mrs. lawrence: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. lawrence: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to join my colleagues in the consideration of h.r. 558, the bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service in springboro, ohio, as the richard "dick" chenault post office building. we have heard the amazing career and service of mr. chenault. his service includes that to his country in many ways, serving during world war ii, he returned back to his community and continued to serve. and was well known as a friendly face in springboro. he became the first letter carrier when the postal delivery started in 1965. and continued to do so. i want to take the time to note is a e postal service form of service to our country and to the citizens and that is included in his resume of service and dembinging recognition. -- deserving recognition. he served in the volunteer fire department, served as their chief. he served as a deputy policem

mrs. lawrence: if f.a.a. would have a record of it, it would not be any -- any requirement for drone operators to be ensure -- insured? mr. whitaker: there typically will be a reporting requirement for accidents and we investigate the cause of accidents. but don't get involved in adjudicating liability. mrs. lawrence: my time is up. wait to say forer the record that that is a concern of -- say for the record that that is a concern of mine. thank you. mr. mica: thank you. we'll now recognize the long suffering and waiting and senior member and also former chairman of the aviation subcommittee, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. duncan. dunn dunn thank you, mr. chairman. i don't -- mr. duncan: thank you, mr. chairman. i don't have any questions but i do want to express some concerns and to do that i want to read a couple of -- read rom a couple of articles that have come out other the last few days. barry weinberger a lawyer who specializes in this area wrote a few days ago, for example, will a drone scheduled to

mr. lawrence. >> morning mr. chairman, ranking member schakowsky. and members of the sub committee. rt the irs and ftc whistle blower programs which offer reward to whistle-blowers. i first joined taf in 2008 and became co-executor in 2013. i'm an attorney by training and spent the first six years of my career as an asoisht at a law firm where among other things my practice included defending claims under the whistle blower act. i can say without reservation that the federal claims act is the model standard. since that law was overhauled in 1986, the false claims act has returned more than $40 billion to the oust tris uri. this is in large part due to the significant role that whistle blowers have played in exposing fraud. for example, according to the u.s. department of justice, false case claims have returned r5 ppt it should not and has not been ignored. more than half the states have acts now. similarly, the irs, fcc and cftc have rules based on the act. i cannot support the proposed motor vehicle safety whistle blower act in its current form as it suffers from many of the defici

mrs. lawrence, for their work on this bipartisan bill. s that commonsense, good government measure that every member should support. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from michigan. mr. walberg: thank you, and i thank the gentleman for his support and leadership on the floor. i thank the chairman and ranking member of our committee. most importantly, i thank my good friend and colleague from michigan, congresswoman brenda lawrence, for her support and helpful additions to this legislation. so mr. speaker, i urge adoption of this commonsense bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the howls suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 3089 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and the notion reconsider s laid on the table. -- motion to reconsider is laid on

mrs. lawrence, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. chaffetz: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. chaffetz: i rise today in support of h.r. 323, which is introduced and championed by congresswoman ann wagner, which designates this post office in st. louis, missouri, as the sergeant amanda n. pinson post office. we love people like this who step up and serve their nation and to be able to recognize this person, their family and their community, can always remember the great sacrifices that they made. we're so grateful to be able to do that. the person who's in the best position to discuss this is congresswoman ann wagner. i'd like to yield such time as she may consume to her for her remarks. the speaker

mr. lawrence's forte, of course, design and fashion itself, bringing in someone who is a proven leader transforminghion experience. stephen larson is -- it's a big loss for the gap, i believe. >> does the mix shift, though? whereas ralph lauren spent 18 months spending a lot of money to go really upscale, the stuff they've built, a lounge, and expensive things. do they decide they go further down scale with the polo brand or something else to make it up in volume? >> reporter: i don't think so. what's unique about ralph lauren is they have many tiers of merchandise, so you can find ralph lauren merchandise or polo merchandise, whatever the brand is at anything from t.j. maxx up to madison avenue. they have been very successful in not oversaturating the brand, but maintaining premium merchandise for those who pay for it. it's an interesting move, and i think it's a pretty smart move on behalf of ralph lauren. >> bad news for the gap? you're not kidding, i don't know that you saw it, but the downgrades are rolling out. ubs cut it to sells. >> downgraded game and upgraded ralph lauren off the move. >>

mrs. diane lawrence. >> good morning commissioners. as was noted in the minutes, the joint legislative committee didn't meet in august but i do have a few updates that i got from ann warren from the senior legislature and wanted to bring you up toidate what we discussed in july. to that what i would like to start with is nbc news on channel 3 did a report a few months ago on the senior legislature and um, so we thought you might like to see it. we played it for both the joint legislation committee and advisory council especially since some of us missed it on the news. it tells what the senior legislature does and the plight they are in that will effect the joint legislative committee moving forward. it is about a 2 minute presentation. we also have the old fashioned paper version of [inaudible] for those of us pre-computer age. >> it our voice when they feel they don't have one. a spelshz group that protectathize interest of senior citizens. [inaudible] that group is now in danger of disappearing itself. >> we need more housing for sen

mrs. lawrence: thank you, mr. chair. i stand before you today outraged and disappointed. once again petty partisan politics is threatening to derail government funding and shut down critical services to hardworking, deserving americans. later today, i'll be hosting a forum with the media, talking about how women are treated and misrepresented in the media. here we have an issue that has a direct impact on women being used as a pawn to shut down our government. the only group that is portrayed more negatively, and we all hear it, is our own congress. we must act now to change how we are portrayed and how americans view us. we must work together and stop another wasteful and harmful government shutdown. we are better than this, congress, my colleagues, let's work together and keep our government working. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the ru

mr. chairman. >> ms. lawrence. >> thank you. do we have, mr. whitaker, do we have a proposed time line for the officially accepting these rules? .. there's an app and it will tell me what flights are above me in the sky and where they are going, what airline there is. do you anticipate any such app, because my concern as a citizen an

mrs. diane lawrence. >> good morning commissioners. as was noted in the minutes, the joint legislative committee didn't meet in august but i do have a few updates that i got from ann warren from the senior legislature and wanted to bring you up toidate what we discussed in july. to that what i would like to start with is nbc news on channel 3 did a report a few months ago on the senior legislature and um, so we thought you might like to see it. we played it for both the joint legislation committee and advisory council especially since some of us missed it on the news. it tells what the senior legislature does and the plight they are in that will effect the joint legislative committee moving forward. it is about a 2 minute presentation. we also have the old fashioned paper version of [inaudible] for those of us pre-computer age. >> it our voice when they feel they don't have one. a spelshz group that protectathize interest of senior citizens. [inaudible] that group is now in danger of disappearing itself. >> we need more housing for sen

mrs. diane lawrence. >> good morning commissioners. as was noted in the minutes, the joint legislative committee didn't meet in august but i do have a few updates that i got from ann warren from the senior legislature and wanted to bring you up toidate what we discussed in july. to that what i would like to start with is nbc news on channel 3 did a report a few months ago on the senior legislature and um, so we thought you might like to see it. we played it for both the joint legislation committee and advisory council especially since some of us missed it on the news. it tells what the senior legislature does and the plight they are in that will effect the joint legislative committee moving forward. it is about a 2 minute presentation. we also have the old fashioned paper version of [inaudible] for those of us pre-computer age. >> it our voice when they feel they don't have one. a spelshz group that protectathize interest of senior citizens. [inaudible] that group is now in danger of disappearing itself. >> we need more housing for sen

mr. gruen: oh, the whole thing was innovation. the calutrons had been invented by ernest orlando lawrence, who had received the nobel for the cyclotron. he was one of the great scientists. glenn seaboarg, who i got to know later and we became very good friends, was one of the great scientists and a man who influenced my life in a very profound way. these were great men, yes. they made lots of innovations. [laughter] an amazing generation of scientists. interviewer: well, it didn't take just a nobel prize wehner. it was young people like yourself. it was young people like yourself. how did they empower you to be innovators? mr. gruen: well, in my experience, just talking vy subjectively, that kind of empowerment comes from the individual, very largely. you either have it or you don't. you can't make somebody do something new. a scientist is a man or a woman who does or says something new. you know, not everyone can do that. i don't know how you -- you can encourage people to work and to study. to get real innovation, it's a good question. i don't know how to answer it really. interviewer: the manhattan project was certainly a crucible

mr. grassley: before we vote on whether to proceed to h.r. h.r. 36, i want to respond to a couple of arguments made by a democratic senator yesterday. first, that democratic senator quoted hal lawrence of the american congress of obstetricians and gynecologists for the proposition that a 20-week fetus is not viable. the american congress on obstetricians and gynecologists, the group that dr. lawrence represents, has long opposed this legislation. according to the senator that i'm confronting on this issue, dr. lawrence said on may the 13th, 2015 -- and i want to quote that senator -- "in no way, shape, or form does a 20-week -- is a 20-week fetus viable. there is no evidence anywhere of a 20-week fetus surviving, even with intensive medical care." end of quote. imbut as explained by "the washington post" fact checker on may 26 this year, dr. lawrence's statement is simply incorrect when applied to h.r. 36. the bill uses a method of calculating fetal age that is based on the day that fertilization actually occurred much the legislation -- occurred. the legislation would protect the unborn beginning at 20 weeks after fertilization, which is the same 22 weeks of pregnancy, as known as

mr. jones. who were there and what's the problem? well, it took two hours to know this was oppenheimer and lawrence.e called them by those names among us kids right then. we knew of them so well from our physics courses. we recognized their pictures in our books. >> class work was accelerated. in february 1943, the last graduation was held. new rows of unpaved streets that snow and rain turned to mud started to define the new community. in january 1943, the university of california was selected to operate the new laboratory. recruiting was difficult. because prospective employees were doing good work and needed good reason to change their jobs. because of security, only scientific personnel could be told anything about the nature of the work. but they were to tell no one what they did, not even their families. 15 miles southeast of santa fe. in the spring of 1943 they started to arrive at the small railroad station that looked like it was in the middle of nowhere. arriving from all parts of the country and europe were the best scientific minds of the world. gray, bore, bega, teller, frisch, richard

mr. chairman. >> miss lawrence. >> thank you. do we have -- mr. whitaker, do we have a proposed timeline for the officially accepting these rules or the process to go through to modify and make any corrections? do we have a timeline? >> so there's a statuary 16-month time frame from the close of comments. it was in april. we planned to move more quickly than that. we've got 4,500 comments that we're adjudicating now and our internal working target is to have the faa portion of this finished by the end of the year so it can go into coordination with the administration and be out early next year. >> so of you are aware that there is an app, i can call siri and i can say what's flying above me? and it will tell me what flights are above me in the sky and where they're going, what airline it is. do you anticipate any such app? because my concern right now is as a citizen and there's drones flying above me, how do i identify what they are and why they're there and who they belong to. and that piece, it was interesting to me when this application was in

mr. mulcair pressed to explain how that is all possible. >> what you think about the lawrence budget issue-- balanced budget issue? >> i don't care about budgets. i don't think any leaders have their heads on yet. this economy is different from what it was 6-8 months ago. oil is going to stay under $50 a barrel for 5-15 years. that is a real change in the way canada is structured. they have to figure that out. that affects, already, manufacturing jobs. it is not helping her exports because everybody else is already as well. we are losing market share to the u.s. and mexico. i'm not hearing anything from these three leaders yet. i'm hoping tonight that i will, that will explain how they will address that. >> paul might not care about deficits, but i think many people do. and mr. trudeau's plan is to run-- runs, to runst three small deficits to invest in infrastructure to stimulus the economy. what do you think of that plan? >> honestly is attempt of differentiation. keeping somewhat with the way he has been running before that. it did seem to contradict some of the things he has said before

lawrence simonetti and i. >> donald trump said the following about you. quote, look at that face. would anyone vote for that. mrlking about your persona. >> women all of this country heard area clearly what mr. trump said. >> this is what is wrong with the debate. we are not talking about real issues. we don't need an apprentice in the white house. why do we give the country involved in a massive cyberattack against the united states. if we send a message, would this be the time to enter the massive attack. >> you want a casino gambling in florida. >> no i didn't. >> yes you did. >> one second. >> more energy tonight. i'd like that. i hear phenomenal things. i hear your wife is a lovely woman. >> she is my wife and why don't you apologize to her. >> i said nothing wrong. >> one of the worst things as ceo he's ever seen ranked one of the top 20 in the history of business. >> u.n. amounts of debt as well as losses using other people's using other peoples money and you are forced to file for bankruptcy not once, not twice, four times. why should we trust you? stuart: sharp edge stuff. that was last night. chris di

lawrence tribe continues, but it does not justify using nconstitutional means. mr. speaker, i don't admire the men and women in this chamber who rise to their feet to cheer the causes they support. i admire the men and women in this chamber who do the right thing even when it is hard to do so. i admire the men and women with stand up to their party leadership when it is hard to do so. i admire the men and women who put their only fwation to their constituents above their obligation to party who put their only fwation to the constitution above their passions for the direction of public policy. taught the first environmental law class 45 years ago, coping with climate change is a vital end but it does not justify using unconstitutional means. i go on, lawrence tribe, even more fundamentally, the e.p.a. like every administrative agency is constitutionally forbid ton exercise powers congress never delegated in the first place. the brute fact is that the obama administration failed to get climate legislation through congress yet the e.p.a. is acting as though it has the

mr. grassley: before we vote on whether to proceed to h.r. h.r. 36, i want to respond to a couple of arguments made by a democratic senator yesterday. first, that democratic senator quoted hal lawrence of the american congress of obstetricians and gynecologists for the proposition that a 20-week fetus is not viable. the american congress on obstetricians and gynecologists, the group that dr. lawrence represents, has long opposed this legislation. according to the senator that i'm confronting on this issue, dr. lawrence said on may the 13th, 2015 -- and i want to quote that senator -- "in no way, shape, or form does a 20-week -- is a 20-week fetus viable. there is no evidence anywhere of a 20-week fetus surviving, even with intensive medical care." end of quote. imbut as explained by "the washington post" fact checker on may 26 this year, dr. lawrence's statement is simply incorrect when applied to h.r. 36. the bill uses a method of calculating fetal age that is based on the day that fertilization actually occurred much the legislation -- occurred. the legislation would protect the unborn beginning at 20 weeks after fertilization, which is the same 22 weeks of pregnancy, as known as