this year's ndaa, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act, honors our chairman who has dedicated his life to serving our country. few people are more passionate about our troops and our military readiness than chairman mccain and the courage he has exhibited during his years of service and in his current battle has inspired all of us. i'm pleased we were able to put together legislation bearing his name that i would abouts on last year's efforts to provide adequate tools so our forces can fully rebuild our military and adequately address the challenges which they face. but the most important capability we have is our people, the men and the women in uniform who defend our nation and the families who give them the strength to do so. that's why i'm pleased this year 's ndaa includes a 2.6% pay raise for our troops. we are also for the that the that the leader of our -- we are also fortunate that the leader of our armed forces, james mattis has gaven us a strategy. this strategy focuses on the central c

the fiscal year 2019 ndaa has a 2.6% pay n raise the largest in0 years. it honors their enormous saifice. in fiscal year 2019. authores a base defense or gift of $639 billion for the department o defense and the national security programsndth t of energyelo ouren as w as $69 billion in overseas contingency fund but it all adds up to $760 billion that's what doing around here. we are glad we have gotten to the point where we give the top rarity to defending our nation as it should have always been. this is funding an important step to recovering our defense budget and under the budt control act andeq that harmedur military readiness and slow down our modernization efforts as i mentioned before. sequestration has held us back not held their adversaries back. all the time we were held back in the last 10er years are competition out there russia and china they haven't been holding back andt's w he say areas such as artillery they are ahead of us. i'm s the same thing might be true if you go back home are the real people are they assume we have the best of eve

i urge my colleagues to support the ndaa. this bill is absolutel vital to restoring the health of our military and supporting our national security objectives. again, i urge my colleagues to support this bill. it is vital we complete our ndaa. and, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. thursday, june 14. further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning business be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. finally, i ask that following leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of h.r. 5515, with the time until the cloture vote equally divided between the two managers or their designees. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mrs. ernst: mr. president, if there is no further business to come before the senate, i a that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following -- if there is

brown: in the proposed ndaa, chief management officer is to develop a plan no later than march 1, 2020 to transfer ertain functions from the disa to other elements to the d.o.d. my amendment on which i worked closely with my friend and colleague from maryland, prevents from executing this change. in fact, the administration has objected to this change in the ndaa because it would, i quote, seamless ility to communication of war fighters. while our men and wim defend our values abroad, this is managing the information network that supports our defense apparatus and fighting american interest on the global stage. this is to secure our network infrastructure for our war fighters. the question regarding, has never been asked or answered by this congress or the pentagon. while i commend the effort to find efficicies within the department of defense, it remains unclear what would happen to the missions and functions if the measures in the ndaa were executed. according to a retired lieutenant general who served as director, he said, and i quote, we have looked at re-organizing. disestablishin

this in no way has any effect on our ability to pass the ndaa in a timely fashion. but i am in no way countering the person who just spoke. i'm not, and he knows i'm not. i am going to speak to a larger issue. but before i do it, i want to point out the ndaa usually passes each year in november or december. it usually doesn't pass in june. so even if there were something that needed to be worked out, we would be way ahead of schedule in dealing with this as we are between now and august. but, mr. president, if i could, these bills germaneness has nothing whatsoever to do with our ability to offer amendments. nothing. that's something that happens postcloture. for the last year and a half, under leadership, under leader mcconnell, we have had one amendment vote. one amendment vote. and that amendment w even really an amendment. it was a chairman who was controlling his own bill, askind substitute his own amendment. so it really wasn't even a real amendment vote. so we've been he a year and a half -- we've been here a year and a half and because senators, united state

the underlying ndaa still pronates the department of defense from purchasing z.t.e. product but we should not tie the hands of the administration to enact penalties as it sees fit, particularly in these times of aggressive actions by foreign players. i do ask unanimous consent that this -- that it be in order to call up amendment 2870 to amendment 2822. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: is the senator restating his unanimous consent -- mr. perdue: yes, i ask unanimous consent that -- rry, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that it be in order to call up amendment 2870 to amendment 2282. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. van -- mr. van hollen: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator from inn *eup. a senator: i heard my colleague from maryland and arkansas. therefore i object. mr. donnelly: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. a nator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. the presiding officer: i rise to discuss my efforts on senate armed servic

if that doesn't happen, they're going to go to conference with an ndaa. that will force the issue where the senate will hold. where it's going to be interesting is the export control provision or the underlying royce bill that was put on the house bill and to see where that intercepts with the bill that's right now in the senate. do you want to address that? then we can go to the five is. >> yeah, sure. >> i was just going to make fun of export control reform. >> all i want to add is you may be wondering why the ndaa is a must pass. the reason is it's got the pay scales for the military. so you're not going to shortchange the military's pay. because the senate has it, strictly speaking, you can play around with it because it's in scope. if the house wants to negotiate a change, it could, if the senate decides to recede. if the senate doesn't recede, then that's the only thing on the table, which is why it's probably better for the house to come up with something else. but still, within the construct of the ndaa, you know, the house could ask to insert pro

madam president, i am proud to support this ndaa, and i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. peters: madam president, the constitution charges congress with the authority and the responsibility to raise and support armies and provide and maintain a navy. it is a responsibility that this body takes very seriously. that is why for over 50 years, the national defense authorization act has been signed into law each and every year. it is the only piece of legislation with this long history of consistently being passed by congress and signed into law by the president. this history is a reflection of the importance of the policies and funding authorization within the bill, and i am particularly proud that this bill includes support the michigan's important contributions and supports those contributions to national defense. for example, the 127th wing at south ridge air national guard base flies the a-10, and in 2015 deployed in the fight against isis. as a result of their outstanding performance, the 1

this ndaa ensures they are not forgotten. fort knox hosts the army human resources command and recruiting command where the ndaa will help modernize office personnel management. and this year's legislation paves the way for new construction projects at both these facilities. in madison county, the bluegrass army depot is responsible for storing and demilitarizing conventional and legacy chemical weapons. it's a top of the line facility integral to our national security, passing this ndaa will help ensure it can continue safe and effective operations. it's my privilege to represent the men and women of the kentucky air and army national guard, including the 123rd airlift wing. this legislation will reaffirm our commitment to these citizen soldiers and airmen who are always ready to respond to emergencies at home or threats from abroad. kentucky is indeed proud of our men and women in uniform. when i vote for this defense bill, i'll be casting my vote for them. on another subject, 16 months ago president trump and republican ma

they're included in the base ndaa bill. number one, we direct a comprehensive review of the navy's cumbersome and confusing chains of command. this has been a problem in the pacific. a confusing chain of command. we limit the duration of ships home ported overseas to no more than ten years. after ten years of being home ported overseas, forward deployed ships must now rotate back to the united states more frequently to avoid being overtaxed from constant operations. that is in this bill. we give forward deployed ships more sailors. we've had a shortage there, regrettably, inflicted, i think somewhat because of our defense sequestration. we require the navy to develop more realistic standard workweek assessments. and i know, mr. president, you understand this from the testimony that we've received, but the old system had led to sailors routinely working 100-hour work weeks. is it any wonder that our sailors were fatigued and burned out, with 100-plus-hour work weeks. this ndaa bill which must pass would end that. and it woul

he has guided this committee through several ndaa's with a steady hand. his commitment to a bipartisan process has been an example of the way that congress should fundings, and i am pleased to say that this bill follows in that tradition. again, i want to thank senator inhofe who has graciously led the committee and an extremely efficient markup which produced a bipartisan bill we are beginning to consider. we would like to be done considering it and take amendments today, but we will consider it and we will pass it and we will continue the outstanding record of annually passing a national defense act for the men and women of the armed forces. the committee held hearings on national security challenges and received briefings on emerging threats. the result of this hard work is a bill that i believe will improve the readiness of our armed forces, push back on our adversaries that threaten our democratic system and the global order and improve the lives of those in the military and their families. this will prioritize the strategic competition with russia a

as you know, the ndaa enshrined the national industrial textile base. a partnership including australia, canada, and the united condemned. we're using that to do a couple things. collectively, have we work -- how we work together to create a foreign direct investment screen so we can work in concert against predatory economics from allied nations. but also identify areas where we can do industrial-based collaboration to benefit us more broadly. mr. smith: thank you. sorry. go ahead quickly. ms. bingen: if i can also tackle that. from where i sit, i see it as my job not to make it easy for china to get this technology. in my remarks, i hit on four key pieces. security has got to be a fourth pillar in acquisition in addition to cost schedule performance. it is not right now. it would be incredibly complex to do. we have to put it into the regulations and mechanisms, etc. second, the excessive transition, integrity of the supply chain and increasing our c.i. resources. d.s.s. in transition, it was amazing to me to see the approach we take to industrial sec

so let's get the ndaa across the finish line this evening. madam president, on another issue, i want to raise -- i want to talk about the ongoing situation at the u.s.-mexico border. this is a border from my state to mexico, 1,200 miles of common border. just like under the obama administration in 2014, we've seen a surge of unaccompanied children and families coming across our southern border during the spring and summer months. overwhelmingly, these families and these children are coming from central america. in other words, from countries that are not adjacent to or contiguous to the united states. some have presented themselves lawfully at ports of entry, but others have tried to enter illegally. for example, if you are attempting to claim asylum, you can show up at one of our bridges or ports of entry and claim asylum without breaking the law. but if you enter the country through -- between the ports of entry, through the wild, wild west i'll call it of the texas frontier and border region, you enter the country illegally. and then you c

the ndaa is the defense bill coming up later on this week.epublican lawmakers along with democrats want to basically put in language that would make it the law of the land that zte cannot do business here and marco rubio explains why with this. he says important to remember, zte is about two separate issues. one, sanctions violations. penalties are okay. two, the risk they pose to national security, this is the focus of our proposal. we should nothing to keep the national security threat in business anywhere. republicans met behind closed doors with wilbur ross. he's been in charge of punishing zte so far. when the lawmakers left the meeting, they didn't think they would get any push back from the trump administration when they tried to go further and punishing zte and banning zte. but as it turns out, shep, they were wrong. >> shepard: why is the white house being sopful to this chinese company? >> it's interesting. you listen to wmakers. democrats and republicans are trying to really highlight the nationalecreat. on the democratic side, tha

the ndaa enshined the industrial textile base. we're using that to do a couple things. mr. chewning: collectively how we work together to create a foreign direct investment screen so we can work in concert against predatory economics from allied nations. but also identify areas where we can do industrial-based collaboration to benefit us more broadly. mr. smith: thank you. sorry. if i can also tackle that. from where i sit, i see it as my job not to make it easy for china to get this technology. in my remarks i hit on four key pieces. security has to be a pillar. in addition to scoss schedule performance. it's not right now -- it would be incredibly complex to do. we have to put in the regulations. second, the excessive transition, integrity of the supply chain and increasing our c.i. resources. d.s.s. in transition, it was the g to me to see approach we take to industrial schurt today is check based. do you have the alarms, locks, that's safe. it was not looking at what is the technology or capabilities that you are providing to the government. what is the threat what, are

now, the ndaa is also a message to our allies around the world. they don't want to have to hedge their bets. it wasn't too lopping ago we were in -- it wasn't too long ago that we were in the south china seas. china is actually building all of these islands out there. i contend it's illegally building them because they don't own the land. it's almost as if they're preparing for world war iii. all of that is going on right now. so it is a very hostile world out there. we saw the progress that the president made yesterday with kim jong-un. that was nothing short of a miracle that they're sitting down and visiting, that they have agreed on certain denuclearization prospects and i think they have done a great job. i'm anxious to give this president the authority to continue to -- in his work. and while we continue to work out the amendment process, i want to ask my colleagues to come down to the floor. but let me just say where we are right now. senator corker is blocking the consideration of all amendments unless he receives a vote on his amendment.

i look forward to concluding this and passing this ndaa very soon. and on another matter, there's been no shortage of recent report og and the economic progress flooding across our country. take a "new york times" headline from earlier this month. we ran out of words to describe how good the jobs numbers are. let me say that again, mr. president. this is from "the new york times". we ran out of words to describe how good the jobs numbers are. or this from the "wall street journal" editorial, the u.s. economy is picking up speed and paying dividends in an expanding job market. president trump's tax reform and deregulation agenda appears to be working. here's a welcomed development for america's parents. quote, workers aged 25 to 34 made up 1 point04 million of the 2.58 million jobs added over the last year. job and wage growth may finally be inducing young people out of their parents' basement. more jobs, more wage growth, more opportunities for middle-class americans. it's good news, plain and simple. it is not so simple for our friends across the ai

section 1021 of the 2012 ndaa represented a departure from that. think of it this way. your rights as an american citizen to be charged in a certain way, to have access to a speedy trial, toave access to counsel, your rights to a whole host of constitutional protections generally does not and ought not ever be something that should be dependent upon how you are charged. if all the government has to do is alter the way in which you were charged to allege that you have been involved in some type of offense that can be characterized as terrorist activity or the aiding and abetting of those who planned the 9/11 attacks, if that's all that has to happen, then you are entrusting an enormous amount of discretionary power to government, to a very small handful of decision-makers who themselves can deprive you of everything that's dear to you, of those you love, of the place you call home, and subject you to indefinite incarceration, indefinite detention, without access to trial, without access to the ability to confront your accusers in front of a jury of your peers. this is a

dcma will be funded at nearly $25 million over the house passed ndaa level. our offsets supports bureaucratic overhead in the d.o.d. fourth estate. the fourth estate is comprised of the organizations within d.o.d. that do not report to a military service and have proven difficult to manage or oversee. i think the savings identified will go towards critical munitions towards the war fighter. getting much of the resources possible out of the bureaucracy of the pentagon and at the front lines where war fighters need it most. i have enormous respect of the chairwoman's position. i appreciate her willingness to consider this. i appreciate the robust debate. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: reserve or yield back? the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from texas. mr. gallagher: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas. ms. granger: as i've stated, these must made to accommodate higher priorities, including member priorities. i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gent

this is the ndaa bill. as you see people moving, other countries are moving as modus operandi, when it comes to warfare, to not update laws to me, seems like a very big and lost opportunity. i hope that we are able to get this amendment on the bill. >> thank you. naobucr and senator langford did terrific work on this se elections ac i want to commend senator klobuchar for hardwork on and for advocacy for the authorizing statut i also work with senator langford on the senate appropriations chair, to make sure that the grants to the election commissions system got out and are being distributed. mr. masterson, given your role, help me understand. what are the most urgent reforms you think states should be implementing? and you mentioned there is a need for additional resources. every state will get $3 million. my low state of delaware will get $3 million. we have some of the oldest election machinery in the country. we've got dozens of states that i think are not fully prepared for an ection that as senator du

the ndaa is already out of the house. senate passed their version. that will be a question our -- reporter: are you -- mr. ryan: i'll leave it to our conferees. reporter: did you support donald trump's comments about the tariff? was he raising a legitimate issue? mr. ryan: i have long been critical of canada's dairy policies, whether it is class seven or market access. i could go on and on if you want me to. canada has been known to be protectionist on dairy. they are a high cost producer, overproducing and dumping into our markets. clearly dairy is a source of frustration with nafta from canada. who are you with? reporter: "new york times." mr. ryan: sorry. reporter: there has been criticism of the senate sexual harassment bill from both the house and outside, it doesn't go far enough to establish personal liability. i'm wondering where you are on that. mr. ryan: like the house version. we passed our bill and we're going to have to go and reconcile these differences between the house and senate. reporter: are you comfortable with the current zero to

the corker would make the ndaa prevention detention even greater threat to civil liberties. whilee sha thi with many senators, including senators corker and cain who have expressed their frustration with that is correct the proposed legislation would cause far greater problems than it would solve. the aclu strongly urges all senators to oppose the legislation. thank you, mr. chairman for having this hearing. tnk you, . an ielieve in being kind and welcoming to guests, we'll let our guests go first today and we'lltart with senator sanders. >> senator paul, thank you very or holding this hearing. let me thank our panelists for their very cogent testimony. article 1, section 8 of the constitution states very clearly, and i quote, congress shall have the power to declare war, end quote. founding father is gave the poo authorize military conflicts to congress for one very simple reason. ngss is the of be government that is most accountable to the people. there is no question but that over the years congress has allowed its authority over this very important issue of war making to

last fall an amendment to create this medal was dropped from the ndaa conference report. i find that shocking as this amendment which i offered along with mr. emmer was approved by the house unanimously. by a vote of 424-0. last month the house once again voted to include the atomic veterans service medal in the f.y. 2019 ndaa. i prptfully ask my colleagues that we provide the necessary funding to honor these veterans and initiate the process to provide them with this service medal. between 1945 and 1962, about 225,000 members of our armed forces participated in hundreds of nuclear weapons tests. now known as atomic veteran, these g.i.'s were placed in extremely dangerous areas and were consistently exposed to potentially dangerous levels of readuation. they were sworn to secrecy, unable to even talk to their doctors about their past exposure to radiation. presidents bill clinton and george h.w. bush recognized the atomic veterans' valiant service and acted to provide specialized care and compensation for their harrowing duty. our allies, greatably tain, new zealand and a

the ndaa is an opportunity to revise and improve our national security. to meet the evolving threats of the world that is changing so very very fast. i just want to highlight a few provisions in the bill that are important. just this morning secretary ross announced that the trump administration will relax penalties on chinese telecom giant zte. instead of crippling zte the administration will settle for smaller find than the company paid in 2017 and a reorganization of the companies board. it's essentially a slap on the wrist. as a reminder, zte has been a threat to our national security, and that was stated by the republican-led x fbi republican-led pentagon. this is not a a partisan issue. zte was guilty not only of evading u.s. sanctions but line to u.s. officials about it afterwards. zte has been deemed such a threat to our telecommunications network that the fcc recommended forbidding the sale of any zte products in the united states. but inexplicably, president trump, after talkingst tough did a total reversal. once again it seems resident she has

president, i rise to speak on the ndaa bill that is before us

we have an ideal opportunity, with the new kind of warfare we're seeing, the ndaa bill. as you see people moving other countries are moving towards this as their m.o. when it comes to their warfare and for us to not update our laws to me seems like a very big lost opportunity and i hope that we're able to get this amendment on the bill. >> thank you. chairman grassley. ranking member feinstein. senator klobuchar and senator langford did terrific work on this secure elections act and i want to commend senator klobuchar for her hard work on this and for her advocacy. i also worked with senator langford and to insure that the $380 million in grants to the elections assistance commission got out and are being distributed. mr. masterson, given your former role as chair, the election assistance commission, help me understand what are the most urgent reforms you think states should be implementing. you mentioned there is a need for additional resources. every state will get $3 million. my little state of delaware will get $3 million. we have some of the oldest election machiner

would you like to see a conference committee on ndaa restore the ban against z.t.e.? ms. pelosi: thank you for the question of substance. is stunning to see that the senate, which has a strong support in foreign relations committee, unable to have it be in a bill that comes to the floor. i don't know what actions can succeed on senate, which has the floor of senate. this is a company that has been a cyberthreat to the united states, a national security threat. it violated sanctions in terms of iran -- in terms of countries we said we should honor sanctions. they are cybersecurity threat to the u.s., they violated sanctions, and the president is saying, we can't act against them because we have to save jobs in china. really? we have to save jobs in china? what's the story here? what's this about? that's something that would be interesting to study. people have their theories about commercial dealings and the rest on the part of the trump family. let's stay focused on our national security. i hope that we'll have a lively debate. we have already done our defense authorizati

the shipbuilding and ship repair provisions of the ndaa are the best in any of the years that i've been on the armed services committee in the senate. and that's good news for the defense of the nation and good news for shipbuilding communities like hampton roads or bath, maine, or ports smoth, or pew gent sound. the communities will be benefited. finally, smart power. sometimes the best power is not military power. sometimes the best power is diplomacy. or the u.s. aid for -- u.s. agency for international development. and we have to use the right tool to accomplish the right objective. in each of the last two ndaas, i've offered amendments allowing the department of defense to take their resources and if there is a checkoff by the secretary of defense to transfer the resources to other federal agencies if they will do a better job at the task at hand. let me give you an example. our military has done a great job in the battle against isis in beating isis on the battlefield. but once you've beaten isis on the battlefield, how do you stop them from coming back? how do you hold on to terr

policy and supports the house ndaa which also includes this provision. i support the amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. gallego: thank you, mr. chair. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 26 printed in house report 115-785. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise in support of amendment number 26 and seek time to speak in support. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 26 printed in house report 115-785 offered by mr. wittman of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 964, the gentleman from virginia and a member opposed each will control

>> so in terms of accountability, an assessment, so the ndaa mandated that the department of defense has to do assessment monitoring and evaluation for all security cooperation and assist programs. that's not just specific to counterterrorism. that means any time the united states is providing security assistance to an ally or partner or it's doing training or other types of cooperation, military exercises, things of that nature, that there needs to be assessment monitoring and evaluation and d.o.d. set up an offense that was working on putting a of that in place. that work continues, right. there are -- it is a massive undertaking. there are kooebdebates about ho do it. there has been good work in terms of applying best practices. there's ongoing debates of how much to spend on that, right. the international best practices you spend 3% of your budget. nobody wan to spend in government of their budget on am and e. that's ongoing. the other i would just mention the senate foreign relations committee, at least earlier this year, i understood to be looking at a similar mandate for the s

soon as firma passes which we expect to be quickly, the president will sign t maybe as part of the ndaa and we'll have the tools to protect investments, whether it's china or anybody else, we are not singling out china, but we will protect technology transfer to china. >> pushes on whether this strategy would play a part in bay jieijin beijing, mnuchin said the white house's instance is clear. >> we have a very large trade deficit with china we told them we want them to take down structural barriers to we can have fair trade with them and our countries can do well. that's our objective and we've been clear on that but the president was also clear, we will treat china the way we treat other people. to the extent we're worried about transactions, we will block them we are not going to, on a whole sale basis, discriminate against china as part of negotiation >> steve mnuchin saying that the u.s. wants to protect investments but they're not necessarily singling out china this applies to everyone let's look at how some of the key chinese tech stocks are trading. we have alibaba down more tha

the house ndaa passed last week sanctioning two iraqi malicious, one wassal har, which won 14 seats in parliament earlier this week. do you see this hindering if it becomes law? >> that's such a fresh issue involving pending legislation on which the administration may or may not have taken a position that i'm going to punt on that one. >> okay. fair enough. and we had another question about continuity in disagreement between the obama administration policy and the trump administration cv epollcy. how is what you are doing new and different? or how does it double down and deepen what began under presiden obama? >> i think you see l continuity not just the trump administration and obama administration but between trump and bush administration between certain hard power ct tools like military force, like drones. i think it's a matter, when it comes to cve in particular, it's a matter of emphasis. and at the risk of painting with too broad a brush here, i think one of the differences we are seeing is prior cv efforts often emphasize the development aspects of cve. if you build a school hou

>> in terms of accountability and assessment, so the ndaa mandated that the department of defense has to do assessment monitoring and evaluation for all security cooperaonnd programs. that's not just specific to counterterrorism. that means any time the united states is providing security assistance to a ally or partner, or it's doing training or other types of cooperation, military exercises, things of that nature, that there needs to be assessment, monitoring and evaluation, and dod set up an office that was working on putting all of that in place. that work continues. there are -- it is a massive undertaking. there are debates about how to do it. you know, there has been some good work in terms of applying best practices. there's ongoing debates about how much to spend on that. the international best practices, you spend 3% of your budget. nobody wants to spend 3% of their budget on a.m. and e. i would mention the senate foreign relations committee earlier this year, i understood to be looking at a similar mandate for the state department. in part because of the acknowledgement tha

it is being blocked and we are surprised by that and we are trying to get it attached to this ndaa. can you talk about how you think that would be helpful? have met with i your staff and senator langford's staff to talk about the role and will continue to do so to contribute to the bill. the department's focus some provisions in the bill, like establishing communications protocols and having a means i ofch we can ensure sharing information with state and local officials. we will continue to work with your staff. >> do you have any idea why this is being held up? mr. masterson: i do not. act ishonest as something we are also trying to get done and we are getting increasing support from the tech community. llion was spent in online ads in 2016. -- 1.4 billion dollars was spent in online ads in 2016. do you see a way where more transparency would be helpful to catch bad actors? standpoint,to my understanding who is controlling and directing an actor is critical to enforcement. >> very good. that is helpful. is last thing i bring up what senator whitehouse mentioned, is the way this cas

we have an ndaa bill coming up. every senator has significant leverage because you have to have unanimous consent to move ahead to consider the bill. we'll see what happens in the next couple of days. there is significant momentum because -- something like trade and tariffs, if there has been any republican orthodoxy or something we have had consensus in this country on, is that we do better, the rest of the world does best with significant trade and investment and using the international organizations that we helped establish for this purpose as the arbiters between trade disputes, not the president simply acting at whim to punish this country or that one. that moves away from the rules based order on trade that we've had that has been so successful over the years. republicans have believed that and this now is a significant departure from conservatism and from what republicans have believed in. >> he's in a very different place than republican orthodoxy for sure. what time will we see you on the floor, senator. >>

speak on the ndaa bill that is before us today, and i think most people know that we have been engaged in some tariff discussions with other countries through the administration. we have a trade act of 1974 and one of 1962 that have laid out provisions as to how we would go about dealing with tariffs. in one section, section 232, there is a place where the president of the united states can

. >> i have my own legislation which would nullify the tariffs, but his is tailored for the ndaa.ts there, too, using the national security waiver has been abused by a lot of presidents. this recently is just above and beyond, i think. >> i think the president is just using these threats of tariffings as a bargaining chip to try to get us a better trade deal. i don't think he is going to get us in a trade war. i think he is way too smart to do that. if he does, the united states congress will have something to say about night i think it's good that the president has to consult with congress on tariffs on the issue of tariffs because tariff is a very controversial issue and he should listen to congress at least its point of view. >> our own garrett haake joins me now live from capitol hill. garrett. walk us through -- it sounds as though there may be a real opening for this corker proposal to potentially move forward, custom if it did it would be one of the few times when the senate legislators have kind of stuck to it the president a little bit. >> it's possible, but remember it w

soon as firma passes which we expect to be quickly, the president will sign it, maybe part of the ndaaols to protect investments. whether it's china or any else we are not signaling out china but we will protect transfer to china as we will to othe important areas. >> mr. secretary, the president also saying in his statement that if the legislation is not passed, i will direct my administration to develop new tools under existing authorities that will do so globally what is he referring to? >> what he's saying is we expect this to pass quickly, but if for whatever reason it doesn't, we'll think this goes to be part of the ndaa. but if this doesn't get passed quickly, the president request use and direct us to use executive authorities to effectively use the same tools we would under firma broadly as we've defined. >> right mr. secretary, as you know, the market has been on quite a roller coaster of a ride this week in large part due to speculation over exactly what you may announce today i want you to just listen to this and respond, mr. secretaryn monday about trade, trade adviser pet

that's a good provision in the ndaa. many of us wanted it to go further, expanding cfius not just to military and national security but to economic security as well. but it's not sufficient, not sufficient, mr. president. you're backing out again. president xi is outfoxing you, outplaying you again. once again we get the tough talk and no action. this happens over and over and over again. -- with this president and this administration. why are we waiting to impose real pressure on china for its effort to undermine our nation's economic wellspring? it is another example of president trump starting down the tough path with china and then just veering off-course for reasons unexplained, sometimes for whims. it appears there is a tug of war in the administration over just how strong a president should be with china. one week he is pulled in one direction, the next the opposite. but if we're going to convince the chinese government we're serious, the united states must be strong, tough, and consistent. otherwise the president

next to reconcile the differences between the version, language the cfius of the senat part of their ndaa, there are certain principle that is should be addressed in the final version. history will record whether we have ton our job to prevent the transfer of proprietary intellectual technology and critical technologies. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. pittenger: to this end -- mr. hensarling: additional 15 seconds. mr. pittenger: i'm encouraged by the progress we have made on this issue and grateful for opportunity to help move forward the important legislation to reform cfius and export controls. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. waters: it is now my pleasure to recognize mr. heck, a member of the financial services committee, who has fought tirelessly on cfius reform and has been engaged in this process from the beginning or a colloquy for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is

this is authorized by the ndaa are critical to our nuclear deterrent. that is not just the warheads and missiles in d.o.d. but also the people, capabilities and infrastructure in d.o.e. they comprise our nuclear deterrent. my amendment would allow a key aspect related to d.o.e.'s nuclear weapon infrastructure with the nd arch a that the house passed two weeks ago by a bipartisan vote. my amendment provides $24 million to the material facility project which will have operational efficiencies and billions in sayings. this project was initiated in the n dmp arch a omnibus appropriations bill because congress recognized its performance. this project needs to stay on track and in line with the f.y. 2019 nd arch arch authorization. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on my amendment. and i yield back. he chair: the gentleman from alabama. mr. simpson: i just want to thank the gentleman for his support for an active lobbying for the weapons activities that are so vital to our country and make shurs that we do our job here and i have no problem with the amendment.

and as has been said, this house has debated this issue and in the fiscal year ndaa, we passed that bill two weeks ago by a a 6-1 351-66, about ratio and we rejected similar amendments at that time. i urge my colleagues to vote no. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from idaho yields back. the question is now on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion -- ms. lee: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6, rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from california will e postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 27 printed in part b of house report 115-711. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. connolly: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 27 printed in part b of house report 115-711 offered by mr. connelly of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 918, the gentleman from virginia and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from vi

i am pleased about this success and i support efforts to maintain that language in the coming ndaa conference. i encourage colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do the same. politics need to stop at the water's edge. congress can and must do what the president will not. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, lieutenant general austin miller, yesterday the nominee to lead our forces in afghanistan, testified before the senate that the biggest obstacle to success in afghanistan is pakistan. he echoes the same frustrations the president expressed earlier this year and what others in this chamber, including myself, has said for years, that pakistan is providing safe havens for terrorists and playing both sides. terrorist leaders even arrogantly make public appearances in pakistan with the k

actually moved up hear thg morning because we anticipated that a number of of us would be this the ndaa markup. we did so well yesterday, we finished it last night, so i st appreciated the consideration. i want to say for the record, this is a crisis in our country. the cost of health care in recent uncommunities we doinnothing in the united states congress to address it at this moment. en he have more eninl sured and underinsured, we have more rural hospitals and stress and insurance premiums go up for those of us who buy it. so every time the uninsured number goes up, it costs everybody who's paying, including taxpayers and including everyone who buys insurance. it'sll b about saving money in thelt care system. it's ironic to me that we're going back to the bad old days where uninsured number rs climbing. there's a lot of bills out there that helped. some bills that have been negotiated to the floor so we can provide relief. my issue i want to talk about, there was a good state audit. by an auditor about a rural hospital and what was discovered is that there was a small rural hospital

i expected that in the discussions of the ndaa, the national defense authorization act.ould hope there would be a debate and a discussion about whether, in fact, these joint exercises should stop because, indeet indeed, they were set up not for the nuclear weapons. thoughy're certainly important to that now. they were set up because north korea has a huge conventional capability it was to, in fact, be a deterrent against that capability there's growing concern here my final point is that this is not only a big day for kim jong-un who can go back anow photos of the american flag and the north korean flag side by side which frankly took me aback a bit. but this is a big day for xi jingping because china would love for american troops to be gone from the korean peninsula china understands that this discussion is not just about north korea. it's about the future of asia. we want to make sure that we as a pacipower have a lot to say about what the future of northeast asia is like >> ambassador baucus, you know the chinese mentality very well when it comes to this. they were n