was conventional taboo for most of the other media after another, and opened huge areas of american life and voice to expression. day three will be waging peace over waging war. we want to get rid of this idea that peace is something weak but war's something strong. our wars have failed again and again, and you will see the documentation of that by some of the most extraordinary presenters, people who work for the state department, the cia, people who fought in wars that they wished they never were part of, criminal wars of aggression that