mr. ellison, you know, the sons of mr. ellison.hese guys spend a lifetime devoted to law enforcement in some way or another, and what this shows you and the length of time that it takes for a resolution here shows you is how embedded this system is in terms of staving off these civil rights lawsuits. when two guys like this can't seek justice, i think it's a pretty bad indictment on the system and on what we all as lay people and non-officers can expect. you know i deposed the shooter in this case and i asked her point blank to define for me probable cause and she couldn't give me a definition of probable cause. this is i believe at the time a 15 or 16-year veteran. >> mm-hmm. >> you know, tamron that's a problem because probable cause is what a reasonable officer has to have to enter an apartment without a warrant. the way mr. ellison's apartment was entered without a warrant and without an emergency basis to do so. this is not abstract constitutional academic type of, you know gotcha games here. these are fundamental core concept

mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up h.r. 861, the clean department of homeland security funding bill, that would keep the department open so it can carry out its mission of keeping the american people safe. the speaker pro tempore: the chair understands that the gentleman from georgia has not yielded for that purpose. therefore the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. speaker i yield to the distinguished gentleman, my classmate and good friend, mr. green, for a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. members, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up h.r. 861, the clean department of homeland security funding bill that will keep the department open so it can carry out its mission of keeping the american people safe. the speaker pro tempore: the chair understands that the gentleman from georgia has not yielded for

mr. ellison. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member. my colleague brad sherman bbq by putting the letter that we sink into the record but i just wanted to say that i was glad to see we 61 members of congress, including almost half of this committee agree that your action to end the temper suspension of occupations to fannie and freddie to the housing trust fund was the right thing to do. and so we are very happy about it, it is over in the records i don't need to enter it in a just wanted to make note of that. i also want to comment that it's true that you have to face a lot of questions from folks who believe that the real problem of the crisis of 2008 was gses and borrowers. but it's also true that you have to contend with people who think you ought to be moving faster in the other direction. and i know that because i've had constituents of mine said, well, why doesn't director watt do this and did do that, move quicker things like that. i think one of the other things that your office has done after taking a lot of care, a lot of tim

mr. ellison, a member of the financial services committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. mr. ellison: i'd like to thank the gentlelady for yielding. madam speaker just for people who are watching this debate, i'd like to take us back to december of 2014 when we passed this thing called a cronibus. all these spending bills together that we were -- that we spent money for the american people over the course of a year to fund our government except for the department of homeland security bill, which would be funded right through tonight, midnight tonight. why did we single this one bill out for this short term? for one reason and one reason only the republican majority wanted to pick a fight with the president over the president's execution of his lawful authority to try to solve problems in the area of immigration. now, a federal district court judge who has a long history of republican partisanship decided that he would issue an order stopping the execution of this executive order action. s

mr. ellison. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member. my colleague beat me to it but putting the letter we sent to you into the record. but i was glad to see we had 61 members of congress including every -- half of this -- almost half of this committee, agree that your action to end the temporary suspension of contributions to fannie and freddie to the housing trust fund was the right thing to do. and so very happy about it. and it's already in the record so i don't need to enter it in. i just want to make note of that. i also want to comment, too, that it's true that you have to face a lot of questions from folks who believe that the real problem of the crisis of 2008 was the gses and borrowers. but it's also true that you have to contend with people who think you ought to be moving faster in the other direction. i know that because i've had constituents of mine say well, why doesn't director watt do this and do that and move quicker, things like that. i think one of the other things that your office has done after taking a lot of care,

mr. ellison, for organizing a letter, and unless he objects i'd like to put that in the record of these hearings. so i don't request unanimous consent to put this fine letter in the hearing. >> without objection. >> and to commend mr. watt for his actions. first kind of a technical question. the h.u.d. one is being phased out by the new integrated mortgage disclosure form that combines the tila forms and is intended to give consumers a better understanding of all itemized line-item costs of the home closing. i wonder if you're focused on this sandrule what steps if any you have taken on this rule to make sure consumers are fully informed. >> i believe that is under the protection jurisdiction. we haven't been actively involved in it. i do meet regularly with the director of the consumer financial protection bureau to make sure that we're not at odds, and we're also member of the committee together, which allows us to exchange ideas at that level. but we're not directly involved in that. i'm sure that you're focused more on real estate lending than some of the more general folks involved, and the

mr. ellison, for five minutes. mr. ellison: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker my question all my colleagues today as i stand before this body is, if we could present a humanitarian disaster would we, should we? right now somalia may be on the brink of a preventable humanitarian disaster. my district happens to be home to one of the largest somali american communities in the world and is certainly the largest in the northern -- in the western hemisphere. and so my constituents have come to me and have explained in very detailed and moving ways that it is time for us to figure out this problem that we have in the united states with helping people remit money that they have earned to their loved ones in the horn of africa. somali americans in my district are part of the progress somalia has made as i have and many people around the world are. this is a nation that for over two decades had civil war but now has a president, a legislature and is planning for elections in 2016. the -- this country is fighting off al shabaab a terrorist organization in league

mr. ellison, for organizing a letter, and unless he objects i'd like to put that in the record of these hearings. so i don't request unanimous consent to put this fine letter in the hearing. >> without objection. >> and to commend mr. watt for his actions. first kind of a technical question. the h.u.d. one is being phased out by the new integrated mortgage disclosure form that combines the tila forms and is intended to give consumers a better understanding of all itemized line-item costs of the home closing.