mr. russell: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1496 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1496 a bill to designate the u.s. postal service at 4040 west washington boulevard in los angeles california as the marvin gaye post office. the speaker pro tempore: purn to the rule, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. russell and the ntleman from illinois, mr. krishnamoorthi each will control 20 minutes. mr. russell: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to extend it on emarks and include the bill under consideration. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i'm privileged to peak in support of h.r. 1496 introduced by congresswoman bass. the bill names the united states post office at 3585 south vermont avenue after marvin gaye. he was born in washington, d.c. in 1939. after serving in the united states air force, he joined motown records and recorded some of the most memorable mus

mr. russell: it is my amendment. mr. newhouse: then i have one speaker i'd like to yield the balance of my time to, mr. lucas from the state of oklahoma. the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the gentleman from washington state for the opportunity to yield to me, to discuss this important issue. this amendment, some in the room might think perhaps will target the market access program. but in fact it is the value-added producer grant program. this is a program that supports and helps producers add value to the products that they raise. i would tell you my chief concern at this point in time, in the way this amendment has been offered, is about $8 million of the rescissions of this program would come out of current programs that farmers have already applied for. usda has already scored the applications, it's compiled proposals to make a decision and announcement on grant awards. thus the amendment wouldn't just adversely effect the small producer-owned wi

mr. russell. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment. >> the clerk will distribute russell number 323, which without objection is considered as read, and the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as this committee has worked in the past in a bipartisan fashion to deal with predatory lenders and also to allow america's warriors to have good financial footing, a lot of hardships they face, and we've worked on these issues together for many years. what we see in the last decade over the -- over one-third of all military bases that previously had banks no longer do. 16 banking companies have closed their manned military operations in the last two years. the presence of banks on military installations provide effective alternatives to predatory lending, something as i stated that this committee has worked very hard to address. legitimate, insured, and regulated financial institutions are not a dangerous to service members. it also allowed me, mr. chairman, when we were doing our adoption of

mr. russell. our second witness is mr. bill russell. the acting director of the u.s. government accountability offices, homeland security and justice team. in his current role, mr. russell is responsible for leading a portfolio of work on transportation security issues. this includes assessing progress, the federal government has made in effectively allocating and balancing security resources across transportation modes while facilitating the legitimate flow of commerce and people. since joining gao in 2002, mr. russell has been the recipient of several awards, including two meritorious service awards. congratulations on your awards. you are now recognized for five minutes for an opening statement. >> good morning. thank you for the opportunity to testify today on tsa's pre-check program and airport wait times. my statement is primarily based on our february 2018 report. 43,000 transportation security officers, tsos, across 440 airports screen two million passengers and their baggage each day. tsa's primary responsibility is to ensure security, but it strives to balan

mr. russell. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think one of the reasons that i'll oppose this is not for the reasons of the intent of what it's trying to get to, but it assumes that there is an unfairness in the uniform code of military justice, yet there is no clear evidence that that is the case. in fact, quite contrary uniform code is one of the remarkable systems of justice in the united states. i've been a former commander of the i've had to serve on courts marshall. i've even served on war tribunals. and the problem i have with the language particularly where it's stated online 6 and 7, with regard to convening authorities, is that it would not allow them to select a balanced construct of people with rank and experience. for example, in a particular case on a war crimes tribunal, you had a serious charge that could have resulted in a capital offense if the individual was found guilty happened in an environment, and as such there had to be a strict experience level and a porchment that would be the makeup of the court marti

mr. russell: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table the bill, h.r. 3210, with the senate amendment thereto and conquer in the senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill and the senate amendment. the clerk: h.r. 32 10rks an act to require -- 3210, an act to require the investigations bureau to submit a report on the backlog of personnel security clearance investigations and for other purposes. senate amendment, strike all after the enacting clause, and insert the following.

mr. russell help me. >> i yield the remainder of my time to mr. russell of oklahoma. >> and with regard to the document that i was pointing from, mr. chairman, dated for september of 2014. it clarifies a previous ruling 004 and all the things that i quoted earlier are in it. we can enter it into the record if so desired. to point out, mr. i, we an, my staff and just had a conversation with michael j. sullivan, the former director and he stated the following. e said that he has read over the legislation, and that there is absolutely no risk to the public. stated that this has been a constant issue and that they for been trying to fix it some time. i understand, given the current chairman, climate, mr. that any time the word "gun" is could have hat that some emotional ties and people's but these are not the droidz that folks are looking for. completely thing different. this is plain and simple, where you have contractor to contractor, attorney general and approval to do transfer, and i would invite you amendment,the actual and if you look at the sect

mr. russell votes no. mrs. murphy votes aye. dr. digitally votes no. mr. cano votes aye. dr. abraham votes no. mr. o herman votes aye. mr. kelly votes no. mr. swazi votes aye. mr. gallagher votes no. mr. panetta votes aye. mr. gates votes no. mr. bacon votes no. mr. banks votes no. miss cheney votes no. mr. ice votes no. mr. mitchell votes no. mr. jones, mr. rogers votes no. mr. hunter votes no. miss gabbard -- okay. >> how has mr. kaufman recorded? >> mr. kaufman votes aye. no? okay. >> court report the tally. mr. chairman, there were 27 aye's and 33 no's. >> the amendment is not agreed to. next is the vote on bishop 221 regarding -- the recorded vote has been ordered, the clerk will call the role. >> mr. thornberry, aye. mr. smith votes no. mr. jones. mr. brady votes no. mr. wilson votes aye. mrs. davis votes no. mr. lobiondo votes aye. mr. long german votes no. mr. bishop votes aye. mr. larson votes no. mr. turner votes aye. mr. cooper, votes no. mr. rogers votes aye. misprint i/o votes no. mr. schuster votes aye. mr. courtney votes no. mr. conaway votes aye. miss tsongas

mr. russell as well so some quick follow-ups. the list that you have a 95 west there is no reason any employee has to put up with that stressful job my experience has been great but those 50 people are 150 people do they know they are on the list? the neck i'm not sure. but any passenger could go through. >> if they don't know there on the list it would be more effective as a deterrent who they were on the list and you should look into that. that could affect behavior if you are on the list -- then they could appeal that if there is a subjective determination. sometimes i jump security lines i tend to walk in circles on the phone i went to and upon the list. >> if i could that is not the intent of the program these are people that have demonstrated in the past. >> they will. >> i understand you want to get onto the question but i think it would affect behavior better the best thing to do for employees is not have them subject to it at all. but i'm curious, with terrorism and foreign affairs with the no-fly list have you had probl

mr. russell for five minutes. >> mr. chairman thank you. i mailed my -- yield my time to my colleague. >> thank you mr. russell. thank you mr. chair. let's get back on track here. this is a back-office situation. this is a test evaluation. this is where the services to work together. we have many programs and a platform that are operational throughout the service and this is how the services work together. i appreciate the chairman's thought in moving forward and i appreciate really believe this undersecretary is going to be that person to way that magic wand but the fact of the matter is the experts in the field combined with the services make this work. i yield back the balance of my time mr. chair. >> that there is no further discussion of questions on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california mr. knight number 371. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the nose have it. the amendment is not agreed to. >> mr. chair i asked for a recorded vote. >> there's a request for a recorded vote. a sufficient number have indicat

mr. russell? >> no. >> mrs. murphy? >> aye. >> dr. dajar lay? >> no. >> dr. abraham? dr. abraham votes no. mr. hal ran? mr. swazy? mr. swazy votes aye. mr. gallagher? mr. gallagher votes no. mr. panetta? mr. gates votes no. mr. banks? mr. banks votes no. miss cheney? miss cheney votes no. mr. his? >> no. >> mr. his votes no. mr. jones? mr. lobe yando? mr. lobe yando votes no. mr. bishop? mr. larson? mr. larson votes no. mr. turner? mr. turner votes no. mr. schuster? mr. schuster votes no. mr. brooks? mr. brooks votes no. mr. burn? >> how is mr. lange vin recorded? >> mr. lange vin is recorded no. >> i'd like to reply aye. >> mr. lange vin votes aye. >> mr. chairman, may i be recorded as no? >> did you get mr. bishop? >> mr. bishop votes no. >> mr. burn? how is mr. burn recorded? [ laughter ] >> mr. burn is not recorded. mr. burn votes no. >> clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, there were 26 aye votes, there were 35 no votes. >> the amendment is not adopted. question occurs on vz number 80 r 1. recorded vote has been ordered. the clerk will call the roll. >> chairman thorn

mr. russell. >> i yield back, mr. chairman. >> okay, question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. >> the nos have it. the nos have it. and the amendment is not agreed to. next mr. brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will distribute brown number 25r1. without objection, it's considered as read. gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> this amendment requires a shortened report be submitted to the congressional defense committees when the national guard is deployed to the southwest border. i want to begin with and state that i have no issues whatsoever with deploying the national guard to the southern border. my concerns will always be whether or not it makes sense from a national security and a readiness standpoint. i have no objections, primarily because and as was pointed out during the discussion of the last amendment, administrations from both parties over the years have deployed the guard to the bord

group and i learnt that not only mr russell borne fruit who does not belong to our political group but. leagues from our political group also have some reservation and so on on on on on things said during the election campaign so so let's not talk about that we have so little time with our party and to see how we are going on but let me finish you know i ask you the question how do you influence how do you try to change to change things to to to to to move things forward in a direction which you think is the right way my feeling is if you come with sanctions if you're coming with punishment if you're this is not the right way to think blaming and cheney is going to think you know having an open and frank and controversial debate discord and of course if not or that it is not. bringing positive results then you have to think about other. things but there's not a point i understand your point fair enough but if other things like the state of law and other problems are changing then the question is if this dialogue idea that you are presenting is not. at the peace and in this country in h

mr. russell directing a briefing on counter unmanned aerial surveillance technologies, and one on explosive device technologies. amendment 398 by chairman thornberry to provide a briefing on the automated test and retest program, and amendment 402 by mr. o'rourke requiring reports on exgratia payments for civilian casualties. with that, i yield back. >> any further discussion on en bloc package number three? if not, the question is on the amendment as offered -- >> sorry -- >> the gentleman from ohio's recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, i'd like to recognize my colleague, steve shabbat, for his work in the small business committee on this amendment concerning small business. as you know, in the age of emerging threats and a fast-based global market, it is out of necessity that our economy and our defense remain agile and cutting edge. that's why it's important that programs like the small business innovative research program is an asset, continues to be an asset to our defense and national security. i wanted to thank chairman shabbat for his work on this and als

mr. russell. let me ask mr. daniel and malachi mister daniels you are strong.i like to suggest a local -- an open letter signed by as many people as possible. would you be welcome to doing that. four of my friends got arrested. allow the vote. he will not take legislative action. i appreciate it if you think of that letter form and had as many people sign it or online. i do so and ask. thank you so much. i just want you to say again that your friends are going to church as i understand going to pick up someone who was oversleeping. to say that again. they were going to are going to pick up my brother. he could've been in the car. that's it really got to me. .. .. we should not ever cease in fighting to save lives. thank you all very much. [applause] >> mr. schneider. >> thank thank you, and want tok my colleagues for having this hearing, and i want to thank and to each and every one of you for being here and having the courage and strength to share your stories with us. your families, your friends, your community, in fact, the entire nation should be proud of y

mr. russell? mr. russell votes aye? mr. grothman. mr. grothman votes aye. mr. hurt. mr. hurt votes aye. mr. palmer votes aye. mr. comer? mr. comer votes yes. mr. mitchell? mr. mitchell votes aye. mr. giantforte votes yes. mr. cummings? >> no. >> mr. couple mings votes no. miss maloney. miss maloney votes no. necessary morton? miss norton votes no. mr. clay? mr. lynch? mr. lynch votes no. mr. cooper? mr. cooper votes no. mr. connelly. mr. connelly votes nay. miss kelly? miss kelly votes nay. miss lawrence? miss liveness votes nay. miss watson coleman? mr. krishnamoorthy votes nay. mr. after kin. mr. ravkin votes nay. mr. gomez. mr. gomez votes no. mr. welch? mr. welch notes very. mr. cartwright? mr. cartwright votes no. mr. dasnay votes no. miss last kin. mr. sarbanes. mr. sarbanes votes no. >> clerk will report. >> on this vote 22 ayes and 15 nos. >> motion to table passes. we will now, i want to thank all the members on both sides for coming. we will rue assume with our questioning of the witness until votes are called and we're over here. so, give me one second. gentleman from illinoi

mr. russell? >> thank you. i just want to close with one issue that i want to mention to you. i've seen this for a very long time where in the meps process somebody is deemed physically qualified. we pay to send them to basic training in their respective branch of service where they're given another physical and they're deemed unqualified. you know, that's a waste of money and time. i don't know if it's just a false feeling of warmth to try and get the numbers up initially or what it is, but it ought to be the same standard. there shouldn't be a disparity. i saw it when i was in the military, but i also see it today when a family calls me and says my son just reported -- the last example was navy recruit training. of course they're in limbo as they're trying to be administratively processed out. you know, we need to get this straight. and there needs to be one standard and it needs to be consistent. so i want to thank the witnesses for their enlightening testimony this afternoon. there will be no further business. the subcommittee stands adjourned. >>> here's a look at our pri

mr. russell's questions, were you the one that they were driving to church? >> so let me ask mr. daniel and malachi, mr. daniels, you were strong, i would like to suggest an open letter signed by as many of you as possible to the speaker of the house and ask him why he has not put gun legislation on the floor of the house for us to vote right now. and maybe you can start that, i know you have a petition, but it should go directly to him in a letter saying but the legislation on the floor, would you be welcome to doing that? >> i would like to say that last friday, the day of the shooting, four of my friends got arrested in front of his office. since then, we have flooded his voicemail with messages saying allow the vote. he controls the voting agenda, and he won't put any of this stuff on the floor. i think that is basically murder. he is allowing children in this country to be done down in their classrooms because he will not take legislative action. >> i appreciate it if you would think of that letter and have as many people sign it, i would appreciate it. i want to thank you s

mr. russell these questions. were you the one they were driving to church? who had that? right. so let me ask mr. daniel and malaki. mr. daniels you were strong. i would like to suggest an open letter to the speaker of the who us and ask him why he has not put gun legislation on the floor of the house for us to vote right now. maybe you can start that. i know have you a petition. but it should go directly to him in a letter saying put the legislation on the floor. would you be welcome to doing that? >> well, i would like to say last friday the day of the shooting four of my friends got arrested in front of his office. since then, we have flooded his voice mail with messages saying allow the voechlt because he controls the voting agenda and won't put any of this stuff on the floor. and i think that is murder, basically. he's allowing children in this country to be gunned down in their classrooms because he will not take legislative action. >> i appreciate it. if you would think of that letter form and have as many people sign it or online, i would appreciate it. i just want to ask

mr. russell of oklahoma. amendment number 31 by mr. banks of indiana. the chair will reduce to two minutes after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 17 by the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. russles, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 17 printed in house report 115-679 offered by mr. russell of oklahoma. the chair: recorded vote having been requested, those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-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 representatives.] t

mr. russell is not here because as he stated, citizenship being a determinant of one facility -- the ability to file it would allow people living in puerto virginnd the u.s. islands to finally be able to float for the president. citizenship does not always comport with one's ability to vote. this country has a long history of doing that. jefferson,cked about wanting to put citizenship and a census in the constitution, hits -- history lets us know that thomas jefferson was not a proponent of a strong constitution and had to be made bargains for his agreement to be one of the individuals to help rectify the constitution. do we want a week or a strong constitution? do we want people to be counted as citizens or not citizens? i do believe that it is the timing and the elevation of the question is problematic. of course we need to find out who are citizens and who are not citizens, who are receiving benefits and who are not receiving nss. we value our citizenship greatly. special because of that great nation that we are a part of as opposed to those who are not citizens. we know that many of us t

mr. russell is not here. because as he stated, citizenship being a determinate of one's ability to vote, i was going to ask him to help me co- sponsor a vote and the u.s. virgin islands to finally be able to vote for president. so as you can see citizenship really does not always comport with one's ability to vote. this country has a long history of doing that. and also when he talked about jefferson, he wanted to put citizenship in and wanted to put a census in the constitution, history lets us know that thomas jefferson was really not a proponent of a very strong constitution. it actually had to be congealed and bargains were made for his agreement to be able to be one of the individuals to help ratify the constitution. and so do we want a week or a strong constitution? do we want people to be counted as citizens or not citizens? and so one of the things that i find very troubling about this and i do believe that it is the timing of which one will put this at and the elevation of the question is really prob

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mr. douglas' body still in the vehicle at that time? >> it was. >> next, montoya suggested, russelnot find anything blood of any sort. >> a blood spatter expert named dr. john nordby. the car's interior should have been covered in blood if that was where russel douglas had been shot. >> the shooting seemed to me like it did not occur in this vehicle because there are empty spots where you would expect blood to be. >> permission to approach the witness, your honor? >> yes. >> on cross-examination prosecutor banks challenged the defense's only expert witness pointing out that in his written report on the case dr. nordby had cited the movie pulp fiction as the kind of example of the kind of blood spatter he would expect to see in russel douglas' car. >> the two characters in the film were facing in front and they actually got back spatter, the bullet went toward the backseat, but the spatter went through the front so that's the illustration i was meaning to convey. >> so you chose to rely on an illustration from a fictional movie produced in hollywood to help describe this scenario? c

the second person in the video right there who was russell to the ground by security and then escorted out is a veteran cia officer mr ray mcgovern he served at the agency for twenty seven years but then became a political activist protesting the use of torture programs the cia's in holland interrogation program was the main focus agency had no money gina hospitals senate grilling and she's being accused of being directly involved in told her practices in the past and the low hospital promise that under her leadership the agency wouldn't to restart the controversial program that certainly was some ducking and diving at the hearing. do you believe the program in terms that you can interrogate program was consistent with american values we have decided to hold ourselves to a stricter moral standard are they consistent with american values senator i believe very strongly in american values i want to trust that you have the moral compass that you said you have i have conducted myself honorably and in accordance with u.s. law do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral what i believe sitting her

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russell. you're an oklahoma republican, sir, and i put it to you. you can't lose, can you. >> well, you never take anything for granted but i also think that mrs.rty needs more than just an absence of her. they need to change their entire philosophy. as you were commenting on earlier, stuart, look, they can't silence free speech. they can't eliminate the free exercise of religion. they can't deny our right to defend ourselves. they can't usurp our property and take away our state's rights under the tenth amendment or even under the ninth amendment where rights of one somehow cancel out rights of the other. the progressive party has an awful lot to work on before they will convince mainstream america that is the direction we should go. stuart: but, conventional wisdom at this moment, and a lot of polls suggest they will win back the house in november. do you think they're counting their chickens before they're hatched? >> i think they're counting chairmanships before they hatch, certainly with mrs. pelosi. this is the same prognosticators had mrs. clinton elected before she ever became president. oh, she didn't become president. so the mood of t

mr. russell: it is my amendment. mr. newhouse: then i have one speaker i'd like to yield the balance of my time to, mr. lucas from the state of oklahoma. the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the gentleman from washington state for the opportunity to yield to me, to discuss this important issue. this amendment, some in the room might think perhaps will target the market access program. but in fact it is the value-added producer grant program. this is a program that supports and helps producers add value to the products that they raise. i would tell you my chief concern at this point in time, in the way this amendment has been offered, is about $8 million of the rescissions of this program would come out of current programs that farmers have already applied for. usda has already scored the applications, it's compiled proposals to make a decision and announcement on grant awards. thus the amendment wouldn't just adversely effect the small producer-owned wi

mr. russell. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i do have an amendment. >> the clerk will distribute russell number 323, which without objection is considered as read. and the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as this committee has worked in the past in a bipartisan fashion to deal with predatory lenders and also to allow our -- america's warriors to have good financial footing, a lot of the hardships they face, and we have worked on these issues together for many years, what we see in the last decade over the -- over one-third of all military bases that previously had banks no longer do. 16 banking companies have closed their manned military operations in the last two years. the presence of banks on military installations provide effective alternatives to predatory lending, something, as i stated, that this committee has worked very hard to address. legitimate, insured and regulated financial institutions are not a danger to service members. it also allowed me, mr. chairman, when we wer

mrs. shea porter yields back. mister russell. >> i think one of the reasons i will oppose this it assumes that there is a unfairness in the uniform code of that. quite the contrary. it's one of the most remarkable systems of justice in the united states. i've been a former commander and i've had to serve in court marshals. the problem i have it with the language particularly where it stated online six and seven with regard to convening authorities is that it would not allow them to select a balanced construct of people with the rank and experience for example particularly the case on war crimes tribunal. you have a serious charge that could have resulted in a capital offense. if the individual was found guilty. it happened in a combat environment and as such there had to be a very strict experience level and apportionment that would be the makeup of that court martial. and the convening authority have the ability to do that. random selection of that would not have provided that mix i think we can continue to work the issue but f