mrs foster has said she is going nowhere.rarily stand aside, well the same cross party voting rule, she will survive today, but she is under considerable pressure. i think some of the delegations are arriving behind you. it is possible there maybe comments. yes there, is colum eastwood, the leader of the sdlp and he is leading the debate today, the motion of no confidence. the sdlp tabled the motion of no confidence in arlene foster last week. 0ther opposition parties at stormont weighed in to back it. mr eastwood is appealing for sinn fein to vote for his motion. sinn fein have indicated that they are not likely to do that by tabling their own motion, that's different from the no—confidence motion, the sinn fein motion says there is foster should step aside. sinn fein made the move after the sdlp laid down the motion and was backed by other parties. the sdlp putting the sinn fein under pressure to do something about the scandal that's engulfed their partners in government, the democratic unionist party, and martin mcguinness

mr. foster. - i'm paying 25 a day. - that's your top price? - standard for a good gun. - good day, mr. foster.. - wait a minute. i asked you a quqution. - i don't believe we've met. - my name is coe, ralph coe from abilene. - oh, mr. coe, i've heard of you. - where are you going? - across the street to the continental divide railroad. - you don't care which side you gun for, do you? - i do, indeed. in this case, the side that pays the most. does mr. coe work for 25 dollars a day? - coe's in charge of 35 men, he's a deputy agent. - a deputy agent. well, that's an imposing title for a gunfighter. - i'i'well qualified for the job. - i'm sure you are. - there is a possibility thatate could use another... - i don't think so. - well... as you say. - in that case, i bid you good day again. - what can i do for you? - mr. sukey? - that's right. my name is paladin, i'm looking for a job. - the opposition turn you down? i saw you leavinin their offices. - i'm shopping, mr. sukey. what do you have to offer? - the prevailing rate, 20... (door opens and closes) 30 dollars a day. - i'm not interested

was across this shows that mrs foster was a cross every this shows that mrs foster was across every say she should stand aside pending a public enquiry, throughout this whole affair she has made clear she has no intention of going anywhere, in the last few minutes, simon, stormont has released a statement, saying that you have to see this letter basically in context, but at the time mrs foster wrote to the banks the uptake on the scheme was actually very slow and she was trying to encourage people to take it up and the floors in the scheme which are now very apparent were not then obvious at all, so it is not then obvious at all, so it is not the development in this story, a saga that has put the power—sharing coalition between the democratic unionists and sinn fein under strain, and in the new year when the assembly returns we will see plenty more on this. . a study has found that people on zero hours contracts earn an average of 1,000 pounds a year less than other workers doing the same job. around 900—thousand people are on zero hours contracts which demand that they be available

they had wanted mrs foster to temporarily stand aside while a judge—led investigation took place intoter failings of the green energy scheme. mrs foster made it clear she wasn‘t going to do this of the deputy first minister said the party will return to the issues later in the new year. it has developed between the two coalition partners because of this failed green energy scheme. it is unlikely source for a crisis at stormont, but the parties are indicating that they remain committed to the institutions of government here while there is a rift, it is not a casmed and i think the administration will survive. news from turkey where the russian ambassador to turkey has been shot in what appears to have been an assassination attempt. shot and seriously wounded according to some reports. the russian ambassador to turkey has been wounded. he was attend ago photo exhibition which was called russia as seen by turks. there was a report saying that photographs from the scene showed a man lying on the ground with an armed man dressed in a suit standing near him. we‘re now hearing there is still

mr. foster. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. foster: i rise in opposition to h.r. 6392, the systemic risk designation improvement act of 2016. although many aspects of this bill have sound arguments behind them, it contains fatal flaws which should preclude our support. the financial crisis taught us many things about our markets and overturned some fairly fundamental assumptions that were widely held prior to it. one of the things we learned was the extent to which systemic risk could be -- could build up in a regulatory paradigm that was focused entirely on entity risk. it was quickly evident that the failure of a large institution posed a greater threat than previously believed. at the same time, the phrase, too big to fail, became public short-handed for some of these firms. economists and other experts talked about another important aspect, too interconnected to fail. asset size is a quick and useful metric for determining whether a firm is potentially so large that that a failure to have a massive impact on system wide stab

mrs foster has said she has no intention of going anywhere.tter in context. at the time she wrote this letter to the banks, the uptake on the scheme was very slow, trying to encourage people to take it up. the flaws in the scheme were not obvious at all. another development in the story, @ it has put the power—sharing coalition between the dup and sinn fein under strain. in the new year, we will see them plenty more on this. john mccain the senior republican senator, setting a date in january for a hearing senior republican senator, setting a date injanuary for a hearing to discuss cyber threats to the united states. calling the national intelligence director to attend that hearing. amongst the cyber threats will be claims by the cia that russia orchestrated the packing of democratic party computers during the presidential election campaign this as we have been telling you, over the last 2a hours, president obama has expelled a number of russian diplomats to the united states. senatorjohn mccain, very senior member of the republican party sett

mr. foster. mr. foster: thank you, be tmbing o. i'm congressman bill -- beto. i'm congressman bill foster and i'm proud to represent the 11th district of illinois. in our district we have vibrant immigrant communities from all over the world. i've met many dreamers, both at home in illinois and right here in the halls of congress. for many of them the united states is the only country that they've ever called home. our district includes the diverse cities of aurora, bolingbrook, joliet and others. in aurora, the east aurora high school district, 131, has one of the largest naval junior rotc's in the world. and many of these young rotc students come from immigrant families and they dream one day in serving our country in the armed forces. you can see it in their faces during flag ceremonies, parades, and you can see the admiration of the younger children looking up to these rotc dreamers. many of them are here because their parents dreamed of a better life for their children. the daca program has been incredibly successful. over half a million young people are cu

addressing the assembly within the past hour, mrs foster said she deeply regretted the fundamental flawsheme. she's rejected calls from sinn fein to step aside during an investigation into the project, which is thought to have overspent by £400 million. at the start of proceedings, assembly members from parties except the dup walked out of the chamber, claiming the speaker should intervene. the session was adjourned, before the first minister made her statement. while it may have been lost amid the media hype i am on record saying i entirely accept my accountability to the assembly during my tenure as minister. i am sorry the scheme did not include cost control measures and there were fundamental flaws in its design. this is the deepest political regret of my time in this house. as minister i accept responsibility for the work of the departments during my time. again for the avoidance of doubt it is right and proper that i answer to this assembly for my role in the rhi scheme, and not for one moment do i think to shirk or avoid that responsibility but if we are to learn lessons from this

sinn fein has called for mrs foster to step down while an investigation takes place.offences against children. ralph clark — from erdington in birmingham — is believed to be the oldest person in british legal history to be convicted of a crime. he'd admitted nine charges, and was found guilty of 21 others. the football association dub england, scotland, northern ireland and wales have all been fined for displaying poppies during world cup qualifying games last month. fifa regards the poppy as a political symbol, something which is banned. the fa has said it will appeal. the shortage of affordable housing is one of the biggest issues facing britain, and modular housing — where homes are pre—fabricated, then quickly installed on site —has been touted as one solution. today, plans were announced to build six factories in england that could produce 22,000 homes a year. behind the venture is an investment of £2.5 billion from china. this report from our home editor, mark easton, contains flashing images. it's a house on the back of a lorry, turning heads in derbyshire toda

mr. foster of long and foster was building a huge and beautiful building in the style of williamsburg out near the airport. and he was looking for art for the building and came to my studio one day and bought them all. and they are all -- so you can see them in the headquarters building. it's like a museum. it's like a museum to me. a big parking lot and they're happy to show them to people. if you're out near the airport, the building itself, even the parking garage looks like it came from williamsburg. and about a week after i got the check, the real estate market collapsed and i felt terrible for him, but not that terrible. so the -- and on my website and i have some brochures to give out i found a couple of days ago. the city owns this. yes, the mayor wanted to collect works about washington and i signed a contract and they have the painting. so perhaps you'll see it in a d.c. office or perhaps in the mayor's office. who knows. yes? >> earlier in this series, we heard people talking about historical historical paintings and it never occurred to me until just now that there are modern

mr. foster. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. foster: i rise in opposition to h.r. 6392, the systemic risk designation improvement act of 2016. although many aspects of this bill have sound arguments behind them, it contains fatal flaws which should preclude our support. the financial crisis taught us many things about our markets and overturned some fairly fundamental assumptions that were widely held prior to it. one of the things we learned was the extent to which systemic risk could be -- could build up in a regulatory paradigm that was focused entirely on entity risk. it was quickly evident that the failure of a large institution posed a greater threat than previously believed. at the same time, the phrase, too big to fail, became public short-handed for some of these firms. economists and other experts talked about another important aspect, too interconnected to fail. asset size is a quick and useful metric for determining whether a firm is potentially so large that that a failure to have a massive impact on system wide stab

mr. foster: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. luetkemeyer: could i inquire as to the amount of time remaining on our side? both sides? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri has 15 minutes remaining. the gentlelady from california has 10 3/4 minutes. mr. luetkemeyer: thank you very much. with that, mr. speaker, i'd like to recognize the gentleman from michigan, mr. huizenga, who is the monetary policy chair. obviously one of the greater, deeper thinkers in our committee from the standpoint of being able to handle that committee. and i yield to him two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. huizenga: i appreciate my fellow subcommittee chairman who has written a great piece of legislation here. we all have been talking about dodd-frank creating this financial stability oversight council, or fsoc, which was charged with monitoring systemic risk in the u.s. financi

gently nudged sutton and her older brother hunter on to when mrs. foster saw that a local theater company was producing "annie" she knew who should play the title role. >> my mother said, you should audition. and i was like, i don't want to. i want to play with my friend. my mom is like, should you go. bethany can come, too. we went to the audition, i had to sing. my mom said the room got really tomorrow, you've got to long on until tomorrow ? >> you said your mother was a stage mother? >> wouldn't say my mom was that stage mom. because she wasn't like momma rose, wasn't like that. but i will say she encouraged us to go to the library, take out musicals to listen. because we didn't know what broadway was. what is phantom. she wasn't like aggressive. stage mom has such a connotation. she was responsible. >> welcome, 15-year-old, sutton foster. >> it was foster's mother who saw the ad to audition for the tv show that sutton was obsessed with. >> ? you're my world, you're every prayer, i pray ? >> challenger sutton foster receives three and a half stars. >> i

mrs foster was enterprise minister when a badly flawed green energy scheme was set up. the more they earn. the renewable heat incentive scheme works like this — for every £1 of you company uses they are paid around £1.60, that was to encourage them to buy environmentally friendly boilers. but because initially there were no caps or limits its projected to have gone £400 million over budget. last week, a dup politician accused officials from within his own party of delaying crucial changes to the scheme despite warnings. the special advisers of the dup interfered in my decision—making. i had this to close to a less lucrative rate. mr bell's claims have been denied by the dup and he has been suspended from the party. but they've stirred up old divisions at stormont with the dup rejecting calls from their partner in government, sinn fein, for arlene foster to step aside during an investigation. the first minister will face a motion of no—confidence today. it's expected to fail but it will be the most heated debates. the hungarian born actress and socialite, zsa zsa gabor,

mr. muller.' 'you're under constant observation. don't be a fool.' 'and stay alert, dr. foster. please.' yes, sir. [sighs] come in, please. mr. lockridge, where's my.. gabe! what are you doing here? all the responses check out to 5 micro level, mr. lockridge. by all means, gabe. gabe! why are you carrying that gun? whatever happened to that nice gabe melcroft i was going to spend the rest of my life with? oh, it's the same man. the light's just a little different down here. i'm glad you're here. after tonight, you'll understand. (man on pa) '0 minus 50 minutes.' daddy! [sobbing] no, no, felicia. don't cry. i'm fine. fine! (lockridge) you see, my dear. your father is an honored and most helpful guest, that's all. i think dr. lavimore and his daughter might like to conduct their little reunion in his quarters. but first, doctor, would you be kind enough thank you. now, mr. muller. how shall we improve this shining hour? a little entertainment perhaps? nothing i like better, vince. remarkable. you're far from being a stupid man. you're stupidity's much too authentic. and i don't believe your

position where the more they burned, the more they earn “— the more they burned, the more they earn —— mrs fosterry £1 of you company uses they are paid around £1 60, that was to encourage them to buy environmentally friendly boilers. but because initially there we re boilers. but because initially there were no caps or limits its projected to have gone £400 million over budget. last week a dup politician accused officials from within his own party of delaying crucial changes to the scheme despite warnings. the special advisers of the dup interfered in my decision—making. the dup interfered in my decision-making. i have this too close to a less lucrative rake. mr bell's claims have been denied by the dup and he has been suspended from the party. but they have stirred up old divisions at stormont with the dup rejecting calls from their partner in government, sinn fein, for arlene foster to step aside during an investigation. the first minister will face a motion of no—confidence today. it's expected to fail but it will be the most heated debates. chris buckler, news, belfast. the hungarian—born ac

mr. kevin foster. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i wouldn't expect the prime minister to comment on today's events, but the european council with the discussion on how the european union will maintain to continue the stability of turkey -- [inaudible] >> there was discussion, some discussion, notably in the context of migration deal with turkey, about relationship with turkey. as i indicated in response to a question earlier, that relationship is important. the e.u./turkey deal on migration has led to a significant reduction in the number of people crossing from turkey into greece. but we do need to insure that the deal is being properly undertaken. that's why we're giving some extra support to greece, and for the other aspect of the deal like liberalization, that is an action for the -- [inaudible] member states to consider, not for the united kingdom. but we're all very clear about the significance of turkey and its relationship with the e.u. >> raymond -- [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. speaker. i very much welcome the prime minist

meet people when they're not in crisis districts six commander says it's a way to foster goodwill and create positive field mrs. someone you know. makes a lot easier if you're talking to someone you've already met small effort denver please believe will have a big impact. recently place streetlights with new led light and city officials decrease crime check your front porch back porch at some light reporting on capitol hill fox 31. you've likely seen our weekly restaurant report cards on their health inspections as were sifting through their reports the problem solvers notice something alarming a local high school cafeteria was back to us back inspections. problem solver to as the kitchen as nothing to hide they now cleaned up their act. we are in the comments area chief operating officer officer fell bedford shows us the kitchen. staff prepares food for more than 900 students from scratch. push of farm to cable kind of problem solvers discovered a surprise inspection at the shared englewood high school and middle school cafeteria reveals six critical violations. foods we're not kept the proper temperature mea

he defeated democrat foster campbell. meanwhile mr. trump's team now faces more questions about russia's influence on last month's presidential election. mary bruce tells us more. >> reporter: donald trump taking a break from the transition to take in the navy game in baltimore saturday. even answering questions for cbs sports. >> is it a humbling thought that in six weeks you will be the commander in chief for those guys? >> it's humbling, a great honor and a great responsibility. >> before he got to the game he it hit twitter. lashing out at critics he will stay on at executive producer of "the apprentice." and we are fighting back about a cia report that found russia interfered in the election to help trump win. they reportedly provided wikileaks with hacked e-mails as part of a wider operation to boost trump and hurt clinton's chances. trump's team was quick to respond, attacking the credibility of the cia. he said these are the same people who said saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. >> why didn't you be believe it? >>

foster care." for the overwhelming majority of children, mr. president, this north carolina group says this legislation could be a life saver. the north carolina pediatrics society writes that the bill is a pivotal opportunity for a major federal policy shift away from placing children in out of home care and toward keeping families together. congregate care remains one of the options on the continuum. and the bill doesn't impose time limits or restrictions on the use of these settings for children who need them, but the focus is on keeping families together. the only changes this bill makes for congregate care providers is raising the standards for quality so that all children in these settings benefit from the therapeutic value of the best providers of which we have several in north carolina. so the children's home society of north carolina, children's hope alliance, exchange family center, family preservation community services, first north carolina, a number of groups all based -- serving north carolina citizens have come out for this. so i

mr. kennedy beat his democratic opponent foster campbell. garrett tenney has more on the new senator, john kennedy, from washington. >> some republicans are describing this victory as the final nail in the could of fin for democrats this election cycle and in louisiana voters went with the anti-establishment candidate. louisiana state treasurer john kennedy ran on his reputation as a political outsider and fiscal hawk and he was an outspoken supporter of donald trump. you will remember trump won the state by 20 points and he returned there on friday to encourage voters to get out and vote again telling them he needed kennedy to win to push forward theagenda. foster campbell was largely on his own for this runoff which was viewed as such a long shop most democratic groups including the democratic senatorial campaign committee stayed out of the race. last night kennedy told his reporters he plans to fight washington insiders and change the direction of the country. >> in the world we live in today, there are no state issues and there are no lo

mr. [inaudible] is your senior exec the power of foster and partners to >>[applause] scuttle executive board director and vice president of china ocean wide holdings group good >>[foreign language] >>[applause] we also -executive board director and chairman of china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] executive board director and president ocean wide holdings company limited. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] next we have-chairman of the supervisory board of the china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] vice chairman of supervisory board china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] board director and vice president china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] board director and vice president ocean wide holdings. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] economic marshall counselor of the chinese consulate. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] we also have mr. tom-director of the san francisco department of building inspections. >>[foreign language] >>[cough] >>[applause] were also delighted to mr. todd rufo m

foster. >> once, twice, three times a loser is mr. trump. he fought this in the court and inner council. now the highest court has now found against him. trump is now a three-time loser. >> reporter: trump didn't let it go. after being elected as president of the united states, he brought up the wind farms according to media reports. the trump camp did not respond to cnn's request for comment. this latest revelation doesn't give more insight about his business dealings, but raises the question if he is willing to stop advocating for the trump brand when he is the next president of the united states. >>> the man forced off a jetblue flight after harassing ivanka trump and her husband jared kushner. he said his husband was kicked off after a flight attendant overheard a man slamming ivanka and jared. another deleted tweet said his husband chased down the couple to harass them. a man sitting if front of trump told cnn the man seemed agitated and told the couple they ruined our country. >>> president-elect hitting the links with tiger woods. transition source telling cnn trump will host wood

secretary will probably be more consequential than any secretary since john foster dulles under ike in the 50s, and it's important mr. trump have time to get comfortable with that. i think we'll hear who that nominee is probably within a week or so. >> last question. china was something that mr. trump talked about on the campaign trail. where do we stand with them right now? what can they do if we decide to take a phone call from taiwan? >> right. this is the other fable of china policy that they are in a position to do us immense harm immediately. china needs the united states a whole lot more than we need them. that doesn't mean we should cause problems unnecessarily, but whereas if we cease to import goods from china, it would cause pain for u.s. consumers and elevated prices. it would absolutely december ma decimate the chinese economy. really they have no incentive to dump it. they would be shooting themselves in the foot and all they would do is elevate borrowing costs for us a little bit. i think what donald trump has done is begun to recognize that we are in a much stronger mogs than we realize, and it's gre

mr. [inaudible] is your senior exec the power of foster and partners to >>[applause] scuttle executive board director and vice president of china ocean wide holdings group good >>[foreign language] >>[applause] we also -executive board director and chairman of china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] executive board director and president ocean wide holdings company limited. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] next we have-chairman of the supervisory board of the china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] vice chairman of supervisory board china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] board director and vice president china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] board director and vice president ocean wide holdings. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] economic marshall counselor of the chinese consulate. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] we also have mr. tom-director of the san francisco department of building inspections. >>[foreign language] >>[cough] >>[applause] were also delighted to mr. todd rufo m

mr. werkheiser, when i first got elected, i can remember going, walking around, steven foster university and they've done some great work in conjunction with the u.s. geological society, i looked at the stuff from the usgs, and my thought, i mean, going back to high school, wow, usgs, this is really quality stuff. and i got the high grade in science in my high school for, well, i remember seeing usgs, wow, this is really impressive. this is really quality stuff. as we talked about the gold standard. so it is really hearbreaking to think about all of the great work that has been done to build this phenomenal reputation of the u.s. geological society that -- the us geological society that, to come around to the point where we are now, we've had years of just falsity and fraud, manipulating data. you get rid of one employee, and really, it doesn't sound like there were a lot of consequences there. that's deeply troubling. if somebody is falsifying data, it ought to be a blight on their total reputation, and their professionalism. but i come back to the question i mentioned in my opening sta

foster care he was adopted by his faiser family. his reaction created a viral sensation. look at that face. it's fantastic that he has this forever family. up next finding mrthe new way some folks are giving their day a jump start. you're watching "early today." more "doing chores for mom" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than the leading ordinary brand. so you get more "life" per roll. bounty, the quicker picker upper she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. tide and downy together. why d.c. police say they had to open fire. >> piecing together what investigators are now discovering a military plane that crashed into the sea. >> remembering george michael. how music legends and fans are paying tribute to the late 80s music icon. >> good morning, everybody. >> did you have a nice christmas? >> i did. how was yours? >> it was great snoochlt you've got a little one first christmas? >> she's almost a year. a year in

foster jenkins." she's also getting a lifetime achievement award. the gloves are set to begin -- the blobes -- globes are set to that is president obama, reminding kids that you can sign up at healthcare.gov. mrs. obama: 'twas the night before christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. patrick: that's first lady michelle obama, helps get kids at the children's national health system in the holiday spirit. reading stories to patients at the washington hospital is a first lady tradition dating back to bess truman. mrs. obama was j radio host ryan seacrest. patrick: this should be a fun mark: the first time i have dropped my clicker. it is still working. 19 right now, 14 in watertown. we will get worse. buckle up. >>> tonight, the images coming in. deadly driving. the snow and ice. hundreds of accidents. and now, the arctic air sweeping in, wind chills 10 to 20 delow zero. >>> president-elect donald trump and the russian hackers. he says he doesn't believe it. taking on the intelligence community he will soon rely on. and on whether he needs the daily intelligence briefings. >> you know, i'm, like, a smart person. i don't have to be told the same thing in

mr. [inaudible] is your senior exec the power of foster and partners to >>[applause] scuttle executive boardf china ocean wide holdings group good >>[foreign language] >>[applause] we also -executive board director and chairman of china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] executive board director and president ocean wide holdings company limited. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] next we have-chairman of the supervisory board of the china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] vice chairman of supervisory board china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] board director and vice president china ocean wide holdings group. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] board director and vice president ocean wide holdings. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] economic marshall counselor of the chinese consulate. >>[foreign language] >>[applause] we also have mr. tom-director of the san francisco department of building inspections. >>[foreign language] >>[cough] >>[applause] were also delighted to mr. todd rufo my other boss director of the o

mr. trump is highlighting a get kennedy.ote effort for he is running against foster campbell for that seatand it is looking like the republican will have the vote. there is this from the new york times, or politics. kate ellison -- keith ellison wants to be the next chair of the democratic national committee and says he will resign his house eat if elected -- house seat if elected. has thisngton times story about wikipedia's lawsuit against the nsa. it was heard in the fourth circuit court and is headed to the federal appeals court. -- internet communications wikimedia receives and transmits every year and the broad scope of the nsa program, it is plausible to believe that at least some of its communications -- that is international communications by americans. the washington post with this front page and picture about what is happening in syria. the syrian government forces swept through aleppo -- the john kerryg rebel -- and the russian minister met. kerry saidf state they would meet again this morning. make in augustine, georgia, an independent. caller: i would like to point out that on

mr. sablan: public law 102-477 established what is commonly known as the 477 program to foster employment and economic development in indian contry. this highly successful program authorizes tribal governments to consolidate up to 13 different federal grant programs into a single plan with a single reporting system. current participants in the program have significantly improved effectiveness of services included in their 477 plan while lowering administrative costs. this has been translated into more and better direct services for their communities. h.r. 329 will build on this success by permanently authorizing the program by increasing the scope and availability of participating federal grant programs and by setting a streamline process for stribes to follow. -- tribes to fofment i want to congratulate chairman young for his tireless work on this legislation and for putting together a piece of legislation that we should always consider and for bringing together all of the stakeholders to address their concerns and find a workable solution. i ask my colleagues to join me in supporting th

mr. werkheiser, when i first got elected, i can remember going, walking around, steven foster university and they've done some great work in conjunction with the u.s. geological society, i looked at the stuff from the usgs, and my thought, i mean, going back to high school, wow, usgs, this is really quality stuff. and i got the high grade in science in my high school for, well, i remember seeing usgs, wow, this is really impressive. this is really quality stuff. as we talked about the gold standard. so it is really hearbreaking to think about all of the great work that has been done to build this phenomenal reputation of the us geological society that, to come around to the point where we are now, we've had years of just falsity and fraud, manipulating data. you get rid of one employee, and really, it doesn't sound like there were a lot of consequences there. that's deeply troubling. if somebody is falsifying data, it ought to be a blight on their total reputation, and their professionalism. but i come back to the question i mentioned in my opening statement. so to what end, why the cont

foster. >> i'm bruce johnson. donald trump scored another electoral win today but it came with less suspension. "time" magazine named the president-elect their person of the year. garrett joins us live. mr. trump continues to make news this afternoon. >> reporter: trump sat for a magazine to go with the cover but it was a short phone call to "the today show" that started off a day of newsmakeing. for the 8th time this year donald trump now appears on the cover of "time" magazine. this week's photo and headline kinder than previous issues. mr. trump told "the today show" he liked the cover but not the subheadline calling him the president-elect of the divided states of america. >> i is stocky. >> the president-elect told the show he was still seriously considering mitt romney for secretary of state and getting cabinet selection advice from an unlikesly source, his predecessor barack obama. >> i take his recommendations very seriously, there will be some people i will appoint, that he thought highly of. >> reporter: in the next few

mrs. first lady? anybody, you guys got plans? nobody as far as we can tell. and check this out. at this point, the democratic campaign committee, they're not even going so far as to push foster their website look at their website right now. stay tuned to learn more about our efforts to take back the senate no mention of the candidate they have running for senate next week. mike pence is busy right now. mike pence is running the transition and he's still the governor of indiana, and they're going to have to send him to beijing to stop the war with china, that donald trump almost inadvertently started today. mike pence is busy, but still, he's making time, because that senate seat is important. they're sending pence to louisiana tomorrow to fight for that senate seat. why aren't the democrats fighting for it too? seriously, one race left in the whole country. what else are you working on? business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going

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mr. coffman: i rise to support the 21st century cures act, a bill fostering medical innovation and developing new treatments to provide better individualized care. the 21st century cures act ensures americans suffering from some of the most common and devastating diseases receive quicker access to the medical treatment. a bill aimed at addressing the lack of f.d.a. standards and oversight and approval of medicine were incorporated into the final version of the 21st century cures act. reagain rative medical treatments developed from stem cells so the potential to fully restore or normal function in damaged cells, tissues or organs. our thanks to the gates center in colorado, one of the nation's leading medicine research centers. i have had the opportunity to see up close the potential of these treatments and have long advocated for their increased use and availability. the 21st century cures act will bring renewed hope to so many americans across our country and i urge the president to sign this bill into law right away. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman's time has expired. for what purpos

there's good foster care, mr. president. nobody has ever said that's not the case. but we know that federal policy shouldn't create an incentive to rip these families apart. it should create incentives to keep families together. so i wanted to come tonight to make one more appeal to pass what is, according to many of the most authoritative experts on compiled welfare, the most significant improvement in child welfare law in decades. there are no objections on our side of the aisle. this is the second time i brought up this unanimous consent request, and substantively no senator has come to the floor on the other side of the aisle to raise an objection in terms of policy and substance. frankly, i wish that somebody would, mr. president, because i think we could accommodate them. and because of the graciousness of chairman brady, the republican chair on the other side, i think we could accommodate them. but no senator has come now for the second time this week to actually offer a substantive objection. so if you want what i call principled bipartisanship, which is wha

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