mr. ken stewart will be introduced by the distinguished senator, senator david perdue. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to introduce my stewart. he serves as chairman for the board of trusties for the american forest foundation. he returned to work as new reformable products institute after having retired of senior adviser at georgia tech in 2010. he joined state government in september 2004 when he was appointed director of the georgia forestry commission. mr. stewart's perspective on wild fire for the private land owners is important in our state since georgia has more privately-owned commercial timberland than any state in the country. 55% is owned by private individuals. only 8% by public federal state and county. we should draw on mr. stewart's wealth in knowledge and voices and concerns are critical as we discuss forest management and issues that impact them directly. we look forward to your testimony. >> our next witness is mr. chris treese. i recognize the distinguished senator. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you to you senator to allow me to introduce chris treese. h

mr. stewart. >> mr. chairman, ranking member stabenow and member of the committee. this is the perfect time for this season. the fire season is coming to an end now. and i'm so impressed by how informed the committee is by the open statements that were made. the american forest foundation represents the interest of 22 million family forest land owners across the country, the private land owners that we're talking about here. the interest your leadership on this issue is very important to us and i would like to also submit -- this is a member -- excuse me, introduction into the report, a report from the american forest foundation, western water threatened by wildfire. plins by what i'm going to talk about, not the public side but the private side today. 30% of the land in the 11 western states are privately owned. of that 40% of the high fire threat lands are lands that are owned privately or in the critical fire hazard area. and the interesting part of that is 64 million westerners depend on that watershed for their drinking waters. the catastrophic wildfires that t

mr. stewart? stewart: mr.chair, ranking member, and others, the season is largely coming to an end so impressedd i am with how well informed the committee is from the opening statements about many of the issues that we are facing. american forest foundation represents the interests of 22 million forest land owners across the country, and these are the private landowners that we are talking about here. your leadership on this issue is very important to us, and i would also like to summit -- this is a member, excuse me, for introduction from the record from the western water threatened by wildfire. it is not just a public lands i want toprincipally, talk not about the public side but the private side today. 30% of the land in the western states are privately owned, and of that, 40% of the high fire threat lands are on lands that are in the critical fire hazard area, and the interesting part of that is the 4 million westerners depend on that watershed for their drinking waters. he catastrophic wildfires that they

mr. kim stewart from georgia. mr. tewart currently serves as chairman of the board of trustees from the american force foundation. he has also read my alma mater to work his deputy director of a renewable bite product institute esther after having retired in 2,010. previously he was appointed commissioner of the georgia department of economic develop and in january, 2,007. he joined straight government in 2,004 when he was appointed director of the georgia for street. his perspective on wildfire for private landowners is especially important in our state. georgia has more privately owned, timberland than any state in the country. george's 24 million-acre, 55% is owned by private individuals. only 8% by public, federal, state, and county. we should drawn his wealth of knowledge along with his experience in the field. their voices and concerns are critical as we discussed the importance of force management and other forster issues that impact directly. thank you for being here, we look for to your testimony. >> our next

mr. ken stewart from marietta georgia. he serves as the board of trustees for the american forest foundation and also returned to my alma mater alma mater and how georgia tech to work as a deputy director of the newly formed institute after having retired as a senior adviser of advisor of industry strategy at georgia tech in 2010. he was appointed commissioner of the georgia department of economic development in january, 2007. he joined the state government in september of 2004 when he was appointed director of the georgia forestry commission. his perspective on wildfire for the private land owners are especially important in our state since georgia has our privately owned commercially available timber land than any state in the country. the 24 million acres, 55% is owned by private individuals. only 8% by federal state and county. we should draw the wealthy and college with the experience of private and family forest owners in the field. their voices and concerns are critical as we discussed the importance of the forest m

mr. ken stewart will be introduced by the distinguished senator. >> thank you mr. chairman. i am pleased to introduce mr. ken stewart, an area of georgia he's currently serves as chairman of the board of trustees for the american force foundation. he also returned to georgia tech after having retired as a senior adviser of industries that jesus in 2,010. previously he was appointed commissioner of the georgia department of economic development in january 2007. he joined state government in 2,004 when he was appointed director of georgia for stricken georgia has more privately owned commercially available timberland than any state in the country. george's 24 million acres, 55% is owned by private individuals. only 8% by public, federal, state, and county. we should draw on his wealth and knowledge with private and family landowners in the field. their voices and concerns are critical as they discuss the four street issues that impact them directly. hank you for being here, we look for to your testimony. >> our next witnesses mr. chris trees, i recognize the senator. >> thank

mr. stewart: last night, two senior military officers told me how much their country would really appreciate it if we joined them fully in taking the fight to syria. pinpoint accurate bombing by the raf would demonstrate our determination to destroy the terrorists. i ask that we bring this highly potent gesture to a vote of this house as soon as next week, because our allies really want us to prove that we are fully with them. pay tribute let me to my honorable friend. he has served in combat zones. he knows the importance of making these considerations after -- decisions after careful consideration and he absolutely knows the importance of standing by our allies. was on this: i bench in 2002 when tony blair presented the case for war in iraq with considerable sincerity. it was a matter of integrity. what i would ask the prime minister before he comes to this house again to put the case for more war to the vote, that he should examine the conscience, that he should examine all bombing, as wef , and this is a matter of integrity. i agree it is a matter of integrity and there is no part of me

i was watching kasich and he reminded me of jimmy stewart in "mr. smith goes to washington." john: who played the role? jimmy stewart. did you finish the point you were making? eleanor: yeah, i think kasich basically kicked the door open for criticizing of the field then he kind of backed away and other candidates walked through it. i thought rubio and cruz did better. pat: kasich's problem is, very smart, capable. he'd be an excellent budget director, excellent cabinet officer. the persona is too angry and too hot for television. it is not cool. that's one of his problems. he came off with too angry with these folks. sense of humor? is showing. john: if my memory is correct and, of course it is, i recall that on two of the post-debate collections of journalists having a drink and talking to each other in gatherings after the debate. large gatherings, the number that came up as number one was john kasich. do you remember that? tom: he's popular because he is a moderate so people would like him to respect more of the party brand but i don't see how he gets past rubio. eleanor:

mr. stewart to do this deal. things should be as short as five minutes, they could be longer.hey may have something on hbo has compiles what he has done. >> stock jumped. >> this is not an insignificant thing. i did see mr. plepler yesterday, but he wouldn't say how much they were paying him. anyone know? could be a lot. >> worth it if the stock jumped like that. time warner, the stock buyback was not as aggressive as -- >> as people anticipated. fox was not a good number. doesn't appear to be. the james murdoch era has been a bumpy one that call started at 8:30. so we'll see what we get. film was weak. question is ad trends overall. but the cable networks at fox were quite strong. >> what the heck is the stock doing up? 3.4 verses 3.2? >> there's an underlying tone here, i want to get to cbs, there's an argument that ads are coming back in a big way. cbs had a good quarter. it really talked up its sequential increase in ads q3 to q4. it wasn't a particularly good time, but it does appear there were a lot of agency renewals going on. let me refer to a quote from the conference

mr. stewart, one of these issues largely high profile in the west, we have serious impacts in the south and i'm really pleased that you were a witness and from that region which includes a significant point of federal forest, private family planned own, ownerships and an assortment of things. while i know you report focused largely on the west, how are the issues in the south similar or different when it comes to wildfire? >> again we talked about neo-political boundaries answer with lots of wildfires do not as large but they are all catastrophic when we have them. we have again at the impact on the budget effects those states not in the west just like it affects the states in the west. if we look at the state and private programs and the mitigation efforts and the employment of the service forster's and others were doing work for the private land owners, they are so impacted outside the west as a result of these fires and what the budget is handled. so it's a very significant impact for the country spend what more can we do on public lands since much of it in action stems from lack of publ

mr. stewart: this document, which holds the same weight as an depecktive -- executive order, aims to expand the 26-year-old policy set to require no net loss of wetlands to all natural resources. the economic impact of this regulation would be devastating to the west. why do i live in utah? i live there because i love it. i love to rock climb. i love to ski. i love the beauty of the place i live. all of us want to protect our natural resources. but we can't put human interests at the bottom of the priority pile. this is such a huge power grab and it's going to devastate the trust that's essential between the president and the american people. it must be done, such a thing, by the people's congress, by those whoy are closest to the people -- those who are closest to the people. for that reason i will use every tool at my disposal to ensure that this outrageous presidential decree is not implemented. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? the ge

mr. stewart joins us now. rod, good to see you. >> i couldn'te better. thank you. >> you look good. >> thank you. >> you took a 20-year break from writing, you came back in 2013. there must have been something getting back out and doing that that kept you invigorated. you're back k it. >> i was doing the american song book for ten of those years, so i wasn't sitting on me bum. i brought the book out. i realilid how many songs. >> i like to read reviews sometimes, other times i think it's a bunch of gibberish. this is pretty good. this the album is agege appropriate. another review said it feels true to who he is today. an entertainer happy to reveal part of his heart because he knows there is an audience out there who cares. does that resonate with you? >> yeaht does big time. spot on. that's exactly what the album is. age appropriate songs i suppose. most of them. >> 50-plus years in the businessss if youou look at the business of being a recording artist what is the biggest change todays have swlens you started? >> well, i would like like to bebe comin

mr. stewart joins us now. rod, always good to see you. >> i couldn't be better. >> you look good. >> thanks. >> you took a 20-year break from writing music and came bhak in 2013 in time. must have been something about getting back out there and doing that that kept you invigorated because you're right back tat. >> i was doing the american song book for ten of those years so i wasn't sitting on my bum and then i brought the back out and it realized how many songs i had to write so the book was the catalyst. >> i like to read reviews sometimes. other times i think it's a bunch of gibberish but let she try these on you. >> re they good in. >> pretty good. someone twleet this album is age appropriate. another review said it feels true to who h is today, an entertainer who is happy to reveal part of his heart because he knows there's an audience out there who cares. does that resonate with you? >> resonates big time. that's exactly what the album singing age-appropriate songs i suppose, most of them. >> 50-plus yea

mr. cannon: jimmy stewart, people like that. ms. odruff: yeah, so i wouldn't say that they were -- you know, that they were -- the conservatives were necessarily in the extreme minority, but they probably weren't the majority, either. mr. cannon: well, then as now, hollywood -- most of the people in hollywood were democrats. but there's an interesting story about that when reagan runs in 1966 against pat brown, who'd been a two-term -- very popular two-term governor of california -- he'd beaten richard nixon like a drum in 1962. but pat thought it would be wise to run against reagan as an actor. he would say, "he's an actor," the way you would say, you know, "he's an idiot." and people figured, well, why did they think this is a winning strategy? well, my dad, like so many of these things, figured out because his people were all from northern california, and 60 percent of the voters were then in southern california, and they were proud of the movie industry. and there was a telethon that the democrats ran in which they were criticizi

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mr. smith goes to washington. >> but stewart, he's convinced people somehow -- maybe it's through unpredictable rhetoric that he is a populist, right? >> listen, what happens in these polls -- and ben knows this -- when you're for someone, you're for them all the way. you're not going to be for dr. carson and say well, he would be bad on the nuclear codes. it doesn't make sense. when you're for your candidate, you're for your candidate to be president. these things chaenk. i don't think the party is going to nominate someone who has not been in office before. i could be wrong, but i don't think i'm going to be wrong on this one, though. >> whether these poll numbers translate to votes, we're looking tonight in kentucky where matt bevin, who is an insurgent candidate, who was trounced by the establishment candidate is now the governor of kentucky. and some people are saying that's backdrop from a trump and carson rise. anti-establishment fervor that has seized the grassroots. i wonder if you think donald trump and ben carson can take new hampshire, ohio and south carolina? >> there's a dirchs be

stewart, hunter. strong ag presence down there. host: if congressman betty carter -- buddy carter could accomplish one thing, what would it be in your first term? mr. carter: obviously, being a pharmacist, one of the things that is of most interest to me is health care. and certainly making sure that the free market exists in health care. and continues to exist. because whether it be independent pharmacists and health care providers, we get squeezed out. and i don't think that is good for health care. i am a big free-market person. so i really am concerned about that, and that would be one thing i will work very diligently. host: d you enjoy the job? -- do you enjoy the job? mr. carter: i love it. and this is a dream to me. particularly, as you can imagine, representing the area you grow up in. it is really, really an honor for me. host: as you navigate through your district, here in washington, republican party politics, running a staff, what has surprised you the most? mr. carter: you know, we got -- we have a lot of challenges in this country. and i'm concerned. i'm concerned because my granddaughters, my grandchildren, my children, i want them

mr. dear told them that he was against abortion. the victims, a mother, jennifer markovsky, and iraq war vet van kiara stewart. and officer garrett swasey who had trained with one time with nancy kerrigan. >> a true friend and very loyal and loving, and caring person. good listener. he was sort of passionate with everything, and everything was done with a giant smile, and he had fun in life. so sad. he has two young kids who literally run to him every time he comes in the door. >> cnn's stephanie e elam is standing by live in colorado springs. you know, such curiosity about this defendant, and he is about to walk into the court appearance, and walk me through what he is expecting this afternoon. >> well, ashleigh, we understand that it is video uplink, and he is being held here at the el paso criminal justice scenter, and we understand that he is going to be arraigned and held without bond so far. he is goinging the to be learning the charges against him, and the district attorney's office has ten days to the amend the charges, add more charges against him based on what happened on friday afternoon here in col

stewart, hunter. strong ag presence down there. host: if congressman buddy carter could accomplish one thing, what would it be in your first term? mr. carter: obviously, being a pharmacist, one of the things that is of most interest to me is health care. and certainly making sure that the free market exists in health care. and continues to exist. because whether it be independent pharmacists and health care providers, we get squeezed out. and i don't think that is good for health care. i am a big free-market person. so i really am concerned about that, and that would be one thing i will work very diligently. host: do you enjoy the job? mr. carter: i love it. and this is a dream to me. particularly, as you can imagine, representing the area you grow up in. it is really, really an honor for me. host: as you navigate through your district, here in washington, republican party politics, running a staff, what has surprised you the most? mr. carter: you know, we got -- we have a lot of challenges in this country. and i'm concerned. i'm concerned because my granddaughters, my grandchildren, my children, i want them to enjoy the same -- th

mr. chairman. i want to thank our witnesses for coming today and i want to stewart the risk mid-negotiation mechanisms in the law which we commonly refer to as the three rs, as i mentioned earlier. those were designed to promote competition and ensure stability in the insurance marketplace. is that correct, dr. cohen? >> that's right. >> and yet some would argue that those programs with what have led to the insolvency of the co-ops. i don't really understand how programs that were designed to help the co-ops could wind up hurting them so let me go into that a little bit. the risk adjustment program is designed to transfer funds from lower-risk plans to higher-risk plans, is that correct, dr. cohen? >> the risk adjustment program is designed to, again, make sure that companies are taking care of the people who really need the care. those that are sick, making sure they're not just cherry picking the healthy folks but offering coverage to anyone who walks through the door. >> and what that does then is it transfers money, then, from lower-risk plans where there aren't so many severely sick people to hig

dave and stewart is a good man with all admire the work he has hope that the next speaker paul ryan will use him, he is a talented man. and mrs. pelosi's able negotiator. let me say word about speaker pelosi before i move on. admire this woman. in the housewart of representatives and will go

dave and stewart is a good man with all admire the work he has hope that the next speaker paul ryan will use him, he is a talented man. and mrs. pelosi's able negotiator. let me say word about speaker pelosi before i move on. admire this woman. in the housewart of representatives and will go down in history as one of the great leaders of that body. hermire her and appreciate friendship and extend anyone within the sound of my voice, my appreciation for what she did on this bill. indicated that the present did a wonderful job on but he assigned two really good people. katie is a woman that we all know in the senate, she worked for senator schumer, for the democratic policy committee. we admire her very much and she was so helpful. so, mr. president is now time for this important legislation passed. have to admit i was skeptical when mr. boehner said he wanted to clean out the foreign before he left. he passed the debt limit and two-year budget agreement which should go a long way to return the appropriations project to the weight should work. i will always consider him my friend. his final remarks on the house floor were very

mr. chair. i'm going to be like ms. lee and ask you a lot of questions. >> i'm sorry, sir, i can't -- >> i have a lot of questions. in july, a young man named darius stewart was shot and killed by memphis police. he was a passenger in a motor vehicle stopped for a traffic citation. he was asked to get out of the car. they looked at him, put him in the car. he was shot and killed. the d.a. asked the grand jury to indict voluntary manslaughter. the grand jury chose not to. how that was presented, who knows. obviously not as well as a ham sandwich could have presented. i asked the department of justice to look into it. your first response is you monitored the case. now that items gone through the grand jury process, i would like to ask for the department of justice to look into this case and see if civil rye rights violations may have occurred. >> i would like to have my staff reach out to you and get that information, sir. >> are you familiar with the case? >> we have a number of similar matters under review. >> i hope you will come familiar. many feel it was a miscarriage to justice equal to the others in the united states. for some reason it hasn't risen

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mr. chair. i'm going to be like ms. lee and ask you a lot of questions. >> i'm sorry, sir. >> i have a lot of questions. in july, a young man named darius stewartwas shot and killed by memphis police. he was a passenger in a motor vehicle stopped for a traffic citation. he was asked to get out of the car. they looked at him, put him in the car. he was shot and killed. the d.a. asked the grand jury to indict voluntary manslaughter. the grand jury chose not to. how that was presented, who knows. obviously a ham sandwich could have presented. i asked the department of justice to look into it. your first response is you monditored the case. now i would like to ask the department of justice to see if civil rights violations may have occurred. >> i would like to have my staff reach out to you and get that information, sir. >> are you familiar with the case? >> we have a number of similar matters under review. >> i hope you will come familiar. many feel it was a miss character to justice equal to the others in the united states. for some reason it hasn't risen to the radar of the united states attorney general and we hope that it will. the dba took a