signed paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. we give you thanks, o, god, for giving us another day. in the wake of a great american holiday, we ask your special blessing on american workers. may they know and be confident of the no built and cake creditness of their labor. as the members of the peoples' house return to the capitol call them as well with your gentle voice of college atlanta. when the sense of alienation shadows all of our souls, we find our differences difficult to bear. we move away from each other. insofar as this spirit of alienation has descended upon this house, help each member to overcome unnecessary and have productive work on behalf of our nation. bring them to a deeper level of awareness of your spirit and make us one nation. give the members listening hearts ready and willing to respond to your spirit living in each one. and may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. th

before that, we'll take you to the weekly briefing with house speaker paul d. ryan. expected in about 10 minutes or so. we'll have live coverage here on c-span. right now a conversation on foreign meddling in social media. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is nancy scola, the technology reporter for politico. there is a picture of two people appearing at these hearings -- tell viewers about who was on capitol hill and why they were there? guest: sheryl sandberg, the chief operating officer of race book testified on election security and the use of platforms by foreign adversaries in the u.s. election process. she was joined by the ceo of twitter, jack dorsey. jack then travel to the other side of capitol hill to the house for the energy and commerce committee where he testified so low on the idea that twitter may be biased. host: what is the significance that you had the ceos of these platforms to talk about these issues? guest: it has been a long time coming. the companies are in the spotlight for they didn't do enough in the election by russia. in their

before that, we'll take you to the weekly briefing with house speaker paul d. ryan. expected in about 10 minutes or so. we'll have live coverage here on c-span. right now a conversation on foreign meddling in social media. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is nancy scola, the technology reporter for politico. there is a picture of two people appearing at these hearings -- tell viewers about who was on capitol hill and why they were there? guest: sheryl sandberg, the chief operating officer of race book testified on election security and the use of platforms by foreign adversaries in the u.s. election process. she was joined by the ceo of twitter, jack dorsey. jack then travel to the other side of capitol hill to the house for the energy and commerce committee where he testified so low on the idea that twitter may be biased. host: what is the significance that you had the ceos of these platforms to talk about these issues? guest: it has been a long time coming. the companies are in the spotlight for they didn't do enough in the election by russia. in their

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. madam speaker, before i respond to president trump's claim that the rescue and recovery effort in puerto rico a year ago after hurricane maria was, quote, one of the best jobs that's ever been done, end quote, i want to make a few things clear. first of all, everyone is praying for our friends and neighbors along the eastern seaboard who will be facing the wind and rain of hurricane florence today. i support them and the first re

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate ecognition between the parties. all time shall be equally al will he kated between the parties -- allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other parties. all time than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. 9 chair -- the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield, for ive minutes. mr. butterfield: i rise today to honor the life and work of mrs. sally baldwin powers. a great north carolinian and nationally recognized academic and friend. at 102 years old she transitioned to her heavenly home on tuesday, september 25, 2018. our community in wilson, north carolina, has lost a giant and a friend. mr. speaker, mrs. sally baldwin howard was w

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the house will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. gutierrez: mr. speaker, i have been thinking about all the criminal investigations, pointing directly at the president, and his associates anti-fact that many americans become a he said, he said debate. on the one hand you have the president saying that this is all a witch-hunt. yes, i fired comey in order to derail the investigation. yes, i knew about a concealed russia meeting and the payments to keep people quiet. then there's

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives.aker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. haplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. you have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we express our fwrattude. y

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives.he speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of mercy, thank you for giving us another day. may the words of ezekiel stir our

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. haplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. you have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we express our fwrattude. you have created us with opportunities to serve other people and their need to share together in respect and affect shun and to be faithful in the responsibilities we have been given. in this moment of prayer, please grant to the members of this people's house the gifts of wisdom and discernment, that in their words and actions they will do justice, love with mercy, and walk humbly with you. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his pproval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from californi

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives.he speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of mercy, thank you for giving us another day. may the words of ezekiel stir our hearts. the nations shall know that i am the lord, says the lord god, when in their sight i prove my holiness through you. from all your idols i will cleanse you, i will give you a new heart, and place a new spirit within you taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. lord god of prophets and politicians, through the campaigns, surface out fiction and malicious thoughts so that your people may be led to america's common concerns and the truth upon which to build anew. deepen convictions in all contestants that their hearts may be naturally transformed by the response of the people and your holy inspirations. we pray for civility in the weeks to come and peaceful resolve across our land both now and forever. and may all that is done this day be for your greater

d that throughout this week. each one designed by mccain in his final months. you saw yesterday when nancy pelosi and paul ryan presented -- were together in the rotunda chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell together at the rotunda. this is about overcoming divisions and sending a message to the country. >> and, jon, kind of remarkable image sent by his aides every friday over the last months he gathers aidesor ay session around him at his home to plan out the funeral. they said they couldn't go through it, get through each meeting without a lump in their throat and without tears in their eyes. but this is something he was determined to do. >> every detail, george, the speakers, the incredible list of pallbearers who we will see here shortly, the music, every detail, this was m masterpiece, this memorial and, again, it's not about mccain. this week's event i th t mnsoule said is something far greater than he was. >> cokie,ui over the state of the country. >> total anguish and, you know, it really is remarkable because he was such a fighter and could be so iibllscraeleut rememberedr bringing people together. and th

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, rabbi hannah spiro from hill havuhah, washington, d.c. tchap chap god -- the chaplain: god, we thank you for the jewish festival which begins today and your commandment to build temporary structures to eat and sleep in them under the stars and welcome in guests, honored guests, guests in need. you teach us that these are one and the same. your festival teaches us to come to terms with impermanentence in of these temporary structures, our actual homes, our wealth, our social standing, and even our lives. when we remember as it was taught that we came from dust and will return to it we can't possibly feel justified in holding on to our resource was a clinched fist. you move us to open our hands and homes and again rossity inclusion and justice. may the season and the beauty of changing awe dums breeze inspire each one of us to welcome, to serve, and for this brief time we're allotted to generously live. the speak

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. lord god of heaven and earth, thank you for giving us another day. in this chamber of the people's house, we note the observance of constitution day when our nation's founding document was signed at the constitutional convention in 1787. grant a deepening knowledge of and appreciation for our constitution to all members, but especially to the members of the people's house who have sworn an oath to defend it. may they have the freedom to realize that their responsibility is to the nation and its welfare as well as to their own constituents. give them the wisdom to discern the greater good when those allegiances might seem to conflict. may all that is done today be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-a of house resolution 1059, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the chair will lead the house in the pledge

signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana, mr. abraham, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor the life of lieutenant colonel robert miller, to my left here, a veteran of the marine corps from buge loosea, louisiana -- lugaloosa, louisiana, which i have the privilege to represent. he went above and beyond. fought between 1945-1973, world war ii, the korean war, the vietnam war. he received three purple hearts during his time with the marines, and some of his war experiences are q