mrs. johnson. on a crisp fall day, mrs. the committee boarded buses on a trip to a bold-planning festival on columbia island. on a crisp fall day, mrs. johnson and the committee boarded buses on a trip to a bulb-planning festival on columbia island. located on the potomac, this uninspiring patch of earth is crossed by more than 150 thousand commuters and visitors every day. to brighten the way of these travelers, the committee decided to transform this approach to the nation's capital. the national parks service by members of area garden clubs implanting the first of 800,000 daffodil bulbs provided by an anonymous donor. ♪ announcer: the improvements of school grounds was also high on the committee's list of priorities, especially when it would involve the children themselves. in a ceremony at a high school, mrs. johnson dedicated the landscaping on the school complex in the center of an urban renewal district. the principals and pta's of these schools were eager to establish a program of nature education in the classroom. t

mrs. johnson's beautification program. it details the first lady's effort to plant trees and flowers and improve parks and playgrounds in the district of columbia with the hope other cities would follow. ms. johnson: beautification, to my mind, is far more than a matter of cosmetics. to me, it describes the effort to bring the natural world and man-made world into harmony, to bring youthfulness to life to our whole environment. ♪ narrator: after the presidential elections in 1964, mrs. lyndon johnson felt it would be most effective is the nation's first lady to concentrate her efforts in a few major areas of concern. during a meeting at the lbj ranch, mrs. johnson was urged by the secretary of the interior to share her lifelong interest in beautification. putting this into practice would require organization and hard work. mrs. johnson wanted to make her adopted hometown an example for others to follow. washington, d.c. would be a showcase for the nation. and so, the community for a more beautiful capital was born. mrs. joh

mr. johnson -- >> i didn't say that. >> you -- mr. johnson, you said that the governor of the bank of england has made political commentary in relation to what he said to this committee. i give you the opportunity just to correct the record, which exists, verbatim, to correct what you meant to say is the governor of the bank of england made appropriate commentary as he saw fit. would you like to correct the record? >> i would like to see what the record says, first of all. my memory is the governor of the bank of england had the ability to say whatever he wanted to say. >> no, i wrote it down. you said political comment, that's how you describe the governor of the bank of england. i'm giving you the opportunity to clarify the record. if you don't wish to, that stands. >> i would love to see the record before -- >> so, that -- well, that's -- >> i'm grateful to you for writing down words, political comment. doesn't seem to represent a very accurate shorthand note of what i said. >> well, there is a verbatim tape and record of the procee

mr. johnson votes no. mr. conaway votes aye. ms. speer votes no. mr. lamborn votes aye. mr. castro. mr. whitman votes aye. mr. hunter. mr. hunter votes aye. mr. peters. mr. peters votes no. dr. fleming. doctor phlegm i votes aye. mr. vissi votes no. mr. kauffman votes aye. ms. gabbard ms. gabbard votes no. mr. gibson votes no. mr. walls, ms. hartzler? votes aye. mr. o'rourke? mr. o'rourke votes no. dr. heck. dr. heck votes no. mr. norcross? mr. norcross votes no. mr. scott? mr. scott votes aye. mr. gallego votes no. mr. brooks? mr. brooks votes aye. mr. takai? votes no. mr. nugent? mr. nugent votes aye. ms. graham? ms. graham votes no. mr. cook. mr. cook votes aye. mr. ashford? mr. moulton? dr. wen strom votes aye. mr. aguilar votes no. mr. walorski votes aye. mr. byrne? mr. byrne votes aye. zinke votes aye. ms. stefanik votes aye. ms. mcsally? votes aye. mr. knight? mr. knight votes aye. mr. mcarthur mr. russell. mr. courtney? mr. mcarthur the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, 33 aye votes, 28 no votes. >> and the amendment is adopted. >>> i might just note both

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mr. johnson: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, as this special order has powerfully documented, forced arbitration isn't open and isn't just and it isn't fair. simply put, they have become a mechanism to rig the justice system. arbitrateors don't have to be lawyers. their decisions are practically irreversible and no record of the proceeding and there isn't a requirement that witness testimony be given under oath. as the new york city times illustrated, arbitration can even take place in the offes of the party representing the defendant. there is also overwhelming evidence that it creates a system of winners and losers through what is called a repeat player advantage process that favors corporations over one-time participants such as individual workers and consumers. an analysis of arbitrations found that workers' odds of winning were significantly diminished. in 2012, the center for responsible lending reported that companies with more cases before arbitrateors get better results from these same arbitrateors? why. the ar

mr. johnson. and i rise today to join mr. johnson and mr. cartwright in bringing attention to the very unfair and deplorable practice of forcing people into arbitration. e -- in practice what this consists of is generally those with more power. meaning very wealthy corporations, including confusing but legally binding language buried in the fine print of contracts, contracts that pretty much purveyed every aspect of our lives and this creates this insidious process in which people in order to get a credit card or a cell phone or to put a loved one into a nursing home have to accept the terms of this contract without really knowing what they're buying into it. i want to start by saying that the concept of arbitration is a great one, and i strongly support the principles of arbitration and the arbitration process because arbitration can do many good things. it can clear court dockets. it can help provide a more swift resolution to a problem, and it can also reduce legal fees. those are the benefits of a fair arbitration process, and, you know,

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. -- 24 -- 2947, the stop the financial institution bankruptcy act of 2015, amends the bankruptcy code to establish a process for the expedited judicial resolution of large financial institutions to soften the disruptive effects of their collapse. as we all know, the great recession was triggered by the widespread issuance of -- and limited regulation of high-risk and possibly fraudulent mortgage-backed securities fueled by adjustable rate and predatory subprime mortgages. these securities were issued without regard to thoughtful underwriting standards, causing a housing bubble that trapped countless homeowners in unaffordable mortgages and leading to a massive wave of foreclosures that resulted in the worst financial crisis since the great depression. in the wake of this crisis, the president signed the dodd-frank act into law to provide comprehensive measures to reduce systemic risks through heightened financial stability requirements for large financial institutions. among m

mr. johnson, the founder of vox pop, retired to. so, mike was there. mike was there at a borning of the collection, so to speak. we had a great time in texas. and laura schmidtker, who is now in charge of that collection, on and many other things, at the university of maryland. vox pop is an amazing collection and amazing show. we are here to talk about world war ii, mostly, and radio's contribution to the war effort during that conflict was immeasurable. not only did it provide the government with the best means aims tonicating its war the populace as well as facts about wartime programs like rationing and sugar conservation , and things of that nature. it also provided millions of lonely soldiers on bases with entertainment and news. only one program, though, that we are aware of regularly talked to and put the voice of the average american on the homefront during this war and soldiers training to go overseas on the air. for the entire country to hear. and this program was vox pop, obviously an abbreviation of the latin vox populi, or "voice of the p

mrs. johnson received mail and support from people all over the country. all eyes were on washington for the inspiration that would stimulate similar projects in cities and towns across the land . the many donations of money implants were handled by supplemental committee, the society for more beautiful national campus. a $100,000 grant from the rockefeller foundation, 10,000 as aliens from mrs. albert lasker and 4000 cherry trees from the people of japan. along with the magnificent statues and monuments, the delicate japanese cherry trees have always been provocative attractions to washington visitors. on a drizzly april afternoon in 1966, mrs. johnson attended the commemorative planting of a cherry tree at haines point on the tip of east potomac park. this was the first of 1800 such will embrace the scenic drive around the peninsula. much has been done, but this has really been only a beginning. activities of mrs. johnson and her committee were a jumping off point for washington and for the rest of the nation. they showed that in a time of complex "this,

mr. johnson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: mr. president, i rise today to urge my colleagues to confirm michael missile, the nominee for the department of veterans affairs inspector general. for far too long our nation's veterans have been without a permanent watchdog in place to ensure that the v.a. affords them the care that they deserve. i have seen the damage that acting leadership in the v.a. office inspector general has done in my own state of wisconsin. numerous veterans of the facility suffered for years through dangerous prescription practices, retaliation and a culture of fear. the v.a. office of inspector general under acting leadership conducted a multiyear investigation of the facility but then swept the allegations under the rug. the secret report that was hidden from veterans, the public, and congress. months after the report was finalized and closed, jason simcsvski died of a lethal cocktail of over a dozen different drugs at the facility. another wisconsin veteran, thomas bayer, died after being treated at the tom

mr. johnson. mr. jaunohnson. >> yes. >> mr. johnson votes aye. mr. connoway. mr. connoway votes no. miss speier votes a yeah. mr. landborn. mr. landborn votes no. mr. castro. mr. castro votes aye. mr. whitman. mr. whitman votes no. miss duckworth. miss duckworth votes aye. mr. hunter. mr. hunter votes no. mr. peters. mr. peters votes aye. dr. fleming. dr. fleming votes no. mr. veasey. mr. veasey votes aye. mr. kauffman votes no. miss gabbard votes aye. mr. gibson. mr. gibson votes aye. mr. walls. mr. walls votes aye. mrs. hartsler votes no. mr. o'rourke. mr. o'rourke votes aye. dr. heck. dr. heck votes aye. mr. norcross. mr. norcross votes aye. mr. scott. mr. scott votes no. mr. gallego. mr. gallego votes aye. mr. nugent. mr. nugent votes no. miss graham. miss graham votes aye. mr. cook. mr. cook votes no. mr. ashford. mr. ashford votes aye. mr. bridenstine. mr. bridenstine votes no. mr. moulton. mr. moulton votes aye. dr. winstrop votes no. mr. aguilar votes aye. mr. burn. mr. burn votes no. mr. graves. mr. graves votes aye. mr. zinke. mr. zpiinke votes no. mismcsally. miss mcsally

mr. johnson holding the child. program continued to give money away. they would also get involved in banks like this, where they sponsored a silly hat contest and people sent in entries to the show. it all started out with a ridiculous at that woman was wearing on the show. i do not think they told her her hat was ridiculous, it was just a grandiose at in those days of high millinery fashion and they just went with it. itwas not as scripted as would later become or is organized as it would later become and these are two winning entries in laundry day had so you could drier clothing as you but id down fifth avenue guess you have to be pretty small to where some of these close. and ferdinand, like ferdinand the full was popular at -- like was populare bull at that time. they went to the world's fair and broadcast for a large chunk of 1939 from there. electro, are meeting the motor man as he ws called. smoke coming out of his the and wally is treating dog as in ottoman. there are lots of pictures like that. they would interview a serious scientist at bell

mr. johnson is president of a nonprofit mentoring group with a mission to save jobs. >> the lack of opportunity. that's the bedrock of opportunity. so if we can expose them to tim programs that's a way to overcome them. >> with the students of national prep ostium education and tim education and life skills and they help the students. when they see the students hold back i understood. >> i saw them in class. and he was in the back of the room and now he leads the room. >> perseverance is how the students create their own finish. >> you have to be responsible because at the end of the day, nobody is going to give you what you want. you have to earn it. >> they even take field trips at walter reed and they learned about biology. tim >>> this great stretch of weather we have been experiencing is going to get better. this evening, temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. leesburg 64. the coolest park is the naval air station. the breeze keeping them chilly and beautiful sunshine in washington all day long with the 61 and dry air. dew points 33 and east winds at 8 so we are doing areas west of town

mr. larry temple, chairman of the lyndon baines johnson foundation. [applause] mr. temple: good evening. as chairman of the lbj foundation, it is my privilege to welcome you to this keynote presentation of the vietnam war summit. lyndon johnson would have been very proud of this summit, and would've wanted it to take place. he would particularly have been proud of the valor and commitment of the men and women who serve this country in vietnam is being recognized and honored here. while few people see disagreement in dispute, lyndon johnson never shied away from controversy. library was dedicated, lbj famously proclaimed it's all here. the story of our time, with the bark off. there is no record of mistake or an unpleasantness or criticism that is not included in the files here. and papers in this library certainly testify to the remarkable of compliments of lbj's legacy. his monumental successes in civil rights were chronicled in the summit programs held in this library just two years ago. but this library does not ignore lbj's english, the tragedy of the vietnam war

should there be any limit, mr. -- governor johnson? >> i think we should be open to a debate and a discussion over limiting guns to mentally ill. but i haven't heard an argument -- [booing] . >> we should be open to that. we should be open to it, but i got to tell you that i haven't seen it. i haven't seen any argument that, at some point, isn't going to prevent me from getting that gun. i'm going to fail some sort of litmus test to have to do that. >> don't you think king george would have declared the columnist to be mentally ill. the government sets the standard. >> yeah! >> the government has no right to take away our form of self-defense. it is an individual right to bear arms. we, the people, are the militia and should have every right to defend ourselves. i would overturn the national firearms act so fast, your head would spin. because nobody should be forced to pay $200 to put a suppressor on the end of ar-15. i built my first one last year and use it frequently for hunting. the second amendment isn't for hunting, it's to shoot

mr. johnson for a comment. megan shirley said it would be a mistake to think that all ada lawsuits are bad. >> unfortunately, that's actually what it takes. >> reporter: eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>> bart reached a tentative agreement with its unions. four-year extension more than a year early. if approved by the unions and bart's board, the agreement calls for workers to receive a 10.5% raise through june 2021. >> both sides acknowledge we need to focus on rebuilding this system. both sides agree that we need to focus on service to our rider. >> now is the time where we would need to decide, are we going to dedicate our resources to focusing on preparing for full-blown negotiations in 2017 or do we focus our resources on keeping b.a.r.t. moving? >> the unions still need to ratify the decision. vote is expected in the next 30 days. >>> golden state warriors will go for win number 73, something no nba team has ever done before. they tied the '95-'96 bulls record of 72 wins in a season yesterday against the spurs.

mrs. johnson. >> do you thepg he was thumbing his nose? >> his tattooed is i am a domestic dog.e figured out he wasn't above their law or wasn't -- i don't know. his eye make up was not well enough applied that day. his eye liner was perfect and people didn't recognize him and he is getting in trouble. he is being a beb about it. -- t it. i think these other countries -- you are flying in your private jet. you don't realize -- >> you think you are special. they arrived on a private jet. >> they don't have kooties. the blood-filled syringe that washed up, it probably has some sort of kooties in it. this is okay. they seem terrified to me. i don't know. it seems like someone was off camera with like a hood on. >> but for the kathleen turner transatlantic theater accents they were both adopting. if you have been to uh strail -- if you have been to australia, you cannot bring a flower in your lapel. you can't bring a nectarine in your purse off a cruiseship. it will mess up the entire ecosystem of that -- by the way she said it is a wonderful island. it is a continent surrounded by

mr. johnson for a comment. megan shirley said it would be a mistake to think that all ada lawsuits are bad. >> unfortunately, that's actually what it takes. >> reporter: eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>> bart reached a tentative agreement with its unions. four-year extension more than a year early. if approved by the unions and bart's board, the agreement calls for workers to receive a 10.5% raise through june 2021. >> both sides acknowledge we need to focus on rebuilding this system. both sides agree that we need to focus on service to our rider. >> now is the time where we would need to decide, are we going to dedicate our resources to focusing on preparing for full-blown negotiations in 2017 or do we focus our resources on keeping b.a.r.t. moving? >> the still need to ratify the decision. vote is expected in the next 30 days. >>> golden state warriors will go for win number 73, something no nba team has ever done before. they tied the '95-'96 bulls record of 72 wins in a season yesterday against the spurs. tomorr

mrs. johnson and her committee were a jumping off point for washington and for the rest of the nation. they showed that in a time of complex "this, functional, attractive surroundings can exist, bringing joy and new opportunities to city dwellers. >> coming up next, smithsonian national portrait gallery senior historian david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through 4s and portraits and discusses idiosyncrasies like what his close reveal about his health, or why he chose certain photographers. the university of st. mary hosted this 90 minute event. >> good evening. my name is brian lebeau. i would like to welcome you to the 18th annual university of st. mary lincoln event. featuring smithsonian national portrait gallery senior historian david seymour. how abraham lincoln used photography for politics. a special welcome to the crew from c-span. they will be covering this event broadcast on c-span tv. as a reminder, when we open the floor to questions, be sure to use the microphones. will not be, you heard on television and you will miss your big media event. our speaker tonight da

mr. johnson, governor johnson senator cruz said we should carpet bomb isis into oblivion.t we will find out. >> i think this is a problem, how we have addressed this problem. we have addressed these problems with bombs and not our brains. we need to cut off the funding to isis and we need to have congress declare war on isis. not that they haven't been the aggressor but where did al qaeda go? well gee woodcut that had off and now have isis and went isis goes, something else is going to arise. we need to continue is happening in the middle east. the declaration of war from congress and let's cut off their funding. john: a quick answer from twitter. someone called hope asks what you and all foreign aid? >> again we have commitments as a u.s. government to a number of other foreign governments that do not involve policing and these commitments it made would have to keep, i'm sorry we do have allies and we do have enemies in this world. if you think we don't you should look at what china has been doing to us for the past year. 21 million records found in the office of personne

mr. johnson thisnsonhs tweet saying hey, allison is is turning 50 years old, sheld, loves you any chanceha givenc her a b day shout-out. so he responded. respo >> what. >> with this amazing tweetis a right here. he. saying that got you nerd y n tears. te happy birthday allison, 50.on, no way i say 32. 32. please hope you're having aou'ri blast with your family. she responds, oh my god, i'm done.ne. i owe you one for the next the t year. i'm taking up up on that allison.alli i'll have chipotle every day.ay then the rock responded again. n and any time saying nerd tearsne were you ever my favorites. favt happy b day.y he has 10 million followers.ollo >> i know it's for allison butot my god, the rock. r >> give her a happy birthdayr a inb person.er >> more importantly allisonison owes me lunch every day. day. >> my gosh.>> >> i'll take chipotle.l ta >> she's not even here today. [laughter] >> she's a smart lady.he's a >> taco bell tomorrow allisonrrn if you're watching.'rhi bye guys. thank you so much.o m >> the glock i know. k two tweets. >> very cool. >> 6:55. hey gary.hey gary >> gary is

mr. johnson. mr. johnson votes no. mr. conway. mr. conway votes mow. ms. spear. ms. spear votes aye. mr. lamborn. mr. b no. mr. castro. mr. castro votes aye. mr. whitman. mr. whitman votes no. ms. duckworth. ms. duckworth votes aye. mr. hunter. mr. hunter? mr. peters. mr. peters votes aye. d dr. fleming, no. mr. visi. votes no. mr. kaufman, mr. kaufman votes no. ms. gabbart. ms. gabbart votes aye. mr. gibson. mr. gibson votes no. mr. walls. mr. walls votes no. ms. hartzler. ms. hartzler votes no. mr. o'rourke. mr. o'rourke votes aye. dr. heck. dr. heck votes no. mr. norcross. mr. norcross votes aye. mr. scott. mr. scott votes no. mr. gieggo. aye. mr. brooks. mr. brooks votes no. mr. takei. mr. takei votes aye. mr. nugent. mr. nugent votes no. ms. graham. ms. graham votes no. mr. cook. mr. cook votes no. mr. ashford. mr. ashford votes no. mr. briden stein votes no. mr. moulten. mr. moulten votes aye. dr. winstrip votes no. mr. aguilar. no. mr. burn. mr. burn votes no. mr. graves. mr. graves votes no. mr. zincy. mr. zincy votes no. ms. stuphonic. no. ms. mcsally. ms. mcsally votes no.

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mr. johnson for a comment but haven't heard back from him.megan says it would be a mistake to think that all ada lawsuits are bad. >> unfortunately that is actually what it takes. >>reporter: eric thomas abc 7 news. >>> more to get to for you on this monday night coming up discriminating against drivers. what is behind a new study that shows it can cost a lot more to be a minority driver. >>> also the warriors getting ready to take a shot at history. what it will cost you to sit at the game and watch it for yourself. sandhya is here with the weather. >> yes. we have some more rain in the forecast. i'll let you know how the storm ranks on our storm impact scale and when it arrives. time line coming up. >>> and it is already out on the test track. self driving car that navigates in complete darkness. how does it do that? stay right here. before earning enough cash back from bank of america to buy a new gym bag. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time and 2% back at the grocery store. even before he got 3% back on gas. kenny used his

mr. johnson, right here in the front. >> thank you. justin johnson. with heritage foundation. mr. hadley, can you talk a little bit about the tension between open source information? you know, your press shop is getting called because there's tweets about something that happened in ukraine, things like that, versus what you're able to get from the intelligence community, what you're getting through official government channels, how that informs a president's decision making process. just kind of the information environment that we're in today and how that impacts the senior leaders. >> the good news is there's been a huge explosion of information from a lot of sources and the agency, i think -- cia understands that and they're using open sources. i've seen wonderful programs of people, you know, big data collecting social media in real time and in, for example, election situations, being able to detect very quickly where a electoral violence is starting to happen and a counter twitter or counter text message campaign to calm the violence down. these are wonderful tools that allow

mr. johnson, gallego and miss graham. what i'll do is let each of you ask a question -- ask your questions and then i'll go back to my next question and then we'll finish up and you can exit, if that's okay. >> the 2b software is performing very stably and i think everyone is satisfied with its performance. what is referred to as tech refresh on the jsf. the complexity of that should not be understated. we don't anticipate as large of a leap in future tech refresh but that complexity should not be understated. that did create a reset in terms of stability and now with each successful build of software going back at building black up the degree of stability that we require. general bogdan's reference to an eight to ten hours at this stage of the program, that probably is satisfactory. in the longer haul, dr. gilmore is correct. we want to get this up to a low probability of occurrence such that the pilot does not have to worry about resetting his mission systems mid-flight. >> mr. johnson? >> thank you, mr. chairman. to fo

ron johnson: thanks. mr. watts, i want to start with you, because you mentioned, i think, the key point here. most of the testimony has been talking about being on defense. you talked about going on offense. but even in talking about going on offense, you're talking about helping, going, having america going offense to help european be on defense. i want to talk about actually going on offense. i want to talk about the fact that you said that this has been building in syria and iraq, and it was inevitable. and as we watched the events unfold here, and, yes, we're pushing isis back in iraq, but they're gaining territory in syria. they're setting up a stronger base in libya. they're getting into afghanistan. we've having boko haram and other terrorist organizations affiliate themselves with isis. this is growing. i want to talk about an effective offense. and, again, i want to just give some indication here. there's a state department report called the start report, study of terrorism and response to terrorism.