mr. long: mr. chairman, when it comes to reducing disaster costs, i think we need to look at the categories of damage that fema pays for through the stafford act. i scratch my head as to why fema reimburses state and local governments for building in contents that could be picked up by private insurance companies. why are we paying to fix facilities that could be insured? and that right there would save a tremendous, would save billions of tax-paying dollars and would help fema work with solid public private partnerships in the insurance arena which would reduce the need for supplemental requests down the road. when you get to these big, big disasters our data would suggest that paying for public buildings and contents that are uninsured or self-insured is one of the greatest expenses we have as taxpayers and i question, why are we doing that? mr. carter: i think that's a good question to ask and that may require legislation at this level. as you view it, have conversations with members of congress

mr. long i appreciate in your testimony and i think i'm quoting you directly, we can not ignore the fact that disasters seem to be getting worse and i couldn't agree more. however, in contrast, i'm concerned that fema has removed references to clie references to climate change from the plan. the previous plan 2014 to 2018 specifically mentioned climate and climate change seven timings and devoted an entire section. what concerns me is that the current plan doesn't mention climate or climate change. it is evident that the strategic plan incorporates future risks from all hazards regardless of cause. and i'll tell you, specifically what i'm concerned about with that. climate change itself does not cause natural disasters but rather acts as a force multiplyier. the environment conditions like wildfires. so when it comes to the devastating natural disasters, we can not plan for the future, i believe without acknowledging, understanding and incorporating the impacts of climate change so my question

which means the only way the accident to have occurred is if mr. long paid attention to the road, despite the car we providing multiple warnings for to do so. >>> san francisco school district is considered a new plan for helping homeless students at one school. the plan calls for converting the gym nothing -- gymnasium at buena vista horace mann community school into an overnight shelter. that house is about 60 homeless students. a nonprofit agency would operate the shelter and would help families get services. the school district says a lot of details still have to be worked out including how many families can stay overnight and witch families.>> if we can offer a place that's warm, that's dry, where they can count on a mill, where they can do their homework, that they already trust. i would say certainly, this is a step up for them. >> that would cost about $900,000 to run that shelter. if the plan is approved the school district says the shelter could be open in october. later today on the nine we will talk live with the vice president of the school

chairman and mr. long, i appreciate you and your service and please give our best to everybody who is under you. i know that they have a challenging environment to work with as do you. lots of challenges i'm very happy to hear some of your comments about stream lining the agency and also i do want to touch on puerto rico just briefly. i was just down there last weekend and understanding that there are -- as we talked about just a little bit earlier about deferred maintenance and some issues with puerto rico themselves have had that were not prepared, if you will, but obviously we still have to go down there and help out to make sure we are doing everything we can to make them more resilient and have -- you know, that they have a more robust system. so one of the questions that i have i was speaking with the mayor down there and he was -- it's my understanding that, you know, the municipalities will spend their money of course to fix infrastructure and then get reimbursed, however, they don't have a lot of

mr. duncan's long record of opposing lgbtq rights. when it comes to the right of same-sex couples, he argued against two loving parents who wanted to change their baby's birth certificate so they could add him to their insurance plan. he argued for denying a same-sex spouse her parental visiting rights to the children she had raised for eight years. and he defended bans on same-sex marriage in louisiana and virginia. when the supreme court was considering whether to strike down bans on same-sex marriage nationwide, he said the harms of doing this would be -- and i quote -- severe, unavoidable, and irreversible, and filed an amicus brief against it. when the court then made its historic decision to recognize same-sex marriage as a fundamental right, mr. duncan said, it raises questions about the legitimacy of the court. he said it might imperil civic peace. when it comes to the rights of transgender people, he fought for the intolerant, harmful bathroom ban in north carolina and against gavin, a young boy in virginia who simply wanted

never returns to that area so that the free syrian syrian kurds people can decide on their own mr chadwick how long will the turkish army stay in serious north. as long as it is needed there is no time constraint there has to be a solution in syria for turkey. to leave the area there the solution has to satisfy turkey's security concerns any. solution in the area added general in syria because there's no piecemeal deal only for a free or only for law than syria there has to be a general agreement that the north of syria no longer is a threat to turkey that dice will never come back their threat to turkey that there will comes back their threats as turkey so as long as that threat to that threat potential threat continues to keys going to be there just like the russians are they're just like the iranians just like anybody else is their trump pass out that the u.s. might be leaving syria very soon or soon after his national security adviser said that they withdraw one happen tomorrow and the troops are saying for now what do you read in this like as cherokee expecting the americans to go one on car o

today we'll have a chance to get things back to normal for the long term. mr. ring has a distinguished record in labor negotiation. i would urge my colleagues to join me in voting to confirm him today. after mr. ring, the senate will turn to the nomination of pat pizzella to serve as deputy secretary of labor. the fact that this cabinet agency has gone 15 months without its number two official is yet another testament to the historic obstruction visited on this administration by senate democrats. he's been sitting on the calendar for six months despite his ample qualifications. i would urge all of our colleagues to vote to finally advance mr. pizzella's nomination. on another matter this week we've been discussing the stark difference between the obama administration's agenda and the policies that president trump and this republican congress have implemented. during the obama years, the overwhelming majority of all the limited new growth and new jobs went to the biggest and richest urban areas. times were good. if you happen to live in new york, san francisco,

mr. trump has long felt he had leverage on over mr. cohen, but people who have worked for the president said the raid has changed all that. that raid that happened april 9. what would be the nature of a flip with michael cohen were to do it? what all is there? >> well, the fbi agents who raided cohen's office were reportedly looking for evidence of these payoffs to women, as well as evidence of cohen's past financial dealings that may not have been completely above board. in terms of the payments to the women, cohen could have a lot to say about what trump -- how much trump was involved in that. he could tell prosecutors that, you know, trump actually knew about the stormy daniels payment, for example. he could answer their questions about the extent to which he tried to cover up these affairs. in terms of everything that michael cohen knows about trump's business deals, again he has been there well over a decade, that could be valuable to prosecutors. as we saw, trump's name was actually on the search warrant. so this is clearly somet

mr. mattis has long held. mr.white house in hr mcmaster who offer referred to the secretary. the arrival of mr. trump's new national security adviser john bolton means that buffer is gone. and this comes amid many signs in the white house that the arrival of john bolton is changing the equation inside the white house. but "the new york times" reporting that mattis told the president he needed to get congressional approval for the strikes, and the president said no. we'll be right back. stay with us. we just got married. we're all under one roof now. congratulations. thank you. how many kids? my two. his three. along with two dogs and jake, our new parrot. that is quite the family. quite a lot of colleges to pay for though. a lot of colleges. you get any financial advice? yeah, but i'm pretty sure it's the same plan they sold me before. well your situation's totally changed now. right, right. how 'bout a plan that works for 5 kids, 2 dogs and jake over here? that would be great. that would be great. that okay with

we will tell people their data was misused. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri, mr. long for four minutes. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. zuckerberg for being here today in a voluntary basis. you are not subpoenaed to be here as mr. burton offered up a little bit ago. you are the only witness at the table today. we've had 10 people at the table to get you an idea of the hearings we've had. and i would say if we invited everyone with dreams of agreement and service would probably set them at the table. i would also say represents 751,000 people and not of the 751,000 people in my area that are really worked up about facebook today would also fit with you at the table. i'm not getting outcry from my constituents about what is going on with cambridge analytica in this user agreement and everything else. but there are some things that i think you need to be concerned about. one question i'd like to ask before i go into my question is what is faith smash and this is still up and running? >> know, congressman. it was a prank website that i launched in college in my dor

mr. president. thank you. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the long friendship between the united states and france began 241 years ago this month when a 19-year-old frenchman named lafayette set sail to join america's fight for independence. he quickly won the trust of george washington, fought bravely in the battle and helped secure the aid of france for the american cause. decades later, president andrew jackson wrote that the memory of lafayette will be second only to that of washington in the hearts of the american people. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the beautiful friendship between the united states and france forged in revolution has changed the course of history. exactly 100 years ago this spring, americans fought side by side with the gallant french in world war i. a generation later, in the second world war, hundreds of thousands of young americans and free french sacrificed together to save civilization in its hour of greatest need. [ speaking foreign language ] >> 60,000 american service members rest for eternity beneath the peaceful hills of the french countryside and in the soil

not so long ago mr vladimir putin was a great guy and they were pals, trump was pals with them.utin for what has happened yesterday with these poor children. the trouble with trump is that you cannot really tell what you will say next. he appears to be saying that we are going to really take it seriously now. last week, the talk is we are coming out of syria, i'iow. . . is we are coming out of syria, now... he wants action. claiming political capital, he has criticised barack 0bama for his failure to put the red line. referring back to that in 2013. he likes to do that. now, he must do hisjob. the red line was crossed. what good is that now? this is the thing on his plate at the moment, what is the bond of criticising barack moment, what is the bond of criticising ba rack 0bama ? moment, what is the bond of criticising barack 0bama? if you are going to do something, get a consensus and do it. he is all talk u nless consensus and do it. he is all talk unless he does something. vladimir putin, the russians are prepared to go to another level which we do not go to another level whi

mr. trump, long tradition in the white house in the washington to do so. mr.resident when you're talking to him, president trump, the president, mr. president and mr. trump when writing about him. i'll put it on facebook as well. i'm going to get back on facebook as best i can. look for it maybe in an hour or two. it will take time to type that up. >> thank you, mr. mcgrew. >> 5:48 right now. happening today, the east bay about to get a bit more wild west like. >> 14 bison are on the way to the oakland zoo, part of the his toric herd and apparently link back to the original herd from 1873. animals part of the zoos of california trail expansion that features animals native to california but no longer live here. >> but now they live here. >> right. >> back to normal. >> all right, we're going to have great weather to head to the oakland zoo. maybe you're looking for something to do with the kids once they get out of school. make sure you have something nice and warm to walk out the door with as you look at these temperatures now, oakland 43 degrees and it's 38 d

mr. speaker. for too long companies like perdue phrma have lied cheated and swinled the american people leaving death, addiction, and despair in their wake. all because of their greed and desire to improve their bottom line. through marketing lies and other overdistribution of these dangerously addicted drugs, they oversaturated parts of our country. already struggling from high levels of addiction, while knowing but not disclosing, their highly addictive nature and risks. because of their tactics, this opioid epidemic now takes 115 american lives every single day. the time for holding these drug companies and leader accountable is long overdue. these companies rake in billions of dollars in profit every year on the backs of the american people, and not one of them has been prosecuted or held accountable. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting bicameral legislation, the opioid crisis act, that would prohibit illegal marketsing and distribute shuven opioids and empower prosecutors to punish those who bre

and i thank you for your answers. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from southwest missouri, mr. long, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, administrator pruitt, for being here today and i think it's been well established today that you have the most famous cone of silence since agent 86, but that's not where my questioning is going to go together. i have a 30-year career, had a 30-year career as a real estate broker before i came here and part of being a real estate broker it was very important to people the energy efficiency of their homes and when looking for a new home they looked for the energy star certified program, the thing that complied with that. in your testimony you talk about the energy star program and how it helps businesses and consumers save money by reducing their energy use. the energy star program provides consumers with accurate information about what products and systems deliver high quality savings. as you know, i'm wondering if you could talk about the process involved with updating the energy star standards to include the most innovati

mr trump has long been keen on a physical barrier along america's southern border.brazil, supporters and opponents of the former president luiz inacio lula da silva have been protesting, both sides warning of a threat to democracy if a supreme court ruling doesn't go their way. judges are deciding if he can stay out of prison while he appeals a corruption conviction. five out of 11 supreme courtjudges have ruled against him so far, four in favour. he has been seen as favourite to win 0ctober‘s presidential election if his conviction doesn't prevent him standing. the duke of edinburgh has undergone hip replacement surgery at a private hospital in london. in a statement, buckingham palace says the prince, who is 96, is comfortable and in good spirits. saudi arabia will open its first cinema in decades in the next two weeks. it is part of a deal that the saudis have done with amc, the world's largest cinema chain. the plan is to open up to a0 cinemas in some 15 saudi cities over the next five years. at the hague on wednesday, russia failed in its bid for a joint invest

mr. speaker, you've come a long way from waiting tables to the speakers office, but did you ever really feel like a d.c. swamp creature kind of guy? >> no, no, i never really did. i always felt like a wisconsin guy who came to congress to make a difference. i feel like i have made a big difference. i have accomplished much of what i wanted to do. you know me well. our kids are now teenagers. i just came to the basic conclusion, i feel like our majority's in good hands. the president has given us chance to get a lot done, which we've gotten a lot done. with teenagers at home, i do another term and they will really only know me as a weekend dad. you have to remember, i came to congress before i had kids. so they've only known me as a weekend dad. if i do another term, that's all they'll ever know me as. that's just something i just can't do. >> dana: i think a lot of people would understand that. i know you've talked about entitlement reform being one of those missed opportunities. a big one. cbo just announced the deficit figures and looking at them now, $804 billion in 2018 but if we do noth

mr. zuckerberg for being here this is a long day you're here voluntarily.e appreciate you being here i've hosted two events with facebook in my district in north carolina working with small business and finding ways they can increase their customer base on facebook and it's been very beneficial to us, so i thank you for that i do want to pivot slightly and frame the discussion in another light from my question one of the greatest honors i have is i represent the men and women of ft. bragg, airborne special operations you visited last year. >> i did. >> very well received. so you understand that due to the sensitive nature of some of the operations these soldiers conduct that many are discourage the or even prohibited from having a social media presence however there are others who still have profiles, some who deleted their profiles many have family members who have facebook profiles and as we've learned each one of these users information may have been shared without their consent there's no way facebook can guarantee the safety of this information on anot

mr trump has long advocated for a physical barrier along america's border with its southern neighboural immigrants and the flow of drugs. in brazil, supporters and opponents of the former brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva have been protesting, with both sides warning of a threat to democracy if a supreme court ruling doesn't go their way. judges are deciding whether he can remain out of prison while he appeals against a corruption conviction. however, five out of ii supreme courtjudges have so far ruled against him, with three in favour. lula was seen as the favourite to win 0ctober‘s presidential election if his conviction didn't prevent him from standing. duke of edinburgh has undergone hip replacement surgery. in a statement, the pallas said he is comfortable and in good spirits. now, if anyone thought china would take donald trump's protectionist threats lying down, think again. beijing has announced huge tariffs against us products, day three of growing trade tensions, that are spooking financial markets and wiping billions from people's pension plans and investments.

never returns to that area so that the free syrian syrian kurds people can decide on their own mr chadwick how long will the turkish army stay in serious north. as long as it is needed there is no time constraint there has to be a solution in syria for turkey to leave the area and there the solution has to satisfy turkey's security concerns any. solution in the area added general in syria because there is no piecemeal deal only for offering or only for law then syria there has to be a general agreement that the north of syria no longer is a threat to turkey that dice will never come back their threats of turkey that peak in their will comes back there are threats to do so as long as that threat to that thread potential threat continues. to be there just like the russians are there just like the iranians they're just like anybody else is they're trying to pass out that the u.s. might be leaving syria very soon or soon after his national security adviser said that they withdraw one happen tomorrow and the troops are saying for now what do you read in this like as turkey expecting the americans to go

mr. speaker, you got your long sought tax cuts and tax reform legislation approved. would you say you'll consider it to be your greatest achievement. you are not sticking around for consequence which is a trillion dollar deficit. what do you say? speaker ryan: sbrimet reform is the -- entitlement reform is the other great thing. the house passed the biggest entitlement reform ever considered in the house of representatives. do i regret the fact the senate did not pass this? yes. but i feel from all the budgets i passed, normalizing entitlement reform, pushing the cause of entitlement reform and the house passing entitlement reform, i am very proud of that fact. of course, more work needs to be done and that's entitlements. that's where the work needs to be done and i will keep fighting for this. reporter: mr. speaker, the chance you might become speaker come november if the democrats take the house factor at all? speaker ryan: none whatsoever actually. i didn't take this job to get the gavel in the first place. i am not a guy that thinks about that. this is really tw

returns to that area so that the free syrian syrian kurds people can decide on their own station mr chadwick how long will the turkish army stay in serious north. as long as it is needed there's no time constraint there has to be a solution in syria for turkey to leave the area there the solution has to satisfy turkey's security concerns. solution in the area added general in syria because there's no piecemeal deal only for offering or only for law then syria there has to be a general agreement that the north of syria and no longer is a threat to turkey that dice will never come back their threat to get that there will comes back their threats to be so as long as that threat to that threat potential threat continues. going to be there just like the russians are there just like the iranians just like anybody else is their trump pass out that the u.s. might be leaving syria very soon or soon after his national security adviser said that they withdraw one happen tomorrow and the troops are saying for now what do you read in this like is turkey expecting the americans to go in on car one that. turkey wil

mr. trump's long time personal lawyer michael cohen. >>> thank you kanye. e president tweets his gratitude to the rapper and self-proclaimed genius who has been sharing his feelings about mr. trump online. we're tracking the connection. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking major breaking stories including very serious new allegations about the president's nominee for veterans affair secretary. democrats releasing a document detailing claims about dr. ronnie jackson's conduct as the white house physician including an alleged incident where we wrecked a government car after getting drunk at a going away party. jackson is denying that and refusing to withdraw his nomination tonight. also breaking, our exclusive new reporting on russians, spies and potentially deadly

mr. trump's long-time personal attorney michael cohen. now some lawmakers are lining up to make sure getting rid of mueller isn't an option. an effort is under way to protect mueller's job. a group of senators will introduce a bill today that grants a judicial review of any special counsel's dismissal. >> the president has been clear that he thinks that this has gone too far. >> at a white house meeting monday mr. trump discussed the possibility of firing mueller in the wake of fbi raids targeting his personal attorney. white house press secretary sarah sanders was asked if the president has the authority to do that. >> certainly believes he has the power to do so. >> reporter: democrats expressed alarm at the idea. >> it would be a constitutional catastrophe. >> reporter: they called on republicans to act. >> make it clear that firing mueller or interfering in his investigation crosses a red line and is a threat to our constitutional order. >> reporter: but most gop leaders said they didn't think the special counsel's job was in jeopardy

long-time personal attorney michael cohen. >>> now to some news in the lawsuit dogging mr. cohen. the president's long-time confidant declaring in federal court wednesday that he will plead the fifth in the lawsuit filed against him by porn star stormy daniels. she is accusing cohen of defamation. cohen said he will assert his fifth amendment rights against self-incrimination with all proceedings in the case. he cited the ongoing criminal investigation by the fbi and u.s. attorney as his reasons for pleading the fifth. cohen's office, home and hotel room were raided by the fbi earlier this month. authorities are looking for information about that $130,000 payment cohen facilitated to daniels right before the 2016 election. michael avenatti, the attorney to stormy daniels, responded to the news overnight. >> that same individual that the president pointed, you, other members of the media, and the american people to for answers, is now refusing to provide those answers and claiming that he can't answer the questions because the answers will incriminate him. this is a staggering devel

mr. speaker, not long after she took her life. megan's story is heartbreaking, but her memory reminds us we must be tenacious in fighting sexual assault on campus and everywhere else. the unfortunate reality, mr. speaker, that stories like megan university, are common. congressman olson and culberson, and i joined together at the forum yesterday and we have all heard stories about this firsthand from victims. it's always personal. when victims are ignored and rejected, they feel like they have been abandoned and in many ases they have been. they are forced to they are forced to relive their attack over and over again. last year i introduced along with my friend, carolyn maloney, the bipartisan megan rondini act, a bill that would require hospitals to provide access to a safe or plan in place to get a victim to a nearby hospital that can provide forensic medical services. professor and professional assault nurse examiner from texas a&m testified yesterday, by providing this to rape victims a hospital can dramatically improve a victi

mr. trump for negotiating long-term with mr. and i think the silver lining here is that donald trump doesn't give a tinker's damn about world opinion. he's going to press for something har harder, a consist, a commitment to denuclearization. >> paul: it could be a short conversation if mr. trump said denuclearization, and mr. kim says no. this lead-up suggests you need to bend, sir, otherwise you'll be the war monger. >> donald trump will not yield to any kind of pressure. i'm not worried about that. the one thing he has going for him is the economic sanctions i think are being felt by this guy. they're not just u.n. sanctions, there's e.u. sanctions and the u.s. has added to that. if china kicked in we could make him cry uncle. but the weakness that he feels from the sanctions can damage him domestically. that's a trump card for trump. >> paul: we're going to see what happens. still ahead, the supreme court hears oral arguments in a case challenging president trump's travel ban. so after several lower court setbacks, could the

mr. trump for negotiating long-term with mr.nd i think the silver lining here is that donald trump doesn't give a tinker's damn about world opinion. he's going to press for something har harder, a consist, a commitment to denuclearization. >> paul: it could be a short conversation if mr. trump said denuclearization, and mr. kim says no. this lead-up suggests you need to bend, sir, otherwise you'll be the war monger. >> donald trump will not yield to any kind of pressure. i'm not worried about that. the one thing he has going for him is the economic sanctions i think are being felt by this guy. they're not just u.n. sanctions, there's e.u. sanctions and the u.s. has added to that. if china kicked in we could make him cry uncle. but the weakness that he feels from the sanctions can damage him domestically. that's a trump card for trump. >> paul: we're going to see what happens. still ahead, the supreme court hears oral arguments in a case challenging president trump's travel ban. so after several lower court setbacks, could the ju

mr. president. thank you. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> the long friendship between the united states and franceld frenchman named lafayette set sail to join america's fight for independence. he quickly won the trust of george washington, fought bravely in the battle and helped secure the aid of france for the american cause. decades later, president andrew jackson wrote that the memory of lafayette will be second only to that of washington in the hearts of the american people. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the beautiful friendship between the united states and france forged in revolution has changed the course of history. exactly 100 years ago this spring, americans fought side by side with the gallant french in world war i. a generation later, in the second world war, hundreds of thousands of young americans and free french sacrificed together to save civilization in its hour of greatest need. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> 60,000 american service members rest for eternity beneath the peaceful hills of the french countryside and in the soil of virginia and ge

mr pompeo. the israeli leader has long railed against the steel. steel. the israelis will see mr pompeo as being exactly the kind of figure who they would like to push this forward. it's eight weeks since a nerve agent attack left a former russian spy and his daughter in a critical condition in hospital in salisbury. yulia skripal has been released but her father sergei is still receiving treatment. the events of the 11th of march have had a lasting impact not only on them, but on salisbury, with businesses and tourist attractions across the city continuing to report a fall in takings of as much as 70 percent. simon jones has more. most of salisbury may be open for business, but the police cordons remain, a reminder of what happened to it weeks ago. in the shop overlooking the spot where sergei skripal and his daughter were found poisoned on a park bench, they say some weeks takings have been down by 70%. to suddenly go from a busy walkway and having a very busy shop to having almost no one in, it can go three hours with no one walking past, it is

the extradition has to happen within sixty days but there's a long way for mr bush to mount to go he could still appeal if he is told that he has to go to spain he could appeal up to the german constitutional court and even to the european court so there's some way for this thing to run yes ok so extradition still on the table apparently he has to stay in germany to know where in germany he will be we don't know that yet he was hold a press conference late it's day but mr hu just a moment spokesman says that he's now canceled that so we don't know when the details of that will emerge but i imagine he'll have to stay as i said somewhere where he can report to police and make himself available for this call to rights in the north of germany where does all of this leave germany in terms of its relations with spain who really wants him back that's right well germany berlin has been a little bit troubled by this whole. proceedings so far in the over the months of this story with their cars perched mont in this tended to back the madrid line and say that you know madrid's spain's procedure

baldwin: thank you for being here and in during a long day, mr. zuckerberg. i want to start with what i hope can be a quick round of questions just so i make sure i understand your previous testimony. specifically with regard to the process by which cambridge analytica was able to purchase collected data and a personality quiz. mark: yes. senator baldwin: and could gain access to people that took the quiz but their network. is that correct? mark: the terms of the platform their time could share information and some basic information about their friends as well. and we have since changed that. senator baldwin: 87 million you earlierrs -- testified about the two types of ways you game data. one is what is voluntarily shared by facebook members and users. , in orderher is to improve your advertising whatever that means, the data facebook collects in order to customize or focus on that. was alexander kogan able to get both sets of data. mark: it was just a subset of what was entered by the person. a subset of the 95 categories of data that you keep. ,ark: the app

mr. speaker, you got your long-sought tax cut and taxi from legislation approved which you say you consider to be a great achievement. you are not sticky reference biggest consequence which is trillion dollar deficits as far as the congressional budget office as i can see here what r response? >> entitlement reform is the one thing, the one other great thing i spent most of my career working under an extreme proud of the fact that the house passed the because of the reform bill ever consider if the house of representatives. do i regret the fact that the senate did not pass this? yes. but i few from all the budgets that i passed him normalizing entitlement reform, pushing the entitlement reform and house passing et al. reform i'm proud of the fact but, of course, more work needs to be done and it really is entitlements. that's with a work needs to be done and i'm going to keep fighting for that. >> mr. speaker, did the chance that you might not be speaker come november if democrats possibly take the house factor at all in this decision? >> none whatsoever actually. you all know me. i didn't

mr. sumner, so long i can help to bring the piece of good will to men." this was highly provocative language. jefferson davis, the former president of the confederacy. bring the piece of gooder, loathed by confederates and had been for many years. this letter would get more provocative still. longstreet offered the self-evident proposition that the highest of human laws is the law that is established by appeal to arms. ehe then deduced since the sword decided in the favor of north, northern principal had become law. it was the duty of the defeated south to "abandon ideas that are obsolete." among the things that longstreet clashed as obsolete was the democratic party itself. [laughter] prof. varon: which was nothing more than a vehicle for old prejudice. his words. sounding a lot like a republican, longstreet described congress' reconstruction act as peace offerings which would give the south a fresh start. he directly address the issue of race relations. casting black suffrage in the south and arguing that the spirit of black voting should be extended to

mr. defazio: i yield the gentleman -- the chair: for how long? mr. defazio: 30 seconds. mr. mceachin: this amendment preempts important state level protections to ensure that truck drivers are treated fairly and able to do their job safely. this not only erases breaks but affect all local and state wages with adverse implications from everything from workers' compensation to the minimum wage. these changes would be deeply hurtful and i urge my colleagues to oppose them. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon is ecognized. mr. defazio: i have time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman has the only time remaining? mr. denham: would the gentleman yield? mr. defazio: no. like you, jeff, but no. look, this is -- i yield myself such time as i may consume. if you simply pick up a load in the port of los angeles and drive 10 miles, that is deemed interstate commerce. the problem i was trying to solve was a narrow amendment version was to say if someone is coming in from nevada and crosses the state line, there would be

mr. chairman. welcome administrator long. i'm glad to see you back and congratulate you on your good work and acknowledge a fellow north carolinian. >> headed there today. maybe i will ride with you. >> i want to ask a couple of questions and hopefully, we can deal with both of them. it has to do with part of your broader support system. volunteers playing in an increasing role in disaster relief and recovery and the work of the center at the chapel hill which you are going to be addressing on monday. both are problematic in the president's budget and is a nice way to say zeroed out. so i want ask you about them. the national service. you know well, that all hands on deck required as a north carolinian and now in the initial role. and volunteers are a crucial part of the response and recovery. the fema core in 2012, something like 4,000 national service volunteers involved in 2017 alone in relief and recovery efforts. i'm going to ask you to describe what they do. what do these volunteers do to extend the reach of emergency r

mr. mat tils has long held. until this time, mr. mattis had a buffer in the form of h.r. the defense secretary, a retired four-star marine general. the arrival of mr. trump's new national security adviser john bolton means that buffer is gone. again, this comes amid many signs in the white house that the arrival of john bolton is changing the equation inside the white house, but "the new york times" reporting tonight that mattis told the president he needed to get congressional approval for those strikes and the president said no. we'll be right back. stay with us. ♪ you're simply the best. ♪ better than all the rest ♪ applebee's new bigger bolder grill combos. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. it's these new fresh-fx car air fresheners from armor all. each scent can create a different mood in my car. like tranquil skies. or arctic cool! or island oasis. aloha cena! armor all, it's easy to smell good. and back pain made it hard to sleep and get up on time. then i found aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid... ...plus the 12 hour pain relieving stren

mr. maggs spoke for a long time. and harry, as mr. mag called him, went to my husband and said, hey, dick, will you go get harry's car? and he did and he drove it around to the front of the rothschild building because that is where their offices were then, just south of here. i remember saying to my husband, well, what did he say to you? and he said you are a fine boy. >> i wonder if you could talk a little bit about what you see as harry's enlargement of his vistas and abilities and different people during his war years where he was commanding these people that stayed with him for such a long time afterward. could you talk a little bit about how working with those particular people might have broadened his horizons? his battery was primarily made up of irish catholics from kansas city. protestant, there are all kinds of stories about when he was first introduced to his battery d boys. he was probably a little scared of them. people had run away from captains prior to truman taking command. they did not do well in their first engageme

and i don't want to detain the council, mr president, by going through a long list.an provide examples, if anyone would like to hear them. and we also made oui’ like to hear them. and we also made our own assessment that russia used defectors as suitable targets for assassination and indeed, there are public statements from russian leaders to that effect. i would like, ifi leaders to that effect. i would like, if i may, mr president, just to say something about the use of the phrase "highly likely". we used this phrase because under the british system, only a quarter can finally determine culpability. —— only a court. the use of the phrase "highly likely" is a reflection of oui’ "highly likely" is a reflection of our judicial "highly likely" is a reflection of ourjudicial process and should not be construed as casting doubt whatsoever on the likelihood of russia being responsible. iwould also like to take this opportunity to address the russian ambassador's comment about porton down contradicting the foreign secretary. borisjohnson. there was no contradiction. the fo

mr. maggs spoke for a long time. mag calledas mr. him, went to my husband and said, hey, dick, will you go get harry's car? and he did and he drove it around to the front of the rothschild building because that is where their offices were then. and i remember saying to my husband, well, what did he say to you? and he said you are a fine boy. [laughter] i wonder if you could talk a little bit about what you see as harry's enlargement of his abilities and interest in different people during his war years, when he was commanding these people who stayed with him for a long time afterwards? have broadened his horizons? truman being a protestant, he there is all kinds of stories. were probably kind of scared of each other. truman was probably more scared of them, because they had run off a number of their captains prior to treatment taking command. they did not do very well on engagement. the artillery battery, they had about 200 met under his command. they would pull for artillery pieces into position on the battlefield, which meant you h

mr. cop, how long do we have? >> ten minutes. >> president breed: we have ten minutes. let's do this. supervisor tang? >> supervisor tang: i put my proposal for second amendment. >> second. >> supervisor peskin: i would like to propose amendment number 5, removing section -- >> president breed: i'm sorry, supervisor tang has made a motion to amendment based on what you all talked about. can we pass that without objection? without objection, number 5. seconded by supervisor tang, can we pass that without objection? amendment number 5 is passed unanimously. >> supervisor peskin: i would like to move amendment number 7? >> i thought we did that. >> supervisor peskin: we did that. >> president breed: actually we didn't do it and we're going back to supervisor tang's amendment number 3 with the appropriate language. >> supervisor tang: through the chair? ok, i think we have gotten to an agreement which is what i stated earlier to mirror the language we add the phrase on page 16 of supervisor peskin's legislation. perhaps our deputy attorney can repeat it. it's on page 16, lines 15-16, addi