mr. nadler -- mr. hoyer: i want to thank mr. nadler for yielding. mr. speaker, that's just the way it is. since the start of 2017 more than 14,340 people have been killed by gun violence in the united states. more than any other country on earth. that's just the way it is. more than 29,150 have been wounded. more than 680 of those have been children. in october, 58 people were killed and 515 wounded in las vegas. in the worst mass shooting in our nation's history. but we don't have a bill on the floor to prevent the creation of machine guns, which are illegal, by bump stocks. just five weeks later a gunman entered a church in southerland springs, texas, and killed 26 worshipers, wound 20g. the majority's response, bring to the floor a bill that makes america less safe. more replete with people carrying and concealing weapons. in our communities. this bill says if you want to carry a concealed weapon in a state that doesn't allow it, constitutionally, no problem. get your concealed carry license in another state that does. in other words, every state, no

mr. nadler -- mr. hoyer: i want to thank mr. nadler for yielding. mr. speaker, that's just the way it is. since the start of 2017 more than 14,340 people have been killed by gun violence in the united states. more than any other country on earth. that's just the way it is. more than 29,150 have been wounded. more than 680 of those have been children. in october, 58 people were killed and 515 wounded in las vegas. in the worst mass shooting in our nation's history. but we don't have a bill on the floor to prevent the creation of machine guns, which are illegal, by bump stocks. just five weeks later a gunman entered a church in southerland springs, texas, and killed 26 worshipers, wound 20g. the majority's response, bring to the floor a bill that makes america less safe. more replete with people carrying and concealing weapons. in our communities. this bill says if you want to carry a concealed weapon in a state that doesn't allow it, constitutionally, no problem. get your concealed carry license in another state that does. in other words, every state, no

mr. nadler? mr. nadler: i'll point out that a law that allows, i should say that mandates new york or pennsylvania to allow violent misdemeanors to carry guns, concealed weapons, because some other state allows it -- ms. slaughter: and how about 10-year-olds? mr. nadler: and 10-year-olds. this is not a permissive bill, it's a mandate bill saying you can't enforce your laws, as long as any state has a law that's more permissive or lax than yours. we keep hearing about the second amendment. the supreme court in the district of columbia vs. seller, justice scalia explicitly said the second amendment right was in the unlimited and a variety of gun regulations were consistent with the constitution hsm wrote in particular the majority of american courts to consider the question held that prohibitions on carrying concealed were lawful under second amendment or state analogies. so invoking the second amendment doesn't tell you that a given bill or right is mandatory under it. or is prohibited under it. you ha

mr. nadler? mr. nadler: i'll point out that a law that allows, i should say that mandates new york or pennsylvania to allow violent misdemeanors to carry guns, concealed weapons, because some other state allows it -- ms. slaughter: and how about 10-year-olds? mr. nadler: and 10-year-olds. this is not a permissive bill, it's a mandate bill saying you can't enforce your laws, as long as any state has a law that's more permissive or lax than yours. we keep hearing about the second amendment. the supreme court in the district of columbia vs. seller, justice scalia explicitly said the second amendment right was in the unlimited and a variety of gun regulations were consistent with the constitution hsm wrote in particular the majority of american courts to consider the question held that prohibitions on carrying concealed were lawful under second amendment or state analogies. so invoking the second amendment doesn't tell you that a given bill or right is mandatory under it. or is prohibited under it. you ha

mr. nadler for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome to the house judicial committee, director wray. earlier this week in a message to your agents and employees, you gave us your vision of what the fbi is supposed to be. quote, we find ourselves under the microscope each and every day and rightfully so. we do hard work for a living. we are entrusted with protecting the american people and upholding the constitution and laws of the united states. because of the importance of our mission, we are also entrusted with great power and we should expect and welcome people asking tough questions about how we use that power. that goes with the job. it always has. end quote from your statement. i appreciate that sentiment. but it cannot be a coincidence that you sent this message to your agents just hours after president trump launched an online tantrum aimed largely at the bureau as an institution and at individual agents. early saturday morning the president tweeted, quote, so general flynn lies to the fbi and his life destroyed while cr

mr. nadler for his questions. >> let me say prior to my statement i agree with the chairman and his observations on 702 and on the distinctions we made in the bill between national security and counter intelligence operations on the one hand and investigations of domest domestic crimes on the other where you should get a warrant where you normally need a warrant. i'd like to ask you for your help putting the events of the last few days into context. set the stage over the summer in an interview with "the new york times" president trump state d, quote, when nixon came along the fbi started reporting to the department of justice. the fbi person really reports directly to the president of the united states. director wray, you have one direct report to the executive branch. to whom do you directly report? >> i directly report to the deputy attorney general who then reports to the attorney general. >> thank you. has president trump ever asked you to side step the chain of command and report directly to him? >> no. also over the summer former direct comey testified that during a private dinner preside

mr. nadler, for his comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. before i begin my statements. first, let me wholly endorse the comments of the chairman with reference to section 702 and to the legislation that we reported out of this committee. and second, i want to acknowledge a letter the chairman and i received last night from the democratic women of this committee. our colleagues have asked that we convene a hearing regarding the serious accusations of sexual misconduct leveled against mr. trump by 19 women. without objection, i ask that this letter will be made a part of the record. >> it will be made a part of the letter. >> and i unequivocally endorse this letter. this is an opportunity for us to lead and show the country this kind of behavior is unacceptable at any level of government. mr. chairman, let me start by saying, welcome to the house judiciary committee, mr. rosenstein. for the better part of a year, my colleagues and i have implored this committee to conduct real oversight of the department of justice. on january 24th, 2017, we wrote to chairman goodlatte, i

mr. nadler, thank you very much. mr. chairman, ms. jackson lee. we're going to go to the next panel. panel two. mr. schneider and miss titus. brad, it was good to see you at dinner the other night. >> it was good to see you. >> i enjoyed that very much. and thank you for your not only insistence that we enjoyed the dinner, i enjoyed your presence and your company. miss titus, delighted you're here. the gentle woman would note that both of you would be extended the privileges of whatever you brought to us in writing today. we would like for you to leave for the stenographer to complete the record. the gentlewoman is acknowledging. she may proceed. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. as all of you know, just a little over two months ago, the deadliest shooting in modern u.s. history occurred in the heart of my district. 58 innocent people were killed, over 500 were injured. and the lives of thousands of friends and family members have been changed forever. now, in the two months since that time, absolutely nothing has happened. until today. so i was optimistic that maybe something wo

mr. nadler. three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3731, this bill would raise the cap on overtime pay for secret service agents through next year. these agents pursue the unique duo role of the secret service, which consists of protective and investigative functions. secret service agents are most commonly known for their role in protecting the president, vice president, their families, and other dignitaries. their duties, however, also involve rotations into units that investigate threats against our financial system, certain types of identity theft, and related cyber crimes. the bill before us today is before us because demands on these agents have increased significantly under the trump administration. president trump seems to travel to properties in florida and new jersey and virginia almost every weekend, and the number of individuals in the trump administration under secret service protection has exceeded 40. in comparison to just over 30 under t

mr. nadler for five minutes. >> thank you.d i wrote you a letter, sir, about the majority's ongoing investigation into the investigation of former secretary clinton. with that objection i consent our letter be placed into the record. the first part of the letter discusses the department's failure to provide the minority with access to the documents you've provided to the majority. will you commit to ensuring that the minority that we receive equal access to any materials you may provide to this committee in the future? >> yes, and i believe -- my understanding the that information may have been provided to a high ranking member. >> i have a lot of questions. the majority of this committee, the white house and president trump's private attorneys have all called for the department of justice to appoint a new special counsel to investigate a number of hillary clinton-related matters. i think we can benefit from your experience in how the special counsel regulations work. the regulations say the attorney general or e or acting att

mr. nadler for his questions. >> thank you. let me say prior to my statement i totally agree with the chairman in his observations on 702 and on the distinctions in our bill between national security and counterintelligence operations on the one hand and investigations of domestic crimes on the other where you should get a warrant where you normally need a warrant. director wray i would like to ask you for your help putting the events of the last few days the context. set the stage over the summer in an interview with "the new york times" president trump stated, quote, when nixon came along out of courtesy the fbi started reporting to the department of justice. the fbi person really reports directly to the president of the united states. closed quote. director wray, you have one direct report to the executive branch, to whom do you directly report? >> i directly report to the deputy attorney who reports to the attorney general. >> has president trump ever asked you to side step the chain of command and report directly to him? >

mr. nadler, for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome to the house judiciary committee, director wray. earlier this week in a message to your agents and employees, you gave us your vision of what the fbi is supposed to be. quote, we found ourselves under the microscope each and every day rightfully so. we do hard work for a living. we are entrusted with protecting the american people and upholding the constitution and laws of the united states. because of the importance of our mission we are also entrusted with great power, and we should expect and welcome people asking tough questions about how we use that power. that goes with the job and always has. unquote, from your statement. i appreciate that sentiment. but it cannot be a coincidence that you sent this message to your agents just hours after president trump launched an online tantrum aimed largely at the bureau as an institution and at individual agents. early saturday morning the president tweeted, quote, so general flynn lies to the fbi and his life destroyed while crook

mr. nadler of new york says, this process of impeachment which could be quite problematic legislatively.ck: it is one thing to disagree with the president or not like the president, it is another thing to be calling for his impeachment. >> there is no doubt about it. they've been doing that since the day he was elected. this is wishful thinking on the part of democrats. it is not within the realm of possibility that it would happen. and it's a dog whistle. if they were smart they would listen to smart people like dennis kucinich and jerry nadler from new york who i agree with. democrats have to concentrate on the issues and when people go into the voting booth in mid-term elections, not only is it a report card on the party in power but also how well the american people are doing financially. people vote with their pocket books. there is a wind at the president's back right now with tax reform. if they can manage to amplify those achievements as we move into the spring with healthcare reform and infrastructure and immigration, then the republicans will be in a good stead. democrats shoul

mr. nadler. >> i totally agree with the chairman in his observations on 702 and the distinctions we made national security and counter intelligence operations and investigations on domestic crimes on the other where you should get a warrant where you normally need a warrant. i would like to ask you for your help putting the events of the last few days into context. set the stage over the summer an interview with "the new york times" president trump stated quote when nixon came along out of courtesy the f.b.i. started reporting to the department of justice. the f.b.i. person really reports directly to the president of the united states, close quote. director wray, you have one direct report to the executive branch. to whom do you directly report. >> i directly report to the deputy attorney general who reports to the attorney general. >> has president trump asked you to sidestep the change of command and report directly to him? >> no. >> also over the summer former director comey testified that during a private dinner president trump told him quote i need loyalty. i expect loyalty. has pre

mr. nadler on five minutes. >> on monday ranking member cummings and i wrote you a letter about the majority's ongoing investigation into the investigation ofn former secretary clinton.. without objection i ask unanimous consentor our letter placed into the record. >> it will be made a part of the record. >> the first part discusses the provide t's failure to the minority with access to the documents you've already provided the majority. will you commit to ensuring that we receive equal access to any materials you provide to this committee in the future? >> yes. and i believe my understanding is that information may have been provided -- >> i'm not interested in the past at this point.aj thank you.u. i have a lot of questions. the majority of this committee, the white house and president trump's private attorneys have all called for the department of justice to appoint the new special counsel to investigate a number of hillary clinton related matters. i think we could benefit from your experience and how the special counsel regulations work. the regulationsge say the attory general or in your

i listened to congressman nadler talk about waiting for mr. mueller's investigation to conclude and i'm entirely behind mr. mueller's investigation. but one of the lines in the sand is, if this president fires mr. mueller, that would be a line in the sand to show that he was obstructing justice. he's already fired mr. comey for the russian investigation, which is the exact same thing and he said on tv, i did it because of the russian thing. we see today that the -- a judge in new york said only the congress can -- has standing to go after the president on emoluments, which is when you're taking money from foreign governments. it's absolutely forbidden and this president has absolutely done it since the very first day. so he has clearly met the criteria for impeachment and he is a danger to the health and safety of the american people and he is a danger to the health and safety of our democracy. >> okay. but let's say that your ultimate goal is impeachment. the numbers are still the numbers. the republicans are not going to impeach him, i think

mr. hastings, as you withr. nadler have noted regard to drivers licenses, states have cooperated with each other but it was noted here that 10 states are completely unwilling to recognize the constitutional right, constitutional right of people to travel with their firearm outside of their state into other states or even at that state and every state except one has a concealed permit process, that one state being vermont -- >> way you do agree -- >> excuse me -- doreclaiming my time, so you agree there is no state hotline for example to confirm the permit is valid? >> it would be great if steps were taken to prevent but that is not a necessary thing. it was not necessary when drivers licenses were first recognized across states. >> you me to tell me if a police officer stops somebody and they have a concealed carry permit, the police officer should not be able to determine whether or not that is valid? >> they can determine, but they cannot unreasonably detained that individual. >> geewhiz. this gets crazier in crazier