mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to make two quick points. first to the point mr. blumenauer made about how we're planning on recapitalizing our entire nuclear arsenal. we've had a robust debate about how much is that going to cost over 10, 25, 30 years. i have some sympathy for the argument mr. rogers made, it's going to be difficult to estimate how much it's going to cost over 25 or 30 years, but i do know that if we are talking about recapitalizing our entire nuclear arsenal, all of the submarines, all the icbm's a new bomber, it's going to cost a lot. i don't know if it's $1.2 trillion or $2 trillion or whatever it is, it is going to be enormously expensive. and at a time when we face a multiplicity of threats from russia, from north korea, where missile defense is critical, i do not believe this is the best investment of our money to get caught up in the cold war in the battle against russia and their nuclear weapons and making sure we can counter every possible scenario. it is not an efficient use of mon

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself five minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i want to thank the chairman, first of all, for his hard work on this bill. and all the mens of the committee and the staff -- members of the committee and the staff. this is a bill we've passed for 55 straight years. t.s.a. long and complicated bill -- it is a long and complicated bill that sets the defense and national security policy for our country. and there is a lot of good work that has gone into this bill. again, i thank the members for doing that. they recognize the complex threat environment that the chairman correctly described. and we are attempting to address it as best we can in this very difficult environment. i think the thing that is most difficult, that i really want to emphasize, is what the chairman said in the middle of his remarks. that over the past six years, we have had one government shutdown, a number of continuing resolutions, several threatened government shutdowns, and the unp

mr. smith. mr. smith, no. mr. lewis. mr. lewis, no. mr. bergman. mr. bergman, no. mr. faso. mr.faso, no. mr. smuker. mr. smuker, no. mr. gase. mr. gase, no. mr. arrington. mr. arrington, no. mr. ferguson. mr. ferguson, no. mr. yarmouth. aye. ms. lee. ms. lujan grisham. mulujan grisham, aye. mr. molten. mr. molten, aye. mr. jeffries. mr. higgins. mr. higgins, aye. ms. delbene. ms. deelbene, aye. mr. boyle, aye. mr. cona, aye. ms. jayapal, aye. mr. carbajal, aye. ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee, aye. ms. schakowsky, aye. madam chairman. >> no. >> madam chairman, no. >> clerk will call the roll. excuse me, are there any members who wish to vote or change their vote? if not, mr. jeffries. >> mr. jeffries, aye. >> the clerk shall report. >> madam chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 13 and the noes are 21. >> the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. >> the committee will now vote on the amendment offered by mr. boyle. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. >> amendment number three offered by representative boyle. >> clerk will call the roll. >> mr. akita. mr. akita,

mr. smith: mr. courtney, you ready to go? i yield three minutes to the gentleman from from connecticut and the ranking member on the subcommittee on sea power and projection forces. mr. courtney: thank you to mr. smith for yielding and compliments and chairman thornberry and the two of you have collaborated to keep this undertaking on schedule. a trunk indicated schedule and you. kudo to both of and i rise in strong support of the 2018 ndaa. and i served with chairman whitman who is in his first term. but in our deliberations was the buildup of our navy fleet. in december of last year, the prior navy secretary, who served in the prior administration laid out the requirement for increasing the navy's fleet from 308 ships to 355. in january of 2015, they got us on a construction path to get us to a larger fleet. and time is of the essence in growing the navy. and that was why so many of us were surprised on may 23 and disappointed when the white house sent over a 308 budget. i'm proud to say that on a bipartisan basis we have d

[applause] >> mr. smith? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all the people the chairman thanked, the want to single out a few in particular. jeannette, fantastic job of working with the minority staff. you solved a ton of issues. the reason we got done as soon as we did was because of the issues you resolved and the staff went back and forth. you did a fantastic job of leading the effort. i want to thank paul on my staff for participating to make it happen. on one issue that some of you worked on we do not have to say a word about it. into the path my day. -- it took up half my day. i want to thank them for their outstanding work in cooperation as we argued over four or five different words. finally got the right words and i think we solved the issue positively. it was a fine example of bipartisan cooperation. and lastly, the entire staff. none better. outstanding. thank you for all your great work. [applause] we have six minutes to finish. jim recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson for the purpose of a motion

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself five minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i want to thank the chairman, first of all, for his hard work on this bill. and all the mens of the committee and the staff -- members of the committee and the staff. this is a bill we've passed for 55 straight years. t.s.a. long and complicated bill -- it is a long and complicated bill that sets the defense and national security policy for our country. and there is a lot of good work that has gone into this bill. again, i thank the members for doing that. they recognize the complex threat environment that the chairman correctly described. and we are attempting to address it as best we can in this very difficult environment. i think the thing that is most difficult, that i really want to emphasize, is what the chairman said in the middle of his remarks. that over the past six years, we have had one government shutdown, a number of continuing resolutions, several threatened government shutdowns, and the unp

thornberry, and the gentleman from washington, mr. smith, will each control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: thank you, mr. chairman. at this time i'm pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from mr. a, a combat veteran, mass. the chair: the gentleman is ecognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today because veteran suicide is an epidemic. nearly every week i hear from a veteran who is thinking about taking their own life, maybe walking into their garage, turning on their car and never coming out. that's why i introduced the oath of exit and why i urge you to pass this bill as part of the national defense authorization act. the bill creates a voluntary separation oath for members of the armed forces with the specific aim of reducing veteran suicide and the idea for this bill came from friends of mine who have struggled with suicidal thoughts since leaving the military. mr. mast: people like my friend boone, people that have actually been there on the edge. i think we all know that throughout our lives, the most importa

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. m pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from in in, mr. nolan. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for two minutes. chairman, r. members of the house, my first amendment simply declares that authorized in ds -- to be appropriated in this deploy be used to members of the armed forces to participate in the ongoing civil war in yemen. passing this amendment we ensure that no hero, no patriot in u.s. military uniform will put in harm's way in a conflict that can only be ttled by the parties involved. my second amendment simply cuts so-called any friendly rebels in iraq or yria who make a mockery of our misusing tions by merican arms and resources and far too many instances using them against us. it's time to put a stop to it, time to stop investing in america, the american people so i urge the adoption of these amendments en bloc. i thank you, mr. chairman. i would only add that the president in his last campaign had a message that we need to embrace and i think

mr. smith: thank you. i am pleased now to yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from new york, mr. maloney. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute and a half. mr. maloney: i would note the gentleman from california, perhaps memory mebs of their family are suppose to decide on their future medical care. it relates to them. i stand in strong opposition to the hartzler amendment. no one in the pentagon has called for this. we know right know secretary of defense mat cisrunning a review of this issue. he doesn't need to be micro managed by members of this body to advance their own agendas. until last night all of us have worked in good faith across the aisle to keep this important defense bill free from political booby traps and land mines. but if you're feeling deja vu, well, don't worry, i am too. you may remember that i stood here last year and fought against a similar amendment. again, to the defense bill. that amendment would have allowed federal contractors to fire lgbt w

mr. smith. mr. smith, no. mr. lewis. mr. lewis, no. mr. bergman. mr. bergman, no. mr. faso. mr. faso, no. mr. smuker. mr. smuker, no. mr. gase. mr. gase, no. mr. arrington. mr. arrington, no. mr. ferguson. mr. ferguson, no. mr. yarmouth. aye. ms. lee. ms. lujan grisham. ms. lujan grisham, aye. mr. molten. mr. molten, aye. mr. jeffries. mr. higgins. mr. higgins, aye. ms. delbene. ms. delbene, aye. mr. boyle, aye. mr. cona, aye. ms. jayapal, aye. mr. carbajal, aye. ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee, aye. ms. schakowsky, aye. madam chairman. >> no. >> madam chairman, no. >> clerk will call the roll. excuse me, are there any members who wish to vote or change their vote? if not, mr. jeffries. >> mr. jeffries, aye. >> the clerk shall report. >> madam chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 13 and the noes are 21. >> the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. >> the committee will now vote on the amendment offered by mr. boyle. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. >> amendment number three offered by representative boyle. >> clerk will call the roll. >> mr. akita. mr. akita

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to yield four minutes to the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the chair: the gentlelady is ecognized. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman from washington, thank him for his leadership, and the gentleman from texas for their -- making their way through a very, very prnt action on behalf of the american people and that is the defense authorization. i thank them for the amendments that were made en bloc and i hope to speak quickly about these important amendments. i'm very grateful, over the years i have consistently introduced the triple negative breast cancer amendment because of the many women in the united states military who benefit from the research necessary so my amendment authorizes, encourages increased collaboration between the d.o.d. and national institutes of health regarding combating triple negative breast cancer. it does have a particular impact on african-american women but it impacts white women, hispanic women and others as well. this is a se

he confirms e-mails win by mr. smithnd one of his associates show that his small group considered mr. flynn and his consulting company, flynn intel group, to be allies. we are joined by a reporter who wrote that story. okay. walk us through this, because you got a couple things here i want to try to pin down here t. name michael flynn comes up. the idea of a republican political consultant not formally a part of trump campaign and the idea of stolen e-mails and contacts with the russians. what exactly do you know here? >> we know smith launched this over labor day weekend officially, before that the campaign was entering the home stretch. he theorized that hackers had obtained access to secretary clinton's private e-mail server and likely pulled e-mails she claimed she delete. he believed they would reveal information about malfeasance of the clinton foundation and her role in the benghazi attacks. he had no everyday of where that would be the case, he suspected she was deleting those to cover up something ne narrious. >

mr. smith: mr. speaker, if donald trump jr. were a democrat, the media would be defending him for doing what every campaign does, conducting opposition research. the media would be praising him for ending a meeting when it became obvious there was no evidence to backup an informant's allegations. the media would be pointing out that many countries' leaders openly supported barack obama for president, including those from the united kingdom, france, sweden, and nicaragua. maybe the real crime is the media's double standard. in their irrational obsession with dedee stroig the trump president -- with destroying the trump presidency, they have forgotten journalism's profound responsibility to be fair and objective. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a, rule 1, the chair declares that the house is in recess until approximately 4:45 p.m. today. a score of the bill is expected this week, we'll bring you any update thopes c-span networks. >> tonight on "the communicators," private sector it's something that can improve your

mr. smith and the gentlelady from california, for introducing this strong bipartisan bill and i thank the other seven committees of referral for the input and assistance they provided on portions of the bill within their jurisdiction. h.r. 2200 is a critical contribution to the cause of human freedom, the cause of human dignity. and it deserves our unanimous support. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from california, ms. bass is recognized. ms. bass: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise today in support of h.r. 2200, a bill to re-authorize 130 million in current appropriated funds in order to continue over the next four years critical and necessary work to fight sex and labor trafficking. this bill builds upon the remarkable work of the original human trafficking bills. i want to thank my colleagues, chairman royce and especially chairman chris smith, for his pioneering leadership. despite g

number two, that smith supported mr. during the presidential transition to establish relations with russian officials. third example from the report, smith offered to make introductions to mr. flynn's son who worked as chief of staff in his father's company and that smith was helping flynn's son. now the journal's reporting to be specific does not define the role flynn held to find the hacked clinton e-mails, but it does detail for the first time these specifics we just described in part to the watershed accusations against the trump campaign of collusion to influence the election. don't expect public congressional testimony, though, from mr. smith himself. mr. smith died at 81 years old on may 14th. that was about ten days after his "wall street journal" interview. joining us now is former fbi senior agent and terra maller, spokesperson and senior policy adviser for the counterextremism project and former c.i.a. military intelligence. what do you make of this report that came from the "wall street journal," these connect

mr. smithn his communication with people he was trying to bring into this project and his communication with people about this effort he was making to contact russian hackers repeatedly referenced mike flynn who was then a senior adviser to the trump campaign as somebody he was working with and in communication with on this effort. now that's not been confirmed. it was said by smith apparently. flynn is not commenting in reaction to these -- in reaction to these new reports. but just right now "the wall street journal" has just posted this. and they say that in addition to saying that he was in contact with mike flynn in this effort, again, to work with russian hackers to get information on hillary clinton, mr. smith also circulated a document that listed not just flynn, but also steve bannon, kellyanne conway, and sam clovis, who was low profile but important policy adviser to the trump campaign. he is now senior adviser at the agriculture department. in addition to flynn, bannon, conway and c

he was putting together this effort to contact the russian hackers, to get some of what they got, mr. smithdly implied and told people that he was working with mike flynn in that effort and that he was in frequent communication with mike flynn. mike flynn at that time was a senior adviser to the trump campaign. now, tonight "the wall street journal" has added to their story. just moments ago they have published this news, saying that peter smith didn't just tell people he was working with and in communication with mike flynn in his effort to contact the russian hackers and get their e-mails from hillary clinton. he also said in a document that he prepared to recruit people to help into his effort, he also, according to "the wall street journal," said that he was working, quote, in coordination to the extent permitted as an independent expenditure with not just mike flynn but also steve bannon, kellyanne conway, and sam clovis, who is a policy adviser to now president trump. joining us now is investigative reporter michael isikoff. he's chief investigative correspondent at yahoo news. he wro

mr. smith: the same poll also found americans trust president trump more than the media. it's no surprise that americans do not trust the media. the media have stopped reporting and started attacking. as the federalist david noted in recent article, news organizations have become obsessed with fighting the president rather than covering him, end quote. a harvard study recently found 80% of the news coverage of president trump in his first 100 days in office was negative, a new unfortunate record. the media is so fixated on attacking the president they rush to print unfounded stories using a single anonymous source. last month three cnn employees resigned for their role in a botched trump-russia story. the debacle revealed the media's insatiable appetite to print any storery, no matter how groundless it is critical of the president. the liberal media should stop fighting the president and start covering his presidency in a fair and unbiased manner. then they will regain the trust of the american people. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kans

. >> jada's 63-year-old mom and her rock hard abs are a tough act to follow, but mrs. smith't doing too badly herself. the mom of two is still as beautiful as when we first met her in 1991. >> i have good genes, don't i? >> jada credits a diet high in protein and greens for keeping that youthful glow, but we think there's something going on at the smith household. check out hubby will 20 years ago. he's in makeup and a fake mustache to look older, but he looks the same now. one thing we do know about these two, they gush about each other all the time. listen to jada talk about will's new gig as the genie in disney's remake. >> geeny of the lamp! >> this is perfect for you because you always create magic. >> jada is poised to create some box office magic of her own. her new movie "girls trip" is getting a lot of buzz, but it's not exactly a family movie. >> because she drinks! >> willow is too young. she said, mom, i want to go. not tonight. not tonight. you better go to the movies and sneak in like you supposed to. >> those of you who are old enough, go see this movie. it st

mr. smith talked to the journal about this in may and ten days after that interview on may 15th he died at the age of 81 and we had known that before tonight. tonight the chicago tribune reported that peter smith's death was in fact a suicide. in a hotel room near the mayo clinic in rod chester, minnesota. he reportedly left behind a note that said no foul play whatsoever was involved in his death. the tribune cited a quote recent bad turn in health since january 2017 and timing related to life insurance as the reasons he stated for why he took his own life. now because this apparent suicide happened so close to the interview with "the wall street journal" that shane harris had with peter smith, we actually reached out to shane harris to get his reaction to this news and find out if he had any sense this might be coming. shane harris told us tonight, quote, i had no indication when we spoke that he was either ill or contemplating taking his own life. as i said earlier in the show, the manner of

i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. chairman on africa, global health, global human rights and international organizations. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two miss. mr. smith: i want to thank you for sponsoring this important bill. this brings stiff and timely sanctions against iran, russia and north korea. the administration was absolutely right in early february to put iran on notice regarding its continued testing of ballistic missiles. this bill underscores that warning by imposing expanded sanctions against iran's missile program, demonstrating that the united states will not sit idly by as iran augments its ability to blackmail united states, israel and its allies. -- our allies. as the world's largest sponsor of terrorism, it imposes sanctions on the irgc. it very importantly as well imposes sanctions on individuals responsible for iran's human rights abuses. the state department suggests there are as many as 800 political prisoners in iran alone. it also reminds us and d

mr. smith: i am very pleased to support h.r. 3219, the make america secure appropriations act of 2018, especially because it includes h.r. 3266, which provides appropriations for the energy programs within the science committee's jurisdiction. chairman simpson, who is on the floor behind me, has worked closely with us on the science committee to include responsible, pro-science funding levels for the department of energy. chairman simpson, your leadership and cooperation have been exceptional and are much appreciated. thank you for your leadership in passing this legislation that sets america on a path to remain the world's leader in innovation. the appropriations included in this legislation are consistent with the america competes re-authorization act which passed the house last congress. this bill also funds programs authorized in h.r. 589, the d.o.e. research and innovation act, which passed this year and which was the project over three years in the science committee which set clear scienc

we all remember the iconic movie, mr. smith goes to stewarton, where jimmy stands and reads from phonebooks and calls the attention of the american people to what he thought was wrong. c-spanreat programs like and all of the national newscasts we have today, never in the history of the republic can an individual member of the senate call the imagination of the american people to an issue like today. if you have a physical filibuster where it member of the united states senate has to actually come to the floor and further debate through the filibuster, i think that would be amazing and a way to preserve this tradition. what has happened with the filibuster is instead of being what it was originally intended to do, a tool used to further and enrich the base, it is now off.as a tool to cut it a member files the sheet of paper and the senator files a sheet of paper, and the issue goes away, unless you can get someone to break the filibuster. that is not how it was originally intended and i think the compromise would allow us to pro

mr. smith: i am very pleased to support h.r. 3219, the make america secure appropriations act of 2018, especially because it includes h.r. 3266, which provides appropriations for the energy programs within the science committee's jurisdiction. chairman simpson, who is on the floor behind me, has worked closely with us on the science committee to include responsible, pro-science funding levels for the department of energy. chairman simpson, your leadership and cooperation have been exceptional and are much appreciated. thank you for your leadership in passing this legislation that sets america on a path to remain the world's leader in innovation. the appropriations included in this legislation are consistent with the america competes re-authorization act which passed the house last congress. this bill also funds programs authorized in h.r. 589, the d.o.e. research and innovation act, which passed this year and which was the project over three years in the science committee which set clear scienc

jones they use mr. smith to do the same thing. this idea of targeted sanctions sound good.ut in terms of the stated objectives, that is to say change the behavior of the target regime. i do not expect them to be effective in this case. eric: what do you think would be effective? john: you have to be much, much tougher. russian interference with our elect is unacceptable. the way to prevent it in the future is to make it clear if they ever try anything like that again they will pay a much greater price. eric: you are talk about cutting off the banks from the international monetary system, trade. really getting at the heart of oil and what is propping up putin? john: right. this is why targeted sanctions are so appealing. they don't have and adverse effects on the american economy, but they don't have an adverse effect on russia's either it's a delusion. eric: what messages are there whether he will seen it. the white house said he's going to sign it. do you think this questions the collusion narrative or was he forced to do something he may not basically in his heart not wan

go back to mr. smith goes to washington.ibuster used to be something you had to go to the floor and speak about it. if you are passionate, you could do it. that was proper. we could get back to that again today. where we are actually at today is where a senator can say he is filibustering and then go to a dinner. that is not the purpose of the rule. it frustrates the process and people don't understand it and it is not a part of the constitution. it is an integral. the president is starting to discern what we all in the house of known for a long time which is that the senate rules are broken and need to be fixed. about october 1 and a government shutdown and what will determine if we get a government shutdown? >> the media loves to put clocks on the tv. i've seen nothing at all here in the last several weeks -- keep in mind that is the separation of the division of labor here that secretary mnuchin has been leading. gary cohn together working on taxes and i've been working on funding for the fiscal year 2018 which begins oct

and mrs. smith." >> jimmy: what is that film about? seal. and it's really kind of a -- it's a comedy, and it's drama. and there's amazing kind of flying stuff in there. we -- you know, both aviators. we did our own flying. but characters outrageous in just outrageous. it takes place in the '70s and the '80s. it is a wild story. it's wild. wild. >> jimmy: speaking of a wild ride, "the mummy," was fantastic. i recommend imax to go see it. i mean, either way, go see it in theaters. but it was like -- it's a giant film. >> thank you. >> jimmy: and you do one of these scenes in there, it's a a zero gravity. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and you're just kind of floating around in the back, and wrestling, and flipping -- this is my acting. this is what -- [ laughter ] this is why i don't -- this is why i don't get cast in any movies. like it's the mummy! it's the mummy, it's the mummy! [ light laughter ] that's why i'm a better audience than i am an actor. [ light laughter ] [ talking over each other ] yeah, they're coming at me and scaring me, yeah. bu

unfortunately, mr. smith won't be a witness in this case. >> right. >> final question for you. robert mueller has hired a whole bunch of extra folks form office. they've been getting scrutiny about who they donated to. i wonder if this was a thing happened in the watergate process. the reporting requirements hadn't been passed because they were passed as a result of watergate. but if there was scrutiny with the office you were working with. >> absolutely. as you recall the prosecutor, was the solicitor general. always a claim that he was hiring kennedy democrats even though there were a number of kennedy democrats. even though robert mueller. if you're in any way an interested citizen, you'll be either a republican or a democrat. the idea that this is something horrible that half the people might be democrats, that are prosecutors on bob mueller's staff is ludicrous. it is the exact sail charges that we heard during the time when archie cox was pointed. the same criticism. all relating back to ted kennedy. it all started after the saturday night massacre. cox was fired and leon

talk to steve smith, the president and ceo of equinix, and find out more how the company is doing mr. smithlcome to "mad money. >> good to be here, jim. thanks for having me >> so you know we have all the data center reitz on, and i need you to describe why equinix is different from some of the others >> equinix is a company that's been around about 18 years and accumulated almost 10,000 customers and today almost 180 data centers across 44 of the biggest markets in the year and 22 of the most prominent countries of the world so we have accumulated capability to enable companies to deploy their server infrastructure, and their networking gear all over the world and we can interconnect them to their partners, the cloud providers, anybody they need to interconnect to, to run their i.t. needs anywhere in the world. >> so let's talk about interconnection, because i know it's a factor that makes you stand out. so what would be a customer who wants to talk to other customers that can use equinix and would not get the same service from others >> it's a great question, jim. the business model start

we will now turn to mr. smith. as most of you know russia has been in violation. >> i hate to do this to you. call up the amendment. >> the amendment will be sent to everybody. >> this has to do with the intermediate. it's part of a larger bill that i have two try t tried to countt russia is doing to threaten us. i know we are having a larger discussion about how to best deal with a violation of the treaty and i think the sanctions are an option we should put on the table but for the purposes of the promise i will withdraw. >> do you have something? you aryou are recognized for yor amendment. i am going to offer and withdrawal this amendment. this particular decision on that standard interceptors until the cause of the test failure is identified. when it was released the system was an important component of the defense against ballistic missile threats. the development was japan with shared funding and engineering responsibilities as a model cooperation and something the department needs to be doing a lot more of.

made aware of the situation, we were able to rapidly come to a solution that was acceptable to mrs. smithrniture and refunded her the money. >> i was very delighted and surprised that i got help. never done anything like this before. >> karen got her previous living room furniture from la-z-boy, too. the company thanked her for her loyalty. >>> now, i want to hear from you. my hotline is open weekdays 10:00 to 2:00. the number 415-954-8151. of course, always reach me through facebook or through our web page at abc7news.com. >> good job, michael. tha thanks. >>> all right. how does your garden grow? today students with special needs learned about horticult e horticulture. taught how to plant seeds and maintain existing plants and gardens. this is the start of a week-long program. the class is already full. there are hopes to expachnd thi into a year-long program for the upcoming school year. >>> dozens of lucky kids in san francisco had an experience today that some baseball players work a career to achieve. they got to take the field at at&t park. it was part of a youth baseball camp spon

made aware of the situation, we were able to rapidly come to a solution that was acceptable to mrs. smithicks up her furniture and refunded her the money. >> i was very delighted and surprised i got help. i have never done anything like this before. >> karen bought her previous furniture from la-z-boy as well. the company thanked her for her loyalty. i'm michael finney. 7 on urside. >> look at this magnificent sight in northeastern france. 433 hot air balloons were launched as part of the air balloons festival in france. they're meant to help set a world record for the most balloons launched at once. the event has taken place every year since 1989. it's considered the largest hot air balloon event on the continent. >>> still to come on abc7 mornings, why one woman is turning her old police officuni toys to help kids taupe with dramatic situations. >> and residents of a arizona suburb are banding together to try to rid their neighborhood of a ptentially deadly insect. you brush your teeth diligently... two times a day right? but 80% of bacteria aren't even on teeth. eughty purschunt?! colg

mr. smith's top desk drawer. >> reporter: he says teachers are asking to be armed. >> many on the statese addressed it, and so it's time for pennsylvania to step up and look at this esche. >> reporter: nine other states would allow school workers to carry guns on campus. if they're licensed. >> putting guns in the hands of teachers is a bad idea. keeper of the state education state association says the teachers union opposes the bill. >> we have because they're liberals. they'll protect that position before they protect their membership. what are they arguing now. >> this is not what teachers are trained to do and not their primary responsibility to police school buildings. they're job is to educate children. >> reporter: not only are we putting one more undue burden on our teachers, disrespecting our police officers. >> reporter: that didn't host stop philadelphia senator sharif street from adding this amendment. >> it says any participating teachers must n local police any schools with at least one carrying worker must n parents. local hospitals need to be put on notice as well and any

and not to get too conspiratorial he did that news conference in miami, the same place that this mr. smith was in florida. your thoughts? >> this is what winning at all costs looks like and it's about winning in a personal capacity. it's not about winning for the united states of america, and this is the problem when national security is set aside for the advantage of a particular individual who wants to win public office. this is a fundamental divide that we are seeing not just last year, during the election season, but that russia has been trying to manipulate, and take advantage of with the trump family for almost a decade, ever since the collapse of the soviet union, the sell-off of russian assets, businesspeople around the world have seen this as an opportunity for them to make money and trump is essentially like a russian oligarch. this is why you see lots of images of the trump family in russia, building business interest, developing these networks and connections with putin and his team, and unfortunately, with the election of the united states, they had to pay back, and that's wha

i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. chairman on africa, global health, global human rights and international organizations. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two miss. mr. smith: i want to thank you for sponsoring this important bill. this brings stiff and timely sanctions against iran, russia and north korea. the administration was absolutely right in early february to put iran on notice regarding its continued testing of ballistic missiles. this bill underscores that warning by imposing expanded sanctions against iran's missile program, demonstrating that the united states will not sit idly by as iran augments its ability to blackmail united states, israel and its allies. -- our allies. as the world's largest sponsor of terrorism, it imposes sanctions on the irgc. it very importantly as well imposes sanctions on individuals responsible for iran's human rights abuses. the state department suggests there are as many as 800 political prisoners in iran alone. it also reminds us and d

mr. adrian smith from nebraska. lynn jenkins from kansas and kenny marshall from texas. that i will yield to the gentlemen from michigan. >> thank you very much. >> mr. thompson is next to me, a veteran member of this institution. and brian higgins, we welcome you back, doubly. and others will be coming. we have votes at 2:15 i think, so, i guess each of us will make a brief opening. >> we will. >> i yield back, thank you. >> thank you, mr. levin. i look forward to working with members. >> -- has arrived. we were just introducing ourselves. >> i'll tell you that i look forward to working together, as we have talked about before. i'd like to recognize our staff, and i will recognize mr. levin to do so on his side of the aisle. first on the republican side, staff director emily murray. behind me, who is joined by our professional staff of lisa ghraibert, nick uleki, stephanie parks and alyssa halisi, and also down on the end there or legislative assistant taylor trot. and my personal staff whitney daff ner and abbey finn. mr. levin, you're recognized. >> amy all heads up ou

. >> the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith, is now recognized. >> thank you, chairman black. and thank you for your hard work and dedication over the last several months for this budget. the american people are tired of business as usual. and last year they sent this message to washington loud and clear. well, this budget certainly isn't business as usual. with this budget, we begin rebuilding our military. we bring balance in ten years by reducing spending and calling for common sense reforms to government and welfare programs. we are moving forward with the largest cut to mandatory spending in 20 years. the american people want us to change the culture in washington. our country is $20 trillion in debt and projected to be $30 trillion in debt by 2027. everyone in this room knows these numbers. everyone in this room knows we can't tax our way out of the problem. there is no question our current fiscal state weakens this nation. we have to take action now to get our spending under control, to promote economic growth and to remove the government regulations that are holding am

made aware of the situation, we were able to rapidly come to a solution that was acceptable to mrs. smithrefunded her the money. >> i was very delighted and surprised that i got help. never done anything like this before. >> karen got her previous living room furniture from la-z-boy, too. the company thanked her for her loyalty. >>> now, i want to hear from you. my hotline is open weekdays 10:00 to 2:00. the number 415-954-8151. of course, always reach me through facebook or through our web page at abc7news.com. >> good job, michael. tha thanks. >>> all right. how does your garden grow? today students with special needs learned about horticult e horticulture. taught how to plant seeds and maintain existing plants and gardens. this is the start of a week-long program. the class is already full. there are hopes to expachnd thi into a year-long program for the upcoming school year. >>> dozens of lucky kids in san francisco had an experience today that some baseball players work a career to achieve. they got to take the field at at&t park. it was part of a youth baseball camp sponsored by the

and mrs. smith. anything you want. but in that circle not the thing this is the insulting thing about somebody else. very much like one shakespeare celebration board out of a million. let me say 10 million to make the point stronger. do you see? that's where you can't express yourself. and then i said them, why do you do that? they said because the purpose of a trademark is identify a source. it's not to get people into extraneous arguments. what this will do is it will get people into extraneous arguments, losing or diluting the forces of a program that seeks to use a trademark to identify a source. now, that's what i got out of my answer to the last question on the other side, and i would like to know what you think. >> actually, i think the government position is -- >> i don't care what their position is. i want to know what you think in respect to the question i'm asking. >> i think with the government is trying to do is simply encourage commercial actors to conduct business in such a way as to not insult customers