. >> mr. hart requests a role call. nine members second the request. nine do. we'll vote on the board. any question tabling the motion to reconsider? >>> polls will close. clerk will tabulate. by the vote of 60 to 57 motion to reconsider is tabled. next amendment. >> 61 mr. corley. 61, mr. corley. >> mr. corley, you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. ladies and gentlemen this amendment would remove the flag that is currently flying outside and would replace it with the exact same flag we just talked about, the first south carolina infantry flag but it would also do something different. so what it would do is it would put the flag on the pole and then we would have a commission that would design a pole in memory of black soldiers who fought for the confederacy. upon completion of that pole, the current pole would be taken and placed in the relic room and the pole honoring those african-american soldiers who fought for the confederacy would be the new pole from which the infantry flag would fly. that's it. >> thank you mr. corley. >> pending question the

mr. hart, mr. bedding field is recognized to speak on the ameantment. >> thank you very much mr. speaker. members, thank you for the opportunity to be here before you. mr. pitts, thank you for your eloquent words. and history lessons over the past few moments. i'm deeply grieved over what transported in charleston. many of you in here wouldn't know that i even knew reverend pinkney but a number of you wouldn't know that i know a number of senates across the hall and worked with them in many ways but i did have the pleasure of working with him on a couple of things and meeting with him. and i found him to be the most honorable man. i regret i had injured during the time of the funerals and i wasn't able to attend but i watched every moment on tv. been praying for the situation constantly since then. as a young man, i don't have the same kind of stories to tell that mike pitts told about living on a farm and plowing. i had grandparents who did that and i spent part of my time in urban areas and some in country areas and feel like i've been schooled a little bit in both directions.

mr. harthat purpose do you rise? >> mitchell. >> thank you mr. speaker i rise for point of order on this particular amendment. i want to direction your attention to s 895 which is concurrent resolution. specifically, it talks about legislation concerning the south carolina infant tri battle flag of the confederate states of america surrounding arrangement located at the confederate soldier monument on this grounds of the state capitol complex. this particular amendment talks about the confederate relic room and military museum. it is not germane to the resolution. >> mr. quinn you wish to be heard in this matter? >> yes, mr. speaker. the resolution very specifically says we will consider two items one the south carolina infantry battle flag for the united states of america and meaning not or, and, surrounding arrange arrangement located at the confederate soldiers monument. this amendment merely deals with how we will handle the confederate battle flag currently flying at the monument and what

mr. hart. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i asked for unanimous consent to withdraw the house res lug just introduced by representative ot out of the house judiciary committee. >> is there objection? mr. sanford objects. mr. balentien? >> mr. speaker, thank you i have a question. i know it is getting late here. are we asking to pull out a resolution that does the exact same thing as this amendment? is that what we're trying to do? >> yes. >> and we have people objecting? >> yes. >> and i just wanted to make sure i was understanding. thank you. >> all right. we're back on the bill. when the motion bid, mr. tool opposed -- [ inaudible ]. all opposed say no. >> mr. tool you insist? >> roll call. >> all right. >> mr. moss you object? you move to suspend? okay. mr. smith, you ask for a roll call. >> a roll call on the motion. >> denying his request. now we'll do a vote on the board. straight up vote on the motion to dispense with the balance of the motion period. mr. >> mr. merrill? >> we have some confusion back here. if you vote

williams, mr. hart it's not an easy thing to take up arms. you hear people all the time saying, we should fight. we should go to war. most of those people have never seen violence firsthand. violence firsthand, especially the aspects of war, is not a pretty thing. people die. not like a kids game. not like a tv show where they jump back up bounce back up. they don't come back. robert brown you served. thank you forrior service. if we were attacked today each of you, including myself, would be ready to take up arms and face whatever came at us. i'm fat and old. i'd be cannon fodder today. but i'd be willing to take up those arms. and if i had been treated the way the cherokee nation did, i would have been ready to take up arms at that point. so i'm going to ask you today to support this amendment. it does change. it does alter. it takes the fence down and creates a memorial to a man that i consider great. the great stan watie. if you look up there, it doesn't look like watie, does it? it looks like waite. his cherokee name, i can't remember. b

williams, mr. hart it's not an easy thing to take up arms. you hear people all the time saying, we should fight. we should go to war. most of those people have never seen violence firsthand. violence firsthand, especially the aspects of war, is not a pretty thing. people die. not like a kids game. not like a tv show where they jump back up bounce back up. they don't come back. robert brown you served. thank you forrior service. if we were attacked today each of you, including myself, would be ready to take up arms and face whatever came at us. i'm fat and old. i'd be cannon fodder today. but i'd be willing to take up those arms. and if i had been treated the way the cherokee nation did, i would have been ready to take up arms at that point. so i'm going to ask you today to support this amendment. it does change. it does alter. it takes the fence down and creates a memorial to a man that i consider great. the great stan watie. if you look up there, it doesn't look like watie, does it? it looks like waite. his cherokee name, i can't remember. b

mr. thomas mayr-harting for his statement. >> mr. president the agreement reached and the endure is an important historic step towards ending the declaration surrounding iran's nuclear program. as such it has the potential to ease concerns regarding peace and security in the region and beyond. allow me mr. prez and to briefly examine significant than three different angles. firstly, germany firmly believes the agreement does in fact reduce the risk of a nuclear arms race. after long and demanding negotiations, the e.u. have achieved an incredible framework that will prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. iran has committed itself to comprehensive tech of restrictions and unprecedented transparency regime that will allow us to rule out any covert nuclear activity. the agreement is not merely built on trust. we have established a huge need and long-term set of confidence building measures. everything we agreed on will be strictly monitored. a powerful snap back mechanism will serve an additional incentive for iran to abide by its

mr. thomas mayr-harting to the united nations to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. members of the council have before them document f/2015/547 a draft resolution appears aappeared in the course of the council's prior consultation. the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. i would like to thank all council members for cosponsoring the draft resolution which is now a presidential text. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. all those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document f/2015/547 please raise their hand. the result of the voting is as follows: the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2231, 2015. i now give the floor to those members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote. i give the floor to the representative of the united states. >> thank you, mr. president. today we have adopted a u.n. security council resolution enshrining the jo

mr. christopher hart.and so having these necessary improvements will make our passenger rail systems much safer as they travel across the country. the bill also streamlines the permitting process for improvements to existing railroad track and infrastructure and improves multimodal planning and permitting. the secretary of transportation will have new authority to speed up projects and reduce paperwork burdens. outside of improving rail safety we include a proposal offered as an amendment during committee markup by senator mccaskill, to ban rental car companies from renting vehicles needing recall repair work. we included provisions to increase consumer awareness of recalls and advance highway safety efforts in all the states. following a harsh inspector general report criticizing the regulators this bill requires the the full implementation of reforms outlined in that report. once these reforms are implemented the agency's funding authorization will substantially increase to meet the grow america request

mr robertson, i'll start with you this time. i have seen sometimes that there's between 20 and 30 million human slaves. 80% are women, is that true. >> it's a hart thing so say, you have difficulty estimating a hidden trade, a trade that prides itself on the long numbers. we stayed away because pacific cases - we don't need to look at large numbers. people that we saw, they are trafficked under thai fishing fleets. they are heard in an evasive way. and that is what is happening now. >> is it true that there are more slaves now than ever before in human history? >> with the numbers that the international labour organization put out. 21 million slaves at any one time that is the case there's more slaves now than ever. if you look at - going back to malaysia, in one of your set up pieces, there's an estimated 4 million migrants in malaysia, and one suggested that up to 30% of those 4 million are in a diseefr labour exploitation. these are huge numbers, and the cases are shocking. i agree with phil that the numbers ask the painful experiences that people have which is why we need to make sure that the trafficking person's report by the state departm

mr. lonegro, i had a question about the two people in a cab situation. chairman hart testified testified that having two person cabs didn't improve safety and he was on a panel with several union members and several others and i wonder what your thoughts are on that kind of statement? >> we have two people in the cab of the locomotives on the main line trains and we would certainly say over a period of years if not decades in the future will look for the opportunity to reduce the crew size from to to one if the technology supports that and we're able to negotiate an appropriate agreement with the labor unions. there is a path for that when the technology gets to the point when having two people in the cab is no longer necessary. >> roger. ms. feinberg said that the fra is looking at having two person crew situation as an interim solution with probably some additional backstops as well until ptc is implemented, whatever the deadline is. would you supportive of that. >> on the freight side it is not necessary. we already have it. i think sher referring to the commuter s

mr. ed. >> hello. >> sound effects are great. >> the horse is a horse, of course, of course. >>> great to have you. we'll talk politics with your buddy but first, ainsley hartaughter of whitney houston and bobby brown is dead today. passing away six months after she was found face down in a bathtub in her georgia home. charges could be brought against her boyfriend, nick gordon. >>> joe jackson, father of the late michael jackson, is in the hospital in intensive care after suffering a stroke down in brazil. jackson is 87 years old. >>> the coast guard just released this photo, showing the overturned boat that two 14-year-olds were in after they disappeared off the coast of florida on friday. they're desperate for signs for austin stephanos and perry cohen, here are their pictures. the boat capsized and was found 60 miles off the show. legend joe namath lives next door to one of those teenagers and is offering a $ 100,000 reward. >> find these two young fellows. we just keep on praying, man. it's hard. it's so hard. >> the teen's family say the boys grew up on the water. they're still holding out hope, as we all are, that they will be found alive. >>> new ov