ms. jackson lee, is opposed to the bill. ms. jackson lee: i support the ill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas will control 20 minutes in opposition to the bill. the gentleman from virginia is recognized for 20 minutes. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on h.r. 4919, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, it's estimated that 60% of the 5.3 million individuals with alzheimer's disease and 49% of children with autism are susceptible to wandering or leaving safe areas and the protection of a responsible caregiver. results of wanledsering can be devastating to the -- wandsering can be devastate to get individuals -- wandering can be devastating to the individuals with the disease and children

i yield to ms. lee. ms. lee: let me thank you, congressman o'rourke, for lifting up my mother who was a phenomenal mother who passed away last year who broke many glass ceilings and i want to thank you for recognizing what a true hero she was. and i just have to tell you, i want to thank you for your tireless advocacy on behalf of my hometown, the place of my birth, el paso, texas, on so many fronts, but especially on behalf of immigrants. i grew up in an immigrant community and i can tell you my mother, my grandfather, my sters, my brothers in law, everybody from el paso consider you our representative. so thank you very much. we are very proud of you. i attended st. joseph's elementary school on waco and we were taught we must value the dignity of all human beings. i was taught by the sisters of loretta in el paso. and now representing the beautiful east bay of northern california, my values and what i learned from my mother and my grandfather and my parents in el paso, really drive me to continue our fight

as ms. lee's standard would you consider internal control in order to design an effective and efficient audit approach. we do not opine on control but i should mention we do issue a report on internal control that nothing come to our attention during our audit process. we also design and implement audit procedures based on our understanding of the entity to gain reasonable but not absolute assurance as to the absence of any material the statements within the financial statements. if we audit to get absolute assurance we would still be auditing the audit that would go on for a long time auditing every penny. our audit is not designed to detect for all that is a mixture 02 the financial statements could we do procedures that we perform to make sure that it's free from a turtle the statement. so we just want to highlight that. because this audit is in accordance with government auditing standards, do we have to test compliance with laws and regulations. nothing come came to our attention was any inst

as ms. lee's standard would you consider internal control in order to design an effective and efficient audit approach. we do not opine on control but i should mention we do issue a report on internal control that nothing come to our attention during our audit process. we also design and implement audit procedures based on our understanding of the entity to gain reasonable but not absolute assurance as to the absence of any material the statements within the financial statements. if we audit to get absolute assurance we would still be auditing the audit that would go on for a long time auditing every penny. our audit is not designed to detect for all that is a mixture 02 the financial statements could we do procedures that we perform to make sure that it's free from a turtle the statement. so we just want to highlight that. because this audit is in accordance with government auditing standards, do we have to test compliance with laws and regulations. nothing come came to our attention was any inst

my manuscript was accepted before publication of ms. lee's actual first book, which brought to mind the question of which is the real atticus finch, the beloved lawyer of "to kill a mockingbird" or that they get it right in watchmen. i can tell you from growing up in my primary that they were both kind and atticus in the states in alabama and many variations have been. some said the atticus is a mockingbird is fictional and humorous. there is no such thing as a southern white man who did that sort of thing and that the racist in watchmen was a real something right and good that's not true. my father never subscribe to racist materials, never went to let citizens counselor clan meeting. he hated both organizations. he never called black people by pending the. he did in fact courageously defend a black man athlete charged with a white woman so if you missed the atticus of mockingbird come if you're sad or the atticus in watchmen, take a look at this. i'm going to skip through a few pages to give you a little more feel b. at to call my father a

ms. jackson lee, from the committee on the judiciary and homeland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady from new york and i thank her for her leadership. i want to associate myself with the words on the chairman, mr. rogers, and thank him for his years of commitment and dedication to this nation. i also want to acknowledge my good friend sam farr and thank him so very much for being so strong and committed to the right things of this body and the nation. i thank him for his service. i join with my colleagues, many have said this is the wrong way to fund the government. that appropriations legislation done by the appropriations committee was ready and done. and i join my colleague who says that we caved. we conceded to not doing our job in the 114th congress. and for that reason i am very concerned. earlier today we had the wrda bill and i support that bill, for the many projects that are going to help the citizens of texas. i wish i could say the same thing as we go

my manuscript was accepted for publication of ms. lees first book "go set a watchman" which brought into question who was derailed atticus finch did they loved figure in to kill at mockingbird or the figure in "go set a watchman." some said the atticus of mockingbird was fictional. it was a fictional book but there was no such thing as a southern white van that do that sort of thing and the racist watchman were the real southern white man. that's not true. my father never subscribed to racist materials, never went to a white citizens councils or clan meeting. he hated both of those organizations. he never called black people by the word and backward. he did in fact courageously defend a black man falsely charged with raping a white woman in troy alabama in 1938. if you miss the atticus of mockingbird and if you were sad that the atticus of watchman take a look at this. i'm going to skip through few pages to give you a feel for the case. the judge called my father in enterprise alabama which is in south alabama away from dry, maybe half an

ms. lee and mr. scott, i thank you very much for being here today for your contributions. and with that, i declare this hearing adjourned. >>> sunday on american history tv on c-span3 -- at 1:00 p.m. eastern, a symposium on world war ii spies and code breakers. an american family who aided the french resistance in nazi-occupi nazi-occupied france. >> she had a 15-year-old son, philip jackson. by deciding to use 11th avenue foch as a place the resistance could meet she was risking not only her life but her husband and son's life. >> in the 1920s, nicola sacco and venzetti were tried, convicted and executed for robbery and murder in massachusetts despite the lack of supporting evidence. brad snyder discusses the controversy surrounding the case with introductions by ruth bader ginsburg. >> at 9:10 p.m. on august 3rd, sacco and venzetti were transferred to the death house. the governor declared that sacco and venzetti had a fair trial. the boston press declared the case closed. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, historian george nash talks about her bert hoover's humanitarian effo

lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the dean of this institution. anyone who has had the privilege of working with john conyers and ohn lewis have nothing but admiration and understanding through their teachings of the life of which they lived. so this important legislation is a reflection of their commitment to these families and their personal knowledge of the pain that so many families still now experience through unsolved civil rights crimes. emmitt till was one of the midwest note worthy and violent and many of us still are able to see in our vision a picture of the open casket of how brutalized and beaten young emmitt till, a 14-year-old boy -- emmett till a 14-year-old boy had to suffer. his mother had to go through what might be considered absolute humiliation, in terms of seeing her son's body open to the world, but because it was such a heinous crime she was willing for the world to see. this legislation is enormously important because it extends until 2027 the authority of the department o

committee and homeland security and served us in congress for a good many years, the honorable jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank my colleague, the honorable al green. we are like family in this house, republicans and democrats as we work with our staff. and i'm very clear of the fact that ms. ellis was the only chief of staff that congressman green had and made an a-choice and she likewise in accepting his offer to be his chief of staff. but she is a 30-year veteran and she brought to his office, what brought to this house, a sense of affection and love for the institution, for democracy and for america. not only did she have the privilege of working for congressman green and he the privilege of having her working as a chief of staff, she worked for congressman owens and late former alabama senator, howard hefflin. it meanings she understood the institution that helped to lay down the pillows of democracy. and she was a spiritual mother, to the tens upon tens of young people who came to this place with starry eyes to make a difference, spiritual mother, sister, mentor and friend to many pe

ms. jackson lee, from the committee on the judiciary and homeland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady from new york and i thank her for her leadership. i want to associate myself with the words on the chairman, mr. rogers, and thank him for his years of commitment and dedication to this nation. i also want to acknowledge my good friend sam farr and thank him so very much for being so strong and committed to the right things of this body and the nation. i thank him for his service. i join with my colleagues, many have said this is the wrong way to fund the government. that appropriations legislation done by the appropriations committee was ready and done. and i join my colleague who says that we caved. we conceded to not doing our job in the 114th congress. and for that reason i am very concerned. earlier today we had the wrda bill and i support that bill, for the many projects that are going to help the citizens of texas. i wish i could say the same thing as we go

ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for ne minute. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i, too, rise to acknowledge the fallen on this day, december 7, at pearl harbor, the day of infamy, and offer to them our greatest admiration and gratitude. our prayers continue to be with their ongoing families. but i also rise today to speak about the responsibilities of public servants. to my knowledge, air force one does not belong to any particular presidency, regardless of party. and therefore, any attempt to ensure the technological sophistication and the quality of that aircraft should be left to the decisionmakers who have the responsibility of protecting the president of the united states or in essence those who have the responsibility of governing the united states military, which includes the congress and certainly the pentagon. i'm concerned when the incoming person that will take the o

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the ranking member and i rise in support of the conference report to s. 2943, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2017. this act is designed to meet the threats we face today as well as the future, and i thank the chairman of the committee as well as -- chairman of the committee from texas as well as the ranking member from washington, both having worked together in this enormous task to be able to defend our nation. the results of our work here today will reflect our strong commitment to ensure the men and women of our armed services receive the benefits and support that they deserve for their faithful service. building on these efforts, this bill contains initiatives designed to provide resources and support for these men and women. this legislation recognizes the reality that we live in a dangerous world where threats are not easily identifiable and our enemies are not bound by bonders. in confronting this type of enemy deserves a well-prepare

ms. kathie lee, would you mix that up? >> okay. >> here comes the difficult part. soak them in water. 20 minutes. it spits out the sand. okay? and then we have to scrub the shells. so it's all ready to go. >> it's time >> it's time consuming. >> but worth it, though. >> best heat them one or two minutes. >> heat them how? >> in the oven. >> in the microwave. >> stick it in, twist 2 and pop it and then you just turn this around. >> twist it. >> yeah. and then your clam is ready to go. so -- now, this butter mixture. >> yeah. >> i've put in the refrigerator. i made it nice and hard. >> ah -- like little chunks? >> yes. now i'm going to put it on my clam. i'm going to add some more panko. this goes in the oven, 450, about ten minutes, and my assistant will show you what it looks like. >> elena, a fantastic, fantastic job. >> we put it on last. >> why is that? >> so it bakes evenly. and the juices don't spill out. >> very nice. >> i've got to have one of these. they're my favorite. >> after it. i'm getting in here, too. >> this is going to burn your tongue. >> come on

ms. lee and mr. scott, i thank you very much for being here today, for your contributions. and with that i declare this hearing adjourned. >>> now the supreme court oral argument in jennings very rodriguez. it's a case about alejandro jennings, held for three years on deportation orders without a hearing. the court will decide if the government can detain immigrants without a bond hearing during deportation proceedings. >> your argument this morning in jennings versus rodriguez. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court. at the i'm time addressed the real concerns about ra sid vichl and flight risks for removal proceedings for certain categ y categories of criminal aliens. the ninth circuit undid that invoking constitutional avoidance by requiring to government to release the aliens unless the government can prove every six months that detention remains necessary. the decision is a serious misuse. with respect to arriving aliens, there's no constitutional problem to avoid. the ninth circuit recognized the statute is constitutional in the vast majority of applications

ms. lee and mr. scott, i thank you very much for being here today for your contributions. and with that, i declare this hearing adjourned. >> thank you. >> very good. >> thank you. >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday, governance study senior fellow from the brookings institution and author elaine kaymark on her book about why presidents succeed and fail. then indianapolis star reporter tony cook and tim alberta of the national review about the role president-elect mike pence will play in the trump administration, and a look back on the indiana governor's work in his home state and his years as a member of congress. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> tuesday, the american bar association holds an all-day event on the future of health care and legislative policy developments. we'll hear from lawyers, administrators, and blue cross/blue shield representatives. it starts live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. also

ms. lee: thank you for yielding and your tremendous leadership on this issue and so many issues that affect women. i rise in strong opposition to h.res. 933, which is nothing more than a politically motivated bill that would shamefully provide $800,000 to the panel to sokol investigate planned parenthood and attack women's health. republicans are asking for more money to continue their baseless attacks to undermine scientific research. how outrageous. this is another attempt to deny women, especially low-income women access to health care. there have been multiple hearings and committee investigations, none of which which resulted in any evidence of wrongdoing by planned parent hood. this resolution and the acksurd select panel investigation amounts to nothing more than a witch hunt. instead of wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on this smearing, we should be investing in women's health care. call for an end on this select panel to attack women's health. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlel

ms. lee: mr. speaker, i rise today to commemorate world aids day, the theme this year is leadership, commitment impact. first i'd like to thank leader pelosi for her steadfast commitment to fighting h.i.v. and aids and for guaranteeing strong united states leadership in this area. also, to the congressional black caucus, for its leadership in the establishment of pepfar, which was a bipartisan effort that president bush signed into law. as the co-founder and co-chair of the bipartisan congressional hiv-aids caucus with congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen and congressman mcdermott, we have seen significant progress that we have made in the global fight against aids. from pepfar and the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria, to the ryan white act and the minority aids initiative led by congresswoman maxine waters, year after year we have committed critical resources to end this disease. partly due to our efforts, $18.2 million people around the world are now living on anti-retroviral dru

my colleagues, but my colleagues who were able to stay with us throughout the entire discussion, ms. lee and mr. scott, i thank you very much for being here today, for your contributions. and with that i declare this hearing adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> congress has recessed for the holiday but the house has a nonlegislative pro forma session today at 3 p.m. eastern. the 100 15th congress convenes on january 3. the official election of the house speaker will take place on before that date. live coverage of the house activities on c-span. next monday the electoral college officially elects the president and vice president. they meet in their states and their vote by ballot. you can watch the process from springfield, illinois, harrisburg pennsylvania. that is next monday. last week in a "new york times" op-ed, texas delegate wrote a republican presidential elector. what are the 538 people asked to officially choose the president of the united states. i do not think president elect should be disqualified for policy disagreements. i do not think they sho

ms. sheila jackson lee. please to recognize her. rep.holding this hearing and for those of you who are present as well as i would like to mention the congressional progressive caucus because we are joined together. as my colleague from texas said, voices can be extinguished and our silence for the electoral college structure which i join a number of voices in asking for its abolishment. let me also say i will be calling for an official hearings both in the house and senate. i hope there will be sufficient courage to go ahead and address what i think is an indictment on a democratic system in which the world looks to the united states in its integrity. i would offer two examples. elections have consequences. one of which of course is the most famous, rutherford b. hayes, and samuel tilden 1988. , samuel tilden at polling rutherford b. hayes and of course we know that was the compromise of which fell on the backs of freed slaves who were at that time going through the reconstruction period, and what happened was the south rose again and th

ms. lee and mr. scott, i thank you very much for being here today for your contributions. and with that, i declare this hearing adjourned. >> thank you. >> very good. >> thank you. >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday, governance study senior fellow from the brookings institution and author elaine kaymark on her book about why presidents succeed and fail. then indianapolis star reporter tony cook and tim alberta of the national review about the role president-elect mike pence will play in the trump administration, and a look back on the indiana governor's work in his home state and his years as a member of congress. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> tuesday, the american bar association holds an all-day event on the future of health care and legislative policy developments. we'll hear from lawyers, administrators, and blue cross/blue shield representatives. it starts live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. also

ms. jackson lee, from the committee on the judiciary and homeland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady from new york and i thank her for her leadership. i want to associate myself with the words on the chairman, mr. rogers, and thank him for his years of commitment and dedication to this nation. i also want to acknowledge my good friend sam farr and thank him so very much for being so strong and committed to the right things of this body and the nation. i thank him for his service. i join with my colleagues, many have said this is the wrong way to fund the government. that appropriations legislation done by the appropriations committee was ready and done. and i join my colleague who says that we caved. we conceded to not doing our job in the 114th congress. and for that reason i am very concerned. earlier today we had the wrda bill and i support that bill, for the many projects that are going to help the citizens of texas. i wish i could say the same thing as we go

ms. sheila jackson lee. pleased to recognize it. >> mr. chairman, thank you so much. i thank you for your courage for holding this hearing and those of you present as well as i'd like to mention the congressional progressive caucus because we are joined together as my colleague from texas side, voices can be extinguished and our silence to the electoral college structure, which i joined with the number of voices and asking for its abolishment. let me also say that i will be calling for official hearing both in the house and senate. i hope there will be sufficient courage to go ahead and address what i think is an indictment on a democratic system of which the world looks to the united states for his integrity. i would offer two examples that elections have consequences on the one of which is in 1988, samuel tilden and of course we know that was the compromise of which fell on the backs of freed slaves who were at that time going through the reconstruction. what happened is the south rose again and the oppression of african american freed women would not turn upside do

ms. sheila jackson lee. please to recognize her. rep.or holding this hearing and for those of you who are likent as well as i would to mention the congressional progressive caucus because we're joined together as my colleague voices can bed, extinguished and are silenced for the electoral college i join a number of voices and asking for its abolishment. let me also say i will be calling for an official hearing both in the house and senate. i hope there will be sufficient courage to go ahead and address what i think is an and date men democratic system of which the world looks to the united states for its integrity. i would offer to examples. one of which of course is the most famous. rutherford b. hayes and similar tilden, 1988. samuel tilden at polling rutherford b. hayes and of course we know that was the compromise of which fell on the backs of freed slaves who were at that time going through the through theg reconstruction. the south rose again and the oppression of african-american freed men and women was turned upside down. we live

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ms. mendoza-mcdonnell to start. >> thank you jill my honor to do this proclamation on behalf of mayor ed lee to recognize all of your years of service for the commissioner wynns was elected in 1988 conducting the longevities board members in the history of the board of education and whereas during our 10 years she's expanding four bond measures a parcel tax over one decade and served as clear or chair with divisions and whereas commissioner wynns has been instrumental in the renewable of the enrichment fund to support libraries arts and music programs and whereas commissioner wynns believes that the students need nutritious meal and not miss an advocate for the programs and whereas commissioner wynns offered the resolution establishing the parents citizens advisory and pushing to establish the parents relations and whereas commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell steadfastly the jrotc programs and believes that student choose to be part of program derived the invent from their participation and whereas commissioner wynns has been a tireless advocate for public schools statewide a delegate and president of the california schoo

ms. mendoza-mcdonnell to start. >> thank you jill my honor to do this proclamation on behalf of mayor ed lee to recognize all of your years of service for the commissioner wynns was elected in 1988 conducting the longevities board members in the history of the board of education and whereas during our 10 years she's expanding four bond measures a parcel tax over one decade and served as clear or chair with divisions and whereas commissioner wynns has been instrumental in the renewable of the enrichment fund to support libraries arts and music programs and whereas commissioner wynns believes that the students need nutritious meal and not miss an advocate for the programs and whereas commissioner wynns offered the resolution establishing the parents citizens advisory and pushing to establish the parents relations and whereas commissioner mendoza-mcdonnell steadfastly the jrotc programs and believes that student choose to be part of program derived the invent from their participation and whereas commissioner wynns has been a tireless advocate for public schools statewide a delegate and president of the california schoo

ms. jackson lee: let me thank you, mr. speaker. let me say the substance of the articles of impeachment do not meet the standards that are evidence in the articles in the constitution or interpretive works such as the madison papers. i believe it is without substance and i would hope that we would not refer this at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the motions offered by the gentleman from virginia. the clerk: mr. goodlatte of virginia moves that the resolution be referred to the committee on the judiciary. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for one hour. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: members have different opinions about what to do to address the allegations of misconduct against i.r.s. commissioner john koskinen. some would impeach him. others would censure him. still, others would hold no penalty. to ensure this body administers due process in these deliberations, i recommend that the house ref