mr. grassley. mr. lee mr. cruz. mr. holly mr. tillis, mr. leahy. mr. durbin. mr. whitehouse. mr. blumenthal. is harris. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> 12 yeas and 10 nays. next the nomination of daniel with the district of colorado. the clerk will call the role. >> mr. grassley. mr. lee. mr. cruz mr. holly mr. tillis mr. leahy. mr. durbin. mr. whitehouse. >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. next the eastern district of louisiana. clerk will call the role. >> >> the nomination will be reported to the floor favorably. next the nomination of michael for the eastern district of texas. the clerk will call the role. >> mr. grassley. >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. the next nomination is jake kimball barker the eastern district of texas. >> mr. grassley. mr. lee, mr. holly the suspect burn the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. next patrick for the western district of oklahoma. call the role. >> favorably reported to the floor. next alan winsor for the northern district of florida. mr. grassley. mr. lee. mr. cruz, mr. holly ,ms

mr. grassley, >> >> mr. lee. >> mr. cruz, >> mr. holly >> mr. tillis. >> ms. ernst, >> mr. crapo, >> mr. kennedy, >> mrs. blackburn, >> mrs. feinstein. >> mr. leahy, >> no >> mr. durbin, >> >> mr. whitehouse, no by proxy >> ms. klobuchar >> no by proxy >> mr. >> no >> no by proxy >> mr. blumenthal, >> ms. hirono, >> mr. booker, >> ms. harris, >> mr. chairman. >> aye >> the nomination will be favorably reported to the floor. next richard for the court of federal claims. >>>> mr. grassley, >> mr. lee.

mr. jordan. mr. jordan joets no. >> mr. the amash votes know mr. gosar. mr. gosar vets no miss foxx. >> no. >> miss foxx votes know. >> massey mr. massey votes no mr. meadows no. >> no mr. meadows votes know. >> hice votes know. >> grothman. >> no. >> mr. grothman votes no. >> comer. >> mr. come he were votes no. >> cloud no. >> mr. cloud votesio. >> gibbs fwl gibbs votes no mr. higgins mr. norman no. >> mr. hirmen votes no. >> mr. roy votes no have miss miller. >> no. >> miss miller votes know. >> green. >> mr. green votes know. >> mr. armstrong votes no. mr. steube vets no. >> on this vote we have 24 yes, 17 nos. >> the motion to table is agreed to. the let me say this. you made it clear that did you not want the american people to haerp what mr. cohen has to say. but the american people have a right to hear him. so we're going to proceed. the merp people can judge his credibility for themselves. now. >> mr. chairman. >> yes. >> we did not say that we said we wanted to follow the rules. we didn't say stop the hearing just postpone it so we can get his testim

mr. stone said to mr. trump? >> mr. cohen: it was a short conversation. he said, "mr. trump, i just want to let you know that i just got off the phone with julian assange. in a couple of days there's going to be a massive dump of emails. it's going to severely hurt the clinton campaign." >> was mr. trump and mr. stone aware of where those emails came from? a >> mr. cohen: that, i'm aware of. >> did mr. trump ever suggest then or later to call the fbi to report this breach of? >> he never expressed that to me. >> to the president at that time or ever sense and your knowledge indicate an awareness that this conduct was wrong? >> mr. cohen: no. >> the reason i ask is because on july 22nd, on the eve of the democratic convention, wikileaks published, as you know, the 20,000 leaked internal dnc emails. could you are meeting with mr. trump have been before that date? >> mr. cohen: yes. >> so mr. trump was aware of the upcoming dump before it actually happened? >> mr. cohen: yes. although, sir, i don't know whether he knew or not and i don't believe he did know what the substa

mr. cummings: mr. sarbanes. mr. sarbanes: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i appreciate you having this hearing on h.r. 1. also want to salute some of the new members on the dais here because they came with this message pinned to their chest. americans from across the political spectrum want a democracy that works for themmers a democracy where big money doesn't dominate, the political debate where access to the ballot boxes are ensured to all citizens and where public servants work for the public interest. like any system, our republic requires regular maintenance. without it the gears grind down, the operating systems fail, and the people's democratic will is ultimately compromised. this is what's happened to our democratic institutions over the past few decades. we have failed to beat back the new inventive ways that moneyes that found to corrupt our politics. we have failed to modernize our election system, and we have failed to implement meaningful ethics rules. no wonder the public's faith in elected representatives is flagging, why confidence in our de

mr. tonko: mr. speaker, i -- mr. engel: mr. speaker, i move to swent rules and pass h.r. -- to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 501. the clerk: a bill to amend the public health service act to re-authorize and enhance the poison center national toll free number, national media campaign, and grant program and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, and the gentleman from ohio, mr. latta, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 501. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. engel: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. engel: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of h.r. 501, the poison center network enhancement act. this bill, which i've co-autho

mr. jordan. mr. jordan joets no. >> mr. the amash votes know mr. gosar. mr. gosar vets no miss foxx. >> no. >> miss foxx votes know. >> massey mr. massey votes no mr. meadows no. >> no mr. meadows votes know. >> hice votes know. >> grothman. >> no. >> mr. grothman votes no. >> comer. >> mr. come he were votes no. >> cloud no. >> mr. cloud votesio. >> gibbs fwl gibbs votes no mr. higgins mr. norman no. >> mr. hirmen votes no. >> mr. roy votes no have miss miller. >> no. >> miss miller votes know. >> green. >> mr. green votes know. >> mr. armstrong votes no. mr. steube vets no. >> on this vote we have 24 yes, 17 nos. >> the motion to table is agreed to. the let me say this. you made it clear that did you not want the american people to haerp what mr. cohen has to say. but the american people have a right to hear him. so we're going to proceed. the merp people can judge his credibility for themselves. now. >> mr. chairman. >> yes. >> we did not say that we said we wanted to follow the rules. we didn't say stop the hearing just postpone it so we can get his testim

mr. chairman. my time has expired. >> mr. armstrong? >> thank you. >> mr. cohen: mr. chairman, can we take a break? >> not right now. >> all right. >> mr. cohen: i did, sir. [laughter] [devil] that's okay. thank you, sir. thank you. >> mr. cohen: cummings might be able to see something that we could hear in this hearing with michael cohen, but we couldn't. his microphone is a partly not on but we do know that the former president's personal attorney has asked for a short break. as that happens, we remind you that we don't mind you're watching it my best sparks fly on capitol hill as michael cohen since before the house oversight committee. he is making explosive allegations against the president, and facing strong pushback from republicans over his credibility after being convicted of lying to congress among other things. michael cohen's testimony is expected to resume as soon as they come back in the room. first, here are some of the dramatic moments already today from the hearing. >> i am ashamed, because i know what mr. trump is. he is a racist, he is a con man, and

mr. meadows votes no. mr. hise votes no. mr. grothman votes no. mr. comber votes no. mr. cloud votes no. mr. gibbs votes no. mr. higgens, mr. norman votes no. mr. roy votes no. miss miller no. mr. green votes no. mr. arm strong votes no. mr. stube votes no. on this vote we have 24 yeses, 17 nos. >> motion to table is agreed to. let me say this. you've made it clear that you did not want the american people to hear what mr. cohen has to say. but the american people have a right to hear him. so we're going to proceed. the american people can judge his credibility for themselves. now -- >> mr. chairman? >> yes. >> we did not say that. we just said we wanted to follow the rules. we didn't say stop the hearing. we said postpone it so we can get the testimony and the kpi exhibits as we were supposed to get them. >> reclaiming my time. >> i now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. today the committee will hear the testimony of michael cohen. president donald trump's long-time personal attorney and one of his closest and most trusted advisers over the la

mr. cline. mr. cline: mr. chairman, i'm sure all of mr. armstrong's constituents love him, a 50/50 split is never a good estimate. mr. armstrong: in fairness, they're law students and not all my constituents. mr. cline: mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity. before we move on h.r. 8 to expand what is current law regarding background checks, we must ensure that the existing laws are being enforced. my amendment would simply require existing law to be enforced by asking the attorney general to report to i.c.e. the individual illegally aliens who haven been -- been denied a -- have been denied a firearm transfer. f.b.i. reported last month that the background check system had nearly eight million people listed as illegal unlawful aliens. additionaly, illegal aliens rankedment in one prohibited category in the f.b.i.'s nix indecease. 3,300 aliens were denied a firearm in 2017. this means 3,300 criminals were effectively allowed to stay in the united states when i.c.e. vud she been alerted about their criminal acts. h.r. 8 does not do anyt

mr. massie. mr. massie votes no. mr. meadows. mr. meadows votes no. mr. highs. mr. highs votes no. mr. grothman. >> no. >> mr. grothman votes no. mr. comer. >> no. >> mr. comer votes no. mr. cloud. >> no. >> mr. cloud votes no. mr. gibbs. >> no. >> mr. gibbs votes no. mr. higgins. mr. norman. >> no. >> mr. norman votes no. mr. roy. mr. roy votes no. ms. miller. >> no. >> ms. miller votes no. mr. green. >> no. >> mr. green votes no. mr. armstrong. >> no. >> mr. armstrong votes no. mr. stub. >> no. >> mr. steube votes no.eub. >> no. >> mr. steube votes no.e. >> no. >> mr. steube votes no. on this vote we have 24 yeses, 17 nos. >> the motion to table is agreed to. let me say this, you've made it clear that you do not want the american people to hear what mr. cohen has to say, but the american people have a right to hear him, so we're going to proceed. the american people can judge his credibility for themselves. >> mr. chairman? >> yes. >> we did not say that, we just said we wanted to follow the rules. he didn't say stop the hearing, he just said postpone it so we could get his testimony

mr. chairman. is this now, mr. chairman, the final speaker? mr. nadler: i'm prepared to close. mr. collins: we're prepared to close as well. mr. speaker, before i close, i would like to say that i agree with the statement from the gentleman just now that there may be ones turned away, but there's only 60 a year prosecuted for what is a crime. this doesn't address that. with that, i yield the remainder of my time to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. budd. mr. budd: i thank my friend from georgia, mr. collins. for allowing me the time and, mr. speaker, thank you as well. so i rise today in opposition of h.r. 8, and want to lay out a couple of reasons for my opposition. but before i do, i think it's important to acknowledge how polarizing this debate has become over the last several years. more specifically, i want this body to know that as a human being, as an american, as a father, when i see the heartbreaking news of a mass shooting like the one we saw just 54 weeks ago in parkland, that it just breaks my heart. with that being said, this bill that we're voting on today would n

mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. bera: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house joint resolution 37. and i applaud chairman engel as well as my colleague from california, mr. khanna, on their leadership. this joint resolution would direct the removal of u.s. forces from supporting the saudi campaign in yemen. we will still be supporting our fight against isis and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which congress has explicitly authorized. we're not debating that. we're also not debating, as some might suggest, setting a precedent when it comes to cooperating with our allies. this is about hostilities we're engaged in because we're supporting a coalition in war. we have not authorized our military to act in the yemeni civil war. this is about reclaiming the jurisdiction of congress and making a war. that's our job. that's what we're elected to do. i say that if it's a democrat or rapp in the white house. now, if the administration -- or a republican in the white house. now, if the administration wants to be involved there, t

mr. tabet. mr. gohmert. mr. jordan. mr. buck. mr. radcliffe. miss ruby votes they. mr. gates. mr. johnson. mr. bigs. mr. big's votes no. >> harris: as we watch the roll call, i want to bring in andy mccarthy, former federal prosecutor who's with me today and "outnumbered." what is fastening about this, andy, is that we are talking about whether matthew whitaker, the acting ag before this house judiciary committee today, should have to answer the question which we didn't even hear of the total question but it had to do something with bias at this point. so they are doing a roll call. why is this necessary? >> the problem is they want to probe about his background. i think what they are trying to do is give him the confirmation hearing he never had, which has been a big point of dissent on the democratic side. the problem is that supposed to be an oversight hearing. so it's not supposed to go into his background. she said that she was going to tie the question into something that was relevant to the scope of the hearing. what we then heard was them carp a little bit about the fact -- i've never h

mr. stone told mr. trump that he had just gotten off the phone with mr. assange. and mr. assange told mr. stone that within a couple of days there would be a massive dump of email that is would damage hillary clinton's campaign. mr. trump responded by stating to the effect, wouldn't be that great. mr. trump is a racist. the country has seen mr. trump court white supremacists and bigots. you have heard him call poorer countries "shithole"s. s in private he is worse. he asked me if i could name a country run by a black person that went a "shithole." this was when barack obama was president of the united states. and while we were driving through a struggling neighborhood in chicago, he commented that only black people could live that way. and he told me that black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid. and yet, i continued to work for him. mr. trump is a cheat. as previously stated, i am giving to the committee today three years of mr. trump's personal financial statements from 2011, 2012 and 2013 which he gave to deutsche bank to choir about a loan to buy the buffalo b

mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the president clearly laid out the case for a declaration for a national emergency in his state of the union address right here. national security is obviously the president's highest priority and i support his efforts to build a wall. there is a crisis. there is a crisis at the border that could have been addressed much sooner and prevented. open border policies of the last administration compounded this growing problem. we got schools, hospitals, and other services that have become overcrowded. american workers have been hurt by reduced job opportunities and lower wages. at the same time, human and drug trafficking has thrived. in many communities, the notorious ms-13 gang has grown. we've seen tragic cases of crimes committed by illegal aliens who have been deported not once, not even twice, but multiple times. i want to cite just one example in my home state of missouri. a man named pablo serrano was deported to mexico after a felony conviction in 2003. he later returned t

mr. jordan. mr. jordan joets no. >> mr. the amash votes know mr. gosar. mr. gosar vets no miss foxx. >> no. >> miss foxx votes know. >> massey mr. massey votes no mr. meadows no. >> no mr. meadows votes know. >> hice votes know. >> grothman. >> no. >> mr. grothman votes no. >> comer. >> mr. come he were votes no. >> cloud no. >> mr. cloud votesio. >> gibbs fwl gibbs votes no mr. higgins mr. norman no. >> mr. hirmen votes no. >> mr. roy votes no have miss miller. >> no. >> miss miller votes know. >> green. >> mr. green votes know. >> mr. armstrong votes no. mr. steube vets no. >> on this vote we have 24 yes, 17 nos. >> the motion to table is agreed to. the let me say this. you made it clear that did you not want the american people to haerp what mr. cohen has to say. but the american people have a right to hear him. so we're going to proceed. the merp people can judge his credibility for themselves. now. >> mr. chairman. >> yes. >> we did not say that we said we wanted to follow the rules. we didn't say stop the hearing just postpone it so we can get his testim

mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i might point out to my colleagues how much of a national emergency this is. it was president obama who recognized this crisis at the border. in 2014, president obama requested $3.7 billion in emergency supplemental funding for what he described as a humanitarian crisis, a humanitarian crisis at the border. he specifically cited an increase in family unions trying to cross the border and a lack of resources to accommodate them. with that, mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from alabama, mr. aderholt. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. aderholt: i thank my colleague for yielding. i rise today to oppose the joint resolution to overturn the president's declaration, i think it's very clear that there is a national emergency that exists on our southern border because of the high rate of unchecked, unregulated, illegal immigration. . illegal immigration that is not directly contributed to the flow of drugs, human trafficking and

mr. chairman. is this now, mr. chairman, the final speaker? mr. nadler: i'm prepared to close. mr. collins: we're prepared to close as well. mr. speaker, before i close, i would like to say that i agree with the statement from the gentleman just now that there may be ones turned away, but there's only 60 a year prosecuted for what is a crime. this doesn't address that. with that, i yield the remainder of my time to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. budd. mr. budd: i thank my friend from georgia, mr. collins. for allowing me the time and, mr. speaker, thank you as well. so i rise today in opposition of h.r. 8, and want to lay out a couple of reasons for my opposition. but before i do, i think it's important to acknowledge how polarizing this debate has become over the last several years. more specifically, i want this body to know that as a human being, as an american, as a father, when i see the heartbreaking news of a mass shooting like the one we saw just 54 weeks ago in parkland, that it just breaks my heart. with that being said, this bill that we're voting on today would n

mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. bera: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of house joint resolution 37. and i applaud chairman engel as well as my colleague from california, mr. khanna, on their leadership. this joint resolution would direct the removal of u.s. forces from supporting the saudi campaign in yemen. we will still be supporting our fight against isis and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which congress has explicitly authorized. we're not debating that. we're also not debating, as some might suggest, setting a precedent when it comes to cooperating with our allies. this is about hostilities we're engaged in because we're supporting a coalition in war. we have not authorized our military to act in the yemeni civil war. this is about reclaiming the jurisdiction of congress and making a war. that's our job. that's what we're elected to do. i say that if it's a democrat or rapp in the white house. now, if the administration -- or a republican in the white house. now, if the administration wants to be involved there, t

mr. graves of georgia, mr. woodall of georgia, mrs. brooks of indiana, mr. rodney davis of illinois, mr. newhouse of washington, and mr. timmons of south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? ms. tlaib: thank you, madam speaker. i ask the house to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until noon on monday next. are -- next for morning hour debate.

mr. roe: thank you, mr. chair. mr. cisneros, i share your concern. i've been on the 4050 -- 5 and i certainly -- 405 and i certainly understand that trip. i rise in support of this amendment, to include physical therapy for service-connected disabilities under the definition of a covered health service. caring for service-connected conditions is the reason the v.a. health care system exists. service-connected conditions should always take priority. i thank congressman cisneros for recognizing this, for his amendment. i am proud to join him in supporting it. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. cisneros: i yield one minute of my time to my colleague from california, mr. takano. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. takano: thank you, mr. chair. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i support this amendment because it provides an important clarification that veterans receiving physical therapy for a service-connected d

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to in support of my bill, the whole milk for healthy kids act. i recently introduced this legislation with chairman of the house agriculture committee, colin peterson, and ranking member mike conaway. this bill would allow for whole milk, both flavored and nonflavored, be offered in the school cafeterias. mr. speaker, mil was one a staple in the diet of our students. consumption in schools has decreased since the healthy hunger free kids act of 2010 was implemented and basically demonized milk fat that we know today based on science is where the nutrition, let alone the flavor is. mil is the number one source of nine essential nutrients in the diet of many young americans. we can provide the foundations for a solid healthy lunch in our schools that also taste great. children want to drink. and good for them. when students don't consume milk, they are not getting nutrients such as calcium, potassium, and vitamin d. this bill offers more varieties to give kids the o

mr. meadows: i need to be clear on this. mr. cummings: mr. meadows, wait a minute. mr. meadows: i defended you. mr. cummings: mr. meadows, i'm the chair. mr. meadows: yes, sir, you are. mr. cummings: i will clear this up. i want to make sure i understand. you did not intending to call mr. meadows a racist, is that right? ms. tlaib: i do not call mr. meadows a racist. i'm trying as a person of color just to express myself and how i felt at that moment. just for the record, that's what as my intention. mr. meadows: mr. chairman, there is nothing more personal to me than my relationship. my nieces and nephews are people of color. not people know that. you know that, mr. chairman. and to indicate that i asked someone who is a personal friend of the trump family, who has worked for him and who knows this particular individual, that she is coming to be a prop, it's racist to suggest that i asked her to come in here for that reason. the president's own person, she is a family member and loves this family and came in because she felt like the president of the united states was g

mr. jordan votes yes. mr. buck. mr. ratcliffe. ms. roeie. mr. gates. mr. johnson. mr. biggs. mr. votes aye. ms. less ko. mr. rentsmiller. mr. klein. mr. klein votes aye. ms. armstrong. ms. armstrong votes aye. mr. stubbie. are there any other members wishing to vote? >> i haven't voted. >> gentleman from texas. >> yes. >> are there any other members who wish to vote who haven't voted. >> mr. ratcliffe votes aye. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman there are 24 noes and ten ayes. >> the motion to adjourn is not approved. i matthew g. whitaker is the acting attorney general. he previously serve as chief of staff to jeff sessions. he was appointed as the u.s. attorney for the southern district of iowa in 2004 by president george w. bush. before that a managing partner. whitaker and guise to you. and the exec i have director for fact between 2014 and 2017. mr. whitaker graduated with a master of business administration, injures doctor and bachelor of arts from the university of iowa. we welcome mr. whitaker and thank him for participating in this hearing. if you would please ris

mr. gates pled guilty, mr. flint pled guilty, mr. vanders pled guilty, mr. kilimnik indicted for obstruction of justice and for two years you want to talk about an agenda, my friends on the other side of the aisle refuse to bring any of these people up before the committee. so today for the first day we have one witness who voluntarily is coming forward to testify. your side ran away and we are trying to bring it to the american people. so, mr. cohen -- >> sir? >> thank you for voluntarily coming before the committee to testify. i want to ask you about your statements regarding trump tower and moscow, and i want to drill down some of the facts and details. now you may not be aware of it, but this goes back a ways. back in 1987, mr. trump wrote that he'd had ongoing discussions with soviet officials back then to build a luxury, a large luxury hotel across from the kremlin in partnership with the soviet union. so at that time it was the soviet union. i want to ask you, in your filing with the special counsel, mueller's office, the prosecutors wrote and i quote,

mr. meadows votes no. mr. heist votes no. mr. glockman no. mr. comer votes no. mr. cloud votes no. mr. s votes no. mr. higgins -- mr. norman votes no. ms. miller votes no. mr. green votes no. mr. armstrong votes no. mr. stube votes no. on this vote we have 24 yeses, 17 nos. >> motion to table is agreed to. let me say this, you've made it clear you did not want the american people to hear what mr. cohen has to say but the american people have a right to hear him. so we're going to proceed. the american people can judge his credibility for themselves. >> mr. chairman. we didn't say that. we just said he wanted to follow the rules. we didn't say stop the hearing bust -- but postpone it to get the evidence according to the rules of the committee. we want all the rules. >> reclaim me my time. i now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. today, the committee will hear the testimony of michael cohen. president donald trump's long-time personal attorney and one of his closest and most trusted advisors over the last decades. mr. cohen appeared in federal government -- fe

mr. stone told mr. trump that he had just gotten off the phone with julian assange and that mr. assange told mr. stone that within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage hillary clinton's campaign. mr. trump responded by stating to the effect, wouldn't that be great. mr. trump is a racist. the country has seen mr. trump court white supremacists and bigots. you have heard him pusher countries shit holes. in private he is even worse. he once asked me if i can name a country run by a black person that wasn't a shit hole. this was when barack obama was president of the united states. and while we were striving through a struggling neighborhood in chicago, he commented that only black people could live that way. and he told me that black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid. and yet i continued to work for him. mr. trump is a cheat. as previously stated, i'm giving to the committee today three years of mr. trump's personal financial statements from 2011, 2012 and 2013. which he gave to deutsche bank to inquire about a loan to buy the buffalo

mr. trump put mr. stone on the speaker phone. mr. stone told mr. trump that he had just gotten off the phone with julian assange and that mr. assange told mr. stone that within a couple of days there would be a massive dump of e-mails that would damage hillary clinton's campaign. mr. trump responded by stating to the effect, wouldn't that be great. mr. trump is a racist. the country has seen mr. sreci bigots. you have heard him call poorer countries shit holes. in private he is even worse. he once asked me if i could name a country run by a black person that wasn't a shit hole. this is was when barack obama was president of the united states. while we were once driving through a struggling neighborhood in chicago, he commented that only black people could live that way. he told me that black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid. and yet, i continued to work for him. mr. trump is a cheat. as previously stated, i'm giving to the committee today three years of mr. trump's personal financial statements from 2011, 2012 and 2013 wh

mr. speaker. mr. fulcher: mr. speaker, my democrat colleagues have made public the details of the so-called green new deal. among other things, if implemented over the next 10 years, it would eliminate the use of fossil fuels and nuclear power. that means our gasoline-powered vehicles and implements would be useless. and there would be no air travel. it would also require that virtually all building structures would be rebuilt or need to be remodeled. every facet of life would be forced to change. the most frightening thing about this is that my colleagues sponsoring are actually serious. furthermore, the arc tech -- architects fail to explain how they're going to rebuild the economy they would designate -- decimate. mr. speaker, i would suggest the arc tects of this legislation change the color of the green new deal and call it the red, as in stop sign red, new disaster. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair lays before the house the follow

mr. meadows a racist, is that right? >> no, mr. chairman, i do not call mr. eadows a racist. >> hold on. >> i am trying as a person of color, mr. chairman, just to express myself and how i felt at that moment and so just for the record that's what was my intention. >> all right. mr. meadows. >> mr. chairman, there is nothing more personal to me than my relationship -- my nieces and nephews are people of color. not many people know that. you know that, mr. chairman. and to indicate that i asked someone who is a personal friend of the trump family who has worked for him, who knows this particular individual that she's coming in to be a prop, it's racist to suggest that i ask her to come in here for that reason. the president's own person, she's a family member, she loves this family, she came in because she felt like the president of the united states was getting falsely accused. mr. chairman, you and i have a personal relationship that's not based on color and to even go down this direction is wrong, mr. chairman. >> first of all, i want to thank the gentleman

mr. higgins? >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. cohen, it's in my heart to tell you, sir, i'm sorry for what your family is going through. i feel for your family. the word tells that the mouth is his destruction and the soul, and i see a man trapped in that, however i must tell you that i've arrested several thousand men and you remind me of many of them, the ones that immediately become humble and remorseful at the time they're actually booked and while they're incarcerated they're quite penitent, and then return to their former selves when they're back on the street. so respectful to your family and what they're going through, that's my sense of you, good sir. i'm going to give you another opportunity to respond to when you brushed off earlier regarding your own statement during this testimony from a c-span notation at two hours and 50 seconds in, you stated regarding your credibility that you're being accused of having no credibility that is exactly for that reason i spent the last week searching boxes to find the information tha

mr. nadler: 26 years. mr. torres -- mrs. torres: in that 26 year, let's take the last 10 year, how many times have you seen a gun bill come before the committee? mr. nadler: we haven't had a hearing on guns in over eight years, the only bill that came before the committee in that time period to my recollection was the bill that would have made things worse, the conceal carry bill that the republicans wanted that essentially said if you have a concealed carry permit in state a, you could carry into state b even if you didn't meet the requirements of state bmbing's laws. mrs. torres: to try to keep things simple here, this issue -- mr. nadler: we also did another one. mrs. torres: this issue hasn't been a priority. to have a hearing about how to work together in a bipartisan way, republicans and democrats, to answer the cries of the parents and grandparents and the family members of the people that have perished in our communities as a result of gun violence. i mean, i think that we've heard a lot about the mass shootings. but

mr. lynch. >> aye. >> mr. lynch votes question. mr. cooper -- mr. connolly -- >> so they're going through the roll call. it's starting off pretty contentious and i suspect this is only just the beginning. >> right. the objection from congressman mark meadows, who is the chairman of the very conservative house freedom caucus was that the testimony supposed to be supplied to the committee 24 hours ahead of time but it was not. they only got it last night and this morning they received the evidence that michael cohen will be introducing. it is a point of order that he is objecting to, congressman jim jordan, the ranking republican, then pointed out that cnn had a copy of the testimony last night. we should point out most major news organizations had a copy of the testimony last night, given by michael cohen for congressman jordan's own reason he's talking about cnn and not fox news, but we could move past that. this does not surprise me. this is a very partisan hearing and republicans are going to do whatever they can to chum up the water. >> that's the

mr. speaker, i rise -- mr. hudson: mr. speaker, i rise today to voice my strong opposition to h.r. 8 and h.r. 1112. we all share the same goal, to end gun violence. but in the course of this debate, house democrats say they want to do something to end gun violence, and anyone who disagrees with their policies doesn't care. i believe in my heart that the gentleman from maryland and the folks on the other side of this debate care about the victims of gun violence and the children in this country, and i know in my heart that my colleagues on this side of the aisle and i care too. it's a shame that in the rush to do something, anything, democrats have made this a partisan show. they won't allow my bill to be debated on the house floor today. what about the mother of a victim assault. does she not have the right to defend herself? instead of working on commonsense solutions that can help prevent tragedies, like supporting local law enforcement, ensuring laws and protocols are followed, implementing reciprocity, they're targeting

mr. cohen is about the president's debts, but, mr. chairman, didn't mr. cohen plead guilty to lying to banks about his personal finances? so we're asking a guy going to jail for lying about his debts to comment about the president's debts. he's the expert. mr. chairman, your next couple topics say that i can ask mr. cohen about the president's compliance with financial disclosures and campaign finance laws, but didn't mr. cohen on two occasions break campaign finance law with his own donations? so, again, the majority party's star witness on the president's compliance is a guy who broke compliance laws himself. mr. chairman, you graciously allow us to ask questions of mr. cohen on the president's dealings with the irs and tax law. your star witness here broke the law with regards to the irs at least five times. he pled guilty on cheating on his taxes, lying to the irs, he's the best witness you got? next up, with the permission of the chairman, i get to ask mr. cohen about his prospective on the president's business dealings. let me get this straight, the

mr. speaker request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today just hours before our 45th president, donald trump, will deliver the state of the union address. members of congress and guest also fill this chamber tonight to hear the president speak about a host of issues impacting america from economic growth to trade deals and infrastructure investments to immigration reform. i look forward to hearing about the administration's successes and the plans for foot ture. i know that we all want to find commonsense, bipartisan solutions to the challenges before us. mr. speaker, many distinguished guests will be here tonight. each with a story to tell and each representing the very best of america. i will host mr. bill jones, president of penn united technologies. headquartered in cab bot, pennsylvania, butler county. they provide high quality, high precision manufacturing solutions in various markets, employs more than 500 individuals. since 1971, they have provided quality products and established itself as an indu

mr. higgins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. cohen, it's on my heart to tell you, sir, that i'm sorry for what your family is going through. i feel for your family. >> thank you. >> the word tells us clearly that a man's mouth is his destruction and his lips are the snare of his soul, and i see you a man trapped in that. however, i must tell you that i've arrested several thousand men and you remind me of many of them, the ones that immediately become humble and remorseful at the time they're actually booked and while they're incarcerated, they're quite penitent and then return to their former selves when they're back on the street. so, respectful to your family and what they're going through. i owe you the honesty to tell you that that's my sense of you, good sir. i'm going to give you another opportunity to respond what you brushed off earlier regarding your own statement during this testimony from c-span notation at 2 hours 50 seconds in. you stated regarding your credibility that you're being accused of having no credibility,

mr. cohen is about the president's debts. but mr. chairman, didn't mr. cohen plead guilty to lying to banks about his personal finances. we're asking a guy going to jail for lying about his debts to comment about the president's debts. he's the expert. mr. chairman, your next couple of topics say i can ask mr. cohen about the president's compliance with financial disclosures and campaign finance laws, but didn't mr. cohen on two occasions break campaign finance law with his own donation? again, the majority party's start witness on the president's compliance is a guy who broke compliance laws himself. mr. chairman, you graciously allow us to ask questions of mr. cohen on the president's dealings with the irs and tax law. your star witness here broke the law with regards to the irs at least five times. he pled guilty to cheating on his taxes and lying to the irs, he's the best witness you got? next up, i get to ask mr. cohen about his perspective on the president's business dealings. let me get this straight, the witness lied to multiple financial institut

mr heiss... no. mr massey... no. mr meadows... no. mr heiss. .. no. mr grossman. .. massey... no. mr meadows... no. iss miller... no. mrgreen... no. mr armstrong... now. mr stew beef... no. —— mr stoobie vote no. 0n armstrong... now. mr stew beef... no. —— mr stoobie vote no. on this vote, we have 24 for yes, 17 no. the motion to table is agreed to. let me say this. you've made it clear that you do not want the american people to hear what mr cohen has to say. the american people have a right to hear him so we are going to proceed. the american people can judge hear him so we are going to proceed. the american people canjudge his credibility for themselves. now... mrchairman, we did credibility for themselves. now... mr chairman, we did not say that, we wa nt mr chairman, we did not say that, we want to follow the rules. we did not say stop the hearing, we said postpone it so we can get his testimony and exhibits when we were supposed to get them according to the rules of this committee, that is all we said, not that we did not wa nt all we said, not that we did not want to hear him. you are claimin

mr. comer, for five minutes. . mr. comer: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate supreme court justice bill cunningham fromlyon county of the first district of kentucky on his upcoming prirmente from the kentucky supreme court. after serving in the united states army, bill cunningham was the city attorney, the public defender for the kentucky state penitentiary, and commonwealth's attorney for the 56 judicial district. he then served on the bench as a circuit judge for 15 years before his election to the kentucky supreme court in 2006. as an avid writer, bill cunningham documented important parts of kentucky's history in his books. through his writings and life as a concerned citizen, he sought improved race relations and minority representation on juries. justice cunningham evidently passed his passion for public service on to his son, congressman joe cunningham of south carolina. i am proud to o serve alongside congressman cunningham and look forward to working with him to promote bipartisan legislation in the 116th congress.

mr. meadows a racist, is that right? >> no, mr. chairman, i do not call mr. eadows a racist. >> hold on. >> i am trying as a person of color, mr. chairman, just to express myself and how i felt at that moment and so just for the record that's what was my intention. >> all right. mr. meadows. >> mr. chairman, there is nothing more personal to me than my relationship -- my nieces and nephews are people of color. not many people know that. you know that, mr. chairman. and to indicate that i asked someone who is a personal friend of the trump family who has worked for him, who knows this particular individual that she's coming in to be a prop, it's racist to suggest that i ask her to come in here for that reason. the president's own person, she's a family member, she loves this family, she came in because she felt like the president of the united states was getting falsely accused. mr. chairman, you and i have a personal relationship that's not based on color and to even go down this direction is wrong, mr. chairman. >> first of all, i want to thank the gentleman

mrs. fletcher. mrs. fletcher: i'll now recognize mr. foster for five minutes. mr. foster: i want to thank chairman johnson. the climate change is looming large. best path forward has often by stifled by the politicization of this issue. at least in this committee. for years too often we spent r time wasting our time with nontechnical witnesses debating if it would be a good thing if the greenland ice sheet melted. i was really thrilled to see some of the changes that appear to be occurring in this committee. you know, over the last several years, i have to say on a personal note, i've deprone truly tired of introducing myself as the only ph.d. natural scientist in the u.s. congress. and to that end, i am thrilled to welcome onto the committee and into congress dr. jim baird as the second ph.d. natural scientist in the u.s. congress. and i would also like to congratulate my republican colleagues on their witness -- in their wisdom in appointing him as the ranking member of the research subcommittee. more to that point, i'd also like to thank ranking member lucas and

mr davies? with mr davies? no, buti attorney, mr davies? with mr davies? no, but i have been approached by many people who are looking to do book deals, movie deals and so on. it leads me back to my instinct that co m pa res it leads me back to my instinct that compares you to many of the men i've arrested during the course of my career. mr chairman... with all due respect, sir... our primary hearing, to introduce the oversight committee, 116th congress of the american people has manifested in the way that it obviously is. this is an attempt to endanger our president, to lay some sort of soft cornerstone future impeachment proceedings. this is the full intent of the majority, and i yield my remaining 30 seconds to the ranking member. you said the southern district of new york isn't accurate in that statement. i'm sorry, say that again? the southern district of new york attorneys office, that statement is not accurate. you said it isn't a lie, it isn't accurate, do you stand by that? yes, i did not wa nt do you stand by that? yes, i did not want a role in th

mr. sullivan: massive casualties. mr. votel: massive casualties. mr. sullivan: it often gets forget than iranians were, in my view, directly responsible for killing and wounding over 2,000 american soldiers and other military members on the ground in iraq. isn't that correct? mr. votel: that is correct. mr. sullivan: so the iran nuclear deal, one of the big selling points was that it was going to moderate iranian activities. this was sold by secretary of state john kerry and even president obama. have they moderated that -- moderated their malign activities in syria? mr. votel: senator, they have not. mr. sullivan: it's gotten worse, isn't that true? mr. votel: it's my observation that during the time that the agreement was in place, we did not see a modification to their behavior. mr. sullivan: how about with regard to yemen? a lot of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle forget who started the war in yemen. it wasn't the saudis, was it? mr. votel: well, -- mr. sullivan: the houthis backed by the iranians? mr. votel: the saudis were concerned about

mr. kenney: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank -- mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank my colleague from california for her support. the gentleman from north carolina as well for his comments and support. and my colleague, mr. graves, for his leadership, his advocacy on this piece of legislation, and for his determination in getting this done. it was a long, long slog to try to navigate a way through the mores a to get there. but we did. and mr. graves' office deserves a lot of credit for. that we were able to -- for that. we were able to clear this of the house unanimously last year, mr. speaker. importantly as well, mr. speaker, today is the first time that identical texts have been introduced in the united states senate. senators carper and portman are taking the lead. i look forward to our offices working together to get this bill across the finish line. for all the attention that is placed on members of congress when we're in washington, there's no more important responsibility of this job than helping our constituents back home. whether assisting a