mr. brady: mr. speaker, i'm proud to yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio who worked hard to ensure trade agreements are for expanding trade while expanding immigration. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairman of the ways and means committee and i'm delighted he's chairman of the ways and means committee for yielding. mr. king: and i rise in support of the conference report of the customs bill. it's got many provisions within it, which i'm happy about and happy to support. currency manipulation provision is one of them. but i'm pleased to be here to be able to say that there were those that had significant heartburn over trade promotion authority. i am one of them. there were two provisions that i so badly wanted to be included within the t.p.a. legislation because i have a bit of a history of working to hold and to keep the immigration components out of trade deals. that's -- congress needs to

>> mr. >> translator: mr. speaker, canada will do its share to fight the terrorism effectively by focusing on training, the train ago military forces, police forces, for governance, and -- [inaudible] and we will be doing this. [applause] >> the honorable member from nanaimo. >> mr. speaker, 26 years after 14 women were murdered simply for being women, for daring to study engineering, violence against women remains unaccept blue high. working together we in the gdp believe we can work together to end violence against women. but federal leadership is required. the new government promised a strategy on gender violence, including an immediate inquiry into the terrible issue of murdered and missing indigenous women and girls. can the minister please tell us when the government plans to call this important inquiry? [applause] >> thank you nor the member's excellent question. we are excited to move forward on this file. murdered and missing indigenous women is a national tragedy that not only affects women but their

mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield to the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, for a unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcdermott: thank the gentlelady from new york. i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record my remarks in opposition to this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman from new york. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from ohio, ranking member of the energy and water subcommittee, ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. kaptur: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the ranking member for yielding me time. this week marks progress in the return to regular order. and although four months late and following the resignation of former speaker john lane bayner, a victim of republican gridlock, this critical funding legislation deserves passage to avoid another shutdown of the federal government. this congress must be disciplined

mr. royce: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this measure and in particular i wanted to thank the gentleman from north carolina, mr. mark meadows, for being the -- thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. members, please take your conversations off the floor. mr. royce: there are several individuals that i wanted to thank, mr. speaker. in particular as i said the gentleman from north carolina, i want to thank mark meadows for being the early leader on this issue of focusing on hezbollah and on this legislation. i also want to thank congressman david scott of georgia. he served for eight years on the foreign affairs committee as vice chairman of the foreign affairs subcommittee on terrorism and nuclear nonproliferation, and i would just mention that as chairman of the nato parliamentary assembly committee that researched and wrote the report on iran's nuclear weapons program, he has unique insights with respect to the threat posed by hezbollah. not just to i

mr. polis: mr. speaker, even after we pass this continuing resolution today, we'll still be five days away from a government shutdown. that's no way to run the greatest, freest, most prosperous country on the face of the earth. we agree on so many of the issues, mr. speaker. i urge my colleagues stop the partisan games. we have shown in recent weeks we can produce good bipartisan legislation when we just put the controversial, divisive, poison pills on the side. look at what we accomplished in transportation and education. let's continue that trend. let's drop the ideological wish list for another time and pass the spending bill without the last-minute hysterics and partisan riders. in recent weeks americans have witnessed two senseless horrific mass shootings, one very near to my district in colorado that took three lives. and another in san bernardino, colorado that took 14 lives. ese slains are heartbreaking and tragic. sadly no one can no longer use the adjective to describe them -- shocking. th

mr. enzi: mr. president, i ask consent that during the vote series related to h.r. 3762, there be two minutes equally divided between each vote and that the first votes in the series be in relation to the murray amendment 2876, and the johnson amendment 2875, with the 60-vote affirmative threshold required for adoption. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enzi: i yield the floor. mr. blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: mr. president, we're on the verge of a series of votes. it also is a few days from the anniversary, the third anniversary of the hideous and horrific shootings at sandy hook. once again, the unspeakable has happened in america. the mass murder in san bernadino reminds us of the inaction by this body. congress becomes complicit, in fact has become complicit by its inaction in this mass slaughter which continues in america. and yet, listening to the debate on the floor, one would think it's business as usual. we're d

i heard from mr. carney this afternoon, mr. tonko. and mr. what mr. tonko says, we believe there was an error made somewhere. and that the powers that be, as soon as they get around to doing this, will want this done. if we could have some idea that we could get this on to the floor. is there an amendment? maybe we can do some good with it tomorrow is what we would like to see. but it's awful to leave this out. you mentioned geothermal. which is making a great comeback up in my part of the state. schools now have fuel cells and geothermal. we're building houses with it. and we shouldn't stop that great innovation and ability to explore that further. it would be very important to me and i think to most of the people from our parts of coal country up there. to have this go on. >> good. >> thank you. and thank you. >> thank you. thank you very much to the members of the committee. >> absolutely. >> and the chair. >> and i apologize. i did not see you slip back in. >> oh, i didn't. i came in about five miles an hour so that i could. and i knew you would b

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask 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. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, millions of americans across the country know the benefits of evidence-driven mental health care. yet, our national mental health system has been harmed after years of bad policy. yesterday, "the wall street journal "stated, quote, as it happens, this month the house subcommittee passed one of the most consequential bills of this republican majority. the helping families and mental health crisis act. recently, we had mass killers have nearly -- have killed all kinds of persons due to some type of mental illness, yet, few received proper treatment. representative tim murphy spent more than a year investigating overall-. i'm grateful to be a co-sponsor of the helping families to mental health crisis act, developed by a dedicated professional, tim murphy. this legislation helps states to

mr. brady: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks on h.r. 2029. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: after months of negotiations, i'm honored today to talk to americans about the protecting americans from tax hikes bill, also known as the path act. the most important thing for the american people to know is that this bill prevents their taxes from increasing, helps create more jobs in their communities and makes it easier for them to do their taxes. it also reins in the i.r.s. and protects taxpayers from waste and fraud within the large tax credit programs administered by the i.r.s. and now i'd like to take a moment to talk about the six specific ways this bill helps american taxpayers. first -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house is n

mr. upton: mr. chairman, this amendment requires states to consider electric utilities to allow projects up to two megawatts connect to the electric grid. seriously they are considering. and we support their goals but we have concerns with the amendment, namely as grafted, it could violate some electric service laws while potentially being redundant of federal standards currently imposed on states but because it is not a mandate and uses purpa for states to consider, we can accept the gentlewoman's amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. ms. castor: i thank the gentleman for recognizing the solar potential for families and thank him for an aye vote. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 32. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr.

mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, first i also wish to join my chairman in mourning the loss of one of our majority committee staffers, chuck turner, who died earlier this month. chuck's passing is a true loss for our committee. and in the final hours of session for this year, we may finally be concluding this year's appropriations process. it hasn't been an easy year, but i do want to thank chairman rogers, my partner in this effort, and the staff for their hard work to put together spending bills following the two years' budget agreement. i'm disappointed, however, that the majority attached a repeal of the oil export ban to this omnibus spending bill. such a major policy change should not be added at the last minute on a must-pass bill to keep government opened. it is especially disappointing that we could lift the oil export ban in this bill and yet we don't address the urgent bankruptcy crisis facing puerto rico. it remains a priority to me and my democratic colleagues and we must continue all efforts to

mr. brady: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 566, as the designee of the gentleman from kentucky, mr. rogers, i call up the bill h.r. 2029 with the senate amendments thereto and i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of e bill, designate the senate amendment and designate the motion. the clerk: h.r. 2029, an act making appropriations for military construction, the department of veterans affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2016, and for other purposes. house amendment number 2, mr. brady of texas moves that the house concur mountain sflat amendment -- in the senate amendment with the amendment specified in section 3 of house resolution 566. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 566, the question shall be divided among the two house amendments. pursuant to section 2-a of house resolution 566, the portion of the divided question comprising the amendment specified in section 3-b of house resolution

mr. trump has 46%, and mr. cruz isn't about 15%, 16%. at about 15%, 16%. is,ine as a man as mr. cruz mr. trump is running the whole nomination process. i think he and ted cruz would be an excellent team. >> let me ask you one final question because a lot of people the tone of this campaign from donald trump. you're shaking your head. why? the whole thing is too politically correct. you can't say anything. you can't call in illegal alien an illegal alien. you have to say it illegal immigrant. they're not illegal immigrants. they are illegal aliens. you are either in the country legally or you are an illegal alien. there is no other category. i support mr. trump. he tells it like it is. he will build a wall. i believe everything he says and i think he will make a conscientious effort to do everything he says he is going to do. is on the his name ballot, i'm going to vote for him. >> we will just have to see what the numbers show. you both very much, we appreciate it. >> c-span takes you on

mr. rodriguez: i think one key way we have started to use piloting is the use of social media research. that wee other tools can use that i would not necessarily feel comfortable setting,g in a public but needless to say, we are in a constant process of looking at our securityrce and law enforcement vetting across all lines of business. i think it's helpful to talk about refugees, but i think it's also important that we realize are these security tools ones we need to think about all our lines of business. rep. duckworth: it's not a stagnant process. you are constantly reviewing, and when you have new cases, you go back and look at other things that can be done. mr. bersin: i think the so-called hot wash, the after-incident, particularly with the tragedy of that proportion, leads to a lot of examination and soul-searching about how we strengthen the system. we will never get to a point where that process ends. this is clearly an example of something that requires continuous improvement, a

mr. shuster: and i want to thank mr. capuano, mr. denham and mr. defazio. i think mr. capuano said it accurately, this is what transportation and infrastructure bills should be coming to the floor in a bipartisan way because this is good for america. nothing to do with republicans or democrats. but what's good for the american people and the american economy and the surface transportation board is the federal economic regulator of the freight system. since it was passed, i believe mr. capuano mentioned, our freight rail system is the envy of the world. it's strong and vibrant. it does a great job, but this s.t.b. re-authorization and making some of the significant changes i know is going to be beneficial to everybody. mr. denham kicked off a list of different stakeholders, people that utilize the rail that are in favor of this and they sat down and worked it out. it will allow them to run efficiently and improve the nation's economy. i'm not going to go through all the description as mr. capuano did a great job of that. giving them authority that is going to streamline

mr. pitts: mr.aker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and insert remarks extraneous materials in the record on the bill. . the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 2820, the stem cell therapeutic and research re-authorization act, introduced by my colleagues, representative chris smith of new jersey and representative doris matsui of california. of bill is another example the energy and commerce committee's outgoing effort or ongoing effort, i should say, to work together in a bipartisan manner to strengthen public health and solve problems in our nation's health care system. h.r. 2820 re-authorizes the national chord blood inventory program and the c.w. bill young transplantation program through fiscal year 2020, which provides federal support for the cord blood donation

mr. george osborne: the prime minister is visiting poland and romania, and i have been asked to reply. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in the house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> as christmas draws closer, the chancellor will know people are having difficulty in making ends meet will not experience much good will in the season of good will if they fall into the clutches of loan sharks as they try to buy presents for their families, so why is he choosing now to cut the budget of the birmingham-based england illegal money-lending team by a third, when they have helped 24,000 loan shark victims to get £63 million of illegal debts written off? will he have a word with his friend the business secretary, who seems to be refusing to answer questions from the daily mirror on the subject? mr. osborne: of course we take very seriously illegal loan sharks and, indeed, that of excessive interest charges on payday lendin

mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield 30 seconds to the distinguished chairman of the permanent select committee on intelligence, mr. nunes of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from the central valley of california is recognized. mr. nunes: i ask unanimous consent that my full statement is included including condition n. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. nunes: i want to thank hairman schiff, vice chair feinstein, chair hal rogers and ranking member lowey as well as the hard work in getting this important legislation to the floor today and eventually to the president for his signature. i urge all members to support the bill. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished the gentlelady from minnesota -- gent the dl lady from minnesota, ms. mccollum. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. ms

mr. poe: mr. speaker, bullet holes are still visible in the walls of cafe the graves are fresh for those lives stolen by isis fighters in the streets of paris. meanwhile, the president is in paris, talking about his priority, the real threat, climate change. while america has been unable or unwilling to defeat isis, it has been front and center in the war on climate change. former c.i.a. director mike morell said we didn't go after the oil wells, hitting oil wells that isis controlled, because we didn't want to do environmental damage. the president has the sided that the threat to the environment is more serious to him than the threat of isis terrorism. mr. speaker, oil funds isis' murderous reign of terror but the president's new limited war doctrine has one rule of engidgement. no climate casualties. mr. speaker, it's time for bombs to rain down over the isis war chest. stop the flow of the blood money, oil. not one more life should be lost because of a negligent and backwards strategy of a lim

mr. lamb: why not? mr. shirley: it betrays a political bias. mr.amb: there's no other reason why, really. mr. shirley: i tried to construct a story line. i had a big white grease board. withstructed narrative titles and subtitles, and it all kind of falls into place. i wrote in the book as many as a half-dozen times, for news reports, then second, based on a library chair, then third, based on first-hand interviews, fourth, based on other documents based on other sources. i usually write a book. i don't write it once, i write at five or six times -- it five or six times. mr. lamb: in the back of the book, in the notes, there are interviews with several people, including fred ryan and a gentle man named jim holy? mr. shirley: yes. mr. lamb: why does he get attention in this book? mr. shirley: my books, some historians write from 10,000 feet. i write from ground level. i don't just interview jim baker neese. these are people who all had very good stories. what i have found is it worked very well to write from ground level. people have commented, my b

mr. murphy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. i'm here to join my colleagues in our call to bring forward a debate and vote on the senate floor a measure that's supported, i argue, by probably 95 to 99% of my constituents, that is the simple idea that if you're on a terrorist watch list, if you are suspected of being involved in terrorist activities, that you shouldn't be able to purchase a gun. and i'll be asking for a unanimous consent agreement in order to move this debate before the floor. but here's why it matters. what we know right now is that over the last 12 months isis has lost about 25% of their territory in iraq and syria. that's not good enough, and hopefully we will be able to join together to put even more pressure on the so-called caliphate, to shrink it down eventually to elimination, but the growth of isis is dependent on two narratives. one, this narrative that the so-called caliphate is growing, and, second, t

mr. poliquin: mr. speaker, sadly every year in america more than 20,000 babies are born addicted to drugs. last year alone, nearly 1,000 of those babies were born in maine. we can help these babies by passing h.r. 3865, the cradle act, of which i am proud to be an original co-sponsor. 80% of addicted infants are covered by medicaid and treated at local hospitals. however, our hospitals are overwhelmed. they are just not equipped to provide the specialized care that these babies desperately need to recover from the drugs in their tiny bodies. residential pediatric recovery centers are designed and professionally staffed to provide this critically important early clinical care. these centers depend on medicaid dollars to stay open, but they need clear certification guidelines in order to receive those funds. this cradle act does that. every baby born into this world deserves our compassion and our care. this is an opportunity to help the most vulnerable among us, and this bill offers real hope for a heal

mr. mcdermott: mr. speaker, one of the darkest days in american history was december 8, 1941, over 2,400 lives were lost on the attack on pearl harbor the heavy our navy was -- half our navy was destroyed, and our allies in europe was on the verge of collapse, it was an uncertain time to be the world. the world feels particularly dark these days, too. things feel more uncertain and for a country that enjoys the privilege of security, we might be forgiven for this growing anxiety. fear makes it easy to be nervous and cynical. we allow our base instincts to get the better of us in this country as we did in 1941. we translated the contagion of xenophobeo into national policy with the internment of german and japanese from my area in internment camps. we are hearing the same contemptible rhetoric today. it's dishonorable. it's false. and to believe it is to reject the fundamental truth that the american people are ultimately made of finer stuff than fear and blame and prejudice. we will get through these tr

mr. speaker, inaction does not amount to a strategy for security or for the syrian people, but inaction is a choice and i believe it is the wrong choice. we have listened to our allies. get taken legal advice and have a unanimous united nations resolution. we have discussed extensively and i have responded personally to the detailed report of four and affairs select committee. we have a proper motion-- motion before this house and we are having a debate today and in the spirit of ford to the rest of the debate and look forward to listening to the contributions of mentors on all sides of this house, but i hope at the end of it all the house will come together in large numbers for britain to play its part in defeating these evil extremists and taking the action is needed now to keep our country safe. in doing so, i taped tribute to the extraordinaire bravery and service of our inspirational armed forces who will once again put themselves in harms way to protect our values and our way of lif

mr. chairman: it could. -- o mr. byrne: up to? mr. chairman: some of the money could be used for that purpose. mr. byrne: last year one of the big issues was whether there was money being a prorated for the president to grant executive amnesty to immigrants. is the funding here to implement those? mr. chairman: there is no money for that purpose. mr. byrne: it is safe to say that if you voted for this appropriations bill, you would not be voting to fund an executive action by the president to grant amnesty to immigrants? mr. chairman: that is exact we write. mr. byrne: important to know. the department of labor has issued that rule and i assume funding is in place for them to use the funding to implement that role. mr. chairman: yes. mr. byrne: thank you, i appreciate the clarification on those points. i yield back. mr. chairman: the dome and yields back -- gentleman yield i will recognize myself are as much time as they need. [laughter] mr. chairman: this is not directed at the two witnesses. mr. sessions: i share much of the frustra

mr. brady: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 56 o 0, i callp the conference report on the bill h.r. 644 and ask for immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 644, an act to re-authorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, and for other purposeses. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 560, the conference report is considered as read. the gentleman from texas, mr. brady, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, each will control 30 minutes. the house will be in order. members will please remove their conversation from the house floor. he house will be in order. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and insert heir remarks and extraneous material into the record on the conference report to accompany h.r. 644. the speaker pro tempore: without objection

[laughter] mr. speaker, mr. speaker, the honorable member describes the prime minister's renegotiation efforts at pretty thin gruel. lame and trivial. yesterday the honorable member told that they were not all that impressed. [shouting] >> now, mr. speaker, chancellor is well known for cultivating and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. can i ask him the questions, his own side won't answer? [shouting] >> given the prime minister has preresigned, does he aspire to be britain's post eu prime minister? [shouting] [laughter] >> most opposition parties are trying to get momentum, they are trying to get rid of it. [shouting] >> we are fighting for a good deal for britain and europe, we are fighting to make the european economy competitive to everyone and braitian gets a fair deal that a country that's not in the euro, in the end, it will be something we put to the people in britain and the only reason it's happening at all is because the conservative party won the general election. >> mr. speaker, the chancel

mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank senator toomey for his work on this legislation, and our work together, and i especially want to commend, as senator toomey did as well, don and jean williams, the parents of corrections officer eric williams. i won't reiterate the horrific nature of his death. senator toomey outlined that. i can't imagine more of a nightmare for a corrections officer and for his or her family. we can bring some measure of protection to these officers by making sure that every possible circumstance is one in which the officer has pepper spray to be able to prevent an attack or to slow an attack down -- slow it down enough, i should say, until that corrections officer gets help. so i want to say how much we appreciate the fact that this is bipartisan. this is one of those issues that should not have any kind of political division. senator toomey outlined the challenge and also the solut

mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: mr. president, as the republican leader mentioned, last night the senate and house leaders finalized a bipartisan compromise. i said last night -- according to how you define "last night" -- the last e-mail i got was at 2:45 this morning from my chief of staff, who was one of the negotiators. anyhow, sometime in the dark in the bill was finalized. when i say "the bill," it's really two bills. it extends important tax policies for american businesses and families. this was not an easy process. members worked weeks to craft in agreement. mr. president, i mentioned yesterday and i say again today, i appreciate the cooperation, the expertise, and all the good work done by speaker ryan, leader pelosi, senator mcconnell and their staffs. i underscore and underline what my chief of staff, drew willison did. this is a good compromise. mr. president, the presiding officer not being a lon longtime member of congress, knows that no legislation is perfect. this is good legislation. this is truly the

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for purposes of inquiring from the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i'm pleased to yield to my friend, the majority leader, mr. mccarthy. mr. mccarthy: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house will be in order. members, please take their conversations off the floor. mr. mccarthy: before we get started, i'd like to discuss the matter of deep importance to the gentleman, myself, a dear friend, john stepacitic. he's a trusted aide for many years on this floor and he will be departing us. he wants to spend more time with his wife, kristen, and their new baby, lucy grace. and i'd like to thank him for his service to this country and the service to this conference and i know he's a good friend, also, to the gentleman across and i'd like to

mr. trump: wow! thank you so much! [cheers and applause] mr. trump: thank you. we start by paying our great respects to pearl harbor. we don't want that stuff and don't want world trade centers. it's not going to happen to us again. i want to thank everybody. there are thousands of people outside and would you like to wait an hour and -- we all got lucky and we are all together tonight. a lot of big news. c nmp n came out with a new poll and iowa, great, great state, trump, 33%! [cheers and applause] mr. trump: you have cruz at 20% 4%.rubio at 11% and bush at and iowa. we love iowa! named ay, great ship after iowa. the other big poll that came out was the national poll, trump 36% and i won't even mention the other numbers because they are so low. when you have so many people running, we had 17 and they started to drop. binge. binge. i love it. i love it. and you will be losing a little. when someone is down at zero, they will drop out. but you will be seeing it. one of the things that are

i would ask mr. tonko from new york, mr. carney from delaware, mr. jordan from ohio, mr. griffith, if he chooses, from the state of virginia ms. lummus has walked in and she has been the most faithful person. i bet they're going let you sit next to mr. carney. give her that chair. you were very kind. so we will go the four of us. mr. griffith, if you will choose to be with mr. mulvaney, that will not bother me. i'll let you decide what to do. are you sfeeng same matter? i would encourage the gentlemen please wait. we'll hustle through. this i know you've been very patient. mr. jordan might have been here for the same matter. we'll include him. ms. lummus, you get the award for being here the longest. i don't know if you came from the longest place, but you're from the longest place away. gentlewoman from wyoming is now recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i very much appreciate the work of the appropriations committee, of this committee and the negotiators of this omnibus bill. have i proposed an amendment that would take only the interior and environment sliver out of

mr. murphy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you, mr. president. i'm here to join my colleagues in our call to bring forward a debate and vote on the senate floor a measure that's supported, i argue, by probably 95 to 99% of my constituents, that is the simple idea that if you're on a terrorist watch list, if you are suspected of being involved in terrorist activities, that you shouldn't be able to purchase a gun. and i'll be asking for a unanimous consent agreement in order to move this debate before the floor. but here's why it matters. what we know right now is that over the last 12 months isis has lost about 25% of their territory in iraq and syria. that's not good enough, and hopefully we will be able to join together to put even more pressure on the so-called caliphate, to shrink it down eventually to elimination, but the growth of isis is dependent on two narratives. one, this narrative that the so-called caliphate is growing, and, second, t

mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, five years ago, days after president obama signed the affordable care act into law, the senior democrat senator from new york went on "meet the press" to discuss the bill. he told the host, and i quote -- "well, i think as people learn about the bill and now that the bill is enacted, it's going to become more and more popular." end quote. well, mr. president, i don't need to tell anyone that that never happened. five years after obamacare was enacted, a majority of americans disapproved the law. that's a pattern that we've seen since the law's passage. so why has the law failed to earn the support the democrats predicted? for one simple reason, mr. president -- the law is just not working, as president obama promised that it would. the affordable care act was supposed to lower health care premiums. it didn't. it was supposed to reduce health care co

mr. chaffetz: mr. speaker, i have no additional speakers but i will continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mrs. watson coleman: thank you. mr. speaker, i'd like to yield six minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. speier. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. speier: i thank the gentlelady. i thank my colleagues for joining in this effort tonight. i'd like to thank my colleague and co-author of the house version of this bill, h.r. 2191, didn't in a lummis of wyoming -- cynthia lummis of wyoming, for her support and leadership on this issue. i want to also thank senator diane sign if stein. senator fine -- dianne feinstein. senator feinstein was the original author of this legislation back in 1997. cancer, there's not one person probably in this room who hasn't been touched by breast cancer. either themselves or through a family member or through a friend. our colleague, courageous colleague, congresswoman was

>>mr. branstad: well, it is. we've been conducting budget hearings and getting ready for the session >>amanda: mmhmm. >>mr. branstad: which convenes in january. but it's an honor to serve the people of iowa. i love this state and i go to every county every year. >>amanda: mmhmm. >>mr. branstad: lieutenant governor kim reynolds and i have around the state and, and talking to people. we just got a really great news that iowa has moved up to be the third best managed state in america behind only north dakota and wyoming. and we don't have the oil of north dakota or the coal they have in wyoming. so we're pretty proud of the achievements that we've had. and we also have a record number of people employed in iowa now. >>amanda: mmhmm. some big accomplishments. let's dive right into some legislative issues. one of the things that a lot of iowans followed closely last session was the back and forth over education funding. >>mr. branstad: yeah. >>amanda: the house and senate, they couldn't reach th

mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session for the consideration of calendar 397 through 414 and all nominations on the secretary's desk in the air force, army, navy, coast guard and foreign service, that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order, that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the environment and public works committee be discharged from p.n. 7 is 14 -- 714 and the senate proceed

mr. speaker as christmas draws closer, people are having difficulty making end's meet. they felt 24,000 shops to get 63 million pounds. seems to be refusing to answer questions from the daily on >> order. mr. osborne: of course we take very seriously illegal loan sharks and, indeed, that of excessive interest charges on payday lending, which is why it was conservatives who introduced the first ever cap on payday lending. on the specific question he raises about funding for illegal money laundering and loan shark teams, we are looking at a levy on the industry to meet the requirements that he has identified. mr. david burrowes: following last week's vote, can my right honorable friend give us an update on action against the genocidal jihadists who not only attack christians, yazidis and muslims, but pillage their churches, shrines and mosques? alongside the welcome announcement of £30 million to protect cultural heritage, but can we also ratify the hague convention? mr. osborne: let me upd

mr. greenberg, can you? >> yeah, the -- i think the procedures make clear that as part of the annual evaluation process a company can submit information, engage with the staff in terms of the information being presented, and get feedback in regard to the process. and the procedures provide assurance of a hearing with the fsoc at least every five years. >> general electric has announced it would shed most of its financial assets which operated out of ge capital. in making the announcement ge noted that the company will work closely with its regulators and staff of fsoc to take the actions necessary to designate ge capital as a systemically important financial institution. further, ge's ceo noted we have a constructive relationship with our regulators and will continue to work with them as we go through this process. can you describe how fsoc will go about working with ge? anyone? yes, sir. >> there's an ongoing dialogue with the company as to what its plans are, what its strategic or struc

mr. lee: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator utah. mr. lee: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. lee: mr. president, i rise today to pay tribute to governor olene walker, utah's 15th governor, who passed away on saturday, november 28, 2015, at the age of 85. she was the first woman to serve as utah's governor, worked as lieutenant governor for over 11 year, and was a member of the utah legislature for eight years. olene walker will be remembered and revered by utahans not because of the many firsts she pioneered in politics but for her commitment to leave a legacy of public and, more importantly, private service based on principles that truly last. olene's life and year were centered ond principle on princf service and making a difference between civil discourse and meaningful dying log. governor the governor believed that the best way to open a mind was by reading a book. she launched her read with a child program, focusing o

mr. roberts: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call -- i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. roberts: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise to alert the senate and all of my colleagues to yet another -- yes, yet another -- egregious action by the internal revenue service, one that will affect every charity, every church, every nonprofit and the communities they worked so hard to serve. now, i emphasize "another" because it seems that the i.r.s. continues a march toward regulations and practices that target hardworking and -- that target and burden hardworking americans. now, let me just recap. first we learned that the i.r.s. had released a confidential tax return information on companies the i.r.s. believed opposed the administration. and then we uncovered that the i.r.s. had illegally targeted groups whose views differed from the white house. followed by an extensive effort to hide information, i.e., loi

mr. o'malley: what is your name? >> khaled. mr. o'malley: good to meet you. >> thank you for coming here today to support muslims and all humanity. we are all together. mr. o'malley: all in this together. this is why we need to come together. i would be honored to have a picture with your father. you.ank mr. o'malley: thank you. a great honor to meet you. good being with you. thank you, guys. thank you for having me. thank you. >> you will get my vote. mr. o'malley: thanks a lot. great to be with you. ok. thank you. good being with you. >> how are you? good to see you. >> thank you so much. mr. o'malley: awesome to be with you. such a nice community. >> can we take a picture with you? mr. o'malley: sure. thank you. >> yes, please. thank you. mr. o'malley: thank you. >> thank you. mr. o'malley: thank you. great being with you. let me get in the middle here. thank you. who has got the camera? >> thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you. god bless your family. mr. o'malley: thank you. wonderful being with you. thank you. >> watch

mr. burson and mr. rodriguez, would you agree it is currently against the law of somebody who crosses the border without permission to possess or purchase a firearm? it's sometimes -- >> i'm remembering back to my days prosecuting gun crimes which has been a while, congressman. i think you and i share that. my recollection is that yes, that would be -- >> it is sometimes unfair to put pop quizes to folks who haven't done something in a while, so just trust me when i tell that you if you have crossed the border without permission, you cannot legally pro ses or purchase a firearm? if you have overstayed a visa, you cannot legally purchase or possess a firearm? in fact, if you're legally here on a visa, only in very limited circumstances can you legally possess or purchase a firearm? so those are all categories with existing law where you can't purchase or possess a firearm. are those lists made available to federally licensed firearms dealers so they can make sure they don't sell firearms to those three c

matz, mr. watt, mr. cordray and mr. curry, i assume you agree that these prudential rules and other reforms have improved safety and soundness and if you agree with that general proposition, raise your hand. all of you agree these new prudential rules enhance safety and soundness. a follow-up question, do you believe that the benefits of these new prudential rules outweigh potentially the cost to international competitiveness? given that we have higher standards than that internationally? okay, most of you agree with that. when combined with volcker, financial institutions seem to be making a couple of changes and the regulations are producing a couple results. one is that there's a migration of activities out of heavily regulated banks and into much less regulated non-bank financial firms, the so-called shadow banking system and i want you to address that. but also there is much talk about illiquidity in the markets, institutions dropping certain products and services, pulling back from market-making functions critical

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. nelson: mr. president, a number of my colleagues will be coming to the floor in just awhile to talk about the crisis that is going on in the island territory of puerto rico remember, puerto rico is a territory. its citizens are u.s. citizens, and we often forget that, particularly as they are now facing economic challenges that are growing worse by the day. and although we just had an opportunity in the omnibus appropriations bill to address puerto rico's fiscal crisis, it appears that congress is going to go home without having done the bare minimum for puerto rico. in the meantime, puerto rico is going to start the new year on the verge of default, as the governor faces the troubling choice of whether paying for essential public services, that he does that or that he makes a billion-dollar debt payment to wall

mr. cook and mr. littlehale, is there anything in this bill to expand the dragnet? mr. cook? >> well, so -- i'm troubled by the characterization. >> let me say it differently so you don't have to. is there anything in this bill to expand your ability to do investigations and maybe makes innocent citizens more vulnerable? >> no, sir. i think the bill narrowly expansi expansively limits law enforcement to do their job. >> that's my understanding of it as well. mr. littlehale? >> yes, congressman, i share that concern. >> and you would say and share the characterization of mr. cook as well? >> i believe that the bill imposes additional limit takeses on traditional search warrant practice and even if the standard approved governing in records as contemplated in the bill, we will have less authority with respect to those records than we would with warrants and the physical world. >> thank you, both gentlemen. i'll turn to mr. selgado, thinking of this from the google perspective, when i or a citizen sign u

mrs. mountchessington: mr. trenchard, you are not used to the manners of good society and that, alone, will excuse the impertinence of which you have been guilty. asa trenchard: don't know the manners of good society, eh? well, i guess i know enough to turn you inside out, old woman; you sockdologizing old man-trap! tom hanks: on the evening of april 13th, 1865, john wilkes booth initiates his plan not only to kill abraham lincoln, but to decapitate the government of the united states. a civil war that has lasted four years is drawing to an end. while washington city celebrates the surrender of robert e. lee's confederate army, booth and his co-conspirators plot a carefully coordinated triple murder. john wilkes booth: and? mister powell? lewis powell: the secretary of state ain't going nowhere soon. confined to his bed and slow to recover. got his-self a nurse. a little slip of a man. and there's a nigger butler. john wilkes booth: mister atzerodt, you will check into the kirkwood tomorrow morning. vice presid

mr. woodson. [applause] bob: some of my friends said i'm the only non-communist to get a macarthur award. [laughter] thank you so much. i want to use my time to talk to you from the perspective of the people in low income neighborhoods, particularly low income black neighborhoods. part of my resume is that these issues are personal with me because over the course of the last 25 years, i have lost three family members to violence and two nephews were put in intensive care coming home from work. they were not assaulted and killed by white marauding police officers, they were killed by other blacks. what i find troubling about the testimony i have heard today is there is a drumbeat to vilify the police departments around this country. i believe police unions and correctional officers union are not being held accountable. i believe, the police, because they are representative of the state have an increased responsibility and obligation to be just in the execution of their duties. but, i repre

mr. cummings and then we will go to questions from there. mr. bersin, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> good morning, mr. chairman, members of the committee. the last time i had the privilege of being here was to discuss the issue of libya. i'm happy to be here this morning. i look forward to our dialogue. i also in this 15th year since 2001, since september 11, 2001, want to express the support and sympathy that i and my family feel and i'm sure my colleagues on the panel share and our colleagues across federal service for the families of those killed in san bernardino and for the families and the victims who were injured, 21 victims injured in that terrorist attack. our written temperatures and the statements submitted to the committee actually describe in some detail the systems that have been put in place for screening of terrorist travel. what i'd like to do in the four minutes i have left is to give you an overview to look at the system and the four major shaping factors t