mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the very distinguished and hardworking chairman of the appropriations defense subcommittee, mr. frelinghuysen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: i thank the chairman for yielding and i thank him for his leadership and i thank ranking member lowey as well. they both deserve credit for moving this bill. as we begin consideration of this important legislation this afternoon, i want to pay tribute to the men and women of our armed forces, all volunteers. they deserve our heart felt thanks to their dedicated service and sacrifice. that is also extended to the professionals in our intelligence community. these men and women, whether in uniform or not, deserve greater certainty, stability and predictability in their lives. it's nothing -- it's something they've often lacked because of a flawed congressional budget process over the past several years which we seek to re-establish today a

mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the very distinguished and hardworking chairman of the appropriations defense subcommittee, mr. frelinghuysen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: i thank the chairman for yielding and i thank him for his leadership and i thank ranking member lowey as well. they both deserve credit for moving this bill. as we begin consideration of this important legislation this afternoon, i want to pay tribute to the men and women of our armed forces, all volunteers. they deserve our heart felt thanks to their dedicated service and sacrifice. that is also extended to the professionals in our intelligence community. these men and women, whether in uniform or not, deserve greater certainty, stability and predictability in their lives. it's nothing -- it's something they've often lacked because of a flawed congressional budget process over the past several years which we seek to re-establish today a

mr. rogers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlelady from california, ms. waters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for one minute. ms. waters: mr. speaker and members, we're poised to vote on legislation to fund government. nobody wants to shut down government. everybody here wants to have an answer and we could have an answer. all the opposite side has to do is to stop supporting a bill that would allow the biggest banks in america to rip off the people one more time. we bailed out the richest banks in america with the people's money. the people do not want that anymore. and so this provision that's in the bill that would allow them to basically put us all at risk because they want to trade these derivatives and be protected with fdic cannot go on. and so there are a lot of other things in this bill that's unacceptable. i am the ranking member of the financial services committee and i worked on dodd-frank. they're trying to undermine dodd-fr

mr. rogers, once more. perhaps i can get a -- >> happy to, yes. >> the deficit is off the entire budget. it's not off one piece or the other. what we are trying -- what they are trying to suggest the budget, 40% being discretionary. it comes off the buckets that contribute and example is social security. there's 10,000 people or were 10,000 people a day retiring that were then taking money out rather than putting money in. i do have those figures. i don't have them at the ready, but i would be glad to give them to you. i think they are good and appropriate questions. i'm simply saying, that's not a baring for this. >> thank you. i look forward to getting the answers to the questions. i think the american people want to know how much of this is deficit spending. i don't believe social security is at all contributing in a meaningful way to the deficit. it might be in the surplus. it's been a surplus. perhaps we were in the crossing point where it's a slight deficit. it's not -- it's not -- the bigger piece is

mr. rogers, once more.perhaps i can get a -- >> happy to, yes. >> the deficit is off the entire budget. it's not off one piece or the other. what we are trying -- what they are trying to suggest to you is that, literally 60% of the budget, 40% being discretionary. it comes off the buckets that contribute and example is social security. there's 10,000 people or were 10,000 people a day retiring that were then taking money out rather than putting money in. i do have those figures. i don't have them at the ready, but i would be glad to give them to you. i think they are good and appropriate questions. i'm simply saying, that's not a baring for this. >> thank you. i look forward to getting the answers to the questions. i think the american people want to know how much of this is deficit spending. i don't believe social security is at all contributing in a meaningful way to the deficit. it might be in the surplus. it's been a surplus. perhaps we were in the crossing point where it's a slight deficit. it's not --

mr. rogers comes up, he is always accompanied by you. and while i don't presume there's a 100% agreement, i do know there's 100% teamwork. and hal has, i believe, always dealt fairly with me and as a colleague. and i know he would do the same for you. and we're delighted that you're here. the gentlewoman's recognized. >> well, thank you, mr. chairman. for the opportunity to be here today. i'm very pleased to be here with my friend and my partner chairman hal rogers with the spending package before current funding expires tomorrow night. i'm deeply relieved that we seem to have avoided the antics of last year when a vocal minority in this body was able to hold the entire government hostage for reasons they couldn't articulate. it wasn't fair to the american people. i hope we'll never have to go through it again. throughout the process, my goal has been to avoid another costly shutdown. make adequate investments to grow the economy, enhance our security and protect the most vulnerable. i am disappointed, mr. chairman, that a decision was m

mr. rogers: mr. speaker, thank you. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 4681. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rogers: i also ask unanimous consent, mr. speaker, that the joint explanatory statement prepared by the house and senate intelligence committees be entered into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that my full statement be entered into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. until all time yielded is for purposes of debate only. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to consume. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. when mr. ruppersberger and i assumed the helm of the committee, we committed to return to the practice of passing annual intelligence authorization bills. recogni

mr. rogers moment and said it was a bit of a day out and i will give information, no one has violated theider trading laws. >> i have been following this for several years now. there has been a lot of human carnage. the fbi raided two hedge funds where he worked, and those funds effectively shut down and people effectively lost their jobs. they were asked to testify against their friends, and dozens of people have lost their and some of those people have been vindicated today and i was wondering what you thought of that. do you think he and his prosecutors went too far? do you think they were on the right track? is true there is a problem in the area of insider trading laws in defining the boundaries. marketplacelem the is always doing with. the insider trading law has traditionally made by the courts in decades. has been drawn is essentially up for grabs. it is a good idea to draw a clear line between criminal and noncriminal behavior. what the decision does is push that it willk sleep within an activity that, until yesterday, most people working on the street will say, that is wrong. cl

reelect mrs. rogers. inside it says some wonderful stuff. "knows the ropes, gives prompt, efficient service." she talks were about what she has done for veterans. she is still mrs. john jacob rogers. this is the primary season in september. she is very much -- very wise in the ways of doing this. later, after she has been reelected a few times, she often is photographed doing things that will be visually interesting and also very much related to the issues important to her. here she and other members of congress are testing out a really riding lawnmower-looking tank. right outside the capitol. she often would do that. she also was photographed. she was called the most air-minded female member of congress to she would fly black and forth to places in open airplanes. there are photographs of her with aviator goggles headed off into the sky. she did some wonderful things, but as matt said, she also was an assimilationist in the way of that first generation of women in congress. here is a photo of some of the early women of congress at the start

mr. rogers from alabama. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you mr.ecretary for your service and for being here. earlier you testified in front of this community when we had a bunch of younger people coming across the border illegally. and i asked you when we were talking about the reason why they wouldn't be removed within 24 hours like we do adult illegal aliens, and you made the point of says statutorily, the government is required to allow these children or younger people to go through a hearing process, and that that had to be complied with. my inquiry to you wasn't these exgenlt circumstances? and you yesterday yes. and i said then couldn't the president write an executive order to address that. isn't it true that our current statutory law requires that these people covered under this executive order be removed from the country? >> i recall that exchange, and i recall that the particular words extraordinary circumstances could not be read as broadly as to permit voluntary departure. that was the reading of the statute that i had at the time. i d

. >> we have here mr. roger kim from the mayor's office. welcome. >> thank you. good afternoon. senior advisor to the mayor. i think we're waiting from staff from the puc to come over, but we were pleased to see the study and draft version we've been able to take a look at and glad it pointed out the contract is not necessary and that was a big issue that the mayor was very concerned about. i know that the puc has some additional questions about the study with respect to jobs and how the numbers are calculated in the study and we're looking forward to seeing the final report. i know there was a joint meeting where that report will be discussing and i think it's more appropriate to wait and see the results of than meeting before we comment about the future of what the cca is. >> the focus here sb how the puc is spending some of the budget items we're talking about, but in the context of cca, one of the challenges we have is the time to do the joint meeting. i'm wondering if if it's possible for the mayor's office to help expedite finding a time that actually works. i'm happy to t

. >> we have here mr. roger kim from the mayor's office. welcome. >> thank you. good afternoon. senior advisor to the mayor. i think we're waiting from

in here, she says over and over again, things like, always on the job, relike the mrs. rogers on her own record of achievement. inside, it says some wonderful stuff. knows the ropes. gives prompt, efficient service. she is very wise in the way of doing this after she has been re-elected a few times, she often is photographed doing things that will be visually interesting and also very much related to the issues that are important to her. here, she and other members of congress are testing out a really weird riding lawn mower-looking tank, right outside the capitol. and she often would do that. she also was photographed -- she often -- she was called the most air minded female member of congress. she often would fly back and forth to places in open airplanes. she said she found them very event and she enjoyed it. so, there are photographs of her, you know, with aviator cap and aviator goggles, headed off into the sky. so she did some wonderful, wonderful things. but as matt has said, she also was very much an assimilationist in the way of that first generation of women in congr

mr. rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for two minutes. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of f.y. 2015 ndaa and urge all of my colleagues to do the same. i want to say congratulations to chairman buck mckeon on delivered the 53rd consecutive ndaa to our men and women and this institution. this institution would be much worse off for you not having been here. we're much more thankful you have been here and we'll be much worse off when you leave. we thank you for your service to our country and to this institution. this is replete with important policies that have been clear and undeniable in their impact on the security of the american people. it funds the development of a new rocket engine to be available by 2019, which will allow us to responsibly break our dependency on the russian engines. it reduces red tape and bureaucracy at the national nuclear security administration, which is a critical organization with men and women who do important work to provide american people with the only true security guarantee, its nuclear

mr. rogers, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm honored to be here. i don't often come to the well of the house for two or three minutes, let alone 60 minutes. but today is special. certainly for me. i think for my family, for my extended family and staff who are here today. this is my chance to really say thank you and had a heck of a good ride serving the people of the eighth district back home. i have some thank yous up front to my wife, christie, who is here, who is both my best friend and the love of my life. thank you for being here. this is going to be harder than maybe i imagined. to my family, erin and john, thanks for weathering the storm , for a member of congress who is more often gone at times they should be home. as a matter of fact, i remember i nye i was getting in trouble when my daughter who was going into the fifth grade and because i would fly out to washington from michigan every week, i had scheduled mondays as lunch day at her local school for years. and so i got the lecture

mr. rogers? >> i have a huge affinity for teachers. i love it.ng to do with education. >> that's hard having your dad be the school principal? >> i knew the system well and manipulate it. >> i believe that. >>> when we come back, we're going to talk about mariah carey. a big performance last night. just one problem. it was 24 hours late. >>> and why "gangnam style" is back in the headlines. that's ahead in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >>> time for "the skinny." topping our headlines, mariah carey pulls a no-show at rockefeller center. >> she's known as a diva. she kept nbc staff, crew, fans waiting in the rain for three hours. that was for tuesday night's taping of the tree lighting concert extravaganza. eventually, she didn't show up at all. according to tmz, she was detained while on a call with her lawyer to discuss her impending divorce. however, she made good last night for the actual live portion of the broadcast as the opening act. ♪ i don't care about the presents undernit

mr. rogers comes up here, he's always accompanied by you. while i don't presume there's a 100% agreement, i do know there's 100% teamwork. and hal has, i believe, always dealt fairly with me and as a colleague. and i know he would do the same for you. and we're delighted that you're here. the gentle woman's recognized. >> well, thank you, mr. chairman. for the opportunity to be here today. i'm very pleased to be here with my friend and my partner chairman hal rogers with the spending package before current funding expires tomorrow night. i'm deeply relieved that we seem to have avoided the antics of last year when a vocal minority in this body was able to hold the entire government hostage for reasons they couldn't articulate. it wasn't fair to the american people. i hope we'll never have to go through it again. throughout the process, my goal has been to avoid another costly shutdown. make adequate investments to grow the economy, enhance our security and protect the most vulnerable. i am disappointed, mr. chairman, that a decision was made

i now recognize the congressman from the 25th district of texas, mr. roger williams. onfiguration, he's the only congressman represent that district. they must love him. mr. williams: i'm honored to stand here today and say a few words about our most treasured friend, mentor, and leader, ralph hall. his service to country and his fellow man are full of victories as we have heard and hailts -- highlight taos numerous to count. he flew planes in world war ii. once the next congress convenes, we'll misthe only two remaining world war ii veterans in congress, also including congressman dingell. ralph hall has an appreciation for america that few of us can understand. he understands sacrifice. he understands service. he understands putting one's self aside for the greater good. he's always been an accomplished businessman, having served in a number of executive roles in the private sector. he brought his business savvy to congress, which contributed to him being one of the most respected and well-liked members we've had. his ability to bring humor was not just to get a laug

mr. rogers from alabama. >> thank you, chairman. thank you mr. johnson for your service and for being here. earlier this year you testified before this committee, and when we had a bunch of younger people coming across the border illegally. and during that hearing i asked you when we were talking about the reason why they wouldn't be removed within 24 hours like we do adult illegal aliens coming across the border and you made the point of saying statutorily the government's required to allow these children to go through -- or the younger people, to go through a hearing process, and that that had to be complied with. my request, my inquiry to you was, aren't these exigent circumstances? and you said yes. i said, well under those circumstances, can't the president write an executive order that would allow you to go ahead and remove those younger people like we do adults. and you said, the president doesn't have that authority to ignore a statute by executive order. isn't it true that our current statutory law requires that these people that are cov

mr. rogers. >> my god. >> let's take a look at the -- i'm going to save us all from that. the week's s&p leaders. diamond offshore, staples, walgreen. we have a trade on these names? everybody is negative on oil. everything is going down in the energy space. what do we think of some of these names? >> that is a stock more than cut in half very quickly. it is probably more of a special situation than anything else. rig and sea drill don't look as good as the bounce. >> we have been talking about these retail names, as well. you look at staples and that was triggered by the starboard and how much position was put on. >> another unusual activity play. >> that became huge. by the end -- >> staples is moving up again. >> that and office depot, it just shows you right now where a lot of these smart hedgefunds are moving their money around. >> who wants to take free port? nabors? i'm not catching the falling knife here. >> free port is like the worst stock i have seen in my life. >> and that's saying a lot. >> this was $40 a few months ago. >> the problem, too, it seems like ever

you look like mr. rogerter. >> dressing appropriately for winter. >>> now get this, the head of fifa's ethics investigation has quit. michael garcia was in charge of looking into whether there was any wrongdoing in awarding world cup bids to qatar and russia. we explain what's going on. >> reporter: this is a major blow to the president who set up the independent ethics committee to answer criticism that fifa was corrupt and not transparent. and then in an e-mail explaining his resignation garcia said it started well. for the first two years after my july 2012 appointment as independent chairman of the fifa ethics committee's investigatory chamber i felt it was making real progress. in recent months that changed. garcia goes on to explain the detail of a well publicize d ro with the other head. in other words, garcia was the prosecutor and eckerd the judge. after a year-long process for the 2018 and 2022 cups awarded to russia and qatar, eckerd published a summary and exonerated russia and qatar of any wrong

i now recognize the congressman from the 25th district of texas, mr. roger williams. under the newest configuration, he's the only congressman represent that district. they must love him. mr. williams: i'm honored to stand here today and say a few words about our most treasured friend, mentor, and leader, ralph hall. his service to country and his fellow man are full of victories as we have heard and hailts -- highlight taos numerous to count. he flew planes in world war ii. once the next congress convenes, we'll misthe only two remaining world war ii veterans in congress, also including congressman dingell. ralph hall has an appreciation for america that few of us can understand. he understands sacrifice. he understands service. he understands putting one's self aside for the greater good. he's always been an accomplished businessman, having served in a number of executive roles in the private sector. he brought his business savvy to congress, which contributed to him being one of the most respected and well-liked members we've had. his ability to bring humor was not

i get that the openers are circling the wagons around mr roger goodell. think they are harming the n.f.l. and the game of football. if they continue to circle the wagons, over the long haul they'll degrade the entire league. >> i want to go back to something you said a minute ago when you said that women are an afterthought. ray rice's wife jenna has been on a campaign to rehab ill state his image, if she's forgiving of him, should we forgive him. was this personal matter one that got blown up because of his professional status? >> you know, i'm not saying that fans or the public should fall comthe pleatly in line -- completely behind whatever jena rice has. the fans and wife or girlfriend have a perspective. jenna rice needs to be supported. she is smart, compassionate. the reality is many women are in love with the men they want the violence to end, not the relationship to end. that's their business. what i thing is the public's business is two things. first, of course, you want perpetrators to be held accountable for their actions. more importantly is

mr. rogers. that's not a dis. look at this guy.ng me now is reverend franklin graham, the president and ceo of samaritans first. reverend, thank you so much for being here. merry christmas to you. >> this is such a meaningful project that's been going on since 1993? >> 20 years. 22 years this year. >> this year to know that 60000 children will really be receiving the gift of goodness, what is -- why do you want to do this time and time again? >> well, what it is, we have 60,000 going to iraq. we will collect about 10.2 million this year for children in 110 different countries. i believe that these -- you know, the children of the world, god made us and created us, and christmas is about god-giving. god gave his son to this earth to take our sins and if we were willing to put our faith and trust in him, he will forgive us of our sins and heal our hearts. christmas is about god giving. the bible says that god so loved the world that he gave his own begotten son that so whoever beleaveth in him will be given everlasting life. >> we fi

mr. rogers. that's not a diss. look at this guy. been going on since 1993? >> 22 years this year. >> knowing that 60,000 children will really be receiving the gift of goodness. why do you want to do this time and time again? >> what it is, we've got 60,000 that's going to iraq. we will collect about 10.2 million this year for children in 110 different countries. but i believe that the children of the world god made us and created us and christmas is about god giving. god gave his son to this earth to take our sins and if we are willing to put our faith and trust in him, he'll forgive us of our sins and heal our hearts. so christmas is about god giving. the bible says that god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall have everlasting life. we ask people to take a box and fill it with toys for a child. you have school supplies in here, a doll and things for the hair pencils and pens and toothbrushes. >> we see the result of this. it's a glimpse right of the greatest gift we have in c

mr. rogers, chairman of the ppropriations committee. mr. rogers: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. i will not be lengthy. i will be very serious. there are very few people that i've served with in this body these 34 years, for me, who have more respect and more friends than doc hastings. we are personal friends. we're professional friends, we're personal friends, and when our wiveses are back home we frequently have dinner together and we talk a lot of politics. talk about things going on at home. talk about things going on here in this body and the world. and there's nobody more knowledgeable of politics in america than doc hastings. he knows every congressional district. he knows the politics of that district. and that makes for some great, great conversation. but i think the most important thing about -- that i can say about doc hastings is his character. the character he possesses. someone once said that character is doing the right thing when nobody is looking. and i've seen time and again doc aced with an opportunity perhaps that it would have meant taking advantage of someon

mr. rogers from alabama. >> thank you, chairman. thank you mr. johnson for your service and for being here. earlier this year you testified before this committee, and when we had a bunch of younger people coming across the border illegally. and during that hearing i asked you when we were talking about the reason why they wouldn't be removed within 24 hours like we do adult illegal aliens coming across the border and you made the point of saying statutorily the government's required to allow these children to go through -- or the younger people, to go through a hearing process, and that that had to be complied with. my request, my inquiry to you was, aren't these exigent circumstances? and you said yes. i said, well under those circumstances, can't the president write an executive order that would allow you to go ahead and remove those younger people like we do adults. and you said, the president doesn't have that authority to ignore a statute by executive order. isn't it true that our current statutory law requires that these people that are cov

require a six-game suspension for first offenses and we also know that after he changed that policy mr. rogeroodell personally called ray rice. what is the content of the conversation? >> i wasn't working calling mr. ray rice. >> this has been widely reported in and my understanding is that it was to reassure him that this would be applied rather than retroactively. and you're not aware of it? >> no, sir. >> sir. >> okay, i'd like to offer you these questions and you can get back to the committee because my question for you about that is is this normal? does the we consider this appropriate as a general proposition interacting directly with players are subject to disciplinary proceedings, or was this something that goes to the culture that the senator spoke of in his opening statement which is to get the player back on the field, the financial incentives for getting the player back on the field. then i found it odd and i found nothing in her policies or procedures that would indicate that it was appropriate for the commissioner of the football league to reassure them that everything was just

mr. rogers: i verve. >> pursuant to the rule, i'm claiming my time for the next 20 minutes of debate. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. kline: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 83, the omnibus appropriations bill for 2015, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i want to commend the members of the house appropriations committee, all of them, especially the committee's distinguished chairman, hahl rogers, for their hard -- hal rogers, for their hard work that will fund our national priorities and stop a government shutdown. i'm glad the bill will include critical reforms that will avert our nation from having a looming financial crisis. mr. speaker, roughly 10 million americans are involved in a multipension plan. men and women who continue to move our country forward, builders, truck drivers, carpenters, store clerks, to name a few. those people worked hard and earned a promise that a pension would provide financial security in retirement. yet, for many that promise is now in jeopardy. pension plan

mr. rogers from alabama. >> thank you, chairman. thank you for your service and for being here. earlier this year you testified before this committee, and when we had a bunch of younger people coming across the border illegally. and during that hearing i asked you when we were talking about the reason why they wouldn't be removed within 24 hours like we do adult illegal aliens coming across the border and you made the point of saying statutorily the government's required to allow these children to go through -- or the younger people, to go through a hearing process, and that that had to be complied with. my request, my inquiry to you was, aren't these exigent circumstances? and you said yes. i said, well under those circumstances, can't the president write an executive order that would allow you to go ahead and remove those younger people like we do adults. and you said, the president doesn't have that authority to ignore a statute by executive order. isn't it true that our current statutory law requires that these people that are covered covert under this executive order be rem

mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm honored to be here.ell of the house for two or three minutes, let alone 60 minutes. but today is special. certainly for me. i think for my family, for my extended family and staff who are here today. this is my chance to really say thank you and had a heck of a good ride serving the people of the eighth district back home. i have some thank yous up front to my wife, christie, who is here, who is both my best friend and the love of my life. thank you for being here. this is going to be harder than maybe i imagined. to my family, erin and john, thanks for weathering the storm , for a member of congress who is more often gone at times they should be home. as a matter of fact, i remember i nye i was getting in trouble when my daughter who was going into the fifth grade and because i would fly out to washington from michigan every week, i had scheduled mondays as lunch day at her local school for years. and so i got the lecture going into her fifth grade year that i would have to stay within a zone of her whe

mr. rogers. >> the cos used to wear the sweater on every show. >> mr. huxtable. >> yes. >> dr. on. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >>> a number of specialty retail stocks getting a bit of a black eye after black friday. check out stocks of urban outfitters dropping. that's tame to the likes of express and american eagle. both those names hammered to the tune of more than 10%. joe feldman covers the discount and hardline retail names. joe, where are these stores having -- why are these stores having so much trouble this season so far? >> yeah. it's been a tough time for these guys. maybe the trend of ugly sweaters hasn't picked up for those guys. but, you know, it's really been a lot of pressure there. there's not been one hit item. and we're seeing spending in a lot of other places. actually a lot of the companies i cover. like the walmarts and targets of the world. and even home depot and lowes continue to do well. you're seeing spending on those things. you're seeing spending at restaurants and experiences. as opposed to actual items. >> when you say items -- when you say w

mr. rogers, but if she votes like michelle obama, she is wrong for the state of iowa. >> i wonder if shenow. >> haters going to hate. i don't even think t swift could have imagined this liberal lion would gone on a sexist screen against someone who was an iraq war vet and sitting state senator. he blew this one. >> bruce braley calling senator chuck grassley just a farmer. listen to this one. >> if you help me win this race, you may have someone with your background, your experience, your voice, or you might have a farmer from iowa who never went to law school, never practiced law, serving as the next chair of the senate judiciary committee. >> well, it's a common profession and people like the common folk. was this a mistake? >> look, the hawkeye state is first in the nation for caucuses but it was also ground zero in 2014 for foot in mouth disease. this blew it for braley he never really recovered after this early gaffe. >> at least bruce braley and not bruce bailey. up next number three gaffe foust barbara come stock with this remark. in her mind creating jobs means giving tax benefit

i now recognize the congressman from the 25th district of texas, mr. roger williams. under the newest configuration, he's the only congressman represent that district. they must love him. mr. williams: i'm honored to stand here today and say a few words about our most treasured friend, mentor, and leader, ralph hall. his service to country and his fellow man are full of victories as we have heard and hailts -- highlight taos numerous to count. he flew planes in world war ii. once the next congress convenes, we'll misthe only two remaining world war ii veterans in congress, also including congressman dingell. ralph hall has an appreciation for america that few of us can understand. he understands sacrifice. he understands service. he understands putting one's self aside for the greater good. he's always been an accomplished businessman, having served in a number of executive roles in the private sector. he brought his business savvy to congress, which contributed to him being one of the most respected and well-liked members we've had. his ability to bring humor was not

mr. vincent, is you didn't see it. roger goodell didn't see it as his responsibility to ask the question is there another tape and i need to see it before we do punishment. there was not a process in place. let me give you one example. i think we should say for the record, major league baseball commissioner bud selig has never sanctioned an mlb player for domestic violence. never. in 22 years. now, teams have. but at the commissioner level, that has never occurred. and i'm going to go through one example. francisco rodriguez. and this is based on -- by the way, i found all this just googling around on my ipad last night preparing for this hearing. this wasn't prepared by my staff. anybody could do this that just looked into rodriguez's record that's written in print. in 2005, based on sworn court testimony, he put a young lady by the name of diane pena, he hit her so hard she was hospitalized in venezuela. he then convinced her to move to the united states with him and in 2010 he assaulted her father at the mets stadium, pul