mr. rhodes, thank you. >> mr. rhode 1ed, i do know this is an attempt to make sure parking is available. could you speak briefly to exempting a couple of blocks within that stretch? i'm trying to think if there's anywhere in the city where there's parking in the city where there's suddenyly a coupe of blocks that don't have parking. >> this is all part of trying to ensure that merchants are still able to provide parking for their customers as part of the broader taraval corridor project, but there are kind of gaps. i think in this particular location, the request that came up during the discussion was that 43rd to 44th could possiblily be exempted. and in this case, it kind of makes sense because i believe east of 43rd may also be a stretch that is more residential, and you know doesn't have time limits, so instead of starting at 43rd, you start at 44th, go west of there. it wouldn't be, you know, it wouldn't create kind of a strange gap, i don't think, in this particular case. >> and it wouldn't -- it's not going

mr. chairman, puerto rico the ,and of serenity and justice passes. >> rhode island! >> mr. airman, rhode island passes. >> south carolina! >> mr. chairman, south haslina's favored son released his delegation and south carolina passes. cbs news color coverage of the democratic convention in chicago will continue in one moment. convention,he during rollcall all states have passed. there have been no further incidents while we were away. let's go back to the floor. >> washington! >> washington passes. >> west virginia! >> mr. chairman, the state of west virginia passes. >> wisconsin! chairman, most delegates in this convention did not know that thousands of young people aten on the streets of chicago and for that reason and that reason alone i request a suspension of the rules for the purpose of adjournment for at 6 p.m. to relocate the convention and another state at the choosing of the democratic national convention and the president's -- >> wisconsin is not acknowledged for that purpose! announcer: don peterson, chairman of wisconsin delegation -- >> my statement, sir. we wa

. >> rhode island. -- mr. chairman, rhode island passes. >> south carolina. >> mr.hairman, south carolina honorable son, the robert mcnair, has released his delegation and the south carolina passes. walter: cbs news coverage of the democratic convention in chicago will continue in a moment. walter: at the convention. they have gotten to virginia on the rollcall. all states have passed. there have been no further incidents since we were away. let's go back to the floor. >> washington. washington passes. >> west virginia. mr. chairman, the state of west virginia passes. >> wisconsin. chairman, most delegates to this convention do not know that thousands of young people are being been on the streets of and for that reason and that reason alone, i request a suspension of the rules for the purpose of adjournment for two p.m. to six clock relocate the convention and -- in another state at the choosing of the democratic national convention and the president's >> wisconsin is not acknowledged for that purpose. walter: that was don peterson the president of the delegation an

mr. speaker, i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for two minutes. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today in support of the music modernization act and proud to be a co-sponsor of this bill. i'm proud to come from the great state of rhode island, a state that sent great senator, claiborne pell torques washington. it was senator pell who authored the bill that established the national endowment for the arts and the national endowment for the humanities. senator pell knew that the greatness of our nation not only defined by strength of our our ry or the value of g.d.p., but by our ability to promote and protect our can ture and history through the arts and humanities. in keeping with that tradition, today congress moves to make sure that artists and their our creations are protected under the music modernization act. music has always been a part of our culture and history. the power of music has brought people together

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to continue my series of speeches about russia's actions in the 2016 election and the threat russian aggression poses to the 2018 mid-term elections and our -- midterm elections and our national security. free and fair national elections are the foundation of our country. the framers created a unique system that has stood up for over 200 years and has served as a beacon around the world. regrettably, russian hybrid operations and maligned influence against the 2016 election has put the sanctity and security of our democracy in question. our duty as citizens and as legislators is to recognize this crisis and take concrete steps to protect our democracy. we must force 0 climate of vigilance when it comes to election integrity. i want to take a moment to review what happened and offer some steps that we should take immediately. now, some may say there was no interference in that talking about russia's meddling against our democratic institution is fak

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that any pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. now, mr. president, i'm here to react to the selection by the president of andrew wheeler to be the proposed number two at e.p.a. this is a selection that continues the trump administration's essentially complete subverveiance to the fossil fuel industry in the entire environmental arena. i have described scott pruitt, rirk perry, and ryan zinke over at interior as the three stooges of thes for sill fuel industry and i reiterate that today. scott pruitt in addition to being one of those stooges also has some of the most extraordinary displays of self-serving political acts, unethical and self-serving political acts of anybody i've ever seen. i can only imagine -- i can only aj what the floor -- only imagine what the floor would look like if an obama appointee had engaged in those kind of behaviors. we would have had republicans

rhode island report shows it for our state at least. i yield the floor. i defer to my colleague from ohio. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: i thank the senator from rhode island for his leadership and his outspokenness and how he has shown the importance of this senate actually doing its job on both climate change and campaign finance, how much they are related to each other because of the stranglehold the oil industry has on the republican party and the hundreds of millions of dollars they spend. and senator whitehouse has been to this floor well over 100 times talking about that. and eventually this body, the country certainly listens and the country is certainly in the same place where he is and a lot of us are unfortunately, that special interest groups in this town continue to control this senate. mr. president, right now american manufacturers, american workers aren't competing upon a level playing field with foreign competitors. the export import bank is a vital tool for manufacturers in ohio, in other states it's helping them export ohio products around the world. it's helping them compete in the global mark

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to join my colleagues and to associate myself with the remarks on the critically important issue of unlimited and unaccountable money in our political system. i'd like to thank my colleague from rhode island, senator sheldon whitehouse, for organizing this speaking series and for being a national leader on the issue of campaign finance reform. while my colleagues make important points about how our rigged campaign finance system can and does serve as a channel for anonymous billionaires and special interests who exert undue influence across our political system, i'd like to focus my remarks on a related issue, how a broken campaign finance system also threatens our national security. there is no series dispute that maligned foreign actors like russia are working to subvert our democratic processes and sow chaos in our political system. as we have seen, their strategies depend not upon direct conventional attacks on our nation but an asystemmic approach that exp

mr. defazio: i yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. chairman, i rise in support of the en bloc package which includes my amendment to the f.a.a. re-authorization act relating to air passenger was disabilities. i also want to thank the chairman and ranking member for including air passengers with disabilities bill of rights in the manager's amendment. the act was enacted in 1986 to prohibit description based on disability and air travel. despite progress, travelers with disabilities still encounter barriers. my amendment requires the secretary of transportation to review and if necessary revise regulations issued under the act t focuses on providing timely, more effective assistance to people with disabilities, including hands on training for airline personnel. inadequate assistance for people with disabilities can lead to unacceptable delay, missed flights, and passenger injuries. we can and must do better. mr. speaker, i have traveled over th

the speaker pro tempore: 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 is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, on monday the congressional budget office revealed that the republican tax giveaway to corporations and the wealthiest americans will increase our debt by $2.1 trillion. over the next 10 years, our debt will equal 105% of our gross domestic product, according to the committee for responsible federal budget. and the republicans' idea to close this gigantic increase of the deficit is to make massive cuts to medicare, social security, and medicaid. they want seniors to sacrifice their retirement security and their dignity in order to pay for a republican tax giveaway. president trump's budget for fiscal year 2019 cuts $500 billion from medicare, $1.4 trillion from medicaid, and $72 billion from social security disability insurance, and that still isn't enough to balance the budget. they'll

mr. , tracti. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> we go to david cicilline of rhode island. >> thank you, mr. chairman. like many of my colleagues i am extremely concerned about the implications of turkish incursions in syria. i requested a classified member level briefing from your offices on the situation on february 6. that was ten weeks ago. and so in everything still is not happen, it's been canceled again. i know there's a breaking after this hearing on the entire region but a want to start missing at this point i am it's taken ten weeks and i still don't have hearing such like a commitment from both of you you schedule a classified briefing for members on the situation in the very near future. that's a yes, thank you. could you speak to the turkish incursion has affected the u.s. coalition fight against isis? turkey and the u.s. coalition have different priorities in syria and how is the you support our partners on the ground which include both the kurdish ypg and are nato ally turkey? i'm hearing a lot of concern from the kurdish community that they feel that the u.s. has abandoned them after t

mr. secretary, i think rhode island a few years ago thought we were at that moment, and, in fact, ironically, and unfortunately, our homelessness population for veterans is going up. and we're not alone. because of our small size, we're looking at estimates of about 89 homeless veterans in 2016. that's 95,000 -- 95. that's six or seven men or women, but that's important to me. the other issue is i'm glad you put the emphasis on the hud dash program. unfortunately the president requested just $7 million of a $40 million program and nothing for fy 19. >> yes. the reason for that is because we have adequate vouchers. they can be reissued. we do need some authority from congress to shift the vouchers around, but we have adequate numbers. when we get to a point where it's getting close, we will ask for more money. >> well, again, my concern is that it's more than close, and particularly, you point out some of the higher priced areas of the country whether we could consider increasing the vouchers, that would make a difference, but we have too many veterans that are not housed to be sitting back a

mr. chairman. >> thank you, gentlemen. >> we go to david cicilline of rhode island. >> thank you, mr. chairman.ike many of my colleagues i am extreme the concerned about the implications of turkish incursions into syria, particularly afrin. i requested a classified member level briefing from offices on the situation on february 6. that was ten weeks ago. and so integrating stuff that happened and canceled again. i know there's a briefing after this hearing on the entire region i want to start pricing at this point i am that it's taken ten weeks and its own have a hearing so of like a commitment from both of you that you will schedule a classified briefing for members on the situation in afrin in the very near future. that's a yes here in key. could you speak to the turkish incursion has affected the use coalitions fight against isis? odyssey turkey and the u.s. coalition of different priorities in syria, and how is the u.s. supporting our partners on the ground which include both the kurdish ypg and/or nato ally turkey? i am hearing a lot of concern from the kurdish community that they feel the

rhode island, republican. go ahead. caller: yeah, hi, good morning. we know mr. router is a very wealthy man, and that is fine with us. i have to admit he is probably one of the only very wealthy people that actually goes on tv and takes questions from middle-class americans, upper-middle-class americans. my ancestry happens to be german, like the host. the question i have -- when are we finally going to resolve these issues with russia? you know, we have been having a cold war,; more conflict with coldfor years -- semi war conflict with them for years. have nuclear weapons that can eliminate the united states. it will eliminate everybody. guest: a great question. who is picking a fight with who? that is the real question. it was not the united states that took over the ukraine, it was not the united states that was carpet bombing children and not the syria, it was united states that she did in the olympics, and not the united states that shot down nh 17. it is not the united states running around the world influencing and bastardizing all elections in every other country, it was russia and vladimir putin. vladimir pu

mr. chairman. >> thank you, gentlemen. now we go to david scicilini of rhode island. >> thank you mr. chairman. like many of my colleagues, i am concerned about the turkish incursion into syria, particularly athens. i requested a classified member level briefing from your offices on the situation on february six. that was weeks ago. 10 so in the briefing still has not happened, it's been canceled again, i know there is a briefing after syria on the entire region, but i want to start by saying how disappointed i am that it's taken 10 weeks, and i still don't have the hearing. i'd like a commitment that you will schedule a classified briefing for members on the situation in afran in the very near future. that's a yes. thank you. could you speak to how the turkish incursion has affected the u.s. coalition's fight against isis? obviously turkey and the u.s. coalition have different priorities in syria, and how is the u.s. supporting our partners on the ground, which include both the kurdish ypg and nato ally turkey, because i'm hearing concern from the kurdish community that they feel the u.s. has

. >> the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin is recognized. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, thank you for being here and your testimony today. in your testimony before the appropriations committee two weeks ago, you stated the department is divert regular sources to help secure election infrastructure. i applaud the focus on election infrastructure. yet the budget request included a modest $7 million increase for the organization that carries out this analysis and support. and i certainly commend the undersecretary designate krebs for his prioritization of election assessment but i worry about the strain on the resources especially since they are responsible for working with other areas of critical train structure making them priority customers as well. is the request sufficient to support important assessments in other areas of critical nfrastructure sectors? secretary nielsen: we went to e.a.c. and in conjunction with them will help state and locals prepare. we had 26 million that went to nppt my comments on pryityization were simply that we all,

rhodes was proud of. remember the echo chamber? >> sean: mr., i agree with the president inasmuch as we can't be the world's policemen, there are circumstances, i don't think america can fight wars anymore after the experience in iraq where 'it becomes politicized after thousands of americans give lives and limbs, washington decides never mind we don't fight wars to win them. we put ridiculous rules of engagement on our brave men and women. deciding in washington not on the ground what to do. same thing in vietnam we lost 58,000 people. there are certain moments where it's only the united states. are we going to sit back? do we have a moral obligation when we see images of women and children being gassed to stop it and prevent it? >> we do. we have got a moral obligation absolutely. it's a violation of international norms. and we do need to take action. we also have a strategic requirement, too, to support our allies in the region. israel, jordan and lebanon. not to mention europe which has been impacted so severely by the migration crisis. all

mr. zuckerberg: i believe. -- . whites can house who exactly is banned, what if they opened up princeton, rhode island, analytica, would that also be banned? mr. zuckerberg: that would be the intent. cambridge analytica has a parent company. we banned the parent company. we also banned a company called ample i.q. that is associated with them. if we find other firms associated with them we'll block those as well. individual e: are principals of the company also banned? mr. zuckerberg: my understanding is we are blocking them from doing business on the platform but we are not blocking people's personal accounts. mr. whitehouse: can any customer amend your terms of service or sit a take it or leave it for any customer? mr. zuckerberg: the terms of service are what they are but the service is defined by people. you get to choose what information you share. mr. whitehouse: senator graham held up that big document, it's easy to bury things in a document that later turn out to be of consequence. but thatting to be yumet senator graham held up is not a negotiable thing with individual customer, that's a take it or leave it pro

mr. chairman. i would like to segue from senator whitehouse's word bear trap. for the record, we had bears in rhode island. this was a tribute to the chicago bears. moment, ious for one want to thank you, mr. chairman for your leadership and senator feinstein, the way you work together on this. your experience mattered here and your devotion to this committee and the institution of the senate, which, in your words mr. chairman, is a check and balance on unfettered executive power. ough, the way you are able to work with the authors on a bipartisan basis with sen. tillis and senator graham. i believe the 14-7 vote sends a clear message that not everyone agreed on the but a clear message that we must protect this investigation and the investigations going forward. this is not just about this investigation, it is about all investigations going forward. for me, this issue has hit hard as a former prosecutor. i have spent eight years doing that job and we have had cases all the time or the victim was not very sympathetic or you knew the defendant or was some kind of white-collar case for someone people

mr. speaker, i have been i have been involved in the annual rhode island imagine work which highlights screening and education in the entire ocean state community and raise resources. i look forward to continuing my work to support the autism project and other organizations that foster a more tolerant and iran clues i have society. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to continue to talk about how dangerous the offshore zrilling business is for the eastern gulf and our environment in florida. mr. rooney: it reached an all-time high. or every 1,000 new wells offshore 20 blowouts occur. taylor industry has had a well off of southern louisiana that has leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil everywhere. leaks from the pipeline leaked 32,000 700 barrels of oil and in 2016, shell oil had a similar leak in one of their cables or pipelines.

mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, today the national institute of standards and tech noling or nist published its first major update to its heralded cybersecurity framework. since its release four years ago, the organizations have used the framework to voluntarily assess cybersecurity risk posture. identify gaps and implement best practices. this update adds timely guidance about managing supply chain cybersecurity risks like those russia exploited to damaging effect with malwear. since president obama first directed its creation, nist has employed a collaborative approach to developing the framework with diverse stakeholders from government, private industry, academia and civil society. the revision process reflects this public-private partnership and i thank the nist team for their hard work drafting this update. i firmly believe cybersecurity is not just an i.t. problem, and the framework's approach reflects a broader risk-base

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cicilline: two years ago, donald trump said we are going to win so much you are going to get tired of winning. it has been 16 months and the only people who are winning are the wealthy and well-connected. the republicans have failed to make health care more affordable and failed to invest in our crumbling infrastructure and failed to drain the swamp sm the rigid system they promised to tear done down is wealthier. they are making out like bandits. it doesn't have to be this way. democrats are offering a better deal, a better deal to deliver better jobs, better wages and lower the cost of living and for sure the economy works all. let's give the american people the better deal. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leaves of absence requested for mr. lewis of georgia for today and tomorrow. the s

mr. chairman. i would segue from senator whitehouse is fine remarks with bear trap since we actually have bears in northern minnesota. >> we do in rhode island. >> okay. >> for the record, we have bears in rhode island. >> okay, good. if anyone didn't have that, this was achieving to the chicago bears by senator durbin. okay, the series for one moment. i really do want to thank you mr. chairman, for your leadership and senator feinstein, the way you worked together on this. your experience matters here and your devotion to this committee and the institution of the senate which in your words, mr. chairman, is a check and balance as we should be in the legislative branch on unfettered executive power. and i think it really shone through the way you are able to work with the authors here on a bipartisan basis senator coons and senator booker, senator tillis and senator graham so i think this is a proud day for the committee and i believe that the 14 to seven vote sends a clear message that not everyone agreed on this but a clear message that we must protect this investigation, and investigations going forward as senator tillis so well no

mr. spea i yield back. the speaker proempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: yesterday was tax day and this year millions of working men and women filed their taxes knowing that republicans want them to bear special costs so wealthy can get a gigantic tax cut. it will raise the deficit by $2 trillion meaning medicare and social security are on the chopping block. this is not what we were legitimated to do. working americans deserve a better deal. working families deserve a ermanent tax cut, not the scam they've got. no secretary, janitor should have to pay a higher tax rate than the c.e.o. of their company. long past time. we should be promoting that gives families the tools to get ahead instead of further rigging the system to benefit the billionaires and millionaires. it's time for real tax reform and undo the tax scam that is going to hurt so many in our country. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for wha

mr. chairman. >> senator cowan chart. -- >> i like that i segued from senator whitehouse's remarks with the word bear trap since we actually have bears in northern minnesota. >> for the record we have bears in rhode island. let the record reflect that. >> ok, good. [laughter] if anyone missed that it was a tribute to the chicago bears by senator durbin. i do want to thank you mr. chairman. for your leadership and senator feinstein, the way you work together on this. your experience matters here. your devotion to this committee and the institution of the senate, which in your words mr. chairman is a check and balance as we should be in the legislative branch, an unfettered legislative power. it showed the way you're able to work with the authors here on a bipartisan basis. with senator kunz, senator booker, and senator grams. -- senator graham. i believe the vote sends a clear message that not everybody agreed but a clear message that we must protect this investigation. the investigations going forward --sen. tillis: did, this is senator tillis noted, this is about investigations going forward. for me this issue has hit hard as a former prosecutor. i spent eight years doing that job. we would have

few, i think john brennan, clapper, rice, rhodes all involved in the illegal unmasking and the unmasked names. ms. powers from thell united nations. i think mrcomey clearly, mccabe is in deep trouble. i think page and strzok are cooperating so they are probably not in legal trouble. i think a lot of people at the highest levels of the justice department under obama are in very serious legal trouble. >> sean: joe digenova, thank you.io thank you for coming to my christmas party. great to see you. here with more reaction is the house intel committee chairman, california congressman devin nunes. freedom caucus chairman, north carolina congressman mark meadows. neither were invited to my christmas party. and i apologize for that in retrospect. i've been hearing all night, a lot and all day yesterday that there is a possibility that the strzok-page memos were handed over to the state department last week. we haven't had them revealed. congressman meadows, have you heard that? >> really what we do know, sean, is there is another tranche of peter strzok, lisa page text messages that actually have beee vetted by the doj. we are waiting on the inspec

mr. president, very much. borrowing from a phrase from senator whitehouse of rhode island, it is time to wake up to the threat of climate change. we must open our eyes to the insidious web of deceit that the koch brothers, in alliance with the trump administration, are weaving to promote an antiscience, anti-consumer, anti-renewable energy agenda. this web of deceit is something which the koch brothers are proud of. just last week they bragged to donors in a report that they were responsible for president trump's policy. repealing the clean power plan, check. attacking public lands, check. attempting to gut bedrock environmental laws for infrastructure projects, check. leaving the paris climate accord, check. tax giveaways to big oil and other fossil fuel corporations, check. -- check plus. the first year of the trump administration has been a koch brothers' wish list and they are popping their champagne bottles all the way to the bank. in fact, the various front groups and trade organizations that pushed president trump to exit the paris climate accord accepted almost $7 million from these koch brothers dire

rhode island, republican. go ahead. caller: yeah, hi, good morning. we know mr. router is a very wealthy man, and that is fine with us.ave to admit he is probably one of the only very wealthy people that actually goes on tv and takes questions from middle-class americans, upper-middle-class americans. my ancestry happens to be german, like the host. the question i have -- when are we finally going to resolve these issues with russia? you know, we have been having a cold war,; more conflict with coldfor years -- semi war conflict with them for years. have nuclear weapons that can eliminate the united states. it will eliminate everybody. guest: a great question. who is picking a fight with who? that is the real question. it was not the united states that took over the ukraine, it was not the united states that was carpet bombing children and not the syria, it was united states that she did in the olympics, and not the united states that shot down nh 17. it is not the united states running around the world influencing and bastardizing all elections in every other country, it was russia and vladimir putin. vladimir putin

rhodes. i'm here with some of our brothers from the community. we are the aboriginal black men united, abu. we're a community action group in the bayview-hunters point community. our founder is mr. james richards. we are here to speak on the 1550 project. it is to our understanding that this is a project that's laid out for the community. the two plus two plus two is something that we wanted, what we need in our community. it comes to be that the young people in our community that we claim have forgotten, those that are not able to participate in the regular system, this is for them. this is for our community, and for build group to come in, knowing that they already have the shoreline, they're building plenty of housing down there on the shoreline. we've been to the meetings. we know about it, and we're saying we're just not going to sit by and let build group come in and take what they need out of our community. our young people need an opportunity to be educated so they can be successful in the world, and this is a great opportunity right here that the san francisco public utilities commission has made possible. so we want to see that happen, and we -- we -- we say okay, bui

hims a rhodes, i worked for , michael the line, and john glenn. here comes mr.rump, who is from new york, the boroughs, and represents a holy thought. -- a whole new thought. he takes us to the days of calvin coolidge, which is business is the american way. american business is business. i think the voters have put mr. trump and because it's an economic boon. it has nothing to do with the parties. --i thomas jefferson said, it's like thomas jefferson said, "parties divide the people." senators are just jealous as hell. host: comments on the facebook page with a lot of you weighing in on facebook.com/c-span,' . fromays, "the party going primarily neocon run to populist nationalist. wake me up when the dnc schism ends." jack dunn says, "get the pro-fake more monsters and republican party. elect all anti-fake more candidates, even democrats independence." "get on the trump train or get off." michael says, it's always been trump's party and now they are no longer hiding how hateful they are. noel is joining us. welcome to the conversation. caller: that's correct. th