tom: in a little town about 15 miles from the church, in greeley, pennsylvania. rural pennsylvania.decided to move his business there for a couple of reasons, one of which was pennsylvania being more gun friendly than new york. he still has a manufacturing facility in worcester, massachusetts, but the plan is to move it all to pennsylvania eventually. now he has a large showroom there and he also designs guns, so he has a little research facility beneath the showroom. he became fascinated with guns as a kid. reverend moon was an outdoorsman and he hunted, but guns were not part of the unification church message. justin's story goes that he shot a pistol for the first time at 14 and fell in love with guns. while he was at harvard, he was tinkering around and designing guns on his own. he wanted to build a really small, compact pistol, which he wound up doing. shortly after he left harvard, he started a little business, kahr arms, and eventually designed a very lightweight pistol. it was only 26 ounces, which apparently was considered a breakthrough in firearms technology. but it was

pioga is in northwest pennsylvania. the association employs an eight-person staff and each year pioga hosts several conferences, seminars, public educational meetings, presentations and community evebts in a variety of locations -- events in a variety of locations across the commonwealth of pennsylvania. i wish them the best as they gather in titusville as they celebrate 100 years of growth and sustainibility in the pennsylvania gas -- oil and gas industry. the industry has a rich history in the commonwealth and i know pioga will continue to uphold the high standards and expertise for which it is known in order to provide access to affordable energy for all and to help to fuel or continue to fuel our economy. thank you, mr. speaker. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. mr. speaker, earlier this week i sent a bouquet of flowers and big porter reek flag to a young puerto rican woma

especially our storied pennsylvania steel. the commonwealth has been an important cog in the wheel of this country's industrial revolution thanks to industries like iron, coal, and lumber. in addition to steel. our pennsylvania farmers have fed and continue to feed generations of americans, providing safe, nutritious food of our neighbors. and this rich history continues today. the pennsylvania fifth congressional district is home to numerous producers that have made vital contributions to of and this our prosperity. they have employed american workers, produced american products, and grown american crops. from heritage companies, to newer rising stars, we have a wide cross section of products produced in the pennsylvania fifth congressional district. pennsylvania equipment corporation in jefferson county is the leading american manufacturer of diesel locomotive engines and mining machinery. the resume includes fully refurbishing streetcars for cities like new orleans, philadelphia, and san francisco. sons 889, w.r. case and c

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise to recognize a nonprofit organization in bucks county, pennsylvania, that recently celebrated their 15th anniversary. the twilight wish foundation, based in doylestown, seeks to grant the wishes of low-income senior citizens. these wishes can be big or ranging from meeting philadelphia eagles players to purchasing a new pair of eyeglasses. as a society, mr. speaker, it's incumbent upon all of us, both as public servants and citizens, to support programs and support policies that protect our senior citizens. i commend the work done by the twilight wish foundation, and i applaud the leadership of founder and chairman of the board, cass. i'd like to thank the vice president, robin. director of commune relations, mary, and director of wish management, michelle, for all their incredible work for our community. mr. speaker, i'm proud to recognize a resident of bucks county, pennsylvania, who recently broke his fourth world record. bob of mo

it atom wolf has made priority that we in pennsylvania's uphold -- that we in pennsylvania uphold the older with 3 million pennsylvanians aged 65 world are. that year of0, perfect vision, one in four pennsylvanians will be 60 years of age or older. in pennsylvania, we believe the alzheimer's trajectory can be influenced and changed. pennsylvania's current infrastructure, anchored by our state plan on aging which is required under the older americans act, is in perfect alignment with the committees already recognized mission to further invest in a nationwide alzheimer's public health response that will promote better treatment and care for those living alzheimer's. while my written testimony outlines in great detail the two points just mentioned, i will focus the remainder of my verbal testimony on the need and opportunity before us to better leverage alzheimer's asked service for the hundreds of millions of americans with alzheimer's related disorder. all told, one in 12 pennsylvania families are affected by alzheimer's or related disorder. moreover nearly 675,000 pennsylvania caregiv

gallagher from frackville, pennsylvania. phyllis testified in front of this committee last year and has been a tireless advocate for those living with alzheimer's and their caregivers in our home state, and we're pleased she could join us again today. >> thank you. i heard that there was actually a special bus that came down from your state. >> yes. >> so that's very impressive. but i want it known there are a lot of mainers out there too. next, i'm delighted to introduce one of my constituents, dr. gareth howell, an associate professor at the jackson laboratory in maine. dr. howell coleads the alzheimer's disease precision models center at the jackson lab, and that was established by a $25 million grant from the national institute of aging in partnership with -- and i'm looking at senator donnelley now -- the indiana university school of medicine. and i know that this is a terrific project of which he's proud as well. dr. howell has authored more than 55 publications and received numerous prestigious awards for his work. se

the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. krishnamoorthi: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, madam chairwoman foxx. i want to thank congressman g.t. thompson for your partnership on this legislation and chairwoman foxx and ranking member scott for your leadership. lastly i want to thank our colleagues in the senate for working hard to pass h.r. 2353 earlier this week. it has now been 12 years since congress acted to update this critical program. the bureau of labor statistics recently reported a skills gap of 6.5 million unfilled jobs. compared to this time last year, there are now an additional one million job openings where employers can't find applicants with the adequate skills or training to fill them. for the health of our economy, the prosperity of our workers, anti-strength of our businesses, we -- and the business, we must reverse this trend and reverse it now. our bipartisan legislation, the strengthening career and technical education for the bus ust 21st century act,

i appreciate the gentleman from pennsylvania yielding and the support of the gentleman from pennsylvania and the gentlelady from nevada for this legislation. mr. speaker, i introduce this legislation with the near unanimous request of the legal community and the broader leadership in the texas panhandle. since 1980, the federal building and courthouse in amarillo, texas, has been known as the j. marvin jones federal building. judge jones led a remarkable life. he served in this house from 1917 to 1940, including as chair of the agriculture committee. he was then appointed to the court of claims, took a leave of absence to serve in the roosevelt administration during world war ii, went back to the court of claims where he was the chief judge there from 1947 until his retirement in 1964. as i said, it was a remarkable life. but there is another remarkable life that has been -- has made a lasting impact on the cause of justice in the northern district of texas, and it has also been an inspirational life. judge mary lou robinson has served as a judge, as you heard, for more than 60 years. mo

purple, preliminary pennsylvania avenue extension. i'm showing the picture right now, not part of phase two, but as i walk through the presentation i'll explain to you how we want to deliver both of them together. some of the activities that took place since we updated you in 2016, refreshed the cost estimate in 2016, this on the market conditions at that time. we have not updated the cost estimate as of that time. in 2017, we undertook a tunnel option study to look at opportunities to reduce the cover and traffic disruption. updated the ridership study, to ascertain how much we can generate from facilities charges should the board and our funding partners agree on the facility charge for the transit center, from caltran, high speed rail. and we also updated our real operation report which again confirmed we do need three tracks from the 4,000 station into the transit center. and we updated our cost estimate for rider acquisition. in 2018, we participated in the rail operations peer review, which again, confirmed we need three tracks

he can't post new stuff online to people here in pennsylvania. certainly we want that broadened out across thd,e bocross the country. and i have to say, just in terms of the state department, the u.s.en state deparallowing this to go forward, it is really remarkle. it's shocking. what's even more shocking is that earlier trump tweeted that he was looking into this, as though he was some innocent bystanr in all of. this it was his administration that allowed this to go forward in the first place, and his response, that i called the n.r.a. to talk to them about it? i mean, that's insane. what the president should be doing is calling law enforcement leaders, people i his federal government and across the country who are on the front lines like i am every day dealing with gun violence in our communities, trying to enforce the laws of our state. those are the people he should be reaching out to, not the n..a. >> yang: josh shapiroto, ey general of the united states, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> yang: stay with us. r:coming up on the newshou d

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, tomorrow the house education and work force committee will host innovators from across the country for the bipartisan innovation forum and showcase. the innovation forum will begin at 10:00 a.m. in room 2175 of the rayburn house office building. five panels of innovators will speak and answer questions from committee members about their work. from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., members of the public are invited to tour the innovation showcase in the rayburn for yea they they will share -- will share information about their work. i'm part of the innovation showcase. this will highlight people from all walks of life. tomorrow there will be 24 innovators who have traveled to washington to discuss how they run career and technical education and work force development programs in their communities. i'm incredibly honored to have joe luther from the central pennsylvania institute of and mr. nd technology, luther is the

the second alignment the pennsylvania. of course that's our referred alignment which we believe the cost is $6 billion. that includes the potential benefit of land value recapture from the rail yard site. that's the total cost that's slightly higher than that reduced by the revenues that could be generated from the rail yard. the third cost at mission bay is much more substantial. a couple of reasons for that, it would be a very deep tunnel under mission bay. there would have to be an entirely new station somewhere in the vicinity in mission bay, probably north of the warriors arena. because of the entirely new environmental work that would need to be done there would also be as you see a substantial delay of at least four or five years in being able to make that alignment work. so for those reasons at the staff level, and i think we have fairly broad concurrence with this, is we are recommending pennsylvania avenue for this alignment. we also thought it would be useful to kind of look at the non-quantitative benefits that

it wasn't just pennsylvania.t's maryland and pictures there, too, this is a mid-atlantic and north mid-atlantic problem. it continues today. it will slowly improve through the rest of the week this green shows you the first batch of rain overnight in pennsylvania. now heading into and through new york city. heavier rains to the south. we're getting a break. you will still get another round later this afternoon. 29 million people at rick of great flooding. the central risk is central pennsylvania. they've had a foot of rain, another heavy batch this afternoon will not help. heading out west now, there hasn't been that many record highs. but the duration of the heat wave is incredible in some areas. it will continue into the weekend. fresno 19 days in a row above 20 degrees. it will be pretty incredible stuff the heat dome is sitting out here in the west. texas was a little bit cooler. they will heat up once again too. the triple digit heat is with us. 120 palmetto sprin springs. down u downtown l.a., 100 degrees.

i know many from pennsylvania, but virtually every state represented across our country.the experience of living with alzheimer's or related dementia for caring for someone with the disease is unfortunately all too common. it's a disease that affects all communities and it doesn't matter where you're from or how much money you earn. it affects so many americans. in our state alone, the state of pennsylvania, an estimated 280,000 people ages 65 and over are currently living with alzheimer's. as we will hear from the secretary as one from pennsylvania, that number may not tell the entire story. there may be over 100,000 more people living with related conditions in our state and hundreds of thousands more loved ones, friends and neighbors who are doing their best to care for them. as our population ages, these numbers will only grow which is why we must take action now. last year is pleased to join german collins in support of increase funding for research into finding a cure for alzheimer's disease. the federal funding was increased by an additional $414 million, bringing

pennsylvania, incredible what is happening in pennsylvania. look at steel.nd you hear steel is doing well you know pennsylvania is doing well. but for plants are moving back to our country at numbers that will soon be records like we have never set before. the more we make things in america, the stronger america becomes. that is why we will always live by two crucial roles -- by american and higher american. these principles gave rise to centuries of american prosperity f-150ord's model t to the i just saw which was beautiful. from the wright brothers to that beautiful orion space capsule on the south lawn. you have the space capsule and every part is made right here in america. that was my first question. in common that say is, is really in a position that it has not been in in decades. people are excited about it. and for some reason, rich people love rockets. they love them. i said, let them spend. lease them the pad. get a lot of money, they don't care. they just want their rocket to go to mars. they want to be the first. so let them do it. these rich gu

from pennsylvania. >> thank you madam chair. i'm pleased to introduce three stars born who's the secretary of the department of aging. she has dedicated her career to working with and advocating for older pennsylvanians. she works two implement the state plan for alzheimer's disease and related disorders. earlier this month her department announced the formation of the alzheimer's state plan task force paradigm plan tha please that pennsylvania is leaving the force. i'd also like to add that we welcome a large contingent from pennsylvania including phyllis gallagher from pennsylvania. she testified in front of this committee last year end has been a tireless advocate for those living with alzheimer's and their caregivers in her home state. we are pleased she can join us again. >> i heard there was actually a special bus that came down from your state. that's very impressive. i want it known there are a lot of mainers out there too. next time delighted to introduce one of my constituents doctor garrett a

account for 54% of pennsylvania's labor market. however, only 43% of workers in the state are trained to fill these jobs. this bipartisan legislation will help to close the skills gap by allowing programs to better align -- align with industry need, ensuring that programs serve as a pipeline to the high-skill, high-wage, or in demand jobs of today and also the jobs of tomorrow. in addition, this legislation creates more alignment with federal laws like the workforce innovation and opportunity act known around here with the acronym wioa which deals with our workforce. better alignment as well with the higher education act and also better alignment as well with the every student succeeds act which was the elementary ely second der education law. all of that will help to ensure that our education and workforce programs indeed work together. similarly, this legislation improves collaboration between secondary schools, institutions of higher education, employers and other community partners. it increases stakeholder engagement and ensur

>> rob marciano live with us tonight in a very wet pennsylvania. rob, thank you. >>> and as rob mentioned there, the concern growing in the west tonight. visitors to yosemite national park were given until noon today to evacuate. the wildfire burning at the edge of the park is now filling the valley with thick smoke, causing air quality concerns. tourists crowding into the park office. they were checking out, ending their visits at the height of the summer season. and then late today, a new fire igniting in southern california. the cranston fire, as it's called, forcing mandatory evacuations in idlewild and mountain center. hundreds of homes are threatened tonight. arson is suspected, and we're told a person is being questioned at this hour. >>> to the president tonight, under pressure after his own tariffs igniting a trade war. other countries retaliating, and it has many american farmers paying the price. you heard from many of them last night right here. well tonight, the president with a new promise. reaching out to the european union, he calle

>> senator from pennsylvania. >> thank you, mr. president. i rise in support of the motion that we're going to be voting on soon, and let me be clear, this is a motion that simply would reflect if it passes would reflect the consensus of the senate that congress should have a role in determining the use of section 232 to impose tariffs. let me give a little bit of context here. first of all, i'm going to be really clear. free trade is enormously constructive, enormously helpful for our economy and our standard of living. the united states has been the leader in promoting free trade around the world for many decades. and that is part of the reason that we are the most affluent society on the globe by far, outperforming the rest of the world consistently. what it does is it provides our consumers with many choices and lower costs, and therefore, a more affordable standard of living, and it provides our workers with foreign markets. you know, 95% of the world's population lives somewhere else. i want to be selling to them. and we do that through

i got in my van and headed to david as hometown of ambridge, pennsylvania. pennsylvania.t. voted for trump! so we are in beaver county, pennsylvania. this place has always been a little bit red. went for romney by a few points. went by trump for 20 points. massive. about a dozen communities went from obama to trump. no better person to talk about about owl things trump and pennsylvania than david urban. >> the president is angry with the news media because they're trying to delegitimatize his election. >> my man. what's up? you got to terrible towel. >> no trip to pittsburgh is complete without the terrible towel. >> i got a gift? >> welcome, van. let's go. ♪ >> sorry you got so nervous about getting in the car with me you cut you're shaving. >> i didn't want people to think van punched me. the it have last show he took me to the woodshed. >> it's my turn. i get to talk. >> no, it's all good. we get along. >> this is hometown. ground zero. >> my mom was born and raised in this street. this is my mom's house the little white one with the swing on the front porch. this is t

tariffshe president's taking a toll on pivotal pennsylvania." there are similar headlines. guest: we have the next several weeks to look at the polling data because small town, rural america, the farm economy, that has been bedrock trump country. the tariffs, this issue is testing the. showve not seen data to agublicans dropping in these areas yet. i would not be surprised to see it happen some. so many people are not voting their economic self-interest anymore. they are voting culture and geography, and there is a lot in small-town, rural america, farm ,conomy, where president trump a lot of them believe he is speaking to them. what we are specifically walking -- watching are the soybean districts. if there is following in the farm economy against republicans, it will happen in soybean districts first. i am watching the data real closely. i have not seen it yet. host: from lancaster, california, tom, republican line. caller: i got a book for you. movementof the flower ." host: who is the author? caller: who is the author? the new york bestseller david graham. host: ok, tha

and as we will hear from secretary osborne from pennsylvania, that number may not tell the entire story. there may be over 100,000 more people living with related conditions and our state, and hundreds of thousands more loved ones, friends and neighbors who are doing their best to care for them. these population ages, numbers will only grow, which is why we must take action now. last year, i was pleased to join chairman collins and supportive increased funding for research, and to finding a cure for alzheimer's disease. federal funding was increased by an additional $414 million, bringing our annual federal research investment to $1.8 billion. that's a big step, but as evidenced by the number of is notin this room, it enough. so i am continuing to press for additional research dollars, as i know folks in both parties are. we need to ensure our communities and health systems are able to meet the needs of those living with alzheimer's, and their caregivers. we need to improve our ability to diagnose the disease early, so we can slow its progression. we need to also make sure individuals a

pennsylvania is incredible, it is incredible what is happening but you look at steel, you know pennsylvania is doing well. car plants are moving back into our country at numbers that soon will be records like we have never said before. the more we make things in america the stronger becomes, that is why we will always live by two crucial rules, by american, and hire american. these principles gave rise to prosperityf american from ford's model t to the f-150 that i just saw which was be. from the wright brothers to that ,eautiful orion space capsule on the south lawn you have the space capsule and every part is made right here in america. that was my first question and nasa is, as you know, is really in a position it has not been in decades. people are excited about it. and for some reason, i just told the guy, rich people love rockets. they love them. i said, let them spend. lease them the pad. toy do not care, they want go to mars, let them go up and let them do it. let these rich guys, they love those rockets. i never liked it is much as them. that is ok. estate.have the real you cannot

as a senator from pennsylvania mentioned, our country has benefited lately from trade. so has tennessee. it is a place where we export all around the world. what the president is doing is shaking the very regime by not being able to even articulate where he is going. the senator from georgia is my friend and he has worked all around the world and i'm surprised that he would oppose congress having a role only when section 232 is utilized. but the fact is that congress should have a role. we gave this authority away in 19 -- in the 1960s and again in 1974. it was a mistake for us to have done that. we never expected the president of the united states to use 232 in the measures in the way that it is being utilized today. this is a vote for congress to assume its rightful role. it is a baby step. i hope to have legislation behind us. we are 15 senators, republicans, democrats, and an independent have come together on a piece of legislation to absolutely ensure that congress has a role. this is just a motion to install that we agree that congress should have a role with 232

strike in western pennsylvania, in all those struggles, pennsylvania workers have led the way to ensure that working people have basic rights, good wages, and of course benefits like health care. and yet you have organizations in the united states of america that want to rip away protections that people recently gained when this comes to health care. -- when it comes to health care. the last thing, the very last thing, working men and women in pennsylvania need is another corporate judge on an increasingly corporate court. here's some evidence for that assertion. a review by the constitutional accountability center shows the consequences of the courts corporate tilt finding that the chamber of commerce has had a success rate of 70% in cases before the roberts court since 2006, a significant increase over previous courts that were thought to be conservative, i guess. in the most recent term, the court sided with corporate interests nine out of ten cases in which the u.s. chamber of commerce advocated for a position. i was elected by the people of pennsylvania, i think, to represent all p

the greatest risk for flash flooding like we saw in pennsylvania today is going to continue in pennsylvania. new york, and new jersey. and then, out west, the heat continues as well. stretching from the pacific northwest all the way into the southwest. triple digit heat, we're talking possible records tomorrow, in phoenix, and tucson. los angeles, flirting with 100 degrees. and look at how long this goes. right into the weekend. where we will see temperatures in the mid to upper 90s to the triple digits and that's going to stretch, lester all the way into the beginning of next week, with almost no relief in sight. and certainly no rain. so the fire threat is going to be a big problem out in the west now to the trade war the pain a. hours after president trump touted tariffs on social media today, his administration announced $12 billion in emergency aid for american farmers hurt by his trade policies. nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the story. >> reporter: before doug farmed this land in eastern nebraska, his dad did and his dad before that. these days, it's toug

sewell: the gentleman from pennsylvania is exactly right. the swamp only needs to be cleaned up when the swamp doesn't agree with this president. we have seen that in the nomination of a brett telly -- tally, to alabama's middle district, that he did not report that his wife worked for the counsel, the white house counsel. this to me is an important disclosure. you can't be more on the inside, in the swamp, drowning in the swamp, than to work, than to have a relationship like your wife working for the white house. so i think it's really hypocritical that this white house would talk about draining the swamp and yet choose judicial nominees that are clearly in line with far right-wing views and are clearly a part of the problem, not a part of the solution. so, you know, i think that we, the american people, need to really speak out when it comes to the supreme court nominee. and actually all federal judgeships. i had the great honor of clerking for the first african-american judge in the state of alabama, judge u.w. clemens. it was a great hon

jane o'brien, bbc news, pennsylvania. laura: here in the u.s., we ar celebrating the fourth of july, and no document is more crucial to this date than the declaration of independence -- from england, of course. did you know that one of only o twrchment menace groups is in chichester? -- parchment manuscripts is in chichester? reporter: in the archives of onl of our sest cities, the cornerstone of the most powerful tion on earth. >> what you are looking at is one of only two known parchment manuscripts of the declaration of independence. reporter: handwritten ceremonial copies were displayed for all to see after the birth of the usa. since its discovery in chichester a year ago, the declaration has been through extensive tests and research. >>no you ct seehe it to t naked eye,en but the sfic tests at the british library revealed that there is an early date underneath -- 1-7-8, 1-7-9. 1780, 1790. reporter: authentication has been a joint effort, the council working with the library of congress and harvard university. >> thi

of the world to begin to end slavery by passing the pennsylvania abolition act in the early 1780's, once the former slaves became free, they could testify against whites, they could own property, they could vote, and this was an assumption. the voting wasn't universal, but among many republicans they were strongly in favor of suffrage in the 1850's. there were a number of attempts to get universal male suffrage in northern states. it fails, not for republicans not trying, so they assumed that, we have defeated the south, we have ended slavery, and you can't have a republican form of government if half or even one third or 40% of the potential electorate is shut out. so one way to seek reconstruction is this gradual education of the north as to what is going on in the south. when this book comes out, my paper will be expanded as well -- as will everybody's. i will talk about the hearings of the joint committee on reconstruction in 1866, where members of congress are utterly shocked at the level of violence going on in the south. so i think it's an education process, but my other pane

>> we talked about at the state level and pennsylvania, specifically.have and we spend more money on encarcerating people than we do on educating them. this is talking about reprioritizing money we already have. our first instinct is not to say, we're going to tax everybody. which is also not the worst thing in the world. but it's not saying that's what we're going to do. >> when you think about the direction of the democratic party beyond the doors you're knocking on. you have people like conner lamb, and he's running and he's not running as a socialist, he's running much more to the right. is conner lamb wrong? do you think he's a problem? >> it's funny to be going do a democratic primary, you see all of these people in pennsylvania at different events. i've spoken with conner and we know where we differ, but we need to have a conversation and we need to say what -- my goal is to try to push him further, to challenge where he is at, but also recognize that his constituency looks different than mine. >> absolutely. >> personally, yes, i do believe we n

in my district in western pennsylvania, governor wolf of pennsylvania has designated zones across the state and in western pennsylvania in my district, we have tracks designated in beaver falls, midland, johnstown, in aliquippa. these are strong communities that once again can thrive thanks to the attractive tax incentives offered the opportunity zone investment. this is how it's going to work. people may have an asset they've been holding for a long time and have a capital gain there. there's $6 trillion locked up in capital gains across this country. if somebody wants to make an investment in a community where there has not been investment, they can sell that asset, to further capital gain, invest in that fund, and if they hold that in the fund for 10 years, they an defer the tax far 10 years, and here's where it's great, they won't pay taxes on the appreciation of that investment in the opportunity zone. they thi about that capital that can flow into those communities. and stay there. and grow a business. and that's private capital coming in. which is different, say from a governme

and pennsylvania avenue, whicwhich is all critical. instead going to something that no one can tell me why it is needed or how it can be incorporated. i've got that problem. i would encourage, for the initial stock, that we add these people -- have these people focus on what we really have to have as soon as possible. and not worry so much about getting to bart. >> may be i can respond to a little piece of that. i think there are passengers coming up in the south on high speed and on caltrain, who for them, the fastest trip would be through taking one of the train services to the centre and transferring to bart to go to the east bay. i think there is a viable business model there. i do not know what the numbers is of those passengers but i think it is something people would do. i do have a question on the recompete. and from what i understood from your slides, is the work, -- i'm trying to figure out how the timing lines up. in september of you coming back and taking on the pennsylvania avenue alignment, but then there would not be wor

the pennsylvania alignment, for everyone's clarity, it is a separate and independent utility. it has to do with the more southern portion of the project and how we tie in, in essence to the beat -- dt x. as it is right now. the currently planned. so it has definite independent utility, in that regard. the board and the staff are working towards getting the federal record a decision later this year, in the fall. so i think we have very positive energy in that regard. as it relates to our oversight efforts, i like to err on the side of trying to be as judicious as possible and in terms of what it will take to do that, the $600,000 is primarily here for the next effort on our part. there is significant additional oversight that will be needed as we move forward through the project. i did not think it was appropriate to ask for that right now. >> chair peskin: so you do anticipate coming forward for additional funds next year? >> potentially -- potentially, more than likely. one hundred%. >> chair peskin: anything you want to add to that? >> good morning. i want to thank the board

pennsylvania 16th looks like a body builder's arm. in texas, some of the tortilla strip districts. >> maryland's third district, it literally starts kind of up in baltimore and wanders around this way and then that way. >> some people say it looks like a broken dinosaur. i think is looks like a bug against a windshield. to each his own. >> gerrymandering distorts the nature of a democracy. it allows parties to win more seats even when they have fewer votes. it's the dark art of redistricting. >> redistricting is the sole province of the state legislatures. the state legislatures are composed of partisans. >> it's a partisan free-for-all. there are few laws governing how legislatures are able to go ahead and draw these lines. >> one of the most extreme examples of gerrymandering is the congressional map drown by north carolina republicans after 2010. it's a map that delivered the gop an overwhelming 10-3 advantage in house seats by 2014, turning a 50% state wide support into a 77% advantage. >> justice. now. >> the presence of gerryman

pennsylvania one of the hardest hit has declared a dister emergency. fast rising waters have triggered numerous rescues. this was a live stream by a driver who fled to the roof of his vehicle after getting stalled by fast-rising water. in colorado aowerful storm unleashed flooding and mudslides turning roads into rivers. a officire urging residents to evacuate theun higher gd and stay at home. in florida, crews race to restor power for o 5,000 customers after powerful storms that also brought these spectacular images of litning. but t weather is also a fatal ane. in virginia, a was killed with a 60-foot tree stopled right into her home. officials say the relentless rain likely loosened the roots leading to what they call thise inle rare incident. >> meanwhile much of the west and southwest are blistering under brutal heat. phoenix, arizona reached a new record reaching 115 degrees ompting mountain rescues of hikers and warning them to stay hydrated. s spurring efforts to protect the vulnerable there. wild horses are runningry of their water supplies so

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? does the gentleman from pennsylvania have a motion? mr. rothfus: motion to adjourn the house. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house standsass the russians attacked our democracy. they will be back and we're not ready. the president is unwilling to meet this challenge. but we must be willing to meet this challenge. time our electoral process was called into question post bush-gore, this government spent $3.5 billion to upgrade our election systems. because we treasured the integrity of our democracy. i hope we still do. earlier this year we appropriated $380 million to the election assistance commission to provide grants for training, equipment, and software, to help states fortify and protect our election systems. this amendment appropriates an additional $380 million to grants that continue to improve those defenses. because our election infrastructur

there are only a few known site in pennsylvania that are naturally this cold.ss the state. it is a lot of work, but the state. it is a lot of work, but the bats seem to know what is good for them. they are definitely selecting a site where survivors are aggregating because they like what we have done. this is the alternative, a cave littered with dead and dying bats attacked by white nose syndrome while they hibernate. without bats, crucial pollinators and insect eaters, the entire ecosystem suffers. a couple of holes, definitely some big chunks. that is pretty bad as well. and the disease is spreading. from its first appearance in new york ten yea rs its first appearance in new york ten years ago, it has been confirmed in at least 32 other states and canada. if it isn't stopped, some that species to become extinct. good girl. shane o'brien, bbc news, pennsylvania. it's time for the weather with helen willetts. hello there. 29 degrees celsius was the high yesterday. that was in northern ireland. there will be a dramatic dip in the temperature here during the da