mr. meeks, the ranking member on the subcommittee on europe and eurasia. >> thank you, madam chairman. madam secretary, it's always a delight to have you before us. i want to stay on behalf of all the american people what a splendid job you're doing. i have three questions. one, about our complex relationship with russia which i believe presents significant accomplishments, challenges and opportunities. our areas of disagreement are sometimes profound, coordinated action to confront efforts of life like syria or global security as in iran. notably, however, the cold war is behind us. united states and russia are no longer eyeball to eyeball with fingers posed over red buttons that would release arsenals aimed at one another. we are often elbow to elbow at conference tables, which i think is a good thing. madam secretary, would you comment on your priority and strategy with respect to russia? you may or may not know that i am particularly interested in expanding trade and economic relationship w

. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. meeks. >> thank you. mr. secretary, good to see you again.me pick up where my colleague left off briefly. xm banks. there's a conversation going on in the senate about the reshorgs at a high level. i was wondering if you could describe how they help american companies in providing for exports in countries that have less developed capital markets. >> countries around the world subsidize exports. we do it in a way that's very careful, protects the taxpayer, by forcing them to charge companies for the subsidy they get. that's why it's true there's been no record of loss to the programs. if we don't do it, other countries will steal business from american countries. an you'll see few exports, less jobs, that would be a miss take for the u.s. economy. if we stop, they'll keep doing it. it's not just europe, it's china, very aggressively. brazil. all sorts of countries do it. so it makes no sense. it's not rational for us to unilaterally disarm, and in the hopes by doing that somehow the world will stop. i don't th

mr. meeks, the ranking member on the subcommittee on europe and eurasia. i want to say on behalf of all splendid job you're doing. i have three questions. one, russia, significant accomplishments, challenges, opportunities. our areas disagreement are sometimes profound, coordinated action to confront efforts of life like syria or global security as in iran. no coly, war is behind us. united states and russia are no longer eyeball to eyeball withv that would release arsenals at each elb to elbow at conference tables, which i think is a good thing. madam secretary would you comment on your priority and strategy with respect to russia. you may or may not know that i am ic expanding trade and economic relationship with russia, which in the year ahead i hope will be a good news stories for the united states. secondly turkey, which continues to be a strategically important player in a challenging part of the world. stinted leadership and supporting change and peace in syria and receiving tens ofh refugees that spill across the common bored. they have stepped int

. >> mr. meeks the ranking member on the sub committee on europe. >> always au delight to have yo before us. and on behalf of all the american people, what a splendid job you are doing. three questions. one, our complex relationship with russia which i believe presents a significant accomplishments, challenges and opportunities and our areas a o disagreements are pro found. note ably however the cold war is behind us and the united states and russia are not longer eyeball to eyeball with finger s posed over red buttons that would release arsenals against each other and we are now often elbow on elbow at conference tables. which is a good thing. can you comment on your strategy with respect to russia? you may or may not know that i'm a particularly interested in expanding trade and economic relationship with russia in the year ahead i hope it will be a good news story for the united states. secondly, turkey which continue s to be an important player in a challenging part of the world. in fact, turkey

. >> thank you very much, mr. meeks. madam secretary. the senator from california, chairman on the sub committee is recognized. >> thank you very much. i, too, respect the job you're doing. we have some disagreements. the fact is you work hard and you take your job seriously. probably of all the members of the obama administration, have you more respect here in capitol hill than your other colleagues. sorry, that's a backhanded compliment. i shouldn't have said that. there are many lives that depend directly on the decisions you make in your job. i'd like to ask two questions but relating directly to people who are now in grave danger who will be affected by your decision making, then after that if i have other time i'll have a couple of other questions. the first one is about the doctor in pakistan. as you're aware it is now illegal for the government from pakistan to receive aid money from the united states unless you, as secretary of state, certify that pakistan is cooperating with the united states in counter-terrorism efforts and pr

the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. meeks'. >> thank you, secretary, to see you again. let me just first talk about where ms. maloney had talked about the imf. i think this conversation going on in the senate right now about the reauthorization of the gnome bug i was wondering if you could tell us about hal the banks help american companies and providing financing for u.s. exports in countries that have developed capital market. >> countries around the world subsidize exports. we do it in a way that is very careful, by forcing them to charge companies for the subsidies they get. that is why overtime, i think there is then no record of loss to taxpayers in this program. if we don't do it, another country will steal business from american companies, and you will see less exports and less jobs, that would be a mistake. that would be a mistake for the u.s. economy. if we stop, they will keep doing it, and it is not just europe, it is china very aggressively. it makes no sense. it is not rational for us to unilaterally disarm, in

meek meek i'm here to -- mr. meeks: i'm here to thank god for the life of donald payne, a man who was focused, a man who was a trailblazer, a man who when he came to congress, he knew what he wanted to do, people don't know what their purpose is in life. some people wonder all of their life to find that purpose. donald payne knew what his purpose was. he fought and was determined to get to the house of representatives so he could make a difference in so many lives. and once he came here, he never changed his focus, he never changed his purpose. he knew that he wanted to deal on the international scale. he knew he wanted to take care of the people of newark and he knew he was focused on education. and so when he had the opportunity to go on appropriations, the powerful appropriations committee, he was so focused on what his mission was. he said no to appropriations and stayed on foreign affairs and stayed on education because that is what he wanted to do. he paved the way for someone like me that when i came to the cong

mr. smith: meeks, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend and ex tnd tend their remarks and include extraneous materials on h.r. 3992 currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: madam speaker, h.r. 3992 is legislation that was introduced by our colleague, howard berman, which i have co-sponsored, and i appreciate his leadership on this issue. the judiciary committee approved this legislation by voice vote. the bill adds israel to the list of countries eligible for e-2 visas. e-2 visas are temporary visas available for foreign investors. a foreign national may be admitted initially for a period of two years under an e-2 visa and can apply for extensions in two-year increments. the u.s. has entered into treaties of commerce that contain language similar to the e-2 visas since at least 1815 when we entered into a convention to regulate commerce with the united kingdom. curren

mr. speaker, i was talking to my good friend on the other side of the aisle, a democrat, greg meeks, the other day. greg said that if we were to raise taxes, put taxes on the table, that he would be willing to put cuts in entitlements and other things on the table in an equal measure. and i told him that there was no way we could raise taxes enough to offset the things that really needed to be dealt with. we've got to control spending. we've got to cut spending. we have to look at the entitlements and the rules and regulations that we have to live by and make dramatic changes in government if we are going to balance the budget. this year we have reached over $15 trillion in debt, $15 trillion. that goes right past most people because they can't imagine what $1 trillion is. but $15 trillion is to put it in perspective. it took the presidencies of george washington all the way to bill clinton to amass the same amount of debt that president obama has racked up in 32 months. think about that. from george washington to bill clinton the amount of money in debt that we have added has been reach

quigley, rush, deutch, yvette clarke, danny davis, carson, meeks, sewell, richardson, waters, chu and cohen. i cannot tell you how comforting it was, mr. speaker, to his parents and to everyone there to see such very strong support from this body. together we can continue to apply pressure in the case of trayvon martin, a little boy from my district, district 17, miami-dady county, florida, and -- miami-dade county, florida, 32 days and still no justice. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on the motion to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered, or on which the vote incurs objection to under clause 6 of rule 20. any recorded votes on the postponed question will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from penns