mr. davis? mr. davis: thank you to each of the witnesses for being here today. my first question, mr. boardman going back to earlier statements you made in the q&a, you mentioned there were six, possibly 10, if i'm doing the math right vulnerabilities identified similar to what we saw in the northeast corridor, the northbound train going towards the curb. and you mentioned that these types of curbs existed. have you installed co-change points at those curbs and was there a cost to do so? mr. boardman: you have to go back to the incident in 1990 and when that occurred, the safety community got together, operators got together to look at what needs to be done to protect ourselves in that case. and what they identified were six curbs on the northeast corridor they needed to treat. and those six curbs included the north side of the faping further -- the fang ford curb because the entrance speed at 110 was greater than what the turnover speed was in the curve itself. so they put a co-change point th

them saying we have 80 kids we should try to accommodate them. >> well, i'm not sure that's what mr. davis just said are you saying that the sf flex has not demonstrated to the districts satisfaction they have the ada to have a request. >> that was part one the reasons we denied them. >> by at the time, we made the offer did we have they're in district ada their subsequent data there at the time, we made them american people offer of space we had the sunset data i personally found the data unconvincing, however, a low bar to meet they to say they have families interested in enrolling in the school that's why we department of motor vehicles didn't have a great deal of conversations we will prevail. >> andtolysis no recourse should they show up show up with 60 kids come fall. >> that's for next year i'm talking about this year. >> there's a recourse to charge them the space for students they told us they'll have and i think correct me if i am wrong but p one they have to prove they required in district ada if not they'll owe the district additional fund their attendance for period one. >> i

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are saying so we had a lot of staff discussions along those lines and looked at it it and dubious mr. davis testified in front of the state board of education to talk about the represents he mentioned the elements and frankly took look at of heat and scolding from the members of the board we didn't take this lightly we tried to make you are case as well we could and that didn't prevail at the state board and fundamentally it effected our positions we should take at this point. >> commissioner wynns. >> i actually had intended to go and testify but not able for some reason, i think there is an s b.a. we should consider that we ought to ourselves advocating what the state and the last thing i want to say someone south park is keeping the list of the legislative list i've brought this up and need to aggressively pursue prop 39 charts granted by the state because we may live in the most expensive city in the country that makes it more difficult but other discussions u school districts are deal with that this is an impossible situation and no further discussion roll call vote. >> ms. fewer. >> y

address it to him because mr. davis is not here, and at least mr. cohen -- i'd like you present what you think would be mr. davis' argument if he were here. >> well, i think you heard much of it -- a lot of it from martin frost. >> well, what i have -- i have some very specific questions. >> go ahead. >> the republicans in congress, in the house have made 50 attempts or more to take away health care from the 12 million new people who have it. the republicans in the house have voted against extending unemployment benefits. the republicans have voted against food stamps. they'd like to cut that down. politico has a big article even though mr. barren said -- mr. boehner said it's stupid to ask if theirs relation between congress and amtrak's troubles. a big article how republicans delayed for seven years fixing the very thing that would have avoided that, and mr. toomey tells us, has very strongly voted against it, a republican senator from pennsylvania -- >> i can -- >> and no. we could go on. i could list a thousand things that republicans have done

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mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chairman ryan. i understand the importance of trade and the impact trade negotiations can have on our local economies. even back home in illinois. currently one in three manufacturing jobs depend on exports. one in three acres on all american farms is planted for hungry families overseas. as a congressman it is my job to make sure trade agreements protect american workers, farmers, manufacturers, innovators and service providers by opening markets around the world. because when given a fair playing field, i have the utmost confidence that american companies and industries can outcompete foreign competitors. but too many times past trade agreements have left our industries, especially steel, vulnerable to unfair trading practices like dumping. i will continue to fight for stronger trade enforcement and be committed to protecting american jobs and i want to thank chairman ryan, subcommittee chairman tiberi for their leadership on this issue and i thank my colleague from illinois, representative mike b

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we want to thank mr. davis, and all of the employees, some of whom are here today. you have a tremendous group of dedicated and -- individuals. we appreciate their service as well. without objection, the hearing is adjourned.

. >> what has mr. davis told you about what he wants specifically. >> he wants approximately 55,000 seat facility on these grounds, right here. he wants ample surface parking. and he wants it done as quickly as possible and he obviously would like to see some public participation in terms of funding. >> reporter: i talked to the before and the mayor has been pretty adamant about not having funds go into a project like this. >> i think the has been very, very firm, consistent, straightforward with her view that she does not look to be putting new taxpayer dollars into a new facility here. >> and we are operating under that premise. >> there is the sticking point. exactly right. >> reporter: the commissioner of the nfl made a point to say you guys have until the end of the year to come up with something. as you said earlier "i didn't want conversation. i can't to see something." is that true? >> both commissioners have said "we are done talking. we want to see sum action, now, i think the deadline they have gi

levin: i yield mr. davis, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: what a difference a week does not make. the vast majority of the people in my congressional district were opposed to fast track last week and they're even more opposed to fast track this week. we've seen fast track before. we have's seen the jobs leave our community, our district, our state and our nation fast enough. they don't need our help. they don't need anybody else's help. we need to create jobs here in america, not have them flee. i agree with my colleagues who have said vote no. i agree with the people of my congressional district. and i shall vote no. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cuellar: thank you for yielding. i support t.p.a. to give the president the authority to negotiate this agreement. it's very simple. a lot of those countries already are able to send their goods into our country duty free. what we want

. >> mr. davis. >> thank you chairman miller. i wish you well on your next endeavor going to work for the smithsonian, as you mentioned. please, sir, check her references. don't cut my mike. that's just vargas. first off i want to say thank you, mr. acting secretary. my twin boys who are 14, going into the ninth grade were part of a large high school group out last week and enjoyed some of your facilities. some of the feedback was that obviously besides hanging out with me going to the smithsonian was actually one of their favorite activities. it's something we see many folks and families go through every day here. what you do on a regular basis i think this committee hopefully today you understand what you do and what the many men and women at your facilities do on a regular basis to show what our nation is all about. thank you for that. education was take key point of your opening testimony. notice you mentioned some of the stem programs smithsonian works with school districts throughout this nation, especially k through 12 edu

loretta sanchez of california mrs. davis of california messrs. langevin, larsen of washington, cooper ms. bordallo, mr. courtney, ms. tsongas, messrs. garamendi, johnson of georgia, ms. speier, mr. castro of texas and ms. duckworth. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will announce the appointment of additional conferees at a subsequent time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks. and include extraneous material on consideration of h.r. 2822. and that i may include tab lar material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. -- tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 333 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2822. the chair appoints the gentleman from louisiana, mr. graves, to preside over the committee of the whole. t

mr. davis: thank you mr. speaker. and i rise in strong opposition to the trade bill before us. i'm also in opposition to using one cent of medicare money for anything other than paying for health care for senior citizens. i'm not anti-trade. i believe in trade, and i want a trade bill, but i want a trade bill that creates jobs and economic opportunity for the communities that i represent. i want a trade bill that creates fair wages and opportunities for employment. i don't want a bill that continues to help the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and the middle class gets squeezed into oblivion. and i don't want to fast track. as a matter of fact, the jobs and economic development have left the communities i represent fast enough. they don't need our help, and they don't need to be gone. we need jobs in america. i'm going to vote against this, and if i do and if it's the wrong vote, i'm going to be voting with the people that i represent, the people who sent me here, the people who have said, represent us. they want a no vote. i vote no because i represent them. and i yield

mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chairman ryan. i understand the importance of trade and the impact trade negotiations can have on our local economies. even back home in illinois. currently one in three manufacturing jobs depend on exports. one in three acres on all american farms is planted for hungry families overseas. as a congressman it is my job to make sure trade agreements protect american workers, farmers, manufacturers, innovators and service providers by opening markets around the world. because when given a fair playing field, i have the utmost confidence that american companies and industries can outcompete foreign competitors. but too many times past trade agreements have left our industries, especially steel, vulnerable to unfair trading practices like dumping. i will continue to fight for stronger trade enforcement and be committed to protecting american jobs and i want to thank chairman ryan, subcommittee chairman tiberi for their leadership on this issue and i thank my colleague from illinois, representative mike b

. >> mr. davis. >> admiral, thank you for your service and contributions. the idea back to my colleagues question about verification and detection of the importance of that. much work remains to be done in interagency cooperation. not working with our allies at this time. do you agree with that? what are the specific gaps that we need to be sure we are doing so we are picking up the problems that exist in technology and sensors and all that we are using and verification? >> ma'am, i will have to review the study. we are confident our verification measures are quite good. as you know, as we are dealing with iran being transparent and verifiable i am not certain of what was said that i would be happy to review and get back with you. >> and now we have talked a lot about the modernizing the recapitalization. people have different thoughts about that but one that, but one of the concerns on the surface would be that the nsa submits a 25 year plan for how to deal with these issues. we have the department of defense that does not. i think how is the department of

welcome, mrs. davis. >> i am so glad this nonsense is over.le are calling me again. >> seth: oh, because they can talk to you without their privacy being violated? >> it could be that. or it could be my name. >> seth: what's your name? >> isis. [ laughter ] isis davis. no one wanted to say my name on the phone. but now, i can call my friends and invite them to brunch. and they can say i'd love to join you, isis. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah, yeah i can see how that would have been a problem. must have been very hard on you. [ cheers and applause ] >> it was. but i guess it could be worse. i could be my sister? >> seth: what's your sister's name? >> isil. >> seth: now, why -- why would your parents name you isis and isil? >> because they're terrorists. >> seth: alright, that makes sense. so, there you have it. [ laughter ] for the next couple days say whatever you want on the phone. they're still probably listening, but they aren't supposed to be. [ cheers and applause ] we have a great show for you tonight. from the new film, "spy" our friend ro

we want to thank mr. davis, and all of the employees, some of whom are here today. you have a tremendous group of dedicated and -- individuals. we appreciate their service as well. without objection, the hearing is adjourned. [indiscernible] >> this week on newsmakers, the supreme court issued its ruling on the affordable care act. senator bill cassidy, who is also a medical doctor, talked about the health care law, and other health care issues. he also talks about energy, climate change, and politics. >> c-span gives you the best access to congress. live coverage of the u.s. house and news conferences. bringing you events that shape public policy. every morning, washington journal is live with policymakers, and journalists and your comments. c-span, created by america's cable companies, and brought to you as a public service. >> on thursday, the supreme court ruled unanimously that the town of gilbert, arizona justices sided with the good news community church. this is an hour. >> we believe your argument this morning. >> the church's science can only be 1/5 of tha

davis failed to do that. mr. beckenbaugh: in davis's defense, he has the harder job. he is constrained by an ideology. the confederate government is based on this idea that slavery is good. that is a hard sale when only 20% of your population owns slaves. ym i fighting for this group of people who owns slaves when i don't own one? it is much closer to saying the white south is much more realistic in reconstruction then during the civil war. if there is one thing white southerners agree on, they don't want the african-american to have jobs. that is a bird of a different feather. a lot >> a lot of americans have the view with the emphasis of what happens down to richmond after gettysburg. it would suggest the possibility of a confederate victory. i always focus my attention on the real losers. i bring my attention to the other side of the appellation chains. i don't see any way the confederacy could have won the american civil war by any military effort. you agree with that assessment. it just seems like the west is understudied and not fully appreciated in our assessme

. >> mr. davis. >> admiral, thank you for your service and contributions. the idea back to my colleagues question about verification and detection of the importance of that. much work remains to be done in interagency cooperation. not working with our allies at this time. do you agree with that? what are the specific gaps that we need to be sure we are doing so we are picking up the problems that exist in technology and sensors and all that we are using and verification? >> ma'am, i will have to review the study. we are confident our verification measures are quite good. as you know, as we are dealing with iran being transparent and verifiable, i am not certain of what was said that i would be happy to review and get back with you. >> and now we have talked a lot about the modernizing the recapitalization. people have different thoughts about that, but one that, but one of the concerns on the surface would be that the nsa submits a 25 year plan for how to deal with these issues. we have the department of defense that does not. i think how is the department

mr. davis will be signing books right outside in the lobby. [inaudible conversations] >> and our live coverage from chicago will continue in just a few minnesotas. up next -- few minutes. up next, "vanity fair" correspondent bryan burrough talking about the u.s. radical underground in the 1970, and then the final event of the day author margaret lazarus dean talking about leaving orbit: notes from the last days of american space flight. now, our live coverage from chicago will resume after this short break. you can follow the schedule updates all day long at booktv.org or follow us on twitter, @booktv. and, finally throughout the day you'll see schedule updates at the bottom of your screen. booktv on c-span2 television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ oh, i want to know, oh, what are you waiting for? ♪ what are you waiting for? >> well, one he wanted the staff there every moment. i mean, he always wanted you at the other end of the line, and he -- i was only there a week or so. i think it was the second week i had an office d

. >> mr. davis. >> thank you mr. chairman and to the witnesses being here today. going back to earlier statements we made during the q and a, you mentioned there were six possibly ten if i'm doing to math right, vulnerabilities identified to what we saw in northeast corridor the northbound train going toward the curve. you mentioned these types of curves existed and have you installed co-change points at those curves and was there a cost to do so? >> if you have to go back to the back bay incident 1990 and when that occurred and they looked what the needed to be done to protect that case. what they identified was six curves that they needed to treat. the entrance speed was greater than what the turnover speed was in the curve itself. >> correct. they put a co-change point there. on the south side there was not a need to do that because the approach speed was 80 miles an hour. therefore even if that engineer failed to slow, they wouldn't overturn. there was six places along. >> total of six? >> there is a moderate cost to do anything. >> what's the moderate cost? >

. >> mr. davis. >> thank you, mr. chairman and to the witnesses being here today. my first question, mr. boardman going back to earlier statements we made during the q and a, you mentioned there were six, possibly ten, if i'm doing to math right, vulnerabilities identified to what we saw in northeast corridor, the northbound train going toward the curve. you mentioned these types of curves existed and have you installed code change points at those curves and if so was there a cost to do so? >> if you have to go back to the back bay incident, 1990 and when that occurred the safety community got together the operators got together to look at what needs to be done to protect ourselves in that case. what they identified was six curves in the northeast corridor that they needed to treat. it included the north side of the frankfurt -- the frankford curve because the entrance speed at 110 was greater than what the turnover speed was in the curve itself. >> correct. >> so they put a code change point in there. on the south side there was not a need to do that because the a

mr. holzer: i am always joined back to what lincoln thought surely what happened to jefferson davis. professor gallagher: get away! mr. holzer: get away. i'm not sure he ever says let them up easy, but he does tell grant and sherman that jefferson davis reminds them of a little story -- professor varon: just imagine that. [laughter] mr. holzer: imagine. he is reminded of the irish man who gave up the drink and after a couple of weeks on the wagon, he cannot bear it anymore, so he said, i would like to order a limited, but when my back is turned just slip in a little brandy unbeknownst to me. if jefferson davis is gives unbeknownst to me, that will be fine. professor gallagher: nothing like a good irish stereotype. [laughter] professor varon: so you talked a little bit there about lincoln and grant and lincoln's instructions to grant. let's get to april. early april, the siege line runs from richmond to petersburg, lee and his troops had west, and the troops catch up to him at appomattox courthouse. what happened at appomattox, and as appomattox effectively end the civil war? it is com

mr. rodney davis of illinois and mr. jolly of florida for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentleman from georgia mr. loudermilk is recognized for 60 minutes of the designee of the majority leader. mr. loudermilk: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. loudermilk: thank you, mr. speaker, as others have done today when i have come before this body, has been to recognize someone who has done something significant in my district or to speak about a bill whether i was for it or against it or a piece of policy or an issue. but today i don't have preprepared remarks. i just wanted to remind those of us that are here of why we are here. why are those of us who attend session here in this body day in and day out, what is the purpose for us being here. before i begin the remarks, mr. speaker, i would like to personally extend my thoughts and prayers on behalf of myself and my family as wel

mr. hollywood himself, fred davis, after this. ♪ mark: our guest is a standby. i mean that in a good way. republican strategist fred davis joins us from los angeles. thanks for coming back on. i want to start talking about you, rather than the republicans. our reporting suggests that you are still in talks with three campaigns to support republicans for president. where do those talks stand? fred: the reporting is good as usual, mark. very close on the three. as you know, we were very involved in rick snyder's presidential race. but when he decided not to run we got three inquiries within 15 minutes of that announcement. we are dealing with all three, but one of them is very close. mark: do you want to tell us who that is? fred: i can't remember. sorry. i forgot. mark: we will come back to that. you have been involved in pass -- past presidential campaigns. let's talk about rick perry. what is his path back, if he has one, to get a second chance? is there a path, and if so, what is it? fred: my gut says no, there is not a path. his speech was fine, but i looked

. >> mr. davis. representative: thank you, mr. chairman and to the witnesses being here today. going back to earlier statements we made during the q and a, you mentioned there were six possibly ten, if i'm doing to math right, vulnerabilities identified to what we saw in northeast corridor, the northbound train going toward the curve. you mentioned these types of curves existed and have you installed co-change points at those curves and was there a cost to do so? mr. boardman: you have to go back to the back bay incident, 1990 and when that occurred and they looked what the needed to be done to protect that case. what they identified were six curves that they needed to treat. those included the north side of frankfurt curve because the entrance speed of 110 was greater than the turnover speed in the curve itself. so they put a co-change point there. representative: is there a cost caller: mr. boardman: i will get to that in a minute. on the south side there was not a need to do that because the approach speed was 80 miles an hour. therefore even if that engineer failed to slow,

conaway: it's my pleasure to yield to mr. davis scott of georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: let's make no mistake about it, mr. speaker. let me just tell you. this retaliation situation is real, from canada and from mexico. the question is why should we here put our agriculture foundation at such a tremendous risk. canada and mexico are right now moving to institute retaliatory tariffs against u.s. exports. it would -- it is critical that congress also take this corrective legislation and act on it right away before the august recess. it's just that important. so we can send a powerful, quick message, because canada has already issued a preliminary retaliation list targeting our commodities and our manufactured products, not just in one state, not just in two states, but in every state in the united states of america. totaling over $3.5 billion in the first year alone. my own state of georgia will have an impact of losing $180 million. mr. speaker, let's deal with this right. this country of orig

i yield two minutes to the gentleman from illinois mr. davis.the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. davis: i rise in support of h.r. 2289, commodity end-user relief act. it's an important tool that manufacturers and farmers to hedge the risks with doing business. because of the risk of price movements and commodities such as corn and soy beans, they use derivatives to ensure aren't negatively impacted by sudden changes in practices. the cftc look over this. the passage of dodd-frank in 2010 many of these responsible hedgers including farmers in my district have been impacted by these new regulations that often treat them as speculators. mr. chairman, farmers aren't speculators. farmers didn't cause the global financial crisis and farmers shouldn't be treated like they did. this bill includes language that i authored to address regulations that could directly increase transportation prices for consumers back home. additionally, the final bill includes an amendment i offered at committee to remove unnecessary regulations created

mr. philip davis. >> every year the eu is a smaller and smaller part of the conflict. it is all democratic. it makes it easier for terrorists and other criminals. [inaudible conversations] >> rather than the renegotiation were they will get next to nothing can i suggest negotiating the terms of burton's withdrawal from the european union? [inaudible conversations] >> i sometimes wish my honorable friend would not speak in riddles but be clear about what he wants. i hope to prove him wrong. in the end they will be the judge. >> words of condolence to the families who so tragically lost members of their families and also welcome his recognition of the need for a counter narrative to bio extremism. will will he accept that there are many pathways into violent extremism? any counter narrative must be based on the proper discovery of those pathways. will he undertake what is done in the intelligence and security services and open sources so that any counter narrative can be more firmly based? >> i think the honorable gentleman makes a great. better identify and understand n

mr. speakers before you start. and i apologize in advance if i butcher anyone's name edward depalma randal scott larisa due began quad ra davis. david i'm sorry i can not read your last name. nicholas r. allen julia arollo shnel williams -- and jennifer freedom bach. you should use the long one paragraphs >> thank you for having this hearing my name is kooelt auswits representing bayview improving their environment i used to live in your district scott weiner think i moved to the bayview i can tell you it's