mr. royce's generosity of trying to save something that he didn't know much about.uy, episcopal, in connecticut saw that there was value here and wanted to be part of it. since then we've had a number of wonderful donors who have helped continue to build the process, the pritchard family foundation. helped pay for things that we didn't know we needed then and should have asked for more money and have come in and stepped forward. now it's the largest initiative in the world to identify, acquire, digitize, catalog and eventually make accessible this fast-fanishing legacy of vinyl of gospel music. this music is part of an almost apostolic succession, that this music is being sung now, was sung back before the civil war day, and if you listen carefully on bbc international news or al jazeera, you'll hear freedom songs being sung right now in egypt and hong kong, tiananmen square, the berlin wall. i've heard it sung at every place where there is a group of people yearning to have the rights that are routinely recorded to everybody else and freedom. i want people as they

mr. royce: might i ask unanimous con sent to dispense with the read -- consent to dispense with the reading of the amendment. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the reading is dispensed with. is there objection to the original request of the gentleman from california? without objection, the senate amendments are agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. royce: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: and, mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass s. 1683. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 1683, an act to provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. royce, and the ge

i thank him for his lifetime of service and i know for mr. royce and all of the members when we say thank you, mr. faleomavaega for your service to your country during the vietnam war and thank you for the cause of peace and the decades of peace that followed that conflict. we are better institution for you having seved here. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and gee to house resolution 714 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. sfrop the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition. ms. ros-lehtinen: i move the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 2673. the clerk: senate 2673, an act to enhance the strategic partnership between the united states and israel. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen and the gentleman from new york,

sent it to mr. royce, and he sent us a check. frustration and partly out of mr. royce's generosity of trying to save something that he didn't know much about, you know? another white guy, episcopal in connecticut. we've had wonderful donors who have helped to continue with the process. the pritchard family foundation and others have helped us pay for things we didn't know we needed then and should have asked for more money, and thousand it's the largest -- now it's the largest initiative in the world to identify a choir, digitize, catalog and eventually make accessible this fast-vanishing legacy of vinyl from gospel music. this music is part of an almost apostolic succession, that this music is being sung now as was sung back before the civil war days, and if you listen carefully on bbc international news or al-jazeera, you're going to hear freedom songs being sung right now in egypt and in hong kong, you're going to hear them sung in tiananmen square, i heard them sung on the berlin wall. i heard it sung in ferguson. i've heard

we came back with a scary figure, sent it to him, and mr. royce sent us a check.srtly generosity from trying to save something that he knew nothing else about. another white guy, a piscopo, connecticut, saw that there was value and wanted to be a part of it. since then we have had a number of wonderful donors that have helped to continue to build the process. thatng to pay for things we didn't know we needed then. now it is the largest initiative in the world to identify or acquire a digitized analog and make excess of this fast vanishing legacy of gospel music. this music that is being sung now was being sung before the civil war days and if you listen carefully on bbc international news or al jazeera, you will hear freedom songs and some or in hongnd egypt kong, sung in tiananmen square. in every place where there is a yearning to have the rights accorded to everyone else. i am just trying to capture a snapshot of this music at this time and how it got from where as this potent, powerful, transformative agent. american history tv is featuring waco, texas, home t

mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to recognize the efforts. transportation and infrastructure committee, its leadership should be commended for this bipartisan effort to strengthen the coast guard in a time of heightened security threats to the united states. the foreign affairs committee has been working in a bipartisan way to reform international food assistance. so i particularly appreciate the fact that this legislation does not include a provision that would have raised the cargo freffrens requirements to these programs -- preference requirements to these programs from 50% to 7 a 5% -- 75%. it would slow lifesaving assistance by months. lives are at stake. i appreciate the committee heard our view. i also appreciate the assurances provided by the transportation committee that nothing in section 321 will drastically alter the existing consultation requirements for enforcement of cargo preference. i also understand nothing in the bill will have the effect of raising cargo preference above an annual global threshold of 50%, particularly for

i thank chairman royce of california as well as mr. kinzinger, the author of this resolution, for bringing forth this resolution. by approving this resolution, the house will send putin a clear and unmistakable message, one aimed not only at him but all others who are attempted to use aggression and invasion to achieve their objectives. there is more at stake here than defending ukraine's independence and sovereignty. the message is is that the united states will not stand by d silently watch the world descend into anarchy. by demonstrating to putin and that his aggressive actions will only result in unacceptable costs to him and his regime, we can prevent others from concluding that we and our allies will do nothing to stop them and we are free to impose the law of the jungle once again. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 758 as amended. those in favor say aye. . those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair -- >> mr. speaker, i request the yeas and n

joining me now is ed royce. mr. chairman, thanks very much for joining us. is it confirmed, in your mind, that north korea is responsible for this cyberattack? >> yes. >> no doubt in your mind that it was north korea? >> it's no doubt in my mind that they began the attack. there's no question that they began the attack. >> when you say "others," another government or individuals who were hired, subcontractors, if you will, but the organization of this, the plot was created by the north korean regime? >> that is correct. >> no doubt about that? >> no doubt about it. >> is the administration going to announce that? they are going to have to tell the american people if that's what they concluded, right? >> they are already briefing -- they haven't decided on their response yet but the briefs unofficially. >> they are briefing members of congress, key members but they haven't told you yet what they are going to do about it? >> they are briefing key members of the press and at the same time, there is obviously growing evidence from what has been leaked out from e

with us now, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee congressman ed royce of california. mr, thanks very much for coming in. what can you add? as far as this ex-wife? i believe she is the ex-wife, the child now in lebanese custody. >> we once had al baghdadi in custody, the united states had him in custody. >> he was in custody in iraq. >> in iraq. and since that time we've had very little information on him directly. this will be our first opportunity to really get some intel. and lebanese or of course, running the operation. that will be shared with us. the other observation i would make is that in the interim, we haven't had many setbacks for isis. as a matter of fact, we have seen over the last few months that they've been able to hold their ground, including around chonani. and they continue to recruit at about 1,000 per month. so given this set of circumstances, this is programs the first insights we will gain. >> what i think i hear you satisfying is that despite the pounding that's been going on against isis and iraq and syria, they remain formidable. >> very formida

mr. hegseth. >> thank you for the opportunity to be here today. i want to thank chairman salmon, chairman royce, ranking member gabbard, u.s. marine duncan hunter, and everyone else who came back to be here for this important hearing. marine duncan hunter, and everyone else who came back to be here for this important hearing. your forward leaning support for veterans in our military matters and is noticed. i also want to thank my fellow witnesses who are allowing a soldier to hang out with a bunch of marines. ms. tahmooressi, your courageous advocacy on behalf of your son inspires us all. sergeant buchanan, thank you for having the back of your fellow marine. lieutenant commander williams, using your platform the way that you are makes a huge difference, thank you. seth.me is pete heg i am the ceo of concern veterans for america. our mission is to fight for the prosperity of all americans and the well-being of veterans. we represent a number of growing american families who refuse to accept the status quo in washington. we fight like hell, aggressively and passionately to ensure america's veter

mr. joe wilson of south carolina. >> thank you, chairman royce, your determined leadership and chairman reuss thank you also for your early warnings of the threat of isis to american families. and mr. ambassador, thank you very much for being here today. the american people need to know the threat of the murderous ideology of isis. last week abc news reported isis spokesman called upon followers in the u.s. and europe to attack members of military. he went on to say, quote, do not ask for anyone's advice and do not seek anyone's verdict. kill the disbeliever whether he is a civilian or military for they have the same ruling. both of them are disbelievers. both of them are considered to be waging war, end of quote. this is a grotesque ideology that we face in our coalition partners face and i believe it's important that we never forget how grotesque it is. additionally we need to know they carry signs, death to america, death to israel. their creed a mass murder is quote, we believe in death more than you value life. having that in mind, again, you've got quite a challenge. but we do have alli