mr. rohrabacher of california. mr. rohrabacher: i apologize for being late to the hearing. two important hearings have to happen at exactly the same time which perhaps leads me to the first point which is, we need to make sure we hold nasa accountable, but i have to assume that the congress isn't doing its job all that well either. when we're talking about continuing resolutions and omnibus bills, i mean, that's a reflection on the fact that we aren't doing our job here as well. so please don't think if there's any criticism here coming from this end that we don't realize, or at least some of us don't realize there is justified criticism of the way congress is doing its job. let me ask a couple of questions here about these cost overruns and -- that seem to be around, they've been around as long as i've been around. and let me ask you this. are we -- is a lot of this intention aloe bidding on the part of companies in order to achieve a contract? is this part of that? and to whoever can answer that question. >> we have a pretty rigorous request for proposal an proposal evalu

mr. rohrabacher: mr. chairman, i rise to offer a simple but crucial amendment to the thrive act to ensure -- the chair: the gentleman will suspend. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2, part b of house report number 115-751, offered by mr. rohrabacher of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 934, the gentleman from california, mr. rohrabacher, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, for five minutes. mr. rohrabacher: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i rise to offer a simple but crucial amendment to the thrive act to ensure that local overnments have a say in which are able to omes participate in this demonstration program. my amendment would require the nonprofits who apply for funding under this bill to prove that the federal dollars they receive are are able to participate in this demonstration program. my amendment distributed only to facilities that have permission from the relevant local

mr. rohrabacher. >> thank you very much and thank you to our witnesses today. let me just -- this is not directly on technology, but it's dealing with the v.a. issues. some of the things that you're describing that have motivated you to focus on trying to find technological solutions like depression, sense of hopelessness, et cetera, a lot that have can be traced, some of us believe, to the use of op opiates by the v.a. some of us believe that the v.a. has taken the easy way out simply by prescribing opiates to somebody with a problem which wh you supply that kind of a prle you're going to end up with someone with serious problems. now, do - this question. should the v.a. be permitted to use cannabis? should they have that as an option rather than just opiates, and just -- i guess some of the questions that go directly to technology, but could i have your opinions on that, just a yes or no or something like that? >> all right. i'll jump in. >> okay. >> should cannabis be an option for v.a. in terms of treatment of our folks rather than just opiates, not just op

mr. rohrabacher. >> thank you very much, madam chairman. this this, as in all advances in technology, can be seen as the great hope for making things better or the new idea that there might be new dangers involved. and/or the new technologies will help certain people, but be very damaging to others. and i think that where that fear would be most recognizable is in terms of employment and how in a free society people earn a living. and are w talking about here about the development of technology that will help, you know, get the tedious and remedial or the lower-skilled jobs that are reay not really -- that can be done, you know, by machine? or are we talking about a loss of employment by machines that are designed to really perform better than human beings perform in high-level jobs? what are we talking about here? >> okay. so i can -- i still am going to use health care as an example, because i'm familiar with that area of research. so if you look at recent studies by mckenzie and other institutions, employment and ai, there is a recogniti

mr. rohrabacher: i rise today to condemn the brutal persecution in he sindhi people pakistan. millions of sindhi people are victimized by the punjabi regime in islamabad. this grave injustice and massive human rights crisis involves extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances and tactics common in many totalitarian dictatorships this oppression is the work of the interservice intelligence, the i.s.i. of pakistan. and the corrupt pakistani army. more than 154 sindhi people have been reported missing since august of 2017 and among those, that included dr. anwr la hambings rgi a physician who actually led the sindhi people in the stalwart in opposition to violent islamic militarism and that is why he was targeted by the i.s.i. pakistan has made their choice to drop its alliance with the united states and shown a new partnership with china and radical islam. they are now making war on their own people. the united states should stand with the people of pakistan, not their oppressive government. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair lays before the h

mr. chairman. i yield back. >> thank you for your questions and participation. the chair next recognizes representative rohrabacherf california. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i apologize for being late to the hearing. obviously, two important hearings have to happen at exactly the same time which perhaps leaves me to the first complaint which is we need to make sure we hold nasa accountable, but i have to assume that the congress isn't doing its job all that well either. and we've been talking about continual resolutions and omnibus bills and that's a reflection that we're not doing our jobs, as well. please don't think if there's criticism here coming from this end that we don't questions about this. let me ask you, is a lot of this intentional low bidding on the about these cost overruns and it seemed to be around. they've been around as long as i've been around. let me ask you this. are we -- is a lot of this intentional low bidding on the part of companies in order to achieve a contract? is this part of that? whoever can answer that question. >> you know, we have a pretty rigorous for a proposal and pr

rohrabacher. we are from the same generation. responsible in terms of dealing with mr.utin, but there is totally on stance is d -- totally un-sam stated substantiated un charges against russia. congress cannot have a sense of counsel statue so i would like to know why mr. rosenstein thinks he can write one. host: ok susan is next from massachusetts. hello, i'm calling about the california primaries. want to ask, i people who call in to write down the topics they want to talk about and clarify them. so they can get to the heart of what they are trying to say, because a lot of people call in and they freeze up. down, yout write it can articulate the better your position. major on-topic on this california primaries as people need to look at the platforms of the democratic party, the platform of the republican party. you are ine very surprised. if you vote the democratic party, look at the platform, their publicans, their platform -- the republicans, their platform is taking the way the russian sanctions. they do not want this sanction russia anymore. there is a republican