mrs. johnson, as we keep the johnson thing going here. and mrs. johnson took over being first lady very suddenly, in the passing of a president kennedy. and mrs. kennedy had done so much in our space, historic preservation of the white house, but mrs. johnson continued that in her own way. these are 45 men and women who have been very unique in their presidents and in their personalities, and also in their legacies, as we see evidenced in these wonderful presidential sites, but tell us about mrs. johnson and her role as first lady and that transition, in a very painful way, and what she did in the white house in our space. >> well, first, i think -- so let me put my microphone on. that would help. thank you, stewart, for that question. and first, i want to acknowledge that a couple of really terrific first lady historians are in the audience with us, too. katie sibley from st. joseph's university. and then nancy smith is in the back of the room, who did oral histories with ladybird johnson and got to know her quite well and has been at the archives

mrs. johnson how she provided over the white house. and mrs. bush who loves the outdoors and loves flowers and plants and natural landscapes and the national parks always looked to mrs. johnson as an example of, you know, someone who so appreciated our natural beauty. and mrs. bush would say, you know, people would look at mrs. johnson and say oh she loved flowers. but really what she was our nation's first conservationist first lady. so i think that her preference -- and once of the personal recollections of i have mrs. johnson is seared in my memory for the rest of my life, is mr. johnson, rob, who we heard from last night on the descendants panel, but linda had called me when i was chief of staff to mrs. bush, and had said i'm bringing my mother back to washington for what i know will be her last time to see some of her friends. of course, we know she had a stroke. she wasn't speaking. she was in a wheelchair, but she was still very vibrant. and she said, do you think we can come to the white house? well, i knew instinctually mrs. bush's rea

mrs. johnson is seared in my memory for the rest of my life, is mr. johnson, rob, who we heard from last night on the descendants panel. linda had called me when i was chief of staff to mrs. bush, and had said i'm bringing my mother back to washington for what i know will be her last time to see some of her friends. of course, we know she had a stroke. she wasn't speaking. she was in a while chair but still very vibrant. she said do you think we can come to the white house? well, i knew instinctually mrs. bush's reaction would be of course. and i never answer for anything on mrs. bush's schedule without talking to her first but i know the answer would be yes. i said i'll call you back with dates and times that could work. mrs. bush was so thrilled to have mrs. johnson come to the white house, that she is now the sitting first lady can take the former first lady through the white house. mrs. bush had made sure that any of the resident staff that were still working in the white house, that had been there in the johnson time, were there to greet mrs. john

mr. johnson? -- >> to be clear, mr. reichert moves to table the appeal so the question is on the motion to table the appeal of the chair's ruling. a all those in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed no. the ayes have it. the motion to table is agreed to. a requested roll call is required. clerk will call the roll. >> mr. johnson? mr. johnson aye. mr. nunez? mr. knew nez aye. mr. reichert? mr. reichert eye. mr. roskam, mr. roskam aye. mr. buchanan aye. mr. smith of nebraska. aye. ms. jenkins? ms. jenkins aye. mr. paulson? mr. paulson aye. mr. merchant? mr. marchant aye. ms. black? ms. black aye. mr. reed? >> mr. reed aye. mr. kelly? mr. wrrenacci? ms. nome. mr. holding? mr. smith of missouri? mr. smith aye. mr. rice? mr. swiek kehrt? mr. shh wewie kehrt aye. >> mr. curbelo? aye. mr. bishop? mr. bishop aye. mr. lahood. mr. lahood aye. dr. win strop? dr. win strop aye. mr. neil? mr. neil no. mr. levin? mr. levin no. mr. lewis? mr. lewis no. mr. daggett? mr. daggett no. mr. thompson in mr. thompson no. mr. larson. mr.

mr. johnson? -- >> to be clear, mr. reichert moves to table the appeal so the question is on the motion to table the appeal of the chair's ruling. a all those in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed no. the ayes have it. the motion to table is agreed to. a requested roll call is required. clerk will call the roll. >> mr. johnson? mr. johnson aye. mr. nunez? mr. knew nez aye. mr. reichert? mr. reichert eye. mr. roskam, mr. roskam aye. mr. buchanan aye. mr. smith of nebraska. aye. ms. jenkins? ms. jenkins aye. mr. paulson? mr. paulson aye. mr. merchant? mr. marchant aye. ms. black? ms. black aye. mr. reed? >> mr. reed aye. mr. kelly? mr. wrrenacci? ms. nome. mr. holding? mr. smith of missouri? mr. smith aye. mr. rice? mr. swiek kehrt? mr. shh wewie kehrt aye. >> mr. curbelo? aye. mr. bishop? mr. bishop aye. mr. lahood. mr. lahood aye. dr. win strop? dr. win strop aye. mr. neil? mr. neil no. mr. levin? mr. levin no. mr. lewis? mr. lewis no. mr. daggett? mr. daggett no. mr. thompson in mr. thompson no. mr. larson. mr.

mr. johnson for the purpose of offering a mot n motion. >> mr. chairman, i move the committee favorably report hr 5767 as amendment ed to the hou representatives. >> as amended. all those in favor signify by saying aye. those oppose, no. the ayes have it. motion agreed to. the roll call is requested. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. johnson? >> aye. >> mr. johnson, aye. mr. nunes? mr. nunes, aye. mr. roskam, aye. mr. buchanan? >> aye. >> mr. buchanan, aye. mr. smith of nebraska. >> aye. >> mr. smith, aye. miss jenkins? miss jenkins, aye. mr. paulson, mr. paulson, aye. mr. marchant, mr. marchant, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. kelly? mr. kelly, aye. miss nome. miss nome, aye. mr. holding? mr. smith of missouri. mr. smith, aye. mr. curbelo, aye. mr. bishop? mr. bishop, aye. mr. lahood? mr. lahood, aye. mr. neal? mr. neal, no. mr. levin? mr. levin, no. mr. lewis? mr. lewis, no. mr. doggett? no. mr. thompson? mr. thompson, no. mr. thompson, no. mr. blumenauer, no. mr. kind? mr. kind, no. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell, no. mr. crowley? >> no. >> mr. crowley

mrs. johnson: wow. i was in a long time, so a lot of things we did were for abused women, which were important. hell --uld say the children's health insurance. that actually would not have gone anywhere without me. kennedy introduced it and was looking for a sponsor and couldn't because nobody would support an entitlement, a new entitlement women were beginning to drown under the others. -- when we were beginning to drown under the others. i had it delivered through medicaid and allowed to take it -- it was a block grant. they got it in a conference. newt and the president were keen on it. we didn't get many cosponsors for that, but it kind of grew through anyway. it took a lot of work. to get people to understand how important this was. and i think the prescription drug, the work i did on medicare i think was important for women because there were so many ways which made it more accessible, and so many of the medicare benefit stories are women widows . adjusting the benefits so they would be more helpf

mr. johnson: trending based on what's relevant to you. mr. dorsey: correct. mr. johnson: my time is up but let me say this i said this to mr. zuckerberg. in the absence of massive federal regulations telling you how to do your business, the responsibility bar goes really, really high. and i think coming back to what mr. griffith says, i think you uys need to look at an outside entity of some sort to help you bounce off ideas of thousand to legal this stuff before or market forces drive you to a place that you're not going to want to go. >> the gentleman's time has expire. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, for four minutes. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. chairman, thank you, mr. dorsey, for all the time you've given the committee. i want to echo my dismay that our republican colleagues have chosen to hold this hearing to rile up their base and give credence to unsupported conspiracies when there are real issues here that run to the heart of our civic life that deserve our immediate attention. it is unfortunate and a missed opportunity on behal

mr. johnson from ohio. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. johnson: mr. chairman, thanks for recognizing me. i have said it many times this week and i'll say it again. the legislation before us today, h.r. 4606, the ensuring small scale l.n.g. certainty and access act will help the united states fully realize its economic potential regarding small scale liquified natural gas exports and associated technologies. this bill addresses current permitting concerns, but it's also forward looking. h.r. 4606 will help the united states to grow as a reliable trusted trading partner. it can help reduce trade deficits and promote job opportunities and strengthen ties with our allies abroad. specifically, this bill provides that the importation or exportation of small volumes will be granted without delay. but only if they do not require an environmental assessment under the national environmental policy act. this means that both ferc and d.o.e. must continue to fully comply with nepa regulations and must evaluate the potential and indirect impacts, consult with other

mr. johnson, and mr. sensenbrenner for their excellent work in crafting an introducing these bills with me and their critical efforts to move them through the house earlier this congress. the first part of h.r. 6847 is the bill i introduced, the roeby bill that closes a significant loophole in pursuing offend offenders who engage in sex tourism and prey on children abroad. specifically the bill ensures that the definition of ill list sexual conduct includes all potential situations where an adult defendant may abuse a child under these circumstances. no longer will they be able to go and prey on foreign children without facing a penalty of significant punishment at home. they will also not be able toest tape -- escape enhanced snantses for doing. so the bill also fixes loopholes for those who degrade, humiliate children under 12 to avoid sentencing enhancements for sentencing. congress always intended children to have the greatest protection and we must ensure our law reflects that intent. the next part,

johnson: good evening, arthur. mr. brooks: i was under stress because you had votes in the parliament and you had to come this morning. we were watching your flight across the atlantic. fmr. sec. johnson: the votes wouldn't have kept me away, and i'm absolutely thrilled to be here at the american enterprise. you could have knocked me down with a feather when i got the news i was getting the irving kristol award, and i haven't been so surprised since i was 25 and i got a letter from monash university mellman, saying i was going to be a professor of european thought. it was a case of mistaken identity. [laughter] fmr. sec. johnson: that's what i'm here tonight. but this is a very, very important institution. i followed the work of aei scholars and of people associated with this body for many, many years. you have been incredibly a driver fornd change and things i believe in. and it's great to be here tonight. mr. brooks: thank you for generosity. we're going to talk about high fluting things this evening, but i want to st

well mr johnson is listening, perhaps mr barrages is listening and others, but my own thoughts from all this and it's hinted at in this telegraph article as well, are we nearer tonight against the wishes of a lot of people to a second referendum? you have to wonder if that is the only way out of all this because is not apparent that anyone is very clear tonight what is the way out of it. parliament is heading for some kind of deadlock at the moment because it's clear that the vast majority of other mps would not vote for no deal, so they need some kind of deal. if checkers is not on the table, nothing else is. so, at the moment, we face this prospect that parliament will be expecting a meaningful vote but there will be nothing meaningful to vote on. and evenif nothing meaningful to vote on. and even if you have got the canada style free trade deal that the brexiteers are aiming for, that's pretty much like no deal. we still lose a single market, we lose the integrated supply chain, we lose these elements that lots ofjobs depend on. so, what democracy surely requires is if the british pe

johnson. i asked him why did they get involved with this issue with nike and mr. kaepernick? mr. on told me first, one, it is the right thing to do. regarding police in particular, colin kaepernick has deliberately perpetuated this myth of police officers as brutal, as racists as thugs. he seems to get a kick out of doing childish stunts with wearing socks with cartoon pigs on them as police officers. at same time he doesn't do anywhere to improve anyone's condition in society or the work place. mr. johnson went on to say, if nike wanted to do a real ad about a player who sacrificed everything, because they believed in something, they could have used pat tillman. pat tillman was former football player entered the u.s. army. was killed in action in iraq back in 2004. that is from the police officers. want you to know, we reached out to nike. they did not respond to several is requests for comment on this we reached out to the nfl. they have not responded to several phone calls and requests about this remember nike has a contract with the nfl to provide all uniforms. they just renew

mr. johnson who has been built and i who have built have never even had a hearing in the last two years. that being said and having criticized our colleagues for not paying for a lot of these tax cuts for the altar wealthy, turns out i was mistaken. they will be paid for by forcing devastating cuts to programs like social security and medicare. consider that in 2026 with the tax provisions were talking about will kick in. according to mr. roberts greenstein from the senate budget and policy priorities, we estimate the legislation would cost roughly 2.9 trillion over the 26 -- 126-25 pick the first full decade it would be in effect. the revenue loss and this is important thing cited by mr. pascrell earlier, will come at a time when baby boom generation will be retiring in a large number causing medicus also scary costs to rise considerably. indeed, 2026 is six is the first year in which all members of the baby boom generation including the youngest will be eligible to draw social security retirement benefits. it's also the year and which the oldest baby boomers will turn 80. the nation wi

mr. johnson, thank you for your time.s this unidentified senior op-edal who wrote this unprecedented in the u.s.? >> i'm trying to think when we have seen at administrative actively thwart the president's agenda. the most close in recent times is when richard nixon went occasionally drink too much -- would occasionally drink too much so they would defer decisions until he had to soak -- sobered up. there was an incident when a u.s. plane was shot down over north korea in 1969 and neck's and wanted to take immediate action against north america -- nixon wanted to take immediate action against north korea but kissinger and his staff did not listen to that. this letter is of a different character, because it is opposing the president not in matters necessarily of life or death, but oversensitive policy disagreements. >> of all the time we were gearing the word "impeachment" of donald trump, there are whispers of invoking the 25th amendment. is that likely? >> this particular section of the 25th amendment, section four, has n

mr. johnson for the purpose of offering a motion. >> mr. chairman, i move that the committee datable report h.r. 6760 as amendment to the house of representatives. >> the question is unfavorably reporting the bill h.r. 6760 as amended. all those in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it and the motion is agreed to an 6760 is amended. a roll call is requested. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the clerk will report the vote. >> twenty-one ayes and 15 nays. >> the motion is agree to. is the order they report to the house of representatives, , askd steffi offer rides to make changes to the bill. members have two additional days to file supplemental additional dissenting or minority views. our next order of business is h.r. 6757, family savings act. i will turn to mr. kelly, the bills sponsored to give an opening statement. >> nearly nine months ago a legislative mil

mr. johnson: thank you, sir. i appreciate those comments. mr. speaker, i'd like to thank my colleague, french hill, for arranging this special order to honor john. mr. speaker, john was more than just a colleague in congress. we were friends. and that friendship was forged in the infamous hanoi hilton. not everyone knows that he and i shared a cell there together for a time. i can testify to the fact that john did everything he could to defend freedom and honor our great nation. not just in that hell on earth, but beyond those bleak years. this is most evidence in his service in the united states house and senate. john, we will remember your strength of spirit, your commitment to our service members, and our democracy. and your love of country. i would now like to tap a special message for john and his family who remain in my prayers. the tap code was used by the p.o.w. tease resist our captors. -- p.o.w.'s to resist our captors. that's a g. hat's a b. and that's a u. and that's what we all used to use. god bless you, god bless you, partner. i s

quite a reaction there was in it for mr johnson what else to be have to say. yeah he was talking about his blood boiling at an event in washington and that was where he also called alexander petrov the share of murderers in fact he said that they can sue him in court if they want to dispute that fact and he spoke a lot about before about his job before he resigned as foreign secretary in the summer you know it was his job to be rather diplomatic he was the top diplomat for the u.k. a self proclaimed committed russified he had called himself back then well not anymore boris johnson said that he holds the kremlin in absolute contempt now after he tried to reset relations with the kremlin and what does the u.k. get in return and nerve agent attack in seoul's barry i think you can take a list a listen to a little bit more of what he had to say but made the classic classic mistake of thinking it was possible to have a reset with russia and. then it just became clearer and clearer to be true that was the full. why does his opinion on russia matter well if you take a

mr. johnson, no. >> mr. rikert, no. mr. buchanan, no. mr. smith, no. ms. jenkins no. mr. paulson. no. mr. merchant no. ms. black no. mr. reed no. mr. kelly no. mr. noam no. mr. holding. mr. smith in missouri no. mr. rice. mr. bishop no. mr. bush shop no. mr. hood no. mr. neil yes. mr. levin. mr. lewis yes. mr. doggette no. mr. bloombloomenhour no. >> mr. chairman, before voting, mr. chairman, sir? >> for purposes, mr. chairman, that is the most bizarre defense of what we're doing today. >> we'll have the voting period right now, we'll have plenty of time during the day to debate these important issues. how does the egentleman wish to be recorded? >> may i make a statement please? >> after the vote, after we recess for these votes on the floor, when we begin to offer amendments, strike the last word and question, i will certainly recognize you. how does the gentleman wish date of birth record-- to be recorde his amendment. >> mr. crowley aye. dr. davis aye, ms. sanchez aye. mr. higgins. ms. stool aye. dr. ch urku aye. mr. holding. mr. rice. mr. levin. mr. higgins. chairman brady. >> no

quite a reaction from mr johnson there what else to be have to say. and in a way a typically boris response really you hear him using vivid language about his blood boiling and he said that alexander patrol often respond to share the murderers and that they're welcome to see him in court if they want to challenge that fact and he also spoke of his work as foreign secretary saying that he holds the kremlin in absolute contempt and that he made what he called the classic mistake of trying to engage with moscow take a listen to what he had to say i made the coffee classic mistake of thinking it was possible to have a reset with russia and. then it just became clearer and clearer to me that was the food. so when he was foreign secretary as top diplomat it was his job to represent the country to travel and he called himself a committed rasa file back in twenty seventeen it was his job to meet up with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov now however when he happens to be speaking in washington he says he regrets it all very much and it was a fool errand an

mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that it the committee on energy and commerce, ways and means, and armed services be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 6886 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6886, a bill to amend title x united states code to modify the requirement for certain former members of the armed forces to enroll in medicare part b to be eligible for tricare for life and amend title 18 of the social security act to provide for coverage of certainty provenance tests under the medicare program. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the bill? mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment number the nature of a substitute to h.r. 6886 offered by mr. johnson of texas. strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following -- mr. johnson

mr. johnson, is recognized for one minute. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. it's my great pleasure to introduce my pastor and friend, dr. brad jurkovich, as our guest chaplain. he's led us in prayer this morning and we're so grateful to have him. pastor brad is senior pastor of the first baptist church of bossier city, louisiana. first bossier is a multigenerational church. our motto is, every person, every family experience christ in every way. he received his bachelor of , north ake forest carolina, and southeast his theological degree in fort worth, texas. they have four awesome children. pastor brad is a gifted speaker and leader with a true servant's heart who loves jesus and is a man committed to reaching this generation with the hope of christ. it's an honor to have him here today, to ask god's blessings over us, our work, and our nation at this historic time. i ask my colleagues to help me in welcoming my dear friend and pastor, dr. brad jurkovich. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for one-minute

he has come out and said that if mr johnson's strategy was to prevail, it would split up the united kingdom conference begins on sunday. so all of this will be on show for the world to see, and the journalist like jason and i to follow at every turn. we will all be there. no surprise, over in the telegraph, that jacob rees—mogg, there. no surprise, over in the telegraph, thatjacob rees—mogg, a key brexiteer, is acting boris‘ plan for a canada style arrangement, a much looser free—trade deal. for a canada style arrangement, a much looser free-trade deal. this is so much looser free-trade deal. this is so predictable i am not sure it cou nts so predictable i am not sure it counts as news. the daily telegraph, when it comes to brexit, i am not even sure it is a newspaper any more, rather than a propaganda sheet. jacob rees—mogg, a brexiteer, a classic example of man bites dog, dog bites man, he is backing boris johnson. this is not the ideal run—up toa johnson. this is not the ideal run—up to a conservative party conference for a prime minister who, you know, this is going to dominate what hap

mr. johnson, a member of the u.k. conservative party, resigned as foreign secretary in july.this is just under one hour. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. please take your seats. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i'm arthur brooks, president of the american enterprise institute. welcome to the 2018 dinner of the irving kristol award. we're here tonight in this beautiful setting to celebrate a t the national building museum, a community we have built together. aei is a community of scholars 250 and staff and 1600 supporters. we were founded in 1938, 80 years ago this year. this is our 40th annual dinner. amazing.

mrs. johnson and she said, i don't know anything about this, and certainly they should. and they did, she said she just recently spotted her shopping at the safeway, so clearly she overcame that cancer. >> sometimes you're producing things that are not from the john adams era, and you produce on cnn the various things "the 60s" and "the 70s," and so forth. is it hard to get the film footage? >> no, it's actually efficie ll. we rely on the archives of the network. the miller center has been very helpful. i know mrs. rob talked earlier about having the phone calls with her father to various fingers. we use those extensively, from president johnson, we use -- president kennedy didn't record his phone calls, but recorded himself on a dictaphone and the miller center has those. so from those kinds of sources. and there's an authenticity when you look at the actual foot an. we hear that people really feel like they're watching television at the time. >> so you've done "the 60s." >> a little bit of "the 2000s." >> one which is the most highly rated? >> all of the shows have bee

mr. johnson also sat down with aei president arthur brooks to talk about politics and you came brexit relations -- u.k. brexit relations. this is just under aur

our political correspondent, helen catt gave more details about the latest storm around mr johnson. he decided to employ this metaphor of a suicide vest, saying theresa may would be wrapping a suicide vest around the british constitution and handing the detonator to the eu. as you said, that's seen some quite vocal backlash, sir alan duncan who worked with borisjohnson at the foreign office said it marked a disgusting moment in modern british politics, tom tugendhat the chair of the foreign affairs select committee who was a former serving officer in afghanistan, strong condemnation from him, he saw a suicide bomb while in helmand province, comparing the prime minister to that was not funny and he urged some people to grow up. not everyone so strong in their criticism, community secretary james brokenshaw criticised his tone and sajid javad speaking to andrew marr this morning stopped short of criticising him quite so vocally. i think there are much better ways to articulate differences and i think it's a reminder i think for all of us in public policy whichever political party we r

mrs. johnson enrolls one more of those kids -- [ laughter ] in the free lunch program -- [ laughter ] i'maughter ] i don't know how i found out about it. but when i did, i was like, "oh, shoot, there's a solution." so i went to my mom, i was like, "mom, get your tub tied." and my mom said the craziest thing to me. mom said, "zainab, i'm not going to get my tubes tied. me and your father, we might not make it. i'm going to marry another man and i'm going to have his children." [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] ked in that moment, i was "this chick is confident." [ laughter ] th is not how dating works [ laughter ] there's no eligible bachelor out there looking for a divorcee with ten dependents. [ laughter ] no, there's virgins out there with ph.d.s trying to get marrie [ laughter ] i had to tell my mom, i said, "lk, you got to stay with daddy. he's your only option." [ light lahter ] it's 13 of us. it's 13 of u somebody should be gay, right? statistically. [ laughter ] they say one in every five americans is gay. there's 13 of us, we should have 2. 2 1/2. [ laughter ]li , two and a bisexual, r

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor an american hero. sergeant gerald timen. he was a vietnam combat veteran who served in the 101st ashe from 1967 to 19 -- airborne from 1967 to 1969. he spent -- was exposed to some of the worst battles in the conflict. 10 days prior to the end of his tour, sergeant timen was hit by a grenade during combat, causing him to lose both legs. he says he is forever grateful to the brave medivac helicopter crews that under kwleve fire rescued him. in honor of his profound bravery, sergeant timen has deservingly received a number of awards including the purple heart, infantry combat medal and national defense service medal. the sergeant exemplifies the selfless courage of our military and i'm honored to share his story with the nation today. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is re

mr. johnson. for the purpose of offering a motion. >> mr. chairman, i have moved favorable reporting 6760 as to the house of representatives. >> h.r. 6760 ased amended. all those in favor signify by saying aye. s.those opposed no. the motion is agreed to h.r. 6760 as amended. the rollcall is requested that the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the clerk will report the vote. >> 21 yeas and 15 cents six. >> the motion is agreed to h.r. 6760 as amended. report to the house of representatives of that objection be authorized to make technical and conforming changes to the bill. members have two additional days of supplemental for minority views. next order of business is h.r. 6757 from the field the same effect in 2017. the bill sponsor with an opening statement. >> i thank the chairman for this markup. nearly nine months ago was the legislative miles and historic victory for the american peopl. this

mr. johnson -- no mr. noonan no. mr. reichert no. mr. -- no. mr. buchanan no. mr. smith of nebraska -- ms. jenkins is missing is no. mr. paulson no. ms. black no. mr. reid . no. mr. kelly. no. mr. renie see -- ms. no no. mr. holding no. mr. smith of missouri no mr. smith no mr. rice mr. sicard no no mr. bishop no mr. lahood no dr. when strip no mr. neal yes. 11 that mr. levin mr. lewis yes mr. doggett yes mr. thompson yes . mr. larson yes. mr. blumenauer yes. mr. -- yes. mr. pascal yes. mr. crowley yes. dr. davis yes. ms. sanchez yes. mr. higgins. yes. mr. will. mr. benny yes. dr. to. yes. mr. smith of nebraska. no. mr. merchant. no. mr. renie see. mr. holding. mr. rice. misty will. chairman brady. chairman brady no. >> chairman brady. >> the clerk will report the wrote -- vote. 15 yes is. 21 nose. -- -- today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court, and public-policy events in washington, dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> fertile -- discuss lessons learn

lords, we shouldn't be surprised, i suppose, that the latest transgressor of this system is mr boris johnsonords, seems to have a rather distant acquaintance with the national honour. a minister said making the committee statutory wouldn't work. if you make a statutory, i suspect the decisions will take longer to deliver, but crucially, the decisions would then be judiciable. they could be challenged in the courts. and i think there's a real risk of crystallizing a potential conflict between the rules and the common—law right that individuals have to earn a living in their own right. the ministerial code very clearly states that former ministers must ensure that no new appointments are announced or taken up before the committee has been to provide its advice, and it goes on to say former ministers must abide by the advice of the committee, which will be published by the committee went a role is announced or taken up. and of course, there is a minimum of three month waiting period on resignation. boris johnson breached all of these elements of the ministerial code, which explains the very str

mr. rick johnson, if you could come forward. >> i'll make this quick for you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. >> it's been an interesting 3.5 hours. >> supervisor safai: i'm sorry it's been so long. >> no, it's okay. good afternoon. my name is rick johnson, and i'm a proud resident of district seven where my husband and i have lived in the midtown terrace neighborhood for the past 29 years. to give you a little bit of background, i enjoyed a long career in human resources, and i developed programs to recruit and maintain employees with disabilities. i've spoken at many conferences over the years and have been awarded numerous awards and commendations for this work. i've also been humbled to serve as president of the midtown terrace association, an association of 820 homes for the past five years and have served on supervisor yee's neighborhood council where i worked with other community leaders in awarding grants for the participateatory process. i worked with supervisor yee's district in always active, providing opportunities for our seniors twice a week. i also service on the police ad

mr johnson claims the chequers plan means going into battle with the white flag fluttering. it would lead only to victory for the eu, while leaving the uk lying flat on the canvas. dozens of tory mps will believe a mac agree with him. but while brexiteers promised to put forward a alternative plan shortly, others are urging the prime minister to advocate a much closer relationship with the eu, demonstrating how fractured the party is on the future of brexit and the bind theresa may is in. compounding problems, the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, said he was strongly opposed to parts of the plan. even if theresa may can get a deal done with brussels this autumn, it has to be approved by mps, and at the moment it looks hard to see how that will happen. firefighters have spent the night tackling a huge blaze at the littlewoods pools building, one of liverpool's most famous landmarks. the building has been empty for 15 years but was due to be turned into film studios. 0ur correspondent keith doyle reports. the fire broke out in the landmark art deco building shortly befor

mr. johnson, for four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, madam chair woman, for recognizing me. i -- madam chairwoman, for recognizing me. i represent rural ohio which is no stranger to natural gas. it sits on top of the marcellus shale plate which has combiting opportunities liketh -- exciting opportunities liketh ain storage hubs. those have become viable thanks to technologies that have led to an increase in natural gas production. but that increased production has also been the result of the growing demand for excess u.s. natural gas. h.r. 4606, the ensuring small scale l.n.g. certainty and access act, will help ensure the united states takes full advantage of our opportunities for excess small scale l.n.g. exports, along with encouraging production opportunities here at home. specifically, this bipartisan bill provides applications, under the natural gas act, for the importation or exportation of small volumes of natural gas, that being defined at .14 billion cubic feet per day, shall be grant

mr. smith, and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. johnson, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. smith. mr. smith: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 6227, the bill now under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: madam speaker, i'll yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: madam speaker, this bipartisan national quantum initiative act is co-sponsored by house science, space and technology committee ranking member, eddie bernice johnson, as well as 24 other committee members. the bill has earned widespread support and was unanimously approved by the committee on june 27. before i explain what the bill does, i'd like to explain why it matters so much. in our lifetimes, we have seen remarkable advances in the size and speed of our computers. most of us carry phones in our pockets that are several thousand times

mr. johnson because i did not believe in trump. i think he is crazy and i have a clearance.hat she had done, i would have been the -- put in jail. i watched all the hearings yesterday. i am really concerned about senator feinstein. she had the report in july and she sat on it. it was a political farce. concerned --really really thought the allegations ford reportedrs. it to her congresswoman in mid july. you could have filed a complaint to the maryland court. the statute of limitations has not run out. not do thathey did is no court, no prosecutor in maryland would prosecute that because they have no corroboration. she has no corroboration other than what she hears. i believe it is a political farce. i do believe something happened to mrs. ford. i am really concerned about mr. do aaugh not wanting to polygraph or submit to an fbi report investigation, but this is a political -- tearing this country apart. the president has the right to pick and choose, select a nomination. elections have consequences. he has a right. democrats are just delaying. . they didn't allow this woma

mr. chairman. ron johnson: i want to interject here because i need to help our hearing moving forward. to really get clarity on the whole judicial process here, and this is how i understand it, and please correct me, i want you to really clarify this. so you really have first of all two distinctions. you have the detain docket and the non-detain docket, correct? >> that's correct. >> the detain docket has a priority given to it? >> we work with dhs to prioritize the detain docket. ron johnson: it's a dramatic difference in terms of initial completion as well as any kind of appeals and everything else. the final adjudication occurs much quicker on the detain docket? >> that's correct. chairman johnson: people have addresses, they've got family, they have ways of finding them and a lot more resources by the way to track them down versus the illegal population that don't have families, that it's actually pretty easy for them to cut their bracelets and just blend into society. >> that's correct. i'm not aware of any criminal justice system in this country that has a docket size over 700,00

mr. whit johnson and also paula faris, so we have breaking news this morning.and we also have some sad news. this is your last day here on "weekend gma." >> it is. i'm going to try to hold it together. what did i just tell you right before we came on the air. i'm feeling a little -- >> fragile. >> could you please be nice to me? just this last morning. >> whit can be nice to you. >> i will do that. i've never seen her be nice to you, though. that's the biggest question. >> what. >> just remember the tissues are over there, i might need them. okay? we do have a lot of news to get to. >> we do. >>> we'll have a proper send-off for paula who we love coming up but let's start here with the head-spinning developments in the vicious, vicious fight over supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> the latest twist, a stunning reversal by republican senator jeff flake saying before he can vote to confirm kavanaugh, he wants a one-week delay to allow for an fbi investigation into allegations of sexual assault. >> boy, has this all been wild, flake's turnaround. it came sho

significant or not, i can't offer a coherent answer but we do have a public statement this morning for mr johnsonnaged to find himself in the news. not every conservative backbencher pulled that off. let's talk now to the labour mp for derby north, chris williamson. your response to what tony blair has had to say is that he has misled the situation. could you explain in more detail what you mean? situation. could you explain in more detailwhat you mean? beyond situation. could you explain in more detail what you mean? beyond the westminster bubble, labour has never been more united. we have more members, considerably more members than any other political party in the country put together, with the biggest left of centre political party in western europe. we have a policy programme that is overwhelmingly supported by the vast majority of the british public. i often say there's never been an easier time to campaign for the labour party because between 70 and 80% of the public actually support the individual policy programme that we are putting forward now. membership is up and jeremy corbyn but not