mr. ryan, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, each will control 15 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster. mr. shuster: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. shuster: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 3038 the highway and transportation funding act of 2015, part 2. this bill extends the federal surface transportation programs through december 18 of 2015. h.r. 3038 is a clean extension and funds the programs that authorizes levels for fiscal year 2014. the bill also ensures the solvency of the highway trust fund. we have an immediate critical need to address the solvency of the trust fund and extend the current surface transportation law. if congress fails to act, the states will not be able to be reimbursed for past expenses, projects and jobs across the country will be at risk, over 4,000 u.s. department of transportation employees will be furloughe

mr. ryan, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin will each control 15 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan. mr. ryan: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. i rise to speak in favor of this. here's basically what we're trying to do. we want to get to a long-term highway solution. we believe that for the sake of jobs, the economy, certainty planning big projects in our states, we want to do a multiyear highway bill. typically a multiyear highway bill means a six-year bill and that's our aspiration and our goal. we know we're not going to write that bill in the next two weeks. we know we need at least two or three months to write that bill. unfortunately the highway trust fund has a fiscal shortfall in two weeks. so we're here to extend the highway trust fund through december 18, to give us the time we need to put together a multiyear solution. that costs $8 billion just to do that. what we use are revenue-clines measures, to mak

mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.j.res. 61, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield five minutes to the gentleman from illinois, the author of this legislation, for the purposes of explaining what it does, five minutes to mr. davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for five minutes. mr. davis: mr. speaker, thank you very, very much. i'm proud to rise in support of my bill, the hire more heroes act. this commonsense legislation will help small businesses hire more of our veterans by exempting veterans who are already receiving health care through the d.o.d. or the v.a. from being counted towards the 50-employee limit for the employer mandate under the affordable care act. on opening day, the house passed h.r. 22, the hire more heroes act by a bipar

mr. ryan, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, each will control 15 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster. mr. shuster: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. shuster: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 3038 the highway and transportation funding act of 2015, part 2. this bill extends the federal surface transportation programs through december 18 of 2015. h.r. 3038 is a clean extension and funds the programs that authorizes levels for fiscal year 2014. the bill also ensures the solvency of the highway trust fund. we have an immediate critical need to address the solvency of the trust fund and extend the current surface transportation law. if congress fails to act, the states will not be able to be reimbursed for past expenses, projects and jobs across the country will be at risk, over 4,000 u.s. department of transportation employees will be furloughe

rear wall was no in balance to the scale to construct a 4 story dwelling unit and before you begin mr. ryan i understand that commissioner swig you've reviewed the materials and ready to participated. >> i rue recused myself last time because of the video i've reviewed that video and the subsequent video and i'm not able to speak as well as the materials thank you. >> okay so go ahead mr. ryan you have 3 minutes. >> thank you francis dj ryan this is mount o alumnus and this historic picture to show you this is a steep hill the very first building is shown on the hill hundred years later the hill is almost completely filled in why am i asking for a rehearing this is the last lot on this street in the district the reason number one is that the boards rules have been abandoned by the developer excavation was initiated on wednesday the twilth and released without adjacent neighbor notification in violation of the code number 2 plans this is the discovered plan they're not the developers own serving markser the plans don't reflect this thing the council failed to provide revised plans by the may

i'm asking you mr. ryan i'm speaking to you hi. >> hello i'm not your council. >> oh did you hear me to consider the litigation reconcussions for the removal of units for people with disabilities the fact no original construction permit inquisitive there's no fact no way the stay can say this unit was not a two unit prior to 1906 in 189170 didn't have the permits and you you know the records were destroyed please send this back to planning to have access to the due process that was denied us because we didn't know the sf rent codes give us that right we were denied this right. i ask you to consider that we missed a step in the administration review we're asking could i for this board to recognize the legality of the unit and after speaking and sharing the photos of our living room with the chief of the department of building inspection this is the original dining room that was common in 1891 so have the dining room adjacent to the it will remove the kitchen this fact is acknowledged by mr. davidson and rewri

mr. ryan, the gentleman from washington mr. mcdermott, the gentleman from florida, mr. miller, and the gentlewoman from florida, mr. -- ms. brown. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. shuster: this is a three-month clean extension to the surface transportation legislation. it's the right thing to do. it gift the transportation and infrastructure committee and the ways and means committee the time to work out a long-term solution to the surface transportation bill which we need to pass for the health of this country. and importantly, it gives the house the do its constitutional duty to be heard on important legislation that's important to all 50 states and all 435 congressional districts. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. defazio: mr. speaker, i would direct anyone interested in this legislation to my remarks on the five-month bill and with that i yield back th

mr ryan? >> back in sandtown, freddie's god-brother brandon says the gap between police and locals is wider than ever. >> yeah we on! thank y'all! >> people trust the police? >> trust? nah, is there a reason we should trust them? they can't even give us a reason. it's us against them. it aint cops against robbers its cops against the community. if i chased that man down, put him in my vehicle and that happened to him what you think would happen to me? i would be locked up for murder, same day, jail, no bail, fighting these charges. that's what i want happen to them. i want them held accountable the right way. >> it will be months before there's any outcome in the trial of the officers charged in freddie gray's death. >> what will happen if officers aren't convicted? >> what's gonna happen in sandtown if officers not convicted? what happened in sandtown when officers did what they did to freddie? the world knew about it, right? the officers not convicted about that? the world gonna know about i

town as an optist and as sequester was beginning and people thought we couldn't get there, and then mr. ryan and ms. murray were able to get a deal that led to all the bills being passed. that was the first time since 1987 all the bills had passed together. so i think it can be done again that we can get to a place where there can be agreement. >> hunt: got to do it pretty soon though. >> we'll need to do it. october 1, obviously, as we know is an very important dead whrn in terms of funding the government for the next year. >> hunt: a.c.a., bill frist physician, former republican majority leader, says the president has to do what he failed to do which is bring parties together to fix parts of the law. are you going to do that? and what do you need to fix? >> so i think today the president is in tennessee and that is a big part of the conversation. he's there because tennessee is a state where we have seen affordability, quality move together, we've seen it move in a bipartisan way. we've seen it move with the private and public sector working together, and he's been in tennessee to reflect

mr. levins ryan levins from west virginia friends of mr. levins tell our jay korff that he suffered traumatic brain injury, broken collarbones and broken ribs and he has endured two surgeries but they are optimistic he will survive. live in reston, jeff goldberg abc7 news. kimberly: thank you for the update, jet. new tonight, ush gent alert. a missing teenager and a convicted sex offender she ran off with may be in the area right now. "7 on your side" fighting back investigator jennifer dolan is tracking down the new developments. what are police looking for here? jennifer: the united states marshal service is looking for our help. federal authorities say 41-year-old benjamin shook was released from a georgia prison in september of last year after serving ten years for host of convictions, including child exploitation and child sex abuse. now he is accused of meeting 14-year-old wilson on a popular chat app and luring her away from home. >> he is a dangerous sexual predator. we are concerned for her welfare. jenniferjennifer: she left her h

i don't know whether you recall i presume you will recall, that when we got to a similar impasse mr. ryan the then chairman of the budget committee, miss murray then chairwoman of the budget committee in the senate, got together and came up with a -- some figures that we could agree on in a bipartisan basis. until that time, we had the same kind of scenario that we are now confronted with. mr. speaker it is my view that unless we have such a meeting of the minds we are going to put this country in another crisis of our own making. we democrats are prepared to enter into some sort of an agreement consistent with hal rogers believes we can get to a realistic and advised compromise not this unrealistic and ill-advised, mr. rogers' words, republican chairman of the appropriations committee, not mine and if we don't do so, when we get to september 30 or we get to december 18 let's not wring our hands and say how did this happen? we'll know exactly how it happened. it will have happened because we refused to sit down as the majority leader said a few minutes ago in a bipartisan way to do the pe

ryan? >> thank you, mr. president. i want to change the subject a bit. early this year on the flight to selma you said as president your job is to close remaining problems in state and federal government and what gaps remain for you in the end of your presidency? also, what does it mean to travel to kenya, your father's homeland in the next couple of weeks as president of the sentence lastly, would you revoke the medal of freedom for bill cosby? >> you stuffed a lot in there, april. you know what, who did you learn from? john that? is that what you said? >> on criminal justice reform obviously, i gave a lengthy speech yesterday. this time i have been thinking about it a lot and working with eric holder and now with loretta lynch about -- we have been working on...along with other prosecutors of the united states attorney's office. it is an outgrowth of 9 task force we put together post-ferguson and the gaper -- garner case in new york. i don't think that the criminal justice system is obviously the sole source of racial tension in the country or the key

caller: i would like to thank mr. ryan for my opportunity to give an opinion. i appreciate it. my opinion is very simple. why not give everyone -- every veteran when they get out of service, medicare? whether they pay should be dependent on whether they are a combat wounded veteran, based on that veterans service. it would clear up an issue. but the v.a. handle claims and let the health care be taken care of by the community, a single-payer system where the government pays our premiums and we go to any hospital in the country and get care. we have this ridiculous situation. i am beyond disgusted with the v.a.. the da said they would take care of me. -- va. guest: first, thank you for your service. as far as medicare for veterans, this is one of the interesting concepts floating around, is creating a paid option for veterans in the community. they can -- the concern is that the vfw has with this is that the medicare community is not ready to either treat the type of conditions that veterans may suffer from, or that the cost would be entirely too high. the third issue that you wo

. >> the only person that was there, me, your co, ryan and mr. mets. >> i spoke with the corporal and i also spoke with the officer that was there at the time. corporal has read a statement saying at no time did he make any comments -- any sexual -- >> he did. i bet he did. >> let me finish what i'm saying. >> you guys are agreeing to each other. what is the sense of it? i'm looking like the idiot while your ceo agreeing with each other he never said it when he did say it. what's the sense of speaking more about it? there's no more to speak about. it's over. >> i'm going to continue with what i have to say, when i'm done talking, explaining to you the outcome, then you at that point you're more than welcome to comment or more than welcome to do whatever you feel is necessary. >> i'm going to. >> to resolve this however you think is appropriate. >> as i was saying, i spoken to the corporal and denies stating that at no time did he make comments of th nature to you. the officer th you said that was present during this has also read a statement stat

i don't know whether you recall i presume you will recall, that when we got to a similar impasse mr. ryan the then chairman of the budget committee, miss murray then chairwoman of the budget committee in the senate, got together and came up with a -- some figures that we could agree on in a bipartisan basis. until that time, we had the same kind of scenario that we are now confronted with. mr. speaker it is my view that unless we have such a meeting of the minds we are going to put this country in another crisis of our own making. we democrats are prepared to enter into some sort of an agreement consistent with hal rogers believes we can get to a realistic and advised compromise not this unrealistic and ill-advised, mr. rogers' words, republican chairman of the appropriations committee, not mine and if we don't do so, when we get to september 30 or we get to december 18 let's not wring our hands and say how did this happen? we'll know exactly how it happened. it will have happened because we refused to sit down as the majority leader said a few minutes ago in a bipartisan way to do the pe

ryan. >> thank you mr. president. i want to change the subject a bit. earlier this year on the flight--how does criminal justice reform fit into that equation, and what gaps remain, and also what does it mean to travel to kenya your father's homeland in the next couple of weeks as president of the united states, and lastly, would you revoke the medal of freedom for bill cosby? >> you stepped right in there april. >> i learned from-- >> who did you learn from, jonathan cause? is that who you learned from? our criminal justice reform, i gave a lengthy speech yesterday but i've been thinking about it a lot i've been working first with eric holder and now loretta lynch we've been working on along with other prosecutors in the u.s. attorney's office, it's an outgrowth of the task force that we put together post ferguson and the garner case in new york. i don't think that the criminal justice system is is obviously the sole source of racial tension in this country or the key institution to resolveing the opportunity gap, but i think it is a part of the broade

ryan. >> thank you, mr. president. i want to change the subject a bit. earlier this year on the flight to selma you said on matters of race as president your job is to closed remaining gaps that are left in state and federal government. now, how criminal justice reform fit into that equation and what gaps remain for you in the -- towards the end of your presidency and also what does it mean to travel to kenya, your father's homeland in the next couple of weeks as president of the united states and, lastly would you revoke the medal of freedom from bill cosby? >> you stuff a lot in there. you know what? >> i learned from my colleagues. >> who did you learn from jonathan carle, is that what you said? >> the -- on criminal justice reform obviously i gave a lengthy speech yesterday, but this is something i've been thinking about a lot, been working first with eric holder and now with loretta lynch we've been working on along with other prosecutors of the u.s. attorney's office. it's an outgrowth of the task force that we put together post-ferguson an garnerd

ryan. april: thank you, mr. president. i want to change the subject a bit. earlier this year on the flight to selma, you said on matters of race, you will close remaining gaps that are left in state and federal government. now, how discrimination justice reform fit into that equation and what gaps remain for you in the, towards the end of your presidency and also, what does it mean to travel to kenya, your father's homeland in the next couple of weeks as president of the united states? and lastly, would you revoke the medal of freedom from bill cosby? tom brady you stuffed a lot in there, april -- president obama: you stuffed a lot in there. >> i learned from jonathan carl. president obama: who, jonathan carl, is that what you said? on criminal justice reform, obviously i gave a lengthy speech yesterday, this i have been thinking about a lot, first working eric holder and loretta lynch, we have been working on along with other prosecutors of the u.s. attorneys office, it's an outgrowth of the task force that we put together post-ferguson and the garner ase i

ryan. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. i want to change the subject a bit. earlier this year on a flight you said an matters of race as president your job is to close the remaining gaps left in state and federal government. now, how does criminal justice reform fit into that equation and what gaps remain for you in the -- towards the end of your presidency? also what does it mean to travel to kenya, your father's homeland in the next couple of weeks as president of the united states? lastly would you revoke the medal of freedom from bill cosby? >> you stuffed a lot in there, april. >> i learned from a colleague. >> what did you learn from? jonathan carl? is that what you said? [ laughter ] >> on criminal justice reform obviously i gave a lengthy speech yesterday. but i've been thinking a lot about, been working with eric holder and now with loretta lynch about -- we've been working on along with other prosecutors of the u.s. attorney's office. it's an outgrowth of the task force that we put together post ferguson and the garner case in new york. and i don't

as the search continued, police received a tip from the ryan's next door neighbor, larry lease. >> mr. lease said i think you might be interested in seeing my rental house. >> the rental house supposedly unoccupied at the time held a major piece of evidence. a sheathe that fit the ax used in the murders. >> we knew whoever had been in the lease house committed the murders of the ryan house. and in the closet, we found the small box, prison issued tobacco from chino institution for men. we checked with prison authorities, got names of any individuals that had escaped within the past week. all of the sudden, we had a suspect. kevin cooper. >> just two days before the murders, 25-year-old kevin cooper had escaped from the california institution for men. a prison just five miles from the ryan's home. police believed cooper hid at the lease house before killing the ryans and chris hughes. with cooper still at large, san bernardino county sheriff floyd tidwell took to the air waves. >> we have evidence in our possession that places, kevin cooper at the crime scene. and we have other evidenc

ryan. >> thank you mr. president. i want to change the subject a bit. earlier this year op the flight to selma you said as matters of race you said as president your job is to close the gaps left in state and federal government. now, how does criminal justice reform fit into that equation? and what gaps remain for you in the -- towards the end of your presidency presidency? and also, what does it mean to travel to kenya, your father's homeland in the next couple weeks as president of the united states? and lastly, would you revoke the medal of freedom for bill cosby? >> you stuffed a lot in there, april. >> i learned -- >> who'd you learn from? jonathan jonathan karl? is that what you said? on criminal justice reform obviously i gave a lengthy speech yesterday, but this i've been thinking about a lot and working with first eric holder and now loretta lynch we've been working with along with other prosecutors of the u.s. attorney's office. it's an outgrowth of the task force we put together post ferguson and the garner case in new york. and i don't think

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mr. pits. >> it is the benjamin ryan tillman monument and it is in the northeast corner of the state house grounds. >> okay. point sustained. >> next one is 52, mr. pitts. 52. >> mr. king again raise the point of order that it is outside of the signing of the dodd resolution. mr. pitts, why don't you tell me what this monument relates to and what it relates to. >> it is the piney monument and it is within the state grounds but not within the resolution. >> i'll sustain the point of order. >> 53. mr. pits, 53. >> mr. cob hunter raises the point of order that it is outside of the signing of the res lug. mr. pits tell me about this monument if you would. >> thank you mr. speaker. this particular monument happened to have been my first debate from the well as a freshman legislator when it was constructed. it is the law enforcement monument that recognizes the thin blue line. >> i'll sustain the point of order. clerk will read. >> 54. 54. >> mr. clerk. >> mrs. cob hunter raises the point of order this is outside of the scope of the resolution. what monument are re dealing with here mr. pits. >> thank y

ryan. >> thank you, mr. president. i want to change the subject a bit. earlier this year, on the flight to selma, you said on matters of race, as president, your job is to close remaining gaps that are left in state and federal government. now, how does criminal-justice reform fit into that equation, and what gaps remain for you in the -- towards the end of your presidency? and also, what does it mean to travel to kenya, your father's homeland, in the next couple weeks as president of the united states? and lastly, would you revoke the medal of freedom for bill cosby? president obama: you stuffed a lot in there, april. [laughter] you know what -- >> i learned from my colleagues. president obama: who'd you learn from? jonathan karl? is that what you said? [laughter] the -- on criminal-justice reform, obviously, i gave a lengthy speech yesterday, but this is something that i've been thinking about a lot, been working first with eric holder and now loretta lynch about -- we've been working along with other prosecutors of the -- the u.s. attorney's office. i

ryan. >> thank you, mr. president. i want to change the subject a bit. earlier this year, on the flight to selma, you said on matters of race, as president, your job is to close remaining gaps that are left in state and federal government. now, how does criminal-justice reform fit into that equation, and what gaps remain for you in the -- towards the end of your presidency? and also, what does it mean to travel to kenya, your father's homeland, in the next couple weeks as president of the united states? and lastly, would you revoke the medal of freedom for bill cosby? obama: you stuffed a lot in there, april. [laughter] you know what -- >> i learned from my colleagues. obama: who'd you learn from? jonathan karl? is that what you said? the -- on criminal-justice reform, obviously, i gave a lengthy speech yesterday, but this is something that i've been thinking about a lot, been working first with eric holder and now loretta lynch about -- we've been working along with other prosecutors of the -- the u.s. attorney's office. it's an outgrowth of the task fo

ryan. >> thank you, mr. president. i want to change the subject a bit. earlier this year on the flight to selma you said on matters of race as president your job is to close remaining gaps that are left in state and federal government. now how does criminal justice reform fit in to that equation and what gaps remain for you in the -- towards the end of your presidency. also, what does it mean to travel to kenya, your father's homeland, in the next couple of weeks as president of the united states? and lastly would you revoke the medal of freedom from bill cosby. >> you stuffed a lot in there, april. you know what? >> i learned from jonathan. >> who did you say you learned from? jonathan karl? on criminal justice reform obviously i gave a lengthy speech yesterday, but this is something i've been thinking about a lot been working first with eric holder now with loretta lynch about -- we've been working on along with other prosecutors of the u.s. attorney's office. it's an outgrowth of the task force that we put together post-ferguson and the garner case in

ryan. >> thank you, mr. president. i want to change the subject a bit. early this year on the flight to selma, you said as president your job is to close remaining gaps left in state and federal government. now, how does criminal justice reform fit into that equation? and what gaps remain for you in the, towards the end of your presidency? and also what does it mean to travel to kenya, your father's homeland in the next couple of weeks as president to the united states? and lastly would you invoke the medal of freedom for bill cosby? >> you stuffed a lot in there, april. you know what? >> i learned from the colleagues. >> who did you learn from? jonathan karl? is that what you said? the -- on criminal justice reform obviously, i gave a lengthy speech yesterday, but this is what i'm thinking a lot about, working with eric holder and now loretta lynch, we have been working on along with other prosecutors of the u.s. attorney's office. it's an outgrowth of the task force that we put together post-ferguson and the garner case in new york. and i don't think t

mr. trump said it is mccain who has not done right. joining us ryan i know everyone talks about how donald trump is playing by his open rules, he's not beholden to some establishment playbook. but aren't there third rails in politics and one of them maybe, isn't it questioning the heroism of a guy like john mccain in. >> yeah without a doubt that is the issue that prompted all his republican rivals to kind of finally step forward and condemn him. i think it's fair to ask that why -- >> except for cruz i should say. >> cruz's strategy seems to be, he want to be trump voters' second choice when trump inevitably flames out. who knows if that will happen. cruz praised mccain, but he did not condemn trump. that is how he sliced this. but going after john -- i come after this interview in john mccain's office, and one of the things he did after the interview is he gave me a little tour showed me the picture of when he was shot down out of the sky in the vietnamese were bringing him out of the lake and to the rifle butt. showed me the tell gram that confirme

ryan: i want to get over to guy in athens. what does this mean for the banks? guy: mr. draghi was at the meeting, and he briefed that the greek banks have until the end of the week. after that, some action is going to be needed. we find ourselves in a difficult situation in athens. cash is piling up in certain parts of the economy. supermarkets need to make deposits. other parts of the economy are being starved of cash. we still have the 60-euro limit in place. they are running out of money quickly. mario draghi is making that clear that may be why we have the sunday deadline. the banks are going to be front and center in this story. the economy is flat on its back. without a functioning monetary system, there is not much that can be done at this stage. it's interesting to listen to the language about the frowns and disappointment that came out of this meeting. you've got to remember that on sunday, mr. sippers felt he was on the front foot, that he was really in charge of the situation. he had a mandate from the greek people to take the brussels. that has turned out to

mr. trump said senator mccain hasn't done right by vets. gloria borger joins us. now, ryan i know everyone talks how donald trump is playing by his own rules, not beholden to establishment playbook. aren't there third rails in politics universal third rails. one of them may be or is it questioning the heroism of a guy like john mccain? >> yeah without a doubt. that is -- the issue that prompted all of this republican rivals to sort of finally step forward and condemn him. i do think it is fair to ask, you know why? >> except for ted cruz. >> ted cruz. ted cruz strategy he wants to be trump voters' second choice when trump inevitably flames out which a lot of people think will ham pen happen. cruz praised mccain but did not condemn trump. how he sliced this. you are right. going after john. i conducted this interview in john mccain's office. one thing he did after the interview that he does when you come to his office. gave me a tour. showed me the picture when he was -- shot down out of the sky in the vietnamese were bring him out of the lake and took a rifle butt and hit h

ryan: angela merkel is warning that time is running out for greece to stay in the euro and is pressing hard or mrras to come up with a viable plan at today's emergency summit. i am not sure you can call it an emergency summit since we've party has several with the same title. what is the wider german take. he joins us from berlin. reiner, thank you for joining us. i want to start with this perception that we all have that deep down inside the germans when they look at what is going on in greece, they say, they deserve it. is that an accurate view or are the germans going to be more sympathetic? reiner: i think the german citizens are very much afraid that greece could leave the monetary union. the opinion today is that today will be the last chance to find a sustainable solution. caroline: your union members they would prefer reason to remain within the eurozone? reiner: a huge majority would prefer that greece stays inside the monetary union because politically it would be very crucial situation, not only for germany, not only for greece, i think it would be a challenge for all of europe. they s

mr. mccain: will you ensure staff comply with dead ryan lines, including questions -- deadlines, includingquestions for the records and hearing? will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefings? will those witnesses be protected from reprisals for their testimony or briefings? do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee? do you agree to provide documents including copies of electronic forms of communications in a timely manner when requested by a duly constituted committee or to consult with the committee regarding the basis of any good-faith delay or denial in providing any such documents? welcome and please proceed. mr. richardson: thank you. i am honored and humbled to appear before you as the nominee to be our next chief of naval operations. i'm grateful for the confidence of president obama secretary carter and secretary may bills. i'd like to -- may advice. i'd like to begin by thanking admiral greenard and darlene for their service to our country for over 40 years, and especially for their role in leading our navy these past four years.

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mr. speaker, we need to balance security operations and economic impact here at home. finally, i would certainly like to thank chairman paul ryan of the ways and means committee and his staff for working to bring this important bill to the floor and ask unanimous consent to enter into the record an exchange of letters between the chairman of the committee on ways and means and the chairman of the committee on homeland security. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. miller: thank you, mr. speaker. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from michigan reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. vela: i rise in strong support of h.r. 998 the preclearance authorization act of 2015, and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time as he wishes to consume. mr. vela: thank you, mr. speaker this bill would authorize the secretary of homeland security to establish u.s. customs and border protection authorizations with 180 days notification that certain specified conditions exist. these conditions include tha

mr. robbie george is what is marriage? man and woman, a defense cited twice by justice alito. the author of a fourth coming book. available for preorder on amazon and will ship in a few weeks. ryan received his bachelor's from princeton university. he earned his doctorate where he also received his master's degree. terry is chief counsel of judicial crisis network has written and spoken on a number of issues. filed briefs in numerous high profile supreme court cases has testified before congress and regular contributor on national review on line. if you have any interest on the court you have probably read her materials or seen her on tv. previously a law clerk to clarence thomas and to u.s. district court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. graduate of harvard law school, duke university, holds a master's degree in linguistics and also married to the luckiest man in the world. me. please join me in welcoming our panelists. so we've read giant decision over 100 pages with dissents and i'm sure there are many take aways but i wanted to focus on three. what are the big take aways that you folks saw in terms of the law religious liberty and marriage culture? >> thanks for being here f