mr. palmer. >> no. >> mr. palmer no. mr. molnar. >> no. >> mr. molnar no. >> mr. westerman. >> no. >> mr. westerman no. mr. buchanan. >> no. >> mr. buchanan no. mr. van holland. >> aye. >> mr. van holland aye. mr. yarmuth? >> aye. >> mr. yarmuth aye. mr. passkrel. >> aye. >> mr. passkrel aye. mr. ryan. >> mr. ryan aye. >> ms. moore. >> aye. >> ms. caster. >> aye. >> ms. caster aye. mr. mcdermott. >> aye. >> mr. mcdermott aye. ms. lee. >> aye. >> ms. lee aye. mr. pocan. >> aye. >> mr. pocan aye. >> ms. lou hahn grisham. >> aye. >> ms. lou hahn grisham aye. ms. dingell. >> aye. >> mr. lou? >> aye. >> mr. norcross. >> aye. >> mr. nor cross aye. mr. molten. >> aye. >> mr. molten aye. >> mr. okita. >> no. >> mr. okita no. >> mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman no. >> all members voted? any member wish to change their vote? >> mr. chairman on that vote the ayes are 14, and the nos are 22. >> and the amendment is not adopted. the next amendment is number 19. >> amendment number 19 offered by ms. moore relating to the earned income tax credit. >> the young laiddy of wisc

mr. palmer. >> no. >> mr. palmer, no. mr. chairman. >> no. mr. . >> mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members wishing to vote or change their vote? if not the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman on that vote the ayes are 13 and the noes are 21. >> the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed popto. are there further amendments. >> i have an agreement at the desk. this is number 13. the clerk will designate. >> amendment number 13 offered by mr. ryan related to manufacturing program. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. ryan is recognized for six minutes. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to offer this amendment accelerating growth in u.s. manufacturing. i think this is an issue that i hope we can establish some bipartisan support for this. manufacturing is critical in the united states and critical to our base. we know that one in seven u.s. private sector jobs depend on u.s. manufacturing. i think there's a general sense in the country we need to make sure we start making things again in the united states. we cannot have an economy based solely

mr. palmer, no. mr. molinar no. mr. westermann no. mr. buchanan, no. mr. the following -- van hollen aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. ryan, aye. ms. moore, aye. ms. castor, aye. mr. mcdermott, aye. ms. lee, aye. ms. lujan grisham aye. ms. dingell, aye. mr. lieu, aye. mr. norcross aye. mr. molson, aye. mr. garrett no. mr. german, -- chairman, no. on that boat, the ayes are 14, nos are 21. >> connect amendment, number 28. the clerk will designate the amendment. >> offered by mr. moulton, related to career and technical education. >> mr. moulton is recognized for two minutes. rep. moulton: my amendment will invest $2 billion over 10 years to provide education to help prepare students for jobs in the competitive 21st century workforce. the demand for skilled workers is increasing. a recent survey said a majority of manufacturing executives reported a shortage of qualified workers. they said they had difficulty maintaining production levels. due to work for shortages or deficiency in worker skills. last week, i visited the regional technical high school in my distri

mr. palmer: no. mr. chairman. mr. price: no. mr. rokita: are there any members wishing to vote or change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. the clerk: mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 13 and the noes are 21. mr. rokita: the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. are there further amendments? mr. polis: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. mr. rokita: this is amendment number 13. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 13 offered by mr. ryan relating to manufacturing programs. mr. ryan: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. rokita: mr. chairman is rised for six minutes. mr. ryan: thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the opportunity to offer this amendment. accelerating growth in u.s. manufacturing. i think this is an issue that i hope that we can establish some bipartisan support for this. manufacturinging is critical in the united states. it's critical to our defense industrial brails. we know that one in -- base. we know that one in seven u.s. private sector jobs depend on u.s. ma

mr. palmer: last question. what other contacts the recall -- do you recall that you have had with the white house prior to april 2014 e-mails that have been publicly released? chair wheeler: you have my calendar and my e-mails. mr. palmer: mr. chairman, i yield the balance of my time. mr. chaffetz: i recognize mr. desaulnier. for five minutes. mr. desaulnier: i just want to thank you for your service. i am tremendously proud of not just your decision, but your testimony today and how you have handled yourself considering your background. coming from the san francisco bay area, the importance to innovation for us, having many constituents who work at companies like facebook and google and apple, we want to make sure we get it right. and having a presence in my district of at&t and comcast, i understand the balance you had to go through and the importance of your balance of your independence and expertise of independent commissions and relationship with the administration and congress. i actually think there is o

mr. palmer: last question. what other contacts the recall that you have had with the white house prior to april 2014 e-mails that have been publicly released? chair wheeler: you have my calendar and my e-mails. mr. palmer: mr. chairman, i yield the balance of my time. mr. chaffetz: i recognize mr. desaulnier. mr. desaulnier: i just want to thank you for your service. i am tremendously proud of not just your decision but your testimony today and how you have handled yourself considering your background. coming from the san francisco bay area, the importance to innovation for us, having many constituents who work at companies like facebook and apple, we want to make sure we get it right. and having a presence in my district of at&t and comcast, i understand the balance you had to go through and the importance of your independence and expertise of independent commissions and relationship with the administration and congress. i actually think there is obviously a very strong argument to be made that someone like yo

mr. palmer -- no. mr. moolenaar -- no. mr. westermann -- no. mr. the candidate -- -- mr. buchanan -- no. mr. van hollen -- aye. mr. pascarel -- aye. mr. ryan 0 aye. ms. moore -- aye. mr. mcdermott -- aye. ms. lee -- aye. mr. poecan -- aye. ms. dingell -- aye. mr. lieu -- aye. mr. norcross -- aye. mr. moulton -- aye. mr. garrett -- no. mr. chairman --no. rep. price: any member was to change their vote? clerk:the amendment is not adopted. the next amendment is amended over 28 -- is amendment number 28. mr. moulton is recognized for two minutes. rep. moulton: my amendment will put forth $10 million over the next two years to help prepare students for jobs in the competitive 21st century workforce. the demand for skilled workers is increasing. a recent survey said manufacturing executives showed a shortage of qualified workers. they said they had difficulty maintaining production levels. last week, i visited the regional technical high school in my district and discussed the positive impact the classes have had on students, teachers, and the economy. like so many vocational a

mr. palmer? is to palmer's, no. -- mr. palmer, no. mr. westerman? mr. westerman, no. mr. -- ? mr. van hollen, aye. mr. llama? mr. yamane aye. mr. ryan? mr. ryan, aye. ms. moore? ms. moore aye. ms. -- ? ms. -- aye. mr. mcdermott? is to mcdermott? ms. lee? is lee aye. mr. gauguin? is to go can, -- mr. gauguin aye. ms. single? ms. single aye. mr. lou? mr. lou aye. mr. moulton? mr. moulton? mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. mr. -- ? -- mr., no. mr. woodall? esther woodall, no. -- mr. woodall, no. mr. buchanan? mr. buchanan, no. mr. chairman? mr. chairman, no. mr. chairman: have all numbers voted? and a member with change their vote? if not, the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the aye's are 12 ending no's are 20. the chair will make an announcement -- mr. chairman: it is the chairs can -- intention to continue through the remainder of the markup without stopping. we will have a bipartisan meal. it will be supper. in the room. and we ask members to partake during the time when they are not participating in debate, but to be present for all votes. and i apologize

mr. palmer, no. mr. moolenaar, no. mr. buchanan, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascrell? mr. ryan, aye. ms. moore, aye. ms. kaptur, aye. ms. lee, aye. mr. polk and, aye. mrs. dingell, aye. mr. liu, aye. plfer moulton? mr. garrett, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. stutzman? mr. mooney? mr. mooney. mr. pascrell? mr. mcdermott? mr. moulton? mr. chairman. mr. price: no. have all members voted? all members voted. any member wish to change their votes? if not, the clerk will report the tally. the clerk: the ayes are 20 -- the ayes are 11 and the noes are 20. mr. price: gave me a heart attack. the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. the next amendment is amendment number 5. the clerk will designate the amendment and the staff will distribute the copies. the clerk: amendment number 5 offered by mrs. dingell related to medicaid. mr. price: the gentlelady is recognized for six minutes. mrs. dingell: i'm offering a simple amendment that would reject the cuts to medicaid over 10 years that is contained in the budget resolution we are considering today. my amendment will

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mr. palmer? >> no. >> mr. mullnar? >> no. >> mr. westerman? >> no. >> mr. buchanan? >> no. >> mr. van hollen? >> aye. >> mr. yarman? >> aye. >> mr. passkarel? >> aye. >> mr. ryan? >> aye. >> miss moore? >> aye. >> miss caster? >> aye. >> mr. mcdermott? mr. mcdermott? miss lee? >> aye. >> mr. pockan? >> aye. >> miss lou han grisham? >> aye. >> miss engel? >> aye. >> mr. lou? >> aye. >> mr. norcross? >> aye. >> mr. molten? >> aye. >> mr. akilta? >> no. >> mr. stutzman? >> no. >> mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> have all members voted? any member wish to change their vote? the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 13 and the nos are 22. >> the nos have it. the amendment is not agreed to. the next amendment is number 7, and the clerk will designate the amendment, and the staff will distribute copies. >> amendment number 7 offered by miss moore to the settlement al nutritional assistance program. >> miss moore is recognized for seven minutes. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. i would yield time -- >> excuse me. i apologize. six minutes a

mr. palmer? mr. palmer, no. mr. molinari? mr. molinari, no. mr. westermann? mr. westermann, no. mr. buchanan? mr. buchanan, no. mr. van hollen echo -- van hollen? mr. van hollen, aye. mr. llamas? mr. llamas, aye. mr. ryan? mr. ryan aye. ms. moore? ms. moore aye. ms. castor? ms. castor, aye. mr. mcdermott? is to mcdermott, aye. ms. lee? ms. lee, aye. ms. lujan grisham? miss lujan grisham aye. mr. lou? mr. lou, aye. mr. norcross? mr. norcross aye. mr. molson? mr. molson, aye. mr. chairman? mr. chairman no. [laughter] chairman: does any member or to change their vote to echo if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the aye's are 13 and the no's are 22. chairman: the next amendment is by the gentleman from wisconsin. i'm sorry, the amendment's amendment number two. the clerk will designate the amendment and the staff will distribute the copies. >> expressing the sense of the house relating to the class taxes. chairman: the gentleman is recognized for six minutes. representative: i am reading the seven sentences we have about tax reform and the general description w

mr. palmer who was just on showed concern and consideration. you didn't hear that from ferguson. you didn't hear that from our other guest who frankly said you had the right to kill people? >> who said that van? >> you did. >> absolutely not. there's a need to have a political conversation in this country but we really have to be concerned but when this conversation becomes so political and hijacked this end dangers our police force. we've got a serious crime problem and people are trying to grandstand and elected officials need to get on board here and be emphatic here. ferguson reveal we have serious problems in the country. most of them are political failures. let's be clear. but playing misconduct rhetoric are endangering police officers. you put words in your mouth, sir. >> you've tried to correct the record. i would like to have an opportunity to speak. >> please don't put words in my mouth. >> this is the kind of attitude. you see the difference between mr. palmer who was very measured and calm and recognized there was a balance, the balance the need to be respected and al

mr. palmer -- aye. mr. moolenaar -- aye. mr. westermann -- aye. mr. buchanan -- aye. mr. van hollen -- no. mr. yarmuth -- no. mr. pascrell -- no. mr. ryan -- no. ms. warren -- -- ms. moore -- no. ms. castor -- no. mr. mcdermott -- no. ms. lee -- no. mr. pocan -- no. ms. lujan grisham -- no. ms. dingle -- no. mr. lieu -- no. mr. nor call -- mr. norcross -- no. mr. moulton -- no. mr. chairman -- aye. chairman price: have all members voted? any member wish to change their vote? the clerk will report. clerk: on that vote, the aye's are 22 and the no's are 14. chairman price: the amendment is adopted. the chair has an announcement to make. our proceedings have been expeditious. the decision-making on our side of the aisle has not been expeditious. consequently this stands in recess until the call of the chair. >> tonight? tomorrow? next week? >> the house budget committee in recess now. members may yet come back this evening to continue their work on the 2015 federal budget today. the budget proposal by committee chair tom price woodcut $5.5 trillion in projected spending over

mr. palmer. >> i don't think that was the question. maybe i'm confused here. mr. palmer. >> let me be a little more specific. your calendar shows in 2014 you had two phone calls the same afternoon with the counsel of the president john podesta and with the white house office of science technology policy. is that correct? >> if the calendar says that. i don't recall talking to mr. podesta, but if the calendar says that. >> you don't recall talking with mr. podesta. could you give us an idea -- do you have any recollection of a phone call with mr. podesta on that day? >> if the calendar says, sir. i'll stipulate to it. but let's -- >> do you recall talking to the white house office of science and technology? >> i've talked to them, yes, multiple times. >> can you give us an idea of what was discussed in either of those calls? >> i don't recall -- what was the date you were specifying? >> february of last year 2014. >> i don't know what the specifics of that call were. i don't recall it. >> do you have a recollection of having those calls? >> if my calendar says then

mr. palmer. rep. palmer: thank you so much you claimed in your opening statement that this was the most transparent rulemaking in fcc history is , that correct? chair wheeler: that is correct. rep. palmer: you claimed that all communications with the white house where documented with the ex parte filings, is that correct? chair wheeler: yes, sir. rep. palmer: while they are working on that slide, i have here a copy of your ex parte filing on the president's statement on net neutrality, and mr. wheeler, it is two paragraphs long. three sentences total. are we left to believe that the entirety of the white house's involvement in this process can be captured in just three sentences? chair wheeler: i am now being passed. this is a letter from november 10? i believe it has a two page attachment with it think it's quite specific and says what bright line rules should be an things such as that, that wireless should be covered? rep. chaffetz: i believe the portion is three sentences. chair wheeler: i disagree

mr. palmer, pardon me. mr. palmer. >> it's the second straight hearing where i've been misappropriated to the wrong state. my jurisdiction has expanded. thank you mr. clancy for coming in today. there are many reports that suggest the secret service morale is at an all-time low according to the best places that better government report. the agency with ranks 226 out of 300 agencies. there are routine request for uniformed division officers to date work on my days off in the secret service's failure to pay proper overtime. this is particularly troubling in the context of what we have been discussing because when you have low morale of what was once one of the most respected agencies in the world it seems to be indicative of a climate and an environment not conducive to excellence. and in some respects not conducive to integrity. how do you respond to that? >> you are exactly right. when i went to this roll call the other night the first question when i asked what are the issues here what do you need and why are w

mr. palmer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one minute. mr. palmer: thank you, mr. speaker. there was a comment about this, this is about governing. it is it's about governing actually. we are not three separate but equal branches of the government. the abuse of the exec testify order has diminished congress and the abuse of the senate rules has diminished this house. we are now reduced to passing what the senate will allow us to pass. and we are -- and the senate's reduced to passing what the senate will not veto. this is about the constitution. we have three more days in which we can consider legislation that upholds the rule of law, that restores the balance of powers. we should take those three days. ladies and gentlemen this is a day that we will remember for the rest of our lives, that the country is looking to us right now to make a decision whether or not we will uphold our oath of office. i call upon every member of this house to be an oath keeper. i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the b

mr. palmer. mr. palmer: thank you, mr. chairman. first of all i'd like to commend you and mr.okita for your vision and integrity and leadership of this committee and commend the other misdemeanors of the committee for the work that they put in on this. mr. chairman, we are in a crisis. every year we spend more than we are and try to convince ourselves that deficits don't matter. in 2014, washington spent nearly $3.5 trillion while only collecting $3 trillion in revenues, resulting in a deficit that is literally 14 cents on the dollar. in other words, every dollar we spend, we borrowed 14 cents against our children's future. votes turned out in the last election, this past november they came to the ballot box because many of them lost their health insurance plans or premiums had skyrocketed because of obamacare. they voted because severe overregulation cost them their jobs because businesses cut back or closed. we are at a point now where the united states now ranks 12th among nations in terms of business start-ups. we now have more businesses closing than are opening up. the a

mr. palmer, for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i want to give mr. koskinen a break here a minute and talk with mr. lightfoot, if that's okay. >> i don't want you to think that's not appreciated. >> that doesn't mean it won't come back to you. mr. lightfoot, nasa has done a good job in making progress on getting off the high-risk list but there is still some issues from alabama masses of major presence in our state, but there have been some issues with rebase planning costs and schedule on management and technical issues. can you address that on some of your projects? >> yes, sir. we have -- the process we go through where we review these projects on a routine basis, we have some that have done really well. we continue to make good progress on the eight of the last nine that have launched it and came in under the baseline. once we go through confirmation of a project which moves it from formulation to development, that's when we make a commitment for a certain cost and schedule that we're going to try to live to. the process we have where we review t

mr. palmer: no. mr. moolenaar: no mr. westmoreland: no. mr. buchanan: no. mr. van hollen: hi. mr. yarmuth: aye. mr. pascrell: aye mr. ryan: aye. ms. moore: aye. ms. castor: aye. mr. mcdermott: aye. ms. lee: aye. mr. pocan: aye. mrs. dingell: aye. mr. lieu: aye. mr. moulton: aye. mr. garrett: no. stan stan no. mr. mooney:. mr. chairman? mr. price: no. mr. price: all members voted? any member wish to change their votes? the clerk will report the tally. the clerk: the ayes are 14 and the noes are 21. mr. price: the knows have it and the amendment is not agreed to. the committee will stand in recess until 5:00 p.m. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> house budget committee gaveled in at 11:00 eastern and marking up the fiscal year 2016 budget proposal. and they are taking a break here. the chairman tom price saying until 5:00 eastern. so an hour or so, but he did say when beginning this morning that the committee would be in ses

mr. palmer, no. mr. westerman, no. mr. buchanan, no. mr. van hollen aye. aye. aye. mr. ryan aye. ms. moore, aye. ms. castor, aye. mr. mcdermott, aye. ms. lee, aye. mr. lew, aye. mr. norquest aye. mr. garrett no. mr. sanford, no. mr. mooney? mr. chairman, no. quite have all members voted? -- >> have all members voted? clerk: the eyes are 14 and the no's art 21. -- are 21. >> this court will stand recess until 5:00 p.m. >> the house budget committee approved the budget pros -- proposal. a house rules committee meets monday to set up floor debate for the measure. the senate budget committee met on thursday to mark up its version of the 2016 budget proposal. the resolution aims to balance the budget in 10 years and cuts $5.1 trillion in per -- projected spending in the next decade. dozens of amendments on friday of domestic and foreign policy issues. $3 billion is proposed to be added on war funding, which brings the blueprint for the defense spending closer to the house plan. this is one hour and 35 minutes. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsibl

mr. palmer, no. mr. westerman no. mr. buchanan no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. pascrell? mr. ryan aye. ms. moore, aye. ms. caster, aye. ms. lee, >> aye. >> miss grisham? >> aye. >> miss single? >> aye. >> mr. lou? >> aye. >> mr. norcross? >> aye. >> mr. molten? mr. molten? mr. garrett? >> no. >> mr. woodall? >> no. >> mr. susman? mr. susman? mr. mooney? mr. mooney? mr. passquell mr. mcdermott? mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> all members voted? any member wish to change their vote? if not, the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes are 11 and nos are 20. >> the nos have it. and the amendment is not agreed to. the next amendment is amendment number 5. the clerk will designate the amendment and the staff will distribute the copies of the amendment. >> amendment number 5 offered by miss engel related to medicaid. >> the gentle lady is recognized for six minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am offering a simple amendment that would reject the $913 billion in custom medicaid contained in the budget resolution we're considering today. my amendment will

mr. palmer for five minutes. >> second straight hearing where i've been misappropriated to the wrong state. my jurisdiction is expanded. thank you mr. clancy for coming in today. there's many reports that suggest the secret service morale is all time low. according to the best places to work in federal government report the agency ranks 226 out of 300 agencies. there are routine requests for uniformed divisioned officers to work on their days off and the secret services failure to pay proper overtime. this is particularly troubling in the context of what we've been discussing. because when you have low morale at what was once once of the most respected agencies in the world it seems to be indicative and a climate not conducive to excellence. and in some respects not conducive to integrity. how do you respond to that. >> well you are exactly right. when i went to this role call the other night the first question when i asked what are the issues here? what do you need and why? why are we having these issues? and the staffing was the first thing they said. they said we can't get a day off. to

i wish you would send the potatoes by mrs. palmer, for i cannot get one to plant. not one seed in the ground yet. the lack of transportation and the destruction of the countryside around columbia made the situation even worse. so columbia not only has to feed their own residents but there are people flocking from the countryside to seek relief there as well. so city officials cobbled together a network of ad hoc committees run by the city, run by private organizations run by benevolent associations. they took up collections in cities that hadn't been destroyed by fire like augusta. but even these -- they provided basic necessities either free or at a minimal cost. but they soon found themselves completely overwhelmed by just the sheer scale of necessary relief. so in may which is about four months after the fire, the city council decided to petition the federal government for assistance and the arrival of agents of the freedman's bureau, the organization, federal organization designed to help in the transition from slavery to freedom, they arrived in the city. so i

mr. palmer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one minute. mr. lmer: thank you, mr. speaker. there was a comment about this, this is about governing. it is it's about governing actually. we are not three separate but equal branches of the government. the abuse of the exec testify order has diminished congress and the abuse of the senate rules has diminished this house. we are now reduced to passing what the senate will allow us to pass. and we are -- and the senate's reduced to passing what the senate will not veto. this is about the constitution. we have three more days in which we can consider legislation that upholds the rule of law, that restores the balance of powers. we should take those three days. ladies and gentlemen this is a day that we will remember for the rest of our lives, that the country is looking to us right now to make a decision whether or not we will uphold our oath of office. i call upon every member of this house to be an oath keeper. i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the bal

mr. palmer, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to give mr. koskinen a break here for a minute and talk with mr. lightfoot if that's okay. >> i don't want you to think that's not appreciated. [laughter] >> well that doesn't mean i won't come back to you. mr. lightfoot, nasa's done a good job in making progress on getting off the high risk list but there's still some issues. i'm from alabama nasa's a major presence in our state. there have been some issues with rebaselining costs and schedule -- rebase lining costs and management and technical issues. can you address that on some of your projects? >> yes sir. we have -- the process we we go through where we review these projects on a routine basis, while we have some that go very well, we continue to make progress on those last eight of the last night. once we go through confirmation of project which moves it from formulation to development that's when we make a commitment for a certain cost and schedule that we're going to try to live to. the process we have where we review those all monthly,

mr. clancy: she has to be a u.s. citizen to be employed by the federal government. representative palmer: i believe my time has expired. thank you mr. chairman. >> i now recognize the gentleman from wisconsin for five minutes s, mr. rothman. >> it doesn't bother me of some of you guys don't have college degrees. that's overrated. there are so many great people without college degrees but i want to ask you some questions with the situation with this woman's vehicle. according to metropolitan police they were not contacted until 30 minutes after she fled the scene. is that an accurate statement? mr. clancy: i don't know if that is accurate sir. >> ok i would look into it because that's what i have up my paper. to me if you had to law enforcement divisions say in my neck of the woods the county and the city and somebody was fleeing into the county the sheriff's department would be notified immediately. it is kind of scary that it took 30 minutes. mr. clancy: i would just say in a short period of time they reached out to the explosive unit so there should've been in the same timeframe the po

representative palmer: i have here a copy of your ex parte filing on the president's statement on net neutrality, and mr. wheeler, it is two paragraphs long. three sentences total. are we left to believe that the entirety of the white house's involvement in this process can be captured in just three sentences? chair wheeler: i am now been passed. thank you.

palmer for their participation in the delegation. a special thanks to congressman john lewis and the faith and politics institute for a job well done. you know, mr. speaker, the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of john lewis with john lewis is an unforget rble experience that is true -- unforgettable experience that is truly transformative. the bipartisan participation by republicans and democrats alike was truly something to behold. especially given the hyperpartisanship of washington. it was something to see us gathered together in selma, alabama, to honor the sacrifices of the foot soldiers who dared to fight for voter equality 50 years ago. i tried not to have any expectation from this bipartisan showing. but i must admit my hope was that all of us would be motivated by the experience of traveling with john lewis in his footsteps with him to honestly look at modern-day threats to voting rights today. now that the spotlight is no longer on selma, we must move beyond the bridge and see that there is still a have been legitimatized in state legislatures across this country. photo i.d. laws and efforts to get rid of early voting, weekend vot