mrs. brooks: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor deputy jacob pickett of the boone county sheriff's office who paid the ultimate sacrifice and sacrificed his life on the job last friday. as boone county sheriff mike said about jake, there will forever be a loss felt in our community for him. he was a warrior and he died laying down his life for you. he will never be forgotten. last friday morning, jacob pickett was attempting to arrest a person who had an outstanding warrant. as is so common one department helped other another and deputy pickett joined police officers in pursuit and during that pursuit he was fatally shot. tragically he will never return home to his loved ones, leaving behind a wife and two very young children. and his beloved k nine partner. last time a boone county officer was killed in the line of duty was over 80 years ago. he also served as a tipton county sheriff's department deputy and served in the marion county jail. all counties i represent in the fifth district of indiana. h

mr. brooks. next speaker, please. >> 350 bay area. i was to first, i guess, second everything that mr. brooks said and really encourage you to reach out to loretta lynch. i had the chance to speak with her on a conference call. the idea that energy could be led by somebody like that is unfathomable to me. but i want to appreciate all of the work that sfpuc did to try to fill the breach at the california public utilities commission which is really a huge cesspool. communities that don't have lawyers have very little traction at tthere. the pca hearing has been going on for years, so really just want to appreciate that. want to support the discussion of cca 2.0 or even 3.0 at this point going forward, and want to just briefly mention as new cca programs come on-line, they have different program design options. east bay's program is going to be launching this year, and they have actually -- so their default program, which is let's clean the nars, and people are not happy about that, but it's 6% below pg&e rate, and they have this cool option called community investment, where you take the

mrs. brooks from indiana. mrs. brooks: thank you, mr. chairman. some time ago in about 2015, indiana, scott county in particular, experienced a horrific hisk outbreak and i know the c.d.c., a lot of different agencies were very involved in helping us curb that outbreak. and now most recently we are eing and papers reported a massive increase in help c cases throughout our state and in some of my counties i represent specifically. and being directly connected in many ways to opioid use. and so we know that majority of these infectious diseases are attributable injection drug use and we know public health officials are focusing hard on these problems and on solutions. but i guess i'm curious, i want to come back to the c.d.c., i believe we've talked about this in the past. having to do with the h.i.v. outbreaks. but can you talk to us about what you're doing to continue to monitor the infectious disease outbreaks, particularly as we're not turning the tide on the opioid use and what kind of levels

mr. brooks? >> thank you, madam chair. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. >> in -- in -- in discussing this issue with mr. eng, who is working in conjunction closely with the office of the city attorneys on this, unfortunately, because we are still in the determination process about whether or not the named individuals that you were speaking about actually meet the minimum qualifications, we are not yet ready to present that information, but we will definitely provide the public that information relatively around the same time we provide that information to the commission. okay. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. seeing no other public speakers, public comment is now closed. i would like to continue this item until our next regular meeting on march 16th. colleagues, is there a motion to continue? thank you very much. great. moved by commissioner pollock and seconded by commissioner ronen, without objections, item number seven will be continued to the next regular meeting on march 16. madam cl

mrs. brooks: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, the right to try legislation will be considered on the house floor today. this is about giving people hope to try. it is about hope to try investigational drugs which have passed the first of three phases of the f.d.a. clinical trial process, the safety testing phase. and these investigational drugs could possibly prolong or save the lives of terminally ill patients. i'd like to remind my colleagues that a little boy was in washington, d.c., on the house floor just last week when we first voted on this legislation. prior to that vote, i had met jordan during an energy and commerce hearing focusing on the implementation of 21st century cures act. jordan mclinn is a second grader from indianapolis who may look like any other healthy child, but he has duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease that causes muscle weakness. it's caused by an absent of a protein that keeps muscle cells intact. oftentimes, kids are wheelchaired bound by age 12 and have a life expectancy of just 25

mrs. brooks: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, the right to try legislation will be considered on the house floor today. this is about giving people hope to try. it is about hope to try investigational drugs which have passed the first of three phases of the f.d.a. clinical trial process, the safety testing phase. and these investigational drugs could possibly prolong or save the lives of terminally ill patients. i'd like to remind my colleagues that a little boy was in washington, d.c., on the house floor just last week when we first voted on this legislation. prior to that vote, i had met jordan during an energy and commerce hearing focusing on the implementation of 21st century cures act. jordan mclinn is a second grader from indianapolis who may look like any other healthy child, but he has duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease that causes muscle weakness. it's caused by an absent of a protein that keeps muscle cells intact. oftentimes, kids are wheelchaired bound by age 12 and have a life expectancy of just 25

mr. brooks, were south carolina blotted out of existence, civilization would lose far less than we've alreadysas' valiant struggle against slavery. ♪ >> no. please, please! >> the story of the caning of charles sumner pushes john brown over the edge. he then kind of realizes that the south needs to be given an apocalyptic warning of blood that would show them that the northerners are not just gonna sit around while they get beaten by these southerners. >> no, you don't have to do this. >> boys.e, no. >> "sorry" don't mean nothing. i already told you once. now you're gonna learn. >> [ screaming ] >> [ whistling ] >> few men in american history are as polarizing as john brown. his extreme methods terrify southern slaveholders, while northern abolitionists are inspired by his zeal. but to brown, slavery is not a matter of regional politics. it is a sin that must be eradicated immediately. he firmly believes that all men are created equal and he will stop at nothing to see that that promise is fulfilled. >> as tension mounts, the issue of slavery turns from speeches and elections to swords and gu

mr. brooks, were south carolina blotted out of existence, civilization would lose far less than we've alreadysas' valiant struggle against slavery. ♪ >> no. please, please! >> the story of the caning of charles sumner pushes john brown over the edge. he then kind of realizes that the south needs to be given an apocalyptic warning of blood that would show them that the northerners are not just gonna sit around while they get beaten by these southerners. >> no, you don't have to do this. >> boys.e, no. >> "sorry" don't mean nothing. i already told you once. now you're gonna learn. >> [ screaming ] >> [ whistling ] >> few men in american history are as polarizing as john brown. his extreme methods terrify southern slaveholders, while northern abolitionists are inspired by his zeal. but to brown, slavery is not a matter of regional politics. it is a sin that must be eradicated immediately. he firmly believes that all men are created equal and he will stop at nothing to see that that promise is fulfilled. >> as tension mounts, the issue of slavery turns from speeches and elections to swords and gu

mrs. brooks: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, nearly 50 years ago on april 4, 1968, dr. martin luther king jr. was shot and killed in memphis, tennessee. that same night senator robert f. kennedy was scheduled to deliver a campaign speech in indianapolis. the city which my friend and colleague, representative carson, and i both represent in congress. instead, senator kennedy broke the news to hoosiers about what had just happened. his speech calmed a volatile crowd and called for a nonviolent reaction to the assassination. he pleaded with the crowd to remain committed to the ideals and peaceful movement of dr. king during a time of turmoil, confusion and despair. it has been called one of the most important and historic speeches of the 20th century. unlike other cities, which erupted into violence and riots following dr. king's assassination, indianapolis did not burn. the hallowed ground where senator kennedy's remarks were delivered is known in indianapolis as the kennedy king park. and thanks to h.r. 4851, had it will

mrs. brooks: yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the madam spe ask unanimous consent to trem. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. brooks: madam speaker, i rise today to shine light on the ongoing tragedy in syria. today marks seven years of civil war in syria. seven years of indiscriminate killing of women and children. seven years of intermittant hemical attacks on civilians by the assad by the assad regime. seven years of bombing, of people thrown out of their homes, of children whose youth ave been stolen from them. the ongoing tragedy in eastern guda is just the most recent of horrific events perpetrated by the the ongoing assad regime anti-iranian-backed militia. it is reported that 800 civilians have been killed in the past two weeks and the assad regime continues to pound the rebel held area despite the humanitarian cease-fire. the blatant disregard they have for civilian life is nothing short of despicable. we must conti

welcome back to worlds apart with michael o'hanlon senior fellow at the brookings institution mr howland just before the break we were talking about the perceptions of the war in iraq and there is an opinion that the appointment of john bolton is a direct consequence of the united states failing to reckon with their legacy of the bush years treating dot's war as a blunder as a mistake rather than a crime that it was and we all know the john bolton that the time was one of the loudest advocates of that war he's still pushing. for a preemptive strikes against both iran and north korea how high is the danger in your view of history repeating itself in this administration well that is a question that a lot of us are asking in washington right now as well because like i've said before in this conversation i don't think that president trump will automatically do what john bolton tells him to do and i think secretary of defense jim mattis will have a lot of influence still i hope that secretary of state incoming peo will be very thoughtful on some of these issues although as you know he's also

that i'm now joined by michael o'hanlon senior fellow at the brookings institution mr hamlin it's good to talk to you thank you very much for being here my pleasure thanks for having me now the trumpet ministrations h.r. policies have been unconventional from the very start but it says that now is a high time for letting people go and bringing new people on board do you see that as a random coincidence or is there a reason the strategy to all of these appointments happening right now well as you know there was a lot of turnover last year throughout much of the white house staff in particular but i do think that there is a purpose to changing both the secretary of state and the national security adviser in the same month i don't think that could be a coincidence and i think part of what's happening is that president trump has decided that he knows what kind of personalities he likes to work with he senses that he had ok relationship with general mcmaster but it wasn't all that close and there may be people that he would feel closer to politically in terms of partisan politics in terms o

brooke: please don't do this. you're arresting the wrong person! >> det. sanchez: mr. forrester, do you understand your rights? brooke: ridge didn't shoot anybody! >> det. sanchez: mr. forrester. >> ridge: yes, i got it! >> hope: am i after your husband? why would you say that? >> steffy: because it's starting to seem like it. >> hope: i can't believe that -- >> steffy: you couldn't wait to tell liam about the proposal. you made sure he heard it from you first. because you knew he was gonna be upset, and you'd be there to console him. you knew that this would be harder for him to forgive me, it'd be harder for him to move on. so look me in the eye and tell me i'm wrong, hope. tell me you're not going after my husband. >> liam: dad. do you understand what you're saying? >> bill: yes. >> liam: so, you think you saw

mrs. brooks: i want to thank you for your leadership. i want to thank the members who today to mr.ore us speaker about their experiences like my colleague who suffered from a horrific act of gun violence last year. i also want to speak on behalf of the thousands of students who stood up, who stood up all around the country. they have asked us to take action to address gun violence. our children do deserve to be safe while they are at school. to feel safe and to be safe. i'm the mother of a today to mr. speaker about their experiences sister of a teacher, and daughter of a new teacher. we want our schools to be safe. we in this country have focused on violence in our communities for a very long time. when i was deputy mayor of indianapolis in the late 1990's, we were very focused on reducing gun violence of all kinds. later as u.s. attorney in the southern district of indiana i led what was called project safe neighborhoods which i understand at torge sessions is reinvigorating -- attorney general sessions is reinvigorating. as our collea

mr. albert brooks. >> i was around a lot of comedians in my group.y crystal, robin williams. whenever albert was in the group, everyone acknowledged that there was nobody like that. it was like a challenge dance. you just step back and let him go. >> well, good evening, everybody. yes, hello, everybody! i'm dave. and i'm danny. >> when you see early albert brooks footage he's often parodying old-school show business. that's what he knew. his father is a comedian. his brother is a comedian. >> albers very meta. and all of his stuff was about the conventions of the trade. danny and dave was about the lameness of ventriloquism. >> i'm a little nervous being on television and everything. why don't you have a cigarette? that calms you down. >> great. >> there was content, funniness, but the target of the comedy was the standard form of show business. >> hello. i'm albert brooks. and i'm speaking to you on behalf of the famous school for comedians. >> one of the first things i ever saw him do was the school for comedians. >> let's see how these kids are do

mr. smoot. >> jolly argued if brooke was so afraid of smoot, why would she want to keep seeing him?he one who called him that day. >> she continued to treat shawn as a friend, as someone that she would do activities with. >> did you worry that that could be confusing to the jury? >> absolutely. and i think that's the underlying question anytime that we're talking about domestic violence. why does anyone go back? >> the prosecutors hoped any doubt the jury may have regarding smoot's guilt would be wiped away when they called their key witness to the stand. >> amy denlinger who was working for smoot when she was shurded said the impression of the nice outgoing man who hired her didn't last. >> why did it change? >> he was cold. he got angry easily. not satisfied really ever. it almost seemed like he enjoyed getting somebody riled up. >> in court she testified about what happened the monday following brooke's murder. >> now, on that day did mr. smoot come into the office? >> he came in that morning. when i saw him the first time he didn't see me and he was crouched down under his desk,

welcome back to worlds apart with michael o'hanlon senior fellow at the brookings institution mr howland just before the break we were talking about the perceptions of the war in iraq and there is an opinion that the appointment of john bolton is a direct consequence of the united states failing to reckon with their legacy of the bush years treating dot's war as a blunder as a mistake rather than a crime that it was and we all know the john bolton that the tower was one of the loudest advocate. more he's still pushing. for preemptive strikes against both iran and north korea how high is the danger in your view of history repeating itself in this administration well that is a question a lot of us are asking in washington right now as well because like i've said before in this conversation i don't think that president trump will automatically do what john bolton tells him to do and i think secretary of defense jim mattis will have a lot of influence still i hope that secretary of state incoming mike pompei o will be very thoughtful on some of these issues although as you know he's also ver

president's men well to discuss that i'm now joined by michael o'hanlon senior fellow at the brookings institution mr howland it's good to talk to you thank you very much for being here my pleasure thanks for having me now the trumpet ministrations h.r. policies have been unconventional from the very start but it says that now is a high time for letting people go and bringing new people on board do you see that as a random coincidence. or is there a reason this strategy to all of these appointments happening right now well as you know there was a lot of turnover last year throughout much of the white house staff in particular but i do think that there is a purpose to changing both the secretary of state and the national security adviser in the same month i don't think that could be a coincidence and i think part of what's happening is the president has decided that he knows what kind of personalities he likes to work with he senses that he had ok relations.

president's men well to discuss that i'm now joined by michael o'hanlon senior fellow at the brookings institution mr howland it's good to talk to you thank you very much for being here my pleasure thanks for having me now the trumpet ministrations h.r. policies have been unconventional from the very start but it says that now is a high time for letting people go and bringing new people on board do you see that as a random coincidence or is there a reason the strategy to all of these appointments happening right now well as you know there was a lot of turnover last year throughout much of the white house staff in particular but i do think that there is a purpose to changing both the secretary of state and the national security adviser in the same month i don't think that could be a coincidence and i think part of what's happening is the president has decided that he knows what kind of personalities he likes to work with he senses that he had ok relationship with general mcmaster but it wasn't all that close and there may be people that he would feel closer to politically in terms of partisan politics

>> yes, and brooke, before we get to mr. needs to go, and make the politicians after raid, and make them afraid to put the pocketbooks and put the summer homes and their lam bor gee nis and whatever the nra must be giving them on the backend above our lives. so i think that it is a galvanizing moment, and the major, major event. >> were you politically active before stuff like this or they spoke to you and you wanted to be a part of it, or did you feel like you are politically active anyway? >> i have been politically active since i was 16 years old when i read malcolm x's a autobiography and huey newton and once i was introduced to the black panther party, i have been politically active since. >> what do you think of the representation here? >> i the it is important to represent from all sides of the issue. it is american thing that it takes white victims for people to really listen about gun violence, but that is what is interesting about the gun violence is that it doesn't discriminate, you know, white, black, brown, yell

michael hanlon is a senior fellow at the brookings institution. we welcome mr.to bloomberg. spend a minute on rex tillerson. he was only there for a year or so. what did he accomplish? michael: he was a steady hand. that's the most positive thing i can say. is in stinks turned out to be pretty good. this was quite a to mulch was year -- his instincts turned out to be pretty good. this was quite a tumultuous year. president trump feels tillerson was off message -- that was usually the president's doing because he would change his own message. we have to give tillerson credit for being a pretty calm hand for avoiding an exacerbation of any ongoing problems. things could have been a lot worse given the way the president wanted to turn the u.s. trade policy claimants trade policy- commitments upside down. i get tillerson credit for stabilizing policy in that area. that: does that mean that influence may be gone with mike pompeo? critics can expect a more radical approach to foreign affairs? michael: tillerson is closer to the centrist view them pompeo -- than pompeo

mr. levine, i appreciate your time. brooke, you can see behind me that the people are leaving and sort of coming out in droves to illustrate how many people are up here packed into the area. we watched the people who came in and they took the pictures with the celebrities, and they took pictures with the students though. that is sort of the interesting thing that i found from this angle here. when some of the students came on, and when little niomy came on stage to speak, she got a same reception as ariana grande or miley cyrus or vic mensa did. so it is not just a free concert, but it is that they wanted to be here, because they believe in the cause. >> yeah, no, i mean, dianne gallagher, thank you so much. i was sitting here talking to dr. martin luther king's son who said that he could not remember the last time that so many young people galvinized the movement, and the 1960s and all of the high schoolers in birmingham, a alabama, and that is the last time that he could remember how powerful, and this is a very powerful day

brooks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. hello, mr. patterson. since 2011, the number of immediate suspension orders issued by the dea, as you have even noted, declined significantly from a high of 65 in 2011 down to a low of six in 2017. so i want to talk about that a little bit. are there instances in which the dea pursues an immediate suspension order of the isoin parallel with relay to criminal investigation information. >> what i have traditionally seen is because of the process of where a criminal case is being investigated, there has been a delay in the iso process as they're gathering evidence. one of the concerns i have and it goes back to, again, what mr. griffith said, is that that cuts against the very argument that we have an imminent problem that we're trying to deal with. so, again, my conversations that i've had with both u.s. and states attorneys are is that we have to act much faster in these cases in terms of if we have ongoing harm and we have the ability to stop that harm. even at the parallel of a criminal case, that's what

mr. chair. >> the chair now recognizes gentlewoman from indiana, miss brooks, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to all the panelists for being here. thank you for your service. as the panel here may or may not know, we have recently started a bio defense caucus. i would encourage all the members here to consider joining our caucus. this is in a lead up to the hopeful reauthorization. i want to go back a little bit because during the 21st century cures debate, we did get signed into law the return of contracting of authority to barda. i'm curious, dr. bright. this is something we wanted restored. it was in the original passage when barda was created. it's my understanding there's been some hesitation by the contracting office to move the contracting back over to barda. has that yet been properly restored to you since it was authorized and passed into law? >> thank you for the question. we're so grateful for 21st century cures. it's critically important. it has not been finalized yet, but it's important to know it is part of an overall realignment of the entire organization

welcome back to worlds apart with michael o'hanlon senior fellow at the brookings institution mr howland just before the break we were talking about the perceptions of the war in iraq and there is an opinion that the appointment of john bolton is a direct consequence of the united states failing to reckon with their legacy of the bush years treating dot's war as a blunder as a mistake rather than a crime that it was and we all know the john bolton that the time was one of the loudest advocates of the more he's still pushing. for preemptive strikes against both iran and north korea how high is the danger in your view of history repeating itself in this administration well that is a question that a lot of us are asking in washington right now as well because like i've said before in this conversation i don't think that president trump will automatically do what john bolton tells him to do and i think secretary of defense jim mattis will have a lot of influence still i hope that secretary of state incoming peo will be very thoughtful on some of these issues although as you know he's also ve

janet yellen was interviewed by her predecessor, ben bernanke, at the brookings institution in washington, d.c. they discussed mrs. yellen's career and gave their thoughts on monetary policy.

mr. rutherford to incorporate many of their ideas. i'd like to point out the important contributions of representatives susan brooks, coffman, chabot, granger, davis, messer, and bost, including many key elements of the legislation they have introduced into this bill that have made the bill stronger. finally, i want to thank mr. rutherford and the bipartisan group of co-sponsors for their work on this important bill. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 4909. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 4909, the stop school violence act, as amended. i to so with serious concerns about some of its provisions and mostly about what the bill fails to do. h.r. 4909 would authorize $50 million annually for grants administered by the department of justice to fund various training and other initiatives intended to enh

mr. nader at dulles airport this is not like a hey, brooke, how are you, meeting?ike a hey, buddy -- >> they are armed with a search warrant to get his phones. remember, in order to get a search warrant you have to be able to show that there is probable cause to believe that that individual commit aid crime and that they also -- he used his phone. every crime almost always uses a cell phone. they already have an understanding of serious criminal wrongdoing. this is what they call an approach. fbi comes up to him. come with us. we're taking your phone. you have a choice right now. you can cooperate with us right away or risk getting charged, going through the whole legal process and potentially going to jail. it sounds like he recognized okay, i'm cooked. i'll cooperate. they gave him a subpoena two days later. then he got a lawyer. likely over the last two months he has been telling them everything he knows. >> how do they know he's telling the truth? >> that's a tricky thing and it's hard for us to know. all of this goes back to corroboration. is it corroborated b

mr. trump took office. according to the brookings institution the trump administration's turnover rate is higher than the rateinistrations by the end of year two. the president filled one vacancy yesterday adding cnbc commentator larry kudlow. >>> documents show a trump organization lawyer helped with efforts to silence adult film star stormy daniels. daniels says that she was paid $130,000 by mr. trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen, to stay quiet about an alleged affair with the president. cohen said he paid the money without the knowledge of the president or the trump organization. chip reid is in washington about the document revealing the possible role of another lawyer in the story. chip, good morning. >> good morning. here's that document you mentioned. it was given to us by the attorney for stormy daniels. it's a demand for arbitration filed by michael cohen's holding company three weeks ago and under nature of dispute it says breach of contract and here's the key thing. it lists jill martin as the attorney for cohen's company but jill martin has been with the trump organization since 2010 as a vice

school and here on set with me is the chat assisting fellow at the brookings doha center good to have all of you with us on the program mr walsh come to you first i mean observers and analysts across the board describe the move as one that you might see bringing a hard line a whole one of more hawkish nature and substance to the u.s. cabinet what does bolton bring to the cabinet that is pretty decisive as didn't well for the time being he's bringing support from the president all the reporting was that mcmaster and trump were not a good combination it is reported that mr trump didn't like mcmasters sort of slowly going over the pros and cons and pushing back when he disagreed with the president john bolton is a skilled bureaucratic player been in washington a long time you obviously has been able to cozy up to the president and convince him that they're on the same page even though there are differences between the two but what they share and i want to underline there's a lot of you know what we're hearing is that this is signaling or it has to do with policy your ideology i disagree completely. for this president this i

opioids play an enormously large role, and i appreciate you raising that issue and the brookings study by your colleague mr. krueger is one, and there is another study very similar saying that roughly 47, roughly 43% to 47% of men who are of prime working age, ablebodied men are taking pain medication on a daily basis and his conclusion is that 31% of those people out of the workforce are directly related based on his further questions on whether it's a prescription drug or not. this is shocking to people and we look at the economic impact in many ways and one we have to look at is this lack of opportunity for access that we need. do you agree with that? >> you mentioned that allen krueger who was my predecessor as the chairman of the council of economic advisers and i have spoken with professor krueger about his study and it's filled with interesting food for thought and insights that will help us address this problem as we move forward, and so i think you're right to mention that work is extremely important and work very well done and i've spoken with dr. krueger about it. >> he can do more on the opioid