ms. johnson ms. copeland and then to resume the hearing. and then to senator wyden. >> the next irs commissioner to be in charge of administering a tax system that is broken. there is one set of rules in america for the cop on the beat strict rules no poles taxes coming straight out of your paycheck or no loopholes but then another set of rules for the high flyers and under that system with the right advice you can effectively pay what you want when you want to. mr. reddig nominated by the president seems to have made a career on giving advice to a lot ofgi those high flyers and the biggest policy challenge he will walk into if confirmed as commissioner with this extremely complicated tax law that does a whole lot more for those high flyers and the well-connected than it does for everybody else. givenwe that fact my view i hope that mr. reddig can work on behalf of alled americans particularly hard-working middle-class families the owners of the garages in restaurants and corner stores from our community the guy on the street as mr. reddig

ms. eddie bernice johnson of texas. or considerations of 811, 861, 863 and 280 of the house bill 6006 of ns, 1626 and the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference, mr. chabot, knight and velazquez. for sections 518, 554, 883, 1111, 049, 1050-b, 1095, 3528, 3529 and4, disks d of the house bill in ecretaries 153, 601, 1604, 3501, 3502. 7517 of the and senate amendment and modifications committed to conference. mrs. comstock and ms. brownley of california. from the committee on veterans affairs for considerations of 2844 n 547, 552, 1411 and of the house bill and section 721, 726 and modifications committed to conference mr. roe of tennessee, and walings. for consideration of 01 of the house bill and section 6201 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference mr. reichert, roskham and neal for considerations of 1076, 1079,6, 3 2, 2830-a, 3, 2822, 2830, 3549, 4810, 4837 division e and section 6101 1721, 4, 601, 1002, 2833, 2836 and 2518 of the senate amendment and modifications committed

ms. johnson free today. i believe in systematic social justice, i believe in systematic approaches to criminal justice reform, so i don't believe in the individualistic ethos, but at the same time thank god that she went to talk to donald trump and that sister johnson got, what, pardoned today. that's a good thing -- >> commuted. >> commuted, commuted, commuted, commuted. [applause] and that's a good thing. >> not justice. that is like -- >> that's something approximating it, and it's better than what she sad. so for me, so i talked to them, and i had a conversation and so on. i'm like you know i'm not down with -- and he admitted later on that it was my mental illness that led me to say that slavery was choice. but back to your point, there is a great deal of suffering that needs to be addressed that artists have to be held accountable for. and it's not simply, as you read the passage in my book, i acknowledge the degree to which respectability politics precluded the recognition of certain artistic achievem

ms. lynn johnson, ms. elizabeth copeland and mr. patrick [inaudible]. thereafter, we will resume our hearing. i'm pleased to turn to my partner, senator wyden for his opening remarks. >> thank you mr. chairman. the next irs commissioner is going to be in charge of administrating the tax system that is broken in two. there is one set of rules in america for the cop on the beat or the worker on the factory line. strict rules, no special loopholes, taxes come straight out of your paycheck. then there is another set of rules in america for the high flyers and under that system with the right advice from costly advisors you can effectively payay what you want when you want to. mr. rettig, nominated by the president to be the irs, seems to have made a career on giving advice to a lot of those high flyers. the biggest policy challenge he will walk into, if confirmed as commissioner, is implement in the extremely, gated trump tax laws which does a whole lot more to the high flyers and the well-connected than it does for everybody else. given that fact in my vie

ms. johnson of texas. from the committee on transportation and infrastructure for consideration 6224, ions 2404, 6223, 6503, 9117 and 9118 of the house bill and sections 2415, 2416, 6124, 6304 and 7412 of the senate amendment and modifications committed to conference messers. denham, gibbs and mrs. bustos. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on further consideration of h.r. 6147 and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 996 and prule 19 the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house. will the gentleman from illinois, mr. hultgren, take the chair. mr. hultgren: the house is in the committee of the whole house for further consideration of h.r. 6147. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department eve

johnson: mr. chairman, ms. downs could she respond? >> will i without objection extend another minute because i would like to follow up with one of the questions. mr. johnson: i yield. >> the second point you made about disclosing who paid for political ads. mr. goodlatte: you also disclosed how much they paid or the rate they paid for the ad? ms. bickert: no, mr. chairman. we disclosed who paid for it. mr. goodlatte: ms. downs. ms. downs: google has strong security protections in place to protect against state interference. and we have worked to extend those security protections to campaigns. we have trained over 1,000 campaign professionals on a suite of tools called protect your election. these are digital tools designed to protect election websites and political campaign from digital attacks. as i mentioned we also have implemented more transparency with election advertising as i described. previously and we're continuing to fight misinformation on our products. both through enforcement of our policies against the behavior and throu

ms. roby? mr. gates? >> aye. >> mr. johnson of louisiana? >> aye. >> mr. biggs? >> aye. >> mr. rutherford. >> aye. >> miss handle? >> yes. >> mr. nadler? >> no. >> miss lofgren? >> no. >> ms. jackson-lee? >> no. >> mr. cohen? >> no. >> mr. johnson of georgia? >> no. >> mr. deutsche? >> no. >> mr. gutierrez? >> no. >> miss bass? mr. richmond? >> no. >> mr. jeffries? >> mr. cicilline? >> no. >> mr. swallwell? >> no. >> mr. raskin. >> no. >> mr. schneider? >> no. >> miss demmings? >> no. >> the clerk of the oversight government reform committee will call the roll. >> mr. gowdy. >> pass. >> mr. duncan. >> aye. >> mr. issa. >> aye for both committees. >> mr. jordan. >> yes. >> mr. sanford. >> aye. >> mr. amash. mr. goeser. >> aye. >> mr. desjarlait. >> aye. >> mr. massey. >> aye. >> mr. meadows. >> aye. >> mr. desantis. >> aye. >> mr. ross. >> aye. >> mr. walker. >> aye. >> mr. blum. >> aye. >> mr. heiss. >> aye. >> mr. russell. >> aye. >> mr. growthman. >> aye. >> mr. herd. mr. palmer. >> aye. >> mr. comber. >> yes. >> mr. mitchell. mr. jean forte. >> yes. >> mr. cummings. >> no. >>

the pastor at rival who resigned over the bricks that plan saying quote mr johnson quote would be a great prime minister now ms maes job of managing bracks it will be harder enter political future is even more in doubt with friends like these as they say who needs enemies and meanwhile back at the ranch in washington d.c. mr trump's treasury secretary steve i'm a neutral heard a loud and bipartisan chorus of criticism of the administration's trade and tariff policies with republicans notably raising their voices in the senate foreign relations committee hearing on terrorist chairman bob corker republican of tennessee and a former campaign supporter an early supporter of mr trump in a state with bokes wagon nissan and general motors plants said he was concerned mr trump was on a dangerous course and listen to this abusing his authority that's capitol hill code here folks for breaking the law by mr trump imposing tariffs on national security is justification for those tariffs that authority by the way is sometimes specifically cited as section two thirty two you may hear that around another republican house fina

the pastor at rival who resigned over the bricks that plan saying quote mr johnson quote would be a great prime minister now ms may's job of managing brax it will be harder and or political future is even more in doubt with friends like these as they say who needs enemies and meanwhile back at the ranch in washington d.c. mr trump's treasury secretary stephen minucci heard a loud and bipartisan chorus of criticism of the administration's trade and tariff policies with republicans notably raising their voices in a senate foreign relations committee hearing on terrorist chairman bob corker republican of tennessee and a former campaign supporter an early supporter of mr trump in a state with bokes wagon nissan and general motors plants said he was concerned mr trump was on a dangerous course and listen to this abusing his authority that's capitol hill code here folks for breaking the law by mr trump imposing tariffs on national security is justification for those tariffs that authority by the way is sometimes specifically cited as section two thirty two you may hear that around another republican house financial

ms. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 2345, the national suicide hotline improvement act, and i want to thank mr. stewart and the committee leaders for the hard work and -- in presenting this on the floor today. this bipartisan legislation asks the federal communications commission and substance abuse and mental health services administration to study the designation of a three-digit dial-in code, similar to 911. even 3-year-olds can remember 911. when a family is in crisis, an 00 number sometimes is difficult to remember. suicide prevention and mental crisis health line system makes it all american because we are faced with these kinds of incidents many times every day. the bill also requires performance of a cost and benefit service analysis of using a three-digit dial-in code for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system and examines the overall effectiveness of the current national suicide prevention lifeline and veterans crisis line and recommends ways to improve th

johnson: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. ms. mccollum: i reserve the right to close. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from ohio. mr. johnson: i'm pleased to reserve one minute to my colleague from virginia, mr. griffith. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. griffith: i thank the gentleman for yielding me one minute. i rise in support of amendment, appreciate chairman calvert's support as well and the appropriators' hard work on this. it was created by hal rogers. people say they want us to transition the economy in central ap lasha, this is one of the way it is d that and it saves money. we have a project in my district where it would cost $6.7 knoll clean up a site. if we did it the normal way with. this program, which we wish to continue, it'll only cost the government about $2.5 million or $2.6 million and we end up with a site that can be used again for economic development and jobs in appalachia. yield back. mr. johnson: i reserve. ms. mccollum: i reserve the right to close. th

president trump who has a close relationship with johnson was asked whether ms.eresa may, should resign. watch what he says? >> that is up to the people. i get along with her very well. have a very good relationship. that is certainly up to the people, not up to me. trish: ashley webster joins me with the latest. our resident british expert. >> anything british, bring me in. it will be a interesting time for donald trump. stressor is a is -- theresa dayg better day today than yesterday's turmoil. no major resignations which is good. what comes out on thursday what the uk government calls the white paper on "brexit." we get to see all the details. we know the devil is always in the details. at the same time donald trump meets with theresa may on thursday. listen -- trish: still going to be there on thursday? >> she is still going to be there, i believe that. she said this yesterday, trish, i'm not sure there is strong contender, maybe boris johnson or michael goh which some people like. but at this pointer risa may is is staying tough. trish: when we see the white

ms. jackson-lee? no. mr. cohen? yes. mr. johnson of georgia? mr. cohen votes no. mr. johnson of georgia? no. mr. deutsche? no. mr. gutierrez? no. ms. bass? mr. richmond? mr. jeffries? mr. cicilline? no. mr. swalwell? mr. lieu? no. mr. raskin? ms. jayapal? no. mr. schneider? no. ms. demings? no. has every member voted who wishes to vote? >> mr. chairman? >> the gentle woman is recorded as no. we're going to wait another minute or two for the ranking member. so are you recorded? the gentleman is recorded. mr. chairman? how am i recorded? the gentleman from louisiana is not recorded. >> mr. johnson votes yes. mr. chairman? the gentleman from california. >> no. >> mr. swalwell votes no. >> chairman, may i make a parliamentary inquiry? >> the gentle woman will state her parliamentary inquiry? >> mr. chairman, i'm trying to inquire of the basis of the emergency and the cause that has generated this resolution to ignore the regular order of the seven-day notice of the notice. >> it's not an emergency. it's good cause. the gentleman from maryland. >> how am i recorded? >> not recorded. >> no. >> mr. rask

ms. murphy: good morning, chairman lankford, ranking member heitkamp, and members of the subcommittee. good to see you, chairman johnson. my name centrally murphy. i'm the g.s.a. administrator. thank you for the opportunity to testify today on g.s.a.'s role in the administration's government reform plan. specifically the reorganization of certain functions with respect to the office of personnel management. g.s.a.'s mission is to deliver value and savings in real estate acquisition, technology and other mission support services across government. in this testimony, i will lay out the case for why g.s.a. is uniquely positioned to build on the work of o.p.m. and enhance the delivery of human capital operation services across overnment. the consolidation of functions into a unified, customer-sent rick source a rational approach to management of any large organization. to that end, the plan identifies an ex pabbeded role for g.s.a. -- expanded role for g.s.a. to provide administrative services to federal agencies. under the plan, g.s.a.'s role will expand most substantially through the move of certain human resource operat

johnson votes yes. mr. big yes. mr. westford votes yes. mishandle votes yes. mr. roth third, mr. not there? mr. nadler votes no. mr. locklin votes no. ms. jaclyn the votes no. mr. cohen votes no. mr. johnson of georgia votes no. mr. deutsch votes no. mr. gutierrez influence this is votes no. mr. richman votes no. mr. jeffries, mr. sicily? mr. sicily me about snow. mr. lu? mr. lu votes no. mr. raskin votes no. mr. schneider votes no. ms. deming votes no. >> mr. gowda? mr. gaudi passes. mr. duncan? mr. duncan votes yes. mr. isa? mr. isa votes yes. mr. jordan? mr. jordan votes yes. mr. stanford? mr. stanford votes yes. mr. go start? mr. goes are votes yes. ms. fox? mr. massey? mr. massey votes yes. mr. meadows? mr. meadows about yes. mr. ross? mr. ross votes yes. mr. walker? mr. walker votes yes. mr. blom? mr. blom about yes. mr. heights? mr. heights votes yes. mr. russell? mr. russell votes yes. mr. grossman? mr. grossman votes yes. mr. palmer? mr. palmer votes yes. mr. comber? mr. comer votes yes. mr. mitchell? mr. cummings? mr. cummings about snow. ms. maloney? miss maloney votes no. ms. norton? mrs. norton votes no. mr. clay? mr. lynch?

accepted mr johnson's resignation or mr johnson is widely seen as damaged goods in any potential successor in bid and mr davis urged members of parliament not to challenge ms may her political position is now more precarious than ever and here to discuss it more is detail about london we go to london and option right sahni the host of our teams going underground option thanks for joining us it's hard to imagine that this all hasn't been somewhat brewing for maybe a couple years but at least for the last year bring us up to speed on where we are with all the resignations of david davis and boris johnson well over the weekend we had a prime minister victoriously saying to an arguably compliant mainstream media everything was ok we've got a deal that we want to secure from brussels and sure enough midnight on sunday night we saw the brakes and secretary resigned and now the foreign secretary is saying the dream is dying and that britain risks becoming a colony of brussels out of all of the brics and think oh she ations and anyone thinking that the foreign secretary boris johnson may want to may want to put himself up for one of your supremes jobs he resigned

accepted mr johnson's resignation or mr johnson is widely seen as damaged goods in any potential successor and bid and mr davis urged members of parliament not to challenge ms may her political position is now more precarious than ever and here's discuss it more in detail about london we go to london and option rights on the host of our teams going underground option thanks for joining us it's hard to imagine that this all hasn't been somewhat brewing for maybe a couple years but at least for the last year bring us up to speed on where we are with all the resignations of david davis and boris johnson. well over the weekend we had a prime minister victoriously saying to an arguably compliant mainstream media everything was ok we've got a deal that we want to secure from brussels and sure enough midnight on sunday night we saw the break that secretary resigned and now the foreign secretary is saying the dream is dying and the britain risks becoming a colony of brussels out of all of the brics of negotiations and anyone thinking that the foreign secretary boris johnson may want to may want to put himself up for one of your supremes jobs he resigned his america

ms. pearlman make quilts, stitched with love. >> why do you do this for us? and i think it's just because we care! >> reporter: meredith johnson started the project happiness is a warm quilt. the group has been receiving donations of fabric, and quilts, bed-sized, volunteers from across the country. volunteers take pride in the detailed work. >> it almost put me down when i walked one lady walk out, clutching the quilt like this, and it was just -- that's a wonderful feeling. okay, this person is really going to enjoy this. >> reporter: the quilts aren't just handed out. the people choose them, either in person or online. >> and then we usually stock them 3-deep at least. >> reporter: at the charles schultz museum in santa rosa, groups come to pick up what they saw on facebook page. others look for what they can't be without. >> they're living in motions or furnished vacation rentals, places that are not theirs. and having something you chose that you love transforms your environment. >> reporter: janet lost her home. >> it's beautiful! [ laughter ] >> reporter: she found her perfect quilt. >> i looked at it online, and it jus

ms. because it seems cheap. that's why whenever i get asked about a low quality stock in the "lightning round," you hear me say something hey, skee-daddy, if you like blah, blah, blah, you'll love johnson johnson and that's best of breed sure, they're not going to give new any short-term pyrotechnics, but it's an industry lead were a great balance sheet, long history of dividend posts and a strong pipeline of new products in the works what makes a company be the best of breed well, like the late, great supreme court justice potter stewart once said about pornography, i know it when i see it but to help explain this concept to you, when i say best of breed, i'm talking about well managed, high quality companies like a johnson & johnson if you can get j & j on sale, great. if you can't, i still prefer you to pay up for something like j & j. then try to pick up penny stocks because it seems cheaper there are very few bargains out there when it comes to second order third tier players their stocks may look cheaper but that's because they deserve to be cheaper. the businesses are worth less. don't worry about paying a higher price to earns multiple for best of breed. it may seem more expens

johnson: thank you. i want to thank mr. reichert, ms. delbene, mr. cole and mr. kilmer for introducing this commonsense bill. as chairman of the ways and means social security subcommittee, i held a hearing last year on social security coverage for some state and local governments. during the hearing, we discussed how state and local governments were initially excluded from social security. but over time, the law was changed to provide state and local governments the choice to extend social security coverage to their employees. however, tribal councils don't have this same option. the i.r.s. and social security have ruled that tribal council members are not eligible for social security coverage. that isn't right. tribal councils should be able to participate in social security if they want to. the bill on the floor today fixes this by giving tribal councils the choice. i also want to be clear that this bill does not mandate social security coverage. tribes will still have the ability to make their own decision. this bill treats tribal council members fairly when

ms. cortez masto: thank you. mr. president, thank you. 53 years ago on july 30, 1965, president lyndon b. johnsonsigned landmark legislation to establish medicare and medicaid to essential programs that provide health care to over 120 million americans and over 1 million nevadans. when president johnson signed this historic bill, he said no longer will older americans be denied the healing miracle of modern medicine. no longer will illness crush and destroy the savings that they have so carefully put away over a lifetime so that they might enjoy dignity in their later years. no longer will young families see their own incomes and their own hopes eaten away simply because they are carrying out their deep moral obligations to their parents and to their uncles and to their aunts. and no longer will this nation refuse the hand of justice to those who have given a lifetime of service and wisdom and labor to the progress of this progressive country. on that day, l.b.j. declared an end to an era in which health care was denied to the most vulnerable members of our communities. and so i rise today to cel

johnson: we do have the highest sales tax. thank you. i'm out of time. thank you. i yield back. mr. goodlatte: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, this is an important hearing. i simply don't know where to start. i know there is an array of very important witnesses here and certainly one of the strongest advocates against any form of taxation at all. but i think it's important to put on the record, as a member of the budget committee, having to suffer through a republican budget that took $2 trillion out of medicare and social security on the basis of having 1% nd the $2 trillion benefit tax cut that was proposed and passed by this republican majority, i think that is worthy in the midst of talking about internet sales an of which i have been ally of the chairman. i respected bricks and mortar. we are at a point where we need to find solutions. before i engage in that discussion, let me also say, mr. chairman, i just came back from the border. and i want to affirm -- i know my good friend, mr. rutherford, always makes the point that law enforcement do as they're asked

ms-13 is a polite in our imheunt ancommunity and we have to eradicate them. >> there's a washington postop ed out from former homeland security chief jay johnson, abolishing i.c.eopossibly sayinsaying enough isenough. you're trying to protect our children. regardless of all political affiliation, you shouldn't be drag into the politics. what are the facts? -l how important is i.c.e. to your community? >> well, we work with i.c.e. regarding operation matador. and we've arrested 475 individuals over the last year and a half, 170 in suffolk county alone all with ms-13. so they are a plight in your community. our community and we have to e raid kate them. >> do they need to be reformed as so democrats say? >> there are some reforms regarding the indicate of individuals coming across our border. i don't believe that families should be separated. but as far as i'm concerned inside the suffolk county jail, they're professional and courteous, not running around the jails has some say they are. >> sound like they're not incompetent. appreciate you bringing the facts in what you see on the ground. thank you for doing what you do every day >>> republicans on attack from t