mr. peters from california. mr. peters: last year the pentagon released a directive stating that the department of defense must be able to adapt to climate change in order to maintain an effective and efficient u.s. military. general mattis, now secretary mattis said that, quote, climate change is affecting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today. end quote. and bases in the region i represent in san diego, which is the largest concentration of military, for years the most dedicated leaders have been telling us that climate change is a national security threat. congress cannot afford to make this debate about politics or ideology and we don't have to agree what causes climate change but only agree with our military leaders that the effects of climate change are facing threats. i oppose this amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. perry: how much time is remaining? the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania has 2 1/2 minutes. the gentlem

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mr. peters from california. mr. peters: last year the pentagon released a directive stating that the department of defense must be able to adapt to climate change in order to maintain an effective and efficient u.s. military. general mattis, now secretary mattis said that, quote, climate change is affecting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today. end quote. and bases in the region i represent in san diego, which is the largest concentration of military, for years the most dedicated leaders have been telling us that climate change is a national security threat. congress cannot afford to make this debate about politics or ideology and we don't have to agree what causes climate change but only agree with our military leaders that the effects of climate change are facing threats. i oppose this amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. perry: how much time is remaining? the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania has 2 1/2 minutes. the gentlem

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mr. peters: mr. president, i would like to withhold my request for an be aence is a quorum. -- for the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: if no one yields time, time will be charged equally to both sides. mr. sanders: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: thank you, mr. president. let me just begin by taking a moment to kind of summarize the american people -- to the american people of where we are at in this enormous discussion which is causing a great deal anxiety all over vermont and all over america. and that is severl months ago, the republican-led house passed by, i believe, three votes legislation that would throw 23 million americans off of the health insurance they currently have. 23 million americans, men, women, and children, people who are struggling with cancer, with heart disease, diabetes, with other life-threatening illnesses. they were simply thrown off of the health insurance that they have. that legislation also cut medicaid by $800 b

mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> john mccain gestured to get the attention of the clerk. john mccain voted no. you heard applause from the democratic side. bernie sanders is still animated about it. republicans are on the near side of the chamber and connell stands at the end. >> mr. sanders? >> no. >> mr. sass. >> mr. shots. mr. schumer. >> no. >> mr. scott. >> mr. shelled bby. >> aye. >> mr. strange. mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. >> no. >> mr. thune. mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. yu dal. >> no. >> mr. van hol in. >> mr. warner. ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. white house. mr. wicker. mr. widen. mr. young. >> aye. [ no audio ] >> senators voting in the affirmative. al xander, blasso, blunt, boseman, burr, kcapito. cassidy, cochran, corker, cornen, crapo, dans, enzi, ernst. fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, hoven, inhoff, isaacs isaacson, kennedy, langefort, lee, paul, purdue. portman, rich, roberts, rounds, rubio, scott, shelby, strange, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, young. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett,

mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> john mccain gestured to get the attention of the clerk. john mccain voted no. you heard applause from the democratic side. bernie sanders is still animated about it. republicans are on the near side of the chamber and connell stands at the end. >> mr. sanders? >> no. >> mr. sass. >> mr. shots. mr. schumer. >> no. >> mr. scott. >> mr. shelby. >> aye. >> mr. strange. mr. sullivan. >> aye. >> mr. tester. >> no. >> mr. thune. mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. yu dal. >> no. >> mr. van hol in. >> mr. warner. ms. warren. >> no. >> mr. white house. mr. wicker. mr. widen. mr. young. >> aye. >> senators voting in the affirmative. al xander, blasso, blunt, boseman, burr, kcapito. cassidy, cochran, corker, cornen, crapo, dans, enzi, ernst. fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, hoven, inhoff, isaacson, kennedy, langefort, lee, paul, purdue. portman, rich, roberts, rounds, rubio, scott, shelby, strange, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, young. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett, blumenthal, booker, brown

mr. peters? mr. portman. >> so that was john mccain that you saw on your screen there just voting "no," putting his finger down. senator mccain just returned to the senate this week after having brain surgery. so before we get to our panel, let's go to ryan nobles. ryan has been covering this all evening for us. he's on capitol hill. what a dramatic turn of events tonight. >> no question about that, don. and we should point out that we had no idea the way this vote was going to go throughout the entire night, and in fact, we tried to run john mccain down several times throughout the day, to see how he was going to vote. he was coy at each and every turn, including when he made his final walk to the chamber, before casting that ballot that ultimately led to this bill being turned down. it wasn't just john mccain. there were two other republicans that voted this down. lisa murkowski from alaska, and susan collins of maine. it took three republican senators to vote it down, and that's exactly what happe

mr. peters. no. >> shortly after the vote failed, president trump tweeted.the american people down. as i said from the beginning, let obamacare implode, then deal. watch! senator mccain later issued a statement saying, in part, while the amendment would have repealed some of obamacare's most burdensome regulations, it offered no replacement to actually reform our health care system and deliver affordable health care to our citizens t. speaker's statement that the house would be willing to go to conference does not ease my concern that this shell of a bill could be taken up and papsed at any time. i've stated time and time again that one of the major failures of obamacare was that it was rammed through congress by democrats on a strict party line basis without a single republican vote. we should not make the mistakes of the past that have led to obamacare's collapse...we must do the hard work our citizens expect and deserve. casey hunt. wow, what a scene on capitol hill. what a failure for president trump. >> reporter: it was an incredibly dramatic night. sen

mr. peters. >> no. >> mr. portman. >> mr. reid. mr. roberts. mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr. rubio. mr.ders. >> no. >> so you are watching them there on the senate floor. discussing this bill and to vote on bill specifically. the senior capitol hill producer, he is there right now. chadha, what can you tell us about this long night that we are watching unfold? >> this is a key vote here. this is not final passage on the bill. this is an amendment to scare down, skinny repeal of obamacare. they need to have a simple majority to do this, but in the last couple of moments, a couple of senators have voted no. what that does, if all of the other 50 republican senators hold together, they can still pass this amendment which is key to passing the bill. try to incorporate this into the bill, and then have vice president pence break the tie. but they are down to two no right now. that told us a lot, that they might not have the votes for this. if they had the votes, they would have forged ahead in the timely fashion. >> what happens if they don't have a vote? >> if they don't have the votes, tha

mr. peters? >> no. mr. portman? mr. reed? mr. reich? >> aye. >> mr. roberts? mr. rounds. >> aye. >> mr.ubio? mr. sanders? >> no. >> mr. sasse? mr. schatz? >> no. >> mr. schumer? >> no. >> mr. scott? mrs. shaheen? >> no. >> mr. shelby? >> aye. >> miss stabenow? >> no. >> mr. sullivan? >> aye. >> mr. tester? >> no. >> mr. thune? mr. tillis? >> aye. >> mr. toomey. >> aye. >> mr. udall. >> no. >> mr. van hollen? >> no. >> mr. warner? >> no. >> ms. warren? >> no. >> mr. whitehouse? >> no. >> mr. wecker? >> aye. >> mr. wyden? >> no. >> mr. young? >> a . >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, barrasso, blunt, bowesman, bury, capito, cassidy, cochran, corker, cornyn, crapo, daines, enzi, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley, hatch, hoven, inhofe, isackson, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, mcconnell, paul, purdue, portman, ratio, robert, rounds, rubio, scott, shelby, strange, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, young. senators voting in the negative, baldwin, bennett, blumenthal, booker, brown, cantwell, cardin, carper, casey, collins, coons, cortez masto, donnelly, du

mr. peters? >> no. >> no. >> mr. portman? >> john mccain entered the chamber, gesturing to get the attention of the clerk. he was recognized with a thumbs down. he voted no. >> bret, john mccain? >> i think he saved the republican party from the biggest mistake they could have made. which is having a bill that would make people lose coverage while doing nothing to deal with entitlements or debt which would have been a twofold disaster for republicans. so five or ten years as people remember john mccain they will remember this, not only as an act of courage and of putting country before party but remembered as an act of saving a party from its own worst instincts. >> he'll be around to remind us too. that's more likely than not. robert traynham, talk about the republican party's massive failure, not just as bret suggests to craft truly conservative. they're trying to deal with health care without applying the conservative principles. and every effort they made to take away obamacare only made an unpopular plan more popular. >>

mr. peters: we know there are almost limitless paths to achieved these shared goals. for my parents' generation, this often meant a fair day's pay for a day of hard work, a wage that grew steadily over time and perhaps a pension that could support a comfortable retirement and even the money to help with college tuition for your children. for small business owners, the path could mean bootstrapping a business from scratch, scraping by at first, building a business that had a good product, and did the right thing by your employees and then grow into a profitable business. but in today's economy, for so many people the connection between today's hard work and tomorrow's economic security isn't always so clear. new entrants into our work force are increasingly unlikely to have a pension that they can rely on for retirement. we're also seeing an entire generation of business owners rapidly approaching retirement after spending a lifetime building their businesses. we have a younger generation of employees who are increasingly disconnected from their employers and an older

mr. peters, i used to know just two things about recess appointments and fact check me here to see if they're still true. number one, it's good still the next congress comes into town and number two, we haven't had many full-on recesses in the modern era last couple of years. there's a way to keep the senate minimally in session, maybe one or two members present. that way, most of the senate's on summer break. but this can't happen. is that correct? >> that's correct from my understanding of the senate rules, brian. i think what we've never seen before and what kind of leaves an open question as to how this might unfold is you've never had a republican president and a republican congress together at such a tumultuous time where there is the question of the possibility of a recess appointment. now, this assumes that republicans would somehow try to get in the way of sessions replacement and it also assumes that there will be a sessions replacement, which as my colleague michael was just saying we think right now maybe that's not the case. maybe this has blown over. from what i'm hearing, as we

mr. peters. >> no. >> no. [ applause ] >> mr. portman. mr. reid. >> i have never heard senators gasp and applaud with so much surprise when a senator cast a vote. you could hear how surprised the democrats were when john mccain voted with them to kill the trump/mcconnell health care bill in the senate. but there was no surprise on the republican side, none. they all knew that this vote was coming. everyone had every right to believe that this vote was coming after john mccain's speech in the senate on tuesday, which seemed to indicate that he was opposed to any version of a health care bill that was not produced through what he called regular order of the senate, in other words, through committee hearings and bipartisan input in committees, and on the floor of the senate. democrats interrupted that mccain speech on tuesday on the senate floor with applause. republicans did not because they knew what that speech meant. it meant mccain would vote no on what majority leader mcconnell was trying to do. but then he confused most observers outside

mr. peters? >> you see democratic leader, chuck schumer after the mccain vote. majority leader, mitch mcconnell standing with his arms folded. schumer choked up about mccain's return despite the diagnosis. >> turn the page another way. all of us were so inspired by the speech and the life of the senator from arizona. he asked us to go back to regular order. to bring back the senate that some of us who have been here a while remember. maybe this can be a moment where we start doing that. >> the majority leader, mitch mcconnell says it's time to move on. >> as i said, we look forward to our colleagues on the other side suggesting what they have in mind. now, mr. president, it's time to move on. >> let's get to cnn's phil mattingly on capitol hill. a dramatic ending to the years long fight over obamacare. >> reporter: at large points, it wasn't expected. republican leaders thought they were going to get there. house republican leaders thought they were going to get there as well. it was scheduled with the expectation they would be meeting with how to vote on a conf

mr. peters? >> as buzz feed noted, you can look at this one moment like a renaissance painting, what each person was doing when that third vote was asked. they did not know what happened before when they witness it. bernie sanders nudging the vote was coming. bob casey on his feet waiting in anticipation. and sherrod brown slapping the desk. and elizabeth warren leaning in to see what would happen and then unable to resist, cheering for mccain's vote. chuck schumer trying to quiet them with the audible gasps. and mitch mcconnell, arms folded, staring at mccain, watching him walk off the floor knowing the bill was dead. the crowds would find out seconds later. [ cheers and applause ] after that vote, leader mcconnell said it is time to move on and acknowledging the defeat. >> this is clearly a disappointing moment. we worked hard and everybody on this side can certainly attest to the fact we worked really hard. to try to develop a consensus for a better way forward. so yes. this is a disappointmen

mr. peters. >> complete skpl total she will shock from republicans, democrats alike. a no vote despite a call from the president himself and an in-person appeal seen here from the vice president. at 2:25 a.m. president trump tweeted three republicans and 48 democrats let the are american people down. as i said from the beginning, let obamacare implode. then deal. watch! . so to repeat cap, no repeal and replace. who, i ask you, could have seen that coming? we've got this whole situation covered for you this after with the best journalists around. garrett headache is up for us on capitol hill. poor guy, he was up with me all last night on capitol hill as well. kelly o'donnell over at the white house. garrett, let's start with you. what has happened since we last talked? >> reporter:. well, ali, this is starting to sink in for republicans in the house and senate here that this seven-year battle is stalled perhaps irreparably and right now republicans are deeply frustrated. listen to some of the house members we taubd to this morning. >> what happened last night? >> ran

mr. peters. >> as buzz feed noted, you could look at this one moment like a renaissance painting, what each person was doing when that third republican vote was passed to kill the bill. something several democrats have told all in they did not know what would happen for sure until they witnessed it. bernie sanders nudging senator jeanne shaheen the vote was coming. amy and bob casey on their feet waiting in anticipation. and then brown slapping the desk. elizabeth warren leaning to see what would happen, and then unable to resist cheering for mccain's vote. minority leader chuck schumer, look at that, trying to quiet his exuberant colleagues as the audible gasps and smaterrings of applause. majority leader mitch mcconnell, arms folded, staring at mccain, watching him walk up the floor knowing the bill was dead. as the crowds outside would find out seconds later. [ cheering ] >> after that vote leader mcconnell addressed the senate saying it's time to move on and acknowledging the defeat. >> this is, know, clearly a disappointing moment. we worked hard, and everybody on this side can certain

mr. peters?. >> as buzzfeed noted, you can look at this one moment like a renaissance painting, what each person was doing when that third republican vote was passed to kill the bill, something democrats told "all in" they did not know what would happen for sure until they witnessed it. bernie sanders nudging the vote was coming. amy klobuchar and bob casey on his feet waiting in anticipation. and sherrod brown slapping the desk. and elizabeth warren leaning in to see what would happen and then unable to resist, cheering for mccain's vote. minority leader chuck schumer trying to quiet them with the audible gasps. and majority leader mitch mcconnell, arms folded staring at kean, mccain watching him walk off the floor knowing the bill was dead. the crowds would find out seconds later. [ cheers and applause ] >> after that vote, leader mcconnell addressed the senate saying it's time to move on a and acknowledging the defeated. >> this is clearly a disappointing moment. we worked hard and everybody o

mr. peters. >> no. >> no. >> that's a moment in history. outside, cheers from crowd who gathered in opposition to the bill. but back inside, senator mcconnell respectfully accepted defeat. >> this is clearly a disappointing moment. >> then shortly after 2:00 in the morning, senator mccain left the building saying just this. >> why did you vote no? >> because i thought it was the right vote. >> president trump reacted on twitter with disappointment saying in part, let obamacare implode, then deal. president trump, there is no obamacare. you run the u.s. government. you control, you're in charge of the welfare of the american people. i want to go straight to capitol hill where kasie hunt, a woman who truly has been working overtime, is all over this. so, kasie, is the effort the appeal obamacare, the affordable care act, officially dead? >> it sure looks that way, steph. mitch mcconnell last night calling this a disappointing result. and frankly everyone on capitol hill was stunned by the dramatic turn of events from senator john mccain. and

mr. peters. >> no. >> senator bernie sanders appears to nudge senator gene s shaheen as if to say, watch his hand to get the attention of the senate clerk, pauses for just a moment, and gives a dramatic thumbs down. >> audible gasp on the senate floor and then commotion. some democrats can't contain their excitement. senator elizabeth warren leans in to get a better look and breaks into applause. senator dianne feinstein, a single assertive clap. senator sherrod brown slams his hand on the desk in affirmation while some republicans, like senator marco rubio stare in disbelief. senator bill cassidy drops his head. chuck schumer waves his arms, apparently trying to quiet them as senator john mccain turns around and walks back to his chamber desk all alone. >> mr. reed. >> cnn political commentator ana navarro is with me, a dear friend and former colleague of senator mccain. so ana navarro, i know you've been in touch with him. tell me, has he shared anything with you about the big thumbs down moment? >> no, i haven't spoken to him since then, but you know, anybody who knows john mccain wel

mr. peters, no. ms. heitkamp, no. ms. warren. >> so you're hearing a lot of no's, a lot of democrats' names there being called out but here's the headline. the senate has enough votes to advance the health care bill. we saw senator mccain come in and he was a yes. we were talking about senator johnson. he is a yes. and so they have enough votes to pass this procedural vote to then open with debate. gloria borger is joining us here as we're watching all of this and we've also got the little camera on the rose garden there in the white house. i'll take that. thank you. and so we're waiting for the president to speak with the lebanese prime minister, but as we do that, this is significant because this has been a yes so far but again, it's been mind boggling for a lot of people who have been covering washington a long time saying they voted yes to open debate but the debate, no one really knows what they're debating. >> right. so what they're doing -- and let me just remark upon that moment when john mccain walked in the cham

mr. peters. >> i'm discouraged in the house process they didn't have hearings. it's nice to have a hearing where you you can ask questions and get responses. >>> wanted to ask you, do you see a second option? one is how effective is advertising for the ability of health insurance? you spent more on advertising all of the federal exchange rates. two, what about young people in a plan that would allow insurance companies to get them. if we had to move off would those be effective? >> i think it's a conversation we need to have if we are going move up the mandate. >> i agreed very much with that. auto enrollment is very important. >> and i hope they don't cut it so much they can't do the calculation. >> i must say if i can that i think the tax ton congressional budget office on the integrity and potentially on its budget are terribly shortsighted by any member of the united states congress. the cdo was created to give the congress a source of information of its own in making policy, to take that away, what everyone thinks of particular estimate is very damaging to

mr. peters. >> thank you, madam chair. that iny discouraged the house process they did not have hearings. it is nice to have hearings where you can ask questions. the consequence of not having , we decided to have our own hearings with cover california. there was the american health insurance plan. we have heard the same thing about what to do to stabilize the market. estabsh reinsuran and the mandate. is thing about the mandate the move is to get rid of it. do you see a second option for dealing with getting younger people in? one is how effective is advertising? california has spent more on advertising than all of the expansions combined. what about auto enrollment of young people in a plan that would allow them in? there are any back talks about the mandate, but if we can move off of that, what those other options be effective -- would those other options be effective? i think the conversation we need to have is that we will move off the mandate. everybody believes the mandate is important. theanda,l move off we need to

mr. peter costa is with us. >> and mr. sure welcome everybody, and peter, just real quickly been what are your thoughts on the action on today's market >> i have to tell you, i was surprised the way we were open this morning it's quite a trading day any time, you can make or lose money -- >> yeah, and then you know what, i mean, really the volume is 438 million shares so are the volatility increases, but, you know, the thing i was looking at more was about the nasdaq selling off and this rotational thing, i mean, people like to talk about that, and they can't really, you know, they'll pinpoint is, but i have to tell you, i think you are seeing that rotation into the financials >> because sandra, what do you make of -- it's one day? but it is an interesting -- we're starting to see certain trends emerge here as long yields start to rise label the, oil is coming back, financials are going higher, technology going lower, do you see that trend continuing, and what do you make of it >> absolutely. i mean, i agree with what peter

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mr. peters. >> no. [background sounds] neil: all right. that stunned everyone, you heard audible gasps when senator john mccain voted no for this so-called skinny repeal that surprised a lot of folk toes and virtually secured the fact that it wouldn't be going anywhere, and that got senator ted cruz to say this: >> i believe this congress will come back, and in time, we will honor our promises. you know, senators are going to go home the next few weeks. they're going to go home to to their states, and they're going to face their constituents. they're going to have hard questions of people who look them in the eyes and say, why did you lie to me? the it's not going to just with the senators that voted no. the voters are not going to distinguish. they're going to say you guys promised to do this, and you failed. neil: is there something to that, the fact that all republican senators take it, the heat, because they pailed in the majority -- failed in the majority to do what they said they would do? >> you know, it's funny, i hear there's goin

mr. rodino. >> aye. >> peter went in the back and cried. we took it very seriously. >> with that vote, mr.t president in more than a century and only the second in all of our history to confront removal from office through the only means provided in the constitution, impeachment. >> i stood by nixon and felt he should remain in office, but then we discovered the tape of june 23rd. this was fatal. >> good evening. president nixon stunned the country today by admitting he held back evidence from the house judiciary committee, keeping it a secret from his lawyers and not disclosing it in public statements. mr. nixon issued transcripts of three recorded conversations he had with h.r. halderman on june 23rd, 1972, six days after the burglars were caught in the watergate. >> you open that scab and there's a hell of a lot of things that we just feel that this would be detrimental to have this thing go any further. >> the facts came out. yes, the president himself, not only was he involved in this but he directed this criminal operation. >> they should call the fbi and n. and say that we wish for

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator fischer. senator peters. senator peters: thank you, mr. chairman. nominees, thank you for your willingness to serveted public in this very important position. thank you for being here today. ms. rosenworcel, i certainly appreciate your strong commitment as a commissioner to maintaining a free, open and fair internet. if confirmed, i hope you're going to continue with this commitment to broadband internet as an essential tool for millions of americans and also for small businesses and fast growing startups in michigan as well as all across the country. allowing established corporations to prioritize their services or slow down their competitors i believe would put these small businesses at a competitive disadvantage and could very well stifle innovation that's so important for our country. would you agree that net neutrality, under f.c.c.'s 2015 open internet rules, helps level the playing field for small businesses and startups, allowing them to compete fairly against large established players? ms. rosenworcel: yes, senator, i agree. senator peters:

i.c.e., for the rule of law, an advocate for everybody in law enforcement, your congressman, peter king. [applause] mr. king: thank you very much. thank you. what a great day to welcome president trump to long island. thank you for your great work and the work you are doing. we acknowledge the members of congress who are traveling with me, one you know from the neighboring district, congressman lee zeldin. [applause] mr. king: another guy almost up in canada, chris collins. [applause] mr. king: and if you take the ferry boat over to staten island, dan donovan, a great guy.[applause] >> and let me acknowledge all the men and women of law enforcement, the local police, state police, federal law enforcement, to the outstanding job you do, we thank you for your service. and let me tell you you could never have a greater advocate than president trump. [applause] mr. king: president trump knows that blue lives do matter. president trump will always be in your corner and will always have your back. ms-13 is a brutal gang of vicious murderers. and we have several family members who have personally gone throug

mr. peters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. . peters: -- mr. walz: i stand corrected. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from maine who is also on the maine tourism board, ms. pingree. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. pingree: i thank the ranking member for yielding time and allowing me to reinforce my colleague from the state of maine to say if you haven't made your plans, it's not too late. lobster season is picking up and i highly visit to the maine coast or anywhere in the state of maine. i rise in support of this bill -- this bill to provide the v.a. choice program with additional funds and to authorize several provisions to improve care for our nation's veterans. specifically, i want to recognize the authorization of a lease included in this bill for a community-based outpatient clinic in portland, maine, that will provide much-improved services to the veterans in that area. the new facility will be a huge step in improving the care for veterans in my district. the proposed facility will go a

peters: i appreciate it, appreciate your efforts. mr. pai: thank you. sen. moran: thank you, senator fischer. senator peters. next up is senator cortez masto. senator cortez masto: thank you for the opportunity to meet all of you and welcome to your family. very exciting day for all of you. i will have to say i am a little partial to mr. carr because he is a native of nevada. mrs. rosenworcel, let me start with you. in the conversation we had as you well know, we talked a little bit about the intersection of innovation-transportation which obviously is of interest not just to me but to the state of nevada as well. where do you see the constructive place for the fcc to work toward the safe and reliable advancement of autonomous connected vehicles, unmanned aircrafts, and smart communities? ms. rosenworcel: thank you for the question, senator. lots of interesting things are happening with drones and with autonomous vehicles. a lot of them involve tests, and those tests are going to require spectrum. i think the fcc should develop part 5, experimental license pr

mr. speaker, because three of the commandos who were involved in that accident seven years ago were announced as members of our invictus games team who will go to toronto in october, including peterwho is one of the co-captains. and mr. speaker, we deal with issues in this house, and we deal with trials and tribulations of life as they confront us. about emma and peter and see the inspiration , they are going about to make sure that team will go to toronto and represent us as a nation is something i know when i speak for all members of this place, is nothing short of what is great about this nation. >> here, here. >> mr. speaker, we also spoke about australia hosting the invictus games next year in sydney. for those of us who were lucky enough to be there, i know there were members from both sides of the house that were there when prince harry came over, to begin the countdown for the games being hosted in sydney. the prime minister was there and spoke eloquently following prince harry and thanked him for his initiative in starting the invictus games, and what it has led to in recognizing those defense members, current and those veterans, who will participate, not only in toronto

mr. peters: madam president, as public servants, i have always thought it is our duty to serve with dignitytegrity, and fairness to the best of our abilities. no matter where you are from or how we got here, the citizens of our states have sent us to washington with the hope that we will do what is best for them. we hold the public's trust and that is something that should guide us in everything that we do. last week i was home in michigan for the fourth of july. my family and other emissioner -- michiganers honored those who fought for our independence and those who continue to defend our sacred freedom. our american democracy is rooted in the promise of freedom and equal opportunity for every american. our resilient nation has persevered because of shared commitment to do what is right, even if we don't always agree on how to get there. while home last week i had the opportunity to speak to many michiganers and hear what was on their mind and they had a whole range of topics on their mind, but the number one issue i heard was about the proposed republican health care bill. some were angry

mr. speaker, because three of the commandos who were involved in that accident seven years ago were announced as our member of the games team who will go in october. including peter, whoo one of the co-captains. and mr. speaker, we deal with issues in this house and deal with trials and tribulations as they confront us. but to hear about them and see the inspiration they are going about to make sure that team will go to toronto and represent us as a nation is something i know when i speak for all members of this place, is nothing short of what is great about this nation. mr. speaker, we also spoke about australia hosting the invickitous games next year in sydney. and for those of us lucky enough to be there, and i know there were members from both sides of the house that were there when prince harry came over, to begin the count down for the games beginning in sydney. the prime minister was there and spoke eloquently following prince harry and thanked him for his initiative in starting the games and what it has led to in recognizing those defense members current and those veterans who will participate not only in toronto but in sydney. and can i say, mr. speaker,

. >> no scarf, peter? why? mr. carmichael: 90 degrees outside. that's why. let's go to the question -- why -- george gordon meade -- his reputation, he does not have a reputation, right question mark why is he forgotten? really here at gettysburg and his entire military career question >> one reason is the lack of capable biographers up to this point in time that we only have a handful of rather dry eye a graphical studies. we have heard from studies in the works of the time that i think will get him a lot of attention. of a of biographies of the last couple of decades. eade is a fascinating biographical topic, but people have not found him attractive until recently. >> i would add i think there are two things related to gettysburg, and one thing related to the overland campaign reputationd meade's greatly and carries to this way. one is sick of's testimony about his generalship at gettysburg, both the pseudonym articles he wrote in new york newspapers that were really condemning meade's generalship. perpetratedimony that. but also the committee on the condu

mr. chairman. >> thank you. sen. peters: thought senator peters: great to have you here before us. the opportunity to have discussion with you here as well as in my office, thank you. i want to thank you for your focus on advanced technologies and/or understanding of how we need to be on the forefront of that to keep our competitive edge. i would say before adding a question that we afford about silicon valley and boston when it comes to advance technology, but we have all of that in michigan as well. when the u.s. patent office opened their first field office outside of question 10,, they did it in detroit, michigan, because more patents are filed their then any world's given the fact that we have more engineers the any other place in united states per capita. i hope you are continuing to focus on a wide geographic space and understand we have incredible capabilities throughout our country. i recently met with general put trias, the acting director of capabilities center and dr. thomas russell from acquisitions and technology of the army to discuss the army robotics and autonomous