mr. smithi think the issue about leadership is irrelevant. it's a debate about whether britain should remain in what i consider a bureaucratic and inefficient european union, or whether it should leave the european union, and that is the sole point of the vote. leadership isout all really pointless, and the vote you have is the one in front of you. anna: yes, absolutely. we know what the vote is about, but in terms of leadership, it is no secret that this is something that has divided the party for many years. are you telling me that no matter what the result is, david cameron's seat is safe? mr. smith: i certainly believe categorically that he is the prime minister who was elected a year ago. whatever his own view is, his job at the end of the day is to listen to what the british people say and implement that, and i'm sure that is what he is making plans to do. minister, he called a referendum. there were always going to be passionate debates on this because it's a big issue, and on a big issu

mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 5452, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i'm happy to stand before you today as we consider h.r. 5452, the native american health savings improvement act, a bipartisan bill that makes common sense improvement to current rules surrounding health savings accounts and those who get care and native american services. anyone who a high deductible plan is able to make contributions to a health savings account, but under i.r.s. guidelines, anyone who has received services at a native american facility in the last three months is ineligible to participate at h.s.a. this could discourage people who receive treatment at native american health care facilities from participating in h.s.a.'s. h.s.a.'

i want to thank mr. smith who is always there for human rights. i want to thank chairman royce again for allowing this bill to come forward. and again making this a bipartisan concern. i've heard from colleagues and constituents again and again about grievous violations of human rights, that falun gong and other prisoners of conscience have endured at the hands of chinese authorities. we need to send a clear message that this sort of abuse is unacceptable. so again, i want to thank congresswoman ros-lehtinen for bringing our attention to this issue and bringing forward this measure. s that bill that everyone should vote for and i urge a yes vote and yield back the bance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is -- the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: the united states has receded sadly from our role as promoters of human rights internationally. o

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to ensure that our men and women in uniform have options on their menu when they seek nutrition in the cafeteria as they serve. ideologically motivated activists are working to take meat off the menu in institutions across the country. there's plenty of evidence of this and i hope that we can limit these efforts to ensure that our men and women in uniform have the choices of nutrition at their ready. at contains vitamins and nutrients not readily available in a plant-based diet. in fact, an energy supply to muscle cell and aids in recovery is only found in animal products. my amendment does not inhibit the ability of individual service members to pursue a vegetarian diet if they choose to. nor does it prohibit the armed services from meeting a dietary need of those who choose a vegetarian or vegan diet. all this amendment does is to ensure that there's also a meat option available. thank you, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his

mr. smith: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to thank you, again, for bringing this important bill to the floor. eliot engel for his leadership and mr. deutch and especially to mr. trott, the strategy oppose predatory organ trafficking act. this seeks to more effectively combat what is a growing manifestation of trafficking persons for the sole purpose of organ removal often for great profit for the traffickers. mr. trott's legislation requires the department of state to develop a robust strategy to combat this heinous practice. we've long heard rumors and horror stories of migrants held captive in sub-saharan africa and the peninsula and their bodies dumped because their families couldn't afford the ransom. 20 years ago i chaired a human rights hearing in my subcommittee where a chinese security official who testified that he and his other security agents were executing prisoners with doctors, of course, there in ambulances in order to steal their organs for transplant. since then, this horrific practice has skyrocketed.

we're going to enter as mr. smith. >> you get two for one. >> there you go. what's the talk? i don't know. but i want to go. >> where are you going to sit in the circle of talkers? >> i don't know. i don't know. i kind of want to try all the seats. >> that's going to be really cool. you're going to do great. it's going to be fun. >> i'm so nervous. but it will be fun. >> i can't wait to meet the ladies and i'm sure i'm going to get a lot of teasing calls after i'm done. >> just bring us back something. talk t-shirt or something. >> or night cream? >> i can do without that. a coffee mug? >> i wouldn't mind night cream. that would be nice. thank you. [ laughter ] >>> we'll get ken something, right? all right. here we go. take a look outdoors, we have the marine layer mix out of it. it's actually just as cool in the low 60s but it is not as foggy in san francisco. we have some mid- to high-level clouds right now moving in. 63 in the city. oakland 68. did you know that san francisco is drier than death valley in the summer? june, july and august death valley has a quarter inch of

basically what i watch mr. smith goes to washington my heart is judged. i feel a love for my country. we have to be rational about this and reach out to people who are willing to be rational. people have read this book and placed it who are secular liberals. that proves to me that i wanted to write this book for everybody. this is for reasonable people. they're always going to be people, think we have to understand the to argue with people on those fringes is to cost pearls before swine, we ought not to do it. we need to need to let them pick what they want. i would say that there are plenty of americans across the political spectrum, who would say yes, there's something here. there is something beautiful about teaching our kids the great stories of these heroes. there is in such a thing as a hero. we are not all bombed. there have been people who sacrifice their lives so that we can have what we have. we need to understand that not teaching that has harmed us. so we are not going to go back to 1920 but we have to really understand that we have failed, th

langechlt vin. >> appreciate the work you're doing, full committee level, mr. smith, ranking member and i agree with my chairman of the sub committee now, mr. wilson, that it's been an exercise in bipartisanship and deeply appreciate the work of the staff. secretary atkin, thank you for your testimony today. along with you, general mclaughlin and general moore. thank you for what you're doing on cyber and, again, being here today. general mclaughlin and general moore, as we have discussed this morning, the cyber guard home defense training exercise just concluded. i was very pleased to be able to attend that exercise. i very much enjoyed being able to witness the exercise take place in person. i was very impressed with what i saw. i wanted to thank you all for being such great hosts for that exercise. chairman wilson had asked, not surprisingly, we're on the same page. i wanted to know what your takeaways were from the exercise at the highest level. so, anything else you want to elaborate on lessons learned from the exercise, feel free. but i also would like to know

i do think that mr. smith goes to washington was a fairly accurate rendition of what mona fide one-man filibuster is. hegets recognized and says will keep the floor until he can no longer stand physically. we don't see that very often. that to me is what a filibuster is. practice, filibusters are not necessarily conducted by one individual. if the votes are not there for cloture, that means you have at least 41 senators who do not want a vote to occur on something. they can take turns holding the floor, in which case a filibuster doesn't have to be a lone wolf activity. it could be a concerted effort i 41 people, in which case holding the floor is not that difficult. they can hold the floor, go around the clock if they wish. bewonder senator will inconvenienced. the staff sits at the desk. it is difficult for them. them talk filibusters, in essence, would be a tech team of as many as 41 senators coming to the floor and taking turns. >> i presume people watching cloture means the vote to cut off debate. how hav

mrs. smith's eviction notice. mr. francisco: and -- justice breyer: mrs. smith, who, by the way, took me to lunch last week. [laughter] mr. francisco: and i completely agree, your honor, which is why in our proposed instruction - justice breyer: that won't do it. the one you just read won't do it. mr. francisco: well, and that's why in our proposed instructions, i think it needs to be tailored further to the facts of the case. so in our case we went on to say merely arranging a meeting, attending an event, hosting a reception, or making a speech are not standing alone "official acts." either you use it -- justice breyer: all right. so you use that. the key to the word in there is "merely." mr. francisco: yes, your honor. justice breyer: because sometimes it could. mr. francisco: yes, your honor. justice breyer: and somebody might have the embarrassing question, merely when it can or merely when it can't. give me a little enlightenment. mr. francisco: your honor, i think that the answer is, if the evidence shows that there was and i hate to go back to the wo

langechlt vin. >> appreciate the work you're doing, full committee level, mr. smith, ranking member and i agree with my chairman of the sub committee now, mr. wilson, that it's been an exercise in bipartisanship and deeply appreciate the work of the staff. secretary atkin, thank you for your testimony today. along with you, general mclaughlin and general moore. thank you for what you're doing on cyber and, again, being here today. general mclaughlin and general moore, as we have discussed this morning, the cyber guard home defense training exercise just concluded. i was very pleased to be able to attend that exercise. i very much enjoyed being able to witness the exercise take place in person. i was very impressed with what i saw. i wanted to thank you all for being such great hosts for that exercise. chairman wilson had asked, not surprisingly, we're on the same page. i wanted to know what your takeaways were from the exercise at the highest level. so, anything else you want to elaborate on lessons learned from the exercise, feel free. but i also would like to know

i do think that "mr. smith goes to washington" was a fairly accurate rendition of what a -- bonafide one-man filibuster is. a senator gets recognized at a time when there is no time limit for debate and says he will keep the floor until he can no longer stand physically. we don't see that very often. that to me is what a filibuster is. in current practice, filibusters are not necessarily conducted by one individual. if the votes are not there for cloture, that means you have at least 41 senators who do not want a vote to occur on something. and they can take turns holding the floor, in which case a filibuster doesn't have to be a lone wolf activity. it could be a concerted effort i -- by as many as 41 people, in which case holding the floor is not that difficult. they can hold the floor, go around the clock if they wish. no one particular senator will be inconvenienced that much. the stuff, of course, since there at the desk through the whole thing. it is difficult for them. the make them talk filibusters, whic

mr. smith: mr. speaker, first of all, i want to thank the gentleman from georgia, mr. loudermilk, for yielding me time. he's also the chairman of the science committee's oversight subcommittee and appreciate all the work he's done on this bill. h.r. 5049, the n.s.f. research facility reform act, is the second bill today that is part of majority leader mccarthy's innovation initiative. we appreciate all his efforts on this and other innovation bills which now total 17. this legislation addresses an issue about which the science committee has expressed concerns for the last two years, the national science foundation passed management of major research facility projects. the science committee seeks to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent on research in the national interest, not wasted on mismanagement and questionable cost. this bill achieves that goal. it addresses gaps in project oversight and management through solutions identified by the n.s.f. inspector general, auditors and outside review panel and the science committee's own oversight for a year and a half. last

mr. smith was 1 of 227 nabisco employees laid off in march of 2016 as a result of the company's plans to move part of the operations from chicago to mexico. these 227 individuals are the first of 600 nabisco employees expected to lose their jobs at the chicago plant. welcome, mr. smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. chairman and distinguished members. i had worked at 73rd and kedzie for more than 4 1/2 years at nabisco. on march 23rd of 2016, i was marched out with maybe a number of about 600 members, was marched out of nabisco on march 23rd of 2016. i had worked there for nearly five years and i am unemployed today because nabisco sent my job and the jobs of others, 500 people at the nabisco bakery to mexico, where workers earn in one week what i and my other laid-off co-workers have made in several hours. i live south of chicago and i have four children and five grandchildren. we attend the apostolic church in chicago and i'm a sunday school teacher there. i believe in america an

at this hour it is not clear whether they'll get mrs. smith out here or not. she hasn't been here yet. if she doesn't make it it won't be for lack of stamp licking. this is a political first, a political financed with trading stamps. >> the first woman who ran in a major party primary for president in this country was margaret smith. she's also the first woman ever elected to both the u.s. house and u.s. senate. she had been married to a member of congress from maine and she was elected to his house seat in a special election after he died. but thereafter on her own terms she was elected and reelected as a zillion times in her own name, both in the house and then in the senate before she decided in 1964 that she would make a pine erring run for president. look at this news reel. look at what they titled this piece about her. it wasn't a man throwing his hat in the ring, it's senator margaret smith so it's her bonnette in the ring. >> the senator makes the announcement she will seek the republican presidential nomination. >> because of these very reasons agains

mr. smith, you're recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman. i think it's important to note that the longer we wait to make changes, the more difficult it will get but just to clarify, you just said that social security is not fully funded. and yet we heard earlier and there was graph that suggests a surplus. that to me doesn't level. would you characterize that as a surplus? >> it's an accumulated surplus we have up to this point. we have $2.8 trillion iveavaila now. if we want to put our child through college for four years and we have enough money for the first year but not the ladder three, then we have a nice piece of money here ready to cover one year -- >> would you call that a surplus given the suggestion of obligation for a four-year degree? >> it's certainly a surplus where we have since the inception of the program, 1937, we have accumulated more tax revenue than we have paid out to date. looking at it as a pay as you go system, which it is, in that sense, we have a surplus. >> but perhaps a better approach would be to suggest that i

so i mentioned mr. smith doesn't go to washington. so it is part of the culture. the ivy league is the way people begin to see things and that the club you belong to is the people in the media, different teacher unions generally speaking those are the ideologues. your average american is not really there but over time it's affected america. i think read it tipping point. i i think were very close to the edge. so for me there is hope. i say say this with the level of desperation as well. it cannot go on. so there you have it. well thank you so much for coming. i appreciate it very much. so many of you come from out of town. thank you. [applause]. i appreciate that. what were going to do is let the party continue and you can hang around as long as you want. i will be signing books as long as there are people who want their books assigned to. i'm happy to do that just to hang out. please tell your friends about socrates in the city. please read the book, please if you don't want to read the book at least by several copies if you don't mind. we will leave it at that.

mrs. smith's eviction notice. and mrs. smith, who, by the way, took me to lunch last week. >> and i completely agree, your honor, which is why in our proposed instruction -- >> that won't do it. what you read won't do it. >> that's why i think it needs to be tailored further to the facts of the case. in our case, we went on to say merely arranging a meeting, attending an event hosting a reception or making a speech or not standing alone official acts -- >> so you use that, the key to the word in there is merely. >> yes, your honor. >> sometimes it could. >> yes, your honer. >> somebody might have the embarrassing question merely when it can or merely when it can't. give me a little enlightenment. >> i think the answer is if the evidence shows there was -- i hate to go back to the word that i know you don't like here, but if the evidence shows that there really wasn't an attempt to try to push the separate decisionmaker that you're supposedly trying to influence one way or another, but you really are just sending it over for

i do and i think many of my colleagues also do, sort of miss the opportunity for something of a mr. smithomes to washington moment, where you have the sole practitioner with the battered briefcase coming up and you get a good sense of what his practice is like and his understanding of what the court is like. and they often do a very good job. but it is just so hard these days. you do have to spend months focused on the supreme court case. and it is hard for a sole practitioner to do that. and it is -- to that extent, i think it is disappointing. you lose a little bit of the color and the texture of an argument when it is in the -- the same people. but we benefit a great deal from having experts before us. >> chief justice john roberts spoke in west virginia and also talked about diversity on the court. see his full comments tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> c-span washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. on thursday, we're live in laredo, texas, on the u.s.-mexico border to talk about trade issues affecting the region and the country. san antoni

mrs. smith's eviction notice, took me to lunch last week. >> i agree. >> the one you just read won't it. >hy in our proposed instructions it needs to be oflored further to the facts the case. we went on to say in our case erely arranging a meeting or making a speech are not standing alone official acts. the key to the word in there is merely. >> yes, your honor. because sometimes skid. >> yes, your honor. >> and somebody might have the merely sing question when it can or merely when it can't give me a little enlightenment. your honor, i think that the shows is if the evidence and i hate to go back to the word i know you don't like here that the evidence shows there really wasn't an attempt to try to push the separate that you're r supposedly trying to influence one way or another but you just sending it over for a meeting and that independent decision maker is independent judgment, then you haven't that line. he's concerned about is with intent to influence action.ficial we can hardly fault the district words this court used. >> i agree, your honor. very good t was a attempting to define i

mrs. stephen smith, and patricia lawford. his brother-in-law stephen smith his sister-in-law mrs.as 42 years old. >> that night, from this building, nbc chet huntley reported to a grieving nation. >> senator kennedy's body was taken to the airport. at 1:28 a plane took off bearing the body. as the great jet headed toward new york, the final votes were coming from from remote account prs, swelling the count that senator won the election, tasted briefly, the satisfying fruits of achievements and lost his life. >> bobby kennedy, juan said that bobby kennedy managed to say something. bobby asked? is everybody okay? he told him yes. he said, everything is going to be okay. those were bobby kennedy's last words. the funeral was on this very day, june 8, 1968. senator ted kennedy, who began life with three older brothers now had none. his brother was killed in combat. his brother jack was assassinated in 1968, just a thousand 36 days into his presidency. then, five years after president kennedy's assassination, ted kennedy stepped on to the alter at st. patrick's cathederal to say farewe

mr. larson: from washington state, our leader on the armed ervices committee, adam smith. mr. smith: can't say it better than those who have said it before, but we're talking about common sense. two thing, eright of this house to vote, which too often has been thwarted by this majority on issue after issue, not allowing us to vote. win the -- if they vote, they win the vote but it would at least allow democracy to work. on gun control they haven't allowed it. the second thing is basic common sense. i've heard about people in rural areas say they own guns. we're not talking about taking away guns from everyone. clinton that president would take away everyone's guns, but my constituents still have guns. we heard about the ba ma administration he'd take away guns, but eight years later, still have guns. we should have universal background checks so if you are legally barred from buying a gun, you don't. it's very simple and straightforward. we don't have that, but we have all kinds of loopholes to allow people to buy guns. the second piece is, if you are considered a threat to thi

when i watch "mr. smith goes to washington" i feel a love for my country. we have to be rational and reach out to people who are willing to be rational. people have read this book and praised it who are secular liberals, and that proves to me that i wanted to write this book for everybody. this is for reasonable people. and so they're always going to be the people -- we have to understand that to argue with people on those fringes is to cast pearls before swine. we ought not to do if. we ought not to -- just let them think what they want. would submit to you there are plenty of americans across the political spectrum who would say, yes, there's something here. there's something beautiful about teaching our kids the great stories of the heros. there is such a thing as a hero. we're not all bums. people have sacrificed their lives so we can have what we have, and we need to understand that, not teaching that has harmed us, and so we're not going book to 1920 but we have to really understand that we have failed, things have not gone will and i'm convinced ther

mr. smith, you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, mr. goss, for your presence here today. i think it's important to note that the longer we wait to make changes, the more difficult it will get. but just to clarify, you just said that social security is not fully funded. and yet we heard earlier, and there was a graph up there that suggests that there's a surplus. i mean, that to me does not level. would you characterize that as a surplus? >> well, it's an accumulated surplus we've had up to this point. we do have $2.8 trillion available now. i hesitate to sort of try an analogy, but if we want to put our child through college for four years and we have enough money to pay for the first year and not the latter three, then we do have a nice piece of money here, that would cover one year. >> would you call that a surplus? given the suggestion of obligation for a four-year degree. >> it's certainly a surplus in the sense that in that case, and certainly in this case, where we have since the inessenti essein program, we have collected more ta

i interviewed mrs. smith also.ing to have a lump in your throat because of the passion there. the thing she is asking for, you would think hillary would say ok, let's talk. >> the thing that outraged me where she was told she couldn't have an explanation because she is not next of kin. if it is not your mom, who ousted next of kin. charles: between this in the e-mail scandal that doesn't seem to go away. let's not forget, she's been a multi-decade track record. >> that's a point for voters. charles: she's had a lot of gates. investment dates. >> you are quite right. this is the issue. single or issue above all others that are her biggest challenge will be her biggest challenge in november. the question of integrity ms. overhang and especially donald trump who like him or hate him people say at least he speaks his mind. which is the opposite of how she is perceived. charles: to vote for someone you don't trust. here is a general that took charge in the katrina crisis. why many say they need a leader like him to take

mr. smith, you're regnized. >> thank you mr. chairman.hink it's important to note that the longer we wait to make changes, the more difficult it will get but just to clarify, you just said that social security is not fully funded. and yet we heard earlier and there was graph that suggests a surplus. that to me doesn't level. would you characterize that as a surplus? >> it's an accumulated surplus we have up to this point. we have $2.8 trillion iveavaila now. if we want to put our child through college for four years and we have enough money for the first year but not the ladder three, then we have a nice piece of money here ready to cover one year -- >> would you call that a surplus given the suggestion of obligation for a four-year degree? >> it's certainly a surplus where we have since the inception of the program, 1937, we have accumulated more tax revenue than we have paid out to date. looking at it as a pay as you go system, which it is, in that sense, we have a surplus. >> but perhaps a better approach would be to suggest that it's

said all that, i know i do, and i think many colleagues do, miss the opportunity for something of mr. smith comes to washington moment where you have the soul practitioner with the beat up brief case and you get a sense of his practice and understanding of what the court is like and they often do a very good job but it is hard these days. you have to spend months focused on the supreme court case and it is hard for a sole practitioner to do that. it is disappointing and leaves a little color and texture of an argument when it is the same people. we benefit a great deal from having experts before us. >> i remember a comment justice powell would make. he would come back and say they don't even know our names and they would be calling one justice by the name of another justice. at least with the repeat players they will get the names right. >> you would have thought so but in our last case a mistake happened and justice ginsberg waw referred to as justice o'connor by a repeat player. so -- was -- sometimes people ask what advice i have for advocates and i always say don't use their names. >> t

>> the chair recognizes mr. smith from texas for five minutes.mith: i did not know if you're giving more time or not. , let me direct my first questions to you. i have particular interest in the subject of overstay her's. i introduced a law -- i introduced the bill that has not been fully implemented. year i think the administration deported about ers. visa overstay her' the fewest of any year in this administration? let me to you what the figures are and ask you the question again. this administration removed 10,400 and 2011, 1600 to 12. 2500 in 2015. the fewest number ever deported by this administration in one year. i would like to go to the overall figure. we heard estimates as to the percentage of people in the country here illegally being overstayers. let's take 10 million people in the country illegally, half are here because they are in illegal status. 5 million people now in illegal status because they are visa .ver stayers one 20th of 1%. that sounds to me like an extension of the administration's amnesty program. why are you not priori

smith, your colleague, says, hmm, maybe, what do you say to mr. smith. >> i respectfully disagree.nd play in the kareem abdul-jabbar and kobe bryant when you have that right at home in your backyard. you just said he was "trainwreck." well, he did that being in cleveland. he's become a mogul being on the east coast where he's won the eastern conference championship six straight years. you don't now uproot your family to go to los angeles and, by the way, he said that he watched "godfather" till he was challenged on it. he couldn't remember a line. he couldn't remember his favorite part and worse case scenario you got to remember the part with the horse head in the bed. that is classic material. >> of course. you can't ask about the movie when you're partying in vegas. no one will remember anything. >> give the guy a break. he was a little bit busy there, jalen. i'm with you, though. i think hometown hero, i mean, look at what he has done for the city of cleveland. i agree with you 100%, jalen. >> why leave now an you can shoot a movie anywhere and come back home. jalen, rebecca, st

having said all that i know i do in my colleagues miss the opportunity for something of a mr. smithgoes to washington moment where you have the sole practitioner with the battered briefcase coming up and you get a good sense of what his practices like in his understanding of what the court was like. they often do a good job. you do have to spend months focused on the supreme court case and it's hard for a sole practitioner to do that. and for that extent it is disappointing.disappointing. you lose a little bit of the color and texture of an argument, although we benefit a great deal from having experts before us. >> watch that event tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. and here with congress out this week we are featuring book tv in prime time beginning at 8:00 o'clock. tonight 2016 pulitzer prize finalists and winners including authors any jacobson, tj stiles, tomas coats, and joby warrick. >> c-span washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. on thursday we are live in laredo texas on the us-mexico border to talk about tr

the chair recognizes mr. smith from texas for five minutes. >> okay. thank you, madam chairwoman. dn't know if you were giving him more time or not. let me direct my first questions to you mr. healey . i have a particular interest in overstayers, in 1996 i introduced a bill that became law that has not been fully implemented. and if that law had been implemented i think we would have done a lot to address the problem of visa overstayers. last year, i think the administration deported about 2,500 visa over stayers, is that and accurate? and is that the fewest number of any year under this >> administration? >> i'd have to check and get back to you i'm not sure. >> let me tell you what the figures are and ask you the question again. this administration removed 12,500 in '09. 11,210, 10400. 2011, 6,800, 42 in 2013. 3,500 in 214. 2,500, 2015. this is, in fact the fewest number ever deported by this administration in one year. i'd like to go to the overall figure. we've hurt estimates of people who are here as visa overstayers, let's take 50%. let's take 10 million people in the country

iving said all that, i think and many of my colleagues sort of miss the opportunity of a "mr. smith comes to washington" moment where you have a sole practitioner with a battered shares what his practice is like and his understanding of what the court is like. and they often do a very good job. but it is just so hard. you for months focus on a supreme court case. to that extent, i think it is disappointing them. you lose a little bit of the color and texture of an argument when it is the same people. although, we benefit a great deal from having experts before us. judge wilkinson: yes, it is less and less if a ceramic chores. i remember one of the comments justice powell had made. they don't even know our names. and they would be calling one justice the name of another justice. [laughter] at least with the repeat players, they are going to get the names right. chief justice roberts: you would have thought so, but our last case, a mistake happened. was referred to as justice o'connor. [laughter] by a repeat player. sometimes people ask what advice i have for advocates and i always sa

i do and i think many of my colleagues also do, sort of miss the opportunity for something of a mr. smith comes to washington moment. where you have the sole practitioners with the battered brief case and you have a good sense of what his practice is like and his understanding of what the court is like. they often do a very good job. it's just so hard these days. you have to spend months focused on the supreme court case. it's hard for a sole practitioner to do that. and it is -- to that extent i think it's disappointing. you lose a little bit of the color of the -- and texture of an argument when it's the same people. although, we benefit a great deal from having experts before us. >> chief justice john roberts spoke at the green briar resort in west virginia. he also talked about diversity on the court. see his full comments tonight at 8:00 eastern on c span. >>> i think the day we are to catch up with the 20th century. we've been the invisible half of the congress the past seven years. we've watched our house colleagues with interest, at least i have with interest. the tv coverage of m

i think many of my colleagues also do miss the opportunity for something of a, you know, mr. smith comes to washington moment where you have the sole practicer with the battered briefcase coming up and you get a good sense of what his practice is like and his understanding of what the court is like and they often do a very good job, but it is just so hard these days. you do have to spend months focused on the supreme court case and it is hard for a sole practicer to do that and it is, to that extent, i think it is disappointing. you lose a little bit of the color of and texture of the argument when it is the same people. although we benefit a great deal from having experts before us. >> i think today, we catch up with the 20th century. we've been the invisible half of the congress for the past seven years. we've watched our house colleagues with interest, at least i have with interest, and the tv coverage members of our colleagues in the house. >> today as the u.s. senate comes out of the communications dark ages, we create another historic moment in the relationship between congre

mr. smith: i ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating them on their remarkable 80 years of marriage. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek wreck? >> mr. speaker, -- the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany h.r. 5538, a bill making appropriations for the department of the interior, environment, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2017, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the union calendar and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 21, points of order are reserved. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. or in which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. record votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognit

i think, i knew i do i think many of my colleagues do, submit the opportunity for something of a mr. smith comes to washington moment where you have a sole practitioner with a battered briefcase coming up and you get a good sense of what his practice is like and this understanding of what the court is like, and they often do a very good job but it's just so hard these days. you do have to spend months focus on supreme court cases and start for a sole practitioner to do that. and it is to that extent i think it is discipline to use a little bit of the color of the competition of an argument when it is missing people. although we benefit a great deal from having experts before us. >> watch that event with justice robert tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span your and your on c-span2 with congress out of this week we are featuring of tv in prime time beginning at eight. tonight, 2016 pulitzer prize finalists and winners. watch booktv in prime time tonight at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> madam presidenmadame secretay give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states.

and mrs. smitharning that they're not -- >> who they say they are. >> mama wants to cuddle. >> help! >> how many of you worked together before this move. zach, you and jon knew each other a long time. >> i worked with you. >> okay. >> did you just now realize that? >> didn't we have a scene together? >> trust me, i remember you very well. >> i did his tv show "bored to death." >> i'm following natalie jones. >> hello, karen. >> so, gal, who are your characters? deep in the world of espionage. >> we're two spies. we're married and we come to the cul-de-sac and we are on a mission and we end up hooking up with them and then -- >> swinging with the joneses. >> sorry. >> here's the thing about trust, once it's gone, bad things can happen. >> as hunky leading men go, how does zach do? >> zach is my favorite. >> i'll take that one. >> as far as leading hunky men on a scale from 1 to 10. >> way up there? >> .5. >> before i let you guys go, people who watched your career, jon, know how funny you are. >> if