mr. johnson of georgia? >> don't understand russian yes. mr. cohen votes no. mr. johnson of georgia? mr. johnson votes no. mr. duties votes no. mr. gutierrez votes no. miss bass? mr. ri mr. rich man? mr. jeffries? mr. cyst lynn ee votes no. mr. swalwell? mr. lieu? mr. lieu votes no. mr. raskin? miss ghia poll votes no. mr. schneider votes no. miss demings votes no. >> has every member voted who wishes to vote? >> mr. chairman. >> gentle woman is recorded wom no. >> we are going to wait another minute or two for the ranking member. so are you recorded? the gentleman is recorded. mr. chairman, how am i recorded? >> the gentleman from luis is not recorded. >> yes. >> mr. johnson votes yes. >> mr. chairman. >> gentleman from california. >> no. >> mr. swalwell votes no. >> chairman, may i make a parliamentary inquiry? >> state your parliamentary inquiry. >> mr. chairman, i'm trying to inquire of the basis of the emergency and the cause that has generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice. >> it's not an emergency. it's good cause. the gentleman from maryl

mr. johnson's exposure to the chemical caused him to develop cancer. >> reporter: 46-year-old lee johnsonrt today for jury selection as lawyers laid out their cases. the former school district groundskeeper is dying from non-hodgkin's lymphoma. >> mr. johnson's cancer is not the result of genetic or bad luck. >> reporter: he links his cancer to exposure to round up. they say he was healthy in 2012 when he began as a groundskeeper, but he's now one of 4,000 people across the country suing monsanto for failing to warn them the chemicals could cause cancer. the chemicals are safe, but johnson's lawyers argue the epa relies on evidence. >> the epa doesn't do its own testing. in other words monsanto holds all the cards. >> reporter: meanwhile the state of california lists the chemical known to cause cancer based on evidence from the world health organization. monsanto sued. a federal judge disagreed. now round up must come with a cancer warning in california. >> the rule in california is simple. if you know or you suspected that your product causes cancer, you must warn or you must pay. >> rep

mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman and all my colleagues who have participated tonight in this special order. and i've spoken quite a bit. we all have, about the -- bit, we all have, about the national benefits of the tax reform. i think the wage increases and the job hiring and the consumer confidence should not be ignored. i'm so grateful that's been highlighted tonight. i also want to talk about what tax reform means to our folks back home in louisiana and in my district. the u.s. chamber of commerce predicted that enacting the tax cuts and jobs act would lead to the creation of more than 13,000 jobs in louisiana. and effectively give middle class families in our state a raise of roughly $2,000. but i'd like to highlight the benefits the u.s. chamber specifically predicted for my constituents in the 15 parishes or counties as they're known everywhere else in the country, in northwestern and northwest louisiana. that's my district. we have over 53,000 taxpayers in the fourth district of

mr. johnson: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 23 printed in part b of house report 115-712 offered by mr. johnson of ohio. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 923, the gentleman from ohio, mr. johnson, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment calls on the department of veterans affairs to develop hospice care standards tailored to unique needs of vietnam-era combat veterans. as vietnam veterans grow older, it's imperative that the v.a. has clear standards in place to care for this group, and future veterans' populations. by the v.a.'s own estimate, there's probablypley 6.5 million vietnam veterans. these veterans have unique medical and psychological needs which must be identified and addressed, including lethal diseases associated with agent orange exposure, and a high prevalence of posttraumatic s

mr. johnson of georgia? mr. cohen votes no. mr. johnson of georgia. no. mr. deutsche votes no. mr. gutierrez votes no. ms. bass? mr. richmond? mr. jeffries? mr. cicilline? mr. cicilline votes no. mr. swalwell? mr. liu? mr. liu votes no. mr.s are a kind? ms. jayapal? ms. jayapal votes no, mr. schneider votes no. ms. demmings votes no. >> has every member voted who wishes to vote? >> mr. chairman? >> the gentlewoman is recorded as no. >> we're going to wait another minute two for the ranking member. are you recorded? the gentleman is recorded. >> mr. chairman, how am i recorded? >> not recorded? >> the gentleman from louisiana is not recorded. >> yes. >> mr. johnson votes yes. mr. swalwell votes no. >> may i make a parliamentary inquiry? >> the gentlewoman will state her parliamentary inquiry. >> i'm trying to inquire of the basis of the emergency and the cause that generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice. >> it's not an emergency. it's good cause. the gentleman from maryland. >> how am i recorded? >> not recorded. >> no. >> mr. raskin votes no.

mr. johnson made safety decisions based on the label. >> reporter: the general public will see this and probably have roundup in their home. should they feel safe using that product? >> absolutely they should. >> reporter: scott partridge is the global strategist for monsanto and said he's empathetic for mr. johnson, but -- >> there is no science that supports the plaintiff's position. >> reporter: while monsanto is on trial today so is the truth about glyphosate, the main chemical in roundup. the epa said it does not cause cancer. the state of california says it is carcinogenic. lawyers on both sides offered conflicting studies imploring reporters to take them as fact. his lawyers hope he's around to see it. >> it's day to day for him, but he's here today and i'm glad and i hope he's here to hear the verdict. >> reporter: because of lee johnson's dire health circumstances, the court has agreed to expedite this case, so this could wrap up in less than one month. live in san francisco, susie steimle, kpix5. >> that trial is in san francisco superior court a few blocks away. a federal judge is pre

mr. johnson of georgia? >> mr. cohen votes no. mr. johnson of georgia? >> no. >> mr. deutsche? >> no. >> mr. gutierrez? >> no. >> ms. bass? mr. richmond? mr. jeffries? mr. cicilline? >> no. >> mr. swalwell? mr. lieu? >> no. >> mr. raskin? >> ms. jayapal? >> no. >> mr. schneider? >> no. >> ms. demings? >> no. >> has every member voted who wishes to vote? >> mr. chairman? >> the gentle woman is recorded as no. >> we're going to wait another minute or two for the ranking member. so are you recorded? the gentleman is recorded. >> mr. chairman? how am i recorded? >> the gentleman from louisiana is not recorded. >> yes. >> mr. johnson votes yes. >> mr. chairman? >> the gentleman from california. >> no. >> mr. swalwell votes no. >> chairman, may i make a parliamentary inquiry? >> the gentle woman will state her parliamentary inquiry? >> mr. chairman, i'm trying to inquire of the basis of the emergency and the cause that has generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice of the notice. >> it's not an emergency. it's good cause. the gentleman from maryland

mr. johnson's cans sneer johnson's suit is one of 4,000 filed against monsanto and its use of the main ingredientundup and other monsanto weed killers. while epa and other hundreds of health organizations have deemed it safe to use, a 2015 report by the world health organization toys it's probably carcinogenic. >> monsanto says the science is junk science. >> reporter: rikki klieman says it's a high-stakes case being closely watched by both sides. >> this one is the bellwether because if in fact this plaintiff wins, that creates real momentum for other plaintiffs. >> reporter: johnson's suit also accuses monsanto of covering up potential dangers of the pest side and fails to warn users. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. >>> medical researchers say they have made a major breakthrough in the treatment of brain cancer. dr. jon lapook has the details. >> put your nose in my finger. >> reporter: 61-year-old debbie puffer has been a patient at duke university since 2014 when doctors began treating her deadly brain cancer glioblastoma with a most unlikely weapon, polio virus. at first, she was skep

mr. johnson.he stock about to open 4% lower this morning you decreased expectations for same-store sales in the u.s. from 1% in the third quarter you are going to close more stores open, obviously, continue to open others. but look for unpenetrated markets. i guess my first question in listening to you yesterday, seeing your decision increase the dividend and the buy back and reading analyst reports this morning is starbucks a mature company? >> well, first of all, welcome to starbucks it's great to have you here this morning. what we talked about yesterday was something that we have been working on over the last year. which is fundamentally stream lining the company over this last year so we can focus on the most important priorities. and those priorities are going to allow us to really transition into a phase that i call growth at scale and we look at starbucks was founded in 1971, and so over the last 47 years, you know, we have built an iconic global brand 77 countries, 28,000 stores around th

mr. johnson votes yes. inquire of theto basis of the emergency and cause that has generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice. it is not an emergency. it is good cause. the gentleman from maryland. >> how my recorded? >> not recorded. >> no. could you state for the record what the good cause is? the fact that we work very hard with these two gentlemen, who i very much appreciate adjusting their schedules to be here. i know the gentleman from new -- the clerk will report he votes no. 17 voted yes, 13 voted no. could you continue your sentence? you said the two gentlemen -- >> i am going to first declare that the vote is approved and the notice requirement is waived. now, i am going to recognize myself for an opening statements, and i will begin that statement by saying to rosenstein and ray that i am appreciative of the fact that they have changed their schedules to be here so that we inld have this hearing today a reasonable amount of time after the inspector general's repo

mr. johnson, for hosting this. manufacturing is a key industry that helps drive indiana's strong economy. according to the national association of national manufacturers, indiana manufacturers exported $38.7 billion in goods and employed 16.8% of the hoosier work force in 2016. much of the credit for such a strong manufacturing presence in indiana is its relationship with natural gas. in 2016, a comprehensive study was released dealing the positive effects that domestic natural gas brought to communities across the nation. the study prepared by the national association of manufacturers provides examples of how natural gas is increasing the industrial strength and worldwide competitiveness of american companies. among the findings, the study said, that the natural gas industry has added nearly 9.9 million total jobs to the economy and saved working families an average of $1,300 in disposable income in a single year through the production and use of shale gas. coorlingd to the study, the u.s. -- according to the stud

mr. johnson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: i have been asked by the chairman of the senate finance committee to object on his behalf, so on his behalf, i object. the presiding officer: objection is is heard. mr. nelson: mr. president, both of these u.c. requests are because there are a lot of people that are hurting in the aftermath of two hurricanes having hit puerto rico, with the island still in great distress, our fellow u.s. citizens on the island of puerto rico and, indeed, in great distress not only because of the slow assistance of fema, the lack of electricity, of which parts of puerto rico today going on ten months after the hurricane are without electricity; of the number of people fleeing the island and, therefore, the jobs are not available because the economy has been so crippled; and naturally a number of those people have fled to where they can have safety and shelter and put their children in school -- and, by the way, there are a number of schools in puerto rico that are closed; where they have a dece

mr. johnson might have accept the bill as the best he could get this year.thenks country can do better. this afternoon, he read a letter to the speaker of the the president of the senate, urging, demanding might be the better description, much sweeping gun control legislation. >> today, i sent the following statement to the speaker of the house and to the vice president, the president of the senate. cries out nation to the conscience of the congress. theinal violence from muzzle of a gun has once toin brought heartbreak america. surely this must be clear beyond question. the hour has come for the to enact a strong and effective gun control governing the full range of lethal weapons. have sought and i have fought for such a law through all the days of my presidency. on many occasions before, i spoken of the terrible toll inflicted on our people by firearms. americans dead since the turn of the century. haveis far more than died at the hands of all of our enemies in all of the have fought. sorrow and suffering that counted andbe fear that can never be measured

mr. johnson more disturbed than the president has been over the failure of congress to enact stronger guntrol legislation. mr. johnson now is hoping that public pressure, renewed pressure in wake of senator robert kennedy's death will prompt congress to come up with a stronger bill. dan rather, cbs news, the white house. , 1968,nine week series america and turmoil is available as a podcast. you can find it on our website, c-span.org/history. >> not long after midnight on june 5, 1968, u.s. senator robert kennedy was shot and mortally wounded. he had just delivered a victory speech. he died the next day. next on "american history tv" a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination. former president bill clinton delivered remarks to an audience that included rfk's family.

mr. johnson more disturbed than the president has been over the failure of congress to enact stronger gunol legislation. mr. johnson now is hoping that public pressure, renewed pressure in wake of senator robert kennedy's death will prompt congress to come up with a stronger bill. dan rather, cbs news, the white house. >> follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. >> this year marks the centennial of u.s. participation in world war i. next on "american artifacts," we visit the library of congress to learn about an exhibit on the great war. this is about 40 minutes. >> my name is ryan. i am an historian at the library of congress. i would like to welcome you to the exhibition on world war i, echoes of the great war. american experiences of world war i. what you have here is a map, a couple of maps, just to give you a sense of the totality of world war i.

mr. johnson but that -- >> there is no science that supports the plaintiff's position. >> reporter: whilesanto is on trial today, so is the truth about guy foe glyphosate, the main chemical in roundup. lawyers on both sides offered up conflicting studies imploring reporters to take them as fact. this trial may bring out the truth. >> it's day to day. it's day to day for he's here today and i'm glad and i hope he's here to hear the verdict. >> reporter: this case has been expedited because of lee johnson's dire health circumstances. so lawyers say start to finish things could be wrapped up in one month. whatever happens here could have wide ranging implications for the thousands of other cases going forward. in san francisco, susie steimle, kpix5 news. federal judge is presiding over another trial with hundreds of >> that trial is going on in san francisco. in superior court a few blocks away a federal judge is also presiding over another trial with hundreds of plaintiffs involving the same roundup, that popular weed killer. in march of 2017... the group showed up >>> time men who confront

mr. johnson or any consumer for that matter that its products can cause cancer. the ruling california is simple, the rule is, if you know or suspect your product can cause cancer, then you must either warn or pay.>> reporter: also on trial in this case, the main chemical in roundup and the conflicting studies about its hazards. the epa says it likely does not cause cancer. the state of california says it is carcinogenic. representatives for monsanto continue to defend its safety today. >> all that evidence will show why monsanto sold that product, continues to sell that product, and it does not cause cancer. >> reporter: the court is now in the process of whittling down the jury pool of 125 people. the trial is set to start next week. it could last through mid august. >>> -- >> the head of intel is out of a job because of a prior relationship with another employee. ceo brian krzanich has retired. in a statement, intel says he had a past consensual relationship with another intel worker, and that is a violation of company policy which forbids managers from fratern

mr. johnson: this is a rah, mr. chairman and the progrowth policies have helped support local businesses across the nation. we are feeling that everywhere and specifically the tax cuts and jobs act helped us lift the excessive burdens on business and providing more economic growth and opportunity that leads to economic mobility so people can move up the ladder. that's part of the american dream. i've got a prime example for you, just one this morning of the bill's success in my district. i'll tell you about the canal coffee shops, owned and operated by a bosier city, louisiana, native, roderick james. starting in 2016, mr. jamente and his partner priscilla mayfield opened their first store in louisiana. he built the business from the ground up, never took a loan. teafs -- he was a risk taker, an entrepreneur herm expanded his business to include shops in observer lynn, louisiana, and shreveport, the largest metro area in the district. now with the pro-breath, pro-business policies, mr. james says he plans to open a

mr. johnson made safety decisions based on the label every day and unfortunately has this aggressive nonhodgekins lymphoma. >> reporter: he says in a statement more than 800 scientific studies, u.s.epa, national institutes of health and regulators have concluded that it's safe for use and does not cause cancer. we have empathy for anyone suffering from cancer but scientific evidence shows that this was not the cause. the outcome of the case could have broad implications for other cases. the lawyer in the case says he is representing hundreds of other cancer patients who have used round up extensively. jessica flores, kpix5. >>> santa rosa firefighters looking for an arsonist. they said someone set 13 fires over the weekend. the first was at hern avenue and the railroad pad just before midnight. fires continued north and went west along the santa rosa trail. >> given the volume of fires, one after another along what we refer to as a walking path we are confident it was arson. fortunately these are small fires. we don't want whoever it is to continue and the small fires turno something much bigger.

mr. johnson, thank you for joining us.nice to see you. >> rachel, nice to be back. >> i, um -- you are a small "c" conservative person and -- >> i am. >> a small "c" conservative person. i don't think of you as ideologically, anything. but i know you as a reserved and cautious lawyer. i hope you don't mind me saying. i did not know that i should expect you to express public opposition to what's been happening on the border. i didn't know if you would think that you would be constrained, essentially, by the fact that you held the department of homeland security job before and you didn't want to criticize your successors. but yet, you've been very vocal and public about your feelings about this. tell me about that decision. >> you're right, i left office believing that it would be appropriate and best not to criticize the work of my former department or my successor. the job is difficult enough without your predecessor criticizing you, as well. there are enough people around to do that anyway. about a year ago, i decided --

mr. johnson also describ the treasury at the heart of remain.d the chancellor don't see eye to eye on brexit. and urgedon collaborawith brussels. >> a clap reactive approach iso more tive than a confrontational approach andai cey my advice to my colleagues is that the way to address the challenges that there undoubtedly >> of reaching aood brexit solution, is to engage with our european partners. >> and d bustless have concerns. the latest wrangle is over a fallback plan for trailed with the e.u. after breaks -- brexit if a long-term cusms arrangement can't be negotiated and set new time. the u.k. suggested it would match tariffs. brexit -- said this must be time limited. not something the effortie u.'s negotiator is happy about. >> backstop means backstop. why do i say that? because this has to provide a guarantee under all circumstances.so the temporary backstop is not in line wi what we want or what ireland or northern ire lapped want or need. >> as theresa may said again today, these are complex negotiations. it's not going to be easy. >> th

mr. johnson. i have empathy for him. cancer is a terrible disease. but it's not caused by the use of roundup. >> reporter: johnson's attorney says while terminally ill, he is expected to testify. >> there's no amount of money that can make up for missing seeing your children grow up. >> reporter: jury selection and pretrial hearings could take up to a week before opening statements. live in san francisco, melanie woodrough. >>> services restored after a person was hit and killed by a train in east oakland this morning. a person was walking on the tracks just after 11:30. a 6 car richmond-bound train struck that person. firefighters pronounced the victim dead at the scene. the collision shut down train service between downtown oakland and fruitville stations for several hours. the victim's identity has not yet been released. >>> a new report on rising sea levels shows that much of the bay area could be affected in the next 20 years or so. the areas most at risk in the bay area are in marin, san mateo, and santa clara counties. with you can see where on

mr. johnson made safety decisions based on the label. >> reporter: the general public will probably have round up in their home. should they feel safe using it? >> absolutely, they should. >> reporter: scott is vice president of global strategy. he said he has sympathy but. >> there is nothing that supports his position. >> reporter: while they are on trial so is the truth about the main chemical in round up. the epa said it likely doesn't cause cancer. the state of california says it does. lawyers on both sides offered up conflicting studies, asking reporters to take them as fact. the trial may inform this truth. lee's lawyers just hope he is a round to see it. >> he has hung tight the whole way. it's day to day for him. he is here today and i'm glad and i hope he is here to hear the verdict. >> reporter: this case has been sped up because of johnson's health circumstances. lawyers say that start to finish things could be done in one month and whatever happens here could have wide ranging implications for the thousands of other cases going forward. in san francisco, kpix5. >> the trial

mrs. johnson said you cannot do that, that belongs to the american people. my grandmother said to hell it does. it is a picture of me, it is on my wall. so the artist painted two copies , one is in the truman library, the other is in the white house collection and the original is still on my grandmother's wall. there is the restored grand stair and i will leave you with one more white house story, a more recent one. president bush's last christmas party, 2008 in the white house. they invited me to light the menorah with the grandson of the first president of israel. and your reeve and i went up to practice this, we were doing this at the foot of the grand staircase, i keep knocking water off, i have to cut that out. at the foot of the grand staircase with everybody in the entrance hall, president, first lady in the first row. we had a little instruction upfront to tell us how to do this correctly. this was mostly for me, the episcopalian to get this right. but he gave us instruction and at the end of showing us how to do this, he motioned his fingers and put

mr. johnson made safety decisions based on the label. >> reporter: the general public will see this and probably have roundup in their home. should they feel safe using that product? >> absolutely, they should. >> reporter: scotpar partridge is vice president for monsanto and said he's symp or the plaintiff's position. >> reporter: glyphosate is the main chemical in roundup. the epa said it likely does not cause cancer. the state of california said it is carcinogenic. lawyers on both sides offered up conflicting studies imploring reporters to take them as fact. this trial may inform this truth. lee's lawyers just hope he's -- may form lee's truth. lee's lawyers just hope he's around to see it. >> it's day to day for him, but he's here today and i'm glad and i hope he's here to hear the verdict. >> reporter: this case has been expedited because of lee johnson's dire health circumstances. lawyers say start to finish things could wrap up in one month and whatever happens here could have wide ranging implications for the thousands of other cases going forward. in san francisco, susie steimle, kpix5.

mr. johnson: i've got a prime example, just one, of the bill's success in my district. canal coffee shops, owned and operated by a bossier city, louisiana native. he and his partner owned their anchor store in a small town in louisiana he built the business from a ground up, never took a loan he went out and was a risk taker, an entrepreneur, and it worked he expanded his business to include shops in observer lynn, louisiana, and slee sporting -- shreveport, the largest metro area in the district. now with the result of the tax reform, mr. james tells me he plans to open a fourth and fifth location in the near future. s that great success story. s the kind of thing we're see, and the country. our nation is full of small business owners like roderick who put in the hard work, give their all to achieve their version of the american dream this congress has achieved a fairer, simpler tax code that's allowed small business owners like roderick to keep more of their hard-earned dollars and reinvest those in their employees and community. i complete my 28th town hall last week

mr. johnson, i have empathy for him. disease, but it is not caused by the use of roundup. >> there is no am of money for missing seeing your children gro up. >> reporter: johnson has two children. jury selection and pretrial hearings could take up to a week before opening statements. live in woodrow. >>> the bill would require any foot wrapper or box be labelled if they contain synthetic chemicals known as pfa. washington state has already moved to ban them in food packaging products >>> one third of capital employees feel retaliation if they report harassment. last week leaders announced new draft policies to handle complaints. lawmakers say changes are urgently needed. >> they know the process, they know how to report, and how to identify harassment. but they don't trust we as legislators will do the right thing. >>> hearing into $11 billion budget proposal are underway. gathered outside city hall demanded a budget that prioritizes housing, child care, and fair wages. >> this year we have a smaller pot of funds, for the

still rushing for a year support as if they are really a global player and own right right now mr johnson claims that. well i think i think probably britain is a global because it has its position in the united nations security council of the commonwealth you know it is one of the largest economies in the world so i number six so it is a global play i don't think that we should get above all cells i mean bred to be british but we are not a superpower and we should not pretend that we are a superpower we haven't got an empire anymore nor should we have one so i think there's a limit to what britain can achieve on its own what we what we can achieve is is work together to to build will peace through working with other countries we're not going to do it as little britain on our own and so i think if boris johnson is saying that then he's wrong so even inside to rest amaze cabinet there is no single vision on brocks at itself with some ministers differing over the divorce and it's all become quite public how have they failed secured her cabinet line and in fact the bracks at negotiations for

mr. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana. mr. johnson: i want to thank chairman bishop for his continued support for the land title stability act. this rights a decades' wrong. there was a resurvey around lake bistineau, when the federal government did it, it preempted the rights of legal owners. it is hard to imagine when we wake up and told that the land our families opened is no longer ours. to learn that the federal government has staked claim to our homes, the place where we are raising our own families and the land we worked for decades. all of it gone without an opportunity to contest it. that's what happened here. the government's failure to notify land owners and its claim to the land for nearly 50 years is shameful. this error has led to unness uncertainty regarding who owns the land and we believe the answer is very clear. the property rightfully belongs to the people of louisiana who have owned these lands. my bill provides certainty and claste by directing the secretary of the interior to issue a disclaimer of interes

mr. johnson. >> thank you for yielding time. i want to reemphasize a point you made. the average person with an obamacare plan has to pay 46% of the total drug costs compared to 20% for someone with employer sponsored health care. in rural america where a large percentage of the population on medicaid or the exchanges that is the case for most of the people, they are paying a lion's share of their prescron drug costs, not as a result of anything more than mandated government healthcare and so i agree with everything the gentlewoman said and certainly urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment. >> mr. chairman, i urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment and yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentlelady from illinois recognized a close. >> i ask unanimous consent the americans for tax fairness study that medicine, how gop tax cuts are enriching companies leaving workers and patients behind into the record. >> americans are literally dying because they can't afford to life-saving prescription drugs they need because pharmaceutical companies raised the

mr. johnson votes yes. inquire of theto basis of the emergency and cause that has generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice. it is not an emergency. it is good cause. the gentleman from maryland. >> how my recorded? >> not recorded. >> no. could you state for the record what the good cause is? the fact that we work very hard with these two gentlemen, who i very much appreciate adjusting their schedules to be here. i know the gentleman from new -- the clerk will report he votes no. 17 voted yes, 13 voted no. could you continue your sentence? you said the two gentlemen -- >> i am going to first declare that the vote is approved and the notice requirement is waived. now, i am going to recognize myself for an opening statements, and i will begin that statement by saying to rosenstein and ray that i am appreciative of the fact that they have changed their schedules to be here so that we inld have this hearing today a reasonable amount of time after the inspector general's repo

mr. johnson for five minutes. >> thank you, gentlemen, i appreciate your service. i've been impressed with your andgence, your honesty, integrity in this very difficult environment that we find ourselves in and, basically, it is a situation where the majority is hurting this country. we're hurting our country with what we're doing today. what we're doing today is holding an emergency hearing, a so-called emergency hearing based on allegations that political influence or political bias within the fbi and the doj has somehow led to an illegitimate result in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. that's an investigation that was conducted originally. it was conducted by the fbi and doj. no criminal charges filed. investigation closed. then there was an inspector general's information -- investigation of that investigation. that report was issued last week. it found that there was no wrong doing in the investigation of the investigation. and now today we have an investigation of the investigation of the investigation. and it's an emergency situation. also, a part of

mrs. johnson. kim kardashian so thankful to donald trump, jared kushner, and important moment to alice johnson. her communicatation is inspirerational and gives hope to so many others who are also deserving of a second chance. that is criminal reform that the president vowed to tackle. this is a two tiered justice stretches wide and far. and equal justice under the law. equal application under the laws. we do wish miss johnson the best. and speaking of which, former president bill clinton, back in the spotlight, finally facing back lash from the mainstream media over the sexual misconduct. the democrats protected the clintons all throughout the last presidential campaign. november 9th, the day after hillary clinton lost. >> do you feel more responsibility? >> no, i felt terrible thing and i came to grips with it. >> you ever apology. >> not yet. no one believes i got out for free. i left the white house $16 million in debt. but typically have ignore gaping and you don't know the facts. >> you feel y

mr. johnson, you have one, and, mrs. johnson, you don't. you spray paint a bathroom?!ughs ] captions by vitac -- now, for the fun part. give me your favorites. oh, this is really gonna hurt, guys! no. your real favorites, not the crap that your mother buys you. goodbye, yellow dress and baseball bat that made me feel like beyoncé. jack: [ voice breaking ] so long, camo pajamas. i guess i'll see you in my dreams -- [normal voice] unless i dream about a forest. let them burn! we raised you to follow rules and obey authority. what got into you? we were just -- sit yo' five-dollar ass down before i make change! we only did it because george and jar were doing it. both: ugh. george and jar?! they are a bad influence on you guys. you can't see them anymore. oh, that won't be hard, because you're grounded. for six months. yeah! half a year, bitches! b-b-babies! no, no, no, stick with it. and that is the gist of the american revolution. thank you for your enthusiasm, andre. all right, guys, read chapter 13 for tomorrow. that was amazing. i mean, there was just something about

mr. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. our job as legislators is to listen to each other and find common ground, to compromise for the good of the american people. today trump republicans are trying to do comprehensive immigration reform without any committee hearings, with democrats, with no consultation. this is a spectacle trying to pass legislation on such an important subject, in such a haphazard and slipshod manner. congress can certainly do better than this. and the american people deserve better than this. never again should these trump republicans ever claim that they adhere to regular order. the integrity of our process in this house depends upon careful consideration of bills through regular order. so that only thoughtful legislation is passed. and our consideration of important legislation, the debate and the ability to compromise are essential. sadly, i fear that we've lost the ability to engage in honest debate and we've lost the will to compromise. though the ability to comp

mr. johnson, base tonight behavior of mr. davis yesterday, would you say that cabinet disagreements, cabinet egos, differing viewpoints in the british cap net are standing in the way of these negotiations >> it's clearly a divided cabinet at the moment. the prime minister has quite a job to do in keeping it all together and keeping the show on the road i think myself, and that's what our report that we just produced focuses on, is that there has been too much emphasis on the day-to-day title tatele and not enough on the long-term relationship between the eu and uk after we leave, assuming we do in march of next year that seems to ask now to be the issue we need to focus on. what is our relationship going to be? what is the trading relationship going to be? what is the foreign security policy going to be that will matter for the next five, ten, 15, 20 years, not just what is happening in parliament today and next week important though, as that clearly is >> the report out this morning says now is the time for both sides on bre

mr. johnson. has done an absolutely fantastic job of being in front of news stories that have happened over team guy mentioned the fact he trades there 20 times forward 18 times, 20 times, somewhere this that range. when you look at this pristine balance sheet. i think that starts to make you question whether or not maybe this company is doing things right. the in fact that the balance sheet looks so good, take a look at what they're doing with their cash they had a dividend before the announcement right now these buybacks are kraechlz they've shruchg the share counter7%. that will be 18, 19 and 20, we're talking 20 plus billion dollars in buybacks. so fundamentally i like that side of the story. we talked about growth a little bit. last quarter, that earnings growth at 20-plus%, interesting. revenue as well, 14 performance. that's pretty strong i like what's going on i look at that company i think they're being very proactive, not reactive. they are closing the stores they should be closing. that

mr. johnson more disturbed and he is trying to enact stronger gun control legislation.e is hoping that public pressure, renewed pressure in wake of senator robert kennedy's death will prod congress to come up with a stronger bill. dan rather, cbs news, the white house. >> interested in american history tv? sit our website, c-span.org/history. you can preview upcoming programs, watch colleges tours, erican history tv, c-span.org/history. >> not long after midnight june 155, 1968, u.s. senator robert f. kennedy was shot and wounded in the los angeles ambassador hotel. he had just delivered a victory speech after winning the california presidential primary. he died the next day. next, a ceremony from arlington commemorating ry the 50th anniversary. president clinton delivered remarks to honor kept's memory. robert f. kennedy human rights hosted this event. >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the invokeation by ather matt malone. > let us pray. we meet not in a moment of mourning, but in an hour for hope.

mr. sondland. thank you, senator johnson. i think it is an understatement to say that the relationship currently between the united states and european union is tense. one of my top priorities is to do a listening tour of all 28 member countries, to bring the temperature down a little wild these very delicate negotiations are going on over trade. , onei am through with that of my greatest priorities is to the close reestablish relationship that the e.u. and u.s. have on a host of issues. when we work together, we are almost unstoppable as a team. i would like to get us back to that place. sen. johnson: ambassador nichols? mr. nichols: thank you, mr. chairman. as alluded to earlier, the july 30 elections will be a crucial .oment in zimbabwe in history an opportunity to have free, fair, and credible elections will be my top priority. there are other challenges zimbabwe faces. institutions, to to ensure the rule of law, to promote a private sector-led economy, to encourage transparency and respect for human rights in its governa

mrs. johnson has accepted responsibility for her past behavior and has been a model prisoner. alice worked hard to rehabilitate herself in prison and was a fellow mentor." just got a statement from brittany barnett a member of her legal team, that said "justice has been served today and long overdue. alice paid her debt to society of serving 21 years. life in prison without the possibility of parole screams that a person is beyondhope, beyond redemption." you heard from sarah sanders, she did rehabilitate herself in prison. now for who else the president might b considering immediately, you mentioned blago, martha stewart and matthew charles. i don't think the petition has been delivered yet but should come in the next couple days. he was sentenced in 1996 for 35 years for drug offenses. he sold crack cocaine to an undercover police officer in 2016 under new guidelines, he received a sentence reduction and was let out of prison. in 2017, a federal court ruled the sentence reduction was an error that charles was not eligible for the new guidelines. may 14 of this year, he went

mr. johnson, i've got your rez mate right here. it's very impressive.here do you see yourself in five years? or less with good behavior." now, the flyer was blasted out in an email entitled "interested in a job at the white house?" to which the gmail app offered those cute little auto-suggested responsed like: ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: tastes good! >> stephen: getting a little hungry. and the next person they have to replace might be white house press secretary and woman who just ate a bug because cnn said she didn't, sarah huckabee sanders. ( laughter ) cbs is reporting that hucka-sands told friends she plans to leave the administration at the end of the year. and by "friends," of course, they mean her room full of unblinking porcelain dolls. ( laughter ) and it's-- "i'll call on you when it's your time! sit down, mrs. mus muffins!" and it's not just sanders who might be leaving. it's also her principal deputy press secretary, raj shah. so trump may have colluded with russia. but he will no longer be colluding with raj shah. ( laughter ) but ( ap

mr. johnson: i thank my colleague for hosting this special order this evening to talk about this very important topic and i'm proud to join all of our colleagues tonight to talk about the effects of the tax cuts and jobs act. and i want to focus my comments on the good news coming out of eastern and southeastern ohio as a result of these historic tax reforms. we have seen consumer, business and manufacturing confidence at or near record levels. more money back in the pockets of hardworking americans and unemployment rates at some of the lowest levels we have seen in nearly two decades. in the 6th district of ohio, since the start of 2017, unemployment rates have dropped significantly in each of the 18 counties i represent. now, we know there is still more work to do but the trends are moving in a positive direction. many of our friends on the other side of the aisle said the sky would fall when we passed this legislation. but, in fact, the opposite has happened. last week, one of my constituents stopped by my office to tell me he is receiving an additional $80 each week in his paycheck due to t

mr. johnson made safety decisions based on the label. >> there is no science and there is no medicine that supports the plaintiff's position. >> reporter: that is the vice president of global strategy for monsanto, who defends the chemical glyphosate the main chemical in roundup. the epa says it likely doesn't cause cancer. the state of california however says it is carcinogenic. some of those conflicting studies will certainly be key to this case. live in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. the main part of the trial after jury selection starts next week. live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> sexual assault is happening more often midair. now the feds are stepping in. kpix 5's jessica flores is at oakland international airport with details. >>> reporter: the fbi says the actual number of sexual assaults on commercial flights is underreported. but they say it's growing at an alarming rate. between the years 2014 and 2017, sexual assaults increased by 66%. in 2017, the fbi says it opened 63 investigations into sex assaults on airplanes. and the agency said on wednesday that the

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. chairman. our nation's health care providers are in a unique position to recognize and start to address a patient suffering from addiction. and it's vital that their trainingqu fullyped them -- equips them to play that very important role. curreny wer than 10% of u.s. medical schools require a dedicated course on addiction and only a handful have robust curriculum on the diagnosis and treatment of substance use disorder. . the teach to combat addiction act seeks to increase the amount of education health professionals, students receive specific to substance use disorder and addiction by recognizing and supporting institutions that focus on these areas and holding them up as a model for other programs. i know from talking with ls in ohio, like the university of cincinnati, a the ohio state university, that the medical education community is eager to be a part of the solutiono ioid crisis. this legislation gives them the additional tools with which to pursue innovativsttees and community partners

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mr. johnson broke the story today of what appears to be a new weird russian op directed at american voterst apparently run out of the same russian troll farm in st. petersburg that was the subject of a robert mueller indictment for their role in attacking the 2016 election. in other words, they're back. and part of the way we know that is this usareally.com website that they have set up as of the last few weeks. tim johnson from mcclatchy news service, thank you very much for being with us tonight. nice to have you with us. >> you're welcome. >> one of the things that is striking about this is how bad the american idiomatic english is. there's a lot of misspellings and things that seem weird. this seems like sort of a first effort rather than something that they do after having had a lot of practice with this during the 2016 election. >> well, as you say, it is rather crudely done. and they advertise that they need english-speaking employees to help them polish this. but i think the message is really that russia simply doesn't care that -- that they're not obfuscating what they're doing in

mrs. johnson this weekend, who had this crazy long sentence for a non-violent drug crime, that was the right, he's setting up the standard. i do the right thing on pardons and i'm going to keep doing it when it affects my case. >>> up next, president trump has called mitt romney a failure, poor, and even walked the way he walks. but now that romney is predicting trump will win in 2020, trump loves him. that's how it works. that's ahead. this is "hardball," where the action is. i'm your phone, stuck down here between your seat and your console, playing a little hide-n-seek. cold... warmer... warmer... ah boiling. jackpot. and if you've got cut-rate car insurance, you could be picking up these charges yourself. so get allstate, where agents help keep you protected from mayhem... ...like me. mayhem is everywhere. are you in good hands? and the nx hybridhe 2018 lexus nx with a class-leading 31 mpg combined estimate. lease the 2018 nx 300 for $339 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. this one's below market price and has bluetooth. same here, but this one has leather se

mr. johnson, for five minutes. >> thank you. gentlemen, i appreciate your service. i've been impressed with your diligence and honesty and integrity in this very difficult environment that we find ourselves in. basically it's a situation where the majority is hurting this country. we're hurting our country with what we're doing today. what we're doing today is holding an emergency hearing, a so-called emergency hearing based on allegations that political influence or political bias within the fbi and the doj has somehow led to a illegitimate result in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. that's an investigation that was conducted originally. it was conducted by the fbi, doj. no criminal charged filed. the investigation closed. then there was a inspector general's investigation of that investigation. those reports or that report was issued last week. it found that there was no wrongdoing in the investigation of the investigation. and now today we have an investigation of the investigation of the investigation. it's an emergency situation. also a part of this hea