the choice has been up to the n.g.o. either agree not to perform or promote oy aabortions or forego funding from the united states. and a six-month review of the policy by the state department found that out of 733 prime partners eligible for u.s. grant money, only four of them declined the conditions set by the ex-panned mexico city policy. madam speaker, a vote in support of this mini bus is a vote to abandon the principles of the u.s. foreign assistance that should be life -- that it should be life-affirming. it should support the health of both women and children and unborn children. abortion is not health care. i urge my colleagues to vote no on this bill and uphold the protecting life and global health assistance policy. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is ecognized. ms. granger: i urge my colleagues to vote no on the bill before us today and yield

my understanding is that as of the weekend, the n.g.o. that had been participating are no longer participating. a very clear statement of deep concern, and as i was sitting and waiting for this item to come up, i saw a press release making it very clear again. i just want to make sure you are very clear that we may see some sort of a sketchy framework tomorrow. it is not a voluntary settlement agreement. because there are no n.g.o.s at the table right now back and the only n.g.o.s who have seen this proposal -- i haven't seen the proposal. the only ones who have seen it have said it is clearly scientifically deficient spirit. so with that in mind, five things that i hope you would keep in mind and your staff would keep in mind, the first is that if something is released tomorrow, it is not a voluntary settlement agreement. it may be an outline of a proposal by the trump and brown administration, but it is not a voluntary settlement agreement. none of us have seen it and there is zero n.g.o. support. we are concerned about the document. i

the n.g.o.'s mining watch accuses him of illegally signing over the forests to the mining company. it says the mayor was in cahoots with the firm then after just one month. the mining company. and corruption directed right and then there. for now corruption is bringing anger to remain in its hindering investment and keeping investors and jobs away. european union officials call the euro a symbol of unity sovereignty and stability but they stress the need to strengthen its resilience against future crises a single cards he turns twenty today. the euro was launched on january first one thousand nine hundred ninety nine with a huge parsi the european central bank set the exchange rates with the national currencies but europeans could only pay with the euro using checks credit or debit cards coins and notes were released into circulation three years later. initially financial markets were skeptical. the euro fell to a record low of a c. five cents to the dollar on october twenty sixth two thousand. things improved two years later when the currency was launched as cash in paper and coin

are uncertainties once again up on the mountain new allegations of corruption against the mayor the n.g.o.'s mining watch accuses him of illegally signing over the forest to the mining company. it says the mayor was in cahoots with the firm then after just one month i think the whole question of the mining company they think being at the moment. and corruption directed right and then there. for now corruption is bringing anger to remain it's hindering investment and keeping investors and jobs away. to kenya now where the economy grew faster in the third quarter of twenty eighteen than during the same period last year the country looked at a six percent growth the economy was voided by the agriculture and construction sector has increased food production means the country is importing less farming accounts for about thirty five percent of g.d.p. . cultural products and key exports the government now expects the economy to grow six point two percent in twenty nineteen that is higher than forecasts earlier this year. and we have just enough time to look at new year's traditions japanese have

we even as a commission are a little bit late in coming up to speed as are other stakeholders and n.g.o. community and the deadline and i appreciate it pushes everybody to engage and learn what they need to learn. i don't know if this commission is going to need to take a position at some point on the v.s.a. approving or weighing in in some way. i would hope we get as much as information as possible if we're to weigh in and if not we can at least express our views and opinions on the v.s.a. as a final document. then i have one last question. it's partly because i don't understand to commissioner moran's point, i'm not quite following and sure now's the time because i'm taking it offline or hearing bit at the next meeting. what is currently mandated either by the feds or state or by some of our current programs that we have already authorized or regulations we authorized both from the water perspective and from the habitat restoration perspective. it seems some projects in the v.s.a. are ones we either already approved or are in the middle of being constructed. i don't know if it's desig

i was happy to see our citizens wrongly convicted of improperly operating n.g.o.'s here finally be acquitted and we support president sisi's initiative to ammend egypt law so this doesn't happen again. more work needs to be done to maximize the potential of the egyptian nation and its people and i'm glad that america will be a partner in those efforts. let me close here with a couple of final thoughts. first, it's never easy to recognize truth but when we see it, we must speak it. america has been criticized for doing too much in the middle east and we've been criticized for doing too little. but one thing we have never been is an empire builder or an oppressor. look at our history together, the history which i have recounted today. look at our fights against common enemies. look at our coalition building. and finally, just look around you at this university, which has existed now for a century. it's not a coincidence that many other american universities like this one thrive all across the middle east from beirut to suleimania. these are symbols of america's innat

called for an international investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the n.g.o.'s turkey officemate the appeal on the one hundredth day since his death saudi agents allegedly killed the journalist inside the saudi consulate in istanbul his body has never been found. yemen's who three rebels have carried out a drone attack that killed several people in the south of the country to see and saudi reports say the assaults targeted a military base near an odd tensions in yemen have been rising again over how to implement a un brokered peace deal. australian foreign minister and payne it says there is no time frame for when australia will decide on an asylum request by a saudi woman who is in thailand after she fled her home country out of fear of her family might kill her on the un says she qualifies as a refugee. u.s. secretary of state mike on peo has delivered a resoundingly rebuke of the obama administration's mideast policies at a key speech in cairo on pompei our story in capitals in the region to brief allies after president donald trump announced he was pullin

now, i've got issues related to the migration coming north every day and the n.g.o.hat we have here overseeing that. i get numbers every day, this ery we had 250.0 are going to b. the day before 420. i'm concerned about that. but those are those seeking asylum. >> brennan: mayor passero, you described the presence of the coast guard in your town, and we should say that the only branch of the military that remain unpaid during the shutdown. there is a bill proposing that they would continue to be paid in the event of a future shutdown. what is your message? how needed is that kind of protection? >> oh, absolutely. i mean, the inequity of it, having our coast guard military personnel unpaid while the other branches of the military are not affected by this is patently unfair. and it's unpatriotic. but the community has really stepped up. we also have subbase new london here, and also general dynamics electric boats. so this is a very strong military community, and the military does take care of their own. so mayor margo mentioned the food bank. we are -- being the urban

the choice has been up to the n.g.o. either agree not to perform or promote oy aabortions or forego funding from the united states. and a six-month review of the policy by the state department found that out of 733 prime partners eligible for u.s. grant money, only four of them declined the conditions set by the ex-panned mexico city policy. madam speaker, a vote in support of this mini bus is a vote to abandon the principles of the u.s. foreign assistance that should be life -- that it should be life-affirming. it should support the health of both women and children and unborn children. abortion is not health care. i urge my colleagues to vote no on this bill and uphold the protecting life and global health assistance policy. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is ecognized. ms. granger: i urge my colleagues to vote no on the bill before us today and yield

so this is an n.g.o. that focuses upon helping people in the midst of disasters. now they've opened up a restaurant at 7th and pennsylvania. this is the first man-made disaster that they are trying to figure out a way to help. it's a restaurant that opened last tuesday. any federal employee or family member can come. 6,000 to 8,000 people have come every day. open from 11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. today was a day where they expanded services. they opened up broadly a cook cook -- coat closet, a food bank, a place where moms can go to get diapers, which aren't cheap, feminine products, which aren't cheap. you know, basic pharmaceutical, you know, things that aren't cheap. and so it's a combination of a restaurant and sort of a broader social services ministry. chefs for feds is an interesting group. they have other nonprofits that are involved, the d.c. diaper bank, martha's table which is a really effective faith-based ministry to hungry and homeless people. i showed up there at about 11:45, and it's cold today. and i showed up to go thank people and work as a volunteer.

i worked with a small local n.g.o. on grant writing, strategic planning, communications, and it was in jamaica after my service with peace corps, which is where i got my first job with u.s. aid, which really pointed me toward the career path i'm on today. so looking back when i first was a peace corps volunteer, fast forward a few decades, the peace corps director when i was a volunteer in bulgaria is now not only my c.s.i.s. colleague, but happens to work in the office adjacent to mine. it is an honor for me to introduce you all to him. his name is mark schneider, sitting here in the front row. he is currently the senior adviser to the c.s.i.s. americas program and the c.s.i.s. human rights initiative. in this role, he helps to remind us of the importance that good governance plays and how critical that is to the progress of development and u.s. investments in development. his experience includes working as, of course, the director of the peace corps from 1999 to 2001. but he has had a long and impressive career in se

and, you know, once you leave there and you meet the people that are working there, and the n.g.o.'es daily to help the people there, and someone says, "can you help us? can you continue to help us?" it's hard to say, no, i saw it. i'm good. i'm wiping my hands of it. how can i help? and when you ask that question, how can i help? the floodgates open, and everyone who has had a difficult time getting in the life-- we're here. we have a mic put in front of us. people want to talk to us. people want to interview us. and they can't get in the light. they can't seem to find any sort of foothold, so when you have the ability to pass the torch and say, "look at them. yes, i know you want to talk to me, but look at them. this is what these people are doing." that's how you want to use the platform. >> trevor: it's a powerful platform you use every day. ( cheers and applause ) i appreciate you for what you do both on and off screen. i'm a huge fan of yourselves. thank you so much for being on the show. "black monday" premieres january 20 at 10 p.m. on showtime. don cheadle, everybody. we'll

it range interested companies to trade associations to n.g.o.'s. i represented an air quality management district in california. murray energy for the last four years i represented murray energy, the number one issue that i was asked to work on was to try to shore up the united mine workers pension and health care funds. they are underfunded. we were able -- we were successful on the health care side. we were not successful in getting the pension, the pension bill through congress before i left. but i'm very proud of the service i did there. very proud of the work i did. senator sullivan: i hope our friends in the media might want to cover that issue as well. i'm sure senator capito and manchin also appreciate that hard work. we all do. i have miners, coal miners in my state. they are great americans. let me ask one final question. oceans. ocean pollution and plastics. this is a huge issue. it's an issue we made a lot of bipartisan progress on. pointing to senator whitehouse. he and i had a bill last year, the president signed, the trump administra

so we've made sure that it would not effect n.g.o.'s providing assistance. and we want the administration to use this tool to create leverage so, sanctions could be waived or suspended if meaningful negotiations were moving forward. in this respect, this bill encourages diplomacy -- and a peaceful, sustainable solution to the conflict in syria. some people may be resigned to the idea that assad is simply going to take over the country. i disagree. the united states should not abandon our options for applying pressure to the regime. syria, with assad at the helm, is a recipe for sustained conflict, not sustainable peace. and for me, sustainable peace for the people of syria has always been the goal. let me be very clear. this bill would impose syria-related sanctions, it would not impose nuclear-related sanctions. i know many of my colleagues are concerned about our withdrawal from the jcpoa. this legislation is entirely consistent with what president obama promised us after entering into the iran nuclear deal. that we would continue to sanction iran for its

. >> schifrin: after the war in bosnia, the tsunami in indonesia, and hurricane katrina, he led an n.g.o. that treated children who needed help. in 2012, he told an arab news outlet how children can be resilient, with their parents' support. >> ( translated ): the parents should always stand with their children. this gives the child confidence in his or her family and ensures they c overcome any issue in the future. >> he's a father, a husband, a brother, a son, he is a friend of many, a colleague, and he is missed very deeply. >> schifrin: kamalmaz was last seen in damascus in 2017. his family says he was not part of the war, or helping rebelgh rs, but instead, paying respects for his father-in-law's death.n a westplomat told the family he was picked up by police, and transferred into a syrian prison. >> on "cbs this morning," the daughters of a syrian... >> schifrin: and now after two years of no proginss, they are public with a media blitz to deliver a direct appeal to the president. l they wrote himter asking for his assistance. h>> we're trying to appro president donald trump to see

. >> there are some n.g.o. workers who go to the sites in iraq and investigate. why isn't the u.s.itary going? >> the argument the military said against that is it'an additional requirement they're not resourced for. second of all, there is a force protection element, so it increases risk to u.s. forces. but there's another way to do this, too, is you can work more in collabotion with these other organizations, so the u.s. military has its information, they have full-motion video, they have oth forms of intelligence. if you combine that with information frm other groups and you can get better estimat that whic way as well. >> are they not coming that information? >> so they are trying to combine that information, but it could be done better than it is now. >> is there increased willingness to cause civilian casualties? the non-combatant casualty value, there's a ber of casualties deemed acceptable. has that number chenged over years and perhaps even increased? >> yes, th n-combatant casualty value often called the ncv, tha cis kind of aap on the sent number of civilian atcasualties

called for an international investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi the n.g.o.'s office in turkey made the appeal on the one hundredth day since she's death saudi agents allegedly killed the journalists inside the us saudi consulate in istanbul his body has not been recovered. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo has delivered a resoundingly rebuke to the obama administration's mideast policies at a key speech in cairo on peo is touring in capitals in the region to brief allies after president donald trump announced he was pulling u.s. troops out of syria speaking at the american university in the egyptian capital pompei o accused predecessor of being naive and timid when confronted with the challenges posed by the arab spring uprisings that shook the middle east political order starting in twenty eleven while pompeo said obama's policies have diminished america's role in the region and harmed its longtime allies because once witness convulsions from tunis to tehran is all systems crumble and new ones to struggle to emerge. that happened here too. and at this cr

organizations worldwide could in fact be more engaged with helping iranian civil society and for that matter n.g.oand what have you. thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you. >> there is a press conference right here. i will have to ask everyone to leave the room promptly to let people do their work. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] announcer: live coverage coming up today. former diplomats and defense officials discuss efforts to modernize nuclear security and arms control policy. that's at 2:00 p.m. eastern. at 6:00 p.m. eastern, a discussion wit stephen townsend regarding the u.s. army. watch both events live on c-span2. announcer: tonight on "the communicators," we will discuss the race between the u.s. and china to develop artificial intelligence. the chinese technology leader and former head of google china. >> i think the u.s. companies, the best of them, tend to be phd driven, research driven, aiming for ai to be

the policy prevents federal tax dollars from funding foreign n.g.o.'s, foreign nongovernmental organizations that perform or promote abortion. i also want to call attention to the efforts the administration has taken proposing regulations that would first of all prevent title 10 family planning grantees with co-locating abortion clinics or from promoting or referring clients for abortions. none of that money was ever to be used for those purposes, but it's pretty hard when you are in the same facility not to suggest funded by the same overall group, not to suggest there is some connection. president trump and his administration have said that would not be allowed. they have passed regulations to further protect the right of conscience. in a famous letter written in the last year of his presidency, president jefferson said that the right of conscience, the right to fervently believe what you believe is the right thing should be the right that we hold most dear, and the president is trying to be sure that that applies in every possible case to federal la

so this is an n.g.o. that focuses upon helping people in the midst of disasters. now they've opened up a restaurant at 7th and pennsylvania. this is the first man-made disaster that they are trying to figure out a way to help. it's a restaurant that opened last tuesday. any federal employee or family member can come. 6,000 to 8,000 people have come every day. open from 11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. today was a day where they expanded services. they opened up broadly a cook cook -- coat closet, a food bank, a place where moms can go to get diapers, which aren't cheap, feminine products, which aren't cheap. you know, basic pharmaceutical, you know, things that aren't cheap. and so it's a combination of a restaurant and sort of a broader social services ministry. chefs for feds is an interesting group. they have other nonprofits that are involved, the d.c. diaper bank, martha's table which is a really effective faith-based ministry to hungry and homeless people. i showed up there at about 11:45, and it's cold today. and i showed up to go thank people and work as a volunteer.

the n.g.o.'s mining watch accuses him of illegally signing over the forest to the mining company. it says the mayor was in cahoots with the firm. then after just one month i think the whole session with the mining company they think being at the moment investigating and the corruption director right and the mayor is directly involved in this case for now corruption is bringing anger to remain it's hindering investment and keeping investors and jobs away. brazil prepares to swear in president elect jab also narrow the country's new right wing leader has pledged to kickstart the economy promising to emulate the policies of u.s. president donald trump by putting national interests first and promoting the private sector is said and done perhaps especially as the country continues to grapple with soaring debt for the new finance minister there will be no shortage of challenges this is paolo gadget is the man in charge of turning brazil's economic fortunes around us trained economist he's pledged to introduce a host of free market reforms. here he is back in october telling the media ab

the n.g.o.'s mining watch accuses him of illegally signing over the forests to the mining company. it says the mayor was in cahoots with the firm. then after just one month the fifty whole session with the mining company they think being at the moment investigating and the corruption directorate and the mayor is directly involved in this case for now corruption is bringing anger to remain it's hindering investment and keeping investors and jobs away. brazil prepares to swear in president a leg jab also naro the country's new right wing leader has pledged to kickstart the economy promising to emulate the policies of u.s. president donald trump by putting national interests first and promoting the private sector is said and done perhaps especially as the country continues to grapple with soaring debt for the new finance minister there will be no shortages of challenges this is paolo gadget is the man in charge of turning brazil's economic fortunes around a u.s. trained economist he's pledged to introduce a host of free market reforms here he is back in october telling the media about