mr. lynch and mr. sherman. mr. lynch is concerned as am i that we are not doing enough to stamp out conflicts of interest within the credit rating agency sector of our economy or the financial services industry. we have a lot of work to do there. mr. butler, in response to mr. lynch's questions, you indicated that terms of full compliance with new regulations being issued by the sec that you see this more as i think he set a journey than a destination. i would hope the destination is full compliance with regulations including stamping out conflicts of interest. maybe explain what you mean by journey rather than destination. i hope the journey is pretty quick. what did she mean by that that is more of a journey than the destination? >> what i meant by that is compliance isn't an end state that companies adhere to achieving compliance is over. i view compliance is something that is needed every single day. the firms have large compliance staff could compliance staff. they've been adding significa

mr. lynch: we asked mr. gruber, jonathan gruber, who was one of the architects of this plan, and he explained that it was not adjusted for the rate of inflation because they wanted more and more people over time to be captured by that tax. and you know, i am a former, i will confess i'm a former union attorney and union president. i deal, my history i have dealt with a lot of union plans not only for the iron workers but the teamsters and wardrobe workers. so all of these plans are going to be -- and a lot of these big companies like gillette and raytheon and all -- funny the people who sat down with their employees and worked out a plan for their health care plan, the people who did the right thing, they're the ones that will be hit with this tax. it's a huge, huge problem. and it's, it's multiplied because of the, because of the amount of the tax. now we have delayed it. so more and more people will be captured. i'm wondering from the irs position, we, are we educating consumers about that? because when it

mr. lynch: sure. mr. brainard: i work in a field operation and i'm responsible for everything in the state of kansas. i was at maine last year. iowa 10 years. indiana before that. i can tell you there is a stereotype that they care about customer service. that's not accurate. there are a number of airlines who partner with t.s.a. successfully every day. there are a number of airports who partner with t.s.a. successfully every day. we are the only entity that deals with three constands, departures, arrivals, connections. and when we're not doing our job as efficiently or effectively as we can, they have the right to be upsit about that and we need to find a solution. the problem we have right now is the previous leadership team oversaw -- that oversaw t.s.a. put in a plan a without a plan b. if we had the plan b we would not be here right now and that's reflective upon that leadership. and i don't think there is a day that mr. neffenger doesn't come to work and just -- he didn't get full disclosure when he

mr. lynch: sure. mr.d: i work in a field operation and i'm responsible for everything in the state of kansas. i was at maine last year. iowa 10 years. indiana before that. i can tell you there is a stereotype that they care about customer service. that's not accurate. there are a number of airlines who partner with t.s.a. successfully every day. there are a number of airports who partner with t.s.a. successfully every day. we are the only entity that deals with three constants -- departures, arrivals, connections. and when we're not doing our job as efficiently or effectively as we can, they have the right to be upset about that and we need to find a solution. the problem we have right now is the previous leadership team oversaw -- that oversaw t.s.a. put in a plan a without a plan b. ife

the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch for mr. lynch for his question. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to thank both of the panelists for your willingness to help the committee with this work. i did have a question that was raised earlier about the affordable care act. a big part of the funding mechanism for the affordable care act was the so-called cadillac tax. the cadillac tax applies to union healthcare plans. i'm a former union president myself so i've served as a trustee of a health care plan. the taxes about a 40% tax. it applies to both the employer and the employee. congress in its wisdom delayed the implementation of the cadillac tax until 2020. however, the the limit stayed the same, so thousands and thousands, probably millions or more people will be in that cadillac tax category when 2020 rolls around. on top of that, for every dollar over the limit you will pay of 40% tax. so it's prorated for employee and employer. then, i read it more closely and the tax itself, a penalty is taxed. so it really comes down to a 58

so what can mr. lynch and i and mr. jordan and i do with commissioner koskinen to help him perhaps see the error of their ways? what would you recommend? >> i think raising this in this hearing is certainly done a lot but i honestly think that the irs needs to do a better job when it makes these decisions, of analyzing the consequences of these decisions. and not just look at, we're saving money because we're not handling these in-person contacts that are $60 per contact. you may have spent $60 but you might have brought in $5,000 serving that taxpayer in that walk-in site. that not the analysis that is happening. that needs to be asked for. >> would you be willing to give this committee in the next 45 days or so, your recommendations on what legislative fixes that we, you would recommend? or actually, i'm asking you to do that. >> yes. >> so if you would be willing to do that, what i would like to do is, is to make sure in a bipartisan way we address that. there are a number of others, i think they're about to call vot

stephen lynch: 10 years, yeah. mr. lyle, you had something else? cole lyle: congressman lynch, i would note that eight to 10 years -- kaya started helping me within weeks. it does not take eight to 12 years for these dogs to really assist veterans. stephen lynch: oh, no, no. i mean they're training throughout that 10 years. so that is a service that's being rendered. you divide the cost of training and acquisition over the ten years. mr. feldman, anything else you would like to add? you talked about cost. the pilot study looked at 137 veterans which we announced the funding for last year and which will be completed next next month and published next year , and that whole study cost up to $350,000, and we're getting results in a two-year period. yes, we have to do more research, but it does not have to take that long and cost that much. stephen lynch: yeah, you see the number of veterans that we're treating with opioids, and there's just no happy ending they are with the addiction rate we have. we have to try something different. my time has expired.

at this time i would like to recognize this task force ranking member, my colleague and mr. lynch from massachusetts for four minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i also want to thank chairman hencer ling and ranking member waters and vice chairman pittinger for holding today's hearing and would you like to welcome and thank our distinguished panel of experts this morning for helping our task force with this important work. today's hearing will focus on how the united states can counter the plunder and sale of priceless culture antiquities by the islamic state and others. other relevant themes of today's hearing, while focused on the antiquities, are analogous throughout our task force hearings, especially those concerns related to trade-based money laundering. to cut off the flow of financing to terrorist organizations, we need better information sharing on all fronts and this includes improvements in information sharing between government agencies, between agencies, between countries and the private sector. we also need to be able to attract the true owners of property. whether

the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch for a series of questions. >> thank you. i want to thank both of the panelists for your willingness to help. i did have a question that was raised earlier about the affordable care act. i've been part of the funding mechanism and there was a cadillac tax. the cadillac tax applied to generous health care plans. i have served as a trustee of the plan. the tax is about a 40%% tax that applies to the employer and employee. they've delayed that tax until 2020 however the limit stays the same. millions of people may be in that cadillac tax category when 2020 raise rolls around. on top of that, for for every dollar over the root limit, you will pay of 40% tax. the employees have to play more on this and the employer. i read it more closely, the tax itself, the penalty, it comes out to 58 or 59% penalty. to employees and employers know that? some of the problem is the affordable care act. there's so many moving pieces that getting education out about all of these issues is very difficult. i h

. >> how can mr. lynch, let me catch you there because i am running out of time. how can mr. lynch and i assist you with the irs to make sure it is a hand and glove approach versus i think your adjective was contentious? >> tenuous. >> tenuous. all right. wrong word, but go ahead. tenuous. how can we help you there? >> by encouraging the irs to work with industry. there some barriers to working with industry and on the disclosure rules that make it a barrier for sharing information and there needs to be a true partnership between the industry and the irs when it am cans to all things technology. they can't expect to be a technology leader out there. there is many other companies and developers out there who are technology leaders. >> they are programming with cobalt. i ran out of time. i have gotten questions and i will go to mr. lynch and recognize them for a second series of questions. we recounted the weaknesses with the irs system. lack of personnel that has diminished of recent years. lack of communication between the taxpayer and the irs. the risk of id theft through fil

. >> i thank the chairman and i wish that mr. lynch had stuck around for just a few minutes because he said something and i thought mr. brainard handled it very well. i'll go back and say that mr. lynch mentioned that the airlines were just interested in moving product. that's unfair. i know some folks who work there and their families fly, their friends fly and they care just as much about safety as we do. it's probably just as inaccurate to say that the airlines only care about moving product as it would be to say that all you care about is safety and that you don't care about the folks who have to stand in line and how long they do. in fact, i look forward to a longer conversation with mr. lynch as to who cares less about people, corporation or bureaucracy. my guess is they're probably tied. i want to get back to the purpose of the hearing which is to talk about the way the employees are treated. is anybody familiar with the circumstance that happened in charleston, south carolina with a miss kimberly barnett? >> no, sir. >> just an

mr. lyle: i would note that it does not take 8-12 years for the stocks to really assist veterans. rep. lynch: no no. i mean, they are training during those 10 years or so. the cost of training over the 10 years. to have anything else you would like to add? mr. feldman: you mentioned cost. the pilot study that we announced the funding for last year that will be completed next month, and probably published later this year, that whole study cost upwards of $50,000 and we are getting results within two years. yes, we need to more be searched, but does not have to take that long or cost that much . rep. lynch: you see the number of veterans we are treating with opioids. there is no happy ending there with the addiction rates we have. my time has expired. rep. desantis: the turnout record -- the chair now recognizes the vice chair of the committee. rep. russell: mr. fallon, i notice that you served in the military. you served in a veterinary capacity. in that time in your service, to to develop a bond with the animals under your care? dr. fallon: absolutely, yes. rep. russell: do you develop a bon

forfeiture. >> i yield back none of my time and i hope my colleagues will explore the further. >> mr. lynch. >> following up on the line of questioning what is possible to look at the panama papers and some suggested legislation of terrorist financing we have gone to jordan and morocco and other places asking the leadership to adopt money-laundering of terrorist financing legislation. >> i have a question the committee regularly travels to iraq from the anbar province in respect some time numerous times in southern turkey on the syrian border. to me with the rebel groups operating in syria against assad a lot of those groups are using the social media platform. just going back to the question with a chain of custody on these artifacts coming out of syria and iraq. is there a way? and though they are marketing and selling these antiquities is there any way for us to interject? >>. >> this is what we do. we track the sales we have people on the ground that i regularly have and that i receive every day dozens of these photos. we receive this information but what happens next is the big hole an

and with that, i will recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee on national security, mr. lynch, for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this hearing to examine the efforts undertaken by the department of veteran affairs to provide service dogs to veterans of the u.s. armed forces to assist with treatment for post traumatic stress. i'd also like to thank today's panel witnesses for helping the committee with its work. and again, thank all our veterans in attendance and active military. it is the mission of the department of va to serve and honor the more than 21 million dedicated men and women who are america's veterans in fulfillment of president lincoln's historic commitment to "care for those who shall have borne the battle and for their widows and orphans." with the formal end of the u.s.-led combat mission in iraq in 2010, and in afghanistan in 2014, the return of over 2.7 million veterans from extended service in support of "operation iraqi freedom," "operation enduring freedom," and other war zone deployments, the fundamental duty of t

. >> ranking member about task force, mr. lynch, is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. and just following up, miss wagner's line of questioning, it might be profitable for us to look at the "panama papers" side of this as well some suggested legislation. i know in the past on the issue of terrorist financing we have gone to jordan, to morocco, other places where we've asked their legislature and their leadership to adopt anti-money laundering or antiterrorist financing legislation in those countries so that we dot have a means of enforcement. mr. fanusie, and also mr. shin dell, i have a question. the regularly traveling to are iraq. we went to anbar province, many of us numerous times on southern turkey on the syrian border and, we've haan opportunity to meet with rebel groups operating in syria, against bashar al-assad. a lot of those groups there, including isil, are using the social media platform, whatsapp and, just going back to, to mr. shindell's question about the chain of custody on some of these artifacts, what is coming out of syria and iraq and source of ori

. >> ranking member of the task force, mr. lynch is recognized for fine minutes. >> following up on miss wagner's line of questioning, it might be profitable for us to look at the panama papers as well. and some suggested legislation. i know in the past on the issue of terrorist financing, we have gone to jordan, to morocco, other places where we've asked their legislature and their leadership to adopt anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist financing legislation in those countries so we have a means of enforcement. i have a question. the committee regularly travels to iraq, we came back last week from anbar province, we spent some time, many of us, numerous times in southern turkey on the syrian border. and we've had an opportunity to meet with rebel groups, operating in syria against bashar al assad. a lot of those groups there, including isil are using the social media platform what'sapp. and just going back to mr. shindell's question about the chain of custody on these artifacts, what's coming out of syria and iraq, and the sour

. >> i thank the chairman and i wish that mr. lynch had stuck around for just a few minutes because he said something and i thought mr. brainard handled it very well. but i'll go back just for the record and say that mr. lynch mentioned that the airlines were just interested in moving product. you handled it extremely well. that's unfair. i know some folks who work there and their families fly, their friends fly and they care just as much about safety as we do. it's probably just as inaccurate to say that the airlines only care about moving product as it would be to say that all you care about is safety and that you don't care about the folks who have to stand in line and how long they do. in fact, i look forward to a longer conversation with mr. lynch as to who cares less about people, a corporation or bureaucracy. my guess is they're probably tied. but i want to get back to the purpose of the hearing which is to talk a little about the way the employees are treated. i just have to ask, and i don't know the answer to this question. is

i'll go back just for the record and i think mr. lynch mentioned at the end the airlines were interested in moving product, moving people through and i think mr. brainard, you handled that extraordinarily well. i know some folks who work there and their families fly, nair friends fly and they care just as much about safety as we do. it's probably just as inaccurate to say the airlines only care about moving product as it would be to say all you care about is safety. that you don't care about the folks who have to stand in line and how long they do. in fact, i look to a longer conversation about who cares let less about it, cooperation or bureaucracy. i guess they're tied. i want to talk about the way the employees are treated. is anybody familiar with the circumstances at charleston, south carolina about kimberly barnett? just something we talked about here today. she complained about her supervisor falsifying records in her area. it was the k-9 use of the dog. she went to the o.s.c. which is where she was supposed to go and made the comp

hart ling as mr. lynch said -- ms. hartling, as mr. lynch said, trying to get some good out of this horrific event, has drawn admiration from all quarters. thank you for being here, ms. hartling. i think i'm the last one here. all your patience is going to be paid off shortly and give you an opportunity to talk. director saldana, the one thing about the casey chad it is wick case is there's no ambiguity in this instance in terms of whether or not someone's charges were pending or whether or not the individual was nvicted of aning a rah vated versus a serious offense. jean jacques came into the country without documentation. convicted by the state of connecticut of a homicide. served over 15 years in prison. at the completion of his sentence, the department of corrections surrendered him into the custody of i.c.e. again, your -- the government had run the traps in terms of getting a deportation order completed at that point. any appeals that he tried to pose had been exhausted. so there was just, again, no sort of glitches that anyone co

fitzpatrick, mr. lynchk force for including me in these important deliberations. evidence that isis has sanctioned the looting of antiquities to generate terrorism is a game changer. it compels us to think about the ownership of art the responsibility of the art trade and the role of federal government differently than ever before. we cannot say we weren't warned. as recently as 1981, nathan hammond, the only monument officer to see duty in italy and germany, and an important advisor to general eisenhower, urged all those willing to listen "planners for future hostilities tend to think in terms of the last conflict, but any consideration of the different ways in which the first and second world wars were fought demonstrates the fallacy of such an approach. if this generation wishes to leave to his children the cultural treasures that it has enjoyed, such planning should be encouraged." his warning went unheeded, but as events in iraq in 2003 and more recently in syria have painfully demonstrated, he was rig

at this time i like to recognize this task force is ranking member, mr. lynch, for four minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i also want to thank chairman hensarling and ranking member waters as well as vice chairman for holding today's hearing. and i would like to welcome and thank our distinguished panel of experts this morning for helping our task force with this important work. today's hearing will focus on how that united states can counter the plunder and sale of priceless cultural antiquities by the islamic state and others. the relevant themes of today's hearing will focus on antiquities are analogous to what we've seen throughout our task force hearings, especially those concerned with her to state-based money laundering. we need better information sharing on all fronts, and this includes improvement in information between government agencies, between countries and with the private sector. we need to be able to track the true owners of property whether the property is an ancient artifact or a high rise apartment building. we need to cut off a trade was

i thank mr. lynch for his work on this legislation and i do believe that it is a stronger bill more fair to the employees and it is an important step forward. and i thank mr. cummings and the committee as a whole and the members who helped get the bill to this point today. i would still urge passage but i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the the gentlewoman from virgin islands is recognized. ms. plaskett: i yield myself such time as i may consume. agency overuse of administrative leave can be a problem. and we need to pursue ways that agencies can use administrative leave more efficiently while preserving due process protections for federal employees. i want to thank the chairman for working with the minority and particularly with representative lynch to address our concerns that the original bill could have encouraged agencies to suspend employees without pay and without due process. the bill as reported would preserve the ability of an agency to place employees on administrat

with that, i will recognize mr. lynch for his opening statements. lynch: thank you. thank today'so panel of witnesses for helping the committee with its work, and again, think all the veterans and active military. it is the mission of the department of v.a. to serve in honor more than 21 million men and women who are america's to care for those who have formed the battle -- born the battle. with the formal and of the combat mission in iraq in 2010 and in afghanistan in 2014, the ,eturn of veterans from service the fundamental to the of the v.a. to provide care to veterans and their families remains as critical as effort. oversight of the v.a. is essential to make sure the agency carries out its mission. as recently evidence imposed 9/11 veterans returning, effective treatment of posttraumatic stress is one urgent area that the v.a. and congress must continue to strengthen. according to the national center for post-traumatic stress, 27 of -- veterans who served in 2700 veterans who served have stress everyc year. it is normally the result of towards the duty and recen

mr. lynch, welcome to the show, sir. >> thanks for having me, chuck. >> you know, your column, which had a lot of -- and understandably, why folks decided to be anonymous and some of the things they said to you, it was quite striking, and to the point where some might say, are they trying to get involved in our election too much? >> well, generally, they try to stay out of the election as much as possible, but somehow, trump has had the ability to draw them in. i mean, several weeks back, the u.n. high commissioner for human rights made a number of public statements calling trump's remarks about keeping muslims out of the country grossly irresponsible. that's not the sort of thing that he would do. he is a jordanian diplomat, very correct. doesn't want to get into the election, but he's been saying stuff that is so controversial, so contrary to some of the sort of fundamental views that the u.n. kind of body, at least in terms of the u.n. human rights office has on human rights, that they feel

mr. lynch's part of the world and objects stolen from churches all over the world. these things don't get stolen unless there is something to buy them. they don't get stored unless something thinks a lot light will move away. if we have a process to register, there should be a threshold where there is a clean bill of sale. your work offard or whatever it is, a small object or painting is known. there is no chance or concern about it being something that was smuggled. it will be a disincentive for people buying these things knowing that where is your piece of paper. i don't want to buy it unless it is cleared. is it a challenge for us? it's work, but 100 to 200 monuments in the face that found and returned five million objectings. i'm not interested in hearing someone tell me the difficulties are why something can't be done when we can read a credit card from space. the technology is there. the progs of the determination of the sale of this increased reporting. who is against transparency? if we bring that in, we will not only cut down on trafficking or sources for o

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you to the ranking member as well. welcome, mr. secretary. good to see you again. mr. secretary, the chair and the ranking member some time ago created a task force on terrorist financing here in this committee and together with myself and mr. fitzpatrick and mr. pittenger, we've been working basically in the middle east, north africa and my colleagues are leaving for central america in the not too distant future. the examples where we've had the greatest success in north africa and the middle east has been the result of coordination with your office, with fincen, and also in several countries, we've worked with treasury at ataches that a part of the u.s. embassies in those countries. it goes from afghanistan to jordan to egypt, tunisia, morocco. all of those countries, the level of cooperation we've got from them, which has been considerable, has been the result of your work and the work of people like joe parker. i think he may be retired now. but he was very, ver

at this time, i would like to recognize the task force's ranking member, mr. lynch from massachusetts, for four minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i also want to thank chairman hen selling and waters as well for holding the hearing and i would like to welcome and thank our distinguished panel of experts for helping the task force with this important work. today's hearing will focus on how the united states can counter the plunder and sale of priceless cultural antiquities by the islamic state and others. other relevant themes of today's hearing, while focused on antiquities are analogous to what we have seen throughout our task force hearings, especially those concerns related to trade based money laundering. to cut off the flow of financing to terrorist organizations, we need better information sharing on all fronts, and this includes improvements in information sharing between government agencies, between countries, and with the private sector. we also need to be able to track the true owners of property, whether that property is an ancient artifact or a high-ri

recognize the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch, for five minutes. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. thanks for holding hearing. i thank the ranking member as well. like all the other members before me i just want want to so victims families and courage and willingness to come forward and try to make sure this does not happen again and mr. martin and mr. burbank, thank you as well for your participation. miss heart, can i ask you, the contact that you have had with any federal law enforcement, can you tell me if they have been -- i'm trying to explore the communication between federal agencies and victims such as yourself and families. could you tell me a little about that? has any of that gone on? >> no. i have not heard from the federal government or homeland security or -- i.c.e.? >> nothing, no. not congressman, blumenthal, he had things rolling pretty good for casey's case when i saw him in hartford last year that, so, i know for a homeland security is investigating gene jacques's case, my daughter's case. we're just waiting for the report. >> mr. martin, could you tel

now being mrs. lynch, the department of justice, should know what a subpoena is, should know what the law is, and should know that she has to comply. so where do we go from here being that she is blatantly breaking the law? >> thank you, sir. we'll get a response. >> well, i do believe that in the case that's before the supreme court, the issues certainly will be vetted and that the proper documents have been filed and i do believe that the constitutional authority of the president is very, very clear. there certainly has been precedent set. >> let me ask you about something we talked to congressman dent about. seeming more and more likely that the house this year will not approve a budget plan. tomorrow is the next deadline and house republicans admitting that they're going to miss the deadline. >> and i think it is a terrible shame. i think it's horrendous considering what kind of issues that we have before us. we have the zika virus. we have opioid addiction. and we have the flint, michigan water crisi

i plan to my colleague mr. lynch i've also before to legislation, menendez in greater put together legislation i'm looking for more guidance about whether the uncertainty introduced is, in fact, a problem that we should address. >> i believe as a member of enforcement decision i'm probably the best qualified to talk about this. but that also to thank the newman decision raises issues that are extraordinary nuanced and i want to be as hopeful as they can, but i think to get a real appreciation for the considerations that go into how newman affects our enforcement decision at our ability to bring insider trading cases is best addressed by someone who has more background if that. of course, i be happy to take any questions back and have the right person get back to you. obviously, we are well aware of the newman decision and the nuances of it but i think he probably would be better served by having from people who were a christian the nuances of how it impacts our enforcement efforts spirit i appreciate senator i recogn

mr. lynch: so we were actually evaluating open consults. evaluating pending appointments. assessing patients prior to that. the standdown was a way to bring together the five points that are in dr. shulkin's priorities. we focused on access, engaged our employees. we looked to the community for help where we needed it. we engaged best practices from across the networks and we were working to basically restore trust with our veterans. ms. brown: i just want to say the next time you all schedule a standdown it will be good to let the members know because we would like to -- i know i would like to be at my center on a saturday when you are all planning. secretary shulkin: i know the last standdown, congresswoman, i was in orlando, florida, and there were members of the congressional staff there. so we welcome your involvement. ms. brown: last question. what policy directives have resulted from the standdowns? secretary shulkin: what we've done as a result of the standdown, we sequestered a team of people from the field, not from the central office, who have told us what needs

mr. trump. loretta lynch says the justice department has not set a deadline for the investigation into former secretaryte hillary clinton's use of private e-mail to send personal and work correspondence to achieve made her comments to al hunt during an interview on "charlie rose." them to do ato thorough review. we have to be full, author of, fair and independent. and we do not make predictions because that is, that cuts off the independence. of that. we don't predict the timing of any of our matters. mark: you can see the entire interview tonight on "charlie p.m. at 7:00 amdnd 10:00 toce president is en route washington following talks with the italian prime minister. italy, the united states, and other countries are struggling to deal with the instability in libya that has fueled the rise of islamic state in the country. mr. biden also met with pope francis as they prepared to give separate remarks on a conference on regenerative medicine. a search operation is over following a western -- a helicopter crash. all 13 are in board are presumed dead. the helicopter was carrying people from an offshore oi

at this time i will recognize the task force ranking member, mr. lynchfrom massachusetts for four minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i also want to thank chairman canceling and ranking members as well as weiss chairman for holding today's hearing. i like to welcome and thank our distinguished panel of experts this morning for helping our task force to this important work. today's hearing will focus on how the united states can counter the plunder and sale of priceless antiquities buys the islamic state and others the relevant themes of today's hearing while focused on antiquities are analogous to what we have seen throughout our task force hearings especially those concerns related to trade base money laundering. to cut off the floor financing to terrorist organizations we need better information sharing on all fronts. this includes includes improvement and information sharing between government agencies between countries and with the private sectors we also need to be of the track the true owners of property whether that's an agent artifact or a high-r

we would have ended up being lynched if mr. had not recovered. >> two months later loiza recovers and returns to the assembly. >> he came back as a different person. he was not man of confrontation anymore. he summoned us for a reconciliation, and he provoked one of the most touching, sensitive moments of the constitutional assembly. we applauded him, we thanked him, and we held each other, members of the opposition and members of the government. some people even cried. >> the incident with mr. loiza gave them a chance to talk. it gave them a chance to see each other as what they really are, human beings. >>> coming up -- politicians step out and get down. ♪ >> i don't know of any times when it's really good for a president to try to dance. >> when kaut on camera: politics gone wild returns. so i made a decision to talk to my dermatologist about humira. humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults taking humira were clear

mrs. clinton if it's denied by loretta lynch, decides not to proceed. obviously, if they decide to proceed, it will be even worse. loretta lynch is investigating this, along with comey. >> it seems there is a lot of cooperation between the justice department and the fbi on this. >> yeah, so let's not pretend that comey is doing this on his own. he's working with prosecutors and the justice department. and the obama justice department is criminally investigating mrs. clinton. and whether comey does the questioning, fbi agents do the questioning, i guarantee, a dodge prosecutor is going to be there in the office. >> it also seems to make sense that in order for them -- the doj and fbi to have given immunity to the guy who set up this server, ryan pack leoni, they would have had to be involved in that decision, and they would have had to be doing something to try to move this case along. >> those are decisions made by prosecutors, not fbi agents. fbi agents don't grant immunity. they have to do that in coordination with the justice department. and pagliano

mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate state college high school health education teacher melanie lynch who was recently named one of six winners of the national health education teacher of the year award by the society of health and physical educators. specifically, melanie was recognized for designing and putting in place lesson plans which educate, motivate, and inspire students, high school students and their communities to take personal responsibility for improving their health habits. melanie's classes involve not only the academic knowledge of which nutrients are best for their diets but topics such as peer pressure, bullying, and how to eat right once they graduate high school. lynch is assisted in those efforts by the textbooks she co-wrote entitled "comprehensive health." physical and health education is key to students across the nation receiving a well-rounded school experience. i appreciate the efforts of teachers such as melanie lynch in bringing real world lessons into the last classroom. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore

the president, patrick lynch sent out this statement that says had a police officer made remarks similar to mr. emery's on two occasions, that officer the next ccr b chairperson should be held to the same high standard that police officers are. >> dari: that was jessica reporting. another high-profile nypd officer has been reassigned. this is due to the ongoing federal corruption probe of the police department. deputy chief, andrew -- has been moved to an administrative position pending further review. at least 20 officers have been interviewed about whether they accepted gifts from two brooklyn businessman who allegedly have ties to mayor diblasio's campaign for other senior police officers were previously reassigned. >> steve: a judge delayed the sentencing of former officer who is supposed to be sentenced tomorrow following a manslaughter conviction of a fatal shooting. the judge is now considering whether to toss the conviction after one of the jurors in the case allegedly lied during the selection process. michael vargas originally said committed of a crime but his father was sent to pris

attorney general holder behind him, attorney general loretta lynch have instructed them to not go nor long sentences on non-violent crimes. mrn or bernie sanders if they are successful or on the republican side saying what are they going to do about it. because the bad sides of the crime bill have led to some things that need to be delt with like holder and lynch have begun dealing with. we're not hearing that commitment. i think it's right to raise the question from '94, but raise it in the context what will you do about the long standing bad affects from the bill that have a large incarceration rate and families torn apart. you can't just walk by that. this is a major concern today in our community. crime down, but you have incarcerated people for non-violent offenses. you still have a lot of the elements in there that were negative. no one is saying that we don't want the see crime curbed and kept down because we're the victims. we don't want to be the victims of mass incarceration and people serving a long time. you have people with crack convictions getting mandatory getting long term sentences and people with loose coc

mr. singer why he likes macro so much as well as the head of merrill lynch investor office.go at the top of the hour. some headlines now on the kremlin coming out speaking about the panama papers. notimir putin saying he is mentioned in any of the alleged documents concerning offshore transactions linked to the panama law firm. the spokesman is telling reporters this is because putin, russia, our stability, our upcoming elections are the primary target to destabilize the situation. what is interesting is the global sentiment. two headlines on the bloomberg back-to-back, one from bloomberg , india's finance minister comments on panama paper. as from the washington post, the panama papers are awkward for beijing. this is not just about rich people in the west. vonnie: 143 politicians, families and close associates. go to the international consortium of investigative journalists website for a map. tom: let's finish up what has become interesting second quarter. sallie krawcheck. women not only investing on wall street but the whole idea of a reset for women. part of that is a c

chosen a presumed successor to peyton manning, and so has paxton lynch ready to step into the shadows of the likes of john elway and mrng us on the phone is paxton's agent, and also the inspiration for jerry mcguire the founder of steinberg associate, and so as the agent for the draft quarterback, and everybody seems to think that he is a raw talent. >> he is as ready as any other quarterback is which is not very ready. the adjustment to the pro game with the more sophisticated defenses and the faster speed is not easy for anybody to take, but it tain takes time on the field, and they have mark sanchez, there and hopefully he will get a little bit of the learning curve behind him, but he is very excited. and can you imagine going to the super bowl winning team with the great organization, great coaching, and it is a dream come true. >> yeah, quite a quest. he is 6'7" and can run extraordinarily fast, and we were watching the videos in there, and he has a strong arm, but your guess is that sanchez is going to be starting this the yea year? >> i think that he starts and you see how it goes, and then a quarterback who ca

lynch. assistant deputy under health and clinical operations from the office of in spector general, we have mr. larry rink meyer, director of oig kansas city office of audits and evaluation and accompanied by gary abe acting assistant inspector. and finally we'll hear from deborah draper, director of the health care team at the government accountability office and i would ask if all of the witnesses would please stand so we can swear you in. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear under penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to provide is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you, please be seated. let the record reflect that all witnesses did answer in the affirmative. dr. shullki, you are recognized for your opening statement of five minutes. >> good morning, ranking member brown and members of the committee and chairman, i'm accompanied by dr. thomas lynch, the assistant deposit undersecretary for operations and behind me the senior adviser to the undersecretary. arrived at v.a. nine months ago and i understood when i came here this axis crisis was a

lynch. assistant deputy under secretary for health and clinical operations. from the office of inspector general, we have mr. larry reinkemeyer. he we'll hear from ms. debra draper director of the healthcare team at the government accountability office. i would ask if the witnesses would please stand so we can swear you in. raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear under penalty of perjury the testimony you're about to provide is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. please be seated. let the record reflect that all witnesses did answer in the affirmative. dr. shulkin you are recognized for your opening statement of five minutes. >> good morning, chairman miller. ranking member brown, members of the committee. as the chairman said i'm accompanied by dr. thomas lynch, the assistant deputy under secretary for clinical operations. seated bemihind me is the senio advisor. i arrived at va nine months ago. i understood this access crisis was a national priority and the status quo simply wasn't acceptable. it's not my objective today to tell you that we fixed all the problems or that w