mr. smith: mr. chairman, pursuant to house resolution 476, i offer amendments en bloc number 6. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendments en bloc. the clerk: en bloc number 6 consisting of amendments 125, 410, 31, 218, 251, 310, 418, printed in part b of house report 116-143, offered by mr. smith of washington. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 476, the gentleman from washington, mr. smith, and the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, each will control 10 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from washington, mr. smith. mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield two minutes to the mrs. lem from michigan, dingell. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. mrs. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to speak on two important amendments included in this en bloc. michigan has been hit very hard by this pfas contamination, in you are drinking water, ground water, rivers, lake, and ponds. we can't eat the fish that are being caught. these harmful chemicals are f

mr. smith: thank you, i yield myself such time as i may consume just to say i urge support for the en bloc package and reeled back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from washington yields back. the gentleman from texas yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: i think i yielded back. the chair: in that case, the question is on the amendment en bloc offered by the gentleman from washington. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the en bloc amendments are greed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 3 printed in part b of house report 116-143. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. speier: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 3 printed in part b of house report 116-143, offered by ms. speier of california. the chair: pursuant to the house resolution 436, the

mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent that member may have five legislative days to insert extraneous material on h.r. 2500 the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 476 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 2500. the chair appoints the gentleman om texas, mr. cuellar to preside over the committee of the whole. the chair: the committee is in the whole house for the consideration of h.r. 2500 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the department of defense and for military construction to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year and for other purposes. the chair: the bill is considered read. the chair: is recognized. mr. smith: i yield myself five minutes. this as always is an incredibly piece of legislation. this is a piece of legislation we provide for the national

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i rise to offer my strongest support for h.r. 1837, the u.s.-israel cooperation act, supported, introduced by mr. deutch, mr. wilson. i thank them for their leadership as well as eliot engel and michael mccaul. israel is by far our closest ally in the middle east, which we share common values, including a commitment to democracy and to the rule of law. sadly, israel often comes under attack at the united nations and in the region, both by words and by bullets. israel is judged by a double standard, by which real or imagined flaws are magnified while israel's virtues as a robust democracy are ignored. we must stand with israel, mr. speaker, and this bill is a means to achieve that. among other things, it would authorize -- and this is the core of the bill -- would authorize military financing for israel at $3.3 billion per year over 10 years, and enhanced cooperation with our key ally in a host of other areas from cybersecurity to agriculture to assisting veterans. it is mutua

mr. smith: vera was well-known in our community for her years of official service, humble demeanor, dedication to family, and her smile always lit up the room. her devotion to the nebraska cornhuskers and chicago cubs were only surpassed by her devotion to her family and community as a whole. throughout her long long and prosperous life she touched countless others. in passing we celebrate her life and keep her family and friends in our prayers. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. it >> thank you, mr. speaker. my district in rochester, new york, has the second highest rate of childhood poverty in america. children in poverty face overwhelming barriers to academic success because it's impossible to learn when you are hungry or suf

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. this is a little bit smaller than what the gentleman from ohio implied. we're not stopping the funding of this program. actually, what we're stopping is the additional $185 million request that n.s.a. and the president requested in the budget. the missile will continue to be funded. we talked about it in committee. we let it go. but they have not really told us what they're going to do with this additional $185 million, and we have concerns, in addition to the concerns that mr. blumenauer raised, about the efficacy of the program, about whether or not they're going to be able to execute this $185 million and what their exact timeline is for the program. in fact, the air force recently said they were delaying by a year or two certain steps in the development of this missile while saying they were also going to still meet the ultimate deadline for deployment. but the specific $185 million that -- was an amount that was asked for in addition that was originally planned for f.y. 2020. we

mr. smith: we have no further speakers. i reserve. mr. thornberry: i have no further speakers and yield back the balance of our time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. mr. smith: i support the en bloc package and yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendments enblack offered by the gentleman from washington. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the en bloc amendments are greed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from -- i'm sorry. it is now in order to consider amendment number 39 printed in part b of house report 116-143. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. takano: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 39 printed in part b of house report 116-143, offered by mr. tacawne of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 476, the gentleman from california, mr. takano, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chai

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to insert extraneous material on house res. 2500. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 476 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on for ate of the union further consideration of h.r. 2500. will the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. mccollum, kindly ake the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of the clerk . 2500 which the will report by title. the clerk: a bill for military activities at the department of defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose on thursday, july 11, 2019, a request for a recorded vote on amendment of er 430 printed in part b house report 116-143 offered by the gentlewoman from new york, ms. ocasio-cortez had bee

mr. smith: thank you. i yield myself such time as i may consume. first of all, i want to echo the comments of the ranking member and thank our staffs for the work on this. i don't have the statistics in front of any, but there are literally thousands of proposals on this bill that are presented, beginning in the committee process, working through the full floor, both staffs, republican and democrat. i think we're the only committee in congress -- in the house, in any rate, that actually shares staff. we share the budget. we don't just divide it up. when i say thank you i'm thanking the republican members of the staff, democratic. they do an enormous amount of incredible work to produce this product. we upheld the bipartisan tradition of this bill. worked with republicans and democrats and produced a very good product. we must acknowledge the incredible hard work that's done by the people sitting behind me. i appreciate that. i also appreciate the working relationship that i have with the rankin

mr. smith? >> congressman, i think the only way they could get to an 800,000 number is to include the cw network which is not about localism. >> okay. mr. thun? is that what happens? >> i'm not sure of the detail behind all of the subscribers. all i know is the numbers are -- the sdrects relationshdirect re to customers related to distant signals and those numbers are combined with dishes and i assume they use the same measurement and have the same number of -- or they apply the same standard in gathering their numbers. but those are the relationships combined between the companies that we have. >> could you look into that more and provide it for us, maybe, for the record, after this? >> we'll have our team work with you guys. >> ms. boyers, i want to go back to you because our friend at the end talked about the importance of net neutrality in this and title 2. i'm curious as a small provider, what net neutrality, title 2 regulations on you might have meant and might mean going forward if they

doyle and mr. smith for their passion and their advocacy inside the congress and all of the advocates and their organizations outside the congress without whom we wouldn't be on the floor today on this bill. and i'm so proud that our subcommittee -- health subcommittee advanced this bipartisan legislation, sponsored by mr. doyle and mr. smith. the legislation extends the autism cares act for five years, and that's very important. the other very important book end is that the bill funds research at the n.i.h. to understand the biology behind autism, and it helps -- and it will help to build the infrastructure at c.d.c. to advance our understanding of autism, and it trains medical providers on screening, on diagnosis, and on intervention. and i think what is so important in the paragraph that just stated is understanding, the biology behind autism. there's so much that we still don't know today. and this act renews the federal government's commitment to getting the answers. during the hearing on the bill a

mr. smith: thank you. i yield myself such time as i may consume. first of all, i want to echo the comments of the ranking member and thank our staffs for the work on this. i don't have the statistics in front of any, but there are literally thousands of proposals on this bill that are presented, beginning in the committee process, working through the full floor, both staffs, republican and democrat. i think we're the only committee in congress -- in the house, in any rate, that actually shares staff. we share the budget. we don't just divide it up. wh

mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the clerk be authorized to make technical corrections in the engrossment of h.r. 2500, including corrections in spelling, punctuation, section and title numbering, cross referencing, conforming amendments to the table of contents and short titles, the assertion -- the insertion of appropriate headings and to provide instructions that amendment number 234 printed in part b of house report 116-143 be sirnted at the end of subtitle g of title 28 and that the instruction in amendment number 64 printed in a part, b of house report 116-143 be changed from page 387 after line 7 to page 387 after line 15. and i hope you understood that because i certainly did not. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. smith: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on judiciary be discharged from further consideration of h.r.

mr. president, i yield the floor. ms. hyde-smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. ms. hyde-smith: i understand there is a bill at the desk and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 2258, a bill to provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistle-blowers. ms. hyde-smith: i ask for a second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar under rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day. ms. hyde-smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. resolution 283, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 283, expressing the support for 2019 as the international year of the periodic table of chemical elements. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. hyde-smith: i furt

|j sometimes call myself mr smith. a quite like it. well, if you call yourself —— mistress smith.ciation, they are quoting a source, who says this is absolute nonsense. it has not asked for anything. he supposedly told the civil service he didn‘t have any stuff and he was given a choice about whether you wa nted given a choice about whether you wanted to bring his own stuff because theresa may will be taking hers with her... her stuff goes with her. he has no stuff. he actually hasn‘t requested any furniture at all. that was a waste of a front page. it has prince george on it. he is six. more wholesome than talking ofa is six. more wholesome than talking of a bed. let us look at the sunday times again. cash for passports. this is an exclusive of an investigation. it is a sunday times and channel 4‘s dispatches. they have found that legal and financial advisors have been omitting to tell details such as whether somebody has connections to vladimir putin, for example, or connections to the chinese military. when you come in you get a passport. you have to put £2 million into a uk co

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. it's crucially important that we pass this bill. the most fundamental responsibility of government is to fund the government and operate. as simple as that may sound over the course of the last eight years we have repeatedly failed to do that. we have had several government shutdowns, countless other threatened government shutdowns. continuing resolutions. and a steady failure to even come close to meeting the october 1 deadline for funding the discretionary portion of the government. that's had a devastating impact. certainly we have heard on a number of cases the impact it's had on our national security. the department of defense has not been able to plan its budget for too many years. it is-t has led to inconsistency and as we have heard it's led to aiedness crisis. this applies also to the non defense discretionary portion of the budget. all those items have been under uncertainty for too long over the course of the last eight years. this budget agreement, though not perfect, funds the government, and i believe responsibly funds

mr smith it's very good to get your insights your perspective on this that anderson live in london thank you thank you thank you. but plenty more ahead on the news hour including. hong kong's protests go on the ground causing chaos on the city's subway. the growing anger against a deal for some central american migrants to claim solomon guatemala rather than the u.s. . and in sports action from the pad american games including and not to. the whole be here was. a battle between a rival gangs and a brazilian jail has killed at least 57 prisoners 16 were beheaded and others died when their cells were set on fire 2 stuff taken hostages were released following the riot which lasted several hours or prison riots and brazil are common as stories above explains from neighboring argentina. another brutal riots in brazil this time in the city of media in the northern states of apparently at 7 o'clock in the morning this monday a group of gang members tried to take over another side of a prison there and that's what started this fighting apparently they set up several roadblocks of fires in order

and i have no ambition to do whatjohn bercow does and say that mr brown or lord brown or mr smith.hat to come and more from a week dominated by the race for downing street. not so long ago, mps would spend their evenings voting. frequently. usually to reject theresa may's brexit plan. since that ran into trouble, votes in the commons have been rather rare. so, when relatively technical legislation on northern ireland was tabled, mps seized their opportunity. power—sharing at stormont collapsed more than two years ago and the bill in question is designed to keep northern ireland running in the absence of a devolved administration. mps used the legislation to make changes that could go far beyond public administration. in a moment, we'll hear more about what it could mean for gay marriage and abortion in northern ireland. but first, how opponents of brexit changed the legislation with the aim of making it harder for a new prime minister to deliver a no—deal brexit, which they say could raise prices and costjobs. with the leadership frontrunner borisjohnson having refused to rule out

emma vardy is in londonderry and told us about the biggest challenges that await mr smith.st cabinet positions to ta ke be one of the most cabinet positions to take on. the biggest challenge facing her to start with is trying to restore devolved government here, because northern ireland hasn‘t had a government at stormont for 2.5 yea rs a government at stormont for 2.5 years now. the dup and sinn fein are the two largest parties and have spent so many there long arguing over issues that they still have not been able to resolve. julian smith will come in as an impartial broker, if you like, but the immediate problem he faces is that the democratic unionist party having this relationship in westminster. he is already under a cloud with the nationalist parties at westminster who believe he is already in bed with the dup and therefore cannot be impartial when the two sides get round the table. there are of course many issues to deal with as well. forjulian smith, legacy issues, from northern ireland‘s 30 is a conflict which are still played out here day to day, and of course, t

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. it's crucially important that we pass this bill. the most fundamental responsibility of government is to fund the government and operate. as simple as that may sound over the course of the last eight years we have repeatedly failed to do that. we have had several government shutdowns, countless other threatened government shutdowns. continuing resolutions. and a steady failure to even come close to meeting the october 1 deadline for funding the discretionary portion of the government. that's had a devastating impact. certainly we have heard on a number of cases the impact it's had on our national security. the department of defense has not been able to plan its budget for too many years. it is-t has led to inconsistency and as we have heard it's led to aiedness crisis. this applies also to the non defense discretionary portion of the budget. all those items have been under uncertainty for too long over the course of the last eight years. this budget agreement, though not perfect, funds the government, and i believe responsibly funds

did i not see mr. smith with you sitting behind you, i guess he is there to provide support and any additional information. thank you as well for being with us. i wanted to just get state to the questions because i know in your written testimony you give a lot more statistics and a lot more specific examples of how this has affected us. we've seen on the chart that was demonstrated by my good friend and my colleague about how the difference between what we have provided locally as well as what the federal government was provided, but one of the things that i need to highlight and i think would be important for you to highlight, specific to the virgin islands which may be different from other places, i'm not sure, that you stated that there were approximately how many people that would need to come off of the books or the support that we're receiving now if this funding is -- ends, meaning how many people presently that we've been able to include that no longer will be able to receive those services? >> we wo

mr. smith: thank you for the time, mr. speaker. i agree, we have a serious problem with multiemployer pensions, which needs to be addressed. however, this bill, i believe, will actually set us back. it does nothing to address the underlying structural issues of these plans. it actually does nothing to protect younger workers who will be asked to keep paying into a system which remains troubled. and it saddles taxpayers with liabilities which are unlikely to be paid back at a massive cost to taxpayers. let me provide just one alarming example of how flawed this proposal is, which i also highlighted in our committee markup. under this legislation, if a pension plan applies for a loan and the newly administration cannot make a determination on that plan's ability to repay in order to approve or deny the loan within 90 days, the loan would be automatically deemed approved. taxpayers deserve timely responses from treasury, but no reputable institution would rubber stamp loans like this. pensioners and taxpayers both deserve better. let'

mr. smith: thank you for the time, mr. speaker. i agree

mrs. hyde-smith: mr. president, i am pleased to join my colleagues in commemorating the 50th anniversary of american astronauts becoming the first humans to walk on the moon. 50 years ago the united states met one of the biggest challenges it had ever set for itself. through determination, hard work, invention, and innovation, the united states fulfilled president kennedy's vision to reach the moon before the end of the 1960's. i remember that time very well. july 16, 1969, was my dad's 37th birthday. we were vacationing in florida at the spyglass inn on the beach. we were so excited to be close to merit island, florida, where apollo 11 was being launched. we were in our hotel room watching the television. that is one vacation i will never forget. i remember as a young girl watching those first astronauts step foot on the moon. it was with great awe that i watched the apollo 11 lift off from the earth and the lunar module land safely on the surface of the moon. with a lot of amazement, i watched neil arms

thank you mr. smith for coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> tucker: it's our pleasure.here seems to be a disconnect between what you said in the tape that we just showed, that this would apply only to nonviolent criminals, and the numbers a we got last night from some one in the administration, showing hundreds of violent criminals have been released. what are we to make of this? >> what you heard me discuss was talking about reforms specifically. the first step act wasn't passed, this same population of people you talk about last night, would still be coming home if a couple of weeks. current law allows for them to, people who have been prisoners, who have served good time, are allowed to come home early if they earn it. these are people who turned their life around. that expaneled to the prison population. that current law still exists. first step act, actually focuses on what happens when they come home. when these individuals come home, what are we going to do. the status quo hasn't worked. a lot of people end up turning back to crime and creating career criminals.

any questions for mr. smith relative to the fund exchange? if not -- commissioner yee? >> just a quick question around the project. >> go ahead. >> so construction looks like it will take place in 2019, october of this year. >> yes, i will bring marcia forward, the project manager up to answer these questions. >> hello. i'm with the san francisco public works. we're hoping to break ground in september. we are allowing a year and a half or construction and so it should be open in december of 2020. >> okay. my question is, because this is heavily used by students around the neighborhood to go to school and around that corridor, what kind of precautions, i guess or extra traffic monitors -- what is your plans to deal with more confusion and for the kids to get across the streets safely? >> it is primarily traffic calming. we have a bulb out at the intersections, and essentially that shortages -- shortens the traffic crossings for people. we are also looking at -- we have m.t.a. on board and we look at the intersection as a whole to make sure that as we create the bulb out

whole rose earlier today, the 17 set of en bloc amendments offered by the gentleman from washington, mr. smith, had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in 1600-143 house report which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. amendment 49 by ms. lee of california. amendment 50 by mr. amash of michigan. amendment 375 by mr. tipton of colorado. amendment 386 by mr. turner of ohio. amendment 423 by mr. khanna of california. amendment 424 by ms. lee of california. amendment 425 by ms. lee of california. amendment 428, garcia of texas. amendment 429, miss ms. spondence -- ocasio-cortez of new york. amendment number 137, mr. thompson of mississippi. amendment 438, mr. malinowski of new jersey. amendment 441 ms. jayapal of washington. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment 49 printed in part b 116-143 by the gentlewoman from california, ms. lee, on which further proceedings were

mr smith made the comments on a visit to belfast and londonderry, and said the priority was to solve the house of commons. he earlier met with the main political parties at stormont as he attempts to reopen talks between the dup and sinn fein in an attempt to restore power sharing at stormont. two premier league footballers have been the victims of an attempted carjacking, by an armed gang in london. arsenal players mesut ozil and sead kolasinac were targeted last night this video from social media appears to show saed kolasinac chasing off the armed robbers. the cloud said both escaped uninjured. there have been no arrests so far.> a british computer hacker has escaped a jail term in the united states over malicious hacking charges. marcus hutchins pleaded guilty to two charges of making malicious software, or malware, and faced a maximum sentence of ten years in jail. he successfully helped to stop a major hack which affected the nhs and many other organisations around the world in 2017. moscow has warned you can working in russia they could face consequences after the uk media reg

mr. iain duncan smith. mr. smith: i unreservedly welcome at my right honorable friend to his place.y the eu will have listened and realised that the days of supplication are over and that we are intent on a policy to leave the european union. but can i our chimp, in the course of his attempts at the dispatch box not to be too unkind to his opposite number. he has not just become a remainer, over the last three and a half years, he has been trying to remain again and again and again, despite his own party's determination. and can i ask him, in the process of his preparation to leave without a deal, if that were necessary, could he now not allow us to do this in private? good he instructed his right honorable friend that all of this should now be done in public, week by week, to tell the world, to tell the european union and our colleagues that we are nearly ready, and then finally that we are ready to leave, if necessary, without a deal? >> i thank my right hon. friend very much for that excellent question and the point that he makes. it is vital now that, as we prepare for a better

zeldin: i yield do minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, senior member on the committee of foreign affairs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i want to applaud mr. schneider and mr. zeldin for sponsoring this important resolution. i thank chairman engel for his comments and i will say this because i associate myself with their strong and persuasive remarks. a former prisoner who testified in a dozen hearings proposed what he called a simple test to help us distinctish legitimate criticism of israel. e called it the 3-2, dehuman ization, double standard. and we know that anti-semitism is the issue. the b.d.s. movement demonizes israel and by extension jews who are cast in the role of oppressor, always in the wrong. in so doing applies a double standard that israel is always wrong and the oppressed palestinians are always in the right regardless of groups such hamas are engaging in terroristic acts. the objective is to delegitimatize the state of israel to deny its right to exist. i applaud them on this bill an

. >> president melgar: thank you, mr. smith. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, president, and commissioners. david troop from the neighborhood association. you should have all gotten an e-mail from us this week regarding 2100 market. commissioner richards in the previous speaker kind of outlined this problem of market rate apartments being turned into extended stay hotel rooms after projects are entitlement built. our neighborhood is extremely upset about this news on 2100 market. i don't think i've ever gotten as many e-mails, phone calls and social media posts on a subject in such a short period of time. clearly this is a loophole that you can drive an apartment through. it probably demands some kind of legislative solution. but i wonder if it wouldn't be possible to use the conditional use process as a stop gap to require every new housing unit that is entitled, perhaps prohibit furnished rentals, for example, of new housing units. there are plenty of housing units out there already built, hundreds of thousands of them

mr. will smith cannot slow down. in extras, after clowie i blowia three-run lead late.s guy dipping his pizza in ranch dressing. that is just wrong. tony walters to center. but superman for the layout grab. in the 9th, yes, with insurance. solo blast, his seventh. giants up 4-1. enter will smith, all-star closer. allowed two homers, including a two-run shot to ian desmond. so now it's 4-4. alex dickerson, go ahead single to right. buster posey goes home. giants four runs in the 10th. giants win their fourth straight, 8-4 is your final in 10. >>> the a's hosting the m's. right field bleachers. in the third, matt chapman to left, scoring two runs. 2-1, a's. junior loving it. bottom five, it's chappy again. a two-run shot to left. his 22nd of the year, and he plays gold glove defense. next batter, matt olson, back-to-back jacks. a's up 5-1. to the 6th, loriano to center. alex smith can't come up with it. that's a double. next pitch, loriano takes off for third. he comes around to score. and the a's win their fifth straight by a final of 9-2. >>> all right. the face-off age

with that i'll recognize the ranging member, mr. smith of nebraska for an opening statement. >> thank you to our witnesses as well. let me begin by saying this, property taxes and other high state and local taxes are a problem. not just on the coast but all across our country. in nebraska, the problem with property taxes is acute in rufrl agricultural districts that i represent. flawed state school funding formula lead to a massive property tax burden on agricultural producers. regardless of commodity prices. while the nebraska legislature hasn't found a solution, we can be thankful that a question for the senators and governor is how can we reduce the tax burden on nebraskans and make our state a more attractive place to live? instead of how can we just generate more revenue? as we review the impact tax cuts and job act on americans and our economy, it is important to consider provisions and changes within the context of the law. the s.a.l.t. cap must be view the through the prism of lower overall tax rates. s.a.l.t. cap in place, most f

and mrs. smith and knocked out all the moderates and said we're going to make in about us, too. it was a good night for both candidates. >> this goes to something that gets very litigated in democratic primaries which is the sort of notion of being, quote unquote, responsible or adult which can start to sound patronizing. war is expensive and presidents in both parties have started big wars. nobody said we can't possibly do that. it starts to become a kind you have trick. and i raise that in the context of what you're saying with a new video out from joe biden that shows two things. one, he's somewhat shook because he's making an attack on -- he doesn't know how the debate's going and he's already attacking other people. if you believe you're the front-runner, you don't do that. two, he is comfortable staking out the position and maybe he would argue with his washington experience that he's the one to do it that some of the health care ideas are too expensive. >> all this done without a middle class tax hike. >> yes. >> 30 trillion over ten years. >> there are ways to pay for it

mr smith made the comments on a visit to belfast in londonderry and that his priority was to solve the deal through the house of commons. he met earlier with the main political parties at stormont in an attempt to reopen talks between the dup and sinn fein with the aim of restoring power sharing at stormont. 0ur ireland correspondent in londonderry gave us her assessment of the visit. julian smith was doing his best to be positive about his hopes of finding a solution to the irish border today, saying you can leave in 0ctober today, saying you can leave in october the 31st and that that very difficult situation will get sorted out but for all of his optimism and, you know, which is coming off the back of borisjohnson's new, fresh, optimistic driven approach to sorting the border out, that is in the face, of course, in the last few days we have heard the irish prime minister saying borisjohnson days we have heard the irish prime minister saying boris johnson in days we have heard the irish prime minister saying borisjohnson in in the real world and this, the foreign mr nurse said his co

events in ireland very closely and they are worried that they are seeing some signs, we hope that mr smithn and the group has asked to meet with him and talk about these issues. when you have someone like richie neilfrom massachusetts who is the chair of the ways and means committee and committee through which all trading agreements would have to go has been outspoken about keeping the border open. to what you have to do on brexit, they do not take a position on the issue. because closing that border is the new prime minister seems to indicate will create serious problems. on agricultural issues as you said, one of the markets could be north america but that would not go through conquest if you have a hard border. are you putting the same pressure on the irish taoiseach, it is a democratic decision and no government would sign up to an indefinite backstop and get the taoiseach seems to be wedded to that. are you putting as much pressure on the irish side to say you need to find a solution to keep the good friday agreement alive? i think the taoiseach is working on that. today he said he wa

if they say that mr. smith we , heard you might have had a medicaid issue. >> those are private people. we are talking about here, the ability, and certainly for private people, we can do for government officials. the salaries are paid by the people of the united states. i don't think it is fair to equate the office of the president with mr. or misses smith walking down the street. how about maybe when you become the president, that you are going to be in some issues with the other political branch? look. the question is whether there is any power to look at anything to expose corruption. to make wise judgments about the appropriation of funds. i think i heard you say that ,hen it comes to the president unlike individuals, anybody else in the government, congress can get no information. cannot ask questions to ask the president. it can't check for corruption, can't check to see whether anything is being protected properly. whether taxpayer funds are being wasted. >> i have been frustrated. whether it is the age

mr duncan smith. speak in iowa reserve and they will come by right on the gentleman to his place and can i say to him today i think the e.u. a listen and realize the days a supplication are over one. we are intent on a policy to leave the european union could i urge him in the course of his attempts at the dispatch box not to be too unkind to his office at number he hasn't just become a remainer over the last 3 and a half years he has been trying to remain again and again and again despite his own qualities determination until i ask you to say that in the process of his preparation to leave without a deal if not when necessary could he know not allow us to do this in private good instructor he's right on the girlfriend that all of this should now be done in public week by week to tell the world to tell the european union to tell our colleagues that we are ready for the chances are you marry already british parliament where britain's new prime minister boris johnson has been addressing parliament he de

mr iain duncan smith. mr speaker, cani mr iain duncan smith. d can i say to him today i think the eu will have listened, and realised the days of supplication are over, and that we are intent on a policy to leave the european union. can i urge him in the course of his attempt at the despatch box not to be too unkind to his opposite number. he hasn't just be too unkind to his opposite number. he hasn'tjust become a remainer. over the last 3.5 years, he's been trying to remain again and again and again, despite his own pa rty‘s again and again, despite his own party's determination. and can i ask him also, then, in the process of his preparation to leave without a deal, if that were necessary, could he know not allow us to do this in private? could he instruct his right honourable friend that all of this should now be done in public, week by week, to tell the world, to tell the european union and our collea g u es the european union and our colleagues that we are nearly ready and then finally we are ready to leave, if necessary, without a deal? i

ohr mrs. smith walking down the street. >> i think -- >> private individual? about when you become the president? [inaudible] >> but look, the question is whether there's any power to look at anything to expose corruption, to make wise judgments about the appropriations of funds. i think i heard you say that when it comes to the president, unlike individuals, unlike anybody else in the government, congress can get no information, and can't ask questions, ask the president. it can't look for corruption. they can't check to see whether anything is being protected properly or whether taxpayer funds are being wasted on furniture. >> many have been frustrated by -- [inaudible] whether it's the -- >> i'm taking your theory here that he absolutely is immune from any oversight until the next election. and if there in the second term, absolutely immune from any oversight whatsoever. is that right? is that right? [inaudible] >> what could congress do? >> i would point to a constitutional reveal. -- review. >> the one that has been raised -- >> you must have three of wha