mr. johnson. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 1665, the disaster declaration improvement act as amended, which will ensure the number of recent disasters are afforded greater weight by fema when making disaster declaration recommendations to the president. this addresses an unfair situations where rural communities are seemingly denied because of the state's large population. we have seen instances where a storm inflicts similar damage in two communities of similar size located in different states but the state with a lower population receives a disaster declaration while the state with a larger population does not receive the disaster declaration. for example, in 2013, several counties in illinois were hit by a tornado causing six deaths, at least 180 injured and widespread damage, the same storm system produced tornadoes and caused damage

mr. johnson: would the gentleman yield? mr. costa: yes. mr. johnson: i appreciate the gentleman from california's remarks and support for this important legislation. victims of course should all have reasonable opportunities to seek justice and face their accusers in court. this bill is a good one and fair to all parties. i look forward to working with the gentleman to get it to the president's desk. mr. costa: i'll accept that. continue to work with the gentleman. chairman goodlatte from virginia. because at the end of the day to have some success and move this forward we're going to have to have reconciliation between the senate bill and the house bill in how this is treated. i would hope that we would gain that agreement. then we could move the legislation for signature. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. without objection, the mendment is withdrawn. it is now in order to consider amendment number 3 printed in art a of house report 115-152. for what purpose does the gentleman fr

mr. johnson: good afternoon. thank you for coming. the last few days i as foreign secretary have been the channel for innumerable expressions of condolences from around the world in the aftermath of the terrorist atrocity in manchester. i have been struck by how often our international friends and supporters have mentioned also much the crime as a response. the acts that instinctive kindness by people in manchester, the holding of hands, the gathering of thousands of people in the center of the city to show their indomitable pride and resilience. unity and a determination to show that my coming together that we can beat this scourge. so i think the people of manchester are showing the way for the world. we have seen again today what is happened to innocent people in egypt as a result of this challenge we all face, this affliction that we all face together. that is why i'm so grateful to rex tillerson, u.s. secretary of state, for coming here today in an instinctive act of solidarity between the u.s. and the u.k. we've talked about all

mr. johnson: thank you, rex. we have got a couple of questions. >> in january, the prime minister said the day of britain and american intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over. isn't that the mission of foreign policy failures, essentially confirming comments this morning? mr. tillerson, do you think a lasting damage of information sharing between intelligence agencies because of the leaks this week? mr. johnson: if i can deal with the first point, i have to say i find it absolutely extraordinary and inexplicable in this week of all weeks there should be any attempt to justify or to legitimate the actions of terrorists in this way. this is a moment when rex tillerson has said we should unite to defeat these people. we can and we will. not just in iraq and syria, but in the battle for the hearts and minds. winning the intellectual and emotional struggle as well. we can and we will, because they are wrong. their view of the world is corrupt. it's a perversion of

mr. johnson, mrs. hardaway, your stories hit me personally because my father was diagnosed with multiple sclarosis when i was 13. seven kids in the family, my family didn't expect that. had a huge impact and, of course, this was long before aca benefits. i remember my parents struggling so mightily, being turned down by insurance companies, not going to the doctor. my mom fell and broke her foot once and never went to the doctor, limped around for months and even years but never got her foot set because it was one more bill they couldn't afford. so this was before aca. this is america. we shouldn't have that. i remember asking my parents one time, you know, how are we going to get through this, and my mom said, we're crawling to medicare, and she was in her 50s. so we don't -- we don't want to go back to that and we shouldn't have to go back to that. we are a much better country than that. so i really appreciate your coming and reminding us all of how where but for the grace of god and that we have a r

mrs. johnson, um, what does your regimen of care look like for you on a daily basis? what does that look like? ms. johnson: i was asked this question last week at bloomington hospital as i was giving a talk there to physicians, nurses, social workers, people working for child protective services, a whole set of what the system of care kind of unit is in our local community. i actually put it back to them and said i want people to take a guess on the number of appointments my daughter had in february, the shortest month of the year. only 28 days. i started taking comments from those in attendance and finally i spoke back and none of them had gotten it, 27 appointments that my daughter had just in february alone. i really cannot overstate how that affects my ability to work outside of the home, because the level of care my daughter requires, not just every day but just getting her to appointments, there is just a great deal of time and resources that that takes away from other expenses that my family faces. so we get up, we rise early because she starts her day with a on

mrs. johnson. ms. johnson: thank you so much.onorable members of congress it , is my great privilege to be with you this afternoon. i want to thank senator stabenow for this invitation to share my family's story today. i come from a background of generational poverty in southern indiana. my parents were among working poor and we had food stamps so we could eat. we could not afford health insurance. it was a good thing i was a healthy kid. i worked diligently and became the first person in my family to go to college. i worked as a math teacher for a number of years. i went on to earn a masters degree. but later when i have a family and discovered prenatally i would have a baby girl with down syndrome, my life changed dramatically. it became very clear after her birth that toward may -- to coordinate her health care, i would need to be a stay-at-home mom. virtually overnight we went from being a two-income family with no medical expenses, to a single-income family with astronomical medical expenses. i remember standing at a mailbox

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mrs. johnson. cindy johnson is from bloomington indiana. cindy will share her family's story of fighting for health care for her daughter. gina washington. she will share her story with preventative health and family planning. excuse me, planned parenthood. carol hardaway. i think we have two additional michael dunkley. i will turn to senator kaine for this one. michael has a very powerful story. he shared it with a because i put a story on my senate website and i asked people to share what would happen to them if the aca were repealed as the house did and as we fear the senate republicans are trying to do as well. he is a full-time caregiver for his wife, who has ms. at age 64, he was diagnosed with cancer. dealing with both being a health care caregiver for a wife with a serious condition, and a cancer diagnosis, that is more than anybody should have to bear. dealing with a system with a humane health care system versus one with no health care safety .et is dramatically different sen. stabenow: next we have teresa miller, the pennsylvania

mr. johnson and this committee and this topic area he is so vitally concerned about. i also want to recognize chairman hurd who is with us and the lead democrat, robin kelly, for being here in our meeting room as well. since 2014 hundreds of millions of americans have lost their personally identified information including their social security numbers to large-scale cyberattacks. the number was originally created in 1936 for the purpose of running the nation's new social security system. however its usefulness as a unique governmental identifier has made it near ubiquitous in the government and private sector. to date, social security administration has not suffered any large-scale data breach but ongoing vigilance is needed. for updading the i.t. structure. altogether, social security administration has been able to remove the nine-digit ssn from about one-third of the mailings it sends out. moving forward they have committed to removing them from the remaining notices wherever they revise a notice which requires computer upgrades. the severe constraints on the socia

mr. johnson was. >> now he is the author of the letter that critics claim gave president trump the political cover he ne i fbi director james comey, but rosenstein, a republican with a joe friday just the facts style has been known for in impassable nonpartisan reputation. >> have worked for the republicans and democrats. i've got different priorities. but we've had the same commitment to integrity, two ethics come and we are doing the right thing. >> now it's up to rosenstein to decide weather or not to appoint a special independent prosecutor in the trump-russia investigation. he has not said what he's going to do, but he told the senate he would make that decision based on his principles. wusa 9. >> we don't know who the present name to replace comey. there are names being mentioned. some you will know. former new york city neighbor new -- rudy giuliani said it will be him. the name ray kelly keeps coming up. he twice led the new york reportedly considered for the fbi job in 1993 and again in 2011. then there is new jersey governor chris christie, a former u.s. attorney and early trump su

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. h.r. 1678, which i rise in support of, is a bill that will clarify the existing statute of limitations for public assistance provided by the federal emergency management agency, or fema, to state, tribal, and local grantees. pursuant to the robert t. stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act, or the stafford act, fema provides public assistance grants to state, tribal, and local governments to assist in their recovery efforts after a disaster strikes. generally, fema approves the use for public assistance funds immediately after the disaster or while the project is being completed. this is the appropriate time to decide how a grantee should spend disaster funds. once the project is completed, the grantee smits documentation of completion to fema. however, in some instances fema or the inspector general has reviewed projects many years or even a decade after the grantee has submitted project completion documents. at times, fema has changed its policy determination on the ap

mr. johnson, his whereabouts are being kept secret for security reasons. if anyone knows where mr. nt. >> it was a signal moment in our cultural history. suddenly it occurred to us the right thing to do is turn on the television. >> reports continue to come in but in a confused and fragmentary fashion. >> president kennedy has been given a blood transfusion at parkland hospital here in dallas in an attempt to save his life. it was odd because there were no commercials. it was just a continuous experience. >> two priests have entered the emergency room at parkland hospital where he rests after the assassination attempt which now was about a half hour ago. >> what are your feelings right now, ma'am? >> i'm absolutely shocked. stunned. we have the same birthday. i am just crazy about him. >> who would want to shoot the president? what did he do? i mean, he has been doing so much for the country. someone goes ahead and shoots him. >> a flash from dallas, two priests who say they were with president kennedy say he is dead of bullet wounds. this is the latest information we have from dall

mr. johnson, on that point we do agree. yet jurisdiction after jurisdiction to determine based on its own priorities have at night ice priorities, not the department parties when it is going to hand over an alien to be deported. some jurisdictions hand over criminal aliens that are in the country regardless of their offense and others only hand them over a jurisdiction interview's public safety. the possible result of this À la carte approach to immigration enforcement is a patchwork of conflicting mandates which predictably undermines the federal government to enforce this nation's immigration laws. this threat is not hypothetical. for example, in february under policy set by new york city mayor bill diblasio, new york city released eight known ms 13 gang member from rikers despite the fact that ice had launched a detainer against him because he was not in new york city's field and in the mayor's view, he would not pose a threat to public safety. as we know, in april ms 13 brutally murdered for young men a lot on long isla

mr. johnson went unanswered we decided to stop by in person, but no one was around. as we waited for him to show up, several cars pulled into his driveway, saw us and quickly drove away. back in patterson meanwhile fino is fighting back, but he's already out thousands in legal fees. >> he might as well have brought a gun and said stick them up because essentially this is a stick-up. >> reporter: in sacramento andria borba, kpix5. mathis has given up on his bill, but plans to reintroduce it next year. activists say they'll be back out in full force once again to stop it. the east bay. >>> sky drone 5 giving us an exclusive first look at the new sprawling water park making a splash in the east bay. it's called the wave. there are indoor and outdoor pools and six water slides. the $43 million facility opens to the public next weekend in dublin. >> this weekend would have been a good shock. >>> 91 degrees, want to open it early, dublin, maybe? they weren't listening. 69 degrees now in concord. it will be warm in dublin and all inland areas. what a beautiful shot from cho

mr. johnson? asked permission to speak to his mother on the phone for an update. >> thank you. >> hello. so what's the plan? so i'm getting out today? thank you, mom. thank you. i love you, too. really good to hear. my mom basically my backbone. any time i need something, regardless of how she's feeling, she get it is done. i don't know how many times my mother has pulled out miracles. >> yes, ma'am? >> yes, sir, i'm coming to pick up my son, geraldo johnson jr. >> the bond is heavy. prior to even coming to court this morning, i prayed. i stayed in constant contact with a lot of friends and family. a lot of people have been praying for us. i knew that as long as he got a bond it was going to be okay. and that's exactly what it is. >> all right, man. be easy now. >> this is one of those things that i couldn't put a band-aid on it. i couldn't kiss it and make it go away. it's a process and it's definitely been hard for myself and my entire family. >> hi, baby. >> come on now, randy, let somebody els

mr. johnson went unanswered we decided to stop by in person but no one was around.we waited for him to show up, several cars pulled up to his driveway, saw us, and quickly drove away. back in patterson, speeno is fighting back but already out thousands of dollars in legal fees. >> he might as well just have brought a gun with him and said stick them up, because essentially that is what this is about. this is a stick up. >> reporter: in sacramento, andria borba, kpix 5. >> a family member of mathis has given up on the bill for now but plans to reintroduce it next year, activists said they will be back out in force to stop it. >>> scientists in southern california say they developed a pill that could do the work of a work out. researchers at the sulk institute in san diego are developing a drug designed to reprogram the body to burn fat for fuel instead of sugar. they say the mice used in the study were able to run 100 minutes longer after dosed with the pill and showed signs of improvered health without any exercise at all. >> then you can bring the potential or heal

mr. johnson, i'm bored, can i go? so 6the people at the end were like, well can we get some help? i was like, no, they finished their job. then they really got frustrated with the middle people because everyone was yelling at them, and they were like, man, that's hard work, there's a lot of pressure. >> reporter: okay, one last question for those men out there who might possibly be considering if this job is for you? how gratifying is this work? >> tremendously. it's the best thing, i think the thing that i enjoy the most is when you see a kid have the 'aha' moment or either change their whole perception of something. and so it's just like, man, you know, i had something to do with that. if i can take this 180 days and make a lifetime of difference, then that's all worth it. that's all worth it for me. >> reporter: for the pbs newshour at lake carolina elementary school in blythewood, south carolina, i'm economics correspondent paul solman. >> woodruff: now to another in our "brief but spectacular" series. tonight, we hear from michael eric dyson. he teaches at georgetown and is t

did domestic issues distract johnson from vietnam? mr. young: i can't remember paul, do you remember was it dave broder who made the description of lyndon johnson as president -- as the salami slicer? i think it was dave broder. this is a powerful insight. johnson's skill and genius was in the senate of the united states, slicing salami. we have just seen last week president trump, paul ryan and others, fail at the process of slicing salami. what is is referring to? it's the deal making, how you get things done in a pluralistic democracy in congress. chuck, you have a slice of salami. you get a thicker slice. you get the end, i sliced the salami, everybody gets everything but you have to vote with me. as you see, johnson, dealing with this problem of vietnam, which is clear i think he felt he inherited. this is not something he started. he was a believer in the vietnamese and nationalism and freedom. he inherited it, he believed in it that's why he stayed in it. he is caught between two basic vectors. he has a vector of the military, his s

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mr. johnson. >> thank you for your testimony and faithful service. i am the son of a first responder. firefighter, a third degree burns, permanently disabled. i grew up at the fire training academy. i have tremendous respect for what you do and the dangers you face. mr. canterbury, i agree with your need to modernize law enforcement. use terms like militarize do not understand the real challenges you face. language is important and i appreciate you making the distinction. our great tragedy in baton rouge caught this -- caught the attention of my stay, louisiana. we have the reputation of being the most dangerous state for law enforcement. i wish we could do something about that. homeland security renewed a bulletin that warned of dangers of homegrown terrorists. they called a threat environment and our country one of the most serious since the 9/11 attacks. you agree weon, do will see an increase in smaller, more localized terrorist attacks? >> absolutely. a social media has allowed terrorist organizations over there to influence young americans in the united states. they have glamori

mr. johnson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let's talk about why you want to grow the economy. you go from two percent to three percent growth that is about $14 trillion over 10 years of economic activity added. if you assume revenue that is 18 percent of gdp that is about 2 and a half trillion dollars of additional revenue without raising anybody's taxes. correct? >> we scored at 2.1 trillion but yes. >> so that is why you want this. i think the whole purpose of tax reform would be to rationalize our tax system so it incentivizes growth. you want to see the static revenue loss made up by economic growth to have economic score that comes as close to revenue neutral as possible. just having a revenue neutral tax reform doesn't do much. so i mean, is that we are trying to do? rationalize the tax system so again the economic growth that does put more revenue than the federal government?>> again i think my answer to you would be -- >> i don't care about that. i'm talking much is basic stuff. $14 trillion of economic growth yields more than $2 trillion in revenue. say whatever tax p

mr. johnson thank you mr. chairman, mr. speaker for giving time to speak up. i, too, agree that members of congress should be subject to the same rules and laws that the american people are. and so i support my colleague, ms. mcsally, in this legislation. you know, i want to speak to the bigger, broader issue here. my colleague from pennsylvania said, what about that family with that kid that has cancer? where was my colleague and the friends on the other side of the aisle when obamacare resulted in millions of policy cancellations and millions of americans losing their coverage because of the broken promises? where was my colleagues and the democrats when millions of americans were forced out of work because of the job-killing policies of obamacare. let me tell you something, the american people remembered that and that's what happened in 2010. we didn't hide in a backroom to get what we're doing today done. we have been working on it for six years. and we're going to get it done today. we're going to meet the promises that we made to the american people and

mr. johnson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let's talk about why you want to grow the economy. you go from two percent to three percent growth that is about $14 trillion over 10 years of economic activity added. if you assume revenue that is 18 percent of gdp that is about 2 and a half trillion dollars of additional revenue without raising anybody's taxes. correct? >> we scored at 2.1 trillion but yes. >> so that is why you want this. i think the whole purpose of tax reform would be to rationalize our tax system so it incentivizes growth. you want to see the static revenue loss made up by economic growth to have economic score that comes as close to revenue neutral as possible. just having a revenue neutral tax reform doesn't do much. so i mean, is that we are trying to do? rationalize the tax system so again the economic growth that does put more revenue than the federal government?>> again i think my answer to you would be -- >> i don't care about that. i'm talking much is basic stuff. $14 trillion of economic growth yields more than $2 trillion in revenue. say whatever tax p

mr. johnson is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me ask, i guess in general, but most especially for united, first of all, it's clear that we have so much air traffic. and the incidents on april 9th involving the forcible removal of a passenger on board a united flight 3411 has brought into question how airlines treat its passengers. this really is not a new issue. in 2016, the department of transportation received 12,766 consumer complaints against u.s. airlines. so it's impossible to say how many of these are legitimate, illegitimate, how many of the incidents wasn't reported. burt i guess what i need to ask first, is what were the rules in place to determine who would be removed from the plane? >> thank you. ma'am, it was a simple automatic process that dealt without all the complexity what someone played and whether they were enrolled in our mileage plus program. it's a difficult choice when we get to that point. this situation ever from happening. because it is an impossible situation. how do you pick amongst all of you as

mr. johnson, the prime minister speaking on the view forward for the dominant conservative party right noweresa may, strong sterling this morning. let's listen. >> able to prosper with a modern industrial strategy to spread opportunity across the whole country. why the government i lead will build a briton in which work pays with a higher national living wage and proper rights and protections at work. ♪ jonathan: former f.b.i. director robert miller is named the special counsel to oversee the investigation in some russian melding. the volatility in washington grips wall street after the s&p 500 suffered its biggest drop in ight months. this is "bloomberg daybreak." the sun is up but the markets are lower once again. futures softer. quities lower across europe. yields down four basis points at 219 on a 10 year. alix: unbelievable move. dollar-yen continues to grind lower. that is a 200-day moving average one to watch. the vix extending its gains fro

mr. johnson is always right, right, right. that is the chinese five-year yield.ody's news, there has not been that much of a move up today. guy, what do you have this morning? guy: i want to talk about oil. the market appears to have largely priced some of this in. we have a white line showing the brent contract and it has picked up over the last few days. momentum is with the market. the brent 200 day moving average is the blue line. you can also see the 50 day moving average. oil looks fairly solid. the question is, how we already priced in that we will see this nine-month extension? let me take you back to this story surrounding china. moody's has cut china's rating for the first time since 1989. ,et's go to edna joining us out of hong kong. not a surprise, but the timing -- was there anything curious about the timing we should pay attention to? >> i guess it is a reminder of the challenges that china still faces in trying to rein in the amount of credit in the system. movies put them on watch one year ago. -- movie puody's put them on watch one year ago. they

how the conflict in southeast asia evolved over time and the role president johnson played in the decision-making process. mr. young also contrasts president johnson's policies with those of his successor, richard nixon. the humphrey school of public affairs at the university of minnesota in minneapolis posted this hour and 15 minute event. [applause] >> good afternoon, welcome.

mr. johnson, for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chairman. and mr.irector first of all, , congratulations on your selection for this position. you got an awesomely tough job and i appreciate having worked with you for the last six years. position with yours in the sense that our children and grandchildren are expecting us to address this problem now, because it is not going to get any easier. cries from my colleagues on the other side calling for more opportunities. i don't know that the federal government has ever created jobs. that's a private market-driven economy that creates jobs. if we are over $20 trillion in debt, it is only going to get that much worse. i appreciate that we finally have an administration that understands how critically important it is to bend the spending curve in the other direction, and i certainly accept there are very, very tough budget decisions to make to get us there. so i think you and the team have done a remarkable job together to put together a budget that does exactly that. we know this is ever -- proposal that u

mr. chairman. >> senator johnson has joined us. he's the other accountant and he's the chairman of the homeland security and government accountability committee and they had a hearing but theirs had to end because they didn't have the same statutory capability we do, so senator johnson. >> we have rules. thank you, mr. chairman, and senator gramm, great to see you here. sorry i missed the whole first part of this. i think hop in when we talk about economic growth. i know a little bit about what it takes to grow a company. you can take that microkpaexamp up to a macro example. you need to make sure your location is safe and secure, you need labor. you need people to work. and then you need capital. and let's say -- i came from a hearing in cybersecurity. from a national level you need a safe and secure, you know, national security and homeland security. let's concentrate on labor and capital. i come from the viewpoint having come from the manufacturing sector in wisconsin, i have not visited a econocompany. we need to address that s

mr. gordon johnson.e is a veteran who joined the navy at 16 and served in the raphist.s a teleg later in life, he became ceo of aircraft guided weapons. history.ed in naval he is an honored member of the association and has worked on coral sea events are many years. norm joined the navy at 16, served as a severing lookout during the battle. the battle.uring he is also a veteran of the korean war, having served board the aircraft carrier. >> derek joined the navy as a 16-year-old. he served as a gun leader throughout the hostilities. he remained with the navy after electrical mechanic during the korean war. lives in --, where he is a radio operator. [applause] let us welcome to the stage mr. bill white. he joined the navy when he was 17 and served as a telegraph operator. after eight years in the navy, he moved to western australia where he worked in carpentry and construction. he resettled in queensland where he managed an infrastructure company before retiring to the sunshine coast. >> mr. roger spooner

mr. johnson for questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think i'm probably like most of americans and what we really want out of the air traffic control system is safety. safety operation. and and in your testimony you stated that since 1958, the faa has overseen the safe operation of the busiest and most complex air traffic system in the world. and you stated during your testimony that there have been no commercial aviation accidents over the past few years. do you believe, sir, that the american controlled air space is safest air space in the world? >> i haven't looked at all the others, sir but i would say it's definitely safe. we are in the golden era of safety right now. >> we're in the golden era and mr. rinaldi you mention wed are the gold standard of air traffic control in the world. did you not? >> we are, sir. with largest, safest, most efficient. >> and mr. brown, you fly -- you put in 500 hours a year, minimum flight time, and you are strongly committed to the concept that our air space is safe and that the operations that ma