mr. lee:  mr. lee: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. thursday, september 22. following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. further, that following leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each until 11:00 a.m. finally, that following morning business, the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 5325 postcloture. further, notwithstanding the provisions of rule 22, all postcloture time on the motion to proceed to h.r. 5325 expire at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. finally, that if

it was a room where mrs. lee gave birth to six of their seven children. when you start thinking of reasons why this place was so important to the lees, you don't have to look much further than that. the fact that their children were born here and that they went to great trouble to make sure that happened, made arlington that much more important to them and that much more painful to sacrifice. we're now in the summer kitchen, the north slave quarters. we're very fortunate to have two original slave quarters that have been preserved here at arlington house. and they are part of the robert e. lee memorial. so there's a great deal of irony to that and one of the concerns that we have had for many years now is how to best interpret those two seemingly conflicting aspects of the history of this site to meld them together to form a more complete and accurate interpretation of the history here at arlington house. for one, we want to remind people, arlington house, first and foremost, is a national memorial. it is not a confederate monument. it does not exist to ho

mrs. lee plans to walk up to 10 miles a day until she gets to washington d-c with a message for our country's leaders. along the way she'll be collectiing signatures for a petition to make "juneteenth" which commemorates the abolotion of slavery a national day of observance. "people need to know that juneteeth is a unyfying celebration." her plan has stirred up all kinds of support from friends and family. "you're going to make "they were going to give me a nike endorsement..i said i don't need nike i need an r-v so i can sleep." ken: "so if you don't want the nike endorsement what do you plan on wearing on this walk?" opal: "what's wrong with what i've got on? because this is what i am going to wear, and this is my walking shoes....i think these dr. scholls or dr. sombebody's" mrs. opal won't be alone on her walk. she'll be joined by a hopes to make friends every step of the way. "they'll be people along the way who might want go a mile or two." and if they're lucky... . "anybody who has an i

government modify the while mrs. lee could not pay her taxes and person and as a result, the property was taken by the u.s. government. there was no proof that the owned thatly property. some years later about 1866, the oldest son working in the department of interior had the opportunity to work with a plea to havee the property returned. mid-1866, the bill was taken up by congress and to this day, we know that a bill was approved and signed by the of 1866, whichne returned 17 acres to mariah syphax. that is a really big deal for the family in terms of knowing they have this compound but couldn't prove they owned it but now we had congress here to prove this was their property. doing family history for close to 40 years. it's really something that has been a passion of mine, something my ancestors passed down to me in terms of understanding a bit more about our history and it has been important to me and my cousins to basically pull together with the park service, research staff, the leadership of the white house histori

well, mrs. lee could not pay her taxes in person and, as a result, the property was taken by the u.s. government as a result of taxes not being paid. in addition to that property being taken, the syphax property at the southern end of the estate was taken because there was no proof that the syphaxes owned that property. some years later, about 1866, the syphax's oldest son, working in the department of interior, actually had the opportunity to work with congress to make a plea to have the property returned. by 1866, the bill was taken up by the congress and to this day we know that a bill was approved and signed by the president, andrew johnson, i believe in june of 1866 which returned 17 acres to maria syphax to live there in perpetuity so that's a big deal for the family in terms of knowing that they had this compound but couldn't prove that they owned it. but now we had congress here to prove that this was their property. i've been doing family history for close to 40 years. it's a passion of min

mr. president, i'm going to speak briefly in support of the resolution. senator lee, cosponsor of this resolution is on the floor who will speak after i do. let me say at the outset, mr. president, that i believe in a strong u.s. global presence. i believe that the united states is at its best when it is a global leader. we can and we should be a force for good and for peace in the world. and i also believe, quite frankly, that peace comes through strength. i don't apologize for the size of our military budget, nor do i think it would be wise for this congress to give up this country's massive military edge over every global adversary and friend. having the world's biggest, baddest military, it seeps us safe, and it frankly keeps a lot of our friends safe as well. my last stipulation before i talk about the resolution would be this -- i also believe that there are times when you use that military power. there are times when war or military action is just. if you want to provide safe harbor for terrorists that plan a massive attack against this country like the taliba

i read mrs. lee did not come back in person to pay the taxes because her and mr. robert e. lee thought that she would have been arrested at that time. and my other question is, is the house haunted? thank you very much for taking my call. >> thank you very much. is the house haunted? >> is the house haunted? >> it's rather dark in here. >> ambience and whatnot. i can tell you, i personally have not had an experience here. but we do have staff who have relayed stories of things like footsteps upstairs when they turn out to be the only one in the house. there are stories, not for me to say whether or not it's haunted. there's a number of folks who have had interesting experiences. >> you have an 1803 house with creaky floors. >> all by itself. she asked -- >> yeah. we discussed that earlier. that absolutely is true. when they -- that law was passed in 1862, the taxes were due. they had to be paid by the owner of the house who at that time was mary lee. she was not able to pay the taxes for fear of being captured. she tried to send a cousin here to pay the taxes. but they refus

according to both people and teams he court documents it obtained show mr. lee has asked foys in a statement brad pitt says he is very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well-being of their kids. coming up in about 20 minutes just cable the editor-in-chief of us magazine says it could be about the parenting style because the pair came from very different backgrounds. >> over the years they would tell people one of them was very strict and the other was very soft. so parenting all of these >> you can catch the full interview with people magazine's editor on the today show coming up at 7:00 a.m. that brings up what could be a tense subject in many herald -- households. the parenting style beta reason for brad and angelina splitting? >> will we ever truly know? we've been reading about there could be possible adultery involved with his costar on his new movie, allied with there's also rumors that there was lead involved and alcohol and that brad is going through a midlife crisis. so this whole conflict of parenting style is news to me. >> i think so

. >>> a durham man accused of mrs agricultural lee -- murdering a raleigh man is behind bars. mitchell will be back in court in october. >>> less than 24 hours after locus was found dead, 24-year- old aaron jacobs was found dead in his hospital. a gray car >>> we have an update to a story get lag lot of reaction. a fayetteville teacher said he stepped on the american flag in class as part of a lesson. >> but the siewcht -- superintendent said there are better ways to teach freedom of speech. >> reporter: lee francis said his job here at massey hill high school reanswer in limbo. he's waiting to see if further taken by the school. >> i thought it was pan appropriate method of teaching. >> reporter: lee said he has no regrets. on monday a student snapped this photo of francis stepping on an american flag. francis said his demonstration was meant to convey that freedom of speech can be con sprayed in different way oughts lesson was if i am mad, which he was not, i can step on the flag and i h you can't tell me i don't have the right. >> reporter: over the last several days the pi

lee. >> good afternoon mr. chow. >> albert chair from great wall hard weir. we have a great street the way it is now, but you are planning to take away a lot of parking and give a red lane in the left lan and put boarding island and traffic lights and bull bouts and [inaudible] because of the perpendicular parking and this for saving 2 or 3 minutes. just like that you plan to upset the dynamic of the street and discourage driving in a area where driving is really necessary. have you tried to run errands in the sun set? people drive and come to the businesses that way. i like to have some flashing lights and painted rowdways in lieu of the boarding island for safety but at the same time keep our parking. i just want to remind you that the small businesserize the backbone of the city and create the character of the neighborhood. target and macey, do they make san francisco unique? no. they leave as soon as the boom goes bust but we have stayed because we lover our city. sean [inaudible] told me that if all sides are mad we are doing something right and think th

lee. >> good afternoon mr. chow. >> albert chair from great wall hard weir. we have a great street the way it is now, but you are planning to take away a lot of parking and give a red lane in the left lan and put boarding island and traffic lights and bull bouts and [inaudible] because of the perpendicular parking and this for saving 2 or 3 minutes. just like that you plan to upset the dynamic of the street and discourage driving in a area where driving is really necessary. have you tried to run errands in the sun set? people drive and come to the businesses that way. i like to have some flashing lights and painted rowdways in lieu of the boarding island for safety but at the same time keep our parking. i just want to remind you that the small businesserize the backbone of the city and create the character of the neighborhood. target and macey, do they make san francisco unique? no. they leave as soon as the boom goes bust but we have stayed because we lover our city. sean [inaudible] told me that if all sides are mad we are doing something right and think th

jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 1217, the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation to honor the memory of charles jackson age 28, houston, texas, killed on the fourth of july and the father of three. a vicktism gun violence who never received a moment of silence. or action. on the house floor. the speaker pro tempore: the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. the gentleman from massachusetts is advised that the time consumed by the gentlelady from texas will be charged to the gentleman. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison, for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. mr. ellison: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 1217, the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation to honor the memory burdell, a mary and victim of gun violence who never received action on the house floor. the speaker pro tempore: the unanimous consent request cannot be entertained. mr. mcgovern: happy to yie

mr. bishop and ms. jackson lee each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. bishop: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to include extraneous materials on h.r. 48712. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bishop: i rise in support of h.r. 4712, strength thing the mail initiative act. the bill is short but will have a great impact in aliens seeking to play by the rules and live and work in the united states. it directs the secretary of homeland security to allow immigration benefits recipients to elect to pay a free and have their documents sent to them by u.s. mail. immigration documents are delivered by priority mail to the u.s. postal service. and while delivery can be monitored by use of tracking numbers, there are incidents of individuals not receiving the documents that the u.s. postal service notes as delivered. one concern in such a case is that the document was intercepted by an individual who that fraud leptly used it. the cost and time it takes for the

. >> thank you mrs. lee. any further comment? yes, sir?. come on up. >> my name is john jones my may my remarks please the commission. i have been an avid bicyc bicyclist i have seen bad bicyclist bad behavior on bart. i think there needs to be serious out reach to the bicycle community who consider it a matter of honor to flood the traffic laws. i regard myself to be an advocate for bicyclists they seed someone willing to obey the law and respect the transportation mode. i think bicycli bicyclists as a rule have the honor to do that. i think serious out reach need toss be done to the community. with valid means of transportation and not disparaged. the common behavior of bicyclist notwithstanding. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. welcome back. >> the enforcement installing in san francisco to be in every neighborhood. not just certain neighbors. number two , this is a supportive comment the sanctiti sanctity life that the police chief talks about sometimes and the general nature of his report of innocent lives being saved at all cost

vote from tuesday night to friday afternoon of that first week in 2011 and had a conversation with mr. lee at that time and we were talking with jane and jane said john, you can't possible vote againsteds ed lee. it is true. it was impossible. to see that moment in time in san francisco where the chinese community had that sense of hope, purpose, all put togethers under his candacy for mayor i think is remarkable. i don't always agree with what ed lee has done but to know that type of support and passion from the community was amazing. i think rose pack was a big part of that. i say that why that is so important because i look at when i go to event in chinatown and see how many people can pack a room. that doesn't happen other places in san francisco and doesn't happen in the latino community. we don't have it sense of unity. we can't get people who disagree so much come together aunder the same way and know rose is a big part of that. if we are able to unit the communities, her heart is huge and compassion she worked under and what she quirked worked about and it wants about her power but

vote from tuesday night to friday afternoon of that first week in 2011 and had a conversation with mr. lee at that time and we were talking with jane and jane said john, you can't possible vote againsteds ed lee. it is true. it was impossible. to see that moment in time in san francisco where the chinese community had that sense of hope, purpose, all put togethers under his candacy for mayor i think is remarkable. i don't always agree with what ed lee has done but to know that type of support and passion from the community was amazing. i think rose pack was a big part of that. i say that why that is so important because i look at when i go to event in chinatown and see how many people can pack a room. that doesn't happen other places in san francisco and doesn't happen in the latino community. we don't have it sense of unity. we can't get people who disagree so much come together aunder the same way and know rose is a big part of that. if we are able to unit the communities, her heart is huge and compassion she worked under and what she quirked worked about and it wants about her power but

mr. marby: yes. sen. lee: ok. in a position of saying we want to keep our options open? t is committed to remaining in california? mr. marby: as i said, the basis of icann is built around california law. the bylaws are founded on them. the charter of the organization is founded on california law. the 2000 plus contracts we have with you from registrars around the world are all based on california law as well. sen. lee: thank you. i see my time has expired. sen. cruz: thank you, senator lee. mr. marby: could i have 15 seconds please. sen. grassley: i would like to know from you for clarification whether or not it is in the you canis there no way see it here and definitively place of that icann's incorporation will never change? mr. marby: first of all, let me explain my role. i am the president of the icann organization. made has to that is be made by the community, and not by me. that is the way this is set up. i am here to execute the wishes of the community. you can't assure us then that it is always going to be under california law in california? mr. marby: to be able

. >> thank you mrs. lee. any further comment? yes, sir?. come on up. >> my name is john jones my may my remarks please the commission. i have been an avid bicyc bicyclist i have seen bad bicyclist bad behavior on bart. i think there needs to be serious out reach to the bicycle community who consider it a matter of honor to flood the traffic laws. i regard myself to be an advocate for bicyclists they seed someone willing to obey the law and respect the transportation mode. i think bicycli bicyclists as a rule have the honor to do that. i think serious out reach need toss be done to the community. with valid means of transportation and not disparaged. the common behavior of bicyclist notwithstanding. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. welcome back. >> the enforcement installing in san francisco to be in every neighborhood. not just certain neighbors. number two , this is a supportive comment the sanctiti sanctity life that the police chief talks about sometimes and the general nature of his report of innocent lives being saved at all cost

. >> thank you mrs. lee. any further comment? yes, sir?. come on up. >> my name is john jones my may my remarks please the commission. i have been an avid bicyc bicyclist i have seen bad bicyclist bad behavior on bart. i think there needs to be serious out reach to the bicycle community who consider it a matter of honor to flood the traffic laws. i regard myself to be an advocate for bicyclists they seed someone willing to obey the law and respect the transportation mode. i think bicycli bicyclists as a rule have the honor to do that. i think serious out reach need toss be done to the community. with valid means of transportation and not disparaged. the common behavior of bicyclist notwithstanding. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. welcome back. >> the enforcement installing in san francisco to be in every neighborhood. not just certain neighbors. number two , this is a supportive comment the sanctiti sanctity life that the police chief talks about sometimes and the general nature of his report of innocent lives being saved at all cost

mr. richmond: i yield two minutes to representative jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman from louisiana and thank hill for his leadership and my good friend from new york and the author of the legislation as well and let me compliment the homeland security committee with the chairman, mr. mccaul, and the ranking member, mr. thompson, pause we find many opportunities to work together in a bipartisan manner as it relates to the security of this nation. i rise in support of the bottles and breastfeeding screening act as amended, h.r. 5065. and again congratulate those who worked this particular legislation forward. i am very grateful that my amendment regarding deeyeonized water bassed as an additional aspect of what breastfeeding mothers can bring. s.a. although we continue to work on challenges, t.s.a. has been on the front lines of this nation's safety and security since 9/11 and its creation under a large umbrellas which is the department of homeland security. our committe

lee. >> good afternoon mr. chow. >> albert chair from great wall hard weir. we have a great street the way it is now, but you are planning to take away a lot of parking and give a red lane in the left lan and put boarding island and traffic lights and bull bouts and [inaudible] because of the perpendicular parking and this for saving 2 or 3 minutes. just like that you plan to upset the dynamic of the street and discourage driving in a area where driving is really necessary. have you tried to run errands in the sun set? people drive and come to the businesses that way. i like to have some flashing lights and painted rowdways in lieu of the boarding island for safety but at the same time keep our parking. i just want to remind you that the small businesserize the backbone of the city and create the character of the neighborhood. target and macey, do they make san francisco unique? no. they leave as soon as the boom goes bust but we have stayed because we lover our city. sean [inaudible] told me that if all sides are mad we are doing something right and think th

lee. >> good afternoon mr. chow. >> albert chair from great wall hard weir. we have a great street the way it is now, but you are planning to take away a lot of parking and give a red lane in the left lan and put boarding island and traffic lights and bull bouts and [inaudible] because of the perpendicular parking and this for saving 2 or 3 minutes. just like that you plan to upset the dynamic of the street and discourage driving in a area where driving is really necessary. have you tried to run errands in the sun set? people drive and come to the businesses that way. i like to have some flashing lights and painted rowdways in lieu of the boarding island for safety but at the same time keep our parking. i just want to remind you that the small businesserize the backbone of the city and create the character of the neighborhood. target and macey, do they make san francisco unique? no. they leave as soon as the boom goes bust but we have stayed because we lover our city. sean [inaudible] told me that if all sides are mad we are doing something right and think th

vote from tuesday night to friday afternoon of that first week in 2011 and had a conversation with mr. lee at that time and we were talking with jane and jane said john, you can't possible vote againsteds ed lee. it is true. it was impossible. to see that moment in time in san francisco where the chinese community had that sense of hope, purpose, all put togethers under his candacy for mayor i think is remarkable. i don't always agree with what ed lee has done but to know that type of support and passion from the community was amazing. i think rose pack was a big part of that. i say that why that is so important because i look at when i go to event in chinatown and see how many people can pack a room. that doesn't happen other places in san francisco and doesn't happen in the latino community. we don't have it sense of unity. we can't get people who disagree so much come together aunder the same way and know rose is a big part of that. if we are able to unit the communities, her heart is huge and compassion she worked under and what she quirked worked about and it wants about her power but

mr. trump uses high per bow lee lee -- hyperbole, but the learning kunk is when you are running for president people will take you literally and seriously. it is true. at the same time whether or not mr. trump is saying that he was being serious, of course, then is the issue. >> here is that tweet from 2012. this was donald trump tweeting on global warming. the concept of global warming, he wrote, was created by and for the chinese in order to make u.s. manufacturing non-competitive. >> this is similar in a sense like even tonight, and some people were fact checking the other statement seriously where he said you've been fighting isis your entire adult light, using the absurd to highlight it is the fact it is a never ending war. that's not true. she was born in this year and she is '68, she couldn't have been -- he didn't literally mean it. but this is where i think people realize when you're the president, i don't think we're used to hyperbole to the degree mr. trump using it, and maybe we will be learning to deal with it a little more i think. >> taxes, this is one of the top trending subje

lee leading the charge. they have asked chuck grassley to hold a hearing. brit, in word tonight on mr. sley plans to do so he. lee's office says they are still waiting to hear back. wyden is going to introduce legislation and try to get it done before that deadline. >> i'm surprised to hear the supreme court just kind of did. this you mentioned that there was no case filed, right? >> right. >> what is this power the supreme court was exercising with no case before it. >> right. well the federal judiciary have different rules committees and they proposed changes along the way. something that the administration through the justice department has been pushing for. all these regulations bubble to the supreme court which has now approved these amendments that only congress can stop it. >> this is a power the court has always had and we just don't hear about it very much. >> something done very quietly that's why these senators are getting together to sound the alarm because they will say it will be over before anybody has a chance to object. >> all right, shannon, thanks very much. hillary c

mr. cicilline of rhode island. amendment number 4 by ms. jackson lee and amendment number by mr. gosar arizona. the unfinished business is request for recorded vote on amendment number 1 by the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, on which further proceedings were postponed and the ayes prevailed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in house report 114-724 offered by mr. conyers of michigan. the chair: a recorded vote has een requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and remain standing until counted. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 178, the nays are 234. less than a majority voting in the affirmative, the amendment is not adopt the unfinish

lee. >> good afternoon mr. chow. >> albert chair from great wall hard weir. great street the way it is now, but you are planning to take away a lot of parking and give a red lane in the left lan and put boarding island and traffic lights and bull bouts and [inaudible] because of the perpendicular parking and this for saving 2 or 3 minutes. just like that you plan to upset the dynamic of the street and discourage driving in a area where driving is really necessary. have you tried to run errands in the sun set? people drive and come to the businesses that way. i like to have some flashing lights and painted rowdways in lieu of the boarding island for safety but at the same time keep our parking. i just want to remind you that the small businesserize the backbone of the city and create the character of the neighborhood. target and macey, do they make san francisco unique? no. they leave as soon as the boom goes bust but we have stayed because we lover our city. sean [inaudible] told me that if all sides are mad we are doing something right and think this is the

mr. georgia today, ms. jackson lee of texas for today, ms. matsui of california for today, and mr. poe of texas for today and the balance of the week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under this espeaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentleman from nebraska, mr. fortenberry, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of he majority leader. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, a friend of mine, he works part-time in a hardware store and retired from several other careers, but continues to enjoy helping people in the retail service environment. and recently, he kindly gave me as we were talking about gardening some plants that he had grown. as i drove through his neighborhood looking for his house, i suspected his home was the one flying the large american flag. i knew that mike, my friend, had served in vietnam. but as we spent some time digging up the plants and visiting around his garden, i learned more about his harrowing experience as a marine. mr. speaker, mike was assigned to protect an area in the northern part of south viet

. >> we had a meeting with myself, lee atwater, the vice president, mrs. bush. y convinced of the merits of the straddle ad. bush was a gentleman. he didn't call someone names. he thought very well of senator dole. i think lee and others ganged up on bush. >> the vice president sort of looked over at barbara and saw she wasn't objecting anymore and he agreed to have the ad run. >> bush says he won't raise taxes, period. dole straddles. he's been on both sides. that's why he's becoming known as senator straddle. george bush, presidential leadership. >> reports of my death were greatly exaggerated. >> george bush takes new hampshire with close to a ten-point lead. dole just got atwatered. >> i think that bush knew that lee gave him something that he didn't have on his own. >> also taking new hampshire is the new democratic front-runner, governor michael dukakis. >> massachusetts governor michael dukakis had said he was going for the gold. and new hampshire democrats went for him in a big way. >> he came out of there with a huge head of steam, and it really started

bush, who's essentially a very polite man, probably not a mean bone in his body, but he needed a lee atwater. mrally become president. - a lot of the events that the bush campaign did were, i think, all about otherizing my dad, making him seem like he was out of the mainstream, that because of his immigrant status, he thought differently. he did different things than the rest of the country. - there's a famous "snl" skit where he says, you know, "my parents were little people, little swarthy people," right? and then he's on a riser because he's seen as short. [laughter] [machine whirring] - vice president bush showed up at flag factories. he doubled down on having american flags behind him everywhere, every time, and the implication was, this guy-- this guy i'm running against isn't quite like us. he's not one of us. - i'm not questioning his patriotism. he goes out and says, "the man is questioning my patriotism," and then all the liberal columnists join in. - of course the vice president is questioning my patriotism. i don't think there's any question about that. and i resent it. they were spr

jackson lee: mr. speaker, all of the over the august work recess, i met with many constituents and i met with my regional zika task force that included health professionals who recognize the devastation of he zika virus and in the continental united states there are over 600 pregnant mothers have been impacted by the zika virus, yet unborn children and there are about 30-plus cases of transmission right here in the united states. and yet tonight, the other body failed to pass the zika funding. now is the time. my committee is very constructive. a doctor from the city of houston talked about surveillance coming into their clinics to determine if they have been impacted by a fever and a rash and talked about a zika vaccine and an app to give information to those in need. but yet the funding is not here. why? we cannot pass a clean emergency funding without riders. let's stop playing politics. pass the zika funding. people are dying. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expire

jackson lee: mr. speaker, you've heard the cries of our colleagues. you've either heard the cries of the american -- you've heard the cries of the american people. redundancy is not a question here, it is telling the truth. in fact, our health professionals have indicated that the zika virus presents an unprecedented threat to the people of our nation, especially pregnant women. we cannot hear this often enough. and the american people, although busy with the beginning of the school year and back to work, it is important to warn them of this impending and ongoing threat. while we are fiddling and doing things that have no impact on providing a portion of the $1.9 billion that is needed by the american people, we have 1,600 cases of zika virus in the nited states, 200-plus women who are pregnant, 35 known transmitted diseases here in the united states, the zika virus. we also now know through health professionals that it is sexually transmitted. we know that the entire united states is vulnerable. but most of the vulnerable states are in the gulf regio

jackson lee: mr. speaker, i rise today to join the people of israel in mourning the loss of shimon perez. a statesman, a lover of his country, but a lover of people around the world. one who, in 1976, won a nobel peace prize for laying out one of the unique and important, although unfortunately short-lived, framework for peace. he was one who believed in a two state solution. respected by israel and its people, but also the leaders and people around the world. had the privilege of meeting him on a number of occasions. and i might say that his calm voice was a welcome intrusion in sometimes a world of discord. although he stood by his nation time of war, and many times in analysis have many thoughts about his leader shfment as president and prime minister several times and many other positions, one can say that clearly he loved his country, but he loved the people of the world and he loved peace. i give my deepest sympathy, again, to the people of israel, his family and friends, and we in the world and

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mr. mayor please join us. mayor edwin lee. [applause] >> charlotte and mayor brown, thank you very much. isn't this a great day for the great city of san francisco! oh, wow! you know, when i became mayor my first meeting with our chief of protocol, charlotte was to tell about all the work we are about to do. a lot of good hard work sfr residents of the city. things i had already been assigned to get done by senator feinstein and willie brown and gaven nusem. one of the things that we talked about the first meeting was, the fact that as we meet these challenges that we are so familiar about, we got to have some fun in the city. we got tobe able to do it with the zest that i think the city is known for. and while i want to solve many of the challenges that we have and we are making great progress, we also need to celebrate what is right and what is great about san francisco. what an honor it is to be here with a 19 time grammy award winner who sold over 50 million recordings internationally and he is a artist exextraordinary. he

lee. john: i'm john scott. mrs. clinton coming after pneumonia kept her at home for three days. donald trump taking the lead in some key battleground states. mike with more on that, mike. mike: john, with recent polls showing close race in ohio and florida, that makes north carolina critical. hillary clinton will campaign here in the tar heel state for the second time in a week. speaking of polls, take a look at the brand new new york times cbs news survey of likely voters. when third-party candidates gary johnson and jill stein are factored in, hillary clinton and donald trump are tied at 42% support. that set it is stage for clinton to return to the campaign trail today. the last time we saw her was sunday leaving her daughter's apartment after feeling ill at the 9/11 remember reins. since then former secretary of state colin powell, he would rather not vote for clinton calling her a 70-year-old person greedy. clinton gave powell a pass. >> i have a great deal for respect for colin powell and i have a lot of sympathy for anyone's whose emails become public. i'm not going to di

i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join me, along with senators lankford and lee, along, mr. president, with you and your leadership, along with congressman sean duffy, to stop the obama administration from relinquishing u.s. control of the internet. many have stood with us in both chambers, and we are very grateful for senators thune and grassley and burr and cotton and sasse, and moran and rubio, along with a number of congressman in the house. and i urge even more of my colleagues to come together and stand united to stop the obama administration's internet giveaway. the internet has been one of those transformational inventions that has changed how we communicate, how we do commerce, how we live our lives. for many, especially young people, it's hard to evening imagine life before the internet -- even imagine life before the internet. but look at what the internet has done? it's created an ow oasis of frem from billions across the world. one of the great problems when someone tries to start a business is what is known as barrier to entry. what the internet has done is dr

lee. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman.serve on committees, senior member of the judiciary committee and the ranking member on the criminal justice committee, i'm hear re in my capacity as a supporter and member of the congressional black caucus pac. thank you for your leadership. it is important to note that african-americans have had a unique and special journey in the united states of america. we have been enslaved, we have suffered jim crowism, we have se seen. we have seen the segregated south living as second class citizens. but yet the men and women who are african-americans have risen to serve in the united states milita military. we have sacrificed as first responders across america. we died on 9/11 and we have accepted our full privileges, although we have shed blood for it, for citizenship. i say we have had enough and we are not going to take it anymore. we will not elect a chief bigot to the united states of america. to mr. trump who has debased the presidential contest like no other contest in the history of t

mr. trump is totally right. we did not see churchill telling hitler where we were going to land on the north coast of france. we don't see abraham lincoln telling robert e. lee where they're going to march during richmond. i mean, it's common place to keep these things secret. now, what mrs. clinton is doing is making fun of nixon's so-called secret plan which actually did end the war in vietnam, but she hated nixon and made chance of him every chance she could be. trump is totally right, we don't broadcast our strategy to our enemi enemies. >> trump is saying the one thing that is also out there is you don't want to, at this stage, rule anything out. a number of generals were saying you don't want to embolden them, right? >> hillary should know about drawing lines in the sand from the president, right? so listen, i think the american public these days, the man to know the outline of what is going to happen, we don't need to know the secret sauce. because war is so public and we see it on our tv these days and social media, they kind of want to know a general understanding. that's it. >> yeah, i think donald is wrong. the american public need to know how you

undecided.uw-milwaukee political expert mordecai lee says donald trump is just too elusive and too big of a personality to get pinned down with attacks on the debate stage . ."if mrs. clinton and her strategists are thinking it through they have to realize that attacking trump based on facts or issues or statements is just a losing proposition."lee says we saw

lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to really challenge my colleagues to restore congress' constitutional oversight on matters of war and peace. next wednesday, september 14, will mark the 15th year since congress passed an open-ended blank check for endless war. this authorization surrendered our constitutional authority to the executive branch. we continue to mourn the loss and cherish the memories of those killed in these attacks, and continue to support and help those who were injured and whose lives were changed forever. three days after the horrific terrorist attacks on 9/11, this house rushed to pass a 60-word authorization with little debate that has been used to wage endless war around the globe. in the 15 years since this passage, this authorization designed to punish the perpetrators of the brutal and deadly attacks on september 11, has allowed endless war to rage out of control. a recent report from the congressional research service shows that this authorization has been used more than 37 times