mr. nunes: i ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered as read and open for amendment at any point. without objection, ordered. today we consider the fisa amendments re-authorization act of 2017, to reform and renew surveillance authorities including section 70206 the fisa act. the house intelligence committee held an in depth discussion of the house judiciary committee and adopted numerous ideas we also drew on ideas from the senate intelligence committee, i'd like to thank both those committees for the hard work and careful consideration they put into this issue. this is necessary to help keep american citizens and troops safe from terror attacks at home and abroad. it allows for targeting of foreigners located in foreign nations. it's helped thwart potentially devastating terror throts -- plots such as the 2009 new york city subway bombing plot and led to the elimination of critical terror suspects such as the second in command of isis who was locate through the section 072 activitie

mr. nunes: the committee will come to order. the permanent select committee on intelligence is pleased to be out in public for a rare appearance. to our guests in the audience, welcome, we appreciate you being here. please be advised that proper decorum must be observed at all times and disruptions in today's proceedings will not be tolerated. as a reminder to our members, we are here and will remain in open session. this markup will address only unclassified matters. pursuant to committee rule 6-c the chair announce he is may postpone further proceedings today on any question of approving any measure on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. the item for consideration today is the fisa re-authorization act of 2017. clerk will designate the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2478, to amend -- 4478, to amend the foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1974 to extend title 7 of such act and for other purposes. mr. nun

mr. nunes: mr. himes' time has expired. for the audience to know, we have had countless hearings and meetings regarding 702. i know that there's not a day that goes by that me or my colleagues don't get phone calls from someone within the i.c. who is briefing us on the importance of this program. we have held for all the member os of -- both the republicans and democrats, with the heads of most of the agencies in a classified setting. and this is, we've had an educational program put together for the republicans to come to on our side. that of course you guys on the democrat side were welcome to do that and you can still continue to educate the rest of our colleagues because as you all know, dealing with fisa is quite complicated. but at this time i want to go to mr. rooney. and just a clarification, we will have time for amendments for those of you who want to offer amendments. mr. rooney. mr. rooney: thank you, mr. chairman. i too am sad because you know, it's unfortunate that the ranking member o

mr. nunes: the gentleman yields back. >> i yield my time to the ranking member. mr. schiff: i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. i think it's apparent from the comments of my colleagues and i hope this is just a misunderstanding and not something more deliberate, the critique you're making of unmasking, you have every right to make. but it's not about 702. all the comments you've made have not been about this program. and i assume you know that. i hope you know that, and if you don't know that, you will find out the concerns you are expressing -- >> will the gentleman yield, you are questioning my level of knowledge? mr. schiff: i will yield. you are going through what you and i have already read. >> testimonies that we were questioning the witnesses, where they related to us what i believe are absolute abuses by the obama administration where they did use the process of unmasking to the detriment of the rights of u.s. citizens. this is a process mr. schiff: reclaiming my time. are you talking

mr. nunes: is the gentleman yielding back? my chiff: i was seeing if colleagues would like to compromise and might move forward and seeing none, in that case, i will offer this amendment in the nature of a substitute, which would preserve the bipartisan work product of the committee and give us a chance of having a role in the final shape of this legislation. otherwise, i think we are going to abdicate to the senate. ith that, i would urge ana vote. mr. nunes: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. conaway? mr. conaway: if i understand the gentleman's amendment he would strike section 207 of the amendment which puts in section 512 to the underlying base document which entitled procedures of nonpublicly available information concerning u.s. persons. this section gives americans protections, identity protections and sets up the requirements by which someone in e -- >> we are outside the home of john conyers. the congressman asuesed of sexual sexual harrassment. >> saying he was a predatory and saying he took every opportunity to

legal team which is to cooperate with mueller to the greatest extent possible even while we have mr. nunes with a more critical line. >> cobb thinks the presidential face of the mueller probe is wrapping up and there won't be obstruction of justice. he won't do anything rash. the president talked about the justice department. you said there some could be something imminent. do you think we will see fireings. ohr at the justice department or others who had question rolls in the dossier? >> i don't know about the days ahead. the president is able to make things happen. this is separate from the mueller investigation. they are all connected. it is separate. you wonder. the president doesn't think the justice department is acting adequately or the fbi. at what point does he say we need to have the justice department and fbi trusted by the american people? i am do something about it? >> if the president gets a fair shake in the justice department and the fbi. is he getting a fair shake with the media. they had gallup data that looked at coverage of past administration. clinton '93, 27 positive.

i think you are seeing with mr. nuneseasonably his patience is at an end and i think he is going to have to start enforcing these subpoenas. i guess purge -- maybe that's a bad word but -- >> lock 'em up. >> but if a member of the justice department will not follow the law and will not comply with a lawfully generated subpoena, that's a problem. >> that would be a big escalation. kennedy, having worked in a bureaucracies, there are bureaucratic hurdles you have to go through. some things take too long. this seems like a big escalation that nunes who had to recuse himself at one point from some of these issues, what would it look like in 2018 if devin nunes? >> you have to be cautious. these things are a political stunt and sometimes it gets difficult to try to figure out when someone is trying to make a name for themselves and have greater political aspirations and using it as a foot stool to reach to a higher shelf in the political kitchen for if it is really necessary for oversight. there are things that -- there are so

. >> amendment number one offered by mr. nunes of california. >> without objection, the amendment will be considered as read. can you disperse the amendment. everyone should have the -- it's at the desk. tab two. the amendment and nature of a substitute, a copy of which is in the binder and incorporates a copy of the changes made. most of the changes are minor and technical in nature and have been signed off on by the dni. i appreciate their quick turn-around on that. furthermore i want to point out that, in this amendment, we have three bipartisan provisions, all of which ironically are not directly related to 702 but we felt it was important to listen to our friends on the other side of the aisle and incorporate these into the bill. the first is a requirement that the department of justice brief the congressional judiciary intelligence committees on their interception of derived from and used interpretation of derived from and used in fisa. second a reporting requirement for the attorney general and the director of national inte

mr. nunes: mr. speaker, i stood here several weeks ago to speak in support of the original house-passed tax reform bill. since then, as a member of the conference committee, i have participated in the process of strengthening this bill and making it even more transformative. that is why i continue to stand in strong support of the bill and conference report we will be voting on today. washington special interests have distorted business decisions for too long. and we can not afford to wait any longer to reform our broken tax code. should we fail to act now, businesses will continue to leave the united states for tax purposes. taking thousands of good-paying jobs, american jobs, with them. our small businesses will continue to suffer the damaging effects of a bewildering and punitive tax code that gives unfair advantages to their larger, well-connected competitors. but all this will change if we pass this bill. for years i have advocated for full and immediate expensing, which will allow businesses o

mr. nunes, you are recognized. mr. nunes: thank you for your leadership and continued dedication to reforming our nation's broken tax code. we are on the brink of fundamentally transforming our tax system and i want to take this opportunity to reiterate what i believe should be included in the final bill. special interest in washington are constantly adding new provisions to the tax code, making it increasingly complex and rife with loopholes. the current tax code distorts business decisions as a result and makes it nearly impossible for small businesses to compete on the level playing field. the final bill reported out of this committee must strive to wipe the tax code clean and replace it with simpler and more transparent rules. in addition to policies promoting simple vocation measures aimed at unleashing small business growth should be included in the final package. one of this is full and immediate expensing for clement new and used which i have etiquette -- advocated for. this would provide a strong investment --

devin nunes told fox news they are looking into all facets of the connections between the department of justice and fusion gfs, including mrohr. they had no comment about the fact that mrs. ohr worked for fusion gps last year. lou: joining me the former republican congressman jason chaffetz. great to see you. let's start with this. how in the world does the justice department not know where spouses of top officials work and what their connections are to highly active smear mesh chants like gps or fusion gps? >> i don't believe they are so naive. i think they know this and i think they have begin the for some time. the deep state is alive and well in the department of justice and there is a reason why in nunes is the chairman of the intel zmirt he in the -- intel committee have been given the stiff arm. they wanted the details see they would interview people in person. there is a reason why for months they were given the stiff arm. i think they actually did know. lou: if that is the case, robert mueller should turn his direction directly to the democratic party, the dnc and the hillary clinton campaign and those as you put

. >> the speaker and devin nunes and the intel committee, they are all pushing but we need the information because each day we heard about mr. ohr, we know about peter strzok. each and every day, something new comes out which reinforces this belief that you have the fbi working with the clinton campaign to go after the other party's nominee. that is not supposed to happen in this great country. it's not supposed to work that way. you had this dossier which was -- clinton campaign paying fusion gps paying christopher steele paying russians for a bunch of baloney they turn into an intelligence document. they get a warrant to spy on americans. really? potentially christopher steele was also, it's been reported, paid by the fbi. all this goes on and peter strzok is dismissed from the mueller team. he ran the investigation. it starts to point to this idea that the government was working with one major political party to go after the other party's nominee and that's not fair to mr. trump, president trump. that's not fair to, it's not how it's supposed to work. >> shannon: do you think you will get an opportunity to question mr. s

intelligence committee chairman devin nunes said that they are looking into all facets of the connections between the department of justice and fusion gps, including mrich initially said that mr. ohr had been stripped of his duties because he was holding two jobs, tonight had no comment about the revelation that mrs. ohr work for cheap fusion gps last year. shannon? >> shannon: thank you, james. in the wake of another new york terror attack, the state's governor questions whether silicon valley is doing its part. we will look at whether it is fair to criticize big tech. in case you missed it, president trump made a big announcement about sending astronauts into outer space. his very ambitious plan s .. >> shannon: this is a fox news alert parade on the heels of another terror attack in new york today, democrat governor andrew cuomo pointed out the role of technology in pe radicalization. he's asking whether there is a bigger role for tech companies to plate and cracking down on terror. >> i am saying the internet service providers have a degree of information, right? you know what websites you are going to and what you are shopping for because that i

intelligence committee chairman devin nunes said that they are looking into all facets of the connections between the department of justice and fusion gps, including mrh initially said that mr. ohr had been stripped of his duties because he was holding two jobs, tonight had no comment about the revelation that mrs. ohr work for cheap fusion gps last year. shannon? >> shannon: thank you, james. in the wake of another new york terror attack, the state's governor questions whether silicon valley is doing its part. we will look at whether it is fair to criticize big tech. in case you missed it, president trump made a big announcement about sending astronauts into outer space. his very ambitious plan straight ahead. ♪ "what headache?" nothing works faster to make pain a distant memory. advil liqui-gels and advil liqui-gels minis. what pain? advil liqui-gels and advil liqui-gels minis. you can switch and save time. it pays to switch things up. [cars honking] [car accelerating] you can switch and save worry. ♪ you can switch and save hassle. [vacuuming sound] and when you switch to esurance, you can save time, worry, hassle and yup, money. in fact, drivers

mr. mueller with the subpoena power to force these questions to be answered? >> you're calling on paul ryan to put pressure on devin nuneslay an active role, see where we are in the invest gaegs and recognize what he need to have answered. at some point in time this investigation will be stymied by the fact that we don't have the ability to compel answers. most of these witnesses are here on a voluntary basis. they can say, i'm just going going to answer, or take a privilege, as mr. trump jr. did, which indeed does not exist. >> what exactly do you want to nail down with don junior? >> what took place, what was said in his conversation with his father about the meeting at trump tower with the russians offering dirt on hillary clinton. >> do you have reason to believe that they did have a conversation about that? >> i have reason to believe they had a conversation after this event took place. all we know so far from his testimony is that he was talking to white house personnel through text, and that the president was there, was present on the other end of the conversation. >> so you know that the president was present wit

mr. mueller. you've called for his resignation, for an investigation of him personally. where do you stand now? you have your colleague, devin nuÑes after the fbi. do the you back him on this, and do you want to see the fbi be moreç forthcoming with this information regarding the dossier? >> well, i always believe that transparency can be the best disinfectant to corruption and bad acts no matter where we find them, and look at what the work has already produced. if it wasn't for the subpoenas and demands for information from devin nuÑes, we wouldn't know about the 10,000 text messages between peter strzok and his mistress, lisa page, where there is a clear evidence not only of bias, but an actual plan to disrupt the presidency of donald trump. they called it an insurance policy. and so here you've got people at the highest levels of our government who i think have curated a team of people in the mueller probe who bring with them not only a bias, but actionable desires to disrupt this presidency. that's not fair. when you look atç the evidence, the strongest evidence is that it was the dnc paying a company to pay russians to lie