mr. smith, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. sires. mr. sires: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 517. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sires: i yield myself -- i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sires: mr. sires: there is no better example of american interests and values intersecting in our foreign policy than global health issues. on one hand, global health issues are challenges. there is access to health care less productive, less able to ct as a strong partners. unchecked, epidemics can make their own shores threatening our american people. we have interests to tackle global health problems. at the same time, we, as americans want to see people everywhere lead healthy lives and access to health care allows more people to pursue gre

mr. smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey chair of the subcommittee on land and air forces, mr. norcross. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. norcross: i thank the gentleman for bringing this bill to the floor. this bill continues tactical land and air forces' work to make the land and air forces the best in the world. i thank ranking member mrs. hartzler for her commitment and contributions to this process in upholding that tradition of bipartisan work. our cooperation has kept us focused on what is truly important. we delivered a defense bill that addresses the modernization and readiness requirement of our nation's air and land forces. at the same time, this includes bipartisan provisions that allows for aggressive oversight. the department's complex programs to protect the taxpayer and support our military. this bill manages risk in our american defense industrial base by providing additional funds for the army chinook helicopter, armored helicopt

mr. smith: madam speaker, i now yield six minutes to the gentleman from south carolina, r. rice, an expert on tax policy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rice: madam speaker, today i strong opposition to this partisan bill that would ive millionaires and billionaires a tax cut and do nothing to help the middle class. cuts and jobs act brought prosperity throughout people of and to every demographic and every income level. is at 50-year lows. all-time lows for hispanics.ricans and american economic growth remains world.y of the after years of stagnation under the obama administration, are growing wages at rates not seen in over a decade. restored inhas been this land of opportunity. . how did the tax cuts and jobs act accomplish this? primarily it cut tax rates for businesses to make them more competitive in the world, especially small businesses that employ 2/3 of american workers. $10,0007 eliminates the cap of deductibility object state -- on state and local taxes re

mr. smith: madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 758 conference report on the bill s. 1709 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the title of report the the bill. the clerk: senate 1790, an act to authorize appropriations for 2020 for military ctivities of the department of defense, for military construction, and for defense of vities of the department energy to prescribe military personnel strength for such fiscal year and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 758, the conference report is considered as read. from washington, mr. smith, and the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, each 30 minutes. the chair now recognizes the entleman from washington, mr. smith. mr. smith: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and insert heir remarks and extraneous material on the conference report to accompany senate 1790. withoutker pro tempore: objection. mr. smith: and madam spe

mr. cline smith to check it out. he checks it out. he communicates with the cia. is carter page a source for you? in an email exchange, they say, yes, he is. what does mr. cline smith do? he alters the email to say, no, he's not. and you caught him. i don't know how you caught him, because you got to dig into this email chain. it would be like getting a lab report from the fbi, the fingerprints don't match and the agent says they do. that's how bad this is. so, now let me tell you a little bit about mr. cline smith, if i can find it. this is the lawyer supervising the warrant process. the guy that altered the cia email because he didn't want the court to know that carter page actually was a source. why does that matter? because if the court had known then there's a lawful reason for mr. page to be talking to the russian guy. he wasn't working against his country, he was working with his country. which undercuts the idea he's a foreign agents. that's why cline smith lied. because he didn't want to stop this investigation. all right. this is after the election. i'm s

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. s we know, a senseless act of violence struck the virginia beach community on may 31 of this year. disgruntled city employee for no other reason other than he have been owe offended -- offended, went and opened fire on innocent and defenseless killing 12 and youring -- and injuring six others. are hard to understand but it's great to see the community reach out and help. know there are always many folks who help around these communities when it is -- when is so obvious when confronted with tragedy they always respond generosity. and in acknowledging the bravery of remiss if would be we do not honor the first police officers who arrived on the danger ho ran toward instead of away from it. they took down the mass murderer cause any more bloodshed. in the process, one of their own was injured in the firefight. his life spared only by a vest.proof but the bill we are considering and hopefully passing today is who another set of those helped, those who also responded with generosity. other

mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. smith: madam speaker, i rise today to speak out against this attempt to remove the duly elected president of the united states. . impeachment is importantly established in our constitution. the impeachment of a president has overwhelm happened twice inure country's 243 year histry. yet today for highly political purposes the house majority is trying to remove president trump from office based on secondhand indirect accounts. the articles of impeachment we are voting on today offer no evidence of a crime, but instead are purposely broad to fit the majority's narrative. less than one year until the next presidential election, we are being asked to override the choice of the american people. this lobsided and hyper partisan biased impeachment process has had -- has been prefermed as an outcome from the very beginning. -- predetermined as an outcome from the very beginning. this is an unfortunate day in in

maybe it's mr. smith. is there anything you want to en further that would allow us allt we are going to get this money? >> yeah, thank you, commissione. there are multiple layers of sey outline as jesse smith from thes office, the assistant to the at. one important point is the acadt university itself is not respone $58 million. it's the real estate piece that. so the 37 limited liability comy and separately together and inde responsible for those payments. and then as they mentioned, thee settlement doesn't become effece lion's share of those payments p front. so roughly within the first sixe affordable housing payment is pe that when the first installmentt payment is payable. [please stand by] >> he has indicated that on page two, you will see the amount ought to get calculated using current city policy requirements, and the breakdown is here. and it says, he has a, b, and c. i don't know if you need me to read it into the record. >> clerk: you can put it on the overhead where we can all see it. >> we've

mr. jesse smith, michelle sexton for your incredible work on this thing. i know that there may be members of the public who don't feel like they've seen enough of this settlement and d.a. but i just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the work you've done. it's been tremendous. i rarely pay compliments but i'm looking at you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. mr. perry. >> thank you, chair peskin. supervisors, i am prepared to take you to the specifics of the today and the minutes and i do want to acknowledge that you have a very full agenda >> we have one more issue having to deal with a am arization rats and it's very important that my colleagues and the public know all of the contours of what is going to be before the board of supervisors. so take as much time as you need. >> understood. >> i will still try to be concise. so, before you today is the ordinance for the academy of art of the project. the ordinance helping facilitate the resolution which has in some form or another been in process with the city for a decade. and it ef

mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i come from a state that raises corn and cotton. cookleburrs and democrats. your frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. i'm from the show-me state. you have to show me. the only thing that you all have shown so far is that you're about to impeach a duly elected president who has done nothing wrong. democrats are not impeaching the president because they are scared of our republic or that he has committed a crime. they are impeaching him because they fear the president's policies. and how well they are working for the american people. most of all, they fear the election because they know they can't beat them. in fact, one of my democrat colleagues is quoted saying, i'm concerned if we don't impeach him, he will get re-elected. impeachment is not a political weapon. anyone who votes for impeachment should be ashamed. you cannot undo the election because your flawed candidate did not win. and thank god she di

to share and exchange those businesses, equally we have funded some fantastic businesses, mr and mrs smithand go henry, and app been on this show. and go henry, and app for young children, helping them to manage their money better and save money. before we let you go, what's your morning routine lie? busy, i've got two children under the age of two, it's pretty frenetic. no home—made smoothies. i used to do all of that but i don't have time now. but you are looking goodin have time now. but you are looking good in it. thanks so much, i think it's fair to say, look lang, co—founder of crowd cube. it's fair to say, look lang, co-founder of crowd cube. thank you and apologies for making a right hash of introducing you under this programme, but we all have bad days. it was a bad hair day. but let's talk about your morning routine. what have you been saying to us today? she sounds like the bionic woman! a gymnasium at home. so many apps. we've had them here. you follow your routine. do you gym at home? no, i walk the dog. don't do as i do. the dog forces are routine. have a really good day. tha

mr. smith: thank you very much. i want to thank both leaders, i want to thank kay grarninge for her extraordinary support for legislation that i authored that are two bills included in this act. thank you to nita lowey as swell, the -- as well, the distinguished chairwoman. the first bill is the tick act. i introduced the lime disease -- lyme disease initiative act of 1998. every two years, ever congress with well over 100 co-sponsors would have a bill that looked to create a national strategy in combating lyme disease t would also -- decease. this legislation includes that strategy. it's now named after senator kay haigen who sadly tied from a tick born disease in october, but it provides a national strategy, $150 million authorization for lyme research, prevention, and treatment programs. and enable additional federal agencies a step up and coordinate their efforts in the fight against lyme. as we know from the working group, 300,000 new cases every year. high-end estimate is 437 thousand cases. chronic lyme is a

mr. klein smith to check it out. he checks it out. he communicates with the c.i.a. ter page a source for you? in an email exchange they say yes, he is. what does mr. klein smith do? he alters the email to say no, he is not. and you caught him. i don't know how you caught him, because you got to dig into this email chain. it would be like getting a lab report from the f.b.i., the fingerprints don't match and the agent says they do. that's how bad this is. so now let me tell you a little bit about mr. klein smith if i can find it. this is the lawyer supervising the fisa warrant process, the guy that altered this c.i.a. email because he didn't want the court to know that carter page actually was a source. what does that matter? because if the court had known, then there is a lawful reason for mr. page to be talking to the russian guy. he wasn't working against his country, he was working with his country, which undercuts the idea he is a foreign agent. that's why klein smith lied because he didn't want to stop this investigation. all right. this is after the election. i

has indicated if thatis january, mr smith has indicated if that is not happening, he will call freshe looking at them earning a few more sees in at them earning a few more sees in at them earning a few more sees in at the stormont assembly, possibly changing future negotiations. valerie goodchild from bangor asks, "how is it possible for a party to put forward for election, as sinn fein does, people who have no intention of taking their seat?" sinn fein has a long—standing policy of abstention raise them, they don‘t ta ke of abstention raise them, they don‘t take their seats in the house of commons. fundamentally, they believe that westminster should have jurisdiction over this part of the world, also uncomfortable with having to swear allegiance to the monarch. in westminster, this comes up monarch. in westminster, this comes up as an issue, other parties attack sinn fein asking how they can make a difference if they‘re not in there casting a vote. in tight seats, for example, were at the dup and sdlp go head—to—head with sinn fein in this election, they asked, what if there isa ele

> thank you madam speaker, i needle to yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith. >> gentleman is recognized for a minute and a half. >> madam speaker i rise today to speak out against this family to remove the duly elected president of the united states. impeachment is importantly established in our constitution, the impeachment of a president has only happened twice in our country's 243 year history. yet today, for highly political purposes, the house majority is trying to remove president trump from office based on secondhand indirect accounts. the articles of impeachment we are voting on today offer no evidence of a crime, but instead are purposely broad to fit the majority's narrative. less than one year until the next presidential election we are being asked to override the choice of the american people. this 0 lopsided and hyper-partisan biased impeachment process has had -- has been predetermined as an outcome from the very beginning. this is an unfortunate day in the history of our great country, we must hope this political game does not set a precedent o

. >> let me recognize the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith. >> mr. chairman, i want to thank you for reading member brady and chair blumenauer and ranking member buchanan for the work to get where we are today. this is an agreement that is very important to the farmers in southeastern south-central missouri but it's important to all of rural america in updating this agreement. i also want to thank president trump. we wouldn't be having this hearing today and we wouldn't even be discussing the u.s. mca if it wasn't for president of trump. you can't debate that. the presidential republican primary for president said he hated nafta and wanted to remove it. no one can deny that. and so, because of his words when he was running against other republican candidates we are now making things better for american workers, american farmers. this trade agreement has a sean president of trump is willing to work with democrats and republicans for the betterment of all americans. no one in the room can disagree on that item. early on when we were going through the n

mr. cline smith. six months after being told the dossier is a bunch of garbage, cline smith alters an e-mail from the cia to change it from he is to he's not. because if they had told the court that page was working for the cia, it explains the content in the dossier. mr. cline smith had a chance in his mind to make things right when he took it. why did he take the law in his own hands? why did he doctor the e-mail sth d did it have anything to do with the way he sees donald trump's presidency? you know what, it really doesn't matter what he was thinking. it matters what he did. and i'm glad you found out what he did. i'm glad you told the country what he did. because i'm hoping that nobody will ever do it again. so, mr. horowitz, 17 irregularities that you found, some of them are earth shattering, some of them should scare the hell out of all of us. i just want to end sort of where i began. this is not normal. don't judge the fbi and the department of justice by these characters. we're better than th

mr. cline smith. six months after being told the dossier is a bunch of garbage, cline smith alters an e-mail from the cia to change it from he is to he's not. because if they had told the court that page was working for the cia, it explains the content in the dossier. mr. cline smith had a chance in his mind to make things right when he took it. why did he take the law in his own hands? why did he doctor the e-mail sth d did it have anything to do with the way he sees donald trump's presidency? you know what, it really doesn't matter what he was thinking. it matters what he did. and i'm glad you found out what he did. i'm glad you told the country what he did. because i'm hoping that nobody will ever do it again. so, mr. horowitz, 17 irregularities that you found, some of them are earth shattering, some of them should scare the hell out of all of us. i just want to end sort of where i began. this is not normal. don't judge the fbi and the department of justice by these characters. we're better than th

mr. smith: thank you. i almost heard my colleague, mr. larson, appreciate -- i thought heard him say president trumpka. thought he was going to say president trump. i appreciate the few nudges we have seen over the last few weeks that have brought us to this point and i certainly appreciate the work of ambassador lighthizer. many on president trump's team who have worked so hard to get us to this point. representing an agriculture powerhouse district, third district of nebraska, where our farmers and ranchers work very diligently and efficiently to help feed america anti-world. we need good markets for them. trade relationships in north america are so important and that we have this opportunity to modernize nafta heading us in the direction to even more markets and really reflecting the needs of our economy and the economy across north america. we have got this opportunity to bring people together, especially in light of events this week. i certainly appreciate this opportunity and our leader on the ways and means committee, both mr. brad

i think mr. smith -- chairman smith said it in his opening remarks, history matters. the relationship between russia and syria goes back of course to the cold war when it was the ussr. they've had a base for many years. that relationship in the post soviet russia was -- >> excuse me. the history lesson will take several months. specifically today -- >> i promise i'll get there in 20 seconds. the relationship was reinvigorated in 2013 or 2014 when russia moved in under assad and worked with syrian forces. back to your question about the national defense strategy, the principle way that i see us countering russia consistent with the nds is with our nato partners. we've seen good success there. i was at the london meeting last week. the nato allies are spending $140 billion annually than they have been before. >> can you -- excuse me, sir. can you please focus on syria-turkey. >> my biggest concern with syria and turkey is actually turkey-russia. the concern is that turkey is moving out of the nato orbit. i think our challenge is to figure out how we can get them back in

mr. smith? all right. we will open this up to public comment. public comment is open. the floor is yours. you have nothing to say? [off mic] >> this is the end. yes, ms. hester. >> oh. i have two minutes, not three. >> just pull that microphone down a little bit. >> i'm stunned, that i have two minutes for a battle that people have been waging >> i will give you as much time as you would like. >> thank you. because a lot of people couldn't come here today. one of the things that's been going on is this battle that's been waged by the public. the public, the planning department, supervisor peskin, was heavily involved at the beginning. thank you. a lot. but the main concern of the public was housing issues. and eventually housing issues, because they were taking over hotels and rent-controlled units. we didn't even know how much they had taken over because they never explained anything. they never bothered filing an institutional master plan. so we were out of compliance with the planning code. when they started following it, the planning department had enough informati

mr. klein smith lied because if that fact ever got confi confirmed, it would change the entire predicate they set up to the court as to whether or not carter page was a foreign agent. you cannot surveil somebody unless you have proof, therefore, an agent. so wednesday we're going to have a hearing and we're going to get the good, the bad, anded ugly. we're going to try to find a way to make sure this never happens again. here's what i hope people in your business will do. read the entire report. not focus on the debate as to whether or not there was a legal predicate. i'm here to tell you that doesn't drive my thinking. i will assume for the sake of argument there was a legal foundation. but what i will not tolerate is how it got off the rails and how the fbi and the department of justice to continue this investigation continually lied to the court, misled the court, manufactured evidence to hurt an american citizen and to continue an operation against the president of the united states. that should bother all of us. what is this akin to? i've been a prosecutor, i've been a defense attor

mcconnell will understand this kind of human dimension and i ended up staying up too late watching "mr. smiths the corrupt senator is so taken by the young jimmy stewart that he actually comes and says, look, everything i said is a lie. i am not saying that is going to happen with mitch mcconnell, but who knows. >> doing his homework watching "mr. smith goes to washington." >>> a lot more to come here in this hour of kate kc d.c.." . ro khanna is going to join me live. >>> plus, joe biden kicking off an 18-county bus tour across iowa. as he tries to shore up failing poll numbers in the failing hawkeye state. emblazoned on the side of that bus you might ask. here is a hint. >> then i read this malarkey that comes out of your meetings and i say, whoa, wait a minute. >> i hope everyone will drop this stereo typical. >> mr. president, is this more of this texas malarkey. >> i guarantee you -- >> with all due respect, that is a bunch of malarkey. >> he cares about the middle class. give me a break. >> more than malarkey, man. >> so, this idea is a bunch of malarkey what we're talking about here. t

calhoun will take over on the 13th not sure about that why they need three weeks there and mr. smith will be the interim. >> i think another point that you made is that boeing sits at the center of a huge economic ecosystem. you can imagine the calls they have been getting from the suppliers, the fuselagemake, now sitting in wichita with a field for of undelivered and looking at 50% of their revenue going down the drain or commercial airlines who have been -- critical, loyal customers. and if i was any of those, i would be on the phone to the board with some pretty pointed comments >> it takes news like this to bring jim cramer to the phone on vacation jim, it is good to talk to you this morning along with your friend jim and david and me. what do you think of this? let's start there. >> i think that there may have been one of those situations where it was impossible with all these different amenities as long as he was there he presided over what happened i don't think that -- someone has to be held accountable will be the top guy. boeing is an honest, great company. they won't let o

. >> thank you, mr. smith. any other public comment on this item? >> hello, commissioners. peter cohen, council community housing organizations. since fernando came up, i feel i need to come up, too. we really are excited about the passing of proposition e. you heard from folks in the labor community, housing, sponsors, from the supervisor's offices. this is -- this is a whole new opportunity. i know we're here talking about a very, very specific piece represented just to educator housing. but taking a moment for you all to consider in many ways how your jobs just got easier. because all of the rezoning foresight throughout the entire city, for affordable housing, has been taken care of. [ please stand by ] when we find the opportunity sih that with money and we have prog forward. i hope we are going to have coms full of people who are wanting e projects forward over the line r neighborhoods. very confident that is where we. and this measure makes it easie. i know you are big champions of. i'm talking to the choir here. but thank you for that. and there will be more coming

mr. klein smith. who is he? >> i'm going to defer on speaking about people who we don't name specifically in the report. >> tell me about the guy that altered the email from the cia. >> there was a lawyer in the office of general counsel of the fbi who was the line attorney working with the agents and counterparts at the national security division on the fisa. and that individual in june of 2017, as the last application was being prepared and immediately following mr. page, carter page, going to news outlets after word of the fisa hit the news media and said to the news media i was someone who worked with u.s. intelligence agencies, not someone who worked against them, lawyers and agents went and said weave got to figure out what's the story, is that what happened? the lawyer, the ogc attorney for the fbi reached out to a liaison at the other government agency that was at issue, asked the question is, was plfrmt page a source or contact of some sort for your organization. the report back and the email referenced

the problem these senate have is senate impeachment trials are not a chains chance to make a big mr. smithto washington speech on the senate floor. you're supposed to sit and listen. it's also not the top democrats want to talk about. democrats do not see president trump being impeached as a bipolitical asset. they'd nufer much prefer talking about something like hlthcare. >> someone else prominent in siimpeachment, nancy pe susan, you are working on a biography of her because i've seen you doing the work. i'm curious what your thoughts are as we've seen nancy pelosi going head to head with historic majority leaders mitch mcconnell, twtfigures that i nk will be in the history books. right now speaker blowser thas et transmitted the articles of impeachment. we don't know when she will. whado you make of this strategy by speaker pelosi, are there political risks here? what's going on? >> i was surprised when she decided not to send the articles o thepeachment over senat it's not really a delay till i xt week when congress comes back. ink she is trying to be helpful to chuck schumer, the demo

. >> and with that i would yield a minute and a half of my time for my friend from missouri, mr. smith. >> thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i come from a state that raises corn and cotton, and democrats. your frothy el consequence neither convinces. i'm from the show me state. you have to show me. the only thing that you all have shown so far is that you're about to impeach a duly elected president who has done nothing wrong. democrats are not impeaching the president because they are scared of our republic or that he has committed a crime. they are impeaching him because they fear the president's policies. and how well they are working for the american people. most of all they fear the election because they know they can't beat them. in fact, one of my democrat colleagues is quoted stating i'm concerned if we don't impeach him he will get re-elected. this kind of rhetoric is disgusting. impeachment is not a political weapon. and any member who votes for impeachment should be ashamed today. you cannot undo the results of the 2016 election simply because your flawed candidate di

i need to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith. >> gentleman is recognized 1 1/2 minutes. >> i rise today to speak out against this attempt to remove the duly elected president of the united states. impeachment is importantly established in our constitution, the impeachment of a president has happened twice in our country's 243-year history. yesterday today for highly political purposes, the house majority is trying to remove president trump from office based on secondhand indirect accounts. the articles of impeachment we're voting on today offer no evidence of a crime, but instead are purposely broad to fit the majority's narrative. less than a year until the next presidential election, we're being asked to override the choice of the american people. this process has had -- has been predetermined as an outcome from the very beginning. this is an unfortunate day in the history of our great country. we must hope this political game does not set a precedent of which to follow in the future. surely there will be disagreements between

paul, david, emma, pete, mandy, william, brian, allen, mr smith. but mrs smith disagrees. haviour. anyway, further to that. the government says it won‘t rule out taking "further steps" if football authorities in england fail to deal with racism. it follows sunday‘s premier league match between tottenham and chelsea when play was stopped after antonio rudiger said he heard monkey noises. tottenham have studied hours of cctv footage with lip readers to find the alleged perpetrators, but their findings were "inconclusive". meanwhile a chelsea fan has been arrested for allegedly abusing tottenham player son heung—min during the same game. facing the media ahead of the boxing day fixtures, tottenham managerjose mourinho gave his thoughts on the issue of racism in football. do we need help? yes. but society needs help. we need to eradicate... is that the correct word? yes. we need to eradicate any form of discrimination, and in this case, we are speaking about racism. and, yes, football needs help. well, the sheffield united manager, chris wilder, agreed with mourinho and said fa

those talks, mr smith said he was heartened by the discussions, he said that he believed the message and the continued absence was not sustainable. he pointed up the hill at this building and said it was an empty symbol of the good friday agreements, the peace agreements had promised much in that the spirit of that agreement had to be restorative with the power—sharing institutions. during the election campaign there remains the election campaign there remains the two biggest parties in northern ireland but both of those parties took a hit in terms of the overall number of votes that they received. sinn fein had the same number as last time, seven but in overall terms they failed from the dup lost two of their ten mps. many people are reading that now is a message coming from the electorate that simply is years of paralysis are not good enough, that devolved government has to resume. the public services here are under increasing strain, the health service in particular, new figures released during the campaign which underlined the fact that northern ireland had the fact that northern

mr. smith: one of the highest it stood as raska, an mistakable part of the oregon trail. hen i look at the monument, i can't help but think of the brave pioneers of the oregon trail. oregon trail s, loaned mark, such as scottsbluff have al monument, must been a sight of awe. it must have served as keep going and to let them know they are well on their name. a ttsbluff was named by trader who died nearby. just as the monument's name from early economic opportunity in our region, the monument is still important to economy, drawing 150,000 people from across america and around the world each and every year. to thank the great folks who dedicate their time and hard work to keep the park so others maytion enjoy it for generations to come. it is with great pleasure i join with all nebraskans to celebrate the centennial of this oregon trail icon. thank you, mr. speaker. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the spea

mr. smith votes aye. aye.allegly votes mr. canady votes aye. mr. english votes aye. mr. goodlatte votes aye. mr. bowyer votes aye. mr. brian votes aye. ye. shouted votes a mr. barr votes aye. mr. jenkins votes aye. mr. hutchinson votes aye. mr. peas votes aye. mr. cannon votes aye. mr. rogan votes aye. mr. graham votes aye. miss mono votes aye. mr. conyers votes no. mr. frank votes no. mr. schumer votes no. mr. berman votes no. mr. boucher votes no. mr. nadler votes no. no.scott votes no.watt votes ms. lofgren votes no. ms. jackson lee votes no. miss waters votes no. mr. meehan votes no. mr. vet -- mr. delahunt votes no. mr. wexler votes no. no. rothman both mr. barrett votes no. mr. hyde votes aye. chairman hyde: the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, there are 21 aye's and 16 no. thearticle is agree to and committee stands at recess until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. you have been watching some of the debate from december 11, 1998 with the house judiciary committee. in 1998red all of this and 1999 for national journal. the final vote in the house was what? >> the house

mr. smith votes aye. mr. gallegly votes aye. mr. canady votes aye. mr. inglis votes aye. mr. goodlatte votes aye. mr. bowyer votes aye. mr. bryant votes aye. mr. shouted votes aye. mr. barr votes aye. mr. jenkins votes aye. mr. hutchinson votes aye. mr. peas votes aye. mr. cannon votes aye. mr. rogan votes aye. mr. graham votes aye. miss mono votes aye. mr. conyers votes no. mr. frank votes no. mr. schumer votes no. mr. berman votes no. mr. boucher votes no. mr. nadler votes no. mr. scott votes no. mr. watt votes no. ms. lofgren votes no. ms. jackson lee votes no. miss waters votes no. mr. meehan votes no. mr. delahunt votes no. mr. wexler votes no. mr. rothman both no. mr. barrett votes no. mr. hyde votes aye. chairman hyde: the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, there are 21 aye's and 16 no's. and the article is agree to and the committee stands at recess until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] steve: you've been watching some of the debate fro

i first want to ask you, thank you for being here, mr. smith. how were you all able to get these documents? the administration has been notoriously open in refusing to comply with request for documents. how were you all able to get them? >> good morning, joy, thank you to the listeners for interest in the subject. the administration has been extremely reluctant to turn any information over to congress. and in fact, in the impeachment debate, the congress complained specifically that it's not received any documentation of any kind from the office of management and budget which oversees all spending on things like ukraine. and the department of defense which carries out that spending. they have refused to turn over any documents. so back in september, even before the congress, subpoenaed congress, we requested these documents under the freedom of information act. we were luck to get a fairly quick response from the judge. we asked after -- we had to wait a month because they refused to even acknowledge our request in one case. and the other case,

mr. harvey smith, from taryn edwards with the mechanics institute, and a host of other people there. so the enthusiasm and support that you have all demonstrated in all of that -- and as we deliberated, we would take a look -- again, two things that we need to resolve together, the cost and the location. and again, should this be outside? and again, the location will inform on the cost. if you're putting something outside, you need to think about the maintenance and all of those elements. and if you're putting it inside, what about the food traffic and all of those? so that's basically the kind of work that we would like to develop. our infrastructure, landscape, we've received the highest lead of any development in the world, so it really shows us here, working on this thing meticulously so at the end of the day, it will be that destination that all of you envisioned. thank you all again for your presence today. >> just a couple quick questions on the construction. i imagine if it's installed and it's going to have water, it's going to be heavier. is that going to affect constructio

mr. smith: thank you. i almost heard my colleague, mr. larson, appreciate -- i thought heard him say president trumpka. thought he was going to say president trump. i appreciate the few nudges we have seen over the last few weeks that have brought us to this point and i certainly appreciate the work of ambassador lighthizer. many on president trump's team who have worked so hard to get us to this point. representing an agriculture powerhouse district, third district of nebraska, where our farmers and ranchers work very diligently and efficiently to help feed america anti-world. we need good markets for them. trade relationships in north america are so important and that we have this opportunity to modernize nafta heading us in the direction to even more markets and really reflecting the needs of our economy and the economy across north america. we have got this opportunity to bring people together, especially in light of events this week. i certainly appreciate this opportunity and our leader on the ways and means committee, both mr. brad

mr. ryan reynolds. >> rachel smith travelled to brazil for this exclusive. >> hey, there guys, that's rightchatting wh ryan reynolds and the cast of "6 underground" getting their take on what it was like bringing those miael bay action scenes to life on screen. >> bby, they have fighter jets. >> sao pauloooks peaceful now. but just the day before a barrier separating ryan from ousands of fans collapsed. i mean basically fans had you looking like a real life stunt hero. >> i tnk it looked wse than it w. >> yeah, everye was fine. >> my only job that blake said, as i was leaving, was just ce home in one piece. so that was my only job. >> coming home in one piece would also be kind of nice after working with michael bay for over four mont >> it's pure chaos, you know, on set. this friendship is forged in pure fire. >> i got a bad idea. >> don't have bad ideas. have gooideas. >> you get on set and you're like get ready for the bay-hem! >> yeah, that's what it is it's bay-hem, ght? >> the best part about shooting with michael bay? >> we ve 15 minutes. >> the best part about shooting with michael

mr. klein smith. who's he? >> i'm going to defer on speaking about people who we don't name basically in the report. >> okay. who's the guy that altered. tell me about the guy that altered the e-mail from the cia? >> so there was a lawyer in the office of general council of the fbi who was the line attorney working with the agents and counterparts of the national intuition on fisa. and that -- in june of 2017 as the last application was being prepared and immediately following mr. page, carter page, going to news outlets after word of the fisas hit the news media and said to the news media, i was someone who worked with u.s. intelligence agencies, not someone who worked against them. lawyers and agents went and said we got to figure out what's the story is that what happened? the lawyer, the ogc attorney for the fbi, reached out to a liaison at the other government agency that was at issue, asked the question, is -- was mr. page a source or a contact of some sort for your organization? the report back and the e

mr. ryan reynolds. >> rachel smith travelledo brazil for this exclusive. >> hey, there guys, at's right.atting with ryan reynolds and t ct of "6 unrgrod" getting tir tak on what was le bringing those miael bay action scenes to life on screen. >> bobby, they have fighte jets. >> sao paulo lks peaceful now. but just the day before a barrier separating ryan from looking like a real life stunt hero. >> i tnk it looked wor than it was. >> yeah, everyonwas fine. >> my only job that blaksaid, as ias leaving, was just com me in one piece. so that was my only job. >> coming ho in one piece would also be kind of nice after working with michael bay for over four months >> it's pure cos, you know, on set. is friendship isorged in pure fire. >> i got a bad idea. >> don't have bad ea have gooids. >> you get oset and you're like get ready f the bayem! >> yh, thas what it is it's bay-hem, rit? >> the best part about shooting with micel bay? >> we ha 15 minutes. >> the best part about shooting >> for me it's the sllness, the quiet moments. >> so your character in the film, ryan, he says this is all so da

i think mr. smith, chairman smith, set it in his opening remarks that history matters on the relationship between russia and the syria goes back to the cold war when it was the ussr and they fed a vase at years and that relationship in the post-soviet russia was reinvigorated -- >> excuse me, this history lesson would take several months. >> but -- i'm going -- i promise i will get there in 20 seconds. the relationship was reinvigorated in 2013 or 2014 russia moved in under thought and began working closely with syrian forces. look, back to your question about thehe national defense strategy is what way i see us countering russia consistent with the nds is through our nato alliance. we seen success there and i was at the meeting last week and the nato allies are spending $140 billion more annually than they have been before we are afocused on the nato readiness initiative which is critical. >> excuse me, could you please focus on syria and turkey spirit sure, my biggest concern with syria and turkey is