mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. today in communities across our country young people are asking whether they will be able to stay in the country they've ever called home. struggling patients and veterans are wondering whether their local community health center will be able to stay open and provide the care that they can't otherwise afford. workers and

schumer to the senator from washington mrs. murray. the senator from michigan miss stabenow. the senator from minnesota miss klobuchar. the senator from west virginia mr. manchin and the senator from wisconsin ms. baldwin. the members of the oscar committee will exit the chamber stood the lobby doors. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> mr. speaker. the leader of the diplomatic corps. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about an issue that is critical to patients and families in my home state of washington and across the country. today parents are wondering if they will be able to get the health care that their kids need, and communities are wondering if they'll be able to provide it. that's unacceptable. congress has to swiftly and fully restore the children's health insurance program, or chip, and funding for other services families need, like community health centers, which have been waiting now more than 100 days for a long-term solution. and they should do so without making deep cuts to successful prevention programs in the centers for disease control that tackle avoidable conditions like heart disease and diabetes. democrats have wanted to get this done for months, but by focusing on pushing through partisan tax reform at the end of the year, republicans instead put massive corporations and the wealthiest ahead of making sure our children and their f

mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. today in communities across our country young people are asking whether they will be able to stay in the country they've ever called home. struggling patients and veterans are wondering whether their local community health center will be able to stay open and provide the care that they can't otherwise afford. workers and business owners are wondering again whether the government will even be open in a week or two. but, mr. president, instead of addressing the serious and pressing challenges that people are facing, republican leaders today are debating whether to trust women to make their own health care choices. that's right. while this country is waiting for us to come together and solve problems, republicans are wasting precious time with a politically motivated partisan bill that is engineered to drive us apart and hurt women. i come here today to oppose in the strongest terms the extreme ideological abortion ban that republican leaders have brought to the floor today. it goes agai

mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. today in communities across our country young people are asking whether they will be able to stay in the country they've ever called home. struggling patients and veterans are wondering whether their local community health center will be able to stay open and provide the care that they can't otherwise afford. workers and business owners are wondering again whether the government will even be open in a week or two. but, mr. president, instead of addressing the serious and pressing challenges that people are facing, republican leaders today are debating whether to trust women to make their own health care choices. that's right. while this country is waiting for us to come together and solve problems, republicans are wasting precious time with a politically motivated partisan bill that is engineered to drive us apart and hurt women. i come here today to oppose in the strongest terms the extreme ideological abortion ban that republican leaders have brought

mr. murray that there's a contradiction here in subsidizing coal plants that contribute to climate changeher that the energy secretary was talking about when he questioned the resiliency of the grid >> i think he is wrong in his statement. i know he's wrong. there's no ask here for a subsidy for coal it's to pay the coal-fired generators and the nuclear electricity generators for having the capacity in the grid to keep the lights on. you see, contessa, we can't store wind at a power plant. we can't store sunshine. we can't even store natural gas, but the loads on the power plants go up and down daily and over the seasons we need something there to keep the power grid reliable and to keep the lights on during this bomb cyclone last week, gas prices went up 60 times. 60 times >> most of the utility providers have contracts, long-term contracts with natural gas so that didn't affect what consumers are paying >> that's not true what happened is the gas companies couldn't deliver 17 -- 37,000megawatts of gas to the power plants to generate the electricity because the gas lines were froze up an

mrs. murray: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, almost a year ago, as republicans were jamming through the confirmation of tom price as secretary of health and human services, i rose to object to hisominatn, and i voiced my very deep concerns about whether secretary price would be committed to protecting health care for our families, committed to putting evidence and sound policy over partisanship and ideology, and whether he would be committed to addressing the many ethical questions about his investments republicans allowed to go unanswered. well, he was not. today secretary price is infamous for two signature achievements. first of all, undermining health care, access for millions of people, and second, resigning in scandal and disgrace. in the wake of secretary price's resignation, president trump had another opportunity to get this right. i believe families in washington state deserve a health secretary who will finally put patience ahead of politics. unfortunately, after meeting

mrs. murray: mr. president, it was just one year ago that president trump was sworn into office, promising the american people he would break through the gridlock to get results for workers and families, that he would work with democrats and republicans, that he would be this great dealmaker, the best, he said. well, mr. president, this past year has proven quite the opposite, and nothing has made that clearer than what we have seen these past few days. this has been a year of chaos and disfunction, of bullying and attacks, of hatred and division and controversy and crises, and that's just what we have been seeing on the president's twitter feed before breakfast. so, mr. president, on the heels of so much utter dysfunction and disarray coming from this republican government, it is fitting, even while deeply disappointing, that president trump's first year has ended with him pushing our country into a completely unnecessary government shutdown, because, mr. president, there is no reason, absolutely no

mr. murray had decided the current prime minister who is the head of. the former prime minister mr minister no he is still in the more of the crowd and i think it's five zero in this you can see that this is. it is still has a vent that. just is not going to relinquish overnight and allow people to drop in the cut they want to into the economy progress made under this predicament if you will of the country continue to remain and i don't know if the legitimacy of the community said x. or the government. ok we'll have to see how it all plays out amadan again thank you very much for joining us appreciate it. north korea has reopened communication inside to militarize south korea for the first time in almost two years this took place ahead of talks between the two governments scheduled for tuesday a monday north korea north korea's leader kim jong un made a rare conciliatory offer of talks staring has bigger stress or smith reports. this is the only official means of communication between north korea and south korea but for almost two years the north koreans

mr. chair and ranking member murray for holding this hearing and thank you mr. quinones for being here and your work. just at the outset i would say some of the es themes you touched on community are also the themes that robert putman has touched on in his work with kids. >> absolutely. >> and i think your book and his together are really important. i want to just start by lay tg a little bit of ground work. i was governor of new hampshire started in january of 2013. also working with medicaid expansion in august 2013. in 2013, we had 192 overdose deaths in new hampshire. in 2014, 326. we were on an upward trajectory even before medicaid expansion. and in fact one of the reasons we all came together to implement medicaid expansion is because we had a crisis in our behavioral health and drug overdose deaths in our state and we knew that medicaid expansion would get more treatment to people. and my own anecdotal sense that medicaid expansion did not in fact cause an increase in opioid deaths is reinforced by recent article in health affairs. so i want folks to hav

mr. ryan and senator murray that we would -- we understand our military is critically important and we also understand there are domestic is thewhether it environment, health care, education, they are important as well. both the defense and nondefense sides of the budget are hurt when you have a cr because they plan, and they cannot make contracts if they do not have any money. correct,i think she is but what we ought to have done over the last six months, particularly when we did the september, we gave 90 days, is to reach some agreement on what the caps are going to be. the ryan agreements were parity and we believe that is important. we should get to where we should get an want to get there, but we all to have -- we ought to have an agreement based on what we had before. pres. trump: we have to take politics out of the military. we need our military and we needed stronger than ever before. we have to take politics out of the villa terry. one thing -- out of the military. maybe i'm stronger on this than some of the republican side. support from the republicans on infrastructure. i think w

mr. chairman. i want to also congratulate you and senator murray on this one-year anniversary. one more reason to be happy to be on this committee. dr. gottlieb, i just wondered if you could give the committee a little bit of an update are on where you are with the implementation of the med tech act, the bill that senator hatch and i worked on together. >> well, i appreciate the question. i'll try to be brief. we just announced major components of implementation of some of those provisions today. so we continue to move forward with this on schedule. i think it's a good example what we're trying to do in this space. it's a good example of what we're trying to do generally with cures, where we're taking the provisions that congress outlined and trying to take the spirit of what congress set out to achieve in trying to go beyond that. so, for example, congress set out to create a more efficient process for the review, or to exclude certain decisions support tools used by clinicians, and in the announcement we made today, we're also going to exclude certain decisions to support too

murray. senator warren. >> thank you, mr. chairman, so we have been talking about the cures act. it has a lot of bipartisan provisions that i'm really glad became law. during our recent hearing on gene editing, we talked about pricing that senator inssy and i have worked on together. right now massachusetts biotech companies are benefitting from a provision that senator bennett and senator burn and senator hatch and i wrote to try to clarify fda authority relating to gene therapies for rare diseases and i could go on. it's a long list. but cures also fell short in a really big way, and that's on funding. i led democrats on this committee in calling for an extra $50 billion for the nih and fda and cures did know the send one single new dollar to these agencies. instead, it only said that future congresses might spend about 10% of that amount on nih and fda. and i'm glad that so far, congress has been increasing nih funding. but i don't think it's time for us to pat ourselves on the back yet over where we are in funding the nih. so, dr. collins, let me just go through this a little

mr. chairman and senator murray and distinguished members of the committee. i assumed this role five months ago we before hurricane harvey struck texas. it's been an interesting experience so far and i have much to share from that experience. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today in the second rasterization of papa. this committee championed a bipartisan effort to draft and pass its groundbreaking legislation. i want to thank you for continuing your commitment to this endeavor. i'm proud to have played a part in the original legislative process during my tenure with this committee and acknowledge the vision and leadership of senator burr in the late senator ted kennedy. this morning i'll share with you my perspective on the national security of papa the mission and duties in my visions for areas of improving. the constitution states one of the government's fundamental obligation is to provide for defense and protect the american people are homeland and way of life to the strength of our nation's public health and medical infrastructure as we

mr. ryan and senator murray, speaker ryan, that we would understand that our military's critically important but we also understand that our domestic issues, whether it's education, whether it's health care, whether it's the environment, whether it's transportation and infrastructure, they're important as well and both the defense and nondefense sides of the budget are hurt when you have a cr because they cannot plan and they cannot let contracts that they don't have any money to do so. so very frankly, i think ms. mcsally is correct. what we ought to have done over the last six months, particularly when we did the september and we gave 90 days is to reach some agreement on what the caps are going to be, the murray/ryan agreements were parody. we believe that's very important. so we can get to where we should get and want to get there, but we ought to have an agreement based upon what the last two -- >> we do have to take politics out of the military. we need that military. with all the other things we talk about, we won't be here if we don't have the right military. we need our military and

mr. ryan and senator murray that we understand that our military is critically important and we also understand that our domestic issues whether it's education or whether it's health care or the environment or transportation and infrastructure. they are important as well. both the defense and nondefense sides of the budget are hurt when you have a cr. they cannot plan. if they don't have money to do so. after the last six months particularly when we did the september when we gave 90 days is to reach agreement on what the caps are going to be. the murray-ryan agreements were a parody and we believe that's important. we can get to where we should get and want to get there, but we ought to have an agreement based upon what the last two -- >> we have to take politics out of the military. we need the military. we won't be here if we don't have the right military. we need the military stronger than ever before and we are ready to do it, but we have to take politics out of the military. one thing that we can get along with on a bipartisan basis and maybe i'm struggling with a lot of people on the repu

mr. ryan and senator murray, speaker ryan and -- that we would -- we understand that our military's critically important, but we also understand that our domestic issue, whether it's education, whether it's health case whether it's the environment, whether it's transportation and infrastructure, they're important as well. and both the defense and nondefense sides of the budget are hurt when you have a cr. because they cannot plan. and they cannot let contracts if they don't have any money to do so. so that very frankly, i think miss mcalley is correct, but i think what we ought to have done over last six months, particularly when we did september and we gave 90 days, is to reach some agreement on what the caps are going to be. the murray/ryan agreements were in parity. we believe that's very important. we can get to where we should get and want to get there. we ought to have an agreement based upon what the last two -- >> but steny, we do have to take politics out of the military. we need that military. all the other things we talk about. we're not going to be here if we don't have the right m

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senator murray. >> thank you mr. chairman.i'm glad to be continuing our discussion on this important issue. i know our witness today has been following the epidemic crisis. mr. sam quinones, thank you for joining us. as we like to welcome your wife and daughter who i assume the city behind you. i'm glad that they were able to be here with you today. i look forward to hearing your perspective on how we can better help our communities like this crisis and support all of those who have been impacted. i really appreciate the investigative work that you have done to help shed light on this challenge. of course, i'm sure that you would agree the rise of the epidemic is broader in scope than any one book can tell. their people from all backgrounds that have stories about the harm this is done. the arkansans lost children to an overdose. children that have lost parents to an overdose. veterans in chronic pain struggling with addictions, doctors treating babies born addicted to opioids and a lot more. i heard these heartbreaking storie

senator murray. >> thank you mr. chairman. i'm glad to be continuing our discussion on this important issue. i know our witness today has been following the epidemic crisis. mr. sam quinones, thank you for joining us. as we like to welcome your wife and daughter who i assume the city behind you. i'm glad that they were able to be here with you today. i look forward to hearing your perspective on how we can better help our communities like this crisis and support all of those who have been impacted. i really appreciate the investigative work that you have done to help shed light on this challenge. of course, i'm sure that you would agree the rise of the epidemic is broader in scope than any one book can tell. their people from all backgrounds that have stories about the harm this is done. the arkansans lost children to an overdose. children that have lost parents to an overdose. veterans in chronic pain struggling with addictions, doctors treating babies born addicted to opioids and a lot more. i heard these heartbreaking stori

senator murray. >> thanks very much mr. chairman. i'm glad to be continue our discussion on this important issue. i know our witness today has been following the opioid crisis and its growth into the full-blown epidemic, families and community across the country are facing today. mr. quinones, thank you for joining us. i also want to welcome your wife and daughter whom i assume are sitting right behind you there. i'm glad they were able to be here with you today. i look forward to hearing your perspective on how we can better help our communities write this crisis and support all of those have been impacted, and i really appreciate the investigative work that you've done to help shed light on this challenge. of course amateur you would agree the rise of this epidemic is broader in scope than any one book can tell. there are people from every background and every corner of the country who have stories about the harm that this is done, and they are parents of lost children to an overdose, children have lost parents to an overdose, vete

mr. chairman, both of you sirs, and senator murray and distinguished members of the committee. i assumed this role five months ago just a week before hurricane harvey struck texas. it's been an interesting experience so far and i have much to share from that experience. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today as you prepare to consider the second reauthorization. this committee championed the bipartisan effort to draft and pass this ground-breaking legislation. i want to thank you for continuing, your continuing commitment to this endeavor. i'm proud to have played a part in the original legislative process during my tenure with this committee and acknowledge the vision and leadership of senator burr and the late senator ted kennedy. this morning i will share with you my perspective on the national security imperative of the act, the missions and duties and my visions for areas of improvement. the constitution states one of the federal governments fundamental obligations to provide for the common defense, protect the american people, our homeland and way of life

mr. ryan and senator murray that we understand the military is important, but we also understand that heres, whether it's health care, environment, transportation and infrastructure, they are important as well. both the defense and nondefense sides of the budget are hurting when you have this er because they cannot plan and they cannot lead contracts that they don't have any money to do so. very frankly, this alley is correct, but what we ought to have done over the last six months, particularly this september when we give 90 days is to reach some agreement on what attacks are going to be. the ryan agreements were a parody and we believe that it's very important. we should get to where we should get and want to get there, but we ought to have an agreement based upon -- >> we do have to take politics out of the military. all the other things we talk about. we are not going to be here if we don't have the right military. we need the military stronger than ever before and we are ready to do it. one thing that i think i can really get on a bipartisan basis and the republican side and great su

mr. president. the article details demands made by murray that have already been checked off by the president and the administration, including the repeal of the clean power plan, withdrawal from the paris climate agreement, the installation of mining industry operatives at the mine, healthy administration and even the appointment of a possible fuel friendly united states supreme court justice. several more of bob murray's action plan requests are underway at the mine, safety, and health administration now led by a former coal mine executive, murray energy, and industry trade associations are working to undo obama era rules to protect miners, and the 2010 coal mine dust rule is also on the chopping block. over at e.p.a., bob murray's political money beneficiary, scott pruitt, has begun a review of the agency's 2015 ozone standards. let me just drop in as a senator from rhode island we have had days when you drive into work and the skies are clear and the weather is nice and the radio says little children, infants, and elderly folks and people who have a breathing difficulty should stay inside air con

mr. speaker, as you know. that you process agreed with senator murray that we have followed for the last four years. all we are asking is, let's follow it again. that is why we are here. because we have not been able to get such an agreement. we have also asked that we be able to protect at the request of the president of the united states, dreamers. put something on the floor, as he said, and send it to him, and he would sign it. chipnt to reauthorize the program and the community health centers and other health programs. we agree on that. the american public has got to be so distressed that they see this going on on this floor of the house. we want to provide disaster relief to those in texas, florida, puerto rico, virgin islands, and yes, those who have been subjected to fires in the west. one, i will give you one and a half. from marylandan is recognized for one and one half minutes. >> i thank my friend, the presiding officer and the timekeeper. i urge my republican colleagues, who were in the majority, and control the legislative process . end this shutdown. usual authority to bring to the flo

murray? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. secretary, thank you for being here today. >> last year, the government tried to take money away from important issues and try to spend it on literally anything. you've come to us repeatedly, sometimes days or weeks left, saying va will run out of funding for the choice program earlier than expected. the department has to start being transparent with congress about its budget needs and not writing critical programs to cover these shortfalls and give us, finally, a realistic picture of community care spending. those are really basic expectations. how much you're spending and ask for what you really need. so i wanted to ask you today, will there be any changes in how va manages its business operations or is it time to consider a new approach to these functions? >> yeah. yeah. well, first of all, i think those are fair criticisms. and i have to take responsibility. this is a system we're trying to do so much and so fast we're obviously making some mistakes and have to do better at that.

mr. chairman just reference the ranking member senator moore -- murray yesterday the chairman i was in touch with theth appropriate people f and to the best i could determine now i am working expeditiously so you will not have any conflict to testify whatsoever. >> that is her desire as well. >> grateful for this hearing and working with you. again on this reauthorization and i commend your work on this. also the chairman and for this bipartisan hearings on the nation's capabilities in advance of the reauthorization of the pandemic all hazards and response act. one brief story about how preparation is this is a good example so in this case in the aftermath of the tragedy that trained real mint that occurred may 2015, it was carrying 238 passengers when it derailed. eight people lost their lives in over 200 injured. fortunately through fun -- funding through the pahra preparedness program the pennsylvania department of health and the regional healthcare coalition and long working together to prepare local healthcare systems for emergencies that could cause the surgeon patients. when the train

mr. warner. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, blumenthal, booker, brown, cantwell, casey, durbin, feinstein, graham, harris, hasson, heinrich, cane, king, leahey, menendez, murphy, murray, paul, peters, reed, sanders, shots, schumer, shaheen, smith, stab now, van hol lin, warner, warren, whitehouse and widen. mr. lee, no. mr. jones, aye. mr. tesser, no. mr. gill grabrand, no. >> we heard that senator lindsey graham did vote no. at least one republican vote no. we also just heard senator jon tester vote no. a democrat of montana who was one of the senators the republicans thought they were going to be able to get. this vote is clearly going against the republicans. >> to hear lindsey graham voting no as we just did, jon tester voting no immediately after that call of the roll, at this point it doesn't look like there's a possibility for the republicans in this vote. >> no. i think thenlyhance mitch mcconnell has is slim to none and slim left town. you heard bob casey vote no. i only heard four democrats voting yes and with most of the democratic votes in. i think that basically it's clear this is going down to defeat. looks like there's going to be a shutdown. i agree w

murray i just want to : thank the witness for being here today. your name has been pronounced a lot of different ways. [laughter] can you pronounce it. mr. quinones: quinoes. [laughter] [laughter] it's been pronounced to me in numerous different ways through my life. senator murray thank you for : your excellent work and i look forward to working with you and all of the committee members. >> thank you. senator murkowski has questions and then we will wrap up the hearing. senator murkowski so many : statistics you have cited in your book but one that floored me was the reference to the volume that goes in the united states consume when it comes to narcotics. you state that the united states consumes and they are writing 83% of the votes oxycodone and 99% of the world's hydrocodone. gram for gram a group of specialists wrote in 2012 people in the united states consume more narcotic medication than any other nation worldwide. okay, so people can become addicted whether you are a u.s. citizen or some place in south america, what is it about this country that has us at only 99% of the world's hydrocodone and vicodin? what is it that has happen

for them after the couple fucked around with mr hates it for jim and then oil for folks that are fairly mature for. the money. president trump promotes murray care first vision takes a swipe at the media while speaking to politico on business leaders in davos i believe in america i will put america first america is roaring back his future has never been brighter. wiki leaks founder julian assange on u.k. court to overturn his arrest warrant in a bid to end his following year of captivity at the ecuadorian embassy in the. u.s. accuses turkey of the stabilizing northern syria with its military offensive against the kurdish militias while i'm there is a crisis of trust with russia. just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow and it's the weekend saturday january twenty seventh welcome to r.t. international i'm unit o'neill we begin in switzerland where donald trump has been speaking to political and business leaders at the world economic forum the us president used his address to talk up his vision for protectionist trade policies on tax cuts to take a swipe at the media in the meantime jack is in davos for us. well probably to no o

murray. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, secretary, thank you for being here today. last year the department tried to quietly take money away from essential programs, hud vash, child care, and move the money to general purpose accounts to where it could be spent on anything. you've come to us repeatedly, sometimes days or weeks letter saying v.a. will run out of funding for the choice program earlier than expected. the department has to start being transparent with congress, about its budget needs and not rating critical programs to cover the short falls. to give us finally a realistic picture of community care spending. those are really basic expectations, how much you're spending, and ask for what you really need. so i want to ask you today, will there be any changes in how v.a. manages its business operations, or is it time to consider a new approach to these functions? >> well, first of all, i think those are fair criticisms. and i have to take responsibility for some of the observations that you have. i will tell you that there is no desire to do anything underh

mr. leader, i would respectfully hope we could pursue the policy and agreement that we made and that speaker ryan was a principal on your side of the aisle and senator murray the principal on our side of the aisle, reached agreement on parity of increase. not parity of expenditures because we spend more on defense, but parity of increase. i would hope we could pursue that and that would make, i think, a -- it would accelerate agreement on how we're going forward. but i know the gentleman is going to be working on both of those efforts. i appreciate that and look forward to working with him. unless the gentleman wants further time i yield back the alance of my time. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized. the speaker: my colleagues, i rise for a very happy purpose that the to recognize honorable don young of alaska is the new dean of the house of representatives. all right. the tradition of having a dean that dates back centuries to the house of commons. it is an honor that goes to our longest continuous serving member. don young is one of only 28 americans in our history of this nation to serve more

mr. speaker, as you know. it is the process that you agreed with senator murray that we have followed for the last four years. all we're asking is let's follow it again. that is why we're here. because we have not been able to get such an agreement. we have also asked that we be able to protect at the request of the president of the united states, agreements, put something on the floor, as he said and he would sign it. we want to re-authorize the chip program and community health centers and other health programs. we agree on that. the american public has got to be so distressed that they see this going on on this floor of the house. we want to provide disaster elief to those in texas, florida and puerto rico and virgin islands. ms. slaughter: i'm going to give you one have minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend. i urge my republican colleagues who are in the majority and control the legislative process, end this shutdown. use the authority you are asking for under this rule to bring to the floor the items on which we agree. mr. speaker, you have said, you

murray hill, new jersey. we're talking with some of the staff members about what they're working on, and joining us now, michael eggleston. mr. eggleston, what is it that you to here? >> guest: so i'm actually a researcher. i work on integrated optical sensing methods and technology. >> host: and before we get into what those are, what's your background? >> guest: so i have a background in solid state physics and semiconductor devices. where's your degree from? >> guest: berkeley. uc-berkeley. >> host: and ph.d.? >> guest: my undergrad was at iowa state university. >> guest: are you from iowa? >> guest: i'm from minnesota originally. [laughter] >> host: well, you're here at bell labs now, and you're working again on -- >> guest: i'm working on optical sensors. >> host: which is what? >> guest: really anything that detect light. the most familiar you'd be familiar with is a camera which we all basically carry on us every day. typical cameras only see two-dimensional images. so what i'm working on are 3-d optical imaging techniques very similar to radar but using light. >> host: aren't those in practical use today already? >>

mr. speaker, as you know. it is the process that you agreed with senator murray that we have followed for the last four years. all we're asking is let's follow it again. that is why we're here. because we have not been able to get such an agreement. we have also asked that we be able to protect at the request of the president of the united states, agreements, put something on the floor, as he said and he would sign it. we want to re-authorize the chip program and community health centers and other health programs. we agree on that. the american public has got to be so distressed that they see this going on on this floor of the house. we want to provide disaster elief to those in texas, florida and puerto rico and virgin islands. ms. slaughter: i'm going to give you one have minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend. i urge my republican colleagues who are in the majority and control the legislative process, end this shutdown. use the authority you are asking for under this rule to bring to the floor the items on which we agree. mr. speaker, you have said, you

mr. leader, i would respectfully hope we could pursue the policy and agreement that we made and that speaker ryan was a principal on your side of the aisle and senator murray the principal on our side of the aisle, reached agreement on parity of increase. not parity of expenditures because we spend more on defense, but parity of increase. i would hope we could pursue that and that would make, i think, a -- it would accelerate agreement on how we're going forward. but i know the gentleman is going to be working on both of those efforts. i appreciate that and look forward to working with him. unless the gentleman wants further time i yield back the alance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow and further when the house adjourns on that day it adjourn to meet on tuesday next when it shall convene at noon for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognitio

mr. ryan and senator murray that we would -- we understand that our military is critically important but we also understand that our domestic issues, whether it's education, health care, environment, transportation and infrastructure, they are important as well. both the defense and non-defense sides of the budget are hurt when you have a cr. they cannot plan. they cannot let contracts if they don't have any money to do so. very frankly, what we ought to have done over the last six months, particularly when we did september and we gave 90 days is to reach some agreement on what the caps are going to be, the murray-ryan agreements, we believe that's very important. we can get to where we should get and want to get there but we ought to have an agreement based upon the last two. >> we need to take politics out of the military, we need that military. we are not going to be here if we don't have the right military. we need it stronger than ever before and ready to do it but we have to take politics out of the military. one thing i think we can really get along with on a bipartisan basis, i w

mr. leader, i would respectfully hope we could pursue the policy and agreement that we made and that speaker ryan was a principal on your side of the aisle and senator murray the principal on our side of the aisle, reached agreement on parity of increase. not parity of expenditures because we spend more on defense, but parity of increase. i would hope we could pursue that and that would make, i think, a -- it would accelerate agreement on how we're going forward. but i know the gentleman is going to be working on both of those efforts. i appreciate that and look forward to working with him. unless the gentleman wants further time i yield back the balance of my time. >> coming up on c-span