mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i introduced h.r. 2390, the homeland security university based centers review act, with my colleague, mr. richmond, to provide congress with the full picture of the department's management of the centers of excellence program. this program dates back to the department's earliest days. it was authorized in the homeland security act of 2002, to be a coordinated university-based system to enhance the nation's homeland security. since that time, however, we have not had a comprehensive review of the department's management of this vital research and development program. h.r. 2390 marks the most significant effort to assess the centers of excellence program to date. the measure directs the government accountability office to issue a comprehensive report that among other things evaluates how the department aligns decisions about establishing maintaining, or eliminating a center with its research needs how d.h.s. identifies prioritizes and funds projects, and how d.h.s. measures prog

mr. cole? >> no. mr. woodall, mr. burgess, no. mr. stivers, no. mr. collins? >> no. >> mr. collins. no mr. byrne? >> no. >> mr. byrne new. mr. new house? ms. slaughter aye. mr. mcgovern aye. mr. hastings, aye. mr. polis? mr. polis, aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> the clerk will report the total. >> four ayes, eight nays. >> chairman i move the committee make an order and give the necessary waivers for my amendment, which would say that no funds may be obligated or spent for u.s. armed forces engaged in combat operations in iraq or syria in the absence of the enactment of for the use of military force for such operation. i would say briefly that here we are appropriating money, a lot of money for the war in iraq and syria. but congress doesn't seem to have the stomach to vote for it or want to bring it up for a debate or consider uamf and vote on it. the president has done what he was supposed to do. he submitted to us. we may not like the strategy. we may not think it's a good enough strategy. but he did what he is required to do. it is now up to us to do what we're requir

mr. nunes: mr. chair, i thank mr. crowley mr. serrano, and mr. curbelo for offering this amendment to include hispanic serving institutions in the grant program to improve recruitment efforts for the intelligence community. and at this time i would like to yield two minutes from the gentleman from florida, mr. curbelo. the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized for two minutes. mr. curbelo: i thank the chairman for yielding. mr. chairman, i rise today in strong support of this amendment and thank my colleague from new york for allowing me to join in leading on this important issue. this amendment would allow the director of the national intelligence to provide grants to hispanic serving institutions of higher education to offer advanced foreign language programs that are important to our intelligence community. these students in addition to the traditional classroom setting would also be able to travel and study abroad so they can gain a first hand perspective of the culture in which they are immersing themselves. . middle eastern dialect

mr. beyer: thank you, mr. chair. and thank you, mr. huffman. mr. chairman, i'm proud to speak of the substitute amendment. this amendment would complement rather than overhaul the fishery process in place under magnuson-stevens. while the current m.s.a. may not be perfect, we heard from many groups again and again that it works. we made incredible gains since the last re-authorization in 2007. in the annual report issued in april, no report of the number of domestic fish stocks listed as overfished or subject to overfishing has dropped to an all-time low since 1997. three more fish stocks were rebuilt to target levels since 2014, bringing the total number of rebuilt u.s. marine fish stocks to 37 since 2000. this amazing process is the result of the combined efforts of noaa, the regional fishery management council, the fishing industry and other stakeholders. noaa currently has pending proposals to tweak the implementation of m.s.a. and that provide sess should be allowed to -- process should be allowed to continue. what is needed is updates to the m

mr. buchanan, mr. rangel, mrs. blackburn of tennessee, mr. guthrie and mr. loebsack for their hard work in getting this policy moving forward. i want to again reiterate my thanks to mrs. black and mr. blumenauer on our committee for their leadership regarding these issues and with that, mr. speaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york. mr. rangel: i reserve to myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rangel: i want to thank the gentleman from texas for bringing up this bill and also my colleague, mr. buchanan of florida. there was some comment that c.m.s. was making some mistakes that have not been transparent. it's been my understanding that they have had problems wrestling with this so-called star system themselves and have not enforced the law that we are now saying that they will not inforce the law until after they study the complex -- enforce the law until after they study the complexities and report back to congress. in short

mr. ryan, seek recognition? mr. ryan: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 319, i call of the big h.r. 160 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 105 h.r. 160, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 319, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on ways and means printed in the bill modified by the amendment printed in part a of house report 114-157 is adopted, and the bill, as amended, is considered as read. the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the author of this legislation, mr. paulsen, be permitted to control the time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. paulsen: mr

mr. burgess: thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker, for the purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from colorado, mr. polis, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: so ordered. mr. burgess: during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purposes of debate only. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, house resolution 333 provides for a rule to consider important bills that deal with our environment. the first, h.r. 2822, the interior and environmental protection agency appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016, and the second, h.r. 2042 the ratepayer protection act of 2015. each bill will be provided the standard one hour of debate equal request divided between the majority and the minority -- equallyy divided by -- yeal request divided -- equally divided between the majority and the mi

mr. paul: mr. president. mr. president. mr. coats: mr. president, i have not yielded the floor. mr. paul: mr. president i want -- mr. mccain: i want regular order. the senator from kentucky needs to learn the rules of the senate. mr. coats: i would be happy to yield to the senator from arizona for a question. mr. mccain: maybe the senator from kentucky should know the rules of the senate that a gentleman has the floor and is open to a responsive question. my question is to the senator from indiana and i want to say that his words are powerful and accurate. mr. paul: mr. president, how much time remains on the clock on the republican side? mr. mccain: i ask the senator from indiana if he has seen -- mr. paul: mr. president, how much time is remaining? mr. mccain: i ask for the regular order mr. president. the presiding officer: i think the chair has made very clear that the senator from indiana has the floor. mr. coats: mr. president i thank you. i know the senator from kentucky understands that when a senator has the floor, they are entitled to speak. mr. mccain: twice the senator fr

mr. yoho: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, -- mr. frelinghuysen: would the gentleman yield? mr. yoho: yes, sir. mr. frelinghuysen: we're prepared to accept your amendment. mr. yoho: mr. chairman, i appreciate it and i yield back. thank you. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. any member wish to speak in opposition? the amendment is offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> i have a resolution -- an amendment at the desk. 106. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. gosar of arizona. at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following, section 1003, none of the funds made available by this act may be ex pended by the department of the navy to divest or transfer or prepare to divest or transfer any search and rescue units from the marine corps. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 303, the gentleman from arizona

mr. peterson: i think the last gentleman was on mr. conaway's time. mr. mr. conaway: that's true. mr. peterson: i thank the -- i yield to the gentleman. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his hard work. i rise in strong support of area of origin labeling. mr. thompson: i refute what some have said that there's no benefit to this. there's great benefit to this. area of origin labeling allows people to get to know from where their food comes. that's, i think, incredibly important. i don't think that repeal is the number one preference here. i don't think that's what we should be doing. i think we should be fixing the problem. but because the majority hasn't been willing to work to fix the problem we're in a real catch 22 and i rise today in support of this bill because if it's not repealed, we're going to face tremendous retaliatory acts from both mexico and canada and these are going to be of great fiscal impact to our economy. my home state of california, for instance, it's estimated that we'll be hit by $1.8 billion worth of retaliatory action. a good part of that comes fro

mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. burr: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from -- mr. burr: i ask unanimous consent that all time morning time be yielded back and the senate resume consideration of h.r. h.r. 2048. the presiding officer: is there objection? morning business is closed. under the previous order the senate will resume consideration of h.r. 2048 which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 87, h.r. 2048, an act to reform the authorities of the federal government to require the production of certain business records and so forth and for other purposes. mr. burr: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. bur beer i wantmr. burr: mr. president i want to rise while my good friend from florida is here to say, i wish i had a magic wand where i could collapse this time. but under senate rules one member can demand for the full 30 hours and we're in a process like that. and my hope is that there will be some accommodation as we go through this, because i think most members would l

mr. chairman, i yield -- mr. mcintyre: mr. chairman, i yield -- mr. macarthur: mr. chairman, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the committee will be in order. please take your conversations off the floor. the gentleman deserves to be heard. the gentleman is recognized. art art thank you, mr. chairman -- mr. macarthur: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, my amendment deals with the kc-10 air to air refueling tanker. air superiority is critical if we're going to protect our men and women on the ground and our interests. and that requires that we have fighters in the -- in the air. it's of vital importance, it's why the air mobility command is so important. it may not be as exciting as fighters in close air support, but it's every bit as essential. the kc-10 air to air refueler is the larger, newer of the tankers and the cr -- kc-135 is the smaller, older version. this is the problem. the kc-46 is a new tanker that the air force is introducing. it has had development problems and it's not ready for primetime. general welsh of the air force confirm

mr. speaker. mr. chairman, mr. ranking member, my brother in law enforcement law enforcement caucus david reichert from washington. i want to thank my colleagues who have joined in a strong bipartisan support for the cops program. mr. butler and mr. dent included. let us be clear what this amendment does. the reichert amendment would increase funding for the burn jag by $1 million, a critical step, i think an important message. our amendment is supported by the major voices in the law enforcement community. the national association of police organizations the major county sheriffs' association. fraternal order of police. so i urge my colleagues to support it. but despite all the debate about community policing happening across our nation as mr. reichert referred to the american people need to know that despite what our amendment does, the underlying bill eliminates the federal cops hiring program. it is simply unacceptable that every year we ask the law enforcement community to do more and more with less and less. a

mr. sessions: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i too, rise with a sad heart this morning on the occurrences of the things that happened in south carolina last night. i know i join the gentlewoman as well as all the members of this body to express our condolences and our sorrow with the things that have happened. i know that later in the day we will take time to offer those formally by the members of the south carolina delegation. mr. speaker, the question before us is, should the house now consider h.res. 321. that's what we are here for. while the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the motion to concur with the amendment, the committee is not aware of any violations of the unfunded mandates. . this sl simply a tactic that -- this is simply a tactic that the gentlewoman wants to talk further about the issue at hand. i get that. we spent weeks talking about this. the united states senate spent weeks talking about this issue. the gentlewoman wanted to use her time to talk about all the things that

mr. ryan: are we not ready to recess? mr. ryan: mr. speaker, let me inquire as to the time allotment between the two at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin has 21 1/2 minutes. mr. ryan: 21 1/2? the gentleman from michigan? the speaker pro tempore: 25 for the gentleman from michigan. mr. ryan: would the gentleman from michigan want to equalize and yield some time to one of his speakers? mr. levin: ok. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett. mr. doggett: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. doggett: mr. speaker some have called trade adjustment assistance burial insurance since it delivers limited help after a job is dead and buried. at a time when fast trackers are claiming that they will include over half of the world economy, we need a t.a.a. that is funded for more workers at risk of job loss. unfortunately this particular t.a.a. proposal is really short for taking away assistance. it includes substantially less funding than t

mr. levin cloin -- mr. levin: i yield to the gentleman from california, mr. becerra, a member of the ways and means committee, and the chair of our caucus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. becerra: i thank the gentleman for yielding. trade's pretty simple. we do it every day. whether you are trading in the old car for a newer car or whether it's the largest economy in the world trading with the rest of the world. we do it every day. and at the end of the day, what we want is a fair deal. i give you something, the benefit of the bargain is i get something back. any country that wants access to our markets needs to play by the rules. we can't allow cheating to hurt our workers, their wages, our businesses, or our economy. and the american people get it. that's why they are so apprehensive about any trade deal this congress puts before it. because they want to know will we lead on their behalf or are we going to let the special interests dictate the rules? will we retreat from our responsibility to make sur

mr. posey. mr. posey: thank you mr. chairman. with all due respect, there's nothing in this amendment that adds any restrictive impediments whatsoever. it only requires that the florida -- or that the department of transportation follow the law when they allocate these funds. although this is being called a private project the taxpayers will be on the hook for over $1.7 billion. that's $1.7 billion. so i think it's important, in the interest of protecting our taxpayers, certainly that we make sure the department of transportation follows the law. if there wasn't a propensity already demonstrated not to follow the law, i would not have to bother with this amendment. but it's clear there's some intentions to violate different provisions of the law and do things that they're not authorized to do and so that's why i urge my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment, to bring accountability and protect taxpayers for $1.7 billion. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time.

mr. miller: miller i certainly thank -- mr. miller: -- mrs. miller: i certainly thank the gentleman for the time. i was moved personally just listening to the gentleman from mississippi. i listened to him last night when he offered his privileged motion. i would say the committee on house administration is looking forward to maring more from representative thompson -- more from -- to hearing more from representative thompson as well as the congressional delegation from mississippi, all the members on this resolution. as well our committee would like to hear from all of the elected representatives from the great state, at the state level. of the great state of mississippi. and we want to say that we appreciate sincerely appreciate the representative thompson for offering his privileged resolution and to assure the gentleman from mississippi, mr. speaker, that our committee will give this measure every serious consideration and every thoughtful consideration and i appreciate yielding the time and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker p

mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. boardman, what operations has amtrak made since the accident? what has amtrak made and will they be instituting others? mr. boardman: we did the the code change on the northbound section of the frankfort curve as requested by the fra. we've been evaluating the rest of the curves as required by the fra, and also checking checking the entire northeast corridor to ensure we had speed limit signs along the way that all met the requirements of the emergency order. in terms of how we check on our engineers, we have a very robust and regular method that we check engineers. for example, just since january 1st of '14 until now, we've had over 16,000 speed checks of engineers along the northeast corridor. so that's like 35 times a day do we check somebody along the northeast corridor to make sure that they're operating at the right speed. we have a recurring training program, a black training program that lasts for a week every year, and they have to be certified on a biannual basis. so we have

mr. new house: thank you, mr. speaker. -- mr. newhouse: thank you mr. speaker. i appreciate that. i appreciate the good discussion here today over the past hour people on both sides of the aisle making good comments and points. as relates to the last comment from mr. mcgovern that talked about chipping away at dodd-frank. everything we do around here is fine-tuning it's improving what has been passed in past congresses. has been legislation, laws on the books that need improvement. i see that as what we are doing here today. i appreciate very much the comments. although we may have some differences, i believe that this rule and the underlying bill are very strong measures that are important to the future of our country. this rule provides for ample debate on the floor. the opportunity to debate and vote on the bill and numerous amendments which i would note are divided evanly between democrat and republican members of this chamber. -- evenly between democrat and republicans of this chame letter. -- chamber. this rule will provide for a smooth and deliberative process for sending th

mr. boardman: mr. defazio so : congress denied you the money? mr. boardman yes, sir. :mr. defazio again, back to mr. : hart, do you believe that we could either rehab these cars he's talking about in a way that would increase resilience and surviveability or do you think they need to be totally relaced? mr. hart thank you for the : question. that's one of the things we've been looking into and we'll look at it here just as we are currently with the ramada accident with the crash worthiness of their cars. mr. defazio would you pull your : microphone closer, please. mr. hart i'm sorry. : yes, both for this accident as we are with the ramada accident in terms of the crash worthiness of the cars. whether it will be new cars or whether these can be fixed. mr. defazio ok. : when i look at photos, i mean, the locomotive looks pretty intact and, think, that's new construction and the engineer obviously survived yet that first car i've never seen and i heard some first responders say they've never dealt with anything like that before. so, i mean, that implies -- are there other in o

mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker t.s.a. is the government agency that is supposed to keep us safe at airports. safe from would-be terrorists that would go through screening and get on america's airplanes. it all comes about as a result of the 9/11 attacks on our nation. anybody who flies has been through firsthand -- no pun intended -- the t.s.a. experience at airports. i, like many members of congress, go through t.s.a. screening two times a week, back and forth from my district in texas. and i know numerous t.s.a. employees, many of them are my friends. my comments today are not about the t.s.a. employees but recent news reports about what's taking place at t.s.a. generally and these news reports are disturbing, mr. speaker. recent internal investigation has revealed that 67 out of 70 times banned items got through t.s.a. screening at airports through undercover investigations. that is a 96% failure rate, or looking at it the other way, that is a grade of 4. t.s.a. gets a grade of 4 mr. speaker. now, one example -- there w

mr. frelinghuysen: if the gentleman will yield? mr. franks: i'd certainly yield. mr. frelinghuysen: e.m.p., electro magnetic pulse. we accept the amendment. mr. franks: and i thank the gentleman very much. and with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from arizona yields back the balance of his time. does any member wish to rise in opposition of the amendment? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. nolan of minnesota. page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $1 million. page 36, line 1 after the dollar amount insert increased by $1 million. page 36, line 9, after the dollar amount insert increased by $1 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 303, the gentleman from minnesota and a member opposed each will crofle five -- control five minutes. th

mr. lujan, for five minutes. mr. lujan: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lujan: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor officer greg brenner of the rio rancho police department who was killed in the line of duty on may 25. i offer my heart felt condolences to the family and loved ones of officer brenner as they mourn the loss of a husband, father, grandfather and friend who was taken from them far too soon. officer brenner dedicated his life to protected his community and his country from his career in the united states air force to his last four years serving as a member of the rio rancho police department. officer brenner put his health and safety on the line to make us safer. the same was true last week when most of us were settling down after a long memorial weekend with family and friends officer brenner was doing his duty to protect the people of rio rancho. when he didn't return that evening, officer brenner left behind a legacy of valor, of s

mr. gosar, first amendment by mr. johnson of georgia, second amendment of mr. gosar, second amendment of mr. johnson and amendment by mr. ellis son and the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote in this series. unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by mr. schiff on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. schiff of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be couned. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 19 . the nays are 231. the amendment is not ado

mr. ryan: i yield to a member of the steel caucus, mr. boston, one minute from -- mr. bost. mr. bost: everyone needs to compete on the same playing field and same rules. products are important. we must have effective laws that protect the companies and workers from foreign companies who cheat. this includes -- this includes nations that illegally dump into our markets. under our current trade laws, american companies like u.s. steel in southern illinois, must suffer long-term harm before remedies take effect. you know, that's like waiting until the house burns down to the ground before you call the fire department. doesn't make sense. that's why i'm pleased that we are voting on the enforcement bill today which includes language that my friend congresswoman rodney davis and i introduced to combat these illegal trade practices. this legislation speeds up the process and helps companies like u.s. steel respond to illegal dumping before it causes serious harm to the company and its workers. i encourage my colleagues to support today's bill and protect our businesses and workers from

mr. clyburn of south carolina for june 23-june 26, ms. jackson lee of texas for today, mr. jeffries for today and mrs. mrs. napolitano: for today and the balance of the week. mr. russell of oklahoma for today. and mrs. wagner of missouri for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january , 2015, the gentleman from california mr. garamendi is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. gar i ask unanimous consent that all members have five days to revise and extend their remarks on the special order. i was just looking outside the nation's capitol wf before i came in to make this presentation and it is raining and it's a downpour. for those of us from california, it's been a long time since we have seen a downpour. the golden state, the seff vent largest combhi in the world is in the th rmp oes of a historic drought and it is a world of hurt in california. we are not complaining about the economy. many parts are moving along. but for everyone in the state of california whether you are near mount shasta or in t

mr. nadler: mr. -- mr. engel: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. engel of new york, at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, none of the funds made available may be used by the department of commerce or other federal agency to lease or purchase light-duty vehicles or for any agency's fleet envin territory except in the fleet performance dated may 24, 011. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 287, the gentleman from new york and a member opposed will each control five minutes. mr. engel: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, on may 24, 2011, president obama issued a memorandum on federal fleet performance that required to be alternative fuel vehicles such as hybrid electric or biofuel by december 31, 2015. my amendment echoes this by prohibiting funds in this act to purchase new light-duty vehicles unless that purchase is made in accord with the president's memorandum. i have submitted the memorandum over the past few years and they have been accepted by the majority and mino

mr. jolly, for five minutes. mr. jolly: thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a man who has literally walked the walk in support of our nation's wounded warriors. 65-year-old richard albero, a former naval officer and math teacher from florida recently completed an 86-day 1,150-mile walk from home plate at steinbrenner field in tampa during a spring training game to home plate at yankee stadium in new york city. and he did so to honor his fallen nephew. richard's nephew, gary worked at the world trade center lost his life in the 9/11 attacks. but in addition to honoring his nephew, richard also chose to do something very special. he walked to raise money for the wounded warrior project. his goal was to raise $25000. during richard's trek up the east coast, which began on march 2, he went through six pairs of shoes. he suffered blisters on his feet and traveled over countless hills and endured the many elements. yet, richard never gave up and very recently just a few weeks ago he completed his walk, arriving at yankee stadium to

mr. hatch: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: mr. president later today the senate will once again have an opportunity to vote on trade promotion authority. the senate has voted on this before each time demonstrating strong bipartisan support for t.p.p. -- t.p.a. my hope is we can get a similar result in the senate. we need to be clear about what is stake. the united states is clearly negotiating a number of trade agreements with our most important trading partners in the world. if the senate fails to approve this bill neither congress nor the american people will -- as a -- if we are unable to advance any trade agreements at all. mr. president, nothing can be further from the truth. as we all know, most of the world's consumers live outside of our borders. 95% of them. in addition, the vast majority of economic growth in the world is likely to occur outside of the united states over the next decade if our workers farmers ranchers and service providers are going to be able to compete in these growing markets we must have open access t

mr. garamendi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, article 1, section 8 of the united states constitution is clear. congress alone shall have the power to declare war and make no mistake, the current campaign against isis is a war. mr. speaker, our esteemed colleague from texas made a very cogent argument about why we need clarity. the inability to have a clear plan is based upon the fact that congress has not yet articulated an authorization to use force that would lay out the parameters and the extent of what we would expect the president to do. now the president says he's -- he has the authorization under the 2001 and 2002. ambiguity clearly, is present. i disagree with the president on those as an authorization. i've argued for more than 10 months that our military operations against isis need their own authorization. the president did his part he, submitted a draft to us in february. since then, we've had a few committee hearings but no real action. leadership in both houses of the senate, both houses have refused to sche

mr. cornyn: mr. president? mr. president, i have five unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate, which have been approved by both the majority and minority leaders. i'd ask consent that these requests be agreed to and be printed in the record. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. inhofe: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr. president i rise for a special request here that i just returned with four other members from a military trip overseas just a matter of minutes ago and to find out the two amendments that i had -- i was trying to get pending and i'd really settle for just within of those two. i was not here when all of these u.c.'s were made and the arranges were put together between the parties. so i would just ask the leader on the other side -- or the handler on the other side, senator jack reed, if he would consider a waiver of your commitment to allow me to bring one of these up f

mr. merkley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president -- the presiding officer: for the senator's information the senate has an order to recess until 2:00 p.m. mr. merkley: i ask unanimous consent for five minutes. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. merkley: thank you mr. president. when colleagues come to the floor and they contend that there have been no secret courts in america that there has been no secret law in america that the administration of section 215 matched the plain language of the law as adopted by this body they're wropg on all three counts -- wrong on all three counts. when i've completed my remarks i'd be happy to take a question. and so my colleague comes to the floor and says, well, there's no secret law but the fundamental understanding of law is that there is the plain language of the law and there's the interpretation of that by the court. and it is only through the combination of those two things that you can know what a law means. if you have the plain language but don't h

mr. cole? >> no. mr. woodall, mr. burgess, no. mr. stivers, no. mr. collins? >> no. >> mr. collins. no mr. byrne? >> no. >> mr. byrne new. mr. new house? ms. slaughter aye. mr. mcgovern aye. mr. hastings, aye. mr. polis? mr. polis, aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> total. >> four ayes, eight nays. >> chairman, i move the committee make an order and give the necessary waivers for my amendment, which would say that no funds may be obligated or spent for u.s. armed forces engaged in combat operations in iraq or syria in the absence of the enactment of for the use of military force for such operation. i would say briefly that here we are appropriating money, a lot of money for the war in iraq and syria. but congress doesn't seem to have the stomach to vote for it or want to bring it up for a debate, or consider uamf and vote on it. the president has done what he was supposed to do. he submitted to us. we may not like the strategy. we may not think it's a good enough strategy. but he did what he is required to do. it is now up to us to do what we're required to. you can limit wha

mr. inhofe: mr. president? mr. president, i ask unanimous consent -- the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: -- i be recognized for a couple of minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: first of all, i want to say to the senator from maryland how much i appreciate the fact that we're reaching across the aisle and doing something that's right for the kids that are out there risking their lives for us. i make it a habit to go to the areas of combat, and with regularity as do other members in the senate armed services committee, and i always get a chance to really talk and get to know them. you learn a lot more by talking to the kids in the mess hall than you do by going to the committee hearings here in the united states. one of the things that they have a real love for as i'm sure the senator from maryland suggested to you is their love for the commissary. some areas that are remote, there is no competition. there aren't any wal-marts around just the commissary. and there is

mr. speaker i ask unanimous consent -- mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: isis is holding competitions at mosques to celebrate ramadan. here's the challenge. memorize the koran. the prize, get this, a young female sex slave. as a father and a grandfather i'm repulsed by the fact that young women, really just kids, are being handed out like door prizes at a koran contest. second and third places apparently receive the same reward kidnapped young teenage girls. this competition is advertised on fliers and marketed to young males. the arrogance, barbarity of this terrorist enterprise has no limit. isis pillages rapes their way across the middle east. they brazenly broadcast decapitations, slowly drown people in cages and burn captors alive. isis is the enemy of all states. its terrorist reign of religious genocide threatens all humanity and a path of murderous anarchy. the world must ban together

mr. mccain: mr. president? could i call up the -- mr. reed: mr. president? mr. mccain: could i call up the ernst amendment number 1549. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. mr. mccain: i ask the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: the clerk will report by number. the clerk: the senator from arizona, mr. mccain, for mrs. ernst proposes amendment numbered 1549. mr. mccain: i yield the floor. mr. reed: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside on behalf of gillibrand i call up amendment number 1578. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from rhode island, mr. reed, for mrs. gillibrand proposes an amendment numbered 1578. mr. reed: i ask consent further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: thank you mr. president. mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president, it is obvious we have an agr

mr. costa for five minutes. mr. costa: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. costa: mr. speaker i rise today to recognize two exemplary high schools in my district. the grand union high school and dos palace high school. in the san joaquin valley, one of the most economically challenged regions of the nation, having excess to a quality education is critical for our young people. these two schools shine both at the state and national level. recently both the grand and dos palace were acknowledged by the "u.s. news and world report" as among the top high schools in america. not only are la grand high school and the palace among the best in merced county, they both rank among the top five high schools in our region. their accomplishments show how our students with the right encouragement and support in fact can succeed. students regardless of their socioeconomic status, are being college bound

mr. frelinghuysen: i rise to claim time in opposition. the chair: five minutes in opposition. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, we all agree that bad actors who deny workers basic protections, including wage and overtime pay, shouldn't be rewarded with government contracts. funded by taxpayer dollars. but this amendment is unnecessary. there is a suspension in department process already in place under the current law. if an employer has a history of bad behavior including willful and repeated violations of lfla -- flfa, federal agencies know about it and have the authority to deny that employer federal contracts. . a report by the nonpartisan government accountability office found that litigation stemming from such claims continues to be a significant problem. these aren't all bad actors. often they're employers trying to do the right thing but are simply tripped up by an overly complex regulatory system. mr. chairman this amendment was voted down in the transportation h.u.d., transportation justice, and veterans affairs committee and likewise it should be on this floor. i urge a no vote and yield bac

mr. nixon, mr. ford mr. reagan, mr. bush, and mr. bush, did any of them shut down hud? o of course not. >> did any of them admit defeat in hud's mission? >> no. >> but today we're hearing that hud is a failed agency and we should probably close it down. i guess that would come as a surprise to mr. reagan and others. prior to hud were there any programs anywhere to help seniors find decent, affordable housing? >> no. with the advent of hud that really led to the assistance -- >> without hud there who be no not less but none, there would be no senior housing programs in this country whatsoever. >> that's right. the answer is if not hud, then no one is there. >> then no one. so i guess i have heard a lot of criticism today, and i think i heard some fair questions and fair comments but of the criticism, i believe in giving elected officials what they want whenever possible, and i have heard several elected officials today publicly state that they think that hud's programs are failing, so, therefore, if they have a failing program, why would they want your money? i think you'

mr. hunt: i don't know. mr. finkelman: i'm clueless. mr. hunt: good question. ms. swain: well, as our series progresses -- mr. hunt: yes. ms. swain: especially as we get to barbara bush we will answer that question for you.but we're going to go back in time now and learn about how that political partnership came together. you told us that sarah polk was from a wealthy family. mr. hunt: yes. ms. swain: in tennessee. how did she and james k. polk meet? mr. hunt: they ran in the same circles, probably through either through andrew jackson or through her own father's family. polk went to the -- graduated from the university of north carolina and then went into law and studied in nashville and became clerk of the legislature. and they met there or they met at andrew jackson's because the polk girls were often at the jacksons' home. the -- certainly jackson is known or we think that he advised polk to marry her. "this is who you need as a wife," he would say. and then it is commonly said that she told polk she wouldn't marry him unless he ran for office. but -- and of cou

mr. chairman: i now recognize mr. palmer for five minutes. mr. palmer: thank you, mr. chairman. ms. seymour: does the exposure extend only to those who filled out form 86 or others as well? ms. archuleta: well, ma'am, apparently -- mr. palmer: well, ma' am, i have employees whose personal information may have been compromised. does it extend to people that filled out an fs- 6. ms. seymour: you were talking about fs-86's sir. mr. palmer: i asked you did the exposure extend beyond those who filled out fs-86, and you said the investigation was ongoing. apparently you have investigated enough to send a letter to employees who didn't fill out those forms. thank you for your "yes" answer. is there -- in your judgment, ms. archuleta how likely is it that the hackers were able to access these personal files through an employee account? ms. archuleta: sir, we will be able to discuss that with you in a classified setting. mr. palmer: are you familiar with "the wall street journal" article that indicated that it was possible that the breach occurred through personal e-mail accounts because empl

mrs. blackburn. first amendment by mr. gosar of amendment. second amendment by mr. gosar arizona. first amendment by mr. posey of. an amendment by mr. schiff of california, second amendment by mr. posey of florida. third amendment by mr. posey of