mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i would pass through you to determine if my colleague has completed his offerings in terms of members? i have no further speakers and would urge that i'm prepared to close. mr. collins: i'm prepared to let the member close. mr. hastings: thank you very much. mr. speaker, this evening donald john trump will address a joint session of congress. i expect we are here -- we will hear some version of the same message we've heard throughout the first month of his chaotic administration. talk of jobs and american workers and protecting our country. but that's all it has been up to now, just talk. instead of actually doing any of those things, republicans are sowing chaos, trying to turn their absurd campaign speech into something that resembles policy. and frankly, that just will not fly. donald john trump's campaign rhetoric doesn't fit the actual challenges of governing. and i believe my friends on the other side of the aisle have starting to come to this realization and if they ha

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from connecticut, my good friend who is a ranking member of the appropriations committee on labor, health, and human services, education, and related agencies, ms. delauro. two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized for two minutes. i rise in strong opposition to this rule. drug testing people who are simply applying for unemployment insurance is harassment. i'm outraged on behalf of the workers across this country, workers in my congressional district, who could be subjected to insulting and unnecessary testing when they have earned the right to apply for unemployment insurance. this is a strategy to throw up barriers, to collecting unemployment insurance. it is an intimidation tactic with no basis in reality. states should not be allowed to impose additional obstacles to cut back on application. these jobless workers are often unemployed through no fault of the

mrs hastings experiences exactly the kind of problem integrated care is meant to address.t working for everyone. sarah smith, bbc news, troon. there has been a huge growth in the gig economy, that is when people juggle a number of jobs without economy, that is when people juggle a number ofjobs without guaranteed hours or work on short—term contracts. now the government is carrying out a review into working practices in the sector. the tuc says tax is lost for those using self—employed laws could be up to £4 billion. here is our economic ‘s editor. meet jonathan esseku, uber driver and a member of the new economy, self—employed, his own boss. hi, jonathan. hello, kamal. in a changing world of work that has thrown up controversies over tax, over security of employment, over the very way we will work in the 21st century. uber‘s good for me because it enables me to be flexible. you know, you can work the hours you want. when you‘re ready to work, you work and when you‘re working, you know, you‘ll be quite reasonably rewarded for your efforts. so you don‘t feel exploited? not

mr. hastings: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> good afternoon, we're going to get started. i wanted to begin by making a few observations and then invite my colleagues to do the same. mr. schiff: i think there are two asmects to the -- aspects to the resignation of michael flynn we have to keep in mind. two parts of the context of what has happened within the last 24 to 48 hours. the first is that it's very important, i think, for us to do a thorough investigation of any context between the trump campaign and any russian officials during the course of that campaign. among i think the very serious allegations have been that there were of course contacts, that is within the scope of what the ho

mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been requested. those in favor of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 225. the nays are 188. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> 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. 998. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so

mr. hastings: a recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman requests a recorded vote. those in favor of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes y electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 225. the nays are 187. the resolution is adopted. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on house resolution 116 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 11, house resolution 116, resolution providing for consideration of the joint resolution, house joint resolution 66, disapprovi

mr. speaker, the last week the house voted to disapprove three other rules that protect public health and environmental quality. i am disturbed by that pattern. i'm disturbed by the hayes with which -- haste with by eave moved. especially all these rules took years to create. and craft. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues and the majority think of your children, your grandchildren, and all the generations to come. they deserve to inherit a rich, healthy, and sustainable world if we continue down this reckless path, i fear they will not. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona reserve. the gentlelady from wyoming. >> mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the majority leader, the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the majority leader is recognized. mr. mccarthy: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentlelady for fr wyoming for her hard work on this bill and bringing it here today. you know, most people don't realize just how much land the federal government controls. and it's just the fact that someone 1,000 miles away in an office in d.c. won't understand those land issues as much as the people

mr. hancock has been in the office since the fall of 2014 after the untimely passing. >> not long at all. >>> netflix off session lows here. the video streaming giant ceo reed hastingsered the keynote address at the mobile world congress. jon fortt is on the scene for us in barcelona. good evening, john. >> reporter: yeah, good evening is right, bill. it's 9:45 here. reed hastings and netflix aren't names you would typically associate with mobile just a few years ago, but that's changing pretty rapidly especially as in the flex and the whole industry moves further into broadband and wireless. hastings talked here about how the internet has been about finding niche audiences and finding things and gathering them together. netflix has certainly been able to do that, especially as it has expanded internationally. he said it's a goal to make buffering a thing of the past as they work on streaming technology. he also talked about why netflix recently enabled downloading. take a listen. >> we're big believers in streaming and the internet, but sometimes you're out of range or on a subway, you're, you know, somewhere where either mobile band width is very expensive and so

hasteings. i apologize she can't be her but on behalf of supervisor breed i ask for your support. >> thank you, mrjohnson. any members of the public that would like to comment? seeing none public comment is closed. colleagues, can we take this motion without objection? >> yes. >> great. seeing so mr. clerk this motion is passed. please call the next item, item aithd. >> item 8 is ord nrns amended the administrateb code to set structure function terms and administrative support for dignity fund oversight advisory committee as required by the charter section 16.128-11 adopted as part of proposition at the november 8, 2016. >> i appreciate supervisor cohen for offering this item and see a member of her staff. >> good morning. i am you you chan legislative aid to malia cohen. as you know during the november 2016 election voters approve prop i which was a charter amendment offered by cohen yee and mar which created the dignity fund to fund programs for seniors and people can disability said. the ballot member created a 11 member oversight body commit tee a moniter and participate in the administration