ms. johnson. do you think the reaction to donald trump last night and that questioner, do you think that's political correctness, people being angry about that? >> i think it is political correctness. i'll tell you something. the question was asked. nobody booed. nobody cheered. and mr. trump i think handled it the right way. but you know what? no matter what he said, the media was going to gang up on mr. trump and there was no reason to. and you know what? some of these politicians should think, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones because they've got skeletons in their closets and we know what's happening with mrs. clinton here. and you know, it's about time that they all grow up and they work on their own campaigns and worry about themselves -- >> yeah. >> mr. trump is well liked out there. the lines form out there hours before -- >> we'll see how long that continues. ms. johnson, thank you very much for joining me tonight. really appreciate it. let's bring in dave weigel, nat

ms. johnson. now i'll proceed to introduce our witnesses. our first witness is the honorable matthew stanislaus, from the office of solid waste and emergency response. mr. stanislaus was nominated and confirmed by the u.s. senate in 2009. he received his law degree from chicago kent law school in a chemical engineering degree from city college of new york. our next witness is mr. dennis greeney, president of environmental restoration, l.l.c. he received his bachelor of science from university of illinois, urbana, champaign. our next witness is dr. donald benn, the executive director of the navajo nations environmental protection agency. dr. benn received his phd. the next is the mayor of durango, colorado. he received his masters in architecture from the university of colorado at boulder. the next witness is a chemist with over 25 years of experience. he has been involved in geochemical studies and site evaluations across the united states, involving field, laboratory and computational components. dr. williamson's background includes extensi

ms. johnson. >> supervisor tang. >> i don't will have any questions but appreciate of the mayor's office working to really help us expedite with the ability for people to congratulate donate and so community members the minor amendment i'm making the city administrators shall by july 15th of every year submit an annual report to the mayor and the board of supervisors regarding the fund forces and uses and so after public comment we will do you want those hopefully do you want those the controller's office shall include the emergency responses in a quarterly budget status report and the related presentation to the board of supervisors so again, i think this is a really wonderful effort and hopefully, we won't see too many disasters but if we do we'll extinguishing accept the donations and users funds. >> thank you a supervisor tang if not others comments mr. rose, can we go to your report. >> yes. mr. chairman, and members of the committee on page 8 of our report we note that to congratulate date the existing fund it is 5 hundred plus come pricing the donations and to congratulate date, n

ms. johnson. now i'll proceed to introduce our witnesses. our first witness is the honorable matthew stanislaus, from the office of solid waste and emergency response. mr. stanislaus was nominated and confirmed by the u.s. senate in 2009. he received his law degree from chicago kent law school in a chemical engineering degree from city college of new york. our next witness is mr. dennis greeney, president of environmental restoration, l.l.c. he received his bachelor of science from university of illinois, urbana, champaign. our next witness is dr. donald benn, the executive director of the navajo nations environmental protection agency. dr. benn received his phd. the next is the mayor of durango, colorado. he received his masters in architecture from the university of colorado at boulder. the next witness is a chemist with over 25 years of experience. he has been involved in geochemical studies and site evaluations across the united states, involving field, laboratory and computational components. dr. williamson's background includes extensi

ms. johnson: thank you very uch. congresswoman marcy kaptur, i'm delighted to join you and delighted to share some sentiments. mr. speaker, i stand in recognition of the late congressman louis stokes, a dear friend and a tremendous patriot. who dedicated his life to serving our great nation. he was dedicated to expanding political and economic opportunities for all americans. and he was determined to transcend the culture of discrimination and injustice. louis stokes rose from humble beginnings in the local housing project of cleveland, ohio, to serve 30 years in the u.s. house of representatives. e was first elected in 1968. re-- reluctant to enter the political arena, he was persuaded to run for office by his younger brother, carl b. stokes, the first african-american mayor of a major american city. elected in 1967. prior to serving in congress, mr. stokes served as a civil rights lawyer and he was the

ms. johnson, and i have to leave it there. >> and chris christie is having a rally with maybe 100 people nashua today. >> thank you for being on the show. >> thank you for allow meg to be on. >> and dean o, thank you. >> and now, coming up, the allegations of bill cosby allegations are leading to one state leading to ending the statute of limitations of sexual assault, and there a downside to that? 73% of americans try... ...to cook healthy meals. yet up to 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more... ...add one a day men's 50+. complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it helps support healthy blood pressure with vitamin d and magnesium. that's a good thing, eligible for medicare? but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to re

ms. johnson. now i'll proceed to introduce our witnesses. our first witness is the honorable matthew stanislaus, the assistant administrator from the office of solid waste and emergency response. mr. stanislaus was nominated anf confirmed by the u.s. senate ina 2009. he received his law degree from chicago kent law school in a chemical engineering degree from city college of new york.oogreef our next witness is mr. dennis greeny, managing partner and president of environmental restoration, llc. he received his bachelor of science in ecology from university of illinois, urbana, campus. our next witness is dr. donald benn, the executive director ofd the navajo nations environmental protection agency. dr. benn received his ph.d. in n chemistry from new mexico state university. our next witness is the mayor of durango, colorado. he received his masters in environmental design and masteru in architecture from the university of colorado at boulder. the next witness is a chemist with over 25 years of experience. ch he has been involved in geochemic

ms. johnson. >> supervisor tang. >> i don't will have any questions but appreciate of the mayor's office working to really help us expedite with the ability for people to congratulate donate and so community members the minor amendment i'm making the city administrators shall by july 15th of every year submit an annual report to the mayor and the board of supervisors regarding the fund forces and uses and so after public comment we will do you want those hopefully do you want those the controller's office shall include the emergency responses in a quarterly budget status report and the related presentation to the board of supervisors so again, i think this is a really wonderful effort and hopefully, we won't see too many disasters but if we do we'll extinguishing accept the donations and users funds. >> thank you a supervisor tang if not others comments mr. rose, can we go to your report. >> yes. mr. chairman, and members of the committee on page 8 of our report we note that to congratulate date the existing fund it is 5 hundred plus come pricing the donations and to congratulate date, n

ms. johnson. >> good afternoon the finance committee met 3 o'clock we went through the full contract and also the contract report it is all on the consent calendar and in addition the also have added you can romanced for the request from cat and this is for the medical respites and the reason for the relocation there is actually expanding and a.d. another thirty medical records to their current bed coincidence all on the speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. calendar. >> we asked if anyone should be removed. >> if the commissioners want things for separate items. >> shall we move for approval? move to approve the consent calendar >> thank you a second. >> second. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> all right. thank you commissioners thank y thank you sxhaurn item 8 the san francisco general hospital bylaws good to see you before just to note commissioners these revisions have been reviewed and recommend for approval by the general cc. >> maybe give us background why some come here and jc don't need to come here. >> the only thing approved by the jc are

ms. johnson. >> supervisor tang. >> i don't will have any questions but appreciate of the mayor's officeking to really help us expedite with the ability for people to congratulate donate and so community members the minor amendment i'm making the city administrators shall by july 15th of every year submit an annual report to the mayor and the board of supervisors regarding the fund forces and uses and so after public comment we will do you want those hopefully do you want those the controller's office shall include the emergency responses in a quarterly budget status report and the related presentation to the board of supervisors so again, i think this is a really wonderful effort and hopefully, we won't see too many disasters but if we do we'll extinguishing accept the donations and users funds. >> thank you a supervisor tang if not others comments mr. rose, can we go to your report. >> yes. mr. chairman, and members of the committee on page 8 of our report we note that to congratulate date the existing fund it is 5 hundred plus come pricing the donations and to congratulate date, no ex

ms. johnson. >> supervisor tang. >> i don't will have any questions but appreciate of the mayor's officeorking to really help us expedite with the ability for people to congratulate donate and so community members the minor amendment i'm making the city administrators shall by july 15th of every year submit an annual report to the mayor and the board of supervisors regarding the fund forces and uses and so after public comment we will do you want those hopefully do you want those the controller's office shall include the emergency responses in a quarterly budget status report and the related presentation to the board of supervisors so again, i think this is a really wonderful effort and hopefully, we won't see too many disasters but if we do we'll extinguishing accept the donations and users funds. >> thank you a supervisor tang if not others comments mr. rose, can we go to your report. >> yes. mr. chairman, and members of the committee on page 8 of our report we note that to congratulate date the existing fund it is 5 hundred plus come pricing the donations and to congratulate date, no

ms. johnson: in this -- ohden? >> i do not. rep. johnson: i give you then i yieldfor consistency. back the balance of my turn. >> recognize it's a woman from iowa, mr. king. mr. -- rep. king i think: the witnesses for coming forward here today. i know sometimes reliving these things is a heavy burden and i am always impressed when we have witnesses they can deliver that message from the head in the heart from direct experience. listening to the gym and from georgia -- gentleman from georgia and some of who does not fit up with my worldview, you might be surprised to learn. i noticed that ms. smith did not as do your position of the death penalty so it give you an opportunity to tell us. >> i am opposed to -- opposed. rep. king: was your earlier testimony that this never been of babies is not necessarily an inhumane way for this baby to die? ms. smith: my definition is a baby that is of baby that is born. if your talking about fetuses -- rep. king: you acknowledge the testimony? you would not assert it is inhumane to dismember this unborn baby? he would not assert it is inhumane to

ms. johnson. >> supervisor tang. >> i don't will have any questions but appreciate of the mayor's office working to really help us expedite with the ability for people to congratulate donate and so community members the minor amendment i'm making the city administrators shall by july 15th of every year submit an annual report to the mayor and the board of supervisors regarding the fund forces and uses and so after public comment we will do you want those hopefully do you want those the controller's office shall include the emergency responses in a quarterly budget status report and the related presentation to the board of supervisors so again, i think this is a really wonderful effort and hopefully, we won't see too many disasters but if we do we'll extinguishing accept the donations and users funds. >> thank you a supervisor tang if not others comments mr. rose, can we go to your report. >> yes. mr. chairman, and members of the committee on page 8 of our report we note that to congratulate date the existing fund it is 5 hundred plus come pricing the donations and to congratulate date, n

ms. johnson. >> supervisor tang. >> i don't will have any questions but appreciate of the mayor's office working to really help us expedite with the ability for people to congratulate donate and so community members the minor amendment i'm making the city administrators shall by july 15th of every year submit an annual report to the mayor and the board of supervisors regarding the fund forces and uses and so after public comment we will do you want those hopefully do you want those the controller's office shall include the emergency responses in a quarterly budget status report and the related presentation to the board of supervisors so again, i think this is a really wonderful effort and hopefully, we won't see too many disasters but if we do we'll extinguishing accept the donations and users funds. >> thank you a supervisor tang if not others comments mr. rose, can we go to your report. >> yes. mr. chairman, and members of the committee on page 8 of our report we note that to congratulate date the existing fund it is 5 hundred plus come pricing the donations and to congratulate date, n

ms. jackson lee of texas. amendment number 10 by mr. johnson of georgia. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in house report 114-261 by the gentleman from california, mr. lowenthal, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2, printed in house report number 114-261, offered by mr. lowenthal of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having is n, a recorded vote ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political

brilliance and compassion that led president johnson and our other leaders at that time to bring these programs to be part of the fabric of our society. ms. judo: an appropriate final word. thank you both very much. we appreciate it. [applause] >> thank you all very much and thanks to all of our speakers, panelists, moderators, and to the robert johnson foundation. please join us for lunch on the second floor, and thanks, most of all, to all of you for attending today. thanks again. >> democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders took his progressive ideas to conservative liberty university in virginia today. we will fight you that speech tonight at 8:00 eastern. here is a look at some of what he had to say. senator sanders: let me take a moment, or a few moments, to me inou what motivates the work that i do as a public servant, as a senator, from the state of vermont, and that me tell you that it goes without saying, i am far, far from being a perfect human being, but i am ichivated by a vision wh exists in all of the great religions, in christianity come in judaism, in islam, in buddhism, and other religions. and that vision is so

the program, taking a hard hit from advertisers after two cohosts made remarks about kelly johnson. she was ms america pageant and she appeared on the competition in scrubs and then performed a monologue about being a nurse. watch this. >> and she came in her nurse uniform and read her e-mails out loud. >> why does she have a stethoscope around her neck. stuart: well, they weren't nice to her. >> most nurses know how to use stethoscopes. just pointing that one out. stuart: with the washington examiner and she's right with us right now. they were not very nice to had he. >> they weren't very nice. but what we've seen today is a couple of companies are now pulling out of the view. they're pulling their advertisements and reaction to this. and -- stuart: who is it? >> johnson & johnson and i'm drawing a blank on the other company right now. >> the big ones. stuart: so a bank and j and j out. >> yeah. and this is the type of knee-jerk reaction that i would see americans are getting sick and tired of. stuart: who's reaction? >> johnson & johnson. stuart: you don't approve of them? >> i don't. stuar

ms. kaptur: thank you, congresswoman eddie bernice johnson, a long way from cleveland. for your great service and for sharing your memories of our beloved friend, congressman louis stokes. i know others want to enter material in the record in memory of congressman stokes and, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, granted. ms. kaptur: i also wanted to mention that congressman stokes 's beautiful wife, gennett, who was at his side through all his years of service, his daughters, angela, shelly, laurie, his son, chuck, and seven grandchildren, what an amazing family. the stokes family has made many contributions to ohio and to our country. but i think gennett and congressman stokes are proudest of the children and grandchildren that they've raised. they have represented the family well during this most difficult time. mr. speaker, several weeks ago, i would like to turn to a

ms. richards: i am not aware. rep. cummings: they didn't. johnson and johnson was fined more than $2 billion for illegally marketing drugs and paying kickbacks to doctors, yet the company ceo receives $25 million last year. do you know if the house republicans conducted an investigation of this company or other drug companies that violated the law? ms. richards: i do not. rep. cummings: no they didn't. and they also never sought to deny them federal funding through medicaid or blocked their grants. i will go on. was finedd martin millions of dollars for using taxpayer funds to lobby congress , to maintain its hold on a multibillion-dollar pentagon contract. lockheed's ceo received a .tunning $33 million last year miss richards, do you know if there has been any investigation or any effort to eliminate lockheed martin's federal funding? ms. richards: sounds like there hasn't been. rep. cummings: of course there was not. these are huge companies that are actually guilty of breaking the law and their ceos are .aking millions of dollars republicans neve

& johnson was fined $2 million for kickbacks to doctors and nursing homes yet the ceo still received $25 million last year. ms richards, do you know about the house republicans conducted an investigation of this company or other drug companies that violated the law? do you? >> i do not. >> i can answer that for you, no, they didn't. and they never sought to deny federal funding through medicaid or to block their nih grants. let me go on. last month lockheed martin was fined millions of dollars for using tax payer funds to lobby congress, to maintain its hold on a multibillion dollar pentagon contract. lockheed ceo received a stunning $33 million last year. miss richards, do you know if there has been any investigation or any effort, any, to eliminate lockheed martin's federal funding? >> it sounds like there hasn't been. >> you got it. of course there wasn't. these are huge companies that are actually guilty of breaking the law. and their ceos make millions of dollars. republicans never criticize the salaries of their ceos and they never try to strip their federal funding, their government subsidies or tax br

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ms. alt, true to her native west virginia spirit, is fighting it. andy johnsonfrom wyoming has been mentioned. mr. johnson built a stock pond for his horses and cattle on his eight-acre property. a stock pond that a former army corps of engineers enforcement officer inspected and concluded that it provided environmental benefits including approved wildlife habitat and that the water flowing out of the pond is three times cleaner than the water flowing into it. yet mr. johnson has been fined $16 million. now, this is just a small farmer. then you've got the situation with the range resources corporation in texas, a natural gas company, being forced to spend $4.2 million defending itself in 2011 after the epa issued an emergency order. epa accused the range resources of causing or contributing to the contamination of two water wells. and then when it was quickly determined that they didn't have anything to do with it, despite the incontrovertible evidence to this fact, the epa claimed that it was not required to prove or even allege any connection between the con

and johnson, another one wi was fined more than $2 million for paying kickback to doctors and nursing homes. yet the company's c rks o still received $25 million last year. ms richards, do you know if the house republicans conducted an investigation of this company or other drug companies that violated the law? do you? >> i do not. >> i can answer that for you. no, they didn't. and they also never sought to deny their federal funding through medicaid or block their nih grants. last month lockheed martin was fined millions of dollars for using taxpayer funds to lobby congress, to maintain its hold on a multibillion dollar pentagon contract. lockheed's ceo received a stunning $33 million last year. ms. richards, do you know if there has been any investigation or any effort, any, to eliminate lockheed martin's federal funding? >> sounds like there hasn't been. >> you got it. of course there wasn't. these are huge companies that are actually guilty of breaking the law and their ceos make millions of dollars. republicans never criticize the salaries of their ceos and they never try to strip their federal funding, their government subsidies or their tax breaks. b

& johnson was fined $2 million for kickbacks to doctors and nursing homes yet the ceo still received $25 million last year. ms richards, do you know about the house republicans conducted an investigation of this company or other drug companies that violated the law? do you? >> i do not. >> i can answer that for you, no, they didn't. and they never sought to deny federal funding through medicaid or to block their nih grants. let me go on. last month lockheed martin was fined millions of dollars for using tax payer funds to lobby congress, to maintain its hold on a multibillion dollar pentagon contract. lockheed ceo received a stunning $33 million last year. miss richards, do you know if there has been any investigation or any effort, any, to eliminate lockheed martin's federal funding? >> it sounds like there hasn't been. >> you got it. of course there wasn't. these are huge companies that are actually guilty of breaking the law. and their ceos make millions of dollars. republicans never criticize the salaries of their ceos and they never try to strip their federal funding, their government subsidies or tax br

ms. ayotte: thank you. mr. president, today in the homeland security and government oversight committee, chairman johnson, rankingmember carper held a very important hearing where we heard from whistle-blowers from the v.a. and then we heard afterwards from v.a. officials, also representatives of the inspector general's office. and this issue, how we treat those who have served the country, is so critical to who we are as a nation. yet, over the last year we've learned of shocking failures at the department of veterans affairs. and today's testimony, unfortunately, was no different in terms of how whistle-blowers were retaliated against at the department of veterans affairs. instead of a culture of encouraging people to come forward when things go wrong, people come forward when things go wrong are treated badly and also face consequences for their employment. and that's wrong. but what we've seen over the last year are really shocking failures including veterans being denied care after being placed on secret wait lists, experiencing extended delays in benefits, or endless, endless wait times for appeal, reviews