mr. donovan and the gentleman from rhode island mr. langevin each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. donovan: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. donovan: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. donovan: i rise in support of h.r. 4991, the supporting research for first responders act. h.r. 4991 authorizes the national urban security technology laboratory within the department of homeland security's science and technology directorate. located in new york city, new steel has been a critical resource in protecting our homeland since 1947. today, new steel is one of its kind test and evaluation laboratory for the first responders community. i had the opportunity to visit new steel last year and saw the impressive work being done there on a daily basis. during my visit i witnessed their work testin

mr. king, and the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. king: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. king: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of h.r. 5094, enhancing suspicious activity reporting initiative act. i have been a longtime proponent of the see something, say something campaign which was begun in new york city in 2002 by the metropolitan transportation authority this program along with the suspicious activity reporting initiative helped federal, state, and local enforcement piece together sometimes seemingly disparate pieces of information to predict, detect and interdict terrorist threats to the homeland. in nt subcommittee hearing a witness from the new jersey stat

the chair: pursuant to house resolution 964, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: i thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: without objection. mr. langevin: thank you. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to thank the rules committee for making my amendment in order as well as chairwoman granger and ranking member visclosky for your hard work on this important defense appropriations bill. mr. chairman, i offer this bipartisan amendment with my good friends, mr. correa, mr. lieu, ms. shea-porter, mr. ratcliffe and ms. stefanik. in order to secure the d.o.d. cyber scholarship program. they have funded a.s.p. in order to boost the nation's cyber work force through grants. recipients are required to fulfill a service obligation by working in a cybersecurity position at d.o.d. upon graduation. this program has been extremely successful, bringing nearly

mr. rhodes, i think it's far more complex than that.'s the government invested in the idea of reaching out to the north koreans. in this case it was a progressive government invested in the idea of kind of pulling donald trump back from the ramparts and getting him to engage. i get that. it's also a progressive government as with any government in south korea who understands that the bedrock of that country's militarytrength is its relationship with the united states. i can imagine the sleepless night. mentioned he had a sleepless ni that moon ja in had. as the president said war games. this is a big problem for the south koreans and is the guy whose got to get serious and fix this. usually when you've had 3,000 years dealing with someone you get a sense of their patterns. i think the south koreans have liked this distant alliance that we have. we're pretty good ally partner. we're not looking for territory. we're pretty good partner to have. we've helped make south korea have one of the most capable militaries in the world. not to spea

mr. lowenthal: i yield one minute to my colleague from rhode island, mr. langevin. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding. here's the bottom line. ocean planning works. and this is not a top-down approach. cean plans are initiatives where they collect data and work out differences. with ocean planning, we can use our waters wisely. we already finished our plans. many of my colleagues don't believe in this open discussion among stakeholders. but we have seen what happens when oceans are brought to the brink. speaks yes, sir are pushed to the edge of extinction and destroyed the ecosystem and baffles me that we debate this. this is to ensure local voices are heard and pass the waters on to our next generation. i urge my colleagues to vote for this amendment. and i recognize and commend my colleague, senator whitehouse for his work in fighting for sustainable ocean policy. this is the right thing to do. regionally led and not a top-down approach and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman

mr. rhodes. >> i do remember not the specifics, other transfers where it was a one on one transfer. i do not remember, ever in my history, of a transfer of a function where it went up 233% in the same year that was being transferred. if anybody can prove me wrong to the contrary, let me know. >> supervisor cohen: it would be mr. herrera. >> i'm sorry. >> one thing that was pointed out to me. couple of years ago we started doing lawyer work here. i we have lawyers that handled lawyers law work. never came back and look for additional funding for that either. that is going to be consumed within this unit that is going to be -- >> supervisor cohen: we've got some questions here that i want to get some clarity on. i want to go back to the state legislation. it passed out of committee 31-0 and frankly i believe expected to pass. what are the implications of this legislation passing? what are the implications going to be on city county of san francisco? >> it's hard to predict. my understanding of that legislation, i don't pretend to be an expert on it, it will expand the definitions of w

mr. langevin of rhode island, amendment number 20, by mr. poe of texas. the chair will reduce to two minute votes. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 9 offered by the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed. the clerk: amendment number 9 printed in part a of house port 15-783 offered by mr. langevin of rhode island. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support will rise. a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of epresentatives.]

mr. correa: i thank my good friend from rhode island. now i'd like it yield to my good friend and distinguished colleague from the state of texas, mr. o'rourke. mr. o'rourke: mr. speaker, on onday of this week, i was in mcallen, texas. a beautiful community comprised of some incredibly courageous, strong, kind-hearted people in the rio grande valley in the state of texas. connected by the rio grande river to renosa, mexico. forming one of these extraordinary binational communities that distinguish our connection with mexico, with the state of texas, for the united states of america. and i was able to visit the border patrol station in mcallen, texas, which is the busiest border patrol station in the country. and i happened to be there during the busiest shift during that day in that busy station. and i was able to spend some time with the amazing women and men of the border patrol. who have one of the toughest jobs that i can imagine, of keeping our country safe, of protecting our communities and the families within our communities. and o

the chair: pursuant to house resolution 961, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, and a member opposed, each will control phi minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: without objection the gentleman is recognized. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to first of all thank the rule committees for making my amendment in order as well as chairwoman granger and ranking member visclosky for your hard work on this important bill. mr. chairman, i offer this bipartisan amendment with my good friend and colleague mr. gallagher in support of the electromagnetic rail gun, a technology described as revolutionary and a potential multimission game changer for long-range land attack, ballistic missile and cruise missile defense and anti-surface warfare. in brief this weapons system uses mag kneltic fields to launch a guided projectile with sufficient kinetic energy to travel significantly farther than conventional explosive propellants. rail guns a

mr. visclosky: i'm happy to yield to the gentleman from from rhode island for as much time as he consumes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding and i want to thank the ranking member whose work on this defense appropriations bill and congresswoman granger and thank my colleague, mr. courtney, for his tireless work as the ranking member of the sea power subcommittee and mr. wittman. our submarines are the true unsung heroes and i know that because much of this critical fabrication of these submarines are built in my home state rhode island. admirals say they cannot get enough submarines which are desperately needed across the globe to protect the interest of the united states. they are only able to meet 60% or 65% of the demands of the request of the combatant commanders. despite this urgent number, the number of our fleet is dropping. by 2028, the number of submarines will drop from 52 to 42. how can we support this 20% drop when we have the ability to do something about it. there is a plan to close some of this gap by procuring in 2022

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: i call up amendment 2885 to 2276. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from rhode island, mr. reed, proposes an amendment numbered 2885 to amendment number 2276. mr. reed: i ask consent the reading of the amendment be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: i call apamendment 2273 to the underlying bill. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from oklahoma mr. inhofe for mr. rounds proposes an amendment numbered 2273 to the language proposed to be stricken by amendment number 2282 as modified. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority whip. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i'm glad we're making such great progress in the defense authorization bill, and i know some additional work needs to be done. but i wanted to come to the floor and comment briefly on the meeting that occurred this last week, this historic meeting with north korean officials in

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, first let me thank the senior senator from new jersey for those remarks. it was a privilege and a pleasure to be here to hear them delivered. we had a hearing in the judiciary committee this morning with a representative of homeland security who was virtually incapable of explaining any of what they were trying to do here, and i think we now have five or six different explaingses -- explanations from the trump administration. one is the bible made me do it, the attorney general, the other is the democrats made me do it, the third is we're actually not doing it, the fourth is we are doing it to build legislative leverage, and the fifth is we are doing it in order to deter people from coming to our shores. well, i doubt any of those are true, but for sure they can't all be true, and it is a mess, but it is nothing like the mess of the images that the senator from new jersey called to the conscience of the country today. a senator: will the senator yield for a

mr. donovan and the gentleman from rhode island mr. langevin each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. donovan: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. donovan: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized.

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. presid. first let me thank the senator from oklahoma's graciousness in allowing me to respond. as i read the language of the bill, the language we had in place in 2004 was stricken. that language prohibited essentially the production and development of a low-yield nuclear device. but in addition to that, the language that was inserted in the amendment -- in the bill that's before us now creates a process whereby in order to begin work and production and development of a low-yield or perhaps even any type of nuclear weapon, the secretary of energy simply must submit the request in the p budget, at which point they can begin reprogramming funds that already have been appropriated to start moving forward with the development of not only, certainly low-yield nuclear weapons. not just the one we're talking about, but in the future, additional ones. so the essence of my amendment is clearly to get to the point where we are considering going forward with any new proposal by the administration. and i

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cicilline seven children and teens are killed by gun violence. 40 more are shot and survived. most of the time the incident could have been prevented if the gun involved was unloaded and locked away safely. 1.7 million american children live in a home with a loaded unlocked gun and three out of every four children ages 5 to 14 know where guns are kept in their home. so that's why today i'm introducing a resolution to recognize june 21 as national ask day, the first day of summer, to encourage parents to ask a simple question, to anyone who is responsible to a children, is there a loaded, unsecured gun in your house? asking this simple question will help save lives and reduce the level of gun violence in our country. this is a commonsense idea that both democrats and republicans ou be able to agree on, because no matter what our politics is, we all believe our children should be free from t

mr. inhofe: i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. let me again thank senator inhofe. i would too comment that the collaboration was superb on the committee, a great deal of that was a result of his work and the inspiration of chairman mccain and everything that we did. as a preliminary point, i would ask that marcia be granted privilege of the floor until january 2019. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: i rise to address the national defense authorization act bill which passed out of the committee with a strong bipartisan vote. first, i would like to recognize senator mccain, after whom this bill is named. he has guided this committee through several ndaa's with a steady hand. his commitment to a bipartisan process has been an example of the way that congress should fundings, and i am pleased to say that this bill follows in that tradition. again, i want to thank senator inhofe who has graciously led the committee and an extremely efficient markup which produced a bipartisan bill we are beginning to consider. we woul

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition. mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, the affordable care act improved access to quality health care for millions of americans. one of the most important protections in this law is that insurance companies can no longer deny people coverage because they have a pre-existing condition. millions of americans with arthritis, cancer, diabetes, mental illness, and other pre-existing conditions have benefit interested this requirement. that's why it's so disturbing that earlier this month the trump administration went to court to argue that insurance companies should no longer have to cover people with pre-existing conditions. if they succeed t. will further unravel the affordable care act. it will be harder for individuals and small businesses to buy health insurance. some experts believe that there will be even more americans without health coverage than ev

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: predent, may i ask unanimous consent that any pending quorum call b vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. may i ask also unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, a crash takes place in a system when conditions in that system reach a tipping point and the system rapidly destabilizes. climate change promises a lot of tipping points in earth's natural systems. ocean acidification, for instance, reaching a tipping point where species likehe pteropod have trouble forming their shells and populations of those species crash taking down the tropaic levels below them. polar warming releasing trapped mean from tundrayp accelerating the greenhouse effect. at the more local level, seasonally linked species reacting to changing seasons can get out of phase with one another so the feeder and its food

for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island eek recognition? mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i rise today to decry last week's supreme court decision in the hio voting case. mr. speaker, the ruling appears to have willfully misinterpret the national voter registration act of 1993. it lays ways to congressional intent and sets a dangerous precedent of being permissive of voter suppression across the country. the nvra was enacted with the expressed purpose of increasing voter registration and protecting against voter purges and prohibits states from removing voters by the rolls. yet, this is exactly what the state of ohio is doing. ohio officials are purging voters if they do not vote in three consecutive federal elections. i believe that every person should vote in every election, but they may be reasons why they have not, for whatever reason, and we should be

mr. president. >> the senator from rhodee island. >> this isn opportunity to mmend and thank the senator from oklahoma for his work. we are inspired by chairman mccain and his incredible leadership over the last many many years but the senator from oklahoma has stood up here and really set the tone. he was there. very purposeful and very deliberate,, very collegial activity to bring everyone involved into the process and we were operating under the basic rules of appropriateness for the committee and a close connection to the department of dseashe chs ultimately about the men and women in uniform of the united states and every year because of his leadership and because colleagues each and every people see this as the only train leaving town and we have to be able to keep in balance the department of defense and related agencies. a national security administration for example in the d.o.e. and other administration said would like to be able to open up the floor to amendments that are closely good and have a clear nexus to defense and then have votes. that's the ideal and we hope we can do that. we migh

mr. president? thpresiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. let me thank the senator from oklahoma for being very thoughtful and informative of all the current procedural status. we all hope to work throu another package of managers' amendments that could be submitted. looking at the amendments that we've seen so far, they all, regardless of what position you take on their position, all seem to be serious, substantive and in our view worthy of a vote. we just have to work out the procedure to get to those votes. there may be something in the future that's offered that seems to be very difficult, and i won't say that we have not in the past on our side stood up and said, you know, we object. but at this juncture, we seem to be-enator inhofe and i -- in harmony in trying to find ways to vote for the proposals that we've seen presented to us and ask and request votes on those proposals by our colleagues. with that, mr. president, i know senator inhofe and i will continue to work to see if we can move this process forward. and i thank the senator.

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, let me first thank senator markey and senator warren for their comments, and just state that this amendment is very straightforward, very simple. it ensures that congress has an oversight rule and authorizes the development of new or modified weapons, nuclear weapons, including low-yield nuclear weapons. it reiterates what congress does every year in the national defense authorization act. i consider the oversight rule of this institution essential for the defense department, and in particular for nuclear weapons. there are many devastating weapons of war but nuclear weapons are different. thankfully, it has been over 70 years since the only time nuclear weapons have been used in war. but because it has been so long, i think many are not aware of the awful power of nuclear weapons. on august 6, 1945, the united states dropped a nuclear bomb on japan. tens of thousands died and others would die within weeks and the city of 150,000 people was destroyed. the second nuclear wea

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, as we approach the vote on final passage of fiscal year 2019 authorization bill, at the complete of the floor debate on the ndaa last year, i remarked in my closing statement that i was disappointed in the lack of cooperation in the senate. senator mccain and i both hoped that last year we would be able to return to regular order. but in the end, we were disappointed. unfortunately this year, i, and i know many of my colleagues, are frustrated by the inability to be able to bring up debate and vote on worthy amendments. so comparison, during consideration of the fiscal year 1994 national defense act, there were 16 roll call votes on amendments. in 1995 during consideration of the fiscal year 1996 ndaa, there were 20 roll call votes and amendments. and the following year for the fiscal year 1997 ndaa, there were 19 roll call votes and amendments. on this bill there was not a single up-or-down vote on an amendment. i was one of the few senators who was able to debate an amend

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize lgbt pride month, a time to celebrate the diversity of the lgbt community and honor the strength of the lgbt people throughout history. i was proud to go to the pride fest in rhode island. the struggle isn't over, mr. speaker. it's more important than ever that we stay strong and vocal. we as a society cannot and should not accept that lgbt face discrimination in this country every day, whether they are in a cake shop, the armed services, or in a school bathroom. that's why i'm proud to co-sponsor the equality act, which was introduced by my good friend and colleague from the ocean state, congressman david cicilline, and co-sponsored by 196 of my colleagues. discrimination is never justified. let's celebrate our diversity and p

an early look at longtime ben rhodes' memoir due out tuesday, mr.f we were wrong. he'd read a column asserting how they thought it was important to people. and globalization that let people feel behind. maybe we pushed too far behind. maybe we pushed too far. let's bring in columnist for daily beast and msnbc analyst. welcome to you both. jonathan, do you think there's any truth to this idea that the president could have gone too far with globalism when many americans may have wanted to fall back in their tribes? >> yeah, i think he was having a lot of second thoughts after the election. i had a chance to speak to him i guess in december 2016. he sounded really deflated. not remorseful but just analytical about what had happened. you know, he's a -- he's a rigorous thinker. and he believes as martin luther king said, and he's quoted martin luther king many times on this, that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. and i think what he was thinking is maybe on that arc which was long. he was maybe a little early on the ar

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, there is nothing that demonstrates the deeply held american value of living a retirement with dignity than the promise of social security and medicare. these are benefits that america's seniors have earned of hard work.me so they can enjoy their retirement years with dignity and economic security. but yesterday we learned the medicare trust fund will be depleted in just eight years. three years earlier than expected. the social security of hard wor. so they can enjoy their retirement years trust fund will run dry just eight years after that. a few months ago our republican friends passed a huge tax cut for the healthiest americans and most powerful corporations. how do republicans want to pay for it? by cutting social security and medicare. that's a bad deal for the american people. des

the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, as i rise for my 201th time to wake up climate change speech, i return to a familiar subject, disgrace environmental protection agency administrator scott pruitt. not that long ago i was here causing the bakers dozen of ethical scandals swirling around pruitt. from his $43,000 cone of silence phone booth to the millions he spent on a 20-person security detail to his lights and sirens escapades to fancy d.c. restaurant le diplomate, pruitt hasome to personify the swamp that president trump promised to drain, and he just keeps on getting swamper. in just a few weeks since my last speech on pruitt, we've learned that he used one of his closest aides to plan his vacations, hunt for a washington apartment, and most bizarrely, solicit a used hotel mattress from the trump hotel. the aide did many of these tasks on government time when she was supposed to be working for taxpayers. that is a clear violation of federal employment rules. federal rules also bar officials, such as pruit

we'll now proceed under the five minute rule with questions and i'll begin by rhode island recognizing the gentleman from florida, mr. da santos. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome to the witnesses. mr. rosenstein, august 8, 2016, text message from lisa page to strzok, trump's not ever going to become president, right? right. peter strzok responds no, no he's not. we'll stop it. the justice department had previously provided text message frds that date. they included all the messages we now have except the we'll stop it text message. why didn't the justice department introduce that to congress when we asked? >> mr. desantos, i spoke with our inspector general michael horowitz yesterday and he told me when he testified he didn't have a full opportunity to explain and the technological details are pretty complicated. but he assured me he had had a long telephone conversation with mr. jordan after the hearing and explained it. he's much better position than i. when i can assure you -- >> let me ask this then. >> if i could just explain, i want to assure you and the american people, we're not withholding anything embar

and also a delegation letter from the entire rhode island delegation to administrator verma. mr. chairman, this is important to us. it's not -- >> i'll make that part of the record fr record. >> thank you. >> okay. thank you. >> mr. chairman, i know we went to a second round. >> no, we're not going to a second round. i think we've got to respect -- >> what? >> can i ask one question? >> sure, you can ask one question. but i'm not going to a second round. i think the secretary has been more than gracious. he's answered every question. and he's answered them well as far as i'm concerned. >> mr. chairman, thank you. i know the secretary has been here awhile. just very briefly, the issue of children at the border and the separation policy. i've said the policy straight from the pit of hell. i think most people agree with that. i know the executive order is in place. the problem, though, is zero tolerance led to the problem of separation. zero tolerance will continue to separate children. and unless you change and have alternatives to that policy. but here is my question. you've read,

we're seeing places like indiana, rhode island and others. mr. clark, if you wanted to respond as well, that i, i understand what you're saying. i think it's critically important and especially where we see children that have been traumatized by the need to move around even in schools and what that does to parents and to children. >> i can agree that there has been some movement as far as more local accountability. but not as much as i would like to see. far too much wrong has been done to these kids around parent this is this fight for equitable education. we cannot stop. we wus must continue to stop. >> mr. wahlberg. you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madame chairman and to the witnesses for being here. mr. clark, i did several years ago have an opportunity to visit probably your charter school. that you're talk iing about. and the great concerns. we saw problems there. had an opportunity to visit some, another higher performing charter school in detroit, also. that was offering an alternative. very difficult area. but offering w

mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island eek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, this very ministerified children are crying in cages, put there by our government at our nation's borders. innocent babies taken from their mothers and fathers are being held hostage by the president. this is wrong, mr. speaker. i never thought i'd witness such cruelty in our country. president trump could stop this with a phone call. congressional republicans could end it with a vote. their inaction is despicable and it speaks volumes. mr. speaker, i love this country, but today i'm ashamed. i'm ashamed. i'm sickened by the heartlessness of this administration. these families are refugees fleeing violence, hoping simply to survive. how can we tear them apart? put them in actual cages? mr. speaker, you mark my words, this is a turning point in our nation's history. and we must decide what kind of a country we want to be. what kind of people we want to be. what do we stand

mr. speaker, we ut an end to a disease that's costing americans $177 billion every year. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose doethe gentleman fr rhode island seek recognition? without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minu. mr. langevin: mr. speaker, i rise to recognize national gun violence awarene month and the 33,000 american lives lost each yorto gun violence. these tragedi are preventable, mr. speak. it's truly shameful that congress has yet to take meaningful action to address this epidemic. even more appalling ithe fact that 1,300 of these deaths are children. young lives cut short by meaningless and avoidable violence. last moh i introduced the child gun access prevention act which would prevenchildren from accessing guns by holding gun owners responsible when they leave their fiarms uocked. millions of children live in homes with unsured gs, mr. speaker, and they are at an increased risk of unintentional shootin and youth suicides. we have also seen the devastaon caused en child kes a parent's gun to schl with the intention of causg harm. a child should neverccess a gunnsupervised. urge my colleagues to support

brian: ben rhodes, don't take it personal, mr. president. you would have gotten elected third time.ton. they talked about in the excerpts, go out with coffee shops enroute to appearance, she would not show up or walk in, walk out. sitting president of the united states shaking hands with these people. steve: that sound like some spin. the reason she didn't win, he was working harder than her. brian: i think accurate in that case. abby: what do you think about the comment, 10 or 2ears ahead of his time. jillian: i don't think the world is ready for your awesomeness. abby: that is the truth of matter right now. brian: i hope they're ready for us. they're getting us. jillian: we do have news. get you caught up with a fox news alert. 25 people are dead and hundreds more injured after a volcano violently erupts in guatemala. it spewed lava and volcanic ash into the area. that is the second eruption this year. evacuated.3,000 people were this powerful photo a firefighter crying leaving a vi hundreds of rescuers are looking for victims. >>> a woman drove on to a youth baseball field killin

and his new book former white house adviser ben rhodes details the former president's reaction, quote, what if we were wrong? maybe we pushed too far, mrma said. maybe people just want to fall back into a tribe. according to "the new york times" which got an early copy of the book. the president called mr. trump a quote, cartoon figure who cared more about his crowd sizes than any particular policy and he expressed rare self-doubt wondering whether he had misjudged his own influence on american history. he then wondered whether he was 10 or 20 years too early. so now one new york times columnist is tearing into the former president in a column titled obama just too good for us. the often caustic maureen dowd writes this, obama's not acknowledging any flaws, but simply wondering if we were even more benighted than we thought. he was saying that, sadly, we were not enlightened enough by the momentous changes and smartest people in the world or even evolved enough for the rst african-american president. >> pete dominic host of stand up with pete dominic. i want to say it like an announcer. >> that felt good. thank you. >> we looked up the

. >> ben rhodes has written in his new memoir about former president obama's reaction to the election of president trump. he said that mr. obama asked the question, what if we were wrong? he adds, maybe people just want to fallack into their tribe. do you think that's what happened? >> well, i can assure you that there's a better analysis of what happened from hillary clinton's perspective. she was the person online. she knows what her campaign did not do. donna brazil's analysis is of great assistance to hillary clinton in the book on what's happened. i'm telling you, democrats need to go back to basics. they need to go back, let's say, to charm school on the vote pursuit aisle. hillary says that dramatically in what's happened. i think that's a better analysis than what comes from anybody else. >> i want to look ahead to just this week. a couple days from now, tuesday, primary day there in california. former hillary clinton pollster is warning that he sees a jungle primary that's threateng to undermine the democrats in november. do you have any sense of how the primary is going to shake out in your state? >> well, you

rhodes. -[ sighs ] louise dustmann -- [ ding ] -brahms' "lullaby," or "wiegenlied." -when will it end? [ ding ] -not today, ron. . >>> the host of united shades of america here on cnn kamau bell joins me now. you saw mrow we have permit patty. her name is alison calling the police on an eight-year-old girl selling water. what's going on here? >> you know, this is the rhetoric of trump and the trump administration being put into action by people who feel they are deputized by the president and the people around the president. these people don't think they are being uncivil and doing the president's job. and it is happening in oakland. >> she denied this was an issue about race and she was only pretending to call the police. >> you can tell when somebody -- yeah. >> police are allies. >> i am sure, yeah, yeah. i am pretending to call the cops on you. like the little girl and her mom pretending to call the cops. that doesn't help the situation. >> allies, equal footing. she by herself is an extension of the law which is the police. >> if the cops show up, she has no worry it is going to go poorly for her. many situations in the country where black people calling the police for help and ending up in the

mr. obama more than the decision by voters to replace him with a candidate who had questioned his very birth. let's bring don calloway and susan back. i'm pretty excited to talk to ben rhodesext saturday. former president obama reportedly asking aides during that time, what if we were wrong? he had read a column asserting the liberals had forgotten how important identity was to people and had promoted an empty sort of cosmopolitan globalism that made many feel left behind. the quote was, maybe we pushed too far. maybe people just want to fall back into their tribe. don, what do you think happened there? do you think that's what happened? >> that's heavy stuff. that's -- you know, i think that ben rhodes explained it in a lot more eloquent way what van jones said on election night in that this was a white lash. van was not wrong, but it was a harsh, you know -- it makes you look at a very harsh reality of what might have happened there. you know, i don't think that the president did anything wrong, the previous president. by no fault of his own, he was adopted by the world as a transformative cultural figure. and that happened at the same time that the democratic party esse

the president says to ben rhodes from this book what if we were wrong? maybe we pushed too far, mr.ck into their tribe. sometimes i wonder whether i was 10 or 20 years too early, implying he was sophisticated. he was a man beyond his time. ed: all about him, too. abby: country wasn't ready for me yet. if you are wondering how to analyze this. marine dowd. she was saying sadly not enlightened enough for the momentum changes brought by the smartest people in the world or evolved enough for the first african-american president. we just weren't ready for his amazing awesomeness. >> teasing obama with the "new york times" with that. she goes on by the end of the second term he had lost the narrative about lifting up people, about economic issues and soothing their jitters about globalization. they need to know what is in it for them. yet, obama ignored the here and around the world. threw his way behind the most status quo, elitist candidate. ed: was he sell out for all the high-mindedness in this book from ben rhodes and all the statements from barack obama. he made some sort of speech

rhode island, also republican line. good morning. caller: yeah, that previous caller is definitely a fraud. ok? i'm going to make him happy. mr. trump, maybe he's jealous, is an immensely wealthy man. he does have a lot of debt, but he has properties all over the globe. and he's got a fantastic life overall, great family. so that must make him sick. ok? now, you can't be stupid, you know, to go that far, even though he did get a good start from his father, very successful, hard working man. but here's my larger point. my larger point is this -- i'm a conservative, yes, but i have a couple of things that i think liberals are going to like. i believe in a guaranteed income proposed by mark zuckerberg for every american. you know, a base. we'll say -- i'll even go higher, 20 grand a year. because what that will do is give people, people, you know, with abilities, incentive its to try to do things. because they know they got that base. so they feel safe. so that can create greater, greater growth, greater capabilities, and a greater nation. so i agree with that. now, as far as the conservative side, we're going to abolish the depa

mr. mitchell, as well as our two states and our two governor. first, this amendment clarifies that the operation and maintenance of any project authorized subs quint to the chief's report for the rhodes study is done in an 80-20 federal--- for the plan don road study is done at an 20-20 federal-nonfederal cost share. so with this language, we are making it clear that illinois wants to have some skin in the game on this project. in addition, my amendment requires the corps following the construction of any project authorized subsequent to the chief's report on brandon road study to consult with the governor of the state for the project -- where the project is located and seek congressional approval before constructing additional technologies at the project in the future. finally, as part of the compromise worked out with my colleagues from michigan and other great lakes states , my amendment directs the corps to expedite the completion of the brandon road study which we expect to be completed by next february. let me be clear, it is no secret that the state of illinois has had concerns with this project and its potential impact on our economy. the illinois water sway critical artery f

rhode island seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute and re advise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. speaker, i mr. rise today with an aching heart to the innocent children being ripped from our families. and legitimate claims of asylum are having children taken from them by a policy put in place by this administration. two, three-year-olds have been forced on immigration buses to be held in overcrowded cages, a crisis of this president's own making. what kind of a country that tears families apart inflicting trauman young and value nabble. what happened to america being a beacon of hope? this zero tolerance policy betrays our core values and must stop immediately. i have joined congresswoman delauro of her resolution condemning this policy and i call on the administration to halts practicend exercise some compassion for those who need it most. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. > as the

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent to address the senate for one minute. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reed: mr. president, the reed amendment would name a fellowship program on behalf of senator john mccain. i can't think of anything more fitting in addition to the naming of this bill than naming this fellowship program on behalf of senator mccain. i would hope all my colleagues would join me unanimously in voting for senator mccain's fellowship program. thank you. the presiding officer: under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired. the question now occurs on amendment 2885 offered by the senator from rhode island, mr. reed. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not the yeas are 97, the nays are zero. the amendment is agreed to. the question now occurs on amendment number 22

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i call up amendment 2756 to amendment number 2700. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the cletor from rhode island mr. reed, proposes an amendment number 2756 to amendment 2700. rdrd i ask consent the reading -- mr. reed: i ask consent the reading ed of amendment be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. a senator: i call up amendment 2366. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent further reading of the bill be dispensed with. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr. president, for the information of all senators, we have just worked out a managers' package with the majority and majority leaders that includes the text of 44 bipartisan amendments and the modification, and the modified substitute amendment. those 44 bipartisan amendments are as follows: rounds number 2273. rounds number 2275. inhofe n