mr. dent: within the funds provided in the bill, unallocated major construction funding remains available and the v.a. has the ability to allocate those funds towards french camp, as well as other projects in the budget request. the report instructs the v.a. to make that determination and provide a list of projects to this committee. i have heard similar concerns from other members, including the gentlelady ms. lee, who just spoke a few minutes ago, who had projected included in this request such as almeida clinic -- and another clinic in st. louis which the administration could also choose to fund. i appreciate these concerns and the opportunity to provide some clarity. i hope that's helpful. nothing precludes funding. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. mr. dent: excuse me, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. bishop: i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. brown who

mr. dent's car. it may go more toward reasonable doubt as to whether or not mr. kevin dietz, great job reporting on this. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >>> the indiana time bomb. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. three big stories tonight. first, the time bomb started in indiana is blowing nationwide. the governor of arkansas said today he'll have no part in what many say is a gay bashing move. second, the talks will continue overnight in geneva with republicans howling. my question, do the republicans even have a foreign policy or is

so mr. dentattorney are worried that the video they received was edited somehow. >> and david harris as we look at that video once again, this seems to be yet another in what has become our collection of dashcam videos and other videos this year leading to disciplinary actions against police officers, in this case firing that probably would never have occurred without that the video. >> you got that right. i'm telling you, you know what's interesting with all the videos is they are shifting the power of the narrative, the power to tell the story away from police and into other hands. you know for the longest time if what police said basically went. what was in their report was the report. and if a person like mr. dent came forward and said no, no, something else happened mr. dent would never be believed. the video changes that. and i think that's why we're seeing some accountability happening that we're not accustomed to seeing. and this is going to make a difference in the long run, especially i

mr. dent was placed in a chokehold and punched in the head 16 times during that arrest. and his attorney say one officer, known locally as robo cop planted drugs in mr. dent's car at the time of his arrest. police officers have testified that they pulled mr. dent from his car when he opened his door because he yelled at the officers that he was going to kill them. local and state police are investigating the incident. the officers involved have been reassigned to administrative duties. for more on the court appearance today, we again turn to reporter kevin dietz. kevin, what happened in court today? >> well floyd dent was charged today with possession of cocaine charges, but it was interesting, because the prosecutor also asked for two weeks to reconsider the charges. they want to take a look at these polygraph tests you referred to to see if maybe these charges should be dropped. floyd dent of course says those drugs were planted and says he never threatened the police officers. most of the time piece believe the police so he decided to take a lie detector and passed on

mr. dent: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2029, and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to house resolution 223 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 2029. the chair appoints the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h.r. 2029 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for military construction the department of veterans affairs and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. the gentleman from pen

an attorney for mr. dent said his client was still needing urgent medical attention as the officers celebrated and blew off steam and at one point even reenacted a little bit of the arrest and the beating for each other. the beginning of this month, brought news of the shooting death of unarmed walter scott in new orleans charleston north carolina. that began with a' traffic stop and ended with a police officer shoot mr. scott multiple times as mr. scott ran away from him across a vacant lot. the officer in that case has been charged with murder. as the nation was absorbing that news, oh look there's more. word came from tulsa, oklahoma that somebody holding the title of reserve deputy at the tulsa's sheriff's department had shot and killed a suspect in an undercover drug sting. this reserve deputy was a 73-year-old insurance executive. he says he meant to draw his taser but he mistakenly pulled his gun out and shot harris fatally. robert bates had been a long time donor to the sheriff's department. tulsa wor

an attorney for mr. dent says his client was lying there still bleeding still needing medical attention out of view of the camera as the officers celebrated and blew off steam and at one point even reenacted a little bit of the arrest and the beating for each other. the beginning of this month broughtners of the shooting death of unarmed walter scott in south carolina. it ended with a police officer shooting mr. scott multiple times. as mr. scott ran away from him across a vacant lot. the officer in that case has been charged with murder. and as the nation was observing that news oh, look there's more. word came from tulsa, oklahoma that someone holding the title of reserve deputy had shot and killed a suspect in an undercover the drug sting. this reserve officer was a 73-year-old insurance salesman. he shot the man. he had been a long-time donor to the sheriff's department. tulsa world reported that supervisors had falsified training records for mr. bates, so allegedly he appeared to be qualified for certain

mr. dent: mr. chairman, i move that the committee do now rise and report the bill back to the house with sundry amendment, with the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and that the bill as amend dodd pass. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the ayes have it. the motion is -- the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration h.r. 229, directs me to report the same back to the house with sundry amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 229 and reports the bill back to the house with sundry amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. with the recommendation that the amendments be adopted and that the bil

in that inkster case the charge against mr. dent was erased. we got video of the officers appearing to spray floyd dent's blood off their clothes. exchanging fist bumps, celebrating how well that arrest went and an attorney says that his client was still lying there needing medical attention out of the view of the camera as the officers celebrated blew off steam and reenacted a little bit of the arrest for each other. the beginning of this month brought news of the shooting death of unarmed walter scott in south carolina. that began with a traffic stop and ended with a police officer shooting mr. scott multiple times. as mr. scott ran away from him across a vacant lot. the officer in that case has been charged with murder. and as the nation was observing that news oh, look there's more. word came from tulsa, oklahoma that someone holding the title of reserve deputy had shot and killed the suspect in an undercover drug sting. this reserve deputy was a 73-year-old insurance executive. he meant to draw his taser but mistakingly pulled his gun out a

doubt as to whether or not mr. dent ever had any cocaine himself actually. >> kevin dietz, great job reporting on this. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >>> the indiana time bomb. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. three big stories tonight. first, the time bomb started in indiana is blowing nationwide. the governor of arkansas said today he'll have no part in what many say is a gay bashing move. second, the talks will continue overnight in geneva with republicans howling. my question, do the republicans even have a foreign policy or is benghazi all they have? >>> and then bob menendez with enough corruption charges to put him away forever. is this payback from the right we think or good old new jersey justice? let's start with the indiana time bomb. this has forced the governor to retreat as he fixes the law and avoid the public fallout. asa hutchinson signed identical legislation and shocked everyone by announcing that he first wants the state's legislature to fix t

an attorney for mr. dent says his client was dying there, still bleeding needing medical attention just out of view of the camera as the officers blew off stole and re-enacted the beating for each other. the beginning of this month brought nows of a shooting death of walter scott in north charleston, south carolina. that confrontation began with a traffic stop ending with the officer firing multiple times at mr. scott's back as he fled across a vacant lot. the officer has been charged with murder in that case. as the nation was absorbing that news, word from tulsa, oklahoma someone holding the title reserve deputy shot and killed a suspect in a drug sting. the reserve deputy a 73-year-old insurance executive, says he meant to draw his taser but pulled his gun and shot eric harris fatally. he had been a long-time generous donor to the sheriff's department. supervisors from the sheriff's office falsified his training records, so he allegedly be qualified for certain duties when he was not. last week, robert bat

retired from ford, and the police stopped him, beat the hell out of him and then if you believe mr. dent, planted cocaine in his car, and they took him to jail and he said no no, take a drug test, take my hair, do whatever, i've never used drugs in my life and he said, i didn't do anything, these police officers attacked me and then when you look in the background of the police officers who attacked him he had then charged before with planting evidence, he was found not guilty but they charged him in detroit and now he was with a small suburb police department and so you ask yourself, why don't we ever listen to our community versus just accepting the narrative? they accepted the narrative on floyd dent. he went to jail. he was well on his way of being convicted as a felon and then the video came out and you saw what these guys did and you saw the evidence being planted. and so why do we keep accepting the standard police narrative? he was threatening, i felt in fear of my life. it keeps happening over and over again. let me back up for one quick second. tamir rice case, the shooter you

mr. chairman and ranking member for holding this meeting. what we've experienced just with this ins dent -- again, another horrible communications failure of the system. and this isn't new. the ranking member just cited back in october of 2013 we had the deranged individual a woman, who actually backed into someone at the white house, came across the entire distance of downtown metropolitan d.c., went through the barriers and the communications failed. chief, i wrote you on october 8, right after that, and said we all appreciate and commend your actions. i am contacting you to request your response about concerns high lighted in this tragic act. number one it's my understanding the secret service capitol police park service and district of columbia police and other agencies have interoperable communications. you know when i raise this there are other things here we spend a quarter of a billion when we did the capitol visitor's center. and redoing all of the things after 9/11. and that failed. those communication systems failed. now, they failed again. i am stunned. i still, this is how w