mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from new jersey, mrs. bonnie watson coleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. mrs. watson coleman: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in opposition to h.r. 4820, the so-called combating terrorist recruitment bill. h.r. 4820 owe mitts any mention of domestic terrorist organizations, a significant departure from the wholeistic comprehensive approach that is adopted by the administration to counter ideologically based violence. this bill isolates the enemy to be those who are islamists, those who are foreign and those who are being radicalized by foreigners. how does this bill address the threat of terror from those who are not just jaded jihadists, like this bill was initial titled, but rather part of a domestic militia or part of a right-wing, ultra-conservative racist organization that wants to kill african-americans or other vulnerable populations? a recent study by the police executive r

mr. thompson for his statement. mr. thompson: chairman perry, esteemed committee i would like to thank our veterans as well as those who have worked at guantanamo bay. also would like to thank our lomplete officers and particularly representative jenkins for giving me this opportunity to speak today. today i speak on behalf of the leavenworth and i thank you for that opportunity. i speak to the president's desire to close guantanamo bay detention facility and the impact it would have on communities, particularly leavenworth. today i want to focus on issues of of of of concern. first, lack of communication by the department of defense and obama administration. second, i would like to talk about the security implications of kansas city metro area to the detainees if they were transferred there. and third, i would like to talk about the implications to the mission of fort levent worth. as -- leavenworth. as county attorney i am the chief law enforcement officer and tasked with prosecute ing criminal offenses and protecting

mr. thompson for his statement. mr. thompson: esteemed committee, i would like to first think our veterans as well as those who have worked in guantanamo bay. i would also like to thank our law enforcement officers in giving me this opportunity to speak today. today i speak on behalf of leavenworth and i thank you for that opportunity. i look at the impact this would have on communities, particularly lemons worth. today i want to focus on the issues of concern, first, the by the obamaation ministration. second, the indications to the kansas city metro area if the detainees were transferred there, and third, i would like to talk about the locations to the mission of love is worth. the county attorney, i am the chief prosecuting officer and must assure the safety and welfare of our community. it is important for me to have as much information as possible in regarding to the community's safety. failed toment has share any information with local officials. without this information, my community has no way to prepare for the

mr. thompson: i agree. phone call would not be enough but if they demonstrated the cost of -- whatever's involved. is that a concern of yours. governor haley: they could tell me they would house these terrorists and i would not take them. the state of south carolina does not want them. there is no amount of money that they can pay, whether it be cost or supplement that would justify those detainees coming to south carolina. . mr. thompson: i appreciate your opinion. you referenced what happened to charleston relative to the unfortunate circumstances at mother emanuel. some of us also participated in the services and it was not a good day. that's the other ugly head of terrorism.local can you tell me who has custody of the young man charged with killing the people at mother emanuel? governor haley: is he in south carolina. representative thompson: is he in a federal facility or state or county facility? governor haley: i believe he's in a state facility. do yountative thompson: know where? governor haley: he

mr. thompson. mr. thompson: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, today marks tax day, day when americans must file their taxes. the broken tax code is nearly 75,000 pages and has excessive regulations, destroys jobs, and lacks certainty. the tax bill is too high for hardworking american families. this year americans will collectively spend more on taxes than basic necessaryities like food, clothing, and housing combined. new obamacare taxes destroy jobs. we must take the tax code fairer and si

mr. thompson, and the ranking member on our subcommittee, mr. vela, as well as their staffs to work with us in the spirit of bipartisanship to strengthen our security. i certainly ask our colleagues to support this commonsense bill. and at this time i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. payne. mr. payne: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 3586, the border and maritime coordination improvement act of 2015, and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes. mr. payne: thank you, mr. speaker. this legislation aims to improve the unity of effort between the various d.h.s. components charged with securing our land and maritime borders. r. 3586 also seeks to push out border security to mitigate threats at the earliest possible point. collaboration and cooperation are vital to ensuring our efforts are efficient and effective. h.r. 3586 allows the department to leverage the capabilities of its c

mr. thompson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: i rise today to congratulate the pennsylvania fish and boat commission, pfbc, on their 150th anniversary. it was founded on march 30, 1866, following a convention in harrisburg held to investigate water pollution caused by the effect of logging in the commonwealth was having on the mountain lakes and streams. the discussion at that meeting prompted the current governor, andrew curden, to sign a law to the mes worl fisheries. the pfbc has grown to employ more than 400 people and operates on an annual budget of $60 million funded by anglers and boaters through license and registration fees aamong other methods. it's responsible for policing 86,000 miles of pennsylvania streams, more than 4,000 lakes and more than 60 miles of lake erie shoreline and around 400 acres of wetlands. i'm proud of the work done by the pennsylvania fish and boat commission in keeping our lakes and streams healt

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. from our nation's farmers to andlers and hunters and those who love the outdoors, there are endless benefits. the 2014 farm bill provides substantial opportunities for agricultural conservation. this includes initiatives such as the conserves reserve program, and the conservation stewardship program, just to name a few. these programs are essential to assisting land owners to implement best management practices while improving water quality. the farm bill and the committee have worked to promote well managed forests. our nation's forests are economic engines and providing resources for our nation. our forests deliver significant benefits because they are national water filters. with earth day last friday, i think it's time to recognize the conservation work going on in our communities and our committee and the importance of managed land and water. with that in mind it continues to manage stewardships. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's t

mr. kasich: how about around of applause for your four term governor, tommie thompson?der, how could you bring that congress together? how can you get things done? mannt to tell you i had the that runs the serbian hall come ande and introduce himself say, my wife and i voted for you. let me also tell you, back in 1977 when i was a young man running for the state legislature, i sat down with another man that reminded me of him. white haird a shock and piercing blue eyes. he called me into his office. man, you know that i am serbian. i said, yes sir. he said, i happen to know you are croatian. why don't we set that aside for is election.th so i brought us together, serbians and crow ats. canou can do that, you bring anybody together. i heard 38% of people who live in this state don't know anything about me to form an opinion. i guess that is what happens when you are positive all the time and you don't inter-a demolition derby. the reason i am comfortable here is i grew up in a blue-collar town outside of pittsburgh. it was blue-collar. frankly, i don't remember meeting a

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise to commend several school districts in the pennsylvania's fifth congressional district in promoting healthy lifestyles for their students, staff and residents. in 2015, more than 2,200 people participated in the nutrition habit challenge which was established three years ago by one-on-one fitness, a local fitness consulting company, in order to inspire people across the country to make better -- across the county to make better choices for their diet and exercise habits. each year the winning school district is picked based on the number of successful participants, invited by the district's total number of students. those who participate must commit to changing a nutritional behavior over the course of one month. this year the -- my alma mater won

mr. thompson -- i think it's mr. thompson. no. lauren thompson said, "it is impossible to do what they have asked. you can't upgrade our cold war fighters". would you agree with the statement of thompson and would you want to elaborate? >> yes, sir. you can only do so much with our fourth generation fighters today. you can only add so many upgrades and structurally improve them to last a certain period of time. but what i will tell you from the knowledge i have on this program and the capabilities of the f-35, our legacy airplanes now and in the future will not survive the threat and no matter how much you upgrade them and how much you put into them, eventually they will not survive. this airplane differently. it will survive -- >> in combat? >> in combat. it will survive for decades to come. >> i want to point out one thing before i ask mr. sullivan's comments about this. this poll asks people about sticking with our current fighters until 2037. i wonder what the poll would have been if they were asked if they would be willing to

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, pennsylvania's fifth congressional district, which i'm proud to represent, has a deep heritage with wood products and timber industries. wood is the ultimate green building material and should be encouraged for its environmental benefits. unfortunately the bio prefer program did not recognize wood products, despite the obvious benefits of using such materials in buildings. because of this, i authored the forest products fairness act of 2013. this legislation was ultimately included in the 2014 farm bill, modified definition of bio-based products to specifically include forest products. mr. speaker, i rise today to commend the u.s. green building council for -- in taking the next step with the recent changes to their leadership in energy and environmental design green building railting system. this change will encourage more use of domestic wood in building construction. the change includes lumber companies certified by the american tree farm system and the landowners certifie

mr. thompson for his five minutes of questioning. representative thompson: thank you for appearing before this committee this morning. i'll get to when my question you had any dealings with that thesed facility detainees would be transferred to? governor haley: the department of defense has had no interaction with us whatsoever outside of suddenly getting a call saying they were going to be going to the charleston naval big. that's all that we've gotten. representative thompson: are you spending any money from taxpayers on maintenance in the navaop

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise today to commemorate the 150th anniversary of clinton county. it is located in western clinton county. built for and by the railroad. a and erie for many years, it was advertised as a mountain resort location with several hotels built there before the turn of the 20th century. although it was the railroad that attracted travelers, it formed the bedrock. its timber industry continues to thrive contributing $90 million to the economy of that county. many celebrations are planned, including a parade, the opening of a time capsule and fireworks display. i commend the local officials and the residents and the surrounding area of western clinton county for recognition of their long history. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to extend and revise my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the richmond hill high s

mr. thompson: i'm proud to serve along with my colleague from rhode island, mr. langevin, as co-chair of the career and education caucus. in that role i'm excited to learn of students in the pennsylvania fifth congressional district who are exceling in preparation for careers in growing technical education fields. today i want to congratulate justin deeths, a student at oil city high school who studies welding at the technology center. last december, he won first place in the annual pittsburgh section of the american welding society competition. on march 29, justin was awarded $100 for this accomplishment. a new welding helmet, jacket, and gloves along with a week at the lincoln electric welding school and qualification in x-ray welding. this is quite an achievement which will undoubtedly open new doors for justin. i wish him the best of success in his future endeavors. mr. speaker, career and technical education transforms lives. america needs a robust re-authorization of the perkins act. thank you, and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlema

mr. thompson, and he will tell you that wherever he needs me, i'm working. as a number two, you work that much harder. i also sit on the military committee and on the military committee this past year our number one has had some health issues, both of those committees meet at the same time. nancy pelosi believes that because i have the experience for both of those committees. and both of those committees need to know what they're doing, she wants me in those positions. >> asked and answered. >> first of all, focusing on illegal immigration, despite all the headlines. it's not really all that high. it's been high in the past, it may be high in the future, as of right now it's not really all that high. i do think we have to crack down on it dramatically, the best and simplest solution to high levels of illegal immigration is a high minimum wage. everybody agrees, all the studies have shown that the vast majority of illegal immigrants come to america for jobs. all the politicians constantly say they take the jobs that americans won't take. the reason americans

mr. thompson: i would say that if they were -- guantanamo bay, they are away from harming any other citizens. that's one of the most serious concerns that we have about bringing them to the united states soil. and to bring them into a community such as governor haley's, charleston, or something like fort leavenworth where they are communities of veterans as well as just citizens like myself living there, that's going to cause them undue threat, concern, economic impact social impact, psych local impact. all these things. ose in far ay thopse n >> i obje to the vo tha a ed. quor i not presenand- thpeaker pro tempore rther proceedgsn th es are posponed. the pled of lnceill b led by thgelela fro new yo,rs.mane mrs.al: i pledge itees of america and t e puicorch it stand nation unded, vie lerty a request for o-mepehe on eachef the aisl. for whpurpdo the ntleman fr cin . wison:r. speak, i k unanuson tads e hou for oneinute. revise and eenmyemar theaker prmpe: itut oecon, he gentleman s gned forne . wilsmr.peer, fro sterdaunti near0 .mis morng, uarmedervies mttee marked uth fiscal yr 20 nio dene tr

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise to congratulate doyle and becky corman for getting an impact award and recognitions -- recognizing their dedication to the youth of center county, pennsylvania. the boy scouts of america, which i spent more than three decades within the council as a scoutmaster, executive board member and president, offers the award. given my history with the council, i can tell you that the cormans follow the long line of men and women who dedicated their lives to the service of their community. mr. corman served as a state senator for more than 20 years from 1977 to 1998. over the years he and his wife, becky, have provided vital support for community organizations, including the boy scouts, the ymca and a scholarship to penn state university and much, much more. they're also the parents of pennsylvania state majority leader jake corman. they are a real credit to center county and its communities. i congratulate the cormans on this award and i look forward to many more years of their

mr. thompson, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate staff and students at several schools in the pennsylvania fifth congressional district. following the recognition from the national association of music merchants, better known as nam. i'm a big proponent of quality music education in our schools. very proud of what we accomplished with the repeal of no child left behind and replacement with the every student succeeds act, which really recognizes the importance of those programs such as music education. in fact, my son is a middle school music teacher in new jersey. we saw firsthand in our family what that experience for all three of our sons being involved in -- being impacted by music education has really helped them with their creativity skills, helped them in so many different ways and certainly exposure to a quality music education for my youngest son, kale, motivated him to pursue music education. he did that with his undergraduate degree and is now a middle school music teacher in new jerse

mr. thompson, is recognized for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise to commend lawmakers in pennsylvania's house and senate for their work on passing the commonwealth's new able or achieving a better life experience act, which was signed into law by the pennsylvania fworchor on monday. the measure -- by the governor on monday. now, i was happy to co-sponsor that legislation, along with a majority of my colleagues here in the house of representatives. the law empowers people with disabilities and their families to create flexible accounts to help save for medical and dental care, education, community-based support, employment training, housing and transportation. the state law passed easily in the pennsylvania house and senate last week, clearing the way for the state to administrator -- administer the new account. it eliminates a $2,000 cap for cash assets for those with certainly intellectual and physical disabilities which worked as a financial roadblock, preventing individuals from reaching their full potential. mr. speaker, thanks

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate kenneth cain of pennsylvania's fifth congressional district who will be honored at a bank wet tomorrow night in state college, pennsylvania, as an outstanding alumnist of the penn state university school of forest resources. i have long been impressed by ken's broad knowledge on forestry policy and regarding our commonwealth's forests. kenneth served in a variety of positions for forestry organizations, including as chairman of the allegheny society of american foresters, chairman of the penn chapter association of consulting foresters, northeast regional director of the association of consulting foresters of america, and as an advisor to various state-level planning committees, include the pennsylvania game commission,

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the 175th anniversary of porter township, clinton county, located in pennsylvania's 5th congressional district, founded in 1841 and named for the current governor at the time, david porter. the township was settled by scotch iron pioneers and known in its early days for the washington ironworks built in 1809 and operated until 1878. like so much of clinton county, pennsylvania's 5th congressional district, it is also dependent on the timber industry. to this day the timber industry remains vital, contributing an estimated $90 million per year to the county's economy. at 175 years old, porter county is older than 24 states. this is indeed a milestone to celebrate. the celebration begins this weekend on saturday with an opening ceremony that will include guest speakers and an ice cream social. further events are planned through the end of the year clueing a 5-k color walk run and tours of township farms. congratulations to the residents of porter towns

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise to congratulate the administrator, staff, and students from the park forest elementary school in state college, pennsylvania, on being named a 2016 green ribbon school by the u.s. department of education. park forest is one of only 47 schools across the entire nation to earn this distinction. which is given to schools for their innovative efforts to reduce their environmental impact and reduce utilityity costs, improve health and wellness, enend sure sustainability practices. in addition to the efforts to reduce its energy use and waste footprint, it also received grants to construct an outdoor exoast bin and created a garden exoast program. the school grounds also -- ompose -- come post program. it has also built a greenhouse which later served as a model in rwanda. this scratches the surface of the initiatives and innovations undertaken at park forest elementary and everyone involved deserves praise for their efforts. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance

mr. butterfield: i caused because, fred thompson said, are you aware? during the time of the testimony, ahead already come to the faa which it been there for months, so i thought to myself, you might as well be accurate here, and i did not have a clue if they still had listing devices, so i just paused and said, i was aware rather than, i am aware. >> talk about that moment, that very historic moment. how did you come to work for richard nixon? [laughter] mr. butterfield: i cannot be brief. i will say this, i was in australia because the senior military officer in that country, and i just heard in 1968 when nixon snaked by hubert humphrey to win the presidency. i was like the kiss of death to me, the extension. it seemed that way. i was eligible. i was going to come up on eligibility as a career officer. i admit i was fairly ambitious, and if i was going to stay in australia, which is a wonderful place and great for my family, but it is not where you want to be when you're coming up for general officer or admirable in the navy. i was desperate. i did no

mr. butterfield: i caused because, fred thompson said, are you aware? during the time of the testimony, i had come to the federal aviation administration and had been there for months, so i thought to myself, you might as well be accurate here, and i did not have a clue if they still had listing devices, so i just paused and said, i was aware rather than, i am aware. >> talk about that moment, that very historic moment. how did you come to work for richard nixon? [laughter] mr. butterfield: i cannot be brief. i will say this, i was in australia as the senior military country with my office in the american embassy. and i just heard in 1968 when nixon squeaked by hubert humphrey to win the presidency. that was like the kiss of death to me, it seemed that way. i was going to come up on eligibility for brigadier general. as a career officer i admit i , was fairly ambitious, and if i was going to stay in australia, which is a wonderful place and great for my family, but it is not where you want to be when you're coming up for general officer or admiral in th

thompson reporting. a piece of advice for mr. banks, brush up on one of the most useful phrases a husband can learn, sorry, honey. >> a return from the ruins in napa where people gathered for a special grand re-opening celebration. take a look hear. the city's oldest stone structure, which is home of a wayne tasting bar, reopened yesterday after it's facade crumbled on to main street during the earthquake of august, 2014. the building was red tagged for four months and it's taken until this month to get the structure completely repaired. >> and dozens got a chance to see the new jungle book movie before it was released. abc news was for the screening for the boys and girls club of oakland. the live action movie is inspired by the 1967 classic animated film. mike finney mc'd the event. the movie opens in theaters next friday. >> rain put at bit of a damper on the cherry blossom festival in san francisco yesterday. it usually draws hundreds of thousands of people. several thousand did show up and take in some japanese food and cult

thompson reporting. a piece of advice for mr.ks, brush up on one of the most useful phrases a husband can learn, sorry, honey. >>> and people gathered for a special grand reopening yesterday. the oldest structure, which is home to a wine tasting bar, was reopened yesterday after the earthquake of august, 2014. it has tape until this month to get the structure completely repaired. a may day is d-day for one lucky, not to mention exceptionally smart ivy league senior. she hit the jackpot but she's not the first. we have the story. >> she aimed high when she applied for college this year. >> i knew i wanted to go somewhere where i would learn a lot and where i would challenge myself academically. >> so she tried for the ivy league. the 8 storied schools which typically let in fewer that 15% of those who apply and sometimes far less. everyone knows augusta is a star in class and an athlete. she played badminton. and a leader. part of futures leaders of america who puts in extra hours. >> when i'm here until 6:00, 7:00 at night i'm do

mr. gray as he said would just rather this finally all go away. >> jeffrey thompson is due to be in court to be sentenced on june 10th. that's four days before the d.c. primary where vince gray wants to go back on the d.c. council. >> thanks, tom. >>> u.s. safety regulators say the massive air bag recall highlights problems with getting the word out to consumers. the head of the national highway traffic safety administration told congress that more resources are needed to help notify you of open vehicle recalls. and he said the air bag danger is more common with older cars. >> we're only seeing ruptures at 7 1/2 years, and that is with all the other risk factors involved as well. >> so far automakers have recalled more than 24 million u.s. vehicles to replace those faulty air bags. the national highwatr many people are either ignoring the recalls or just haven't heard about it. >>> at the capitol today a new call for changes to the nation's gun safety laws. democratic lawmakers stood with parents who have lost children to gun violence and other reform advocates. >> the national rifle asso

thompson. that was a plurality opinion. justice sotomayor: i don't actually understand. i don't know of any case where we've required an explanation under 10%. mr. hearne: i have two responses to that. there was a summary of performance and the concurrent by justice stevenson briar says that there is not this magic bright line. other decisions of this court have always disavowed creating a simple bright line test where deviations from the constitutional standard below that are tolerated. so, for example, that decision said we specifically don't want to set some line because the minute we do that, redistricting authorities will immediately use that as the new standard. justice sotomayor: well, in fact, they have. they have pretty much used 10%. mr. hearne: it has appeared in some of the district court decisions that have looked at that. we see that as a burden -- justice breyer: what it says, actually, in brown v. thompson, is that our decisions have established that as a general matter with a maximum population deviation, under 10% falls within this category of minor deviations. what we held previously was that minor deviations, for mathematic

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mrs. obama and prior presidents as well, hosted a reception with white house the correspondents' association. currently on the board, representatives from thompsong, times, fox, and of course "the wall street journal." privatehaving a reception with president and mrs. obama. this is a chance to talk with them one-on-one. larry wilmore will also be there. he brought his parents with him dinner. he has never met the president before. he will be doing entertainment after the president. sometimes it is hard to follow the president because he is really good at this. dinner. last year, when keegan-michael key and the president did there entertainerollow-up was despond and after the fact, because they were pretty strong entertainment. megyn kelly of fox is at the dinner, talking with the vice president or it -- vice president. this is a heavy security event, as you can imagine. everyone has gone through the metal detectors, have their bags had to have a ticket, a $300 ticket to get in, as well. if you want to participate in , if you twitter , or join the discussion on facebook.com. they have made the call for everybody to take their seats, and nobody i

mr. kasich: how about around of applause for your four term governor, tommie thompson?eople wonder, how could you bring that congress together? how can you get things done? i want to tell you i had the man that runs the serbian hall come to me and introduce himself and say, my wife and i voted for you. let me also tell you, back in 1977 when i was a young man running for the state legislature, i sat down with another man that reminded me of him. this man had a shock white hair and piercing blue eyes. he called me into his office. he said, young man, you know that i am serbian. i said, yes sir. he said, i happen to know you are croatian. why don't we set that aside for the rest of this election. so i brought us together, serbians and croats. if you can do that, you can bring anybody together. [laughter] [applause] i heard 38% of people who live in this state don't know anything about me to form an opinion. i guess that is what happens when you are positive all the time and you don't enter a demolition derby. the reason i am comfortable here is i grew up in a blue-collar

thompson's responses, we need any event. by that he meant another crisis and another bankruptcy in greece to concentrate on the minds of mrs. merkel, who is named explicitly. so this story, this illusion, this soothing myth -- soothing for the media, that the greek government has been completely and utterly exploded by the wikileaks exposure of these dialogues. austerity,s ponzi yanis varoufakis. , whatall know what ponzi a ponzi scheme is. it is when you pretend to be growing your income on the basis of unsustainable debt. and the more debt you take, the more you pretend that you're growing. but then you have to have even more unsustainable debt in order to maintain this illusion. what is ponzi austerity? once the bubbles burst, go the way you can continue to retain your solvent is through even more debt that will be utilized in order to repay or to pretend to repay the previous debts. and if you're going through a period of belt-tightening to creditors -- doing a good protestant thing, which is to be tightening your belt -- you have austerity which continuously reduces national income. because when you're reducing investm

mr. cruz than was on his slate. in tennessee, we didn't lose a delegate battle, we lost a battle over who may sit on these committees. we got every delegate we deserved in louisiana. >> ed, governor thompson, thank you so much. obviously we'll have to have that beer over brats on wednesday after the results come in. >> always love having a beer with governor thompson. >> ed, and i'll tell you if you win the 1237, i'll sign up and be one of your biggest supporters. >> thanks, governor. >>> on the other side of the trail, hillary clinton in danger of losing both wisconsin and her adopted home state of new york as she tries to defend herself against bernie sanders' attacks. that story next. i know what you're thinking, they all claim stuff like that. yeah, but some of them stretch the truth. one said they were the fastest. we checked, it was fastest in kansas city and a few other places. verizon is consistently fast across the country. you wouldn't want to hear from the bloke who packs your parachute, "it's good over kansas." do you know what i mean? so that's, you know... anywhere else, splat. only verizon is the #1 network for consistently fast speeds. and now if you buy a samsung galaxy s