mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, i want to speak about bob lessonson, a retired -- bob levenson, a retired f.b.i. agent who nine years ago today disappeared in iran. he was on the tourist island of kisch. it's a little island off the coast of iran. it is in iranian territory. it is in the persian gulf. it is just a few minutes' flight from dubai. bob levenson was there, conflict ing information. but in the process of checking out from his hotel and getting in a cab and going to the airport to return i think to dubai, he disappeared nine years ago today. there is a lot of mystery in the disappearance, and there is a lot of mystery in what has happened ever since. there's a mystery as to why the f.b.i. at about -- shortly after his disappearance was somewhat lackadaisical about pursuing it. there is a mystery of why the c.i.a. was not coordinating with the f.b.i. in pursuing vigorous ly the disappea

i believe mrs. nelson said she could not appear today. is mrs. bryant here? great, please come on up. >> good morning supervisors mar, tang and cohen. i have been in san francisco for 52 years [inaudible] and i have diversifyed experience in the [inaudible] for 15 years i was in the trust division with [inaudible] doing trust accounting and also real estate. [inaudible] for the individual banks. as a tax accountant i was doing the taxes foremost -in the tax department before [inaudible] for doing the trust division. [inaudible] i was doing the actual [inaudible] beginning from the application until the conveyance of the property. i also have experience [inaudible] taking classes with city college working [inaudible] i did an appraisal on a single family residents in mountain spring and [inaudible] which i had from the [inaudible] and i also have done the private trust with other conservativeship and also a conservative for the city listed here in san francisco but i didn't do the [inaudible] i would be happy to join this group and based on [inaudible] and bas

mr. nelson: mr. president, i rise to welcome a national hero back to planet earth. commander scott kelly. after spending 340 days in space on his most recent visit to the international space station, commander kelly has smashed the previous u.s. record in space flight and for most of the total time spent in space as well. but commander kelly's accomplishment, while notable in its own right, is serving a greater purpose. nasa is preparing to undertake one of the greatest technological challenges in human history, a voyage to the planet mars. depending on the alignment of the planets, mars is anywhere from 35 million miles to an astounding 250 million miles from earth. it's all according to the alignment of the planets. now, if you want to put that into perspective, mr. president, the distance from you and me reflecting the 238,000 miles from earth to the moon, which is as far as we have gone and is a long way, that's the farthest we've ever been. but if that distance from the earth to moon were represented on the distance from you to me, then the distance to mars fro

mr. nelson: mr. president, i want to associate my remarks with the senator from minnesota and just say, you know, it is so clear what the constitution sa says. it says that the president shals shall -- nominate and then the senate will advise and consent. that's clear. the president's going to nominate so are we going to wait around for a whole year without giving our advice and/or consent? in other words, just do your job. so i thank the senator for her comments. mr. president, i have a very touchy subject to talk about again about the ongoing takata airbag fiasco. it is now a recall fiasco. to this point some 26 million of these airbags that are in the center of the steering column that we drive around with right in front of us or in front of the passenger seat or on the sides, side airbags, some 26 million of them have already been recalled. a little over a week ago i spoke about this continuing customer confusion over this recall if fiasco. well, for the sake of the safety of our american consume

i believe mrs. nelson said she could not appear today. is mrs. bryant here?reat, please come on up. >> good morning supervisors mar, tang and cohen. i have been in san francisco for 52 years [inaudible] and i have diversifyed experience in the [inaudible] for 15 years i was in the trust division with [inaudible] doing trust accounting and also real estate. [inaudible] for the individual banks. as a tax accountant i was doing the taxes foremost -in the tax department before [inaudible] for doing the trust division. [inaudible] i was doing the actual [inaudible] beginning from the application until the conveyance of the property. i also have experience [inaudible] taking classes with city college working [inaudible] i did an appraisal on a single family residents in mountain spring and [inaudible] which i had from the [inaudible] and i also have done the private trust with other conservativeship and also a conservative for the city listed here in san francisco but i didn't do the [inaudible] i would be happy to join this group and based on [inaudible] and based

mr. nelson: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: madam president, i would just add to senator leahy's comments that a year ago, unfortunately, honduras was known as the murder capital of the world, the highest per-capita murders per 100,000 people. that has improved some, but that little poor nation under its new president struggling to overcome the drug lords, the crime bosses that prey upon a country that is ravaged by poverty, and it is such a tempting thing when all kinds of dollars are drug in front of their noses in order to tempt them to get involved in these crime syndicates that have a distribution network of whatever it is, drugs, trafficking, human trafficking, other criminal elements, a distribution that goes from south to north on up into the united states. so i join senator leahy in his expression of grief and condolences for the lady that was murdered. madam president, this senator has conferred with the administration on its proposal in the atlantic seaboard for the drilling, at least the administration listen

nelson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. so, i'm in the tesla. and we're coming back across the anacostia river and getting up on -- on the bridge then to get on to the ramp on to 395. and i'm instructed in the driver's seat engage the autonomous switch. i click it twice. take your hands off the wheel. and so, all of a sudden the car is speeding up. and they say, it automatically will go with the flow of the vehicles in front and back. but now we are approaching the onramp on to 395 and it is a sharp turn. and the vehicle is still speeding up. and they said, trust the vehicle. and as we approach the concrete wall, my instincts could not resist. and i grabbed the wheel, touched the brake and took over manual control. i said, what would have happened? they said if you'd left your hands off the wheel it would have made that sharp turn and come on around. so, i'm here to tell you -- >> we're glad you're here. [ laughter ] >> that i'm glad i grabbed the wheel. but we know if this is working as it apparently is then they're going to be many lives that

i believe mrs. nelson said she could not appear today. is mrs. bryant here? great, please come on up. >> good morning supervisors mar, tang and cohen. i have been in san francisco for 52 years [inaudible] and i have diversifyed experience in the [inaudible] for 15 years i was in the trust division with [inaudible] doing trust accounting and also real estate. [inaudible] for the individual banks. as a tax accountant i was doing the taxes foremost -in the tax department before [inaudible] for doing the trust division. [inaudible] i was doing the actual [inaudible] beginning from the application until the conveyance of the property. i also have experience [inaudible] taking classes with city college working [inaudible] i did an appraisal on a single family residents in mountain spring and [inaudible] which i had from the [inaudible] and i also have done the private trust with other conservativeship and also a conservative for the city listed here in san francisco but i didn't do the [inaudible] i would be happy to join this group and based on [inaudible] and bas

i believe mrs. nelson said she could not appear today. is mrs. bryant here?ng supervisors mar, tang and cohen. i have been in san francisco for 52 years [inaudible] and i have diversifyed experience in the [inaudible] for 15 years i was in the trust division with [inaudible] doing trust accounting and also real estate. [inaudible] for the individual banks. as a tax accountant i was doing the taxes foremost -in the tax department before [inaudible] for doing the trust division. [inaudible] i was doing the actual [inaudible] beginning from the application until the conveyance of the property. i also have experience [inaudible] taking classes with city college working [inaudible] i did an appraisal on a single family residents in mountain spring and [inaudible] which i had from the [inaudible] and i also have done the private trust with other conservativeship and also a conservative for the city listed here in san francisco but i didn't do the [inaudible] i would be happy to join this group and based on [inaudible] and based on the facts and do the research for

mr. secretary? >> i do. >> thank you. >> on behalf of chairman mccain, senator nelson. >> mr. secretary, would you give us your advice for that period of time, 2018 to 2022 of being able to put our payloads into space, and i'm mainly talking about d.o.d. and intel payloads in addition to nasa payloads and commercial payloads. would you give us your advice on the question of whether or not we should continue to be able to have access to the rd-180 engine, which is the engine in the first stage of the atlas 5 rocket? until we develop the new one. >> i can, senator. it is reflected in our budget. and i know that there are different points of view on how to approach this problem. i think everybody agrees, we have to have assured access to space. so we have to have a way to launch our national security payloads into space. our country's security depends on that. one way to do that, which is reflected in our budget, is to continue to use the atlas booster, including a limited but continuing number of rd-180 engines. notwithstanding the fact that we don't like the fact they're made i

nelson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. so, i'm in the tesla.and we're coming back across the anacostia river and getting up on -- on the bridge then to get on to the ramp on to 395. and i'm instructed in the driver's seat engage the autonomous switch. i click it twice. take your hands off the wheel. and so, all of a sudden the car is speeding up. and they say, it automatically will go with the flow of the vehicles in front and back. but now we are approaching the onramp on to 395 and it is a sharp turn. and the vehicle is still speeding up. and they said, trust the vehicle. and as we approach the concrete wall, my instincts could not resist. and i grabbed the wheel, touched the brake and took over manual control. i said, what would have happened? they said if you'd left your hands off the wheel it would have made that sharp turn and come on around. so, i'm here to tell you -- >> we're glad you're here. [ laughter ] >> that i'm glad i grabbed the wheel. but we know if this is working as it apparently is then they're going to be many lives that c

nelson. >> thank you mr. chairman. so, i am in the tesla, we are coming back across the anacostia river and getting up on the bridge and then to get on the ramp on 395. i am instructed in the driver seat, engage the autonomous switch. i click it twice, take your hands off the wheel. so, all of a sudden this car is speeding up. they say, it automatically will go with the flow of the vehicles in front .. now we are approaching the on ramp, on 2395. it's a sharp turn in the vehicle is speeding up. they say trust the vehicle. as we approach the concrete wall, my instincts could not resist and i grabbed the wheel, touch touch the break, and took over manual control. i said what would've happened, they said if you would have left her hands off the wheel it would have made that sharp turn and come on around. so i am here to tell you. >> we are glad you are here. [laughter] >> that i am glad i grabbed the wheel. but we know that if this is working as it apparently is, they are going to be many lives that could be saved by prev

mr. opaku. >> yes, senator nelson, thank you very much. lyft, as i mentioned in my testimony, has to be a safe platform for it to work. and part of that safety is ensuring the privacy of its users and its drivers. it's something we have been 100% committed to as we launched. it's something we devoted a lot of resources to because we know our platform involves a lot of people across the country. we have an internal team that is constantly reviewing our privacy policies. approximately one fifth of our overall team constitutes engineers. and a similar number of people who are dedicated to trust and safety. so this demonstrates how we respect the privacy of our users. >> what you're saying is that technology will allow you to protect the privacy of people even in an autonomous vehicle and all the gadgets in it? >> senator nelson, i think technology is the means that will use it. i think it first starts with a commitment and dedication to ensuring it. i think that's the point i'm trying to make here. it's part of the reason why we wanted to par

i believe mrs. nelson said she could not appear today. is mrs. bryant here?> good morning supervisors mar, tang and cohen. i have been in san francisco for 52 years [inaudible] and i have diversifyed experience in the [inaudible] for 15 years i was in the trust division with [inaudible] doing trust accounting and also real estate. [inaudible] for the individual banks. as a tax accountant i was doing the taxes foremost -in the tax department before [inaudible] for doing the trust division. [inaudible] i was doing the actual [inaudible] beginning from the application until the conveyance of the property. i also have experience [inaudible] taking classes with city college working [inaudible] i did an appraisal on a single family residents in mountain spring and [inaudible] which i had from the [inaudible] and i also have done the private trust with other conservativeship and also a conservative for the city listed here in san francisco but i didn't do the [inaudible] i would be happy to join this group and based on [inaudible] and based on the facts and do the r

mr. opaku? >> yes, senator nelson, thank you very much. as i mentioned in my testimony, has to be a safe platform for it to work and part of that safety is ensuring the privacy of its users and its drivers and it's something that we've been 100% committed to since we launched and we devote services to because we know our platform involves a lot of people across the country and we have an internal team, and approximately, one-fifth of our overall team constitutes engineers and a similar number to people trusting the safety and this demonstrates how many resources we dedicate to ensuring the safety and the privacy of our users. >> so what you're saying is technology will allow you to protect the privacy of people even in an autonomous vehicle and all of the gadgets in it? >> senator nelson, i think technology is the means that will use it and first it starts with a commitment and dedication to ensure it and that's the point that i'm trying to make here and it's part of the reason that we wanted to partner with a company like general motors b

senator nelson, i'm honored to serve with you. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, as you know, this is my 129th time wake up speech to my colleagues about the serious threat of carbon pollution. and our responsibility as senators to heed that threat and to take steps to soften the blow of climate change. with each passing week, the evidence of climate change continues to mount, and public understanding of the stakes of the climate crisis continues to grow. worldwide 2015 was the hottest year since we began keeping records back in 1880. according to both noaa and nass sa*. the last five years have been the warmest five-year period on record, says the world meteorological association. we know that the amount of carbon in the earth's atmosphere has risen to its highest level in at least 800,000 years. probably several millions of years, but at least 800,000 years. global sea levels are rising along our shores at their fastest rate in nearly 3,000 years. the current rate of change in ocean acidity is already faster than any time in the past 50 million years.

mr. secretary? >> i do. >> thank you. >> senator nelson. >> mr.ecretary, would you give us your advice for that period of time 2018-2022 of being able to put our payloads into space -- and i'm mainly talking about d.o.d. and intel payloads, in addition to nasa payloads and commercial payloads. would you give us your advice on the question of whether or not we should continue to be able to have access to the rd 180 engine which is the engine in the first stage of the atlas 5 rocket until we develop the new one? >> i can, senator. it is reflected in our budget. and i know that there are different points of view on how to approach this problem. i think everybody agrees we have to have assured access to space. we have to have a way to launch or national security payloads into space, our country's security depends on that. one way to do that, which is reflected in our budget, is to continue to use the atlas booster, including a limited but continues number of rd 180 enjis, notwithstanding the fact that we don't like the fact they're made in russia and

mr. nelson. >> thank you, chairman. gentlemen, thank you for your public service. thank yougeneral austin, for your long, enduring public service. we have been proud to have you as a citizen of tampa. as with general votel. and he will continue to be a citizen of tampa for a while. let me ask you about libya. do we have the capability, general rodriguez, to prosecute a war in libya against isis while at the same time going after them in other parts of the world, including iraq and syria? >> senator, i think the answer to that is yes. it's a question of how much risk the nation has to take with the readiness of the forces and how much you are going to commit versus how much you're going to maintain. >> and as i understand it you all have a recommendation to the white house. obviously, you can't share that. that's internal conversation, but in your status of forces, you feel that you've got the capability that if the president's decision is to go after isis and other extremist elements in libya that we have the ability to thwart those elements? >> yes, sir. i do, sen

mr. secretary? 1 i do. -- sec. carter: i do. >> senator nelson? sen. nelson: mr.ould you give us your advice for that 2018-2022, of, being able to put our payloads into space? i am mainly talking about dod , in additionloads to nasa payloads and commercial payloads. would you give us your advice on the question of whether or not we should continue to be able to have access to the rd 180 engine, which is the engine in the first stage of the atlas 5 rocket, until we develop the new one? sec. carter: it is reflected in our budget, and i know there are different points of view on how to approach this problem. i think everybody agrees we have to have assured access to space. we have to have a way to launch our national security payloads into space.our country's security depends on that. one way to do that, which is reflected in our budget, is to continue to use the atlas , including a limited but 80ntinuing number of rd-1 engines, notwithstanding the fact that we don't like the fact that they are made in russia and buy them from russia. that is the approach we recommen

nelson. >> set top box. we don't want to threaten the vibrant market for quality video programming. so mr.chairman, how do you respond to the concerns that i raised about the impact your proposal could have on existing copyright and contract provisions for video content? does the fcc -- do your proposals impact third parties, whether they'll be able to alter or add to video programming or tuesdaying contained in such programming? >> thank you. i think there are probably several responses to that. one, that which the cable operator puts out should remain sacrosanct and untouched and nothing in our proposal creates an opportunity for that to happen. because copyright law remains in place, because the language that we used actually was lifted from the cable card language now being used by cable companies in their cable card and has proved sufficient to protect against that. and thirdly is, we actually asked in paragraph 80, i think, in the notice, but if you think that's not good enough, tell us what would make it good enough, because it's not our goal to cause harm. >> okay, let's go to spoo

i turn now to our distinguished ranking member, senator nelson from florida, for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i return compliments to you in the way the two of us have worked together. on behalf of senator mccaskill, which we all know is going through a difficult time, i want to ask that her letter to her commission commissions. >> i think all of us on our committee express our thoughts and prayers to our colleague, very active and respected member of this committee but & hope and pray for a quick recovery. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is significant, because it's been over a year since all five commissioners have appeared before this committee and a lot has happened in the interim. now i really appreciate, mr. chairman, what you said, about commissioner rosenworsel's renomination, and the confirmation that we attempt to get. democrat jessica rosen worsel quickly in the new congress. senat senator. >> jay rockefeller that they would move the nomination without delay in the new congress if the democrats in the last congress in 2014 agreed to moveÑfwÑ commissioners o'reilly nomin

mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the thune-hatch-nelson-wyden substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table. the presiding officer: without objection. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of s. res. 377, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 375, s. res. 377, directing the senate legal counsel to bring a civil action to enforce a subpoena of the permanent subcommittee on investigations. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be one hour of debate equally divided in the usual form. the senator from ohio. mr. portman: madam president, i rise today in support of s. res. 377, which is a resolution to enforce a subpoena of the permanent subcommittee on investigations, which i chair. i'll be joined shortly by my colleague, senator claire mccaskill of missouri, who is the ranking emdi ranking democre committee and who i've worked with as a partner on this issue over the

mrs. clinton has 54%. bernie sanders, 42%. sanders is holding a big rally in the bronx this evening. eyewitness news reporter rob nelson is there. >> after months of caucuses, primaries in other states, it's finally new york's term in the political spotlight. bernie sanders and hillary area. at this hour thousands of folks, a massive crowd has gathered here in the south bronx. they're waiting too as that lady just said as she walked by, feel the bern. >> all i want to do is help a president. >> reporter: from t-shirts to banners to posters, today is the bronx's turn to feel the bern. >> he understands that the people have the power and he's tapping in to that. >> this is totally worth it. be part of the revolution. be part of something. >> reporter: thousands of people including the very young lined up here hours after tonight's 7:00 rally, a deeply diverse crowd. >> i look at the people supporting him and the message i get is one of love, compassion, inclusivity, one of bringing people together. >> reporter: earlier today sanders sat down with dave evans. he's adamant about keeping new when voters head to the polls. >

nelson. >> good morning. >> for me, it is all about the numbers here. mr. trump has said that well, maybe he'll make it.t. maybe he might. he could. possibly. the chairman of the republican national convention reince priebus will be on new day today talked about the brokered convention. >> the minority doesn't rule for the majority. this is a delegate driven process. this is the first time in a long time people cared about delegates count. the majority of voting delegates in our party choose the nominee. >> that sounds a lot like he is saying there will be a contested convention. >> these are really interesting comments from reince priebus. for a long time, he said a brokered convention was a far fetched possibility. now he is saying the opposite and suggested a contested convention is a possibility. donald trump is hedging a bit on whether he can get to the magic number of 1,237. he said if i can get close, that should be good enough. i should get the nomination if i don't hit the nomination. it is interesting to hear reince priebus say no, the minority will not speak for the majority. you need the maj

nelson rockefeller. now i feel about almost all the current nominees the way i felt about mr. goldwater.orse than that. because senator goldwater was a very good senator. he did a lot of good things, he was a blessing to the people of arizona, and i don't see that. >> why do you say worse now? in that ad you said this goldwater scares you. you talk about the political climate then. what about the political climate now? >> it's worse. >> worse than goldwater? >> yes. in goldwater's time essentially the only major threat that we had was russia. russia had all the same reasons for not going to nuclear war than we did. now we got isis, we've got -- i can't remember the names of all these -- >> al qaeda, isis -- >> yeah, yeah. and a lot of them are producing suicide bombers. give a suicide bomber a hand grenade, that's one thing. give th >> does trump scare you? >> yes. >> why? >> because i think his ego is essentially uncontrollable, and that means that he could be badgered into something that would be truly outrageous and very unfortunate. >> the ads you refer to the 1964 convention, you ta

mr. castro met before. in 2013, they shook hands at the funeral for former south african president nelson mandela. an american president hasn't visited cuba and almost nine decades. we are expecting to hear from both leaders later this hour. about 40 rabbis plan to boycott donald trump speech before the american israel policy affairs council today. comments about israel have led to concern among some members of the user -- the jewish committee. democrat front-runner hillary clinton spoke this morning. her rival, senator bernie sanders, is skipping the event. senator sanders scored a major primary history among american democrats living abroad. more than 34,000 americans living in 38 countries voted by internet, mail, and in person earlier this month. sanders earned 69% of the vote, and nine delegates. mrs. clinton 131%, picking up for delegates. four delegates. of a man wase dna found in a house that was used by the terror group. they say he left through syria in february of 2013. a man was arrested in brussels after a four-month manhunt. the prime minister says there were hundreds more radicalize

now i turn to senator nelson for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i return the compliments to you in the way that the two of us have worked together in a bipartisan way on a number of thorny issues, trying to boil them down to a common approach. and i am encouraged is that we will continue in the committee, thanks to yours and your staff's approach to leadership. on behalf of senator mccaskill, which we all know is going through a difficult time i want to ask that her letter to the commissioners and then their responses when they submit them be submitted into the record and entered into the record as a part of today's hearing. >> without objection. and i would also say to my colleague from florida that i think all of us on this committee express our thoughts and prayers to our colleague, who is a very active and respected member of this committee and hope and pray for a quick recovery. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and this is significant, because it's been over a year since all five commissioners have appeared before this committee and a lo

mr. levinson remains a top priority for the united states and we continue to spare no effort to bring him home. senator bill nelson tweeting out today marks nine years since bob levinson went misng in iran. it is time for iran to finally fulfill its promoses to help us bring bob home. stock market right now. dow jonesp 62 points to 17,026. 4,667. s&p 500 up about 11 points. >> kristi: let's talk sports. dolphins proposed trade with the eagles is now a done deal. the dolphins will g corner back byron maxwell and alonso. the deal was in jeopardy a aer reports maxwell did not pass hisphysical because of a shoulderr injury but he is good to go and the deal. the dolphins will trade down several spots in the first round of the upcoming nfl draft. >>> the dolphins also removed transition tag that i from vernon this morning. that means the pass rusher will be a free agent. vernon played at the university of miami is expected to get a huge payday once the free agency starts. good for him. >>> mario williams has reach add two-year contract with the fins. he is set to make about a mere $8 million a year. good for him, too. t

mr. levinson remains a top priority for the united states, and we continue do spare no effort to bring him home." and senatat bill nelson tweeting out this, "today marks nine years since bob levinson went missing in iran. it's time for iran toinally fulfill its promises to help us bring bob home." >>> the irs has just issued an alert about a new phishing escapee, witit a p-h, sweeping the country. scammersers trick go employers into giving out employees investigators reviewing these new cases in which hr professionals think they're responding to a email from a company asking for list of ployees and social security numbers only to learn later it was a fake email and they instead gave that to psyc criminals. this is the latest scheme in what has been a record year when it comes to scammers trying to fool up. the irs tracking a -- listen for it -- 400% surge in phishing and malware incidents so far this tax season, and many of you continue to share with us the calls you are getting from those irs impoverties. here's what one of those scam calls sounds like. >> to get more information about this case file, please call. >> c

nelson. >> set-top box. we do not want to threaten the vibrant market for quality video programming, so mr. chairman, how do you respond to the concerned that i raced i raised about the impact of your proposal could have on existing copyright and contract provisions for video content? does the fcc, to your proposals impact third parties whether they will be able to alter or add to video programming or advertising contained in such programming? >> thank you senator nelson. i i think there are probably several responses to that. one, that which the cable operator puts out should remain and untouched. nothing in our proposal creates an opportunity for that to happen. because copyright law remains in place, because the language that we used actually was listed from the cable card language now being used by cable companies and their cable card and has proved sufficient to protect against that. thirdly, we actually asked to paragraph 80 of the notice, but if you think that is not good enough, tell us what would make it good enough because it is not our goal to cause harm. >> okay, let's go to spo

like george romney and nelson rockefeller, suddenly didn't have a role in the '64 election that nominated goldwater. >> he is the man who earned and proudly carries the title of mrive and is now mr. republican. barry goldwater. ♪ >> rockefeller, in his campaign, was painting the conservatives as extremists. and then my father followed up with his famous words about it. >> i would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. and let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. >> goldwater did not recognize that he was opening up a pandora's box. by saying that extremism could be a good thing, he was basically opening the door to the birchers and leftover ku klux klan and all these other groups that were beyond the pale. >> the head of the georgia klan came out for your ticket. do you accept their support? >> we don't want the backing of the ku klux klan. >> that's a different kind of extremist, and my father would have none of it. >> a thoughtful address by ronald reagan. >> thank you. i have spent most of my life as a democrat. i recently have seen fit to follow another course. >> ronald reagan was an actor, but

mr. steinmeier to join us today for what i understand is his only university appearance during his trip to the united states. nelson: i should also note that minister steinmeier is the highest ranking german official ever to speak at g.w. we are incredibly grateful for his time today. minister steinmeier was born and raised in part of the former west germany. he studied law and political science at the university of geisen. minister steinmeier has had a very long and illustrious political career. he has long been a member of germany's social democratic party and from 2009 to 2013 he served as the chair of the party's parliamentary group in the german buned stag. he served twice as foreign minister. first in chancellor angela merkel's first term cabinet from 2005 to 2008 and most recently since 2013. minister steinmeier has played a central role in negotiations within the e.u., within nato, with russia and ukraine and in the july, 2015, nuclear deal with iran. in an ever complicated world, strong u.s.-german relations are critical in addressing many of the world's greatest challenges. we look forward to minister ste

nelson. the people who remain behind will continue the fight for environmental justice and indigenous rights and we here in the united states join that fight. i yield back. mrs. watson coleman: thank you, mr. ellison. mr. speaker, before i close i want to spend a few minutes on another important topic as well. today president obama nominated chief justice marek garland to fill the vacancy left on the supreme court by associate justice antonin scalia. judge garland was -- has more federal judicial experience than any supreme court nominee in history. his work on the d.c. circuit court and appointment to which he was confirmed with strong bipartisan support, has earned praise from members of congress on both sides of the aisle. he is qualified. he is competent. he's not the ultraliberal that many of my conservative colleagues feared. and yet and yet following up on his promise that the senate would consider absolutely no one that president obama put forward, majority leader mitch mcconnell said today that it is a president's constitutional right to nominate a supreme court justice and it is the senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and

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nelson. the only thing standing between you all and a restroom break is senator markey and myself. >> i like the sequencing because then it's just you. i like that. so, thank you, mrchairman. on february 26th of last year we opened the next chapter in the history of american innovation. and that's because on february 26th what will always be known as internet freedom day, the fcc stood up for net neutrality and reclassified broadband service under title 2 of the communications act. it was a major victory for our consumers, for our economy and for democracy because that day was a day where the fcc stood up for the best ideas, not merely the best funded ideas. and we thank you for being on the right side of history. and so what happened in 2015 then in the united states? as the fcc promulgated those net neutrality rules. well, nearly 68% of all venture capital funds invested in the united states went towards internet specific and software companies in 2015. so congratulations, fcc. you know, you created this engine of innovation and capital flow into these new companies, the smart companies, the innovative companies. and it's clear that the fcc got this right. and t