mr. gonzalez to is a founding member and an expert of corporate law and cross border financing and a legal advisor on energy not only can he answer those politically correct questions but also your question is. we have just been joined by general leslie who has been elected as a member of parliament in 2015 the parliamentary secretary to the canadian minister of global affairs. and has worked in that capacity in various theaters around the world and of course, working with the military it can the the serving in afghanistan but also places and i know from my experience that many of the people in the administration for other general jones or general kelly in the military leadership are bonded by skills and bravery with command-and-control in the work on behalf of the shared democratic values in north america. and the prime minister is meeting with the president we want you to reveal the agenda of all the items in the oval office simultaneously while the live long here today. started with our friends in mexico a lot of media speculation during the presidential election during the summer of 20

mr. gonzalez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. gonzalez: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to express my concern with h.r. 1918, the nicaraguan investment conditionality act of 2017. today i stand with the people of nicaragua and the people of south texas. nicaragua has been our partner to the south. they worked with us to combat drug trafficking, limit regular migration, and make our region and world a safer place. nicaragua today is the safest country in central america. and i agree we must be vigilant in monitoring nicaragua's transition to democratcy, however we must recognize that enacting this bill could have serious consequences on the region. nica could strain our alliance with nicaragua and lead to instability, irregular immigration to the united states, to my border district, an increase in criminal acktifment my district was ground zero for the last immigration surge, and i would like to prevent this from happening again. nicaragua has its economic and political challenges, but it's taken steps to address poverty, cli

mr. gonzalez's survey results? your research suggest that daca population as a whole mirrors the breakdowns of that survey? >> it does seem to. you're right, there is not a lot of research out there. i thought dr. gonzalez's survey results were very interesting, and while he acknowledges that there are some problems with his methodology, it also, interestingly enough, is corroborated by some of the other research that's been done using census bureau data. specifically a report by the migration policy institution where they also found that they thought about one in five of the daca eligible population were adults who had not finished high school, and some of the other aspects -- again, the -- the income levels and access to public assistance findings have been corroborated with these other census-based research. but i mean, the big problem is we don't know much -- people speculate and come up with proxies and try to use census bureau and take surveys and so on, but u.s. cis has some information that would be interes

mr. gonzalez's survey results? >> it does seem to mirror that. there is not a lot of research out there, you are right. i thought dr. gonzalez's survey results were interesting and he acknowledges there are problems with the method interestingly enough it is collaborated by their other research that has been done using census bureau data specifically the migration policy institute and found 1 5 of the daca eligibility were adults who had not finished high school. the income levels and access to public assistance findings have been collaborated with the census based research. people speculate and come up with proxies and try to use census burrows and take surveys. but we have information that would be interesting and i think helpful to congress moving forward to find out about actual recipients of daca. it should be encouraged to do that. they know where people live. they know their educational status and english attainment and criminal history. all these questions we have, you know, there are answers there within our own government that would be h

gonzalez-colon: thank you, mr. president. the first thing is that, before we were hit by maria, we were hit by hurricane irma. and during that time, before the hurricane, here was fema acting together with a lot of employees. more than 4,000 people were here in the island from the different branches of the military -- hhs, navy, army, fema -- and all the staff working together before the hurricane hit. they were here before, during, after the first hurricane, and they continued to stay on the island, boots on the ground. during maria -- same thing. i think we never got the level of communication between the federal government and the government like never before. and we are in the path of the hurricane, so we are used to receiving hurricanes, but never before a category 5. the amount of devastation is unheard of. but during all this time, we got the federal government by our side, doing the job of the people here, like you in the military, doing all that has been asked. all the questions and requests that the governor did, th

mr. gonzalez's survey results? does your research suggest that the daca population as a whole mirrors the break downs of that survey? >> it does seem to. you're right, there is not a lot of research out there. i thought dr. gonzalez's survey results were very interesting, and while he acknowledges there are some problems with his methodology, it also interestingly enough is corroborated by some of the other research that has been done using census bureau data, specifically a report by the migration policy institute where they also found that they thought about one in five of the daca eligible population were adult who's had not finished high school and some of the uh -- again, the income levels and access to public assistance findings have been corroborated with these other census-based research, but, i mean, the big problem is we don't know much -- you know, people speculate and come up with proxies and try to use census bureau and take surveys and so on, but uscis has some information that would be interesting an

mr. gonzalez. >> i yield to the ranking member. i yield my time. >> i appreciate having the time.ting here and i'm listening to how much you care about the most vulnerable in our society. and how you want to help people become independent and out of poverty. nd yet, your budget and what you are advocating for and what you're advocating against does not really define your representation that you care about these vulnerable people. you're cutting public housing by $2 billion. housing choice vouchers by 800 maryland, project base rental assistance by $65 million. you have members on the opposite side of the aisle talking about perhaps funded by the community development block grant. they don't know that you've completely eliminated that. the home investment partnership program we talk about the national housing crisis that we have, and the national housing trust fund is completely eliminated. and the choice neighborhoods initiative eliminated. and you know, section 811 housing for persons with disabilities cut by $121 million. and so there's one thing that stands out in my mind based

mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield six minutes to the gentlewoman from puerto -- miss jembings nni jenniffer gonzalez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. miss gonzalez-colon: i want to thank the appropriations committee -- allow the federal government to help us in this dire situation. on behalf of the 3.4 million american citizens that lives in puerto rico, nearly the 5.5 puerto ricans that lives in the mainland, i rise today in strong support of this disaster supplemental appropriations bill. they have been focused on puerto rico since before the arrival of hurricane irma, and then during hurricane maria. i want to thank all my colleagues from both sides of the aisle who has reached out during these past three weeks to express their encouragement and actually offer their assistance during this process. for that and my constituents we will always be grateful for all members of this house. as you may know right now, puerto rico was hit by two major hurricanes irma, which cost significant damage in the eastern part of the island, that was on september 6. then on september 20, a few

gonzalez. eric davis, robert, ellen johnson, emily, brad watson, brittany, and steve. mr. speaker, s, who don't come here because they have political passion, they come here because they have policy fashion. they want to do though things that matter. they could go anywhere they want to in town and make more money, but they stay here working for the american people because the who believe they can make a difference. and they're right. mr. speaker, they're right. they can make a difference. we can make a difference. this rule, this rule if we pass it today, mr. speaker, will allow us to concur in the senate amendment. concurring in the senate amendment does not bind us to the senate process, but it enables us to move a bill in that direction that they can process. we have seen the holdups in the senate, mr. speaker. i'm not happy about that. that's just wait senate process is. we can do better. reconciliation allows us to do better. passing this rule enables us to do better. vote yes, mr. speaker. yes on this rule. vote yes on the underlying budget. and open yourself up to d

mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield six minutes to the gentlewoman from puerto -- miss jembings nni jenniffer gonzalez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. miss gonzalez-colon: i want to thank the appropriations committee -- allow the federal government to help us in this dire situation. on behalf of the 3.4 million american citizens that lives in puerto rico, nearly the 5.5 puerto ricans that lives in the mainland, i rise today in strong support of this disaster supplemental appropriations bill. they have been focused on puerto rico since before the arrival of hurricane irma, and then during hurricane maria. i want to thank all my colleagues from both sides of the aisle who has reached out during these past three weeks to express their encouragement and actually offer their assistance during this process. for that and my constituents we will always be grateful for all members of this house. as you may know right now, puerto rico was hit by two major hurricanes irma, which cost significant damage in the eastern part of the island, that was on september 6. then on september 20, a few

gonzalez, defense attorney: "i think a witness that never says anything about mr zarate garciating in any kind of erratic way when given an opportunity to and then two years later for the first time then the day before the trial starts says gee i remember this detail and that's why i was saying. well, the police are interviewing you and want to know everything that's going on. you must have understood they would want all of that information."> the next witness who took the stand yesterday says she took pictures of a man in black from her hotel window walking away after the shooting while others stayed behind to help steinle. a new report links hillary clinton's campaign -- and the d-n-c -- with funding for the 20-16 dossier linking then-candidate trump to russia. the intelligence firm hired to produce the dossier was originally hired by anti- trump republicans during last year's presidential campaign. after trump won the primary... the democrats took over. some of the information in the dossier has been verified -- fueling special counsel robert mueller's ongoing investigation.