mr. smith: thank you. it's a great honor to be here. it's always an honor to be here for csis. they know pretty much everything. it's good to have someone around here that knows everything so you can ask questions and learn and it's a very, very complicated world and it's a little bit unsettling. this is the first time in i don't know how long i've been before a group of people when we actually have a budget deal. normally that sort of dominates all my thoughts. we don't know how much money we will have so what are we going to do? the only caveat is we will have that money for two years. eventually you do get a debt and a deficit that are so high that you're put in a very, very bad place. and that is going to happen. i can't say when exactly, but when that happens all aspects of government and the military will not be excluded will have to figure out how do we live with a lot less money than we knott we were going to have? nd -- than we thought we were going to have? and that's the conversation

mr. smith: i do. the pressure is on the labour party.bour party has been deeply unclear about what their position is. they won some votes by saying they were leaving the customs union and the single market. lots of clear information about that. now i hear they were with michel barnier, telling him they might stay in the customs union. there are labour mp's who want to stick to their manifesto commitment to leave the customs union and single market. they are hugely in many northern seats, but they are very critical to labour. they have voted to support government policy on key moments. francine: please come back. he is conservative mp and former party leader with our own london bureau chief david merrick. from brexit to banking, mediobanca has joined the lenders aiming to pay out 40% full-year earnings. that is after it posted second-quarter profit that beat estimates. how confident is mediobanca about the path i had? joining us is the chief executive from . thank you for joining us this morning. we have a massive short from ray dalia, sh

mr. smith: mr. speaker, house intelligence report found shocking abuse of surveillance y the f.b.i. the premiere law enforcement agency of the federal government wrongly took sides in a presidential campaign. report confirms that f.b.i. officials sought to influence the 2016 election. unsubstaniated opposition research paid for by the clinton campaign was wrongly used as a basis to wiretap a trump campaign official. justice department and f.b.i. employees were trying to influence the outcome of the presidential election. to borrow a phrase from intelligence committee chairman nunes, this quote happens justice department and f.b.i. employees were trying to influence the in banana republics, end quote. it should never happen in a democracy. it would be understandable if the president and attorney general wanted to clean house and ask everyone to resign who used a political file compiled by the clinton campaign as a basis to spy on an innocent american citizen who is with the trump campaign. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman

mr. smith: i thank my good friend for yielding. i rise in strong support of the hamas human shield prevention act authored by joe wilson and we are grateful he has brought this important legislation to the floor. h.r. 3542 is a critical and commonsense measure that addresses hamas' practice of endangering civilian lives for the sake of its terror campaign against the state of israel. many independent observers attest to their strategy of locating military equipment and locations amidst this civilian infrastructure. a 2015 amnesty international report entitled unlawful and deadly, pokesed this conduct by the palestinian terrorist groups during israel's 2014 operation protected edge in the gaza strip. the report documented examples of quote, attacks launch from the vicinity of civilian buildings or from residential areas. in addition to the use of this, for other military purposes, such as storing munitions. . rocket launcher located 50 meters from a hotel frequented by international corresponden

mr. smith: mr. speaker, gallup recently polled americans on their perceptions of the news media. the poll revealed that 43% of americans have a negative view of the media. 10% more than have a positive view. 2/3 said that the news media does not do a good job of separating fact from fiction. and more than half said they couldn't think of one objective news source. these are remarkable findings and yet unsurprising. the liberal news media has abandoned objective, fact-based reporting and is pushing a liberal agenda. their partisan driven news only tells one side of the story, their side. the liberal media has made it their mission to attack a the president and republicans on a daily basis at the expense of the facts. americans know it when they see it. this is a liberal partisan agenda masquerading as journalism. until the news media returns to objective reporting, americans will continue to view them negatively. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 4 of lule 1rks the following enrolled bills were signed by the speaker on friday, february 9, 2018. the clerk: h.r. 582. h.r.

mr. smith talks about founding fathers john adams, thomas jefferson, james madison and james monroe and their legacies as presidents. this 50-minute talk is part of a series on the founders hosted by the society of the four arts in palm beach, florida. >>> good morning. i'm excited and honored that after twice turning me down, richard norton smith finally said yes. he is the foremost expert on the presidency and everything related to the presidency. we needed him to start the 2018 series. after graduating mag na comag n couple loud, it could be said this is where his interest in the presidents began. but he said, no, he has been interested ever since he was a child. he visited every president's grave site and the first one he went to was when he was only nine years old. he is head of the six presidential libraries. our next speaker said, of richard norton smith's fabulous book, and you've got to read it, patriarch, published in 19 t93,e said, kweequote, we think of th washington administration

into the violation of safety both resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence but mr smith who bully leads as the salvage operation continues russian president vladimir putin has postponed travel plans to monitor the investigation. now for some of the other stories making news around the world eight people have been killed in an explosion at a carnival parade in bolivia police say street vendors gas canister exploded during carnival celebrations in the city of rural at least forty people were also injured . and at least nine people have died in a gun battle between the indian army and separatists in the disputed region of kashmir militants stormed an army camp there on saturday no group has claimed responsibility but the indian army says pro pakistani militants carried out the assault. and in turkey the main pro kurdish opposition party v h d p has elected a new leader is somebody lawmaker pair of in bold on and says merely the only candidates will be new co-leaders of the second largest opposition party in turkey's parliament hold on husband was murdered after the turkish

into the violation of safety both resulting in the death of two or more persons by negligence but mr smith. as the salvage operation continues russian president vladimir putin has postponed travel plans to monitor the investigation. to some of the other stories making news around the world eight people have been killed in an explosion at a carnival for it in bolivia police say a street vendors gas canister exploded during carnival celebrations in the city of all rule at least forty people were injured. and at least nine people have died in a gun battle between the indian army and separatists in the disputed region of kashmir militants stormed an army camp there on saturday and no group has claimed responsibility but the indian army says pro pakistani militants carried out the assault. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country has delivered quote severe blows to iran and syria with saturday's air strikes which israel carried out after syrian forces shot down an israeli jet on its way home from a bombing mission it was one of a group of planes targeting iran backed position

mr. smith's comments, but this country's headed for bankruptcy. mr. trump campaigned -- i have 30 of his comments and tweets. he was opposed to being in afghanistan. he wanted to pull out. he was very critical of those who wanted to stay. we are now increasing the number of our troops in afghanistan and a after 16 years, the american people have a right to know of the successes. some of that, i'm sure, is classified information, which i can understand. but i also know that we're not getting the kind of information that we need to get to know what successes we're having, and after 16 years, i do not think we're having any successes. i would love to have a classified hearing. i made that happen in a couple hours and you would be able to tell us of some benchmarks that we have made after 16 years. a friend of yours is a friend of mine. the former commandant of the marine corps, chuck, he has been my unofficial adviser on afghanistan for five years. previous secretary of defenses have gotten questions that he asked me to ask during hearings like this one.

- but even the idealistic mr. smith made his speech in the senate, not in the house.re no filibusters in house rules - but top leaders have unlimited 'leader time'.the longest house speech before this was one hour - in 2009 - by then-speaker john boehner.when pelosi passed the eight-hour mark - the national republican congressional committee tweeted: "dear @nancypelosi every minute you're in front of the cameras, you make our job easier. best, @nrcc"pelosi ended her speechwith a plea... rep nancy pelosi/-d- minority leader: let's thank the dreamers for their courage their optimism, their inspiration to make america, more american. in washington, i'm natasha chen, reporting.. (pam) the senate unveiled its version of a two- year budget deal earlier today... but it still needs to pass the house.. a deal must be signed by both houses by thursday night, to avoid another shutdown. still ahead at 8 changes to a tradition .... stirring controversy at a new york school.. why they will no longer have the father daughter dance. and next. one week away from v-day vicki liviakis s

mr. smith: okay. so, what i found in going back to woodrow wilson was that for him, democracy was very much a question of time and place. you cannot expect the democracy will spread globally, either quickly or easily or perhaps at all. he illustrated this with the french revolution, opposed to the american revolution. our revolution, he said, was bare lay revolution at all. we war simply asserting the rights of the english, in institutions that were colonial and had been built by the english. the french -- and we were doing it with the support of the church and the church that was most involved in this was, guess which one? the presbyterian church which was woodrow wilson was a member of. in fact calvinism in genoas the opposite of -- in genoas the -- in general was the opposite of the anglican church. what we have here-and-argument -- what we have here is an argument that democracy is something that is only suited to had an peoples who certain cultural history to them. well, if that's the case, what

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. and mr. chairman, i rise in support of this continuing resolution package. while i appreciate this legislation will keep government open, fund community health centers for two years and fully fund our military while we continue to work toward a broader budget agreement, i would like to focus on the various ways and means committee provisions included in the bill. this legislation includes numerous medicare provisions important to rural health providers and patients, including permanently repealing therapy caps and extending the floor on geographic payment adjustments for rural providers anded a-ons for rural ambulance providers. just as importantly, these health provisions are paid for without cutting swing bed reimbursements to critical access hospitals, including the 55 critical access hospitals in nebraska's third district, as originally proposed. i'm particularly pleased two important improvements to programs within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee on

- but even the idealistic mr. smith made his speech in the senate, not in the house.re are no filibusters in house rules - but top leaders have unlimited 'leader time'.the longest house speech before this was one hour - in 2009 - by then-speaker john boehner.when pelosi passed the eight-hour mark - the national republican congressional committee tweeted: "dear @nancypelosi every minute you're in front of the cameras, you make our job easier. best, @nrcc"pelosi ended her speechwith a plea... rep nancy pelosi/-d- minority leader: let's thank the dreamers for their courage their optimism, their inspiration to make america, more american. (vicki) that was natasha chen, reporting. the senate unveiled their version of a two-year budget deal earlier today...(grant) the plan still needs to pass the house, where some lawmakers like pelosi may object because it's missing a resolution on immigration. a deal must be signed by the house and senate by tomorrow night, to avoid another shutdown. (grant) ahead at 9..... what caused a brawl inside a jail in brentwood. (vicki) plus...we

mr. smith: let me begin, mr. speaker, by thanking chairman harper for this outstanding, bipartisan legislation, and mr. brady as well. this is what this place can produce when we do come together. obviously it provides congressional employees with comprehensive protection from abuse, including zero tolerance for sexual harassment. the bill significantly increases transparency on member conduct by publishing reports on rewards and settlements and holds members personally responsible, ending the charade of having taxpayers foot the bill for abuses. significantly, the new office of employee advocacy which the legislation creates, will provide free legal services to congressional employees. , mr.is absolutely critical speaker that house employees have a dedicated vadvo cat to consult, assist, and to represent them. mr. speaker, i want to thank chairman harper for including my bill, h.r. 4393, as section 303 of this bill. this section makes clear that employees of the helsinki commission and the china commission, both

this is the famous footage of mr. smith goes to washington, which is how anybody who watches turner classic movies thinks about the fact one thing senators can do is they can filibuster in the senate to block legislation. they can talk and talk and talk until they can't talk no moir. and that is one peculiar tactic we reserve for united states senators. today in washington the proverbial mr. smith was not a senator and not a mr. today house democratic leader nancy pelosi set an all-time congressional record for the longest amount of time that anybody has ever held the floor in the u.s. house of representatives. the longest speech anybody has ever given on the floor. now, this was not technically a filibuster because only senators can technically do that. effectively, though, it really was the same thing. nancy pelosi took the floor at 10:00 a.m. for what was supposed to be a one-minute speech. leaders of both parties are usually given a little leeway in terms of how you count one minute. but in nancy pelosi's case, she just

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of h.r. 4547, the strengthening protections for social security beneficiaries act. this bill is important to two program areas under the jurisdiction of the human resources subcommittee which i chair. supplemental security income and child welfare. thank you to chairman johnson and ranking member larson for their work on this bill and for including supplemental security income recipients. all individuals receiving benefits through the social security administration deserve to be protected, especially those who need the assistance of a representative payee to manage their finances. i would specifically like to highlight the important changes this bill would make for children involved with the foster care system, another vulnerable population in need of protection. h.r. 4547 requires the social security administration, or s.s.a., to enter into monthly data exchanges with state foster care programs to identify when a child receiving social security benefits has en

inspiring the media went on about them for a few days in a row and they were even compared with mr and mrs smith and honestly alexander scase if he had made the same mistake or had taken the drug on purpose that would just be ridiculous when the oh they are are under such a close watch here and peeing chang crucially is he has said that he believes someone could have spiked his food or drinks with in any case the international olympic committee have promised to launch a special probe but that will happen after the olympics are over in the meantime the olympic athletes from russia are getting on with their quest for medals and despite all the pressure despite some of the main stars missing out the owais are have secured some bronze in silver and the cross-country skiing squad who were teenagers just a year or two ago are doing particularly well with five medals so far no gold though. we spoke to sports radio host alan moore who says it would have been very unwise of the car in question to risk using belt on him if they take a burst of energy burst of speed he could work hard because you're curlin

inspiring the media was going on about them for a few days in a row even comparing them to mr and mrs smith but now alexander is suspected of taken mole dony i'm the infamous drug that hadn't been banned until only a couple of years ago it once cost the famous tennis player maria sharapova a year of her career because her team somehow forgot to put it on the do not take list of drugs and honestly and alex's cases as alan was saying it's absolutely unbelievable and to really think that he could have done something similar on purpose when the all we are team are under such a close watch it's just something stupid and silly i guess again as the previous commentator was saying he believes i'm talking about alexander that someone could have spiked his food or drinks with in any case the international olympic committee have promised to launch a special probe after the olympic games are over in the meantime the rest of the athletes from russia team are continuing to compete here and young chang under immense pressure they're here without the russian star athletes and they haven't won any gold meda

inspiring the media went on about them for a few days in a row and they were even compared with mr and mrs smith but now alexander is suspected of taking moldova meum the in for. this drug that hadn't been banned until a couple of years ago it once cost tennis star maria sharapova a year of her career after her team had forgotten to put it on the do not take drugs list and honestly alexander scase if he had made the same mistake or had taken the drug on purpose that would just be ridiculous when the oh they are are under such a close watch here and peeling chang i don't really understand what what it would approve or what it would improve you in your game and things. i don't understand what it will do for you personally it's he has said that he believes someone could have spiked his food or drinks with but there was presumed you don't need to be a secret agent to give athletes of both with any kind of banned substance that totally unprotected you just put it in a hotel room it's easy but you have to be really careful with all the food taken and all the drinks it taking and we all know pretty wel

hultgren: thank you and i yield to mr. smith. mr. smith: i thank you for this opportunity to reflect on billy graham what a tremendous legacy he leaves in so many forms. i think of how his humility has had such an impact to so many. i was one of the thousands in the stadium at a crusade in california back, i believe, in 1985. and to personally witness that -- the impact that that meeting had was a great opportunity, but to also realize how one person an impact the world. his work led to humanitarian efforts, whether it's his family members or others really stepping out and ministering to others all around the world. so i'm very grate to feel honor re-rend billy graham for certainly his stewardship of religious freedom and i hope that we can all reflect on our country and religious freedom and how important it is and to hopefully follow in the footsteps of someone who i think as the list of most admired americans would reflect with reverend graham being on that list for 60 years. that someone like that can have such a great impact. so

were called the hottest couple at the olympics and were compared to the famous movie duo mr and mrs smith and the drug suspected of using as. and boosts endure and soon proves the rehabilitation after exercises and hans's nervous system activity of the drug made headlines back in twenty sixteen when the whole russian track and field team was banned from participation in the rio olympics because of that drug. now due to the doping scandal many russian athletes were banned from the twenty eighteen winter olympics that prompted many russian sporting associations to form new teams taking wary young athletes to the games and looks at how this new generation of competitors is already winning medals. when fans read through the final list of russians who would be allowed to attempt some gold digging into riyadh weren't left expecting an outstanding treasure trove the team would surely secure medals and figure skating ice hockey plus possibly a couple of surprises in other sports that was the thinking but with the russian ski racing star athletes love to sit out these games at home these juniors h

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inspiring the media went on about them for a few days in a row and they were even compared with mr and mrs smith but now alexander is suspected of taken the infamous drug that hadn't been banned until a couple of years ago it once cost tennis star maria sharapova a year of her career after her team had forgotten to put it on the do not take drugs list and honestly alexander scase if he had made the same mistake or had taken the drug on purpose that would just be ridiculous when the oh they are are under such a close watch here and pianka chuang me doing it in a cue to induce the killers don't the. we don't need to be faster higher stronger this is what we do but how to explain what they have found in x. on this blunt he's an absolutely honest athlete and a great guy and no one including the athlete in so understands crucially that ski has said that he believes someone could have spiked his food or drinks with in any case the international olympic committee have promised to launch a special probe but that will happen after the olympics are over in the meantime the olympic athletes from russia are

inspiring the media went on about them for a few days in a row and they were even compared with mr and mrs smith but now alexander is suspected of taken me i'm the infamous drug that hadn't been banned until a couple of years ago once costs tennis star maria sharapova a year of her career after her team had forgotten to put it on the do not take drugs list and honestly alexander scase if he had made the same mistake or had taken the drug on purpose that would just be riddick. when the oh are under such a close watch here and pianka chang crucially it's he has said that he believes someone could have spiked his food or drinks with it in case the international olympic committee have promised to launch a special probe but that will happen after the olympics are over in the meantime the olympic athletes from russia are getting on with their quest for medals and despite all the pressure despite some of the main stars missing out the zero eight are have secured some bronze in silver and the cross country skiing squad who were teenagers just a year or two ago are doing particularly well with five medal

mr. smith's comment. but this country is headed for bankruptcy. mr. trump campaigned. i have 30 of his comments and tweets. to being ined afghanistan. he wanted to pull out. he was critical of those who wanted to stay. we are now increasing the number of troops in afghanistan and after 16 years, the american people have a right to know of the success. some of that i'm sure is classified. which i can understand. but i also note that we are not getting the kind of information that we need to get to know what is success that we are having. after 16 years, i do not think we are having any success. i would love to have a classified hearing. us of somed tell benchmarks that we have made after 16 years. a friend of yours is a friend of corps fighter in afghanistan or five years. previous secretary of defense have gotten questions he asked me to ask during hearings like this one. not today did i get that from him. but three or four months ago, and you talked about increasing the number of troops in afghanistan, he sent me a wife paragraph email. read one going to sentence. tha

it's very difficult to put in words of support and generosity that i received just everybody to mrs smith sending me a little letter to say best wishes big money please people donating quite large sums of money to people coming in the street to see big money love what you do and here's twenty pound towards the foundation and stuff and when everyone's embraced the story to mr lewis to try and get a fix on much telly suddenly action needs to be put what's up secularly up to it there's a there's a couple opponent need at the moment we've just come off the back of a fantastic called the tough until after all done in kelso. macleod and description and a much that and it really is quite a lot of money through some old friends who have grown up with and david beard stuart bennett and stephen put it together. but a function they did a lot of support from from people jackie stewart the video footage vicki ross from deacon blue was involved bt upon the whole set up was fantastic it even forward to friends to. support in newcastle of which twelve to twenty all the players what fifty five miles from