marco rubio believes in smaller overnment. marco rubio understands that it is people and individuals like you and i that solve problems, not -- bureauz in state or accurates in state or federal government. marco rubio understands that growth creates jobs and he understands the greatest threat to growth is excess in taxes and excess in regulations. marco understands the strength that comes to a nation or a state when they balance their budgets. and he certainly understands that a strong national defense, a strong national security system, and a strong commitment to our international obligations is what this country's responsibility is all about. and i think he also understands, as he watches what is happening in washington, that we are not getting any of that right now. marco rubio and kelly were both elected in 2010. they both have young children. they both are committed to their family structure and recognize that that family structure is the heart and soul of what makes this country strong. marco has been the point man in ma

about the expregnants of faith in different parts of the world, and how they are going to inform overnment. there are people i know in the state department, and they are very well intentioned, and they are notting listened to back in washington. one of my favorite things to ask a political officer is they know who opened their cable. it is an internet system where they can put forward a cape cable back to washington about the current situation, how many people open it. i can't tell you how many people open it who are bript, who really know the street, who really know what we at global post call ground troops. which is about being there, which is about speaking the language, which is about knowing the story. that ground truth as embodied in the cable they go unopened. we need a state department that has more expertise, more knowledge, more history, and a better ear for listening to the ground. we keep missing the story. i think it is a great challenge. these are not easy questions. i don't envy, as i said, those who have to figure them out. and i respect the way so many good people are tryi

at the time when the nigerian overnment should have had a robust military response to the insurgenc insurgency, the state department is going this is economic and more money at ow the problem and so on and so forth. wasn't until the terrorists had captured ignificant swaths of territory and some governments said you we are going s, under the nigerian government ealized that the u.s. had been misleading it and sent in the troops in may of last year. we have seen some of , at misguidance from the u.s. nd we do need to again unthe u.s. to properly reevaluate this situation. poverty ckle the argument one more time. here is the thing. islam has some basic inbuilt for the poor wiand are some of the most contented human being i have ever met. they are allowed to believe if is god's will. o they are not malcontents as the state department is trying portray. now, i interviewed an american the u.n. bombing in igeria and she said to me exactly the same words to me. his is not economic because muslims are not the average materia material, you know, western model. on the 't operate average material western

to speak out against your overnment, that's what they targeted. to get to the truth we need to can to compel we ms. learner to come forward and the questions so the american people can understand why their first amendment rights targeted because we know -- we know theville investigation justice is tment of a sham. hey've already leaked to the "wall street journal" and they had the president of the united states say no corruption and the person leading the nvestigation is a maxed out contributor to the president's campaign. he only route to the truth is through the house of representatives and compelling learner to answer our questions. that's why i'm supporting the resolution and i hope my support it as well. fundamentalhis most right. we want her simply to answer the questions. >> gentleman from maryland is recognized. that the person the fifth ve amendment right by making that were not making tatements that were not under oath. thank the ranking member for his leadership. not here to defend lois i'm here to but defend the constitutions and every

if they have to give up this ,overnment assistance, the snap it's not worth it. their standards of living will not be raised. do you support this idea of a $10.10 minimum wage? caller: i do. i don't think it will have the uplifting effect that so many think it will. a post on twitter. she believes the minimum wage must be raised, but in a systematic way. if not, it could cause unstable cost increases. you can find that on the cbo website. the wall street journal has a taxy taking a look at havens. the u.s. is ready to join china and for other countries and alliance to fight efforts by multinational corporations to avoid paying taxes. will also include japan and britain. the u.s. could sign on during a two-day meeting on fighting corporate tax avoidance asserted friday in tokyo. governments across the globe are to collect more taxes for multinational corporations that use tax havens to pay no tax to the national government. lose $3 trillion in tax revenue a year in such efforts. up next, john from new hampshire. caller: good morning. see this from both directions.

three months ago the mexican overnment. warrior drug 4ths brought up the issue of treaks dieting him. w50e we've so we don't have more of these cases. a thank you to everyone who has brought it up. but for u.s. citizens. in 12:. who also like -- this sad case. nd ended up in a mexican but the family was at first quiet. there is the ay new smell of an cue from so you they will marine ray too. . the embassy in mexico that's his hero. . i'd like to put that for the record. ir joined -- and the mom of andrew lives in her district. 25 rio gives va dwreerleds. . and we're very oird about this case. it took a lot of pressure and a lot of u.s. theelt get these cases resolved. nd thoycl. -- secondly secretary jacobson thank you for rectifying for the record a statement had that ad been made in the city, it's think enls sanction, i of other yaste areas interest. .n we had seens ity for clarifying that is not the case. 1 mr.they are or or not, i think the it's pretty. his third z in onth in chorn. we hope that she could ball that. did

for their ant overnment to take a stand against criminals who infiltrate and exploit their computer networks. our domestic corporations struggle to compete with china on the pricing of steel and goods. our competitive advantage has een to engineer superior, stronger, and more advanced country such as oil tubular goods and seamless standard line pipes. these initiatives costs billions of dollars in capital and costs.h and development and these computer intrusions this the theft of technology and blunt our ability to compete. computer e of these intrusions by the chinese steel y, u.s. steel, the workes, and ati and other companies were involved in trade disputes to redress dumping by owned steel tate companies through accepted dispute reck michls. the success of the entities and rade litigation also made them targets. the hackers stole internal trade attorney-client communications, and cost and production analysis. by chinese cy hackers targeted each of these at critical times such as in the midst of negotiations a nuclear power plant were in the middle of a trade case. the effects of economic

. >> i worked for the federal overnment for a long time.so i think there's an interesting need to work from the top to bottom and from the bottom up. the information we are giving back needs to be not just what he -- we think is usable but is actually usable information we've asked for. in the first assessment we gave the summer average growing temperature to the farmers they looked at us with crossed eyes and said no, no, what we want to know is the temperature at first fwrost and last frost. there is need to know what information is collected and by what is gathered by the feds at the top can be mixed into that. what we heard about how all of the agencies have regional entities, that there can be a middle level between the federal data and the user needs that can getrought to bear so we can increased speck torl data for people at the bottom and information back to those at the top. this -- the thing they find super exciting about what's happening in florida and what we need more of in this country is a nonpartisan conversation. the issues

speaker, public charter schools are simply public schools with sight-based overnance. they are free to innovate when it comes to learning day, uniform, yet they're accountable for student outcomes this bill adds additional layers of accountability and transparency to ensure that this federal investment has the maximum possible effect. i am proud that before i served in this body, mr. speaker, i founded two public charter schools. new america school and another one. new america works with immigrants to help them learn the english language and access a college education. mr. speaker, absent the federal charter school program, i don't think i even could have started that charter school and hundreds and thousands of charter school that was benefited from this program across the country will tell you the same story. before the state or district money even begins, may i have another minute? mr. miller: i yield the gentleman two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. polis: before the school begins, there are expenses. teachers and principals have