>> i think mr. kelly, if he's willing to share that with you, he should do that. >> terrific. >> and i would encourage him to do so. >> and because we do think it is important issue of transparency. i'm glad to hear that. the fdic ban is not the only concern about mr. kelly. it has been widely reported that his family abuts a super fund national priorities list site. he's the head of the super fund program. creating at least a perception of a conflict of interest and he might be favoring the site that is next to his property. you've mentioned that one of your goals is -- one of your values is you're committed to good stewardship of taxpayer resources. has this financial conflict been reviewed by epa ethics officials and if so were they provided with all of the necessary information to conduct that review? >> i don't have knowledge about that. if that happened or not. >> all right. certainly we ask that that be done. when you came to testify before the subcommittee in december, you claimed you had to remov

mr. kelly: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5443, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to require electronic filing of the annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report -- does the gentleman move to pass the bill as amended. mr. kelly: i do. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5443, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to require electronic filing of the annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. kelly, and the gentleman from georgia, mr. lewis, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. kelly: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that that all members may have five legislative d

my question is if mr. kelly is happy to share the details of his lifetime banking ban as a matter of transparency, is he not telling us the truth or are you stopping him from doing a? >> if mr. killly is willing to share it it with you, he should do that. >> terrific. >> i would encourage him to do so. >> because we do think that it is important issue of transparency and i am glad to hear that. the fdic ban is not the only concern about mr. kelly president it has been widely reported his family has a super fund site. he is the head of the super fund program creating a perception of a conflict of interest and he may be favoring the site that is next to his property. you have mentioned that one of your goals is -- one of your values is that you are committed to a good stewardship of taxpayer resources. has this been reviewed by ethics officials and if so were they provided the information to conduct the review? >> i don't have knowledge of that, congressman, if that happened or not. >> so we would ask that be done

university and he's joining us live from busan very good to have you as always with us on there mr kelly the dolls and to testing automatically results in that verifiable dismantlement that they mentioned off the. nuclear and missile programs. yeah that's the big trick right i mean if they stop that's great if they really do start to tear down the infrastructure that's even more great i don't think we should underestimate the importance of what happened today but ultimately the real issue as usually is the case with deals with north korea is verification right the north koreans impose great things in the past and then it doesn't really come through sequencing particularly as an often an issue who goes first and stuff like that in this particular case we would probably want to make sure that international inspectors got into north korea and actually looked at things and maybe we can put in some cameras and stuff like that the north has traditionally been uncomfortable with that and so my guess is that's the future to be and order for those international inspectors to actually go into nort

mr. kelly? mr. kelly aye. mr. comber? mr. comber? ye. >> mr. comer yes. mr. marshall? >> yes. >> mr. marshall yes. mr. bacon? yes. >> mr. bacon? yes. >> mr. foss sew? aye mr. dunn? mr. dunn yes. mr. arrington? mr. arrington yes. mr. peterson? mr. peterson no. mr. david scott? >> no. mr. david scott no. mr. costa? mr. costa no. mr. walls? no. mr. was no. mist fudge? no. miss funds no. mr. mcgovern? no. mr. bell la? mr. develop la no. miss lou grish im? no miss custer? miss custer no. mr. nolan? no mr. nolan no. miss boost toss? no. mr. milano? mr. milano no. miss mass ket? no. >> miss plaskett no. miss adams no. mr. evans no. mr. lawson? no. mr. owe lal ran? no. mr. panetta? mr. panetta no. mr. sew to? mr. soto no. miss blunt rochester no. mr. chairman? yes. >> mr. chairman, yes. mr. chairman, the vote is 26 yays to 20 nos. >> thank you. the ayes have it and the motion to pass the bill and move to the house voted is agreed to. does any member give notice of intent to file dissenting views to hr 2? if so, please have them submitted to the council's office room 1407 by no

with that chief operating officer with the secret service with the chief of staff mr. kellyand that was a total disaster because they didn't understand what he was doing. i don't know what is outside these walls so with all of this what would have happened with president obama across the culture or the political obstructions and those that seem to be tolerated in donald trump went to one service like that and did not walk out immediately. he would be toast in the media, and so a lot of it has to do with the media and how they portray everything. a lot of it i think has to do with -- you know a lot of people sort of go along with the people that they know, and friends and some people just feel very sank moan use and good about themselves if they denounce someone like trump. they think they look good if they do that. and others, you know, legitimately have those political views and -- i try to keep or far away from getting into any arguments with any of my liberal friends an my liberal family members. you know, i think it's like an egotrip to think you can or should convince s

off, we're citizens, but i think most people in america -- he's referred to as general kelly, not mr. kellyhere is a mix of political that really starts to blur that line and undo the apolitical aspect of who we are as a military. >> admiral, pleasure to have you on. >> fareed, good to be with you. >>> up next, seven years of war. more than 400,000 people dead. 12 million people displaced internally or ex teternalextern. death and destruction everywhere. now president trump says he wants u.s. troops out of syria, and he's asking the allies to pick up the slack. will the war ever end? a haunting conversation when we come back. weeds. nature's boomerang. at roundup®, we know they keep coming back. you never invited this stubborn little rascal to your patio. so, draw the line. one spray of roundup® max control 365 kills to the root and keeps weeds away for up to 12 months. because patios should be for cooking out and kicking back. draw the line with roundup®. trusted for over forty years. ♪ ♪ aah! ...i would have said you were crazy. but so began the year of me. i discovered the true meaning o

. >> mr. kelly: update on clean power sf. >> you just had a rate item on the clean power sf program. i'll focus on enrollment and service to customers and regulatory activities. we are serving 81 thousand accoun accounts. we just finished out our april enrollme enrollment. that small enrollment of 230 accoun accounts. that we've decision talking -- accounts that we've been talking abo about. our opt out percentage is 3 .2% so retaining about 96 .8% of could y customers. exceeding the rate of 4 .2% of customers. 0 0.1 up tick since i last repo reported. we're making great progress there. looking ahead, our next enrollment will be july 2018. on february 13th you reviewed our risk management and financial feasibility and you affirmed the conditions needed to procure have been met. you approved modifications to the supply management policy and the reserves policy. that enrollment is now as mike heines mentioned is now incre e increasing our customer account. planned to increase the customer account to a

mr. kelly has led the registrar office and is -- one thing that makes me particularly proud to be up here with these three panelists is that they and been deeply involved shown great leadership and are incredibly well regarded in the election verification community amongst people who have been studying and following election security issues. they are incredibly well versed but also incredibly well , and most important for our purposes, incredibly thoughtful about the issues facing us and the challenges facing us. so what we are going to talk about today are legal and policy solutions to election systems vulnerabilities. we've heard a little bit about active measures. we can go down an incredible rabbit hole. we will see into that hole over the next panel about the many different ways we are at risk and that our elections are vulnerable to hacking and other types of technical manipulation. but what we want to talk about today are what policymakers and lawyers can do now and maybe what policymake

mr. kelly's status at the white house. but time will tell. arthel: a fire at trump tower in new york city leaving one man dead. what we are learning about the cause today. plus under pressure. the head of the epa under mounting calls to step down while getting the support of the president. where things stand with scott pruitt. >> the bottom line is it doesn't look good. i don't think he could get a room for $50 a night. your brain changes as you get older. denmark .. prevagen. the name to remember. this time, it's his turn. you have 4.3 minutes to yourself. this calls for a taste of cheesecake. philadelphia cheesecake cups. rich, creamy cheesecake with real strawberries. find them with the refrigerated desserts. with real strawberries. so, my portfolio did pretthat's great.year. but the market was up nearly twice as much. that's a tough pill to swallow. exactly. so i started trading. but with everything out there, how do you know what to buy? well, i think my friend victor has just the thing for you. check this out, td ameritrade makes it eas

but i think most people in america, you know, he's referred to as general kelly, not mr. kellylways will be and he should be. and there's a mix there of military and political that i think really starts to blur that line and undo the apolitical aspect of who we are as a military. >> admiral, pleasure to have you on. >> fareed, good to be with you. >>> up next, seven years of war, more than 400,000 people dead, 12 million people displaced certainly or externally. death and destruction everywhere. now president trump says he wants u.s. troops out of syria. and he's asking the allies to pick up the slack. will the war ever end in a haunting conversation when we come back. okay. [ buttons clicking ] [ camera shutter clicks ] so, now that you have a house, you can use homequote explorer. quiet. i'm blasting my quads. janice, look. i'm in a meeting. -janice, look. -[ chuckles ] -look, look. -i'm looking. it's easy. you just answer some simple questions online, and you get coverage options to choose from. you're ruining my workout. cycling is my passion. you're ruining my workout. and

. >> reporter: he's frustrated with kelly. mr. trump considered firing kelly last month and weigh essentially acting as his own chief of staff. >> you cannot run the white house the way the way you run 26th trump tower. >> reporter: while kelly's future appears in question, epa chief scott pruitt seems safe for now, despite escalating ethics scandal. so far, the president has pruitt's back. >> scott has done a fantastic job. i think he's a fantastic person. >> reporter: all this as the president gets ready to welcome a trio of new hard-line advisers who will help guide u.s. to approach hot spots around the world. >> including john bolton, mike pompeo and gina haspel. all this ahead of president trump's summit with kim jong-un, talking about denuclearization if and when that meeting take place. >>> president trump has vowed friendship with chinese president xi jinping despite their trade differences. in a tweet president trump says he and president xi will always be friends no matter what happens with our dispute on trade. china has

thank you, mrs. kellycher. >> stephen: when i was 10, a few years later, i read it. >> really? >> stephen: yeah. it's amazing. i can't wait to see the movie because i remember mrs. which and what's it and who. and then dad disappears. >> that's the whole point. >> stephen: and "it," i was so frightened of "it." >> did you know what it was? >> stephen: no, i didn't know what it was. >> it was the darkness! it is the darkness! >> stephen: you just went darth vader on me right there. ( laughter ) what is the darkness again? >> the darkness is the darkness that's spreading so fast these days, the only thing faster than the light is the darkness. and the darkness is inside you. it's when evil takes over inside. >> stephen: how do you keep that from happening because i don't want to be evil? >> you have to stay in the light. >> stephen: you have to stay in the light. >> and that's what mrs. which is, and mandy kaling, and reese witherspoon-- who i hear is going to be on this week. >> stephen: yes. >> so we are a

mr. kelly, the former president, while he was uesf president stated and i'm going to put a quote, par has a bad reputation. that's where you put a teacher when you want that teacher dead. during the recent fraudulent skelly hearing, the representative stated on audio recording that par was being used as a weapon. with that said, it seems that both uesf and sfusd have an obligation to look into par. on december 26th, 2017, the school board and dr. matthews and members of uesf rereceived a whistleblower letter and attached was a spreadsheet that had been provided to me and had been provided by, i believe, labor relations, and it had the participants in par for the last 7 years. she attached a mathematically sound argument to prove that the par program is operating in a discriminatory manner and targeting specific groups of people. i personally have asked both sfusd and uesf to answer the allegations and both have refused. the uesf president stated they don't know how the data is gathered, stored,

these are john kelly's words, i spend more time with mr. kelly than anyone else and we have a very candid relationship. he and i both know this story is b.s., this is another pathetic attempt to smear someone close to president trump. that is a statement being given to us from the white house by the chief of jaf jostaff john ko this reporting. jonathan la mere, seeing this response from john kelly, the chief of staff saying, still, there's no distance between me and the president, is that likely what's going on behind the scenes there? >> it's an aggressive push back, no doubt about it. but you remember that kelly also went to bat for h.r. mcmaster, about a week before he was dismissed. that doesn't mean that john kelly is going to be chief of staff for a long time. but there is a divide between the chief of staff and the president. we have reported, other outlets have reported similar stories that he's lost a lot of influence with the president in recent months, trump is tired of being told no. that he's tired of not being able to consult with w

mr. schwartz just put his foo foot in his mouth and admitted it on national television last week with megyn kellyay someday and her people are the ones that contacted michael cohen before the election and that's what generated ultimately this hush agreement. keith davidson is saying it was michael cohen who called him because he had heard rumblings about a possible interview. that seems an essential difference in their stories. >> well, it is an essential difference, and it's consistent, anderson, with what we've been saying for weeks and what my client told you in the interview. that's not what happened. what happened was that cohen contacted davidson. it was not the other way around. this was not some shakedown effort by my client against mr. trump. it just didn't happen. >> keith davidson has said, though, that the whole story has not come out yet, that most of it has but some things haven't. he is bound by attorney-client privilege with stormy daniels even though he no longer represents her. some people have said, well, look, why don't you release -- or why doesn't stormy daniels agree to rel

thank you mr. kelly.s annual giftedness them education universe -- this annual gift to the education universe. how many of you have been the previous stem conferences? quite a few. enough so join me and three more seconds of applause. u.s. news, brian kelly, and the team. [applause] >> it is obvious from this that they haveks a significant number of u.s. states, regions, schools, industries at launching stem education for -- stem education programming to prime the pump for the careers that have emerged. this is a great thing to be a part of. the white house office of science and technology is committed to leading in stem education as well. stakeholdered, contributed, administrative d.als out -- aligne next month, we are lining up a final progress reports on a five-year federal interagency strategic plan. i bought a prop. it looks like this. this is from 2015 as the result of an american mandate. included the generation of a five-year stem education strategic plan that spans agencies all involved in stem e

. >> mr. kelly? >> thank you, chairman. thank you both for being here. some of the information we had beforehand i was looking at. there was an article in "the wall street journal." just you being here really helps us. because i don't think a lot of people understand just how difficult it is to do what we're asking you to do, especially with the manpower you have and the volume and the capacity that you're trying to handle. but my question comes back. and i think mr. kind was talking about it. so the upu, the universal postal unit -- if i'm reading this from this article -- was founded in 1874, and it's now a united nations agency. it sets intercountry rates for mail delivery. it would just it seems to me that something that was founded in 1874 was still working under the parameters of that, there is probably some other considerations we should be looking at. now, there is not one person sitting up here, either at this panel or out in the room that doesn't have a great concern with this opioid crisis and fentanyl. we know where it comes from. listen, the

. >> mr. kelly? >> thank you, mr. kelly and thank you secretaries for being here. it's an honor to have you here at the same time. i disagree that 50% of us would have thought of our mothers, i think that number would be closer to 90% if not greater. and i truly mean that. they're the protectors of all our families. and it was well said but i think the numbers were too low. second, secretary esper, i want to go back to the apache issue. you can't do 18 ships in a guard unit and 24 in an active duty unit and tell me they're the same. that's just not true. if we're going to fight as one army we have to look the same across the board. we can't do it with charlie models while the new active guys get echo models. that just doesn't work. so we have the best maintainers and pilots in the world in the army national guard apache pilots. they have more experience and our maintainers have more experience than our counterparts and ski that we push to make sure we don't do away with that combat aviation in the army. i know y'all are working on it but i think ari got it wrong bu

to follow up on the first question, are you willing to produce mr. kelly? >> i'm not in the way.would you be willing to exercise it? i will take that as a know it yelled back. thank you mr. chairman and mr. administrator we do have questions about the budget and we are interested in ways we can stop federal overreach for my constituents in tennessee and something we hear about a good bit. we want them to kind of get off their backs and as a matter of fact talking with some of my farmers in columbia tennessee they were talking about the role and i want to ask about the because they say they have to move heaven before they can do for. they've had the delay and it's important to them and to manufacturers who feel like they can move forward and do something and they are not finding with this rule, so i want you to talk a little bit quickly because i have one other question about where we are with the repeal and a free ride and then the cost of a o the cost of compliance. >> of the decision on repeal and replacement will all occur in 2018 we will be done with the process this year. yo

the banking industry of the activities that lead up to that and now we've got no information from mr. kellyand we are told a political politicp prevented him from speaking with us. you were interviewed on fox news and he asked you several questions use of the details of the settlement were private and nervous know what happened but my question is if he is sharing the details as a matter of transparency is he not telling us the truth or is he stopping us from doing that flex to go if he is willing to share that with you, we should do that. >> i would encourage him to do so. the fdic ban is not the only concern. it's been reported that his family has a priority list site as the head of the program creating a perception of conflict of interest in that he might be favoring the site next to his property. has this been reviewed by the officials and develope will prol of the necessary to conduct a review of the? when you came to testify before the subcommittee in december, you claimed you had to remove from the science advisory board because of the appearance of a lack of independence. they were r

like you, mr. kelly. thank you, u.s. news for this and your gift to the s.t.e.m.ct, i may burn 15 seconds of my precious time to ask a poll of you, how many of you have been the previous u.s. news s.t.e.m. solutions conferences waxed quite a few so we are all habituated. i'm not sure they ever get enough appreciation for the indoors impetus they provide s.t.e.m. education every year so join me in three more seconds of applause to u.s. news, , brian kelly and 15. thank you all. [applause] >> and it's obvious from this afternoon talks as well as over the last couple of days, significant number of u.s. states, regions, schools, industries, global companies launching s.t.e.m. education programming to prime the pump for postsecondary talent filled the high demand careers that emerged across the country. it's a great thing to be a part of. white house office of science and technology policy is committed to leading in s.t.e.m. education as well. we intend to be focused on research based stakeholder contributed administrations goals outlined in terms of providing a norths

. >> reporter: privately he's frustrated by kelly's attempts to bring order to a free wheeling west wing. mr. trump considered firing kelly last month and weighed essentially acting as his own chief of staff. three people familiar tell nbc news. >> you cannot run the white house the way you run the 26th floor of trump tower, and that's the lesson of the first year of this presidency. >> reporter: while kelly's future appears in question, epa chief scott pruitt seems safe for now. despite escalating ethics scandals over pricey travel and his 24/7 security detail. so far, the president has pruitt's back. >> scott has done a fantastic job. i think he's a fantastic person. >> reporter: all this as the president gets ready to welcome a trio of new hard line advisors who will help guide the u.s. approach to hot spots around the world. >>> those hawks, john bolton starting today as national security advisor. mike pompeo moving from cia to state, and gina haspel tapped for cia director, both facing tough senate confirmation. all this ahead of president trump's proposed summit with kim jong-un. admin

mr. albert kelly who you put in charge of the program. despite his past.ear before the committee in january but backed out at the last minute citing travel obligations. i know my colleagues on both sides of the aisle were disappointed in that. he sent a letter for the record he would be willing to answer our

mrs. eileen kelly back during the vietnam era when you were dealing -- helping her deal with her loss. now you are helping other families deal with their loss. was there any similarities or totally different? >> it was totally different. they were close friends. we always stayed very close to eileen. >> right. >> okay? this was different. this was like -- i can't even explain it. it was -- there was so much sadness, so much -- it was just really all i can say it was really hard and harder on my husband. >> right. >> and then, but then -- now you have a whole two more years of being -- >> yeah. >> being in battalion command and how did the battalion grow or change after this experience? >> it got a lot better. okay? it was a great experience. i had some wonderful wives. okay? being a battalion commander's wife was a whole different spectrum from me. i'm -- you know, i just -- i just married somebody who happened to be in the military. okay? and as his rank grew, i just still was thinking i just married this man and so i just -- i just come along for the ride and then all of a sudden bei

according to the "washington post," kelly and mr. trump have had heated shouting matches. the president calls the report far more fiction than fact and mr. trump is also defending embattled e.p.a. administrationer scott pruitt. there are repeated calls for pru pruitt to resign over links to a condo and travel. on twitter the president insisted pruitt is doing a great job. >>> six high school students were injured when a bus crashed into an overpass on the long island highway. the top of the bus was sheared off in last night's crash. they were returning from a spring break trip to europe. 38 students were on board ages 16 to 18. the students and five chaperones were headed from kennedy airport to a high school to be picked up by their parents. >>> the 15 young canadian hockey players who were killed when a truck slammed into their bus were remembered at a memorial last night. justin trudeau was among those who attended a vigil at the humboldt hockey arena. while most of the players were from elsewhere in western canada, they had been put up by families in humboldt as part o

kelly. we have more complete statement by steven yan, mr.ohen's attorney as we said, he called these search warrants completely inappropriate and unnecessary. he goes on to say it resulted in the unnecessary seizure of protected attorney-client communications between a lawyer and his client these government tactics are wrong because mr. cohen has cooperated completely with all government entities including providing thousands of non-privileged documents to the congress and sitting for depositions under oath obviously, mr. ryan is pushing back in favor of his client, mr. cohen, so, kelly, continues to unfold, but nonetheless it was a raid earlier this afternoon. back to you. >> sue, thank you. the markets learned of that just in the final minutes of trade there. closed with a 46 gain, were at 440 at the highs the cbo outlook has been released, and we have the scary details. >> reporter: kelly, the cbo estimating the national debt will nearly equal the country's total economic output by the year 2028. cbo director keith hall told reporters the

. >> mr. kelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of of all, secretary mattis, thank you and general dunford and mr. norquist, thank you all for being here. second, i noticed in your chart on the back, the percent of defense to gdp and i couldn't notice there's 3.1% now. you go back to world war ii and it was 35.5%, the korean war, i'm assuming the 1950 period, was 11.3%, i think, but i think that underscores you point about the cost of war is much more expensive than the cost of a military that is capable being able to prevent war. i don't want to go back there. i thank you for that chart, secretary mattis. that is very important for people to understand. i want to also commend you and the president on the team that you have assembled for our national defense. i think that is so important. we start with you, we've got our joint chief of staffs, all the members, your secretaries of your services, all three are very, very impressive, very well acknowledged and very capable people. our deputy secretary of defense, shanahan, what

mr. rubenstein. >> the honorable kelly. the honorable erin mitchell and mrs. mitchell. the honorable paul ryan, speaker of the house of representatives and mrs. ryan. >> good evening from washington. you are looking at live pictures of the east garden room. these to actually sell books in that room. the guests for president trump and first lady melania trump for state dinner have already arrived. there are 120 invited tonight. a smaller number than in a previous administration. the obama administration had as many as 350, but tonight's festivities are more intimate. they will be in the state dining room, which can only fit 150 guests. to guests will be treated french/american cuisine. they will be visually seeing a gold and cream scene. as a make their way through the white house they will be seeing an enormous amount of floral arrangements. 2500 stems of white sweet peas will be in the state dining room. lily stems. as they make their way across the white house remain arrived, they will see thousands of cherry blossoms stems as well. we expect the credit -- the preside

i would hope general kelly and mr. bolton will really try to m impress on him the need to be prepared for this summit when it takes place. kim jong-un reportedly is in china and there is no doubt that he is in china to talk to the chinese about several aspects o f a perspective meeting. with president trump. not only to find out from thesp how best to influence trump. you know, what should i say to him that will soften him up? flatter him? i guess as kim jong-un is asking that questions right now to the chinese then also to lay out what you might describe as attractive sounding proposals. and try to get from the chinese a diplomatic commitment that wants kim jong-un lays out these proposals, china will come out and support them diplomatically. for example, the freeze for freeze proposal. which i expect kim to lay on the table. we will freeze our testing. you freeze your military exercises. now i think there will be proposals that go beyond that as well. as bill alluded to in laying out his agenda and getting support, h

depending on your following answer, john kelly called mr. pruitt and said, is there anything else, any more shoes to drop? do you have a sense that all of the pruitt dirt is out, or do you think that his conduct represents a state of mind? i mean, there was a point to that seinfeld clip and that was he seemed to have no idea his conduct is wrong. >> no, and he was pushing back. the way a cabinet secretary or head of a department would normally answer the question is your staff did something, would not be to say that was staff. i run this place, the buck stops with me, i'm in full charge, i take full responsibility. i'll either pay back or rescind or make amenities or make this right. scott pruitt did not do that. for john kelly -- i know how tough he can be on his people. come on, guy, get in line. for scott pruitt to disobey that and go on national television and make a fool of himself must have really ticked the president off. i think what they're weighing there is can they survive and can they deal with another high-profile departure? we'

have you heard of john kelly threatening to resign, mr. navarro and can you say the president still has confidence in him? >> john kelly has gotten up in the morning to serve america. he serves the president, he has the president's ear. he runs the west wing well. that's all i know, that's all i see. what you don't see about him sometimes is the light and humorous side of him. he's a funny irish guy sometimes but he has the confidence of the president and getting the job done. when you read stuff in the "washington post" quite frankly, that's fake news most of the time. >> all right, i think that expression is a pretty unfair thing to say about a major news organization -- >> "washington post." >> that's a cheap shot -- >> mr. todd, that is not a cheap shot because if you look at the newspapers that i read every day across the spectrum, the "washington post" in my judgment tends to attack the president more than any other newspaper in its news stories. you can do anything you want in your editorial but you cannot do that in your news storie

kelly: good morning, mr. speaker. i rise today as chair of the congressional black caucus health brain trust to commemorate national minority health month and urge congress to take bold action to address distearity -- disparities that continue to plague our communities. it is a sad fact that in america, your race and zip code determine how long you'll live and how healthy you'll be. whether you die of a heart attack in our 40's or develop type ii diabetes and lose a limb. this is just wrong and it's up to us to change it. in cradle to grave, people of color, native americans and first generation americans are sicker, receive lescare, have less access to care and tragically die sooner. in 2010 we took a major leap forward with passage of the affordable care act this law started to reduce these disparities by increasing access to care, ensuring meantal health care, and creating a pipeline of doctors an medical professionals from underrepresented communs. a major result of the a.c.a. has been to cut the excessive risk of