mr. scott was stopped by a north charleston police officer for having a broken tail light. what ensued was caught on video for the entire world to see. mr. scott began to run from the officer, who shot him repeatedly in the back, tragically ending his life. we were betrayed by one of our own. the vast, vast majority of police officers in this nation are honorable men and women. they keep us safe. but unfortunately what happened in north charleston on april 4th was not a unique event in america today. what happened after was. in the face of overwhelming video evidence that something had gone terribly wrong, south instead we focused on justice and progress. justice for walter scott and his family. progress for our state. that focus meant everything to south carolina. and it began with the scott family. they started the calming of our community. their words and actions allowed south carolina the chance to right this wrong the best we could. without the influence of outsiders. their response drove

two months after mr. scott was senselessly killed, i stood with his family and signed into law the first body camera built in america. i was proud to stand with the scott family that day. i am proud to recognize mr. walter scott senior, his wife, judy, and their son and thank you for your graciousness in a time of unimaginable sorrow. south carolina will forever grieve the loss of your son. and be forever grateful to you and your family for helping us learn from your tragedy. grow from it, and take action to make sure, to the best of our abilities, it never happens again. south carolina was devastated by man-made tragedies in 2015. as if that wasn't enough, last year it saw the biggest natural disaster our state had endured, in hurricane hugo. conducted emergency tabletop exercises that allow us to go through disaster situations in real time. each year, we work to improve our planning and preparations. the disaster we always thought we were prepared for was a hurricane. thankfully, that hurricane has not come t

and just two months after mr. scott was senselessly killed, i stood with his family and signed into law the first body camera bill in america. i was proud to stand with the scott family that day. i am proud to recognize mr. walter scott senior, his wife judy and a son and with us tonight. >>[applause] your graciousness in a time of unimaginable sorrow. south . >> thank you for your graciousness in a time of inae rr. south carolina will forever grieve the loss of your son, and be forever grateful to you and your family for helping us learn from your tragedy, grow from it, and take action to make sure to the best of our ability it never happens again. south carolina was devastated by man-made tragedies in 2015. as if that wasn't enough, last year also saw the biggest natural disaster our state had starting my first year in office we have conducted emergency tabletop exercises that allow us to go to disaster situations in real time. h year we work to improve our planning and our preparation. the disaster we always thought

mr. scott. mr. scott: gentlemen, thank you for being here. i know we've talked about syria and other parts of the world outsdz the u.s. i want to go back to the u.s. for a couple of minutes. you said the f.b.i. has over 800 open investigations in this country. >> 900. mr. scott: 900. i'm honestly surprised it's not even higher than that with what we've seen. do we know what percentage of those investigations are u.s. citizens and what percent abbling are not u.s. citizens? >> i think congress map, the vast majority are u.s. citizens. mr. scott: the vast majority are u.s. citizens of of those who are not u.s. citizens, do we know how they got to the united states, whether refugee or visa or what gaps -- did they come across the border illegally? mr. morrell: i just don't that data. mr. scott: these are things i think we should follow up and try to find what the commonalities are of those who seem to desire to be a part of that organization. the other thing that there seems to be uniform agreemen

and just two months after mr. scott was killed, i stood with his family and signed into law the first body camera bill in america. i was proud to stand with the scott family that day. i am proud to recognize mr. walter scott senior, his wife judy and their son and daughter- [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you for your graciousness in a time of unimaginable sorry. soututcarolina will forever grieve the loss of your son. and be forever grateful to you and your family for helping us learn from your tragedy, grow from it and take action to make sure to the best of our ability it never happens again. south carolina was devastated by man made tragedies in 2015. as if that wasn't enough last year also saw the biggest natural disaster our state has starting my first year in office we conducted exercises that allow us to go through disaster situations in real time. each year we work to improve our planning planning and our preparation. the disaster we always thought we were prepared for was a hurricane. thankfully that hurrican

mr. scott: i like that. mr. rubio: in a free enterprise economy, if there's poverty, it's because there's been an impediment to allow free enterprise to work in people's lives. we face a lot of those impediments in the 21st century and that's what the block granting of the opportunity fund, the flex fund, is designed to eliminate. for example, if you're a child born into a broken family in an unstable home in dangerous neighborhood, in substandard housing, in a school that's failing in your community, where the people on the street corners are drug dealers, are not good role molds, you have six strikes against you. unless something dramatic ham happens to shake up that dynamic, statistics say you are going to struggle to get ahead. and so we need to be focusing our assistance on breaking that model. and i don't think you're ever going to get that from the federal government. there's no wait federal government can decline innovative and creative programs in a one-size-fits-all approach that fits the entire countr

speaker, i yield the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3231, the federal intern protection act. this bill would amend title 5 of the u.s. code to extend protections against discrimination and harassment to unpaid interns who work at federal agencies. the bill would define an intern as someone who performs uncompensated voluntary service at an agency, to earn credit rewarded by an educational institution or to learn a trade or occupation. internships are often the first real entry into a profession, yet unpaid interns are not expressly protected from the discriminatory practices prohibited by the civil rights act of 1964, the age discrimination and employment act, the rehabilitation act, and other laws in regulation -- and regulations. this bill would remedy this problem and extend those workplace protections to unpaid interns who may be vulnerable to egregious tre

rebuttal 3 minutes for the appellant. >> john gold man gold man architect i understand what about scott and mrduffy was saying it is not an unreasonable planning space from the planning department has a policy of george all decks and stair it should be written and scott and in the depth 17 years i've been practicing in the city 35 years when i recent or was doing decks i can't prove this but early residential the planning department counted decks and stairs i can't figure out why it is not clarified in the code no reason it can't be clearly written in the planning code it is not clear now so you know the first part of section sacramento was reading we read it to it didn't talk about the - this is where walls are defined for the purposes of section and walls are defined as portions of a building a lane established by mount portion of the building 50 percent the width and two stories high not that many decks requirements but when we meet the requirement their major structures and definitely effect the mid block open space so it not unreasonable between the phases of the adjacent building with th

mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker, for yielding. the house will take another vote, the 62nd, to trying to destroy the affordable care act. more specifically, we must vote on a budget reconciliation package that if enacted would take away health care access to millions of americans. is isn't a new exercise in addition to the 61 unproductive votes, lawsuits have been brought in court with the goal of trying to destroy the progress we've made and we've made progress. improving a system that didn't work for american families before the affordable care act. since the enactment of the law, over 17 million uninsured americans have gained insurance. young people can stay on their parents' policies until age 26. health care costs are growing re slowly today than in past decades. annual checkups are not subject to deductibles. an insurance company can't charge you more for just being a woman. if you're in the process of closing the prescription drug doughnut hole and if you want to change jobs, start a business, start a family, you have healt

. >> we will now go to mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman.s to demolition of obsolete buildings. how many buildings may be currently have or are considered obsolete? >> i will have to take that for the record. for the total maybe, i do not know that. mary or lou, do you know for your particular installation? >> i can tell you this fiscal year and thinking-- i think oceanic has been i fact-- a factor in identifying some needs , but we have demolition money best year of about over $2 million and we have some facilities about i think seven that will be demoed and those are not large facilities. those encompass a variety of things that will help create some efficiencies and how we operate on the installation. >> i know you are taking it for the record, but i would also like to know how me word demolished last year. is seems to me a tremendous amount of money could be saved if we were more aggressive and disposal of properties that we know are obsolete rather than maintaining. >> i will get you that number, but you are correct. in a pressurized fi

mr. scott: -- mr. johnson: i'd like to say how much i appreciate the gentleman's bipartisan work on this issue and i look forward to working with you on this issue as well as other issues of joint concern like criminal justice reform and restoration of voting rights act. with that, i yield back. mr. murphy: i thank the gentleman, i look forward to workinging to, working with our friends on the other side of the aisle, getting back to getting things done for the american people. i ask unanimous consent to withdraw this amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: without objection the amendment is withdrawn. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. chaffetz: mr. chairman, i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the chair: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on

mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker, for yielding. the house will take another vote, the 62nd, to trying to destroy the affordable care act. more specifically, we must vote on a budget reconciliation package that if enacted would take away health care access to millions of americans. is isn't a new exercise in addition to the 61 unproductive votes, lawsuits have been brought in court with the goal of trying to destroy the progress we've made and we've made progress. improving a system that didn't work for american families before the affordable care act. since the enactment of the law, over 17 million uninsured americans have gained insurance. young people can stay on their parents' policies until age 26. health care costs are growing re slowly today than in past decades. annual checkups are not subject to deductibles. an insurance company can't charge you more for just being a woman. if you're in the process of closing the prescription drug doughnut hole and if you want to change jobs, start a business, start a family, you have healt

thank you, mr. scott. we'll now go to mr. peters. >> i want to give my special greetings to admiral smith. san diego sends our warm greetings to you and kiki. just speaking of my hometown, we've been battered through this el nino storm by amazing records of levels of rain and weather patterns. we had a tornado warning in central san diego for the first time that anyone can remember. it occurs to me that there's always challenges in all the waterside properties that you have, but i wonder if you feel like where we need to be with respect to storm water and maintenance in the face of these kind of extreme weather events, if there's anything we should be doing together to help you with that kind of -- these kind of sudden, unexpected weather events that we seem to be seeing? >> thank you, sir. i'll ask the skipper at oceania about that. you're talking our utility systems and storm system or steam plants or energy or electricity. that's an yash that's neglected over the years and so we now have a process where we rack and stack t

. >> very exciting episode today as we get to sit down with mr. scott kaplan who once visited the statue of liberty in 1992. let's have a listen. so, scott, thanks for coming on "monumental." >> thanks for having me, adam. >> so, put me in the driver's seat here. you get off the ferry. >> mm-hmm. >> you set foot inside the statue of liberty and what do you see? >> well, i mean, the first thing you notice is, is the steps. >> mmm. the steps, right, right. for those of you who aren't familiar, there are steps. >> and, and, and, more than just five or six of them, adam. there were hundreds, if not thousands of steps. >> absolutely incredible. and now, these steps, they were going up? is that correct? >> yes, yes, yes, up, up, yes, >> fascinating. and could they also be used to go down? >> pardon? umm, down? >> yes, the statue steps? >> oh, well, it's just this once, a while ago, but if i, i believe so. i do think they were dual direction steps. >> seth: fascinating. and you know i don't know if you caught this, can we take another look at that website. tha

mr. scott: i too want to thank you for your work on this issue. certainly one of the most passionate people i've seen on this issue in my years. i was thinking about what i might say, my wife sent me a text and to follow up on what mr. roskam was saying, she asked me if i could face time. so i stepped in the room and i face timed with my wife and our beautiful little 10-month-old daughter. and in 1973, state of the art technology was the walky-talky. i can't help but believe that the court ruling would be totally different if a 3-d ultrasound picture like i got to see of my baby when she was 20 weeks old were put on the screen and a judge got the opportunity to say, what do you call that? five fingers, five toes, eyes, ears, lips, nose, you can see them, you can see the hair, the technology, technology is continuing to prove what many of us in this country have known all along. and that is that life begins at conception. and that god has given value to each and every single life. i just want to take one more minute to say thank you to the men and

thank you, mr. scott. we'll now go to mr. peters. >> i want to give my special greetings to admiral smith. san diego sends our warm greetings to you and kiki. just speaking of my hometown, we've been battered through this el nino storm by amazing records of levels of rain and weather patterns. we had a tornado warning in central san diego for the first time that anyone can remember. it occurs to me that there's always challenges in all the waterside properties that you have, but i wonder if you feel like where we need to be with respect to storm water and maintenance in the face of these kind of extreme weather events, if there's anything we should be doing together to help you with that kind of -- these kind of sudden, unexpected weather events that we seem to be seeing? >> thank you, sir. i'll ask the skipper at oceania about that. you're talking our utility systems and storm system or steam plants or energy or electricity. that's an yash that's neglected over the years and so we now have a process where we rack and stack t

mr. sanchez. >> thank you scott sanchez planning department. >> be brief and correct the record i think when the permit holder i i don't we don't have problems with that permit that is properly issued we have problems with the issues raised in the appellant brief one of the issues this will be requiring a demolition permit there's no understanding the 317 when a project is subject to 317 their rome part the building and it is actually still treated as a altercation by the building inspection so planning department has a 39 demolitions and have additional demolition existence in article 10. preservation matter so this is not the best system and not the place to deal with that the issue was raised on the property think clifford that project i don't know all the details i pulled it up now obtained a document under 317, demolish something that is defective as dry rot not counting towards the calculations there was a permit that was submitted and not something that flew under the radar but the appellant put up under the overhead i think the permit was properly issued the permit holder didn't show a b

scott: mr. christie, so often states are referred to as the laboratories for democracy.an you talk to us about what you think are the answers for government and dispel the notion that the federal government has all the answers for poverty? i think moststie: people in the world are looking at our federal government, understanding that they cannot even do the basic things right, let alone things that are more complex. in reaction to what ben said, the first time i went about poverty was from both of my parents. my mom was the product of a single mother. she was the oldest child in that family. my grandfather was gone. my grandmother had to take three buses every day to go to work here at my mother had to raise her two younger siblings. they were abjectly poor, to the point where my grandmother would , for christmas, recycle the gift that she had given the year before. they had nothing. my father, the same way. his father died of cancer when my father was 15 years old and left my grandmother. in those days, there were not some of the supports that are available today. my gr

he fired eight times as mr. scott ran from a traffic stop. the officer's trial is scheduled for october 31st. he will have to remain under house arrest until then it. are disappointed in the judge's decision to grant bond. >> okay, medical marijuana in new york state. for some they say finally. this is actually happening, rosanna. >> set to officially launch on thursday. columbia care in union square is one of five companies licensed to grow marijuana in new york and it is expected to open its despens is ary on thursday. other dispensaries expected to hope in murray hill, the bronx and queens later this month. you need a doctor's note. >> i imagine so. medical marijuana you can't sign up for that for yourself. chik-fil-a, delicious chicken sandwiches, controversial ownership. they were in the south. store opened up in new york. >> in herald square. opened up three months ago. was hit by six health care violations. everything from fruit flies to temperature control. the chain is known for friday chicken sandwiches and waffle fries. more popula

mr. scott: thank you, mrs. watson coleman. there's a growing bipartisan understanding that in order for our nation's children, especially those in low income communities to fulfill their potential and succeed in college and career that we must expand access to affordable, high quality, early learning opportunities. decades of research, decades of research shows that -- shows that properly nurturing children in early years of life supports enhanced brain development, cognitive functioning and emotional and physical health. research has also shown that one investment that leads to better educational outcomes, stronger job earnings, is quality early learning programs. these programs prevent and debts of low ment income student and create long-term benefits to our nation, such as lower crime rates, lower teen pregnancy rates and higher high school graduation rates. yesterday i atnded -- attended a screening of the documentary "raise og of -- raising of america" which explains the challenges working families have in raising childre

mr. scott: i too want to thank you for your work on this issue. certainly one of the most passionate people i've seen on this issue in my years. i was thinking about what i might say, my wife sent me a text and to follow up on what mr. roskam was saying, she asked me if i could face time. so i stepped in the room and i face timed with my wife and our beautiful little 10-month-old daughter. and in 1973, state of the art technology was the walky-talky. i can't help but believe that the court ruling would be totally different if a 3-d ultrasound picture like i got to see of my baby when she was 20 weeks old were put on the screen and a judge got the opportunity to say, what do you call that? five fingers, five toes, eyes, ears, lips, nose, you can see them, you can see the hair, the technology, technology is continuing to prove what many of us in this country have known all along. and that is that life begins at conception. and that god has given value to each and every single life. i just want to take one more minute to say thank you to the men and

mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentleman from new york and the gentlelady from ohio for roaringing -- for organizing tonight's special order, to focus on the toll that gun violence has taken on communities across america and especially the disportion ath impact -- disproposition at impact it has -- disproposition ath impact it hases had on people of color. rather than do what they say is celebrate the problem, i want to talk about solutions. last tuesday, the president announced an executive -- announced the executive actions that his administration will take to prevent gun violence. i commend the president for taking this action in light of the current congressional leadership's refusal to responsibly address this epidemic. these executive actions will ensure stronger enforcement of current laws and will reduce the number of lives lost to gun violence to begin with. the president's executive actions will narrow the show and internet loophole, by actually enforcing licensing requirements for gun

so, i want to thank-- >> thank you, mrs. scott. next speaker, please. >> hi. my son went to private and public school here in san francisco. this past may, he graduated from eight elite university in new york city. but in the past april, he was returning in a car home, being dropped off when he was yanked and pulled out of that car i sfpd and i think myself if they banged his head one more time or pulled a gun on him. i could be marriott with his mother. i don't really have anything prepared, but what you guys did move me to tears. because what my son has in common with marriott was, he still young man of color. the aclu has filed a lawsuit on his behalf, and i want to thank you because i spent so many leukocytes and agree for all biscuits but for the first time since this incident has happened i felt proud to live in san francisco with what you have done today, that you have stepped up. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hi. i'm speaking to the board of supervisors, but also to everyone here, the public, and i just want to say that it

[applause] senator scott: i believe in miracles. mr. scarborough: that would be a miracle. senator scott: we shall see. mr. scarborough: your story is extraordinary. it's a story that unfortunately my party, your party has not heard enough about. talk about the challenges that the republican party has reaching out to the truly disadvantaged. it feels like we are not listening and we don't care and we don't have solutions. kemp'are not enough jack s in our midst. senator scott: we need to do a better job of articulating conservative principles more. the reason i am compassionate about it is because i've seen it firsthand. i was flunking out as a freshman. a conservative mentor ran the local chick-fil-a. he comes into my life and teaches me about entrepreneurship and dreaming the american dream. not just owning a home but being an employer. all that resonated in me and helped to focus and harness my energy in a positive way. what we need to do is get out of car ande, get into our walk into neighborhoods where they are desperate for help. -- what we found is that if you're desp

mr. scott: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank you for yielding. mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to h.r. 1927, the so-called fairness in class action litigation act. in 2013, judge poser in of the seventh circuit court of appeals spoke critically of the commonality and damages requirement found in this bill in butler case. he said the fact that damages are not identical across all class members should not preclude class certification otherwise defendants would be able to escape liability for rtious harms of enormous magnitude. so as not to be remedyable in individual suits. the court found such a requirement would strike a stake through the heart of the class action device. furthermore, mr. chair, the bill includes the so-called fact act which would have a devastating impact on workers exposed to asbestos. in the last few decades, thousands of workers in my district have been -- developed asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma because of's bests to exposure that occurred between the 1940's and 1970's. this exposure was inflicted upon many victims

so, i want to thank-- >> thank you, mrs. scott. next speaker, please. >> hi. my son went to private and public school here in san francisco. this past may, he graduated from eight elite university in new york city. but in the past april, he was returning in a car home, being dropped off when he was yanked and pulled out of that car i sfpd and i think myself if they banged his head one more time or pulled a gun on him. i could be marriott with his mother. i don't really have anything prepared, but what you guys did move me to tears. because what my son has in common with marriott was, he still young man of color. the aclu has filed a lawsuit on his behalf, and i want to thank you because i spent so many leukocytes and agree for all biscuits but for the first time since this incident has happened i felt proud to live in san francisco with what you have done today, that you have stepped up. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hi. i'm speaking to the board of supervisors, but also to everyone here, the public, and i just want to say that it

so, i want to thank-- >> thank you, mrs. scott. next speaker, please. >> hi. my son went to private and public school here in san francisco. this past may, he graduated from eight elite university in new york city. but in the past april, he was returning in a car home, being dropped off when he was yanked and pulled out of that car i sfpd and i think myself if they banged his head one more time or pulled a gun on him. i could be marriott with his mother. i don't really have anything prepared, but what you guys did move me to tears. because what my son has in common with marriott was, he still young man of color. the aclu has filed a lawsuit on his behalf, and i want to thank you because i spent so many leukocytes and agree for all biscuits but for the first time since this incident has happened i felt proud to live in san francisco with what you have done today, that you have stepped up. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hi. i'm speaking to the board of supervisors, but also to everyone here, the public, and i just want to say that it