mr. foster. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from illinois, mr. foster. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the mendment is agreed to. third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. to amend the ll real estate settlement procedures act of 1974 to modify requirements related to mortgage disclosures and for other purposes. mr. capuano moves to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment -- mr. capuano: mr. speaker, without objection, i ask the reading be waived? you want to read it? mr. hensarling: reserve a point of order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves a point of order. is there objection to request for waiving the reading of the amendment -- or the motion to recommit? there is objection. clerk will read. the clerk: page 5, line 13, strike -- page 5, line 14, strike the period and insert and. page 5 after line 14 insert the following -- d. has clawback policies to require any executive office incentive base compensation to the cla

mr. foster of illinois. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 736, the gentleman from illinois, mr. foster, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. foster: thank you, mr. chairman. since the start of the debate on this legislation, i have been laser focused on getting the problems with a.d.a. compliance actually fixed. the problems of drive-by lawsuits have hit my district and abusive demand letters are a problem nationwide. one of the tragedies of the status quo is even after settlement of demand letters, the problems are often not even fixed. many of my colleagues have expressed concern, however, that the underlying text of this legislation would not provide sufficient incentive for legitimate civil rights attorneys to take to court businesses that offer no good faith effort to solve the problem with a.d.a. compliance after they have been pointed out. so my amendment would simply allow courts to award punitive damages in the cases that a business has made no good faith effort to remove a barrier to access. if they

mrs foster said attempts to find a stable resolution had been unsuccessful.he dup and sinn fein have been locked in negotiations in a bid to end the 13—month stalemate at stormont. let's get more now from our ireland correspondent chris page, who is in belfast. and entered this political crisis feels farther away than ever tonight. northern ireland has been without government for 13 months. today, arlene foster has been involved in negotiations for the last few weeks, she said there was no prospect of bringing back devolution. sinn fein blamed the dup per what happened, saying they had reached an accommodation with the dup leadership that they had failed to close the deal. i'm joined by a leader of one of the other parties, colum eastwood, from the sdlp. what are your thoughts on what has happened today? it is a serious and real crisis for our institutions, for the good friday agreement. we have had 13 months with the government. the two political parties have been negotiating for that length of time and this is anotherfailure. we that length of time and this

mr. foster. >> thank you for appearing here. this is an important parent of communication with congress. >>. i'd like to follow up on representative rice's dangers of default. i'd like to repeat his thanks to you of being involved in educating members of congress about the necessity of taking seriously our payments on principle and interest. there are two different kinds of defaults. they're driven by fundamentals. the country doesn't have the ability to repay its debt. if you think about iceland where there were debts from the banking crisis of 700% of gdp and no way for the people to pay it off, they're the ones that are self-inflicted wounds like our voluntary failure. this is a country that has more than enough money to pay its debts simply for some political reason refuses to do it. over time, both parties have been guilty of weaponizing the debt limit. i want to encourage you that there is a bipartisan consensus that could be assembled to get rid of it. it's always abused by which ever party is in the minority and i think

mr. foster was talking about. this is just wonderful talking about debt we have $21 million and the chairman is very good to put that number up every time we come in here i tell you, it makes my belly sick now we've had other folks in the last administration who say this is no big deal, bruce. i used to be the state treasurertreasure in maine when i was there, the debt clock was unwinding. so now we have about 245 bill$25 billion per year interest payments on that debt. do you take a different attack from folks here in the last administration, do you think this is a problem? $21 trillion in ydebt >> ying wer not on a sustainable fiscal path. >> i would agree so we can agree this is a problem. with that said, sir, my second day here in congress, i cosponsored, the first bill was a balanced budget amendment to finally force washington to live within its means, stop balancing our books and start paying down the debt do you think that's a good idea? >> not a supporter of the balanced budget. >> mr. chairman, i'm going

mrs foster said attempts to find a stable and sustainable resolution had been unsuccessful.cutive. on monday, the prime minister, theresa may, travelled to stormont to try and seek an end to the deadlock. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, is at stormont now what on earth happened next? yes, just a few days ago a breakthrough did seem like it was likely for the first time in more than a year. theresa may and the irish prime minister cain murtagh stormont and met the parties and said they thought the deal was doable. the process has fallen apart over the past 48 hours. arlene foster said there is currently no prospect of there is currently no prospect of the power—sharing executive being restored. sinn fein, the former partners in government, said unionists had failed to close a deal. the highly symbolic issue which has scuppered stormont again is the disagreement over whether they should be a new law to protect and promote the irish language. northern ireland secretary karen bradley, announcing the latest phase of negotiations a few weeks ago, said there was one last opp

mr. foster was talking about. this is wonderful, talking about the national debt. we have $21 billion and chairman hence our link is very good about putting that -- and hensarling puts that number up every time we come into the room. $21 billion national debt. i was a state treasurer in maine and we knew how to balance our books and spend only what we took in. when i was there the debt clock was unwinding. now we have about 245 billion dollars for year in interest payments on that debt. do take attack from the folks that were here from the first administration, that this is a problem? >> i think we are not on a sustainable fiscal path. can agree this was a problem. my second day here in congress, i cosponsored a bill, a balanced to the unitednt states constitution to finally force washington to live within ns. mean it= do you think that's a good idea? a supporter of the balanced budget. i am a supporter of sustainable debt. >> the chair now recognizes the gentle lady from ohio. >> certainly, as one would ofect with you being chair the federal reserve, that question

mr. foster was talking about. this is wonderful talking about the national debt. this is $21 trillion. mr. hensarling is careful to put up it up every time we comb here. i tell you it makes my belly sick. other folks in last administration mr. powell, this is no big deal, bruce. $21 trillion in national debt. i used to be straight treasurer in maine. we knew how to balance our books and spend only what we took in. when i was there debt clock was unwinding. now we have 240, $245 billion per year interest payments on the debt. mr. powell, do you take a different tack from folks here earlier, last administration, do you think this is a problem? >> do i think -- >> $21 trillion in debt? i. >> i think we're not on sustainable fiscal path. >> i would agree with that. we can agree this is problem. with that said, sir, my second day here in congress i could sponsored, first bill i cosponsored balanced budget amendment of united states constitution to finally force washington to live within its means, start balancing books, start paying down debt. do you think that is good idea. >> not a support

mrs foster has said the discussions the dup have been having with sinn fein have been u nsuccessful,. the sticking point have emerged, there are differences on same—sex manager, sinn fein wanting to introduce it, the dup don‘t. disagreements over how to deal with unsolved killings from the troubles. the most serious and difficult point has been sinn fein and the nationalist party calling for an irish language act, which would protect and promote the irish language. unionist parties have said effectively they regarded as too big a concession to irish nationalism. some unionist politicians for example criticised the dup on this and say it would hollow out the britishness in northern ireland. it‘s the kind of discussions that have been going on on the airwaves in northern ireland particularly over the last few days whenever it looked like the parties we re whenever it looked like the parties were on course for a deal. perhaps indications from unionist grassroots that a compromise on the irish language act would be particularly ha rd to language act would be particularly hard to swallow

despite intensive negotiations this week which included the prime minister and the taoiseach, mrs fostere's no sign of an end to the 13 month political stalemate at stormont. she said it was that the duty of the westminster government to set a budget and start to make important policy decisions about schools and hospitals and infrastructure. so a lot to talk about on this by arlene foster and also reaction on the implications. keith doyle is in belfast. just go through what arlene foster said in a bit more detail. on monday we had the prime minister and the taoiseach here as we thought a deal was in the air. as time went on we realised it would not happen, there was some talk of it perhaps happening this week but clearly now that is not going to happen with this statement from arlene foster. the big issues the irish language, the dup are absolutely insistent there will be no stand—alone irish language bill giving the irish language official status in northern ireland. sinn fein said they will not rejoin the power—sharing executive unless there is exactly that so clearly is pass are findi

mr. foster was talking about. this is wonderful talking about national debt. we have $21 million and chairman hensarling is very good to put it up. i tell you it makes my belly sick. with had other folks in the last administration that come and say this is no big deal, browse. $21 trillion in national debt. py used be to the state treasure ner maine we knew how to balance the books abspend only what we took in. we i was there the debt clock was unwinding. now we have about $245 billion per year interest payments on the debt. mr. powell do you take a different tack the folks here earlier the last administration? dunk this is a problem. >> the $12 in debt. >> we're not on a sustainable fiscal path. >> i would agree with that. we can agree this is a problem. with that said, sir, my second day here in congress i cosponsored -- the first one i coresponsed wgs a balanced budget amendment to force washington to live within its means and pay down the debt. do you think that's a good idea. >> not at supporter balanced budget. >> i'm coming back to mr. powell at another

mr. foster was talking about and this is wonderful talking about the national debt. we have $21 trillion and chairman hensarling is good to put that number up and you can see it on both sides of the room. it makes me sick. we've had other folks in the last administration, mr.powell, have that that have come here and said this is no big deal, bruce. $21 trillion in national debt. i used to be the state treasurer in maine and we knew how to balance our books and spend only what we took in. when i was there the debt clock was unwinding. now we have $245 billion per year interest payments on that debt. do you take a different tack from the folks moothat were here earlier in the last administration? do you think this is a problem? this $21 trillion in debt? >> we're not on a sustainable fiscal path. >> i would agree. so we can agree this is a problem. with that said, sir, my second day here in congress i co-sponsored -- the first bill i co-sponsored was a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution to finally force washington to live within its means and s

finally, i want to mention my support for the fostering innovation act sponsored by ms. sinema and mr. hollingsworth. i'm a co-sponsor of those measures as well. i urge all of my colleagues to vote in support of these very bipartisan package of bills and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. waters: i continue to reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: madam speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. williams, vice chairman of our subcommittee on monetary policy and trade. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. williams: madam speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 3978, the trid improvement act. introduced by my colleague, mr. hill of arkansas. and mr. kihuen from nevada. this important and overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation, which passed out of

mr. foster. >> thank you. during the obama recovery the stock market tripled and not worth nearly doubled unemployment cut in half trade deficits were reduced and inflation kept low. do you expect your administration will match the obama record and if not, why not? >> obviously coming coming out of one of the worst recessions , those numbers were moving in a specific direction so now we are more focused on sustaining gdp growth that was subpar in the last administration. >> you don't expect you will do as well to triple the stock market or similar? >> i will not make specific comments where the stock market is in the future. it has been up a lot but i will not make specific comments on the stock market. >> talking about trade with those free-trade deals with currency manipulation was the most significant shortcoming as nations have devalued their currencies of those benefits that come from barriers are significantly undermined. one of the duties that you have is to designate countries for currency manipulation

mr. foster. >> thank you, mr. chairman. during the obama recovery, the stock market tripled. household net worth nearly doubled. unemployment was cut in half. trade deficits were reduced. and inflation was kept low. do you expect that your administration will match the obama record. and if not, why not? >> again, obviously when we were coming out of one of the worst recessions, we had those numbers move in specific directions. so we're now more focused on sustained gdp growth, which was subpar in the last administration. >> but you don't expect, for example, that you will do as well in tripling the stockmarket or cutting unemployment. >> again, i'm not going to make any specific comment about where the stockmarket is in the future. it's been up a lot, but, again, i'm not going to make any specific comments on the stockmarket. >> i'd like to talk about trade and foreign markets. i've long viewed the trade deals to address currency manipulation was probably short in coming and a major reason i haven't supported them is nations have developed their currency so even the benefits

foster. >> thank you, mr. speaker. [singing] [shouting] >> thank you, mr. speaker. my constituent evelyn fisher was killed when a car mounted the pavement with test that after the incident indicating the driver had an undiagnosed medical condition which would need to h be assessed by the ddl to be detected before. what you doesn't prime minister current assessment rules were when showing those d driving licenses are fit to drive? >> can tennessee to my honorable friend that he has made an important point because it is absolute crucial. of course we want to ensure that people who are driving our axis it to drive and i know the sympathies of not just but i'll defend but the whole of this house will be with her family and friends. the current driver license system is designed to balance the needs of road safety for those of the individual all drivers must inform dvla if you have a medical condition which may affect the driving and should discuss any concernsec ty have with their own medical professions. we do take this seriously and we are committed to ensuring that th

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it teaches them to work as a team and fosters critical thinking skills that are fundamental for success in any field. mr. speaker, this legislation will help invest in our students. it will help them rise to meet the challenges of a changing economy that increasingly relies on highly skilled labor and technology. i'm proud to stand for our students before this chamber because together we're making smart investments that will help our children succeed. smart investments so that we can help our communities build more effective work pourses and a stronger competitive economy. for these reasons i am proud that my building blocks of stem act, including the text of my code like a girl act, is being considered today. with the passage of these bills we are one step closer to bridging the current gaps in stem education and work force training. building the blocks for careers in stem will prepare nevadans and all americans for better jobs and help us meet the demands of our 21st century economy. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro t

mr blame to the breakdown of negotiations? who is coming to northern ireland? whose fault is it? the dup or sinn fein? you could say the dup because it raises questions about arlene foster'shat i said, perhaps the personality issue. you can also say that sinn fein, but you know, they shouldn't maybe make such a thing of it and everything else but it is important that the irish language act is important that this is the thing, to go back to what you say, the dup want direct rule because they can then tell the tory government at westminster what to do, with a direct rule, but sinn feini do, with a direct rule, but sinn fein i think c in brexit the best chance they've had in a generation to push the united ireland agenda in all... said there are much bigger forces in play than the irish... also the big issue of ireland because ireland and brexit... if the irish don't get what they need to get. from these things in northern ireland. come back to that in a second but i want to pick a pollie's point because you say maybe neither side actually want to be ruling right now in devolved assembly but where does that leave the british government because bradley the secretary says you

enough snow really gives foster of rain in shanghai who seems unlike it's still a warm probably sunny twenty four in hong kong this should be perfectly dry and sunny time of the if mr southeast asia trickly into china but we have got low remains so it's hard to see often all tropical sarka and it may well produced a time share as they wreak through cambodia possibly even as far west as bangkok runs chart of the concentration of showers should really be in the southern philippines sort of way see bits of born here and jolly and that's indeed where you see it but sumatra is got to the fence to get showers well least on the west coast seems unlikely to get into singapore kuala lumpur but as i said bangkok could could just see a shower but she all of india and sri lanka are in nepal fine and mostly sunny but there is more rain and snow coming in to afghanistan. the weather sponsored by cats and meese. i was always telling him how famous he was going to make it that's how he presented hello my name and body without manchester city's northwest representatives kind of. teacher pretty cool. actually you'll remember that we had this special meeting about the nail and he sai

leader arlene foster has already tweeted that this this text is constitutionally unacceptable she said it would be economically catastrophic for northern ireland very hard words but what mr bunny says he needs is concrete proposals concrete solutions the opposition leader jeremy corbett in parliament not to reason may because mr corbin has now shifted his stance saying that britain should be in a customs union so now that he's got this new approach he's able to say worldly the conservative government really don't have a coherent plan i think everybody though will be left in no doubt after mr barr mr bonny is a reminder that with thirteen months away from march twenty ninth the leave date that the clock really is taking a there are so many issues that still need to be hammered out in the name thank you it's a final day of high level discussions on the global stage of human rights representatives some countries around the world and spoken at the un human rights council in geneva it's painted a dire picture of the situation millions of facing the changes more from geneva. it was meant to be a celebration the seventieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human right

mr. young: i would like to take a moment to address the continuing resolution we'll vote on today. the social impact partnerships to pay for results act in the modernizing the interstate placement of children in foster care act. both are important to hoosiers. i'm glad question see them become law after six years of working in a bipartisan way to get them across the finish line. let me tell you why these for measures are so important to hoosiers and really to all americans. the social impact partnerships to pay for results act empowers our public and private sectors to implement evidence-based social and public health interventions, to address some of our nation's most pressing social challenges. now, america has a celebrated and vibrant civil society. we have a history of not turning first to government to solve some of our thorniest social and public health challenges but instead turning to our neighbors, turning to our local communities. perhaps our local not for-profit groups or community heroes. we discover that oftentimes they are better situated to address these thorny challenges than a government program. that's not to suggest in the slightest that government doesn't have a very important ro

in regard to fostering increased cooperation with the states in order to achieve environment goals in a sensible and practical manner. i'd like unanimous consent to enter. >> thank you, mrchairman. i was very happy to see the epa approval provisions to the regional implementation plan meaning arkansas furled that we now have an epa was willing to listen to the states from proceeding to the role of improving air quality. in the past, we had a situation where the epa wanted to hear and put as long as the state agreed with them. if not, they got themselves in trouble. can you explain your approach to cooperative federalism in the change were seen in that regard. >> with respect to the program i share comments and arkansas has worked diligently to submit its plan under the statute and i think that would be something i would highly for you. the agency needs to take a more proactive approach in working to submission plans to actually recognize their expertise and resources at the local level to achieve those outcomes and help provide clarity in time of getting that done. in the past we had an effort of displacing those they are and the state plans and i think that should be t

that show applauds fostering increased cooperation with states to achieve environmental goals in a sensible, practical manner. i would like unanimous consent. >> without objection. >> mr. ministry at her i was , happy to see the epa approved arkansas revisions to the implementation plan. many in arkansas are thrilled that we now have an epa willing to listen to the states, decided -- and excited to proceed to the goal of improving air quality. in the past, we've had a situation where the epa wanted to hear input, as long as the state agreed with them. if not, they got themselves in trouble. can you explain your approach to cooperative federalism and change we're seeing in that regard? >> i think, senator, with respect to regional haze program, i appreciate your comments. arkansas worked diligently to submit a plan approvable under the statute. i think that would be something i would highlight for you. the agency needs to take more proactive approach to states to recognize their expertise and resources at the local level to achieve those outcomes and help , provide clarity and timing as far as getting it done. in the past we had an effort of displacing authority and is

foster care system? >> no sh, we don't. but we can. and we can correspond on that. >> thank you. i look forward to that. >> thank you, senator young. senator warren. >> thank you, mr. chairman. so the massachusetts department of health recently released astonishing data about the opioid crisis in our state. they wanted to better understand the relationship between pregnancy and ov pregnancy, so overdose, so they linked up the numbers of mothers who gave birth and died between 2011 and 2015. they found something that was really heartbreaking. for 4 of every 10 women in this group, the cause of death was opioid overdose. and during the same time period our foster care system grew by 19%. across the state, about 10,000 the grandparents are now primary care giver s fs for the grandchildren, and the grandchildren who have often landed in their parents' arms and grandparents' arms because of this crisis. now, this crisis isn't just about the lives that are lost, but it is also about the struggle of those who have to cope when lives are long. dr. bell, you are an expert in the foster care system, and when a parent dies from the opioid overdose, what financial impact does

fosters terrorism and hate. that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from organize oon seek recognition? without objection. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. with all that's going on in washington, d.c., these days it's hard to keep up with some things that are amazingly consequential. one item that is flying below the radar screen is the new nuclear posture review from the trump administration. ey are talking about expanding our nuclear arsenal. embark us on a path of spending $1.2 trillion. not only expanding our do we have more t and pay for, and pay for, we're talking about other elements here that are disturbing. developing new destabilizing nuclear weapons. being able to use nuclear weapons in nonnuclear situations. for example, responding we need to cyber attacks. where you might not even know who did it. we still have all these ballistic missiles on hair trigger alert, and we just saw the vulnerability there in hawaii with the recent threatened, mistaken threat. we need to take a hard look how to do this right before it's too late. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman fro

anyone's heart, she would often tell us that she was shedding light on the need for foster parents, always trying to be positive. mr. president, you probably know ms. sally ann roberts' little sister. her name happens to be ms. robin roberts. robin is an anchor on "good morning america." a few years ago robin was diagnosed with a very rare blood disorder, a bone marrow transplant saved robin roberts' life. sally ann roberts provided that lifesaving bone marrow. here's a typical story about sally ann. she went through the bone marrow collection process on a tuesday and a wednesday. by thursday she was dressed to the nines and doing a national interview to emphasize how quick the recovery time is. she wanted to educate america about bone marrow donation. let me say it again, mr. president. sally ann roberts is an icon, and i don't use that word lightly. if she had wanted, she'd probably be anchoring the evening news before a national audience, but she loved and still loves new orleans. and that's where she chose to remain. she's had an extraordinary career as a broadcast journalist. i know she's excited about what co

foster families that come in and care for infants that have complex needs. so thank you for that. >> thank you very much, senator baldwin. senator scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and to senator baldwin, thank you. i came in halfway through your story. thank you for sharing your personal story with all of us. i think it's informative and instructive as well. we're all appreciative of family members who step to the plate when challenges arise with our caregivers. ms. savage, the power of your personal testimony is unmatched and i can't imagine the excruciating pain and misery that your family has endured, but the ability to arctic coupe late your -- articulate your story through this nation that we'll never hear but lives will be saved because hut power and strength toth testify. thank you to your family, your husband, and your son for being here as well. dr. patrick risch know you've answered this question a couple of times already hand to go to a banking hearing and other hearings. but in south carolina, according to many reports from 2007 to 2015, the number of babies born with nas has gone from four per 1,000 to seven per 1,000. my understanding it