mr. payne: mr. carson: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. davis: amazing to learn amazing historical facts. as my district, i'm lucky enough to represent part of abraham's lincoln's congressional district. so the history is something that our textbooks teach but we come to the house floor to learn about courageous people like judge thomason who served in the executive branch and legislative branch and serving the judicial branch. it's a testament and i commend my colleague, mr. o'rourke for bringing this to our attention and allowing us to rename the courthouse and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 5873. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for

mr. payne: i am not. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas will control the time in opposition, the gentleman will have 20 minutes. mr. mccaul: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remark -- their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mccaul: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: as we stand here this evening, there are ongoing investigations into the terrorist attacks over the weekend in new york, new jersey, and minnesota. details of these attacks and those responsible continue to emerge. the one thing -- but one thing is certain. we are thankful that there is no loss of life. and we are thankful for our brave first responders who worked around the clock to keep our communities safe. these brey men an women are doing -- these brave men and women are doing their jobs

was subdued without lethal force and again, mr. payne was subdued by the phoenix police department without use of lethal -- lethal force. >> some of you have asked how to contact injured officers. we have that story at 6:30 pm. >>> we have been warned about hackers in our state but how easy is it to hack an election system? the homeland security adviser says it is very hard but the prevent attacks using what they know about terrorist to stop attackers. >> we are developing the intelligence, using a whole array of intelligence and law- enforcement tools to get the information about the bad axe yours, just like we did over the last decade and a half in terrorism. >> even if election systems are hacked, each state operates differently so it would be hard to change the overall result drastically. >>> hillary clinton is fit to be president according to her current doctor. she is recovering from pneumonia but her doctor says her physical exam is intact and so is her mental condition. clinton's daughter says she hopes everybody will realize peo

. >> mr. payne, if you'll stand up, please. >> reporter: documents describe him as a homeless transyent under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the alleged attack. all caught on sur authorities. >> our police officers targeted. >> reporter: 2:00 a.m. tuesday, meeting outside the store, and nearby, a driver of the red car watches them for minutes, and then this, you can see the sergeant going down with a broken leg, another officer diving out of the way, but a third cop sent flying eight feet into the air. i thank god we're not planning three funerals right now. >> reporter: the car crashing of the way, and another struck by flying debris, but the suspect puts up a fight. officers tasered him numerous times to make the arrest. police chief not speculating motive, but anger at the pattern of attacks. >> never seen so many violent senseless acts targeting law enforcement. >> reporter: two injured seriously, expected to be okay, but as for payne, he attacke traffic stop and sentenced with probation.

. >> mr. payne, what is your middle name, please. is facing three charges of attempted murder. he is being held without bonld and will be back in court on tuesday. amazingly all three officers involved in this are doing okay. the most seriously hurt was the officer you see flying through the air as the car hit. he is a 33-year-old rookie on his first day on the job. he suffered a pretty bad concussion. the officer at the back of the vehicle had a brokenleg, and the third officer that managed to get out of the way was then injured as he fought with mark payne having pulled him from the car. payne had to be tased several times before he was sub cued. it was not his first run in with the cops. he got probation after a 1997 incident when he was pulled over for a traffic stop and attacked the officers involved. >> it goes to show even an ordinary day can go very badly for the men and women that serve out there, thanks. >> baseball fans treated to some very different hotdogs. why they were at the white sox stadium. >>> time for the final 3

. >> okay, and mr. payne, what's your middle name, please? and again, sandra, when you take a look at the video again in slow moe, it's amazing that those officers weren't more seriously hurt. it's also worth noting here that in the wake of being directly attacked, the only weapon they drew was a taser. sandra. >> it is amazing. and it is a blessing that they're all all right. jonathan hunt, thank you for bringing that story to us. >>> the fight over legalized marijuana heads to five new states this fall. but are some supporters overlooking the potential risks? we'll take you to colorado for some answers. >>> and tropical storm julia coming out of nowhere. making land fall and causing damage. the forecasters say the severe weather threat is not over yet. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. >>> shepard smith, much more on the new swing state polls that show donald

. >> mr. payne, if you'll stand up, please. >> reporter: court documents describe him as a homeless transient, under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the alleged attack, all caught on surveillance video and no accident, according authorities. >> our phoenix police officers were targeted. >> reporter: it began just before 2:00 a.m. tuesday. meeting outside the store, and nearby, a driver of the red car appears to watch them for a few minutes, then this. you can see the sergeant going down with a broken leg. another officer dives out of the way, but a third cop is sent flying eight feet into the air. >> i thank god that we're not planning three funerals right now. >> reporter: the car crashing into the store, court documents describe one clerk jumping out by flying debris, but the suspect still putting up a fight. officers tasering him numerous times to make the arrest. the police chief not speculating on motive, but expressing anger of what he sees as a pattern of attacks. >> i have never see

desjarlais of tennessee for september 12 and for today, and mr. payne of new jersey for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 201, the gentlewoman from arizona, ms. sinema is recognized for 60 minutes as the degree -- as the designee of the minority leader. ms. sinema: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so granted. ms. sinema: september is suicide prevention month, a time to raise awareness about the recurring tragedy of suicide. last movant, the v.a. introduced a comprehensive updated studdy of veteran suicide, finding an estimated 20 veterans lose their lives to suicide every day. 20 veterans a day should be a call to action for our country and this congress. we must do more. typically, time in this house chamber is split, republicans have one hour and democrats have another, but i belie

. >> recognizes mr. payne. >> thank you, mr. chairman.e to thank the witnesses for their testimony this morning. also, i would like to recognize 29 individuals that were injured this week and pray for their speedy recovery, and also, the two brave officers in linden, new jersey, who engaged the culpr culprit, officer hammer and officer padilla, of the linden police department, which is in my district. now, many gun safety laws are enacted at the state level. so while you might live in a state with strict gun laws, such as mine, your communities might remain vulnerable, because of the lax gun laws in neighbors states. how does this patchwork with gun control affect your policy efforts, mr. miller, if you could take a stab at that. >> we have, if not the toughest gun laws in the nation in new york city, certainly one of them. but none of our guns come from new york city. that has been true for many years. we have mandatory minimum sentenci sentencing. we have a permitting process. but most of our guns come from out of state. >> and the abil

. >> recognize mr. payne. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank the witnesses for their testimony this morning. i'd also like to recognize 29 individuals that were injured this week and pray for their speedy recovery and also the two brave officers in new jersey who engaged the culprit officer hammer and officer pedia of the linden police department, which is in my district. >> many gun safety laws are enacted at the state level, so while you might live in a state with strict gun laws, such as mine, your communities might remain vulnerable because of the lax gun laws in neighboring states. how does this work approach to gun control effect your policy efforts mr. miller, if you could take a stab at that? >> if we have, if not, the toughest gun laws in the nation in new york city, certainly one of them but none of our guns come from new york city. that has been true for many years. we have mandatory minimum sentencing. we have a rigorous process, but most of our guns come from out of state. >> and the ability and the access to

. >> recognizes mr. payne. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and like to thank the birdie their testimony this -- thank the witnesses for their testimony this morning and also like tomon recognize 29 individuals that were injured this week and pray for their speedy recovery, and also the two brave officers in linden, new jersey, who engagedo the culprit, officers hammer and officer padilla of the linden police department which is also in my district. many gun safety laws are en, ad at the state level so while you might live in a state with strict gun laws, such as mine, your communities might remain vulnerable because of the lack of gun laws in neighboring states. how does this patchwork approach to gun control affect your gunicy efforts? mr. miller, if you could take a stab at that. >> we have if not the toughest gun laws in the nation in new york city, certainly one of them. i but none of our guns come from new york city. that has been true for many years. we have mandatory minimum sentencing. we have a riggous permitting process, b

the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. payne of new jersey for the first series of votes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. pursuant to clause 1-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> leaders on both sides of the aisle are committed to making sure that doesn't happen. the biggest disagreement right now is over aid to flinlt for the water crisis there. about 220 -- $220 million. and also for louisiana disaster aid for the terrible flooding that happened there as well. senator mitch mcconnell said earlier today or indicated that there could potentially be a deal to revert a shutdown by friday at midnight by lowering arms on both those issues and taking it out of the continuing resolution. host: the senate tried to move forward on the continuing resolution by senate democrats mostly and a handful of senate republicans blocking the efforts to move forward. is it -- center around the issues you just mentioned? guest: that's right. there was a vote to advance the legislation today but it lost by

mr. jonathan riley, science and technology fellow in the office of representative g.k. butterfield. ms. kimberly toose, finance fellow, working in the office of representative maxine waters. abdul dennesy, donald m. payneoreign policy fellow working in the office of representative karen bass. ms. zoey kador, energy fellow working in the office of esing. ntative mark v ms. priscilla barber, energy fellow, working in the office of representative cedric richmond. mr. ronald maglo, congressional fellow working in the office of representative alcee hastings. and ms. nik keys, women in health science fellow working in the office of representative robin kelly, ms. erin robinson, our inaugural stem fellow working in the office of senator cory booker. ive them a round of' plause, -- apluse, please. [applause] many of you may remember the movie testimony last year of one of our former interns, mr. rontel beatty. he shared the inpiring story of his humble beginnings and how the internship experience was his only access to his current career in public policy on capitol hill. tonight, i'd like you to hear from another one of our future leaders. watch the video and after it airs, you will hear directly from him. tha