ms. mayn i sure my friends that we are indeed working on making ourselves an independent member of the wto at which it will be possible to have easier routes to becoming that independent member. >> does the prime minister agree with me that ever since the war has an international system be more at risk, particularly president trump's they have your tweet debt on air rce one after he left. think that we can shore up the-based system because all of us know what the consequences of its collapse maybe -- bay be. -- may be. ms. may: this can be looked at in a variety of ways. such as thean issue norms we accept or have been accepting on chemical weapons, there is no doubt about the strength and support that there is for that rules-based order being maintained. as we say within the communique, we recognize areas of trade. it does need reform. and ithanisms are slow needs to be worked to provide frameworks. not just the economies of the past, but of the future as well. >> with my honorable friend ag

increasingly likely as time marches on and the government of prime minister theresa may makes little headway ms may has been hobbled by infighting with her own conservative party between bracks and. remain factions she has been notably reluctant to engage fully in the negotiations at least publicly for fear of offending one or perhaps both sides losing her narrow governing majority and going into a general election that opposition labor looks well positioned to win the stalled process is high on the agenda at the e.u. summit that started just today and is may is likely to be in the hot seat among her peers. and kroger is the latest big name to make a move into delivery in this case driverless delivery the large u.s. grocery chain will partner with neuro a company founded by former members of google's driverless car development unit to deliver groceries via vehicles resembling a very small vendor perhaps even a very large toaster in the near future kroger chief digital officer hailed the partnership pledging that the grocer and their new partner from silicon valley will provide quote access to fast

ms. may: i absolutely agree. this is not just words or word on paper. it is money that actually follow follows through. of course, they united kingdom has a good record of that, and we will do everything we can to ensure the money does follow through for its very important objective. as it is in the interest of assault. >> does the prime minister worry that there is a growing trend towards protectionism in the world as we saw this weekend? in 2010 in the g20 countries, there were just 300 non-tariffs means of protectionist measures. in 2015, there were 1200. how are we really going to make sure that we as a country who rely on free and fair trade, can prosper if that protectionism grows? prime min. may: they honorable gentleman is right that we need any seemingf approaches that are being taken around the world, that increase protectionism or the likelihood of protectionism being adopted in the future. when peopleant that talk about trade, we tend to be focused on tariffs. but of course, trade

increasingly likely as time marches on and the government of prime minister theresa may makes little headway ms may has been hobbled by infighting with her own conservative party between bracks and remain factions she has been notably reluctant to engage fully in the negotiations at least publicly for fear of offending one or perhaps both sides losing her narrow governing majority and going into a general election that opposition labor looks well positioned to win the stalled process is high on the agenda at the e.u. summit that started just today and is may is likely to be in the hot seat among her peers. and kroger is the latest big name to make a move into delivery in this case driverless delivery the large us grocery chain will partner with neuro a company founded by former members of google's driverless car development unit to deliver groceries via vehicles resembling a very small vendor perhaps even a very large to. poster in the near future kroger chief digital officer hailed the partnership pledging that the grocer and their new partner from silicon valley will provide quote access to fast

likely as time marches on and the government approach prime minister theresa may makes little headway ms may has been hobbled by infighting with her own conservative party between bracks and remain factions she has been notably reluctant to engage fully in the negotiations at least publicly for fear of offending one or perhaps both sides losing her narrow governing majority and going into a general election that opposition labor looks well positioned to win the stalled process is high on the agenda at the e.u. summit that started just today and is may is likely to be in the hot seat among her peers. and kroger is the latest big name to make a move into delivery in this case driverless delivery the large us grocery chain will partner with neuro a company founded by former members of google's driverless car development unit to deliver groceries via vehicles resembling a very small vendor perhaps even a very large toaster in the near future kroger chief digital officer hailed the partnership pledging that the grocer and their new partner from silicon valley will provide quote access to fast and

ms. bonamici: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. bonamici: i rise in support of h.r. 5890. the most recent omnibus legislation increased funding for the chile abuse prevention and treatment act by $60 million. and this bill would help states improve their support for infants, children and families suffering from the opioid epidemic by requiring health and human services to provide guidance to states and how to implement effective plans of safe care. pregnant women and young mothers can face insurmountable challenges when struggling with addiction. i think about tiffany who i met in oregon. she is from happy valley, oregon and her struggle began after she was prescribed medication. after having to send her kids to live with her mom, she accessed treatment and other support services and now clean and in recovery and able to care for her kids again and importantly, help others. we must do everything we can to support moms like tiffany and provide the necessary resources and care to parents

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pro—eu conservatives say they fear ms may could betray them over assurances given yesterday that persuadedtill a long way to go to the end of the divorce process. chris morris from our reality check team has been looking at the next steps. the eu withdrawal bill is domestic legislation that will formalise will formalise the uk's exit from the european union, repealing the laws that took us into the eu in the first place and turning a lot of current eu law into british law. so it's an important part of the brexit process, but it's by no means the only one. as the clock continues to tick towards the day brexit is supposed to happen, march 29th 2019, alongside the withdrawal bill in parliament, the government is also trying to negotiate a withdrawal agreement with the rest of the eu. at the end of this month there will be an important eu summit in brussels which will highlight the fact that various aspects of the withdrawal agreement are still unresolved, notably but not exclusively the irish border and the continuing search for some kind of solution that will avoid any border checks in the f

ms. chu: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. chu: mr. speaker, according to the centers for disease control and prevention, more than 42,000 americans died from opioid related drug overdoses in 2016. that's five times more than the overdose rate in 1999. and as we heard from countless numbers -- members in this chamber there is no congressional district that hasn't been impacted by the opioid crisis. no town or city is immune from the devastating impact of addiction. my hope that the steps we take today are the first of many to address the needs of our communities. the substance abuse and mental health services administration, our samhsa, estimated that in 2016, 11.8 million americans over the age of 12 had misused opioids in the past year. and 3.8 million were currently misusing prescription pain relievers. but while we have seen news reports of the devastating toll this crisis is taking on our nation's young people, it's important to note that our seniors are also suff

ms. mcsally: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. . ms. mcsally: terrorists are constantly coming up with new ways to cross our borders. we used to rely on biographic information such as names and birth dates to identify and prevent these threats from entering our country, but new technology allows us to more quickly and effectively confirm people, that they are who they say they are. the use of biometric technology to positively identify individuals who seek entry into the united states is a 21st century solution to multiple homeland security problems. the technology enhances the security of our citen facilitates legitimate travel and trade, and bolsters the integrity of our immigration system. my bill authorizes the office agency.tric observe imauthorizes the -- obim authorizes the data base of identities. it processes more than 300,000dale daily biometric transactions, reviewing more than 360 known or suspected terrorist records for resolution on a daily basis. obim also suppo

ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. delauro: i rise in strong opposition to this republican recision package. president trump and congressional republicans, mr. speaker, are trying to take deconstructing government to a new level. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will come to order. please take your conversations out of the aisle to the back of the room. the house is not in order. the gentlelady may proceed. ms. delauro: thank you. president trump and congressional republicans, mr. speaker, are trying to take deconstructing government to a new level. they are proposing to take $15 billion in federal funds away from the citizenry and investments in our economy. budgeted for the children's health insurance program, medical innovation, advanced manufacturing, infrastructure projects, and the list -- the speaker pro tempore: please take your conversations out of the chamber. the gentlelady will proceed. ms. delauro: thank you.

ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. delauro: i rise in strong opposition to this republican recision package. president trump and congressional republicans, mr. speaker, are trying to take deconstructing government to a new level. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will come to order. please take your conversations out of the aisle to the back of the room. the house is not in order. the gentlelady may proceed. ms. delauro: thank you. president trump and congressional republicans, mr. speaker, are trying to take deconstructing government to a new level. they are proposing to take $15 billion in federal funds away from the citizenry and investments in our economy. budgeted for the children's health insurance program, medical innovation, advanced manufacturing, infrastructure projects, and the list -- the speaker pro tempore: please take your conversations out of the chamber. the gentlelady will proceed. ms. delauro: thank you.

ms. casco. and you may begin -- and please state your name. thank you. you have a total of 10 minutes. so just say what you need to say and move on. >> good evening. my name is lori barrett. i've been a teacher at redding elementary school for 30 years, all at the same time. and just like everyone holding a sign, i support arab youth. i've been serving the redding arab community for almost 30 years and i dearly love my arab families and support the children and their families. my concern is not supporting arab youth. i'm all for learning language, cultural history. it's the extreme speech of the leadership of aroc. when i read on-line, going to the primary source, which we teach our children to do, when i heard her saying on line, bringing down israel will really benefit everyone in the world and everyone in society, that is -- goes far beyond criticizing a government. that's scary language, which is hatred and is wrong for a school district to have leadership of an organization who speaks like that. i hope you will find a way to support arab youth with a more inclusive organization at

ms. waters: may i inquire of mr. hensarling how many more speakers does he have? mr. hensarling: i anticipate no more speakers. i am prepared to close. ms. waters: thank you very much. i am prepared to close. i yield myself the remainder of my time. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. waters: mr. speaker, this week we are seeing my colleagues on the other side of the aisle advance legislation focused on individuals with opioid use disorders. we are really talking about drug addiction. these are the people they used to drug addicts, and i don't want us to hide behind any new language. we are talking about a serious problem of addiction here. something very important is missing from these bills. and that is new resources and funding necessary to actually make a difference for those individuals. h.r. 5735 is a clear example of this problematic approach. rather than providing funding for housing assistance vouchers for individuals with these disorders, individuals who are addicted, this bill takes away 10,000 existing vouchers that would otherwise go to people in

ms. delauro: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. delauro: i rise in strong opposition to this republican recision package. president trump and congressional republicans, mr. speaker, are trying to take deconstructing government to a new level. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will come to order. please take your conversations out of the aisle to the back of the room. the house is not in order. the gentlelady may proceed. ms. delauro: thank you. president trump and congressional republicans, mr. speaker, are trying to take deconstructing government to a new level. they are proposing to take $15 billion in federal funds away from the citizenry and investments in our economy. budgeted for the children's health insurance program, medical innovation, advanced manufacturing, infrastructure projects, and the list -- the speaker pro tempore: please take your conversations out of the chamber. the gentlelady will proceed. ms. delauro: thank you.

ms. mcsally: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. mcsally: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the underlying legislation, h.r. 6157, the defense appropriations act for fiscal year 2019, and i appreciate the chairwoman's hard work on this issue and her support for our troops. amendment is about the a-10 ward hog. i began the fight against the obama administration and their plan to moth ball the entire a-10 fleet. this is an airplane i flew and commanded in combat. i know a little bit about it. and we won that fight. since then, the a-10's been pivotal in bolstering european defenses, being south of the d.m.z. and now sent back to afghanistan. just recently, i visited the 25th fighter squadron in korea which continues to serve on the front lines just south of the d.m.z. from close air support to combat surge serch and rescue they continue to do heavy lifting and saving lives wherever it's called. now our fight is to minimize any operational impact to the a-10 fleet. fleet, 81 a-10's in the 109 needs new wing sets in order to remai

ms. anderson signed herself out the morning of may 20, said she would be back that afternoon, but never came back. the next day, a missing persons report was filed. the sheriff's office started the search. on wednesday afternoon to her body was found by a hospital worker any stairwell inside of a power plant near the hospital. the building where her body was found is right across the street from the main hospital building. and the sheriff says deputies never searched that building. >> while you're looking at that decision, whether that's the sheriff's department responsibility or the responsible -- response ability of the engineers. >> hospital officials say security badge access to that powerplant building was disabled at the time. to make it easier for vendors and others to get in. that security badge security has now been restored. >>> 4:07. new this morning, a deadly case of antivirus confirmed in custer county. a man who recently died tested positive for the virus. he lived in the lake tahoe area and most likely he got it from rodents. you can become infected by a hantavirus by breathin

hastings, pending which i yield myself such time s i may consume. ms. chaney: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. chaney: i rise in support of house resolution 961 which provides a structured rule for consideration of h.r. 2083, the endangered salmon and fisheries predation prevention act and a structured rule for consideration of h.r. 6157, the department of defense appropriations act for fiscal year 2019. the rule makes in order amendments for both bills, including three amendments offered by the minority to h.r. 283, and several amendments offered by -- offered by members of both sides of the aisle for h.r. 6157. additionally, mr. speaker, i expect we will consider a rule tomorrow to provide for the consideration of additional amendments to h.r. 6157. mr. speaker, h.r. 2083, the endangered salmon and fisheries predation prevention act, authored by my colleague, ms. herrera beutler of washington, clarifies the authority and streamlines t

post report students and teachers have reported a rise of ms-13 gang violence at the middle school iniverdale maryland. ptember 2017 through may, there have been 74 calls for police service. prince georgsas county police only four of those calls werell ay gangat r s school allege that ms-13 mbers are attacking students two to thre times a day to pressure them to join gangs. >> d.c. public schools have confirmed in teachers do not have the license they need to lead the classrooms.s the city sayhey're working to make sure more of their teachers are fully s licensed. theool system will require all teachers start the application process for credentials by the start of the academic yea the office of theri state supeendent of education de the discovery during an internal investigation this winterge >> scammers areting anyone with a wells fargo debit card. victims claim fake amazon charges are showing up on their bill. one woman who says she is not an amazon prime member says she's been charged more s than 90 timesce april. each charge has an average of $14 to it. wells fargo is aware ast asks omers to call if they see anyna questioe

ms. jayapal. lease come up. i yield to her as much time as she may consume. ms. jayapal: thank you so much, representative raskin for your leadership and to all my colleagues for the deep devotion that you have shown over the years to addressing racism, poverty, inequality. and it is my honor to help bring a light, shine a light on the stories of men and women around the country who are fighting to make ends meet. these are our neighbors, our brothers, our children, our parents, our friends and they are struggling. here's an incredible statistic. across the united states today, 67% of all americans do not even have $1,000 in their savings account. that means they can't take care of a leak in the roof or take care of a sick child. if they don't get paid sick days, they can't take care of an aging parent. they are focused on surviving and not thriving and that is outrageous. it is time for us to lift up the american people who are the bedrock, the national bedrock of our country, the teacher who spends more time with our children than any other, but hasn't yet been

some of the kids may be 12, 13 and 14 and may have ties with ms-13. a reality. >> but i mean -- >> so there is a point there. but -- >> but that is not what we're talking about. >> but that doesn't justify separating -- >> that is not what the administration -- they are not doing it that way. that -- and this administration continues to paint folks as the other and that is the tragic part of this. to just assume th-- to assume se people may have -- but a vast majority are coming here. >> tour the detention centers through the border and the majority are good people and coming with parents. >> that is right. >> but we do have minors with criminal records -- >> well let's sort that out. >> we have to sort it out. but not in the way they are doing it. >> but on the other side they are trying to underestimate the problem. >> president trump revels in this. >> this is a bad policy. >> most americans would demand that the u.s. border patrol vet out the people coming in here. no matter what happens when you get here, if somebody has criminal ties or for the

awaiting on a notice, too peer or some kind of adjudication that they get scooped up by people that may be mst's a very real threat and we have a very real threat of individuals crossing our border that terrorism connections and other human trafficking connections. so it is a tough complicated area. >> just to be clear, that's a totally separate issue from these families. >> yes, sir. >> have you heard anything, senator, about where the girls are being held? we've been asking. we were in texas for the past couple of days. it's been asked repeatedly. we're not getting any answers about whether re the girls and younger children are being held. do you have any answer about that? >> i do not have any answer. >> i haven't been able to ask hhs. >> getting clarity from hhs has been tough. they've been very quiet about how they're doing processing. but i don't mean to look back on this, but president obama when we had the surge of unaccompanied minors coming in 2014, they put up several facilities very quickly, military bases and other spots to be able to put unaccompanied minors. we were not allowed

we were not taking any action, may 2nd, last month. we had an ms full blown m 13 accompany by his one-year-old child. he thought he would be released into the community. >> help us understand thou we are seeing pictures and stories of mothers and children who children, met a woman yesterday, they were separated for six days. who was fleeing was fleeing afraid of gang violence. help us understand why some of the families are being told your children are going to be taken to given a bath and they don't see their children. how is that okay? >> very respectfully, that is misinformation that is out there. there is a story about removing a child from a breast-feeding mother. absolutely not true. every family member gets a, a sheet, with information to keep track of their child, to get information where that child is. and all reunited. >> where i was yesterday, i had parent after parent tell me they weren't told where their child was going, that their child was just being taken away, that they had no way to communicate with their children. that's not misi

i believe it began sometime late april or may and included in that-- concluded in period. sen. moran: in july. ms. simon: that is in my understanding, but i may be off on my dates. sen. moran: was the next complaint filed against dr. nasser the complaint filed by rachel hollander? ms. simon: that is my understanding. sen. moran: and did you say that investigation is still continuing? ved. one was resol ms. simon: let me try to be clearer. that complaint came in, i believe, near the end of august. sen. moran: august 29, 2016 is what i think. was then: dr. nasser interviewed and within two days he was suspended by dean strangled. unravel what we knew in october.ituation that investigation was turned over because more complaints came forward which was terrific if that abuse occurred and those were investigated by the msu of theunder the offices attorney general of the state of michigan. in addition, we learned of the fbi investigation and cooperated fully with that with the u.s. attorney. we had an ongoing investigation through msu police and the michigan attorney general an ongoing criminalnvestiga

ms. even if it started to kick off it may b down towards southern maryland. you can see what i'm talking about on the wider view. you can see the little boundary trying to move through, didn't spawn a shower or storm in our area at all. however, i am still watching the actual cold front which is back to the west. if this was to comegh thre would have showers and storms. it is coming through late tonight. u can see strong storms firing intoohio. they are under a severe thunderstorm watch. i don't expect anything like that across our region tonight. here is 6:00 on future weather. it does have a couple of showers d storms here. we are not seeing these just yet. around 10:00 weth are odry side. we see a couple of showers and maybe a rumble of thunder or two. i do not think we will see anything severe. ets the ortantly this stage for a couple of really nice days. tomorrow looking great staoming off torrow morning no clouds, plenty oftasunshine. a look at the forecast tomorrow. high temperature of 86 degrees. nicend warm and breezy. winds upwards of 10 to 20 miles

ms. gibson: it is hard to read the political map the president may be laying out here. he campaigned on this. thinks is an issue that voters will be responding positively to. he is at odds with his own party, and to say this we are going to do this to win votes, when candidates are trying to win votes forim, will n g out and echo that message. the republicans do not like it, but they will not get up on a campaign stop and say they will not like that, and that models the message and makes it difficult for them to campaign on it. question it will play economically is what it is due to people's pocket books by the time they vote in november, up. the gas prices going we seek other prices being affected. agricultural products are starting to be effective. if it cost so much to buy dishwasher or a car, people will and thatose things, could be a real implication for november. susan: it is not just trade going on here. we have got the north korea negotiations, of ic china is a major player. there's a lot going on in the international scene, and the administration seems to be ha

ms. andersen signed herself out the morning of may 20 and said she would be back that afternoon but she never came back. the man -- next day, a missing persons report was filed. her body was found by hospital workers in a stir both inside a power plant near the hospital. that building where her body was found his right across the street from the main hospital building. the sheriff deputies say that they never searched that building. >> we are looking at that to see whether that's the sheriff department's responsibility or the responsibility of the engineers who were in the building 24 hours, seven days a week. >> hospital officials say security badge access to the power plant building was disabled at the time to make it easier for vendors and others to get in. but that security has now been secured. >>> time is now safeco five. with california's reelection a couple days away, there's a new poll that is two candidates for governor have a clearly. that poll by uc berkeley's institute of governmental studies says gavin newsom is still the frontrunner with an expanded lead of 33%. support for san

ms. plaskett: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in h.r. 5294. introduced by subcommittee chairman barletta and subcommittee ranking member titus. the appalachian regional commission has made significant progress in addressing the persistent poverty and economic despair in appalachia. the epidemic sweeping the nation threatens our progress. the high rates of substance abuse and mortality in appalachia compared to the rest of the united states is a serious impediment to sustained economic growth. employers are seeking a healthy work force when making decisions about where they will locate their businesses. high rates of substance abuse and mortality make it difficult for employers to find and hire qualified candidates. appalachia continues to face significant disparity to catch up to thet

i said, how do you determine -- and we have example after example of ms-13 coming in with minors. let me give you a couple. may 2nd, 2018, border patrol apprehended an adult male who was traveling with a supposed one-year-old son. he's a known ms-13 gang member, previously removed from the country in 2012. his minor child was released to an uncle. this goes on and on. a convert from ms-13, female ms-13 apprehended, goes on and on and on. with children because why? congressman, you bring a child in and you can't separate the families. okay. >> it's explosive. bruce westerman, one of my colleagues, 60 million lethal doses of fentanyl came in over the border in the last six months. 60 million lethal doses of fentanyl. so it is that, it's ms-13, it is the illegal drugs, and it's the rule of law that is ultimately at stake. where are the democrats -- >> laura: democrats tell stories with pictures. republicans cite numbers and charts. the emotion, they have it on their side. is this thing going to pass? >> no, i don't think either will pass. >> laura: we'll keep having a chain migration explosion in the united state

ms. chaplain: there are incentives built into the contract. so some may be tied to performance and quality, but others could be tied to cost ap schedule. mr. babin: mr. dumbacher. mr. dumbacher: to add a little bit to that, when we have done cost plus award fee and incentive fee, we can and do make scheduled performance and cost performance part of the valuation criteria and that is typically included. mr. babin: to mr. martin and ms. chaplain, acquisition encompasses a great deal including procurement processes and the development of clear requirements. for many years, the d.o.d. has had a certification program for defense acquisition professionals. such as training and career progression are necessary or perhaps missing from nasa's acquisition processes? ms. chaplain: nasa has invested in training cost estimateors and project management. they have conferences every year, but i think maybe more can be done in that area and certain techniques and more program management issues relating to management contracts. mr. martin: attracting and retaining the proj

we know just recently, you had a ms-13 member claiming the child, may have been his child, but that child did not need to be with an ms-13 gang member. and during the obama administration and during the bush administration and clinton administration it wasn't uncommon to separate the children if it is not best interest in the child. and again, for heaven's sake, whether accompanied or unaccompanied were placed by their parents in a position to cross deadly territory, be subjected to sex traffickers -- sex trafficking themselves and be subjected to becoming sex traffickers. i have seen it as a judge. when there were hearings. i didn't do juvenile law. i have seen it. and you have parents, if they let their child here in texas in america do the things that parents from other countries allow their children to go through, there's a good chance, at least texas would have grabbed that child and said this is an unfit parent to go across desert and be in the hands of gang members and be subject to sex trafficking and drug trafficking and the border patrol, frequently they would ask, how much do y

ms. demick: go ahead. comment, i agree that may, because president trump agreed so quick week's meeting with the north koreans, that at the time, maybe it was just not related to any political issues, but i think probably evolved over time. she on the political advisor who it rises him hey, this would be a great thing for t midte elections and for your standing that is what the political advisers are supposed to be advising. ond ime couline there would be domestic situations, domestic in thisl situations, type of decision. [applause] [indistinct conversations] >> the supreme court today announced it would be setting aside a ruling against a baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple. the court is not deciding whether a business could refuse to serve game was in pe. the justice decision turned on with the court described as antireligious bias on the part of the colorado civil rights commission when it ruled against the baker, jet -- jack phillips. they voted 7-2 that the commission violated his rights under the first amendment. house democratic leader nancy pelosi tweets, the right to be free from

ms. deputy attorney general, that they're interested in holding you in contempt. maybe they may be mull fied by a resolution that really has no real point to it. but this is the absurd dit did i that -- absurdity that we are dealing with in an investigation that's proceed and i believe has concluded. so let me ask you, two investigations that were ongoing in 2016, could you just very briefly say what they were? two investigations regarding presidential candidates, what were those investigations? >> congress -- >> just mention what was the investigation for mrs. clinton? >> i'm not going to comment on any investigation may have been on going. i know there's a lot of publicity about it but i won't comment on it. >> what was the ig report about. >> it is about -- actually it's about a variety of misconduct that occurred in the fbi in 2016 and 2017. >> relating to? >> relating to -- well, it's primarily focused on the hillary clinton e-mail investigation, but inspector general actually addressed a few other issues in that report as well. >> did that investigation come to a conclusio

ms. watkins did not answer the agents' questions. mr. wolf stopped performing committee work in december. he retired from the committee in may wolf was not a source of information for ms. watkins during their relationship, she said. she says she told editors at buzzfeed news and politico about it and continued to cover national security including the committee's work. his watkins also toerltsd at the times about the previous relationship when she was hired to cover federal law enforcement." so again, the full scope of this is unclear. this is just breaking in the "new york times." we've got two big deals here. we've got the senate with this unanimous resolution saying yeah, the intelligence committee can give information to law enforcement as law enforcement investigates potential leaks by a staffer on the intelligence committee, a long-time senior staffer on intelligence. we now have the name of that staffer and the news that he is now retired. but apparently, at least according to this reporting in the "times," there is a suggestion that his previous three-year-long relationship with a reporter, a national security reporte

speaker, i yield such time as she may consume to the sponsor of the legislation, ms. chu. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. chu: mr. speaker, i rise today tourge support for h.r. 4684, the ensuring access to quality sober living act. we work to address our nation's opioid crisis, it's important that we address recovery in addition to treatment and prevention. addiction is a lifelong seeking and after treatment individual suffering from addiction need stable living environments, mental health services, and pier support to maintain their -- peer support to main thin their sow bright. i introduced this -- sobriety. i introduced this bill because of my constituent ryan hanson. he was a white house intern who was succeeding in college and had his whole life ahead of him n his early 20's he broke his knee hiking and was prescribed opiates for the pain. he became dependent on prescription drugs. he was labeled a drug seeker and was discharged from medical care. unfortunatel ts did nothing to address his addiction and without seeing any other options, he

care about crime and want illegal i mmigrantimmigran battery matter how bad they may be, to pour into our country, like ms-13. they can't win on their terrible policies, so they view them as potential voters. what's your reaction? >> first of all, it's typical of the president's inhumane policies and his belief that these are not human beings. frankly, my question to the president of the united states -- and i don't want to take this as a one on one to the president of the united states, to take it as republicans and democrats. frankly this should be nonpartisan. but mr. president, have you been to the border? have you held in your arms little roger, who is nine months old, whose mother was basically killed but his sister who is his mother, a 19-year-old, was criminalized? do you actually know that ms-13 is in this country and that the people who are fleeing are fleeing ms-13? have you actually talked to your border patrol agents as i have to determine whether or not these mothers coming with these young babies, 2,000 of them, have been separated from these mothers and fathers because they've been crimina

may request how much time i have remaining? the chair: the gentlewoman has two minutes remaining. ms. clark: i would like to yield a minute and a half to my colleague, mr. russell. the chair: without objection. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. russell: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank my colleague from massachusetts. the defense innovation unit experimental is a program that leverages brilliant engineers at places like the silicon valley or m.i.t. to invent such amazing things as saline cooling to save lives of badly wounded sole zwhrornse battlefield or create improved communications. in just the last year, the diux program saved the united states air force hundreds of millions of dollars by replacing a whiteboard management system for managing refueling with an integrating app that saved millions of pounds of fuel each week, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars and ultimately billion os savings this would never have happened without diux. it pays for itself many times over. in fact, we would not have things like predator today or key anti-missile defense systems wi

they don't care about crime, and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be pour into and infest our country like ms-13. they can't win on their terrible policies so they view them as potential voters. the president was up in arms a few weeks ago calling ms-13 animals and then said the media was conflating it. he says illegal immigrants and infesting our country. what is your take? >> i believe the president is correct on policy and correct on politics to make ms-13 an issue. i think what the president said was completely blown out of proportion. i knew what he meant at the time. i need to look at this tweet more closely. i would say that people are going to support him on ms-13, but they're not going to support on this family separation issue. you asked earlier if i might what can democrats do? here is what i think the congress can do. if the president can rally republicans to support this bill that takes care of everything the president wants and takes care of the dreamers and takes care of the family separation, what the democrats are going to have to do frankly is deliver ten votes in the senate

they don't care about crime and want illegal immigrants no matter how bad they may be to pour into and infest our country like ms-13. they can't win on their terrible policies, so they view them as potential voters. wow. want to bring in now congressman hakeem jeffries. new york democrat. what do you think of that tweet, first of all? >> well, there's so much to unpack there. but once again donald trump is lying to the american pele. the so-called zero-tolerance policy which by the way has zero moerality, zero integrity is a subsidiary of the trump white house. it was created by donald trump and stephen miller and jeff sessions. they cooked it up. solely responsible for it, and donald trump can end it today. >> infesting. that's what he wrote in the tweet. >> that was particularly offensive even for donald trump. and it was an example of him trying to deflect the reality that it's his administration and his policy that has infant children being ripped away from the hands of mothers and then being castaway in a manner that the parents have no idea where their children are, in a way that's doing psychological dama

they don't care about crime and want illegal immigrants no matter how bad they may be to pour in and infest our country like msest, congressman. term ates infest. bed bugs infest. immigrants? >> diseased insects. and i think that -- this is a rhetoric that trump has used all along on the issue of immigration. that is what prevented any movement to try to deal with dreamers and now the collateral damage in his mind of these children is kind of irrelevant. the only infestation, seriously, going on in this country is from the trump administration. where we're infesting ourselves and losing or moral camp-- more compass and how this could be resolved with one stroke of the pen by president bush in terms of kids being separated from their moms, they could do this and the infestation of liez and the loss of truth and losing our empathy and our moral compass as a nation. that is what is at stake. and the biggest threat to our character of people and our character of country comes from the administration and their persistence on using these children as negotiating pawns for a wall or part of a political strategy for th

may 23, 2018. and i'd like to submit the entire article for the record, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore:witht o. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. cooper explains that there s a common misconception about prosper that is being exploited, unfortunately, by many colleges and universities and our democrat friends. congressional budget office score of the prosper act did estimate a $15 billionu student aid over the next 10 years, but only on the mandatory side of the budget. democrats and many in the media have latched on to this number which appeared on page 2 of the score and ignored what the other 35 pages said. as i have read the ente c.b.o. score, i can tell you the prosper act does not cut federal spending on higher education. the prosper act expands the federal government's flagship student aid progr f low-income students, the pell grant. to encourage timely completion, e bill provides a $300 bonus to pell gran students who take on more an full course load. importantly, the bill makes several regulatory changes aimed at expanding both student and institutional eligibility for the program. as

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and we will certainly keep them in mind during conference and i yield such time as she may consume to my colleague, ms. wasserman schultz. ms. wasserman schultz: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. chairman, in 2017, the v.t.p. program transported 357,331 veterans of which 100,000 were disabled veterans. 's core p. service mission is improvement to access to care and assist veterans in overcoming transportation barriers to accessing services. v.t.p. has joint efforts with v.a.'s office of rural health and veterans service organizations. this is a valuable program that's clearly been recognized and highlighted by the gentleman from california that helps veterans who are visually impaired, elderly due to disease and disability and those living in remote or rural areas. at the time at the v.a. where we're struggling to make sure both in terms of the amount of times veterans have to wait to get an appointment and the difficulty in getting through a long distance to get that service, this is an important amendment. i appreciate the gentleman from california's contribution and strongly support it and yi