mr. rhodes: the first lady will be coming.we have an answer with respect to the children at this point. but the first lady will definitely be accompanying the president. she has taken a greater interest in issues relating to girls education internationally. again, that is beyond the united has been theat substantive focus she has had. but don't think she looks for -- but she looks for appropriate opportunities that have to do with their schedules aligning, also with focusing on regions where i think she can help us advance our efforts. if you look at this type of trip, what the first lady is singularly good at is that she is an enormously popular figure in different countries around the world. goodwill, andt of is a very able messenger for america and its values. so, going to a place like cuba , and havingt time this historic opening for the cuban people, i think it is very important that she is here -- is there. region is one that she is interested in engaging, so he very much welcome her. burma, there are some parallels and

mr. cicilline from rhode island. mr. cicilline: i thank the gentlelady for yielding and thank the gentlelady from new jersey for leading this special order hour. on this very important issue. as my colleagues have mentioned, the supreme court is scheduled to hear whole woman's health vs. hellerstedt next tuesday, challenging a texas law that has already led to the closing of more than 20 abortion providers in the state. this is just the most recent example of the attack which is under way all across this country on women's health. not just in the state of texas, but in many other places around our country. as was just mentioned, politicians are passing laws and enacting regulations to deny women full reproductive health care. in fact, just last sunday ohio governor john kasich signed a law defunding planned parenthood and during his time in office half of ohio's abortion clinics have closed. one in three women will have to make a decision in their lifetime if an abortion is the right decision for them. i'm very proud to

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: madam speaker, the house is not in order. mr. speaker, it's been over three years since the act expired. the prime resource of funding for work force development programs across the country. we now have the opportunity to remake perkins in a way that works for the 21st century economy. perkins re-authorization must deliver student-centered education that provides 21st century skills to successful careers. across the country, students continue to seek out career pathways, but funding has been reduced from its peak level in 2010 of $1.3 billion. if we fail to match this demand for c.t.e., we run the risk of our economy falling behind as companies pursue skilled workers in other parts of the world. mr. speaker, our country and our economy need a perkins re-authorization that focuses on skills that matter an

in gaston chuck ringwalt news 19 wltx 3 rhodes' sons and brothers say they have forgiven mr. derious sutton... the drunk driver who hit and killed her. 3 3 it has been a chilly day across the midands and we have some precipitation too. some reports of a little sleet falling across the area and that could be the case right now too.temperatures at the surface are well above temperatures across the midlands.for tonight, rain - maybe mixed with a some sleet and 3 a few snowflakes especially from columbia and south and east, this is something we'll watch tonight.early tomorrow there will be a small chance of lingering shower maybe afternoon and mostly clear tomorrow night. we'll take a closer look at the forecast coming up in just a few minutes. mary. recovering from broken bones... and the baby's parents are in jail... because investigators believe they are responsible for the injuries. 22-year-old... justin little... and 20-year-old... alicia anderson... are charged with unlawful conduct toward a child.sumter police say the d-s-s was called in earlier this week... when the child

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, last sunday five people were killed and 25 injured in four mass shootings in new york, florida, illnois and mississippi. and yet congress has done nothing to reduce gun violence in america. and while this is happening, opponents to commonsense responsible gun safy legislation are spreading misinformation and sharing myths, myths such as criminals don't exploit loopholes to buy guns. there is no gun show loophole. assault weapons ban tt was previously in place didn't work and strong gun laws don't reduce gun crimes. it's time to stop calling out these myths and start correcting the records in the facts. i will be doing that on my website and social media for getting responsible gun safety legislation. after all, mr. speaker, facts should guide us in doing our work and doing all we can t

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and resize and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, earlier today, the senate health committee passed by voice vote s. 800, enhancing the visibility of medical research. as the lead sponsor in the house of representatives with my good friend and representative greg harper, we are advancing the rehabilitation science and improve the care that that are provided to people with disabling injuries and conditions. millions of people require rehabilitation to restore, maintain or prevent deterioration of function and this legislation will play an important role in the provision of that care. i commend senator kirk for championing this important bill and i look forward to its swift passage and urge its swift passage in the house. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas se

rhodes said today that mr. obama will meet with civil society activists during his visit. but leading republicans urged him not to go at all. presidential candidate marco rubio, son of cuban immigrants, spoke in a cnn town hall last night. >> there's no elections in cuba, there's no choice in cuba. and so my whole problem-- i want the whole relationship between the us and cuba change but it has to be reciprocal. and so today a year and two months after the opening of cuba, the cuba government remain as repressive as ever but now >> warner: even so, the white house said lawmakers from both parties will accompany the president. for the pbs newshour, i'm margaret warner. >> woodruff: for more on this, i'm joined now by william leogrande, a specialist in latin america at american university, he's written a number of books on u.s.-cuban relations. welcome back to the "newshour", good to see you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: how big a deal is this visit by the president next months? >> i think it's historic and when we look back on it i think it's as signature as richard nixon's 1

mr. speaker, i yield ack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, yesterday the president announced his cybersecurity national action plan in conjunction with his 2017 budget proposal. this proposal starts with a much-needed investment in federal cybersecurity. a 35% increase in spending anchored by a $3.1 billion revolving fund designed to kick-start the modernization of outdated government i.t. systems, something that is sorely needed. the action plan is notable for its emphasis on centralized federal cybersecurity. something i have long called for. while the -- it does not all have the authority i think the position requires, it is certainly a step in the right direction. the plan also makes needed investments in work force development, including in the very successful cybercore program. and shartcharters a presidential commission to do more long ra

mr. marchant: to include corrections in spelling, punctuation, section numbering, cross-referencing and the insertion of appropriate headings. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i rise today to correct the record regarding my vote during yesterday's consideration of the democratic motion to recommit on h.r. 3293, roll call 69. while my vote was recorded as a nay, it was my intention to vote yea as i strongly support scientific research into causes and prevention of gun violence. and i ask the record be corrected. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman's statement will appear in the record. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. granger: i sks my name be removed as a co-sponsor of h.r. 571. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from new hampshire seek recognition? mr. guinta: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. guinta: mr. speaker, i rise in

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. mr. speaker, last weekend, six people were murdered by a gunman on the streets of call ma zoo, michigan. we have had 1,800 people die. 30 mass shootings and congress has done nothing in the face of this continued bloodshed. what will it take for us to act. i will introduce hate crimes prevention act that closes the hate crimes loophole and preventing them from purchasing a game. a bill to end the purchase of firearms by dangerous individuals. to close the fire sale loophole. my colleagues have introduced other bills. it's important that we take up this legislation, that we vote on these bills and let our constituents know where we stand in this fight to reduce gun violence in our country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. speaker, as co-chairs of the congressional career and technical education caucus, i am pleased to join my good friend, g.t. thompson of pennsylvania, in recognition of c.t.e. month. across the country students are using c.t.e. programs to seek out career pathways, hone 21st century skills, and find good jobs. unfortunately, while demand has increased for c.t.e., federal funding has been reduced from its high level in 2010 of $1.3 billion. it's time, mr. speaker, that we re-authorize the carl d. perkens creerl and technical education act to deliver student education that provide the right schools for successful careers. we have the opportunity to remack perkins in way that works for the new economy in the 21st century. i urge my colleagues to seize this chance. as rhode island's governor has put it, it's time to invest in ski

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. a senator: i ask unanimous consent to speak up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: we're here on this conflict over a supreme court nominee which has turned into a considerable unprecedenced fuss i believe for a fairly simple reason. the elephant so to speak in the room is that the court has become a political actor under chief justice roberts. mr. whitehouse: the right wing block on the court delivered politically because it had a 5-4 majority. now the right-wing majority is gone so republicans are predict bring upset -- predict bring upset. just as frankfurter admonished it, it is sthot the business of this court to pronounce policy. it must observe a fastidious regard for limitations on its own power and this preuseds the court giving -- precludes the court giving effect to its own notions of what is wise or politic. well, that was then. the five-judge block on the roberts court of which justice scalia was an essential part systematically and predic

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i ask unanimous consent to speak as if if in morning business for up to 20 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, madam president. investigative author jane mayotte has written an important piece of journalism. her new book "dark money," about the secret but massive influence buying by right-wing billionaires, led by the infamous koch brothers, jane meyer's book catalogs the rise and the expansion into a vast array of front groups of this operation. and the role in it of two of america's more shameless villains, charles and david koch. some have called this beast they have created the koch-topus because it has so many tentacles. the presiding officer may be wondering why am i talking about secret influence buying in my climate speech. the reason is that the story of dark money and the story of climate change denial are the same story, two sides of the same coin, as it were. two strategies of that koch-led influence-buying operation pa

. >> we go now to rhode island. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. mcgurk for being here. i want to focus on the effort to address the issue and i know you indicated in your written testimony that isil controls 80% of the energy supply and accounts for 50% of their revenues about $509 a year since 2014. my first question is who is purchasing this oil generating $500 million of revenue and you also indicate there are 100 members a decentralized management team is so a 1600 personnel. what are we doing to get this individual is facilitating the site and in a terrorist organization? >> thank you, congressman. to elaborate, you are right. we believe the overall revenue about a billion dollars a year, less than that now. $500 from energy products. you know, it is purchased by a lot of middlemen and hard to tell exactly where it's going. russians claim turkey despite most of it. that is not true. what is happiness itself to middlemen and goes to a third party in third party and is hard to trace from isil to the end-user. it is a significant revenue stream and we are now signific

rhodes outside with pdave. p>> any time you start off with a pshow off mr. roboto is going to pa crazy hour. p p . pit feels weird out here today. pit feels weird. p>> that's because a it's warmer. pb a lot muggier. pokay. pwe've got that humidity back. pits going to be here for about p30 more hours. phow does that sound? p70 degrees the current psouth, southeast wind at nine. pbut the dew point number is up pinto the mid 60s. plook at these temperatures palready at 70. plakeland brandon, tampa. pcrystal river, sarasota. pvenice. pwe'll easily get back to upper p70s for today. p30 percent rain chance now. pa line of showers and pthunderstorms, some strong going pto move through late morning pearly afternoon tomorrow. pwith high of 75. pand i can't get that song out of pmy head. p>> thanks a lot anne marie. p>> come on. pand vanessa, what do you got? pstuck in my head too. pthere are worse songs. phead. p9:0 one is time good news for pdrivers after pretty busy pmorning we're starting to clear pout as far as crashes p i-4 pwestbound very serious delays pafter center lane was blocked. pthat is actual

rhodes outside with pdave. p>> any time you start off with a pshow off mr. roboto is going to pa crazy hour. p p . pit feels weird out here today. pit feels weird. p>> that's because a it's warmer. pb a lot muggier. pokay. pwe've got that humidity back. pits going to be here for about p30 more hours. phow does that sound? p70 degrees the current

rhodes family. >> i i sorry for what happened. >> reporter: so this mother clearly in a lot of pain when we spoke with her a sho time ago. her attorney mr. michaels is doing his investigation. he certainly believes this s he's not happy with the way the police department at miami gardens initially contacted his client and questioned him. he's worried this child could be charged as an adult and the teen will be in court tomorrow. we're live tonight in coral gables. >>> now to an update on the school bus that crashed in broward county and came to a stop iside a line of trees. davie police say 18 high schoolers wer on board when the accident. one is in the hospital with minor injuries. officers think the bus was coming from west@ broward high school when a camaro sideswiped the bus and sent it into the trees. >> reporter: the woman accused of kidapping a baby at gunpoint made her first appearance in court today. a judge refusing to grant her bond after police say she and a teen cousin snatched a bobby brooks is live with more. >> reporter: good evening. here is the godod news. the two suspects, they're been caught. they're behind bars. the

rhode island seek recognition? >> permission to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, today, we learned that the obama administration's decision to controls that could have been detrimental. i thank the president and specifically on this issue. in 2013. they added intrusion software. while the addition was well intentioned, and we don't want companies to make a profit. the language was too broad and cybersecurity tools and fundamental research. the plan to renegotiate is a month-long process and 124 of my coal etion in this chairman we are. i appreciate the work of the bureau of industry and the national security scounl for pushing for its resolution. we still have work to do. but today is our ability to come together, the government and industry to address difficult challenges in cybersecurity challenges. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise to te

mr. namath yesterday. >> now, i'm a big jet fan and i lived in left town right near where you trained in hofstra on rhodeemed to me it was much more dangerous to be a quarterback than it is today. >> bill, it was. anybody that was in the hole or in the pocket was going to get hurt because we didn't have the kind of protection they have today. the game has improved in that category. i think we're trying to protect all the players more so than yesteryear. >> there is big money with these quarterbacks. back then guys bike ben davidson, oakland raiders they want to do rip your head off and kill you, am i wrong. >> mr. davis had that theory with that oakland raiders and didn't mind talking about it to the team. >> they would smash you as hard as they could smash you and say something you. >> what they said to us we said right back. some of them talked about their own too. you are 72 years old now. injuries to you throughout your whole life, ken stabler who followed you at alabama, his family just announced that he had brain disease. that he got so many times. but you seem, your mental faculties seem to be int

mr. namath yesterday. >> now i'm a big jet fan and i lived in left town right near where you trained in hofstra on rhode seemed to me it was much more dangerous to be a quarterback than it is today. >> bill, it was. anybody that was in the hole or in the pocket was going to get hurt because we didn't have the kind of protection they have today. the game has improved in that category. i think we're trying to protect all the players more so than yesteryear. >> there is big money with these quarterbacks. back then guys bike ben davidson, oakland raiders they want to do rip your head off and kill you, am i wrong. >> mr. davis had that theory with that oakland raiders and didn't mind talking about it to the team. >> they would smash you as hard as they could smash you and say something you. >> what they said to us we said right back. some of them talked about their own too. >> the result of that andao you are 72 years old now. injuries to you throughout your whole life, ken stabler who followed you at alabama his family just announced that he had brain disease. that he got hit in the head so many times. but

mr. secretary, this is not right. i yield. >> okay, we're going to go to rhode island. >> thank you for your extraordinary service to ourrun through quickly to give you as much time as possible to answer. i'm concerned about the deteriorating state of rule of law and adherence to human rights in egypt. egyptian judiciary has long been rife with corruption and political agendas. reports yesterday exemplify how bad the situation has become. when a cairo military court handed down a mass life sentence to 116 defendants that mistakenly included a 3-year-old boy. this is incredibly outrageous and really does exemplify how little the egyptian judiciary and security apparatus care for the rule of law. i would like to hear what we're doing about it. additionally, in the appendix to this year's budget request, you asked congress to remove egypt's partial aid conditions and the reporting requirement entirely. what's the justification for proposing the removal of this language and what kind of signal will this send? >> the removal of which language? >> the language related to partial aid conditions, national security waiver and re

mr. secretary, this is not right. i yield. >> okay, we're going to go to rhode island. >> thank you for your extraordinary service to our country. i have four questions i'm going to run through quickly to give you as much time as possible to answer. i'm concerned about the deteriorating state of rule of law and adherence to human rights in egypt. long been rife with corruption and political agendas. reports yesterday exemplify how bad the situation has become. when a cairo military court handed down a mass life sentence to 116 defendants that mistakenly included a 3-year-old boy. this is incredibly outrageous and really does exemplify how little the judiciary care for the rule of law. in appendix to this year's budget request, you asked congress to remove egypt's partial aid conditions. and the reporting requirement entirely. what's the justification for proposing the removal of this language and what kind of signal will this send? >> the removal of which language? >> the language related to partial aid conditioíd nationl security waiver and reporting requirement. the second question is you, you know, there are tremen

. >> my name is judy dawson i live on rhode island street 5 houses down from the corner and i just think that with regards to mr. jacque's proposal there is a way to fix the walls to reposition things as were shown in one of the drawings that i don't think there is a reason to make it to impact the neighbors if it can be fixed negative impact some a such a way everybody is happy thank you. >> hello my name is eric johnson i'm the brother here property abuts the construction i heard from here it also effected this is a fraurnd as to what a shame to have an enormous wall i know my sister we're very close she fully supports any affordable housing the city she supports this development as the previous speaker said this is an eye sore and this lot should be development not ♪ information to say shame what happened in this development i urge you not to let it go forward in the current form but again, i think my sister supports it as do i thank you >> is there any additional public comment? >> seeing none, the public comment is closed. >> it a skillful design shows on approach to small-scale residential we railway see

mr. president. when i first got to the senate, if i went down to galilee, rhode island's largest fishing port, and tried to talk to the fishermen there about climate change or ocean acidification, i was lucky if they didn't throw me off the pier. they didn't want to hear about it. but then it started to hit home. now fishermen come to me and say shelled on, it is getting weird out there. sheldon, it is not my grandfather's ocean any longer. these are men who fished with their grandfathers, who fished with their fathers, who now have their own boats. they know these waters. and when they say the ocean has changed and it's getting weird out there, we should listen. they're on the water every day, and they see these changes happen before their very eyes. i hope that my republican colleagues are like those fishermen. i'm sure some of them probably want to throw me off a pier for all these talks, but mostly they probably just don't want to hear about climate change. but what i'm hoping is that soon they will hear it from the fishermen in their own states or their farmers or their foresters, and they'll hear

mr. marino: i rise in support of h.r. 3620. for nearly five months now, uncertainty has rained over this 21-mile stretch of road. over 30 years ago, commonwealth of pennsylvania's chairman so eloquently stated, transfer rhode island 209 then a state road. as commercial-through traffic were banned, it would be also on this stretch of route 209. but at that time, a 10-year exemption to support the local freight industry and because acceptable alternative routes were ununable. after multiple extensions, the most recent commercial vehicle authorization expired at the end of september, 2015. to address the problem officials met with the national park service and my staff to negotiate a new plan. they recognized the continued need to allow commercial vehicles access and settled a carefully crafted language we are considering today. the work to produce this extension acknowledges the continued need of employers, businesses and homeowners i represent in pike and monroe counties. the -- this cast a cloud on local business communities and put countless jobs in jeopardy. passing this bill so it can be swiftly considered by the senate is imperative. as the weather warms and business activity increases through the regi

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator rhode island. house white house mr. president, i call up amendment number 3125 and ask that be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report by number. the clerk: mr. whitehouse proposes an amendment numbered 3125. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, this is, i think, our last vote in this trample o tranche of voi hope this can be a bipartisan vote. we, i think -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. whitehouse: we, i think, all understand that a shadow has fallen over this chamber since citizens united, and that is the shadow of dark money. the american public is sick of the special interests that have so much sway. they're even more sick of special interests having secret sway because of secret spending. this secret spending influences what we can and cannot do. it influences our deliberations. it has even constrained the shape of the very bill on the floor right now. as one kentucky newspaper said, it has also create add tsunami of slime in our elections. this vote gives us the chaien