mrs. kingory of the movement through song, through music, to travel the length and breadth of america she built dr. mar martin luther king, jr. center for change. they taught us the way of peace, the way of love, the way of nonviolence. they inspired an entire generation to find a way to get in the way, to find a way to get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble. through their action their speeches and their writings, they helped create the climate for the passage of the civil rights act of 1964. and the voting rights act of 1965. and president lyndon johnson signed these two pieces of legislation into law. without the leadership of lyndon johnson, we wouldn't be where we are today and there would be no barack obama as president of the united states of america. [ applause ] so, it is fitting and appropriate on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the civil rights act of 1964, we honor this unbelievable couple, dr. martin luther king, jr. and his beloved wife mrs. coretta scott king. they

mrs. kingory of the movement through song, through music, to travel the length and breadth of america she built dr. mar martin luther king, jr. center for change. they taught us the way of peace, the way of love, the way of nonviolence. they inspired an entire generation to find a way to get in the way, to find a way to get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble. through their action their speeches and their writings, they helped create the climate for the passage of the civil rights act of 1964. and the voting rights act of 1965. and president lyndon johnson signed these two pieces of legislation into law. without the leadership of lyndon johnson, we wouldn't be where we are today and there would be no barack obama as president of the united states of america. [ applause ] so, it is fitting and appropriate on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the civil rights act of 1964, we honor this unbelievable couple, dr. martin luther king, jr. and his beloved wife mrs. coretta scott king. they

mr. king: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. mr. king: mr. president, a few years ago, tom brokaw wrote a brilliant and important book called "the greatest generatio generation," and he described our fathers and grandfathers and mothers and grandmothers and what they did for this country coming through the searing fire of the great depression, fighting and winning world war ii, and then rebuilding our economy in the 1950's. we owe that generation everything we have. that generation sacrificed -- i want to repeat that word -- sacrificed on our behalf. we are literally standing on their shoulders. we are driving on the highways that they built. we enjoy our freedoms because of their sacrifice in world war ii and in korea. if tom brokaw writes another book about us, i don't know what it will be called, but it won't have "greatest" in the title. instead of a compliment, it would be more of an epithet. we are leaving our children a gigantic national debt, crumbling infrastructure, and a changing climate that threatens their well-being and their fu

and mrs. king.rches in selma and birmingham and chicago, generations of african-american have had the opportunity to march but march in their university graduations. [ applause ] clap as a result of their sacrifices and their commitment to and fairer america, many of just experienced possibilities once unimagined. thanks to dr. and mrs. king, our lives and our opportunities were transformed and america was made better. there really is nothing more powerful than a people, than a nation that is steeped in its history and there are few things as noble as honoring all of our ancestors by remembering. with the acquisition of this medal, the smithsonian will ensure that as long as there's an america, the courage, the impact, and the legacy of martin luther king, jr. and coretta scott king will be honored, preserved and remembered. thank you very much [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand as the chaplain of the united states senate dr. barry black gives the benediction. >> let us pray. graciou

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. king of iowa. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 181, the nays are 239 and the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lankford, on which the further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. lankford of oklahoma. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in sup

mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker. it's my privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the house of representatives and take up these topics that i appreciate your attention to and as the other members disperse across the hill and to their offices, as their staff are tuned in on television and those that are here in person, we've got some serious issues to discuss this country has been led down a path that has been, i think, in the end, destructive to our republic and it's important to focus on these issues that are getting out of hand. we are a great country. for the fourth of july, i sent out a tweet that morning to celebrate the fourth of july, happy independence day, united states of america is the unchallenged greatest nation in the world. and we derive our strength from western civilization, judeo christianity, and free enterprise capitalism. there are many other components to those three parts i mentioned, of course, i sent out those mess -- that message, there are those who disagree. they don

mr. king: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. mr. king: mr. president, i'm delighted to join my colleague from nebraska to introduce what i think is an important and commonsense and workable bill that could be passed in the next several weeks. and i think we would find broad agreement across the political spectrum. the question we're answering today is what does suriname, papua, new guinea and the united states have in common? the answer is they were the three countries in the world we've been able to turn up that don't have any provision for paid maternity leave. every country in the industrialized world except the united states has coverage for paid medical leave. you see red is the united states, suriname and papua, new gunea, that's it in the world. this is something we can do that won't effect our competitiveness, won't be a problem for economic growth and in fact i believe it will contribute to it. today a family that has a health crisis with an elderly parent, a child or has the joyful issue of a new child in their family has a terrible

and the architecture has been described by mr. king as moorish make believe. so, i figured how many times will i get the opportunity to say that at this committee? so i had to bring that to your attention. [laughter] >> we're very excited to bring you what really is a partnership agreement between the city and the san francisco unified school district. this is actually the largest single leased premises by the city as tenant in the general fund family. county adult assistance program and the cal fresh food stamps is located here. we've been in this location since 1993. it was a creative financing agreement between a third-party ownership, a lease to sfusd and a sublease to the city. then in the end of august 2013, after the dee feesance of the debt, the school district became the owner of the property ~. so, now we are here for a direct lease between the school district, its owner and the city as tenant. and the terms i think work very well for both organizations. so, let me outline those briefly for you. this is an 11-year 10-month term taking us to april 30t

and the architecture has been described by mr. king as moorish make believe. so, i figured how many times will i get the opportunity to say that at this committee? so i had to bring

mr. king: i thank the gentleman for yielding and leading on this discussion about the sovereignty and safety and protection of israel, our strongest ally in the middle east, where there are property rights, where they are available to everyone, an israeli citizen whether they happen to be of jewish descent or any other descent. and the allies that israel has been deserve that support and stronger support. and so many messages that have been sent from this administration to the contrary. we need to be standing on the floor of the house of representatives sending a message to israel, benjamin netanyahu and members of the israeli defense force, we stand with you, israel. any nation that is surrounded by enemies and tunnels that are dug through and kill innocent people, celebrate that, any government that is formed for the purposes of eradicating israel from the face of the earth, and mr. speaker, i would point out that this new government that was formed among the palestinian authority, the pales

mr. king: mr. speaker, and the title of the bill, and -- it is -- william wilberforce trafficking victims re-authorization act, an amendment to it. and it addresses this topic. the topic is, how we reach an agreement with the countries that are noncontiguous, like guatemala andal salvador and honduras, to get an agreement to send their children back to their home country. we can maybe direct this out of congress, if you get harry reid to go along with it, mr. speaker. but the president can do this on his own. all he needs to do is call up the president of any one of those three countries and say, you need to be on the tarmac and say guatemala city airport. i'm sending a plainload of your unaccompanied -- planeloads of your unaccompanied minors back. you need to repay the yot them into your country. if you don't do, they'ring would go it froze up the trade. we're not going to be subsidizing a country that won't cooperate and sends their children up here for to us put on the public doll. the presiden

mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the gentleman from arizona for that outstanding transition that he made here. and i actually came down to chide him just a little bit. i was listening very closely to what he had to say and it was very valuable, the comments on energy that we need, and the direction this economy needs to go. i'm going to restrain the chiding that i came because of his outstanding transition that he made and let you know, mr. speaker, i came down here to address you and to talk with you a little bit about the things that are ahead for us in this congress, the things that are ahead for us in this country. and when our founding fathers shaped this country and filed our -- wrote our declaration and filed our constitution and got it ratified, it was an extraordinary accomplishment and those documents will live for the duration of civilization and they'll be in our memory, they'll be in our heads and hearts for the full duration of the time of civilization, whether it's succeeding civilizati

we have heard from you, and we have heard from mr. king. when not heard from the organization that is in charge of children, namely unicef. >> absolutely. unicef as you know are on the ,round in gaza right now because there is a division of labor, big program for the children. they're coming out with an additional appeal, not just the physical but psychosocial dimension of support to children. >> did the executive director say anything? >> first, just some figures, how many schools have been attacked with displaced people in the conflict, and did any u.s. staff die in today's attack, and do you have any update on the attack in terms of whether you know who was responsible for it? we don't have any reports of u.s. staff who have been killed today. this is the fifth school that has been used as a shelter that has been hit. what was the other question? staffn't have any you in killed as yet in those schools that were hit when they were being used as shelters. we did have u.n. staff injured. one staff member was injured in that school. ondon't

. >> chairman recognizes gentleman from new york, mr. king. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary johnson, let me thank you for your testimony today. before we get into this issue thank you for what you've done as far as counterterrorism efforts. i want to personally thank you for that. it's greatly appreciated. on this issue, let me get to the question that the chairman is raising regarding deterrence. in your statement you say that you want to emphasize there are no free passes. i understand what you mean by that, but if your parents in central america, in effect this can look like a free pass. you're making the situation more humanitarian. you're making more facilities available. as mr. fugate said, you're providing support to families. all which is understandable. that's our obligation as human beings. on the other hand, if you're a family in guatemala or el salvador, this in a way is a free pass. it's a better life than they're getting in central america. i don't understand how that's going to restore what's happening. and on the issue of diplomatic engagements, it

mr. king. mr. king: i appreciate the opportunity to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the united states house of representatives in this most deliberative body that we have and are. and appreciate the comments and the position taken by the gentleman from arizona ahead of me. he is one who has lived along the border for a lifetime and know the issue and deal with it every day and every week. and it is one of the individuals that i look to to inform me and i have taken a real interest in it myself. even though i'm from the heartland, iowa, i have a great love and appreciation for the constitution and the rule of law and because of that, i have watched as a lawlessness has grown along our border and certainly in all the time that i have been in this congress and in the years building up to it and less so in the years prior to that. i take myself back to 1986 when ronald reagan signed the amnesty act in 1986, i believe at that time that he would veto that bill because his reference

mr. king from iowa? he is the one who thinks we should electrify a fence between the united states and mexico. time, he never fails, it is criminal. andeven king and comer michele bachmann, tea party queen, all voted for the 2008 anti-human trafficking law. we all voted. why? because cooler heads were prevailing at that point. there was administering prices at the border that you wanted to exploit for political purposes. that init is shameful the congress of the united states, we see members of congress creating fear of children. we should be protecting children, not creating fear of them. what he said it is republicans who say it is president obama's immigration policy instead of the blame for the crisis at the border? this is richard shelby of alabama speaking thursday. >> the result to president obama's failure, i believe, can force immigration laws currently on the blokes has been has beenle -- books predictable, and that is one reason we get this afternoon. now we're being asked by president obama t

one, thank you to mr. king for all of his public service and what he continues to do to his community. secondly, every single american that is eligible to vote should have the right to vote if in fact he chooses to exercise that vote. anyone being disenfranchised, whether it's their age or skin color or whatever it is is despicable and it's not american. if republicans are doing that, i'm going to call them out. if democrats are going to do it i'm going to call them out. to the third point. this is where it's an interesting conversation for me ronan because, as i said before, everyone should be allowed to vote. but i don't -- i also am trying to recognize in my brain if, in fact, you need a valid photo license to purchase cigarettes or to purchase alcohol or get on an airplane, i think it should be okay to have a photo i.d. to prove that you are who you say you are. granted if you live on a college campus and the only i.d. you have is a photo i.d. from a university, i think that should be valid because most of

. >> john kennedy, the presidential candidate, calls mrs. king to express his concern. ted public gesture. >> within 24 hours, robert kennedy called that judge and asked that he get king out of jail. next thing we knew is daddy king had gone public and had said, i was against having a catholic for president, but if he can wipe the tears from my daughter-in-law's eyes, i have the courage to vote for kennedy for president. and i have a suitcase full of votes. >> dr. king, have you heard anything from vice president nixon or any of his supporters? >> i've been confined and i haven't talked with anybody from washington or from the campaign. >> do you know of any efforts made on behalf of the kennedy group? >> well, i understand that the kennedy group did make definite contacts and did a great deal to make my release possible. >> it turned out that phone call was given credit for kennedy's victory in one of the closest elections in modern history. king said, i hope that at last we have a president with the intelligence to understand this problem. i'm convinced he has that und

mr. king, welcome home. mr. chairman, thank you for holding these hearings. it was just a few months ago that you and i were at the dmz and also discussing north korea with president park and with prime minister abe. north korea doesn't trade with us, doesn't need us. it needs china from which it obtains enormous subsidies. we should be trying to change the behavior of north korea directly and, more importantly, china with a combination of carrots and sticks, even though the north korean government is despicable and political we could all try to outdo each other and who could be more opposed to the government, both carrots and sticks are call for. on the carrot side, we ought to be discussing with north korea a non-aggression pact. they have asked for that in the past. it isn't our usual way of conducting state department business, but it's something they want, something we can give them, and if they ever see that mr. cheney might be vice president again, they might appreciate an official u.s. position against invasion. second somebody we can tell the chinese

amendment by mr. king of iowa. an amendment by mr. lankford of oklahoma. an amendment by mr. cassidy of louisiana. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. mcclintock of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise nd be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes y electronic device. and this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the

now recognize the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. director rodriguez, i do appreciate your testimony. i'd like to give you a little bit of a narrative of what's in the front of my mind listening to this. that is that i took mr. gutierrez's advice last weekend and went down to the border. started at the mouth of the rio grande river, right there at the physical border. worked my way upstream all the way to loredo. stopped at multiple places in brownsville, mcallen, other places at the river and received briefings from border protection, border patrol, from each law enforcement entity that's down there, including the department of public safety of texas and texas rangers and talked to people on the street. here's what comes out of that for me. that is -- and they will all tell us that daca is the magnet. one of the excuses is the '08 law for the other than mexican unaccompanied alien children. that is developing into a broader policy because it's being exploited. these children are being sent into the united states at the expense of th

now recognize the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. director rodriguez, i do appreciate your testimony. i'd like to give you a little bit of a narrative of what's in the front of my mind listening to this. that is that i took mr. gutierrez's advice last weekend and went down to the border. started at the mouth of the rio grande river, right there at the physical border. worked my way upstream all the way to loredo. stopped at multiple places in brownsville, mcallen, other places at the river and received briefings from border protection, border patrol, from each law enforcement entity that's down there, including the department of public safety of texas and texas rangers and talked to people on the street. here's what comes out of that for me. that is -- and they will all tell us that daca is the magnet. one of the excuses is the '08 law for the other than mexican unaccompanied alien children. that is developing into a broader policy because it's being exploited. these children are being sent into the united states at the expense of th

i'd just like to ask mr. king there why is he following the rule of law? the rule of law was dictated in 2008 by george bush. everybody signed off on it. why ain't you following the law? why you all of a sudden want to change the law? >> i'm not sure which law you're speaking to -- >> caller: to the law when the kids come in here and you can't just send them back, they have a day in court. >> tyrone, first, we're in this business to change laws, to write them and change them. that law in 2008 was filed in the house of representatives on december 9th, 2008, the day before we gaveled out for the entire congress, the two-year congress, and that was late in the day. the next day it was referred to three committees. the next day after last votes in, everybody went to the airport to go home for christmas, they called up that bill and asked for unanimous consent to clear it from three committees and voice voted it over to the senate where they were waiting to do exactly the same thing. t it was never debated on or voted on. it was slipped through in what you woul

mr. king's point that given the way these children are processed and begin an order to appear and placed with families in the united states, that may create the perception. there's also the fact congress in the year and half i've been here has been unable to vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill. i think that contributes to this issue. miss jackson lee brought up the wilbur force act under president bush. all those facts about congress and the administration's ability or inability to deal with immigration are lost on the families and parents of these unaccompanied children who are sent north. i can only imagine. we celebrated my daughter molly's 6th birthday yesterday. i can only imagine what that must be like to be in a position to put her on a train north through mexico up to the border with united states, not knowing how she will fare, if she will get there, what will happen to her once she arrives. conditions have to be really bad, unimaginably bad, to me, for that to happen. while i agree maybe mexican do more, although i find it ironic so many of us question we have an ap

mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator king? >> thank you, mr. chair. general, the chairman covered the mi-17 issue, but i just think it's really important to have your unequivocal view, i think the word you used was catastrophic, if we cut off spare parts. and that would, in effect, ground the afghan air force. is that true? >> senator, and the reason i used the word catastrophic which i don't think is hiyperbolhyper afghans having the operational reach represented by the mi-17 will deteriorate their ability to take the fight to the enemy. the more important reason i use the word catastrophic, their inability to take the fight to the enemy actually will put young americans in harm's way in 2015 and beyond. >> thank you, general. you've discussed this. what -- looking now at the lessons of iraq, what do we learn from that that can avoid that future in afghanistan? as you know, there are those who aren't as optimistic as the military about iraq's -- i mean afghanistan's future after our withdrawal. what do we learn from iraq to avoid that fate? >> i thin

mr. king: and we had a lot of debates and discussions over the 4th that i had to serve the district of iowa and coming into this year, earl yesy in the ear, late january, we held a town hall in cambridge, maryland and to discuss our strategy for this calendar year which is the balance of the year that we are in. and the discussion came around to the immigration issue. the immigration issue is a political issue and perhaps the most complex issue. it has implications and ramifications that go well eyond things that we face. and it became very clear that house republicans didn't want to move on anything that would give the opportunity by the majority leader in the senate, senator harry reid and those who were in bill.ng of eighth o the consensus clearly, was not to take up the immigration issue this year because the sovereignty of the united states was put at risk. and there was no upside and the other beneficiaries would be the president of the united states, the people who are hiring cheap labo

the irs has told backup tapes no longer exist yet mr. king testified in terms the backup tapes may in fact exist. can you now definitively state that the relative -- and relevant backup tapes do not in fact exist? >> axes excuse me. >> -- >> what's mr. kane reported was information that the inspector general has started to review tapes to see if there is additional information on them. he says there may be tapes that were recyclable and recoverable. i have no idea what the inspector general was doing with the tapes. he advised us he was reviewing them and asked us not to do any further investigation, not to have conversations and i imagine he ask this committee as well and not to speak of their existence. i do not know if there's anything usable on those tapes. >> can you confirm today, we have been told there were as many as seven or eight additional individuals who are relatively to the information whose hard drives also crashed. now based on information from mr. kane, it could be as many as 18 or 19 different hard drives that crashed that

mr. king, why is he following the rule of law? the rule of law was dictated in 2008 by george bush. everybody signed off on it. why ain't you fallin fall folloe law? >> i'm not sure which law you're speaking to. caller: talking about the law that when -- the kids come in here, and you can't just send them back, you have a day in court. >> tyrone, that -- first where in this business to change laws, to write them and change them. that law in 2008 was filed in the house of representatives on december 9th, 2008, the day before we gaveled out for the entire congress, the two year congress, and that was late in the day. the next day, it was referred to three committees. the next day after last votes in, everybody went to the airport to go home for christmas, they called up that bill and asked for unanimous consent. they voice voted it over to the senate where they were waiting to do exactly the same thing. that bill was never debated, never voted on. it was slipped through and what you would consider to be the dark of the night. but i would still accept the law. and we have an obligation

mrs. martin luther king cap the house. was she trying to say? anyone want to summarize that point? >> [indiscernible] thereind every great man, is a woman doing the laundry. >> that is what i got out of it. [indiscernible] >> don't you think what they are really saying is, housework is not that great of a thing for anyone to accomplish? you make the bed, you sleep in the bed, you make the bed, you sleep in the bed. you do the dishes, you eat, you do the dishes. more repetitive work. he wants that -- who wants that? but men say, you can do that. we will leave that up to you. this is what women enjoy doing. this is what women have done always. sex and caste. remember the caste? sex-based caste system. ok, someone give me a summary. very mad.ere >> women were very mad. because? protest.ction, >> was a justified -- was it justified? women were angry. >> [indiscernible] they were much more intelligent and much more aggressive than had been assumed. whereas they thought that they were too aggressive, but that was good for them. >> you're talking about the myths and realities of women's l

mr. cole hulamsd . king coal, strikes out, ten giants, and allowed only one run over eight superb innings. phils win two to one, to avoid a sweep by san francisco. >>> and despite ryan howard's great career numbers against hudson, big piece sat for the second straight day. john hayman of cbs sports reports, that executives from other teams say the phils are trying to trade howard big money contract, says, the trade partners are likely american league teams. manager ryan sandberg says, howard sat out because he wanted to get a good look at darren rough. >>> more to come. >> yes, we'll see what happens there. does your smart phone distract you while you're at work. well, that might and good thing actually, the news that you want your boss to hear about. coming up this morning. >> and just when you thought you have heard it all. pet liposuction. yes, growing trends, but not the same thing that humans 'lt. talk about on the other side. y- good morning, good morning it is, too, so comfort willing zero recall outs

mrs. martin luther king kept his house and raised his babies. was she trying to say? anyone want to summarize that point? >> you couldn't do what you do without us. >> could not do it. behind every great man, there is a woman doing the laundry. >> that is what i got out of it. housework is not something great that men have accomplished. >> don't you think what they are really saying is, housework is not that great of a thing for anyone to accomplish? it is monotonous. you make the bed, you sleep in the bed, you make the bed, you sleep in the bed. you do the dishes, you eat, you do the dishes. boring, repetitive work. who wants that? but men say, you can do that. we will leave that up to you. this is what women enjoy doing. this is what women have done always. yes? sex and caste. remember the caste? hierarchy again. were just majority democracy. everyone needs to be involved. do away with the sex-based caste system. ok, someone give me a summary. what have we learned today? or maybe just a summary. >> women were very mad. >> women were very mad. >> they wanted to put t

mr. gomer from texas who thinks every immigrant that comes here -- if i could just finish. even steve king who talks about

king and mr. and mrs. thank you for coming on to speak with us and updating the audience and viewers who have greatly -- have been greatly concerned and want to see you receive the answers that you want. thank you so much. we greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> a terrifying plane crash right between two major stores in san diego and that tops our look at stories around the news nation today. authorities say one passenger is dead and the pilot is in critical condition after the small plane crashed in a busy san diego parking lot yesterday near a target and a cosco. the pilot is heard frantically talking to the control tower right before the crash. >> oh, my god, i'm not getting any -- >> full throttle. >> full throttle. >> i'm going down. >> no one on the ground was hurt and a nearby chopper pilot who heard the distress call praised the pilot for being able to put the plane down without hitting anyone. the defense is now in its first full day of presenting its case in the trial of the man accused of mu