>> mr. leenderside of the plane. when they reached the target, they didn't really know if the area was occupied by civilians or by soldiers. but they would just dive down and drop the bombs anyway. >> anthony: though never actually at war with laos, at the same time we were fighting in neighboring vietnam. the united states flew more than a half a million missions over is tiny soheast asian nation. drpingorbombs here than on germany, and japan in all of wwii combined. this only a part of the largest covert military operation in history. a conflict that became known as "the secret war." there were three intelligence officers, key players in this secret war, who depending on who you talk to were either greatly loved, or greatly feared and despised. anthony poshepny, also known as tony po, had an extensive paramilitary background as a former marine and cia officer. bill lair, a texan and world war ii vet, was an influential cia case officer. vint lawrence was recruited right out of princeton, even

mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas. it ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman -- ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, do you have other speakers? are you prepared to close? mr. goodlatte: i am prepared to close. ms. jackson lee: thank you. i am prepared to close and will ask unanimous consent to address the house for as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: thank you. rst of all let me indicate the important work that all law enforcement do. s and as well those who serve in the probation -- and as well those who serve in the probation departments in our state and federal government. in particular we're talking about federal probation officers, and i think it is important to give them a debt of gratitude. but they are not police officers. they are probation officers. their training is quite different. their role is quite different. they are to engage in a constructive relationship with the probationer. rehabilitation, making sure they adhere to their rules and confinement or what is detailed by the court. they do i

her first stop, a meeting with mr. leest important thing for us is to figure out the mother's identity. >> reporter: almost immediately, a breakthrough. lee finds the twins' mother allen's ex-wife connie, she is listed in the korean government registry. >> she gave birth to twins. and also she was married to allen thomas. so we're like, "bingo! yay." >> reporter: but the registry says connie died in 2007. it was her heart. so joohee's next stop on the advice of mr. lee is korea social service, a small adoption agency. joohee mentions connie's korean name to the woman at the agency. >> when i told her the name of pae seong-eun, and she had twins and, you know, there was this whole story on facebook, i got a feeling that she knew who i was talking about, but she wouldn't admit it. >> reporter: the agency tells her allen has no right to access the adoption records, but there is someone who does. >> she said, "only siblings have rights to ask for it." she gave me that hint. it was like, "wow! we didn't even know that loophole.

mrs. lee: referring to congresswoman clarke. can you answer her question very quickly? dir. devos: i would rather talk hbcu's andbc you -- our commitment by continuing to fund at previous levels. lee: i don't think that is what hbcu's have requested. the cuts in the masters program is just wiping out -- i mean, you are you limiting that for the most part with hbcu's. it's eliminated. dir. devos: it's a new program that has not been part of this budget. it is not eliminated because it has not been funded yet. lee: we funded it at $7.508, the strengthening -- $7.5degree program million, the strengthening masters degree program. dir. devos: we are working with a budget prior to the omnibus in april, a few weeks ago. mrs. lee: so you are illuminated or -- eliminating it or not? dir. devos: no. the figures were put together prior to the omnibus. mrs. lee: so you are going to restore the $7.5 million in the strengthening masters degree program? dir. devos: that will be up to congress to decide how to handle that nominally. chair: to be fair, i pointed this out at the beginning. thi

>> in these same mountains but on the other side of the conflict, there were people like mr. leeow in his 80s who fought for the communist. he is entering the secret war he fought other men. >> fantastic. >> this is chicken. and this is chicken with inner heart. every family will know this. >> beautiful. >> when the french were here. >> how was he injured? >>. >> in the end when the last choppers hurriedly left vietnam, laos was left behind too. what had been a a kingdom was now a communist regime. yeah, the bad guys won. a few who had been most directly associate d with with the american effort unwilling to face rehabilitation camps never surrender asked are, all these years later, hiding in hills like these. bitterly for many years. the same people trying to kill him and who he was trying to kill came back now. how would he feel about that? tired of paying hundreds more a year in taxes and fees for your unlimited plan? only t-mobile gives you unlimited data with taxes and fees included. that'll save you hundreds. get two lines for a hundred dollars. that's right. two lines of u

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leahy, mr. lee... >> ...and that's about all. i just... i'm sorry that i have such a... >> mr. reed of rhode island, mr. reid of nevada... >> you know, i think my psyche was just kind of letting in little bits at a time, it was just all so... such a whirlwind of craziness for me. >> mr. schumer, mr. scott, mr. sessions, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby... >> narrator: also watching in the gallery, tucson survivor pat maisch. >> i went from being sad to being mad. they're all down there in their good ol' boy stance, shaking hands, chatting. >> mr. wyden... (gavel banging) >> on this vote the amendment is not agreed to. >> like people's lives aren't in the balance on this, and i just thought they needed to be shamed. they should be ashamed of themselves. i stood up and said, "shame on you." shame on you! >> there will be order in the senate. >> because they needed to be shamed. shame on them. shame on me if after what i've gotten to witness i choose to be quiet. >> i'm surprised that she was the only one, actually, that burst out... because it was so intense and so charged. >> the galler

mr. lee: but flun of this is true, -- but none of this is true. none of it. f.c.c. is reviewing the light touch regulatory environment that from the outset facilitated the kind of innovation that produced the internet and expanded internet access to millions of americans over the course of many years. in order to understand this complicated issue, we need to be honest about what led us to where we are today. that s. the f.c.c.'s 2015 open internet order. the obama era f.c.c. claimed that its order implemented net neutrality or the equal treatment of all data over the internet, but that isn't quite right. the actual change was far broader than that. the f.c.c. reclassified broadband internet access service as a title 2 telecommunication service instead of a title 1 information service. that might sound like a small change, but this soundingly small, some might even say soundingly innocuous change applied a whole host of new deal era regulations that were meant to apply to monopolistic telephone companies, monopolistic utility companies, and apply those to the interne

mr. chairman. >> senator lee hasn't had first round. i've got to go to senator lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. comey for being here and tanks for your service to our country. i want to talk to you about something raised by a colleague a little while ago about electronic communications transaction records. would it be fair to say that electronic communications transaction records include such things as browsing history, one's history of websites that one might have visited on the internet? >> yes. >> would it be fair to say also that what one views, what pages one has visited might in some ways be indicative of what one is reading? >> potentially, right. even if you don't have the see where they went on the page, that they went to espn or fishing magazine gives you some indication of their interests, yes. >> individually and collectively, you can find out a fair amount about a person, especially if you're able to review what it is that they've been reading for a certain period of time? >> right. the only reason i'm hesitating as i understand it, we can't look at all we

mr. chairman. >> senator lee hasn't had first round so i have to go to senator lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you mr. comey for being here today and thanks for your service to our country. i want to talk about about something about electronic raised communication records include such things as browsing history, one's history of websites that one might have visited on the internet. >> yes. >> would it be fair to say also that what one views, what pages one has visited might in some ways be indicative of what one is reading? >> potentially. right. even if you don't see where they went on the page, that they went to espn or fishing magazine gives you some indication of their interest, yes. >> individually and collective lirks you could find out a fair amount about a person, especially if you are able to review what they've been reading for a certain period of time? >> right. the only reason i'm hesitating is as i understand it, all we can get is the website visited not where they went on the page but it does give some indication of your interest, just like who you call gives you

jackson lee: does the gentleman have any further speakers? mr. goodlatte: i do not have additional speakers and am prepared to close. ms. jackson lee: i yield myself sufficient time as i may consume. we will be doing a series of bills that are extremely important and i will make note of my interests in protecting children. but as well, to broaden our work as we work in the judiciary committee on matters dealing with criminal justice reform and specifically dealing with the issue of solitary confinement, alternative sentencing for young people and ban the box. i hope we will work on issues dealing with criminal sentencing reform reduction that are crucial and prison reform. there is a lot of work for us. people are waiting and in some instances languishing in the nation's juvenile detention centers and various juvenile justice courts for a statement to be made by the federal government on our seeking a second chance for those who are in the juvenile justice system. as it relates to the adam walsh legislation, i thank my colleagues and the other co-

i'm sure it was appreciated, including by all of mr fillon's supporters." gavin lee gets. marine le pen is addressing the african civil society in paris. i am whispering because i am probably talking louder than marine le pen. the situation is, she needs every single vote she can get. she said it was a deliberate nod to fillon becayse she says ultimately, doing this, the world has paid attention when they would not have paid attention otherwise. she said, the world is talking about it and about her policies. she said, there is a lot more that people would have ignored but they have now picked up on it. ultimately, it has come down to the fact that the man seems to have written part of that speech, it is from a book that was put out several months ago. it is a book by a right—wing author. both she and fillon used it. they talked about how the french language is used all over the world and how france needs to be at the top when it comes to world affairs. also talking about what she will do for ethnic minorities. for the african heritage. i've got to say, she has not be

mr. conyers, ms. jackson lee and all those who have spoken in support of this bill this morning, the protecting young victims from sexual abuse act is exactly as been described. mr. johnson: it's an important for us in a bipartisan consensus we've reached to protect our young athletes. it's been articulated what's behind the bill and it's a proud moment as we stand for these young athletes to defend them as they perform and use their god-given talents that make our nation so proud. so without belaboring the point, mr. chairman, i just want to commend, again, mrs. brooks for introducing this important legislation and we also urge all our colleagues to support it. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from louisiana yields. all time for general debate has expired. pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on the judiciary printed in the bill, it sha

mr. chairman. i went over. i apologize. >> senator lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general clapper, miss yates, good to see you again, good to have you back here. miss yates, i remember so well your confirmation hearing, and i remember one senator just bearing in on you, intensely bearing in on you saying would you stand up to the president. united states if you now the he was asking you to do something unlawful. he's demanding under oath-for-you to say yes you would stand up, and you then told then senator sessions of alabama that's what you would do, and it appears to me that you kept your word. apparently that's okay to keep your word depending upon who the administration is, but i'm proud of you for keeping your word when the president tried to set a religious test for entrance in this country, something most first year law students would say is unconstitutional, you said you weren't going to uphold it. i wish that mr. sessions and others had kept as consistent in this administration as they did in the last. that's my editorial judgment. now you wrote to the jus

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mr. speaker, this is our last speaker, concludes our special hour. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak for one minute out of order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: thank you. i will continue to join my colleagues in honoring our law enforcement officers across america. and particularly in my home state. and look forward to providing that tribute in days to come. i thank my colleague, sheriff, for his work. i've come to the floor today, however, to, again, comment on the appointment of the special uncil to investigate the russian collusion, alleged russian collusion, of the president's campaign operatives and the president as it relates to the 2016 election. director muler is a well respected law enforcement leader. i look forward to his quick response. but i believe it is important for this congress, and i ask speaker ryan to ensure that the committees of jurisdiction, oversite, house judiciary committee, and house intelligence committee, do their work as well. that work would include hearings on the issues bef

mr. chairman. i went over. i apologize. >> that's okay. senator lee? >> thank you, mr. chairman. general clapper, miss yates, good to see you again. good to have you back here. i -- miss yates, i remember so well your confirmation. i remember one senator just bearing in on you, intensely bearing in on you saying would you stand up to the president of the united states if you thought he was asking you to do something unlawful? he's demanding under oath for you to say, yes, you would stand up. and you told th-senator jeff sessions of alabama thas what you would do. and appears to me that you kept your word. apparently it's okay to keep your word depending upon who the administration is. but i'm proud of you for keeping your word when the president tried to set a religious test for entrance into this country. something most first-year law students would say was unconstitutional, you said you were not going to uphold it. i wish that mr. sessions and others had kept it as consistent in this administration as they did in the last. that's editorial judgment. now, you wrote to the justic

jackson lee: we funded housing so people don't have to be thrown out of housing. mr. speaker, democrats know how to govern and save this country. i don't know what -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, nor five minutes. -- for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, roughly two million children experience maltreatment each year in the united states. children who experience maltreatment face possibility of a lifetime struggle for mental, emotional, behavioral, and physical health difficulties. thankfully the national institutes of health recognizes the need for critical research on the topic and solicit a competitive process to fund an academic institution to study this for the first time ever. proudly it chose penn state university. penn state was selected based on scientific merit to establish the center for healthy children. it will receive a grant of $7.7 million over five years, and penn state has committed $p.4 million in funding -- $3.4 million i

lee: thank you. does the gentleman have any additional speakers? mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i have only myself to close. so i'll reserve. ms. jackson lee: thank you. then i'm prepared to close at this time. what an appropriate time so that i can add my appreciation to the chairman and the ranking member, mr. conyers, the ranking member of the subcommittee that i am and to the chairman of the subcommittee, we have enjoyed working together on this legislation and to the co-sponsors of this legislation, mrs. wagner, ms. bass and then to the potent statement of my friend and fellow texan, congressman ted poe, who modestly indicated that we as women help drive this and frankly he beat us to the finish line riding his horse. but i want to thank him very much for his great leadership and interest in this very important area. this bill is a wonderful complement to the igniting of understanding about the vileness of human trafficking. i think it is important to take note that the human -- that the homeland security department has trained airline stewards to recognize mume tra

lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the service employees international unions letter voicing strong opposition to the deadly american health care act for their two million members. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scott: thank you. mr. speaker, i now yield for the purpose of unanimous consent request to the gentlelady from california, ms. waters. ms. waters: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from the association of american medical colleges which states, the treatment of essential health benefits and health status underriding the protections for many americans and would leave individuals with pre-existing conditions facing higher premiums and reduce access to vital care. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to the gentlelady from california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. waters: thank you very much. i rise to caution those republicans who have been allowed th

senator lee: thank you so much, mr. chairman. thank you, senator kennedy. appreciate it. sir, what can you tell us about what the department's doing to reach out to vulnerable communities? mr. treene: one of the things the civil rights division has traditionally done and since assistant attorney general tom wheeler made a special commitment to is to reach out to communities. we have a quarterly meeting with muslim, arab, sikh, south asian and-due organizations where we bring in -- and hindu organizations where we bring in the civil rights division, talk about the range of issues. not just hate crimes. that's a major part of it. but all the different issues of discrimination that's facing that community based on the bash lash that started after 9/11 and has continued to the present. e also do outreach to many communities of faith as well as many different civil rights organizations. senator lee: thank you. i know you can't comment on pending investigations, but can you confirm that you do have investigations that are ongoing and possibly some pending prosecutions? mr. tree

mr. chairman. firstator lee has not had round so i got to go to senator lee. mr. chairman. thank you mr. comey for being here today. i want to talk to you about electronic communications records.on would it be fair to say that electronic communications records include such browsing history? >> yes. >> would it be fair to say also views, what pages one has visited might in some of what one ative is reading? read ey went to espn and this or that article. understanding -- it was suggested by one of my today ues earlier allowing you to get more information. screwed this up. even if it's changed the way we be, we don't get deep eeper into what you looked at on a page. we can't tell the call record about but we can see what sporting page you visited but not where you went within that. on the legislation that i've reviewed, it's not my recollection that, that is the case. i've been told is that it would not necessarily be the policy of the government to use go to that level of grand lairty but that the language would allow it. >> it is. my understanding is we're not authority.r th

lee's help me welcome mr. eric buckland. [applause] mr. buckland: good morning. in keeping with the theme on leadership, patrick and asked me to talk about john mosby so we could address a leader at the union -- at the unit level, the tactical and operational level. there is no doubt that john mosby was a singularly outstanding combat commander, i think he is one of the few, if not the only commander during the civil war to actually put together a unit and candidate all the way until the very end of the war when he disbanded the unit. i can't think of another regiment was formed where that commander, if you lived, continued to command. in many cases, they would have been promoted out of the job. he was a remarkable man, but i will make the case, it's with my title, i believe of the perfect man in the perfect place at the -- that the stars aligned for john singleton mosby. he had some luck in his success, a great deal of it had to do with his abilities. but i also think that the stars aligned to a certain extent in what he was able to do and you might say get away

thamming you lieutenant lee for your service and sacrifice to our nation. mr. speaker, i now ask that the remainder of our time be used in a moment of silence in honor of lieutenant lee. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. brown: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. i rise : mr. speaker, today in opposition to the so-called american health care act. it was a bad deal for america before and it's a worse deal today. it's an offense to working families. you are going to pay more for your premiums, co-pays, and deductibles, and you're going to get less. preventive services, gone. mental behavior health services, no more. prescription drugs, gone or at best a whole lot more expensive. it's a life and death proposition for the 326,000 people in my district with pre-existing conditions. segre

jackson lee: mr. speaker, on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-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 speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 229, the nayses are 177. the bill ises passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, n

mr. fillon and that she was not sectarian. i spoke to gavin leeho is not a marine le pen event in paris. marine le pen has just arrived. this is extremely embarrassing one would have thought. gavin: but she has said, the speech was a carbon copy it of what france were fillon said a month ago. she said she copied it, but it was a nod to his supporters. she said a lot of the speech was nothing to do with what fillon had to say, but journalists would not have picked up on it if she had not have mentioned it. others here, part of macron's campaign said it is a counter strategy. you can see in the background, she is talking about why she should be president and vote on sunday. have been written by right-wing essayist. he has been a supporter of marine le pen? gavin: he wrote a book some time ago. francois fillon has some direct link to him and which is speech came out. he was talking about how france's place in the world is to be on top. it is absolutely word for word. but she is telling people is that was a deliberate reason to get attention. macron i

senator lee. two mr. chairman and keeping with the time i will abbreviate my time but i asked -- thank you for holding this important hearing i want to thank herr witnesses for appearing herepro today to provide analysis of the national security threats and other challenges facing usus around the world but i would also like to welcome back a former colleague dan coats to appear for the committee and general stuart thank you for your continued leadership in the defense of doesn't it. the military strategy organizes around so-called four plus one threats facing our nation and russia china north korea iran and the enduring nonstate challenge of violent extremism as we at witness last evening in manchester and gwen are thoughts and prayers go out to the people of england. we are pursuing these issues and i knows you gentlemen are at the forefront in terms of our intelligence efforts i appreciate what you do. the four plus one threat that i've just touched upon in forms a capability to develop the size of the

mr. chairman. >> senator lee has not had first round so i got to go to senator lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you mr. comey for being here today. i want to talk to you about electronic communications transaction records. would it be fair to say that electronic communications transaction records include such things as browsing hisstory? once history of website one might have visited? >> yes. >> would it be fair to say also that what one views, what pages one has visited might in some ways be indicative of what one is reading? >> potentially. even if we do not see where they want on a page but they went to , espn and gives you some indication of their interest. >> you can find a a fair amount of a person if you're able to review what it is they have been reading for certain period of time. >> right. the only reason i am hesitating as i understand we cannot -- all we can get the websites visited or not where they went on the page or where they clicked. just like we called it gives an indication of interest. >> it will be indicative of what they did on the website? information,t t

sophia lee: we are still trying to figure that out. we recently passed mr. -- which would raise property taxes to pay for about 10,000 housing units in the next 10 years. measure h, a sales , that will hopefully raise $3.5 billion to pay for more services. we have to take homelessness seriously only when it hits us in the nose. issue.o lawyer a big it is a crisis. the council finally created a state of emergency and is finally attracting a lot of attention and political traction. but you have to wonder throwing more money at it, we arty spend $1 billion taking care of the folk -- the homeless. will not stop the issue. do we understand the nature of the monster your dealing with? i am trying to figure that out, and so are a lot of people. host: this is implicit in your reporting that poverty so often comes with a value judgment, the misconception that the rich must deserve their fortune, and the poor are not working hard enough. people shared their stories. these guys. by they became homeless after having a stillborn baby, had to pay for his funeral, then us

jackson lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to support the continued appropriation for 2017 and ask the question, say it isn't so. when the trump was presented the skinny budget, $600 billion was cut out of n.i.h. which would impact a major research in diseases that impact americans. thank goodness that we worked toward a $2 billion increase for n.i.h. in this appropriations bill and equally so how we can announce in houston that the houston housing authority will be able to reissue vouchers for homeless families. because $654 million-plus was in the section 8 vouchers, $40 million-plus was put in for veterans who are homeless, and $10 million were put in for the disabled. in addition, we added to the cops on the beat program and as well provided additional dollars to enhance the civil 897.5 ivision from million dollars. the budget or the appropriations should be a road map for serving americans, not a nickel and dime approach to undermine. i am glad the resistance remain strong, and that is why we have a budget or an ap

mr. president, allow me to express my gratitude for taking this step lee shau kee. -- to reach out. we meet today to advance meetings around the serious threats facing our world. the future for all of us will be shaped by the actions that we take now. and we all have to work in partnership in four key areas. first and foremost, we have a grave challenge. to address the complex layers of the threat from these evil ideas to its attack on prosperity and security. as you have mentioned, -- >> as we hear remarks from the cave jordan we will break away from this live coverage from riyadh, saudi arabia. you can see this later today on the seas and networks or anytime you like on our c-span.org website. president trump continues his trip tomorrow with a visit to israel. wednesday he heads to rome and vatican city where he meets with hope francis. concluding later this week with two final stops. first brussels and nato leaders and then sicily for the annual g-7 summit. look for coverage of the trip throughout the week here on the c-span networks. >> never let anyone define you area that is t

mr. chairman. i went over. apologize. >> senator lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general clapper, ms. yates, good to see you again good to have you back here. miss yates, i remember so well your confirmation hearing. i remember one senator just bearing in on you. tensely bearing in on you, saying, would you stand up to the president of the united states if you thought he was asking you to do something unlawful? he is demanding under oath for you to say, yes, you would stand up. and you told then senator jeff sessions of alabama, that's what you would do. and appears to me that you kept your word. apparently it's okay to keep your word depending on who the administration is. but i'm proud of you for keeping your record. the president tried to set a religious test for entrance into this country, something most first area law students would say is unconstitutional. you said you weren't going to oppose it. i wish that mr. sessions and others kept it consistent in this administration as they did in the last. that's my editorial judgment. now, you wrote to the justice department, i'm respon

lee: we all work with senator lieberman. have great respect for him. i'll wait to see what happens. thank you. reporter: what were your impressions? mr. sherman: i think the deputy attorney general were serious, dedicated, takes his oath of office seriously. i'm reassured from that standpoint. as to the question that keeps getting asked is, why did he write the memo, he opined that a decision is not final until it's final. i think that's all of our experience. many a time i've gone to my staff and said we're going to do this and i made a decision and then somebody says, have you thought of this or have you thought of that or that's a great idea, boss. as a matter of fact, there's some other reasons to do it as well. so he at least implied that the memo was part of the decisionmaking process or the decision confirming process when it came to the removal of director comey. reporter: senator said he was telling him he knew director comey was going to be fired before? mr. sherman: he knew the decision was going to be made and at the same time he observed a decision is not final until it's final. reporter: did he give the impression that h

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mr. speaker, i yield a minute and a half to the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman very much. i have listened to the debate on the floor, i want to join my fellow colleagues, women and men of democratic caucus on opposing the working families flexibility act of 2017 and i just have one anecdotal story that reflects the constituents that i represent. take that woman who i saw in going to my elementary school's -- elementary schools, visiting them, i saw a mother who got up at 4:00 in the morning to take three bustos drop her young child off at an elementary school and get two buses back to work. an hourly wage maker. she does it because one she's supporting her child and two she's got to work. this bill is a complete undermining of all the hardworking men and women who need their money to pay the light bill, to pay rent, maybe even a mortgage, to pay the normal expenses that many take for granted. and this bill wants to substitute compensatory time, excuse me, for overtime pay and so i cannot imagine that anyone with a heart would h

lee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. before i begin i'd like to introduce our foster youth shadow from oakland, california. her oldest daughter will be starting -- [ applause ] -- she'll be starting kindergarten this fall and so as we deliberate today, let us keep in mind the young families who will be affected by our decisions and good to see you. you kind of hurt, quite frankly, she heard your response to congresswoman clark's question with regard to discrimination against students. it's been the federal government that allowed me to go to school. okay? and so, when you say that you -- it's up to the parents and local communities, even if young people are being discriminated against, that is the parents and schools and to take the federal government's responsibility out of that is just appalling and sad. i see in your budget, it reflect what is you said. you're cutting $1.7 million from the office of civil rights. to me, it's outrageous. and again, i have to go back to your statement when you said that hbcus historical