to a kind of new narrative in the hope peace set to new electronic schools yes i recognize the peace corps isn't quite sure i didn't recognize the meet the orchestration of what was going on while the singers were singing live to sing and sing live in that we've created a pre recorded ok search track that is made up of some more christian some meaty sound some prerecorded speaking country. memories from from the rest of comments who kind of put it all into announcing for put it through a computer and created a new school and silent oprah what is your what is your aim what do you do with this it's a great idea because people's money people immobile they can work with you but how did you come up with this amazing idea well i really love oprah and i think that no one can down the intensity of being stood next to no procedures you know the power of the voice the physicality i want to see them sweating i want to see the whites of their eyes i want to see that really up close and i thought how can i pick up an oak easter and of course and move around witnessing it so that the so that the audienc

answer by them until you are block grant no one has seen that i mean i've met with members of the peace corps and that hasn't been put our young is being given importance and there is no i don't think it would ever be. put on a sectarian manner and if it is certainly shouldn't be and we will stand certainly have a very close watch on over that process if that money ever comes because it's a big if no one has seen any of it yet but i know off your imagine the fact that it could be twenty million dollars maybe said it could be fifty million again those figures i don't know what is crack epidemic but it started is nowhere near by them and has been put into our economy as five important to say that the british government has taken well over a billion already block grant over recent years they have crippled some of the market is bringing it back so really do you know what they haven't thought about it ok but during that may has at least ruled out a halt border repeatedly which seems to suggest it's very nebulous all of this that it would have to be the european union that puts up the checkpoints j

discussing matters of mutual concern from peace corps to organization for african unity the two presidents restated their desire for the maintenance of friendly cooperation between our two nations. the president's response to foreign dignitaries went far beyond the level of state visits during march. in private conferences and public receptions the president exercised that special brand of face-to-face diplomacy that has trademarked his years in office. the major concern is to maintain peace and security for itself and its neighbors. throughout march the attention remained on vietnam where the security of southeast asia was hanging in the balance. as the close of the month approached the president began preparing what would be the most effective of his many offers for talks in the troubled part of the globe. during the last week of the month general abrams deputy commander in vietnam arrived in washington for two days of intensive discussions with the president. the thorough review of the situation begun during march was now complete. after a late evening session with members of the nation

and we're back with me the peace corps freshman president's press secretary mr b. school when mrs meghan kelly asked him about whether wearing a new cold war were not present and dismissed it as propaganda he said you know anyone who is saying that reich and rush are at the new cold war. that's part of propaganda but when you really look at the facts right i mean. there are troops on russia's border and they're getting closer and closer russia is creating new weapons there's a huge media war going on between the countries accusations flying back and forth especially towards russia with the poisoning and the meddling in the elections what is it then it's not a cold war. what is it that what's happening between american immersion right now saying we're witnessing a lot of elements of cold war and unfortunately we're seeing more and more of called war in orange and we're facing it in international relations. we face. well. let me say it's. not all the countries are comfortable with grazing russia. but the rising russia russia with the leadership of president put a hum

pull the troops out of the futile i'm here for a strong character in the peace corps i'm sure your face is so. where did someone. who. went ames finish the roll for us i play now five years in russia. my biggest dream was. still to play for him a bit. for now but when a feliciano brown forbes is playing here for. a small russian festival club at nineteen it looked like he could make it to the top he was playing for the german on the twenty side but then his career stalled aged twenty one the german costa rican got an offer from russia. that is going to be minus eight degrees when. we play. russia. can say welcome to russia. preparations for the world cup haven't exactly gone as planned. just right across the country excitement ahead of the tournament is needed. not least because of the weak russian side. nationalist morally neutral but also a new team one of the all is permitted to move your church. member the minute the bush commercial continues to neuter if you work it will be given to you with a cubicle which will duplicate with much of your movement and good to be sure it will eat m

protection and services for peace corps volunteers and for other purposes. in which the concurrence of the ouse is requested. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. issa: mr. speaker, at this time i move that we spend -- we suspend the rules and pass house resolution 3249, the protect safe neighborhoods grant program authorization act of 2017 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3249, a bill to authorize the project safe neighborhoods grant program and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. issa, and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on house resolution 3249 currently under consideration. the sp

i'm convinced we send in the peace corps instead of the ma reents we would have peace in afghanistan.a wall around afghanistan and leave the commies there with them. >> ambassador bolton, hillary clinton was obviously the most of amazing secretary of state this country has seen. >> i think hillary clinton needs to make a comeback. we know the russians stole the 2016 election, that's clear. so with that on the table hillary is an ace to get the democratic nomination. she will win overwhelmingly. >> but her emails. >> they were purchase loind by the russians. >> no collusion, fake news. we are making america great again. lock her up. lock her up. lock her up. kennedy: you have to pick a winner. >> did i get that right? >> this is the most of amazing thing i have ever been a part of. you are both winners. you are both winners. we are all winners. you just won. congratulations. kennedy: aclu card obviously. thank you gentlemen so much. that was even better than expected. >> i can't tell you how much i enjoyed that. kennedy: fantastic. he's digging for gold in the most of far reaching and

but the story he was most critical of was he would be talking to a peace corps attorney named elmer, the president saying, this didn't happen. the reporting is that he actually met at the white house mr. flood. if that was the case, what would that indicate to you? >> it's been a longtime thought that the team mr. trump has to deal with the russian investigation is too small. it really, essentially is. it seems the president's following is receding, it's getting smaller. so it would make sense if they want to move toward the impeachment arena, he knows how to deal with this. but i think as a bolstering or denying it. . it doesn't really matter, he needs additional help. contrary to what he said, this thing is not wrapping up in the next 30 days. >> and julian, does this also indicate that the president is worried that if indeed this isn't the case that democrats will perhaps pick up more seats and perhaps impeachment proceedings would be more. >> absolutely. that's why the trump speech san the stump speech go hand in hand. the stump speech would be getting what you want. and he is se

kennedy is the one who did the peace corps but also the green beret. he organized the modern u.s. seals, so he has fans, big ones. if you look at public opinion polls he is ranged really high. when we up here we range them, he is a little more middling. we only have the thousand to judge him on. he may have lost, i think he would have beat goldwater but you don't know. the they were south was angry at democratic south over james kennedy and alabama and it would have been interesting election in '64. i think kennedy stands as one of the presidents of ages. >> he has dropped, he was at street fear i can heights in 1963, he has dwindled in professional rankings and historians. 20 years ago, 30 years ago you wouldn't turn on the crown to see him depicted as bully wife-beater and basic bad guy as he was in "the crown." people tend in aftermath of death of mckinley and aftermath of death of lincoln many previously considered sins are forgotten. particularly mckinley dwindled in the '30s and '40s when progressive historians came on and my guess is kennedy has similarly dwindled. >> becau

kennedy is one who did the peace corps but also the green beret. he's the person organize what's today the modern u.s. seals. so he has fans, big ones. even look at public opinion polls, he is ranked really high. when you get to guys who are up here when we rank make them hea little more middling. we'll have 1000 days to judge them on. if you don't get elected a second term, if kennedy had not won in 64 which may not happen, in may of loss, you don't know, the south was getting angry, democratic south was angry over james meredith, mississippi, alabama. it would've been interesting election but i think kennedy stands as one of the president for the ages. >> if i i could quickly add to that. i think he has dropped in, he was at stratospheric heights, and i think he has dwindled both in the professional rankings of the story and a popular. 20 years ago, 30 years ago you would not even able to turn on the crowd and see him depicted as a bully wife beater and basic bad guy as he was in the crown. people tend to come in estimate of the deathlike mckinle

staff member with johnson since the 1960 presidential campaign and later jumped ship and joined the peace corps during the kennedy administration but unlike the mentee who was accidental passenger on air force one moyer is an elder statesman and only came across as an earnest and religious man who was ambitious as soon as he found out what happened he chartered a plane and got himself to dallas to make sure he was there. he became the jack of all trades to the chief of staff and secretary for two years and in many ways he was what john hay was to lincoln and they were extremely tight to your point of physical character he had a chronicles or that there were others like joe was a young attorney working on the mcnamara staff who knew something about domestic policy but they would task him with running policy was probably the most effective so the number that we look at serving on the senate staff so those who refuse to let johnson get under his skin so johnson rarely yelled at him so they would shut down and not respond in that respect he was also a playwright so a bunch of these guys talk about

he later jumped ship and worked at the peace corps in the kennedy administration advancing the austin portion of the trip and valencia was an accidental passenger on air force one, moyer was an elder statesman of pbs and always came across as a young, earnest, religious man, burning we ambitious. the minute he found out what happened he chartered a plane, and got himself on air force one. he became jack of all trades in late 64, chief of staff, press secretary for two years and in many ways was to johnson for a time what john hayes had been to lincoln. johnson would call him a son, they were extremely tight but johnson is character, had a chronic ulcer. others like joe califano, a young attorney working on robert mcnamara at staff joining the white house and 65, new nothing about the mystic policy. he was a defense policy guy but they tasked him with wanting policy and the most effective white house counselor who ever hold the portfolio. harry mcpherson, white house counsel on the senate staff, the most even keeled of all of them, the one who refused to let johnson get under his skin,

what's so bizarre to me is i can remember when the peace corps was created, and there was one ung man put his career on hold and they said, why are you doing this? he said, i've never done anything plitical or patriotic or unselfish because nobody asked me and, he said, president kennedy asked me. you know, that sense of public service that it's a high calling, that it'sor the common good, is totally absent from this president, from his lexicon, from his frame of reference. >> woodruff: well, and, you know, while we're talking about personnel, theroead of the enental protection agency, scott pruitt, david, appears to be in some hthot water is week because turns out he was living in a room orrenting a room near capitol hill last year and paying an unusually small rent,i $50 t, in an area where it's more expensive than that, and there'n a storyhe "the washington post" today about unusually inexperienced and not people who didn't do a great job in the white house personnel office. so just more questions. >> yeah, and this goes to the point mark made and to the notion of norms. i have bee

programs, including medicare, medicaid, chip, tricare, veterans affairs, indian health service, the peace corps, bureau of prisons, immigrations and customs enforcement. mr. president, i've heard it said it doesn't apply to commercial insurance that is offered by the federal government. that's just not true. it applies to the federal employees health benefits program. through which 8.3 million employees, retirees, and their families get their health insurance coverage. and i have not seen my democratic friends make any effort to change the applicability of hyde to that insurance program. together these programs account for more than $1 trillion in government spending each year, all of which is covered by the hyde amendment. that's 100 times of the amount we are proposing in our amendment. a trillion dollars of federal health care funding is already covered by the hyde amendment which has been policy for 40 years. so how is this in any way a radical departure from current policy. i find it frustrating that some on the other side of the aisle are choosing to block this important package that will

constitutional infringement. , who can buyd tobacco and use it, gentlemen's clubs, who can join the peace corpshow is this not a constitutional infringement? maybe we should limit executive power. they've proven to be warmongers. 18 to 21-year-olds can be prescribed opioids. host: do you think that it goes too far, because it requires all bans all sale to firearms to people under 21? rather than just prohibit certain high-powered weapons from being sold to younger could still-- they buy a regular rifle or handgun. caller: the type of weapon is not here nor there. it's limiting constitutional rights of people. i don't see how it can hold up. host: ok. david is on the line calling from south carolina. he supports this measure. david, why? i don't like't, everybody walking around with ak-47s. you noted in -- you know what i mean? this is crazy. what happens to children in kindergartens? these guns, everybody has an ak-47, stupid. backto have machine guns then. they don't have machine guns. thenlet them have them, give the district -- that's bad if not worse. one they gets to carry laws passed. , n

i hope he focuses at least a bit on the soft power part of the business peace corp., usaid.e has roots in that area as well. and lastly, he's a good communicator which secretary tillerson, god bless that texan, was not a good communicator. so let's hope we go in a good direction. i think that's what the internationals will be saying. >> well, and mike pompeo, just looking from a distance, seems to have figured out how to communicate with donald trump while walking the fine line, testifying along with the other intel chiefs that russia was trying to interfere in the election while not incurring too much wrath. >> john heilemann, a lot of people are assuming that the president's picks via twitter for secretary of state and c.i.a. director are far from passing the sniff test in congress. >> yeah. i think mike pompeo having been confirmed and having the history he has in congress will probably have relatively easy time becoming secretary of state. i think that the new potential head of the c.i.a. is going to have a serious, grilling because of the issues around intense interroga

the clerk: calendar number 308, s. 2286, a bill to amend the peace corps act and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. rounds: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendments be agreed to, the corker amendment at the desk be agreed to. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. rounds: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rounds: mr. president, i know of no further debate on the bill. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, the question is on passage of the bill as amended. all in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill, as amended -- the bill is passed as amended. the presiding officer: mr. president -- mr. rounds: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. r

. >> if you think about just the justice peace, you have a lot of workers with the conservation corps. they can stay there for a long time or they can move up, you know. and sometimes and i tell you i have the same problem. sometimes folks that have good folks working for them ain't really that motivated to move their good folks up, right. so we got to -- we have a right to do it. we have to just give them a little push. >> yes, sir. >> ok so are we ok approving as amended as stated? >> ok. >> do i have a motion -- >> that's my motion. councilor, am i allowed to do that. >> the motion is to adopt the resolution with the throw amendments to the four clause on the second page that you read into the record. >> thank you. >> i'll second. >> any other discussion? >> i just -- just to make sure that there's no undue burden on on the staff it's one thing the grant agreement and i appreciate where commissioner courtney is going with this. but just to make sure that -- i think that's what you said but i just want to confirm that because of the timeliness of this and we all want to move this pr

peaceful and prosperous middle east. before taking your questions today, i would like to introduce you to our special guests. have retired marine corps heck who both served. the president met both of them recently at walter reed. sergeant peck suffered a traumatic brain injury. then after two years of therapy, he re-enlisted and deployed to afghanistan. he stepped on an i.e.d. and lost both arms and legs and spent two years at walter reed and received a double arm transplant and doing physical and occupational therapy at walter reed and doing increditly well. staff sergeant dwifere suffered from an explosion. he stepped on an i.e.d. resulting in the loss of his left leg. doctors were able to save his limbs and re-aattach them through 50 surgeries and spending four years at walter reed, he is back there. thank you both for your service and for inspiring us all with your bravery, sense of duty and resilience. these men represent the best of america and remind us why it is so important that our great veterans get the care they deserve. and we have announced plans for the v.a. to shift electronic medical records to the same system used b

peace is a journey of a thousand miles. >> i'd only been out of the state of west virginia a couple of times when i joined the marine corps. ♪ >> in 1960, ernie wallace was a 16-year-old in wayne county, west virginia. >> upon graduation, there is only two things to do around our area. that was work in the coal mines or construction. and i was not very much for work. so i wanted to see some world. >> i always wanted to be a marine. the old posters, be a mud marine. >> like ernie wallace, ed rummond joined the marines on the eve of the war in vietnam. >> i went in the marine corps in december of '59. went to boot camp in '60. >> three years after ed brummond arrived at boot camp, ed tried to join the army. >> the army recruiter wasn't there. went to the marines. the marine recruiter wasn't there. the navy chief said hey. >> step in here. >> joined the navy. >> had you even heard of vietnam? >> i had heard of it when i was in high school. but it was just another country. >> just another country? vietnam's dense jungles, cloud-draped mountains and waterlogged rice paddies are much like its history, complex and dangerous. the

peaceful and prosperous middle east. before taking your questions, i'd like to introduce you to a few special guests we have with us. retired marine corps sergeant john peck and liam dwyer. both served in iraq and a:again stan. the president met both of them recently at walter reed. sergeant peck suffered a traumatic brain injury in iraq. then he reenlisted and deployed to afghanistan. he lost both legs after stepping on an iud. he's doing physical and occupational therapy at walter reed and doing incredibly well. sergeant dwyer went through a roadside bombing in iraq and then resigned up for afghanistan. he lost his right leg and injuries to his torso. doctors saved his limbs and reattached them over 50 surgeries. he's back at walter reed now to receive additional surgeries in the coming months. thank you for your service and inspiring us with your bravery, sense of duty and resilience. these men represent the best of america and remind us why it's so important to make sure our great veterans get the care they deserve. transforming the department of veterans affairs has been one of the top priorities. we announced plans to ship v.a. me

peaceful and prosperous middle east. before taking your questions today, i'd like to introduce you to a few special guests. we have here with us in the briefing room retired marine corps sergeant john peck and staff sergeant liam dwyer served in iraq and afghanistan. the president met both of them recently at walter reed. sergeant peck had a dramatic brain injury in iraq during his first tour of duty. after two years of therapy, he re-enlisted and deployed to afghanistan. while there he stepped on an ied and lost both arms and legs. he spent two years at walter reed and in 2016 received a double arm transplant. he is now doing physical and occupational therapy at walter reed and doing incredibly well. staff sergeant dwyer endured a roadside bomb explosion in iraq but he re-upped and later went to afghanistan. while there, he stepped on an ied resulting in the loss of his left leg and severe injuries to his right arm, leg and torso. doctors were able to save his limbs and reattach them through over 50 surgeries. after previously spending four years at walter reed, he is back there to receive additional surgeries in the coming months. thank you both for your service and