mr. flores: same way we have tried to do today. try to get our leadership to listen to our ideas and allow these ideas to flow from the base up and to wind up in a legislative format and go to the house floor. that's what we have tried to do. it's been difficult to do under the old leadership structure, but i do believe peace based on the conversations that everyone running for leadership believes in the bottom's-up approach and the r.s.c. will be more effective. host: congressman bill flores of texas. thanks for stopping by. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the house freedom caucus announcing its support for representative daniel webster for house speaker. that move threatens to upend the race and deeply complicates kevin mccarthy's bid as speaker. the republican conference gathers to select their candidates to replace john boehner. and utah republican and oversight committee chair. that vote is tomorrow. a full house vote on the next speaker happen

mr. flores. he didn't do it, just like he did. here's kristin thorne. >> reporter: luis flores, jr. says his faith is what has gotten him lieu the past five months. he's been living a nightmare after a little boy said flores, jr. took pictures of him inside a restaurant bathroom. >> it's hurt me, hurt my family. >> reporter: flores, jr. was inside hibachi grill on north babylon may 17th but he said from the beginning he wasn't the person who took pictures of the 8-year-old boy. the boy told police he saw a hand come over the stall and saw a flash going off. flores, jr. was arrested days later. he had to go in to hiding because people were threatening him. we spoke with him over face time in june and even back then he said he was innocence. >> i feel very violated inside, victimized, and i'm innocent all the way. i didn't do this. >> reporter: prosecutors agree, stating in court today based on the review and evidence, there is insufficient evidence available to mount a successful prosecution against this defendant. >> this is definitely what i could ask for even more. i'm so grateful

mr. flores, of brian college station, texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. flores: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 702. h.r. 702 results in five key benefits. number one, it benefits the american consumer with resulting overall lower energy prices. this particularly benefits lower income and lower middle income americans providing greater financial security for these hardworking families. number two, it benefits the american producer and allows them to further reinvest in our domestic energy infrastructure, furthering our energy security and american jobs. number three, it benefits our geopolitical standing and strengthens ties with our global friends and allies in hurts countries like russia, iran, and venezuela who are opposed to american interests around the wormed. number four, it benefits the down stream refining community as lower price also stimulate volume demand for refined products. this gives capital to higher skilled american workers and reinvest in their

mr. flores for five minutes. >> i just wish we invited the d.c. exchange. still shows i'm ineligible for coverage. states continue to opt out of their self-exchanges, migrated to federal exchanges. we need to try to understand the impact on that. in order to do that we need to know how sustainable the state exchange are that are still in existence so ms. o'toole, would you tell me what taxpayers can expect from your state exchange over the next five to ten years and will it be sustainable during that time period? >> thank you for the question. i'm happy to answer it. like i said in my opening testimony, we are financially sustainable at this point. the -- our budget is balanced. it's based on real numbers and real experience. and the board of directors in march of this year has passed a three-year financial plan that looks out. so we keep a close eye on this. something we're concerned about. and our board and our team is committed to living within our means. if we have to -- revenue has to match expenditures. if we have to make hard decisions, we will. i al

mr. flores. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the exchange still shows i'm ineligible for coverage. anyway, states continue to opt out of the -- they're trying to state up their state exchange, they're migrating to the federal exchanges, we all know we need to try to understand the impact on that in order to do that, we need to know how sustainable the state exchanges are. so ms. o'toole, would you tell me what taxpayers can expect from your state exchange over the next five to ten years, and will it be sustainable somewhere during that time period? >> congressman, thank you for the question. i'm happy to answer it. like i said in my opening testimony, we are financially sustainable at this point. our budget is balanced. it's based on real numbers and real experience. and the board of directors in march of this year has passed a three-year financial plan that looks out. so we keep a close eye on this. it's something we're concerned about. you know, our board and our team is committed to living within our means. so if we have to, you know, revenue has to match expenditures. and if we

mr. flores: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor mehdi lee phillips from brian, texas, who assed away on august 25, 2015, her 103rd birthday. ms. phillips was born in washington county, texas, on august 25, 1912. growing up, mrs. phillips attended school in waco and mcgregor areas and later attended the brian school for colored. she married willy sterling in 1931. they were blessed with five children. later she married eddie phillip, they were blessed with four children. mrs. phillips was a member of the new liberty baptist church in booneville, texas, at an early age and remained a a member until 1941, when she became a member of the pleasant grove missionary baptist church at bryant. she was an avid church worker, serving on the pleasant grove church usher board for 35 years and a a -- as a sunday school teacher and a mission teacher. she served on various programs and committees at the church and worked tirelessly at raising funds to help improve church facilities. mrs. phil ins taught and counseled

mr. flores, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. horn, thank you for joining us today. obviously, a tough situation for your company. vw's actions damaged the trust of the american people as well as the environment for billions around the globe. they have also economically damaged their customers, their dealers and their shareholders, and i hope that vw will continue to work on the correct and fair resolution of those issues. i want to get more in the weeds now to try to go through and fill in the blanks and the record on some dates and the who, what, where, when as we've talked about before. in may of 2014, independent researchers published a report that first identified higher-than-expected on-road emissions of vw vehicles which prompted the investigations by c.a.r.b. and the epa. so question number one is when did vw first become aware of this research? >> end of april when it was published. to my knowledge, it was published end of april. i got it may, i got information about this. >> okay. what steps did vw take to evaluate conclusions of the research are at that ti

mr. flores of texas, to find out how that meeting goes. right now live to the house floor here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by of chaur lane, father conroy -- chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we give you thanks that you have given to us the goals of justice and the designs of freedom and that these are our heritage as americans. bless th

mr. flores, of brian college station, texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. flores: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 702. h.r. 702 results in five key benefits. number one, it benefits the american consumer with resulting overall lower energy prices. this particularly benefits lower income and lower middle income americans providing greater financial security for these hardworking families. number two, it benefits the american producer and allows them to further reinvest in our domestic energy infrastructure, furthering our energy security and american jobs. number three, it benefits our geopolitical standing and strengthens ties with our global friends and allies in hurts countries like russia, iran, and venezuela who are opposed to american interests around the wormed. number four, it benefits the down stream refining community as lower price also stimulate volume demand for refined products. this gives capital to higher skilled american workers and reinvest in their

mr. flores of texas, to find out how that meeting goes. right now live to the house floor here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by of chaur lane, father conroy -- chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we give you thanks that you have given to us the goals of justice and the designs of freedom and that these are our heritage as americans. bless the members of the people's house with the understanding that it is their work to develop the strategies and the plans for achieving those goals and the trust to know that your spirit is with them in their work. grace this assembly with the resolving to be faithful in its tasks, responsible in its actions and fervent in its desire to serve a nation which so many hope will live beyond any current difficulties into an ever-greater realization of both justice and freedom. may all that is done today be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the jour

we sent brian flores over there with mr. hatch. what a story, brian. >> reporter: this is an awesome story. what an honor to be here. andrew hatch as you heard turning 117 years old. and get this guys born in 1898. here he is right here getting a little bit of rest this morning. but i'm here also with de lain sim is who is andrews daughter. what do you think about when you hear 117 years old? >> he is my dad and i'm still amazed. it is just really phenomenal. every day that he wakes up, we wake up and have this opportunity to have him here it's truly amazing. we consider ourselves blessed. >> reporter: we understand born in houston, texas. made his way to oakland. what has he been doing for his life? >> he did many things. he worked with his hands a lot. he was a black smith. one of the older traits. he did everything from dry cap to being a merchant seaman. he traveled all over the world. he came here and pretty much settled down in the 30s. and he has been in oakland ever since. and he's done a lot of things but most of all he wo

. >> good morning, i'm brian flores in for dave clark. steve, your friend mr.. >> mr. drizzle is back. it is stacking up a little bit for some. a little bit of clearing taking place for some. if that is the case you're in the upper 40s or low 50s. if you have any of that cloud deck or drizzle it's around 50- 60 degrees. it comes right on down and below the radar. we can't see a lot of it but it's going mainly parallel to the coast. 62 palo alto. hayward 62. drizzle from san mateo foster city and belmont and into the santa cruz mountains. the low is on its way out. it will void south. as it does, it will take this moisture with it. for the morning a mix of some clouds and sun. light rain, drizzle. cool to mild. the breeze all pick up 60s and 70s on your temps. and it's 7:00