mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 313 -- 2182 and yield myself such time as i -- 2132 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. the american flying public has seen many changes in how aviation security is handled since the devastating morning of september 11, 2001. among the most prominent changes has been the screening of passengers named against a so-called no-fly list. that contains information on tens of thousands of people who are deemed by our intelligence and law enforcement community as threats to aviation. h.r. 2132 seeks to ensure a traveler who has repeatedly received enhanced security screening at transportation security administration checkpoints, and believe they have wrongly been identified as posing a threat to aviation security, can receive timely redress from the department of homeland security's travelers redress inquiry program or d.h.s. trips program. this bill directs t.s.

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 ustice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? 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, june is national home othership month. it's a time when we celebrate and recognize the many benefits of owning a home. for generations of americans, owning a home has been an essential element in achieving the american dream. but since the great recession, we have seen homeownership rates drop to historic lows. young families often find themselves unable to save for down payment or gain access to ade

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i now recognize the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson, member of the education and work force committee, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, speaker pro tempore judge ted poe. thank you congressman glen thomson for yielding. i appreciate your effective leadership on strengthening america's work force to create jobs. i'm grateful to speak today on the importance of career and technical education. a critical tool in closing the skills gap and creating jobs. south carolina's been successful in promoting career and technical education programs, recruiting michelin, b.m.w., bridgestone, and now volvo. i hope all communities across america can experience the success we achieved creating jobs, leading to the lowest unemployment rate in 16 years. the 21st century career and technical education training act will reduce regulations and allow state and local leaders to create c.t.e. programs

mr. thompson has been making in this regard. and again we're finding out things that we need to know before, for example, how many states have been compromised in all of this. 21 of 21 states, and some states don't even realize that they have been, yet. so confidence in the electoral process, confidence that people's votes will be counted as cast is very important. but if we have a disruption of the system because of foreign intervention, that's an attack on our country, it's an attack on our democracy, so thank you, mr. chairman. announcing when we'll be having some meetings soon. i informed the speaker this morning of the fact that you had taken the lead on this and you have the support of that caucus as we go forward. thank you. >> you talk about the agenda, being tripped up. and the health care bill. you hear the president's tweets this morning. you view that as give them tripping over themselves because they are having trouble legislatively. and then the president tweets some very controversial things like he did this morni

mr. thompson. mr. thompson: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2353. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. for years, americans have urged congress to work together and have -- and advance policies that promote good-paying jobs. we've heard the voices of those struggling to find the opportunities they need. they've been frustrated that the committee has taken so long to recover. many feel stuck in a job market that has transformed dramatically due to advances in technology and an increasingly competitive global economy. it's time to deliver the results hardworking men and women desperately need and restore rungs on the ladder of

mr. benny thompson. you know him, whom i presented earlier. he has really, he's going to speak for himself, but i want to say how much we appreciate his relentless, strong leadership in protecting every aspect of our, the american people, including the integrity of our voting system. he has the idea, and we all supported the idea of a task force and he is joined by bob brady, a ranking member on the homeland security committee. so it is a task force on

mr. thompson talking on the phone too much. mr. thompson caught wind of that, came running down the steps. by the time i got out here mr. thompson was backing away towards the back. and mr. harris had blood all over himself. >> what did you see? >> it appeared the two of them were in an argument. he came running down the steps and started swinging on the other individual from what i could see. >> do you think thompson assaulted the other inmate? >> from what i could see, it appeared that thompson was the aggressor. >> i'll get you that bag of ice. >> harris and thompson are placed in separate units until the investigation is complete and officers will determine what charges, if any, are filed. >> the difference between charges is in-house charges are disciplinary sanctions within the facility. opposed to criminal charges, which you have to take to the courts outside of the facility. if we can find out it was an assault that occurred by mr. thompson, then we'll push forward and file criminal if they are charges or not. sel him? >> i

mr. bennie thompson who i presented earlier. he is going to speak for himself but i want to say how much we appreciate his relentless and strong leadership protecting every aspect of the american people including the integrity of the voting system. he has the idea of a task force and is joined by bob brady, the ranking member on the homeland security committee. so it is a task force on election security to tell us about it and i would yield to the distinguished gentleman from mississippi. >> thank you very much madam leader. our system of democracy is admired by people all over the world. how we connect is something most countries would want to emulate, but finally, there is broad admission that russians have had something to do with that process of selecting our official. we've looked at it, committees have finally decided to begin the process of looking backward in terms of what happened. some of us are concerned if we are not looking forward we have elections in 2018. we don't know to what extent the russians have compromised

mr. thompson i want to say something about the healthcare bill. as you know mitch mcconnell is postponing his very damaging vote on this bill and it's a setback for them but it's not a victory for us. it is progress in terms of exposing it for what it is but more of what needs to be done and again they will go behind closed doors as they are and we all know what it is when they see it but they will only make matters worse. that means higher costs, fewer benefits, terrible h. tax undermining medicare, stealing from medicare and medicaid and gutting the key protections. that's what they want the american people to swallow and as they do this they are making an assault on medicaid which is again very dangerous to children and others should they succeed. if you are a senior in a nursing home or a child with a severe disability with complex diagnosis the list goes on and on. one in ten veterans takes advantage of medicaid. one in ten children, seniors, veterans, families in the country, every sector of the healthcare system is opposed to their bill. he

mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to speak about trio programs, which are for more than 50 years helped millions of low-income students attend college. often these students are the irst in their family to earn a college degree. trio programs have helped low-income and disabled students who want to pursue a higher education but thought college college was unaffordable and out of reach. children from disadvantaged families often struggle to access important mentoring, tutoring, and other hands-on services designed to help encourage high school completion and pursue a post secondary education. sadly these students are often unprepared for college academics and require remedial course that is add to the challenges of completing a program. too many disadvantaged students simply give up on even applying college because they are confused by the application process. overwhelmed by the cost or unaware of the available financial aid options despite our best efforts to ensure the information is available and underst

mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, last week i met with members of the national young farmers coalition. this nonprofit was founded just many eight years ago by three farmers in upstate new york. they gather around a farmhouse table to talk about the challenges facing them and their peers. difficulty securing loans. access to affordable farmland, and student loan debt. they decided they and other young farmers needed to step up and fight for the future of farming as a united front. across the country other young farmers were also coming to the same realization. and the coalition was born. it works in conjunction with farmers, consumers organizations, and government to tackle the many challenges that young independent and sustainable farmers face in their first years of operating a farm business. young farmers include all people who are kicking off a career in agriculture. typically in their first 10 years of growing, this includes anyone from a first-year farmer apprentice to someone pursuing a midlife career

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to 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, june is national dairy month and personally i can't think of a better way to start the summer. from cal see up to potassium, dairy products like milk contain nine essential nutrients which will help better manage your weight, reduce your risk for high blood pressure, osteoporosis or some cancers. whether it will repair the tissue or vitamin a to help maintain healthy skin, dairy is a nutrient powerhouse. those are a few reasons to celebrate dairy, not just in june but all year long. it started out as national milk month in 1937 as a way to promote drinking milk. it was initially created to stabilize the dairy demand when production was at a surplus but has developed into an annual tra diction -- tradition that celebrates the contributions tha

mr. thompson, if you want to go first. >> sure. career and technical education is an education path that may involve certification course, training, maybe an associate degree, it really is about opportunity. it's estimated by 2020 as many as 6 million jobs will be open because of the skills gap where individuals are not qualified or trained to be able to fill these positions.e these are great family sustaining positions but they are positions that also drive our economy. without these positions, we are going to face some difficult economic times. career and technical education is basically skills -based education is maybe the easiest way to summarize it. >> you two came together for legislation and the past and the house yesterday. what would your legislation do. >> this legislation does a couple things.a it does many things, but a couple in particular worth noting, it really moves a lot of the authority for career and technical education fromto washington. i think that's important for high school and community college districts. t

mr. thompson: i hope i can give up to my predecessors eloquence. if franklin delano roosevelt had served out the customary to terms -- two terms, if he had served from 933-1941, he would have been known above all as a domestic president, a president who tackled the very great problems of the great depression, which professor devine talked about. a different president might not ave paid much attention to the est of the world. this was only 20 years after the end of what was called the great war, what we now call the first world war. what americans hat we now call the first wanted to do was stay out of the affairs of the rest of the world. if there were problems in the rest of the world, these were four other countries to olve, and not for the united tates. roosevelt was different in the sense that he had a great interest in the world as well as in his own country, but even roosevelt really only began to turn his attention to the problems of the rest of the world and how these problems might affect the united states about the time of his second elect

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, since coming to congress i had the distinct honor to represent the pennsylvania's oil region and allegany forest. energy development played a critical historical role in pennsylvania and in the country and continues to be among our essential legacy industries in the fifth congressional district of pennsylvania. while some of this energy production originally started with the mining in the 18th century, the pennsylvania oil rush in the 1800's changed america and has since had profound impacts on the world abroad. in the late 1850's, edwin drake, who later adopted the itle of colonel, came to titusville. he drilled vertically through iron piping. in 1859, drake drilled 70 feet down and finally struck oil in titusville, pennsylvania. the result was the world's first commercial oil well and the birth of the modern petroleum industry. the great oil rush began in pennsylvania attracting john d. rockefeller and standard oil among others. due to this important history, 700 square mil

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. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize five high school honor students from pennsylvania's fifth congressional district chosen to represent the commonwealth of pennsylvania as delegates at the congress of future medical leaders. the following students were selected to attend the event which began sunday and concluded yesterday in lowell, massachusetts. novan brew break bakker, katherine, hannah, mckensy, and sarah. they were nominated by their teachers or the national academy of future physicians and medical scientists based on their academic excellence and aspiration to join the medical field. each of these dedicated students achieved a minimum 3.5 g.p.a. to be nominated for the honors only program. the event aims to encourage and guide the top students in our country who hope to become physicians

mr. thompson if you want to go first. guest: career and technical education is an education path that may and fall certification course, it training up to an associate degree. it is about opportunity. it is estimated by 2020, 6 million jobs that will be open because of a skills gap. where individuals are not qualified and trained to fill these positions. these are great emily-sustaining positions. these are positions that drive our economy. without these positions, we are going to face some pretty difficult economic times. career and technical education is, basically skills-based education is the easiest way to summarize it. you came together on legislation that passed in the house yesterday. congressman, but which your legislation do? guest: a couple of things. a couple in particular with noting. one is that it really moves a lot of the authority for basically career and technical education from washington to state and local jurisdictions, especially high school and community college districts. i think that is appropriat

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak about the strengthening career and technical education act for the 21st century, which we'll consider on the floor this champion. i proudly champion -- on the floor this afternoon. i'm proudly championing this bill. america is ready for wain. first, i'd like to thank the house education work force committee chairwoman virginia foxx and ranking member bobby scott for their support in bringing this bill to the floor. want to thank the democratic lead, representative raja krystal griner, and my colleague and c.t. caucus co-chair jim langevin. mcmorris hank cathy rodgers, leader mccarthy and steve scalise, who remains in awful our prayers for a full recovery. this legislation aims to restore wrungs from the ladders of opportunity because all americans deserve a good paying family-sustaining job. one of the biggest challenges in career and technical education is the stigma and bias against it. we've seen wrong-headed claims that students involved in the trade

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to 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, june is alzheimer's and brain awareness month. alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the united states, and it has reached crisis proportions. there is no effective treatment, no means of prevention and no method for slowing the progression of the disease. sadly, one in three seniors will die with the disease. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, five million americans were living with alzheimer's disease in the year 2013. this number's expected to almost triple to 14 million by the year 2050. mr. speaker, this is unacceptable. alzheimer's is also has a devastating impact on caregivers and loved ones of those diagnosed with the disease. more than 15 million americans provide unpaid care to family an friend

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. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, this week i had the opportunity to meet with students interning with the pennsylvania farm bureau. pennsylvania's farm bureau is the commonwealth's largest farm organization with a volunteer membership of more than 60,000 members. since 1985, it has been provided legislative support information and services to pennsylvania farmers and rural families. the farm bureau provides its members with representation, both in washington and state capitol of harrisburg, concerning legislation and rule making. its grassroots structure allow the county farm bureau and leaders to develop and implement policies which are then determined at an annual meeting. i'm always pleased to meet with our farm leaders of tomorrow. through this internship students interested in pursuing a career in the agriculture sector were afforded a firsth

mr. thompson, if you want to go first. >> sure. career and technical education is an education path that may involve certification course, training, maybe an associate degree, it really is about opportunity. it's estimated by 2020 as many as 6 million jobs will be open because of the skills gap where individuals are not qualified or trained to be able to fill these positions.e these are great family sustaining positions but they are positions that also drive our economy. without these positions, we are going to face some difficult economic times. career and technical education is basically skills -based education is maybe the easiest way to summarize it. >> you two came together for legislation and the past and the house yesterday. what would your legislation do. >> this legislation does a couple things.a it does many things, but a couple in particular worth noting, it really moves a lot of the authority for career and technical education fromto washington. i think that's important for high school and community college districts. t

mr. beyer: i'm so impressed by our panel today, congratulations to dr. romine and dr. thompson for being ph.d. mathematician. mr. neino, congratulations on winning the hacking tournament, i never had a chance to say that before, it's very cool. and general touhill this is it's -- in general to the -- touhill it is very cool that now after all the things you've done in your life, combat and diplomacy and first ciso to be at carnegie mellon with their buggy races around the park. every university has something that makes it cooler than every place else. and general, i want to start with you. you talked in your long written testimony about h.r. 1224, co-sponsored, a bipartisan bill here. but we have expressed a lot of concern about the audit function that nist would be asked to take on. i was particularly fascinated by your points which we didn't raise when we had the hearing here that it would make it much more difficult for nist to be viewed as an honest broker, that this would change the perceptions about their current and future roles. and have a chilling effect on many of the

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. today this house welcomes the winners of the congressional competition to the nation's cap top. students from all over the country have traveled to washington to proudly display their works of art in the tunnel to the capitol for the next year. the congressional institute hosts the nationwide competition each year to showcase and inspire the artistic talent of high school students from each congressional district. i'm proud of the 37 students from my district who submitted entries. i'm thrilled to welcome our first place winner, cassie lester of reynoldsville, for her painting titled "chocolate lab." she attends jeff tech and is an--- it's an honor to recognize a career and technical education student as our winner this year. she was honored with her fellow winners from the states across the nation at this afternoon's luncheon, and earlier today i was able to give her and her family a tour of the capitol. congratulations to cassie and all of this year's winners. we are grateful to hav

mr. thompson: mr. expire, today awareness day and raise awarenessrom those suffering from post-traumatic stss disorder. and if have memories these reaions do not go away or get rse, you might suff from ptsd. there are organizations and reourceshat help iiduals d professionals discover ways todentify and manage ptsd sympto and explore effective treatments. th is prevalenfor those wh served in the military, though not all of our service members ffer from ptsd. a service meer may be exposed o a single traum, a car accident can cse symptoms. before i camto congresi worked as a rehabitation therapi and i have seen strides people cake with access to appropriate rehabilitation. there is help a support for those who haveost-traumatic stressisorder. as a naton we must stand ready to support tm. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker proempore the gentleman yields back the balance of h time. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >i ask unanimous consent to address the h

mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. ompson: thank you, speaker. mr. speaker, yesterday i introduced a resolution with congresswoman nicki tsongas to designate july as park and recreation month, a time to support our local parks and recreation systems as so many start this summer season by visiting these facilities that are available within their communities or even a short commute. house resolution 406 recognizes the important role that public parks, recreation facilities and activities play in the lives of americans and the contributions of employees, volunteers who work daily to maintain public parks across the nation. as a life-long resident of rural pennsylvania and avid outdoorsman, i support our parks and recreational facilities. families can engage in the outdoors. this resolution simply recognizes and supports park and recreation month and the many benefits, including health benefits, a healthy active lifestyle contributes in our park settings that is provided to all americans. our parks generate opportunities for people to come together and e

mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. earlier this morning the house committee on agriculture held a hearing on snap technology and modernization. snap was formerly known as food stamps. the agriculture committee has conducted a thorough review of snap over the past 30 months this program is critically important to 42 million americans who utilize it each month. it's the largest domestic hunger safety net program in the country. it's imperative it remain viable so we can continue to serve so many who are struggling. that's why today we discussed technology and modernization of snap, including areas to enhance integrity, improve the customer experience and ease administrative burdens. in 2004, e.b.t. or electronic benefits transfer was completed. this is the electronic system that allows the recipient to authorize transfer of supplemental benefits to a retailer. this was a tremendous step forward toward improving the program. as chairman of the subcommittee, i look forward to continuing to improve the efficiency of snap. t

mr. thompson. could you address the double pulsear feature, no one was paying the ransoms is it possible the real goal was to allow remote access to the machines that the double pulser was installed on by becoming infected. >> thanks for the question. it's difficult to anticipate what the true intention was of this attack. whether it was ransomware, whether it was a test, whether it was the ability to propagate some kind of back door. but what is i think interesting as a characteristic of the attack which i think goes back to your first question, of why didn't we see, quote, normal or expected rates of ransomware payment? the backhand infrastructure that was set up was very weak compared to the typical piece of ransomware that we see out there in the wild. and it is pretty incredible many of these ransomwear attacks have a very robust infrastructure behind them, almost the equivalent of customer support for people that have been infected with the ransomware. we didn't see that level of sophisticati

mr. thompson: request to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. i rise today to recognize penn state's own dean william easterling to head the national science foundation director ate. he was dean of environmental sciences prior to beginning his four-year appointment last week. this is an incredible opportunity for dean easterling and we are proud of his achievement. science was part of his life as his father was a medical school physician. he told our local newspaper that he was taken at an early age in science and these interests have stuck with him. the doctor has been the dean of the earth and mineral science at penn state since 2007. he plans to return to the university after his appointment to the national science foundation. i congratulate dean easterling on this momentous achievement and i wish him the best and his hunger for learning and advanced research skills will serve this nation will. congratulations, dean. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for wha

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. tomorrowston: -- mr. thomson: mr. speaker, this week is national pollenators week and a time we encourage the protection of pollenator species such as honey bees, native bees, birds, bats, and butterflies as central partners of farmers and ranchers in producing food. these pollenators are vital to keeping items like fruits, nuts, and vegetables in our diets. as vice chairman of the house agriculture committee and chairman of the nutrition subcommittee i know that healthy pollenator populations are critical to the continued economic well-being of rural america and our u.s. economy as a whole. it is important to recognize how critical it is to protect the health of pollenators and celebrate the significance that they play in our everyday lives. the number of honey bee hives has declined from six million in the 1940's to about 2.5 million today. we need to increase those habitat

mr. thompson, you are recognized. >> mr. investor, thank you for being here. for our trade policy must be to support and help create good american jobs, grow the economy, set basic accessds, improve market , and protect the labor rights and empowerment. -- and congress environment. i think congress has an important role in this. increasing exports and eliminating trade barriers can be a win for our economy provided the playing field is level and everyone operates under a fair and basic set of rules. and the rules are enforced. in that regard, i want to associate myself with the agricultural comments made by my colleagues. myselfwant to associate with something mr. doggett said when he asked if you thought wages -- suppressed wages in other countries are a subsidy to manufacturers in other countries. i would ask similarly, do poor equal aental rules subsidy to producers in other countries? think lowf all, i labor standards are an unfair advantage to someone with whom we are doing. technically a subsidy, is not something i am addressing. i think it is wrong in t

mr. thompson, you're recognized. >> thank, mr. chairman. thanks to the witnesses for being here. i'm glad that we're looking at doing comprehensive tax reform. i think it's extremely important. and this morning, i was just making some notes to myself the things that i think are real important. and number one is comprehensive reform. and that's what this bill needs to be. not simply a tax cut bill. if we do a tax cut bill and ignore the reform, we lose and the american people lose. i think it needs to be paid for. and i think all of the witnesses recognize the importance of that. i think we need to pay for it in real terms, not just with there needs to be tradeoffs. we need to specifically pay for this. we can't add to our national debt. and i think it's important that it's bipartisan. big things that happen in congress aren't good unless they're bipartisan and we've all experienced what happens when we try and do it some other way. and we need to make sure as a lot of my colleagues have already mentioned that we really hone in on focus in on the middle class. that is extremely im

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. last week, the penn state community lost a legend. mr. ray walker passed away friday at his home. he was 105. penn state's oldest living alumnus. ray told our local newspaper he saw the university grow a lot over the years from, quote, just a cow college, end quote, to becoming one of the largest universities in the nation. penn state truly shaped ray walker's life. back in 1931 he thought he wanted to be a doctor but he was required to take german. after failing twice, he re-evaluated his nage and pursue business. his father told him he'd have oto leave penn state because the family money was lost in the bank crash. ray went to work, starting selling potatoes and coal to fraternity houses. by the time he graduated in 1935, he was sending money home to help his family he founded bradford coal coal and was a driving force in surface mining all over the world. penn state and i will miss ray walker. he was a friend, he was a distinguished alumnus, and loved by all who knew him. may he rest in peace. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back my ti

mr. thompson asked you, whether or not you intend to follow through on these $64 billion cut out of social security. >> the president is absolutely committed that people who should be paid disability will be paid disability. that's what the trust fund is for. we'll honor those commitments. the assumption for change in disability, i say these are assumptions that perhaps some places where people should be going back to work, but that for people who long-term cannot go back to work, they will not see a cut in their disability. >> listen, i hope this committee will go in a regular order. we need a discussion on social security. social security is insurance, it's not an entitlement. people have paid for this. they understand, we are going to debunk this myth once and for all. i appreciate what sam johnson said, he's going to have an open hearing on this, the vitality of ideas and what we plan to do with social security ought to be out in the open. i appreciate you coming down to the treasury and talk about ideas we have on both sides of the aisle to strengthen this. this hasn't been touched si

mr. congressman i come in support of the thompson amendment of mr. roh howler in. to be clear winning an election does not commit you waste taxpayer money. the president appears to be allergic to the white house. every day and just on thursday he stopped at one of his many properties. who is responsible for this type of transportation on these getaways? are united states air force and who put the bills for these junkets? the american taxpayer. we pay almost $200,000 for every hour that air force one is in operation and to date we have 44 trips. if you want to compare that to president obama's tenure at its not even close over the same time. math. in the past we happily accepted it and we have never had a president who spent 40% of this day hopping between his own properties from his beachfront property in mar-a-lago all across the country. this is a man who campaigned i'm going to be working for you. particularly ironic that president trump has played well over 200 rounds of golf at his own clubs of course after only one term in office. given this unending pattern

mr. thompson you are recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman and mr. ambassador thank you very much for being here. the priorities for a trade policy must be to support and help create good american jobs, grow the economy, said asic standards for partners to live up to come improve market access and protect the labor rights and the environment. and congress has an important role in this. they value the opportunity to work with you to make sure that this happens. increasing the exports in limine trade barriers can really be a win for our economy provided the playing field is level and everyone operates under a fair and basic set of rules and that those rules are enforced. in that regard i want to associate myself with the added comments that have been made by a couple of my colleagues on the dais and i also want to associate with something mr. doggett said when you asked if suppressed wages in other countries are a subsidy to manufactures and those in other countries and i would ask similarly to poor environmental rules equally subsidy to producers in o

mr. thompson you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and vaster, thank you for being here.rade policies must be to support and create good american jobs, croak-- grow the economy, set basic standards for our partners to live up to, improve market access and protect labor rights in the environment and i think that congress has an important role in this. i value the opportunity to work with you to ensure this happens. increasing exports and elevating trade barriers could be a win for our economy, provided the playing field is leveled and everyone operates under a fair and basic set of rules and that those rules are enforced, so i went to-- in that regard and went to associate myself with that tag comments made by a couple of my colleagues on the dais and i also want to associate myself with something mr. doggett said when he asked if you thought wages, suppressed wages and other countries are subsidy to manufacturers in those other countries and i would ask similarly, do poor environmental rules equal a subsidy to producers and other countries? >> first of all, i think: labor

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, are you recognized for one minute. mr. speaker, yesterday this house unanimously approved the strengthening and career technical education for the 21st century act, to give americans mr. speaker, yesterday this house who enter force the skills they need to succeed. i was proud to sponsor that bill with congressman krishnamoorthi. it will help all americans across all sectors and industries because all education is career education. as chairman of the agriculture nutrition subcommittee i wanted to talk about food service careers. earlier this spring hi the opportunity to visit the d.c. central kitchen right here in our nation's capital. d.c. central kitchen feeds the most vulnerable among us, but it fights hunger differently t offers skills-based education, empowerment, and career opportunities that allow people to finally be free from hunger and poverty. the c.e.o. there said, you can't feed your way out of pove

mr. thompson of supported by a bipartisan group of 93 members congress. the committee is overdue in considering this important legislation as well as other vital to renewable energy, renewable fuels and efficiency and alternative fuel vehicles that 2016. at the end of as the gentleman from south rolina noted, all of the above. i hope we can act before the 11th hour to extend these provisions. conclude by reminding my colleagues that ited states government invested a tremendous amount of money through the tax crode. help create ents good-paying jobs nationwide. as we continue discussion on reform, i hope and anticipate chairman brady will consider focusing on fully integrated energy strategy reform as well. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. . rice: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman om south carolina, in -- mr. duncan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. duncan: i want to thank the gentleman from south carolina, his work on thi

mr. grumet: another question here? right up front. >> bill thompson. itc is looking into tariffs now of ideas for new tariffs, duties on mexican products as part of this renegotiation. is that one of the things that concerns you? in other words, if there are new tariffs on mexican products -- tariffs right now on corn or wheat -- is that what you would consider to be collateral damage, maybe, a possibility? mr. bowling: there is no tariff right now on corn going into mexico. we have heard is there could be a 37% tariff makes brazilian and argentinian corn cheaper than u.s. corn. so, the mexican officials we talked to come we had a reverse trade mission last week when we had mexican grain buyers and feed manufacturers here in d.c. they have already said they had started to negotiate with brazil and argentina. if we falter on u.s. corn going into mexico, they have willing sellers that come from that country. if there is a 37% tariff put on, it does not make us the cheapest supplier anymore. mr. grumet: ladies and gentlemen, you could not get a better war

mr. butterfield will you stand and raise your right hand? >> my name is alexander porter butterfield. >> fred thompson who was the counsel for the republicans. aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices. yes sir. >> and at that point, like all i knew how huge that was. >> and at that point, like all the other reporters in the room, i said to myself, "the jig is up." if those tapes prove that richard nixon orchestrated a cover-up let alone whether they proved that he had ordered the break-in of the watergate, he's cooked. >> to all of the people i knew and my friends they were probably saying that son of a [ bleep ] he's hurting our man. i understood nixon. i-- i-- i honestly understood it all very well. i knew nixon so damn well. so i hated to be the guy. >> do you ever hear any of these tapes being played? >> yes, sir. i did. >> once alexander butterfield disclosed the existence of the taping system, the real challenge then, for the ervin committee, was finding a path to subpeona those tapes. >> the senate recognized it had the power to ensure that there would

thompson or tommy, she was called. deathved here until her in the early 50's. with eleanor roosevelt. in the mrs. roosevelt took over the use of this area and this became her office sitting room. this is where she would receive guest. this is where she would work every day. at this desk, which was made at the val-kill industries. the industry thing about the desk is there's a little lame plates on there. it's actually her first name is misspelled on the nameplate. this was given to her as a gift by a child. she obviously noticed right away that her name was misspelled but you didn't say a word, she said thank you very much and she used it from that day to the time of her death. this tells you a lot about eleanor roosevelt. it was not important to her that her name was misspelled, she appreciated the gift of the child and given her. -- had given her. his approval -- mrs. roosevelt wrote a daily column, which was her way of reaching out to the american people and connecting the government to the american people during a time when people were feeling a lot of fear, a lot of despair after the great d