the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. keller: thank you, madam speaker. i have no further speakers. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania yeemeds back. -- yields back. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. rouda: i'd like to thank the gentleman for his comments and extend my sincere apologies for moving along too quickly and also encourage all members to support this bill and i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 1526. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. rouda: madam speaker, i move the house suspend t

dutch you started settling there of a 300 years ago incidentally pennsylvania dutch is an aside form of deutsch in other words german nothing to do with holland anyway many traditions originate from german immigrants who settled in pennsylvania including a kind of pattern of german and english which you're going to hear in a minute but 1st of all these was a cold but on styles. the stars can be spotted from a distance on many barns nestled in the hills of pennsylvania a centuries old tradition brought to america by german immigrants is now part of the local culture. tetrick don moir of cooked style and university has documented hundreds of foreign stars in the region he believes the immigrants painted them as a reflection of their everyday lives as farmers. they thought about the stars in the sky as being emblematic of a sense of cosmic order and that's something that's very important to an agricultural people so when we see stars in the artwork of the pennsylvania dutch we can see that there's there's a narrative that runs through all aspects of life. like many in this part of penns

even the so-called pennsylvania dutch and german dialect from the peloton region is still spoken here today by some . that if you know painted doing a. human mind can i can. at the german cultural heritage center a classroom from 870 which now serves as a museum as were pennsylvania dutch is still today. idioms life. your money for a shuffle it so hot don't work too hard close to dialects of southwestern germany but had her dawn meyer says pennsylvania dutch has developed into a language of its own. me and feel my overall tone on such broke box for television. so is this episode all this is this all it is is this. middle winds a light. in america artificial light skinned or for the right one of your so brokers or net you should itis this all american issue. over the centuries this piece of fairy turd has become a part of what pennsylvania stands for today the marne stars are a reminder of the many german immigrants who made america their new home the. same with language it's time to meet the germans were revealed all about special quirks of the inhabitants of this country and germans

the stars can be spotted from a distance on many barns nestled in the hills of pennsylvania ascend to ease old tradition brought to america by german immigrants is now part of the local culture . tetrick dawn moir of cook style and university has documented hundreds of foreign stars in the region he believes the immigrants painted them as a reflection of their everyday lives as farmers. they thought about the stars in the sky as being emblematic of a sense of cosmic order and that's something that's very important to an agricultural people so when we see stars in the artwork of the pennsylvania dutch we can see that there's there's a narrative that runs through all aspects of life. like many in this part of pennsylvania patrick don moyer is a descendant of immigrants from the palatine region in southwestern germany at the folk festival and on lawyer shows how to paint barn stars an art form he's trying to preserve for future generations. this particular star utilizes contrast colors of yellow and black to create edges that appear to move when you paint them many of these designs alter

of trail and public lands in pennsylvania. while ticks carry a variety of harmful diseases, lyme disease is one of the most prevalent. there are no une normally accepted treatment opses were chronic symptoms of lyme disease. it would authorize the centers for disease control to award grants to state health departments to support early detection and diagnosis, improve treatment, and raise public awareness. i'm proud to co-sponsor h.r. 3073 and i urge my colleagues to co-sponsor this legislation to prevent and treat lyme and other investigator-borne diseases. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the -- pursuant to clause 5-b-1 of rule 10 i am writing to inform you that representative justin amash has resigned as a member of the house republican conference. signed, sincerely, liz chinee, chair, house republican conference. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the hou

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize rose marie, an accomplished artist from bristol, pennsylvania. in addition to receiving numerous awards throughout her career, her most recent acrylic painting entitled "the passage" was recognized as best in show at the 70th festival last week. her abstract painting, combining vibrant colors and masterful strokes stood out from the more than 180 artists at the festival. in addition to her artistic talent and success, she's tirelessly advocated for local artists in the bucks county area. one of most notable accomplishments was her work to establish an exhibit at the lower bucks community church to have rotational pieces from local artists. it opened in 2015 and has highlighted up and coming local artists since that time. she has earned a spot in the center for the arts hall of fame in bristol in 2016. i'd like to congratulate rose maria on her accomplished career and extend to her the best of luck in her future ende

if you think about a colony like pennsylvania the first principle of pennsylvania is the king gives all the land to william penn and tells him he can do whatever he wants with it. this is an offshoot of that same aristocratic model where land starts at the top and is distributed downward according to whatever principles the powerful people who control it want to employ. we talked last week about the fact that far from seeing that stuff die away, we talked about the idea of a feudal revival. there were a lot of absentee landowners that had control of a lot of land and they were beginning to assert their privileges more strongly. they were collecting rents in a way they couldn't in an earlier period, so this idea of kind of land being tied to privilege, the privilege of a small number of powerful men, just foundational. not only in english society, but to the way colonies were organized, and for jefferson, this was one of the most important things that needed to be overturned. we talked about his attack on trying to break up the greatest estates of the most powerful family. this is kind o

i don't think it's going to play well in pennsylvania.were founded on the basis of tolerance and inclusion. we obviously not perfect have a long way to go. about you our future does not lie in divisiveness, does not lie in bigotry. >> sometimes i feel democrats get so angry with trump we saw say all of trump's supporters and voters are bigots, all idiots, all racists. . is there a danger saying those things winds up helping trump. >> i don't think we are saying that. i don't think we should say that. and tony and i were talking earlier. one of the things that we democrats have to recognize is that progressive -- progressivism is actually a very pragmatic flossty. inclusion is a smart. the central tenants of the progressive ideology are actually pragmatically aimed at helping the people that -- and too many ways i think donald trump pretended to try to go after in the last election. >> there is no reason why rural pennsylvania, rural casino should be donald trump territory. it makes no sense. >> why not. >> because the issues that rural wi

born in philadelphia, pennsylvania, on october 211921. he was part of america's greatest generation, serving his country during world war ii, korean war, army air corps. the air force and retiring in 1973 from the pennsylvania national guard. with the rank of colonel. he was a graduate of franklin and marshall college and temple university. he had a long career in education in pennsylvania as teacher, assistant principal, principal, and retiring as assistant superintendent of the william penn school district. he and his beloved wife retired to lake mary, florida, in 1981 where he served as the commissioner of the city of lake mary. he and tiger made clay county their home in 1991 and immediately became ensconced in their community. i first met russ in 2012 while running for office. he was at every meeting, every gathering, and knew everyone. he always had a smile on his face and many pearls of wisdom that he would impart upon me whether it was solicited or not. no matter what, he always told you what he believed and what he felt and what

this is video from the scene at 21st and pennsylvania avenue. police say the driver is being treated for critical injuries and they are looking at speed as a possible cause of this crash. we will check in with news4 megan mcgrath in a few minutes. >>> developing this morning pushingback. president trump's embattled press secretar alex acosta is defending himself. >> it is a sex crimes case involving jeffrey epstein in 2008. at the time, epstein's lawyers hire able to secure him a plea deal which many t let him off easy. >> the goal here was straightforward. put epstein behind bars and ensure he registered as a sex offender and a mean to face restitution. >> kristen welker joins us from the house with more on this. good mrening. >> rter: good morning. growing calls on labor secretary alex acosta to resign, the labor secretary is digging in and essentially not apologizing but now the finger pointing has begun. acosta argued yesterday that he had to step in essentially to take over the state case and that is why he cut that plea deal. he said thats

it was pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] remember they wouldn't announce numbers in pennsylvania. so there was 1% of the vote remaining. if i lost every one of those votes, we still win by a lot. and they wouldn't announce it. they wouldn't announce it. and then we won the great state of wisconsin, first time in many many decades. [cheers and applause] and then we had a surprise, but not a surprise to us, because we're bringing back the auto

and then sagging into pennsylvania. now, we had thunderstorms at this time about 24 hours ago. it seems as though things are rather calm,s but a we increase in coverage throughout the area, we'll add more impacts and talk about that and a complete forecast in a few moments. >> all right. thank you, clay. as clay mentioned a lot more rain ahead tonight so keep track of the flood watches right from your phone. just download the free nbc washington app to get all thee s you need and to check the live storm team 4 radar. > we have new information tonight on a deadly crash on the beltway in prince george's county. a truck and suv collided early this morning on the inoer loop th of route 450. police say the driver of the truck was traveling northbound in the southbound lane when it hit that suv. investigators say alcohol was a factor in this crash. we're also learning the name of the victim, she 22-year-old renette. the driver of the truck has been identified as miguel angel so lea lis gomez. charges are pending against mr. gomez. >>> we also know what caused a deadly apartment fire

i am pleased to welcome four delegates from pennsylvania. adriana whom i will introduce a little bit later as well as joey, libby, and moraine and their families. it is so important you have joined us. finding a cure for type i diabetes requires a combined effort from people of all ages and backgrounds. advances in treatment and our understanding of type i diabetes has come a long way. in the past decade more and more people have gained access to continuous glucose monitors and more recently the use of the artificial pancreas. in large part this progress is due to those of you in this room. young and a little bit older than young. we are grateful that you are here again to bring a sense of urgency to this issue. many of the advocates who have traveled to washington before to press for funding for this program are doing so again today and we are grateful. we are pleased to report as senator collins said the extension of funding is already in the works and i was proud as a member of the health education labor and pensions committee to support

he's not from pennsylvania. i guess he was born here, but he left you, folks. he left you for another state. ♪ ♪ >> every day, millions of pennsylvanians live with abandonment, neglected and forgotten by candidate joe biden. but it's not too late to help. hi, i'm sarah mclaughlyn. it's a different spelling. won't you please help these desperate pennsylvanians by re- electing someone who will stay close, uncomfortably close. ( laughter ) so call today and give these pennsylvanians hope. president trump will never abandon you, unless he meets a younger, more-attractive state. >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight snubponea. plus, stephen welcomes howard stern featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: wooo! hey! ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) thanks, everybody. welcome, one and all, ladies and gentlemen, to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. trump-- ( cheers and applause ) if you pay attention, you know that donald t

when i was in the pennsylvania cabinet, we reduced spending by almost 1.5% just by rooting out waste, abuse and fraud from our annual budget. that is something that can be done. it is a project that will require bipartisan support. it starts with rooting out waste, abuse, and fraud. it is about efficiency and doing things better. we have got to do things better how the private sector does things. we just can't keep raising taxes, and going home and feeling good about it. planed a true, strategic that the american people can adopt and get used to. that is clear in understanding. the government should never set up a program and then pull the rug out from underneath people. we need a longer term plan, more social security -- longer-term plan for social security, medicaid, and medicare. it is just a question of standing up and doing it. i looks forward to being part of that in congress. i am not so sure right now with the leadership in the house, although sometimes they speak favorably in this way, the top leadership of the democratic caucus, about being involved in such a fix, but frankl

i yield two minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. perry: thank you, madam chair, and, mr. speaker. i started, like many folks did, working when i was a young man. people have different reasons for seeking employment. i needed to get out of the house because things were happening in the house. i didn't have any skills. i rode my bike to a farm nearby and i picked fruit. i didn't make minimum wage because i couldn't pick fruit fast enough because i didn't have the skills to do that when i was 13 years old, but i learned to show up on time with a good attitude. that's a valuable thing. that's where we start out. but that job wouldn't have been available if this, if this minimum wage, $15, enacted from the federal level would have forced that employer to make a choice whether they hired me or hired somebody else. right? and i wanted -- i didn't want to make the minimum wage. i wanted to make the maximum wage. but i had to have some skills. the next job i got still wasn't minimum w

"w" host: another member of the budget committee joining us also from pennsylvania, this is dan meuser, republican joining us for a discussion on yesterday's vote. good morning to you. guest: good morning. host: why did you vote for the bill? guest: it was a tough vote. there were many reasons, many issues i had with it. i think we are in a fiscal crisis as we continue to spend in. than we bring we have issues with discretionary and nondiscretionary spending. this bill, after weighing all considerations and sides of it, it is basically a $49 billion increase from one year to the next. $22 billion of it goes to our military, $9 billion goes to our veterans. it also has a provision providing for its ability with no restrictions for border security, $7 billion or $8 billion that could be used to secure our borders, for deterrence, asylum and detention centers and care. weighing all of that and seeing that as probably the best deal that we could get, and actually in discussion with leadership, democrat members and republican members, and also president trump -- i spoke with him yesterday m

in carlisle, pennsylvania. i basically consider myself an amateur military historian.y represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and british to helping them win world war ii. gave credit to our ally. some would say we couldn't have done it by ourselves, but the point is people ask me why do i do this impression. i think the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern side. if you don't understand what happened on the eastern front, you don't understand world war ii. the soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. now, for example, what i normally do is on my display on the table over here, i'll have a national geographic magazine, which dated may of 1944. the first article in it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. the point being the significance of that is that, of course, one month later, we had d-day. and the point, the relationship of the soviet contribution is as of that day, when we pushed -- when you liberate the ukraine, you have pushed the germans out of your country. so by that point i

the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. tell ler: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in support of h.r. 736, the access to congressionally mandate red ports act, sponsored by my colleague from illinois, mr. quigley. federal agencies are required to produce numerous reports to congress each year. the reports cover a wide range of topics that give valuable insight to government activities. while some reports are posted on agency website, most aren't available online. it is incredibly difficult for the general public to find reports, especially older reports. keep in mind, these reports that the -- these are reports that taxpayers paid for in the first place. h.r. 736 will solve this problem. the bill directs the federal government to compile all congressionally man tait red port into a central location. the government publishing office would be required to establish an online database where agencies would submit congressionally mandated reports in order to protect sensitive information

. >>> there was a late night crash on pennsylvania avenue. wknow that twoeople were killed in that accent. here is some video from a traffic camera showing the crash. this was at 21st street in pennsylvania avenue in nofthwest d.c. a midnight. d.c. fire officl say athird person is being treated for cell injuries. we will have an update as we learn more on this through the morning. >>> parts of the region a still dealing with the aftermate of lash flooding emergency that happened on monday. we have two traffic alerts that could affect your morning commute. you can't forget the scene on canal road in the district. people were standing on top of their cars surrounded by rushi water. everyone made it out safely. however, the road was damagedca al road is shut down between reservoir road and fox hall road in northwestto washing d.c. police say crews arere pairing a sinkhole. >> belfast road repairs this morning. rain washed out the road east of macarthur boulevard. massive edsinkhole op up through that. a stream runs beneath the road. cayou park a

lockheed martin will stay in pennsylvania thanks to donald trump.explain why the ceo changed course. >> to keep the pennsylvania plant open, saving 465 jobs. maryland, the chairman and ceo, at the request of donald trump, i took another look at our decision to close the pennsylvania facility and decided to keep it open while we pursue additional work. a good operation with an excellent workforce, we look forward to working with the government and pennsylvania congressional delegation for this facility. donald trump went to ask them to keep the plans open. a little bit of concern from bob casey saying happy about this but what will happen in the future? heather: a car that can read your face, jaguar's facial recognition tag knows what music you want. >> this is very interesting, very futuristic. and artificial intelligence system that will be able to monitor your behavior or keep track of how your facial expressions are and make adjustments in the car. it uses a camera and biometric sensors to do that so it will adjust, it will play your favorite pod

everybody in pennsylvania is happy.e will continue to make the sikorski helicopters in pennsylvania. thank you. some of the manufacturers represented today around a long time more than a century in a couple of days. johnson woollen mills founded in vermont before the civil war. today stacey monarsh is the fourth generation to run the company. please stand up stacey. congratulations. that's great. others are just getting started like the neighboring bite company -- the snake bite company. it's nothing to do with snakes. i looked at your product last night. it's incredible. kevin kelly raised start up funding online a few years ago and now he is selling specialty bottle openers and so many other things on two continents. and the product is amazing. kevin congratulations. that's a great job. thank you very much. >> snake bite where does that term come from? >> i get it, okay. well it's been working, right. it's been working. but while those here today create many different goods, you are also devoted to one of the greatest

i'm joined by pennsylvania state senator katie muth.e republican -- he sounded like he was being dismembered, he sounded like he was fighting for his life. what was the hysteria about? it was awful. why didn't he say point of order in he disagreed with the parliamentary situation? i didn't get it. your thoughts about that experience. >> i think it's a very good point to bring up. he sounded like he was in tremendous distress for someone who makes over $120,000 a year was actually shouting at a story about a man who was homeless for 25 years, benefitting from a program that helped him stay on his feet, so it is the irony of the situation. it definitely turned into something that i didn't expect, but i was prepared to tell mr. boyd's story and it was important for me to get through the whole thing. so backing down was never really an option. you know, it's important to have everybody hear this story and why this program helps so many pennsylvanians, over 11,000 pennsylvanians, whether they're veterans, permanently disabled, temporarily di

to pennsylvania, to north carolina.olina, florida and what's the name of this special place? it's called wisconsin. >> that's where he is pending him time scott. literally saying again and again and do those states. >> all he has though do is win what he won and he can lose a couple and still hold the white house. i don't agree that he actually has a shrinking base. he you look at the poll recently he has the highest poll a few days ago. i think he is right to strategize on focusing on the coalition of states that delivered him the white house. and again, it's on democrats to take away states and he can lose a couple and still win. he may lose one or two but that won't take the white house away. i would expect him to campaign in the close states process. north carolina will be a close state. i'm glad he is there tonight. >> thank you both very much. >> and bernie sanders saying his health care plan could cost $40 triple. you got to give him credit. it's a massive number out there. how is he paying for if van jones trave

everybody in pennsylvania's happy. and we will continue to make those helicopters in pennsylvania.nk you, marilyn. some of the manufacturers represented today have been around for a long time. more than a century in a couple of cases. johnson woolen mills was founded in vermont before the civil war. today, stacy is the fourth generation of her family to run the company and, stacy, wherever you may be, hi, stacy. please stand up, stacy. congratulations. [applause] it's great. others are just getting started. like the snake bite company in missouri. i thought it might be a snake, it has nothing to do with snakes. i'm happy about that. and i looked at your product last night. it's incredible. kevin kelly raised startup funding online just a few years ago and now he's selling specialty bottle openers and so many other things on two continents. and the product is amazing and, kevin, congratulations. that's a great job. that's a great job. thank you very much. where does snake bite come from? where does that term come from? [inaudible] president trump: i get it. ok. well, it's been worki

years and in pennsylvania they haven't waged -- raised it in 13 years.ricans who are working, they're working harder. they're working more than one job. they're working two, three jobs. there is something wrong with that. the c.e.o.'s have definitely been getting their raises. but where is the raise for the people who cook the food, make the beds, and clean their offices? where is the raise for the people who cook the food, make the beds and clean their offices? well, today, led by my two colleagues from the great state of nevada and the great islands of the dominican republic, who are leaders in this effort, i'm glad to join with them, to join with them to add my voice to raising this wage. this is not an accident that the congressional black caucus would be in the forefront because this is an issue that means a greet deal to an awful lot of americans. and particularly african-americans. when you have a president of the united states who comes and says that what do we have to lose, the fact of the matter is when we look at his administration, it's clear

all i know is they're really happy in pennsylvania right now and we love pennsylvania and i really appreciatet marilyn did. i'm thrilled to be back in your great state, the state that i won and we within it not so late in the evening, a little early in the evening, actually, which s even better. we had a lot of support from your company, derco has been incredible. we have a lot of support here. one of the reasons i'm here is marilyn, one of the reasons i'm here is you. we have had tremendous, there's a great spirit, great spirit in this company. we're here today to celebrate the triumphant return of american manufacturing, you know what they said, it was going to be gone but it's not gone. it's very thriving, it's starting to build up at a level that nobody thought was possible. everything we're doing to keep the assembly lines rolling full speed ahead that's being done and we're doing it right. we're proudly defending our most important national resource, the american workers, that's what it is. it's pretty amazing how the american workers has just really, there's nobody like our american wo

o >>> cinuing our coverage of that crash on pennsylvania avenue. police say two people were killed in that accident. news4 megan mcgrath has arrived at the scene and has the latest on this. what is going on. >reporter: can you see the scene behind me here.a pennsylvaniavenue is closed in both directions between a20th street 21st and 2000 block of i street in northwest closed because of this deadly accident that happened. around 11:45 when a car traveling west on pennsylvania avenue, for whatever reason, left the roadway and actually went upto i james monroear p it's dark but hopefully you can make out there is a car in that park on its side. twoeople were killed. a short time ago, i talked to a woman working in the area at the time that this happened. she sayshere were people pretty much everywhere. there were people in the park, there were people on the sidewalk when this car just left the roadway and went into that park. now,he two people who are dead at this point, we don't know if those victims are from the c or whether it was someone who was i

haines of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the western district of pennsylvania. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of stephanie l. haines of pennsylvania to be united states district judge for the western district of pennsylvania. signed by 17 senators as follow- mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 326. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those i

host: bob is next in pennsylvania, also from pennsylvania. caller: thank you for c-span. have two points if you will let me get them in. first, they said russia did not change the number of the election, but we don't know that because propaganda gets into your mind and you don't know how your mind is set. you hear enough lives -- enough lies and you start to believe them. that is one of the problems in our country, people believing too many lies. the second point i would like to make is until we change the electoral system and make every vote in america count, right now we have had two presidents are by the minority, and that is not a democracy. it needs to be changed where every vote counts. if one party gets one more vote than the other, the whole state goes to that person. that does not make sense but that is my point. i thank you so much for c-span. host: but is a different topic for a different day, on the electoral college but if you want to weigh in, feel free. guest: i want to weigh in on the first part about not changing a vote. we are talking about technically w

at this time i yield two minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. fitzpatrick: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i stand here today as a former f.b.i. agent who worked in new york city side by side with these very people we are seeking to protect today. we are here united with our colleagues from both sides of the aisle to renew the 9/11 victims compensation fund. madam speaker, as was said repeatedly on this floor, this matter is urgent and cannot wait any longer. on that fateful day nearly 18 years ago, american heroes rushed to save their fellow citizens without regard for their own safety and paid a heavy price. with many today suffering from respiratory illnesses, breathing in toxic dust at ground zero. dust that contained lead, asbestos, mercury, and other contaminants. last month our nation mourned the loss of detective alvarez who inspired us all with his viss to the capitol hill this year. his bravery and bravery of all the people who sacrific

first up, pennsylvania democrat of representative brendan boyle.hen later on, pennsylvania republican representative dan meuser will join us later on. those conversations coming up on washington journal. ♪ announcer: this weekend on book 8:15, adviceat jean carroll talks about experiences of sexual assault in her life including an alleged assault by donald trump in the 1990's. >> men who take what they want, men who have their trace of women. all these women, the more women that come forward. he is more like genghis khan, like alexander the great. he is like the great candidate, clinton, jefferson. inis a mark of the leader many peoples eyes to see a man taking what he wants. announcer: then at 9:00 p.m. from freedom fest, the annual libertarian conference in las vegas, we feature on author, john lott. >> 45% of the countries in the world don't report firearm homicide data. that wants we don't report are the ones who tend to have the highest homicide rates. announcer: on sunday, our coverage continues at 8:00 p.m. with former judge o -- georgia con

the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: mr. president, i ask consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: and also ask consent because i have three separate topics to discuss, that each of those topics are placed in the appropriate part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to celebrate one of the seminole moments in american civil rights history. this week marks the 29th anniversary of the signing of the americans with disabilities act. on july 26, 1990, president george h.w. bush signed a sweeping bipartisan bill that acknowledged and affirmed the rights of people with disabilities. the passage of the so-called a.d.a. promised that people with disabilities are included in the guarantee of fundamental rights. just by way of example, the right to petition the court when discriminated against, the right to apply for and be considered for a josh, the right and the access to vote, the right to economic security,

for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent consent that the committee on judiciary be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 962 the born alive survivors protection act and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: under guidelines consistently issued by successive speakers as recorded in section 956, the house rules and manual, its house is constrained not to entertain the request unless it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leaderships. the gentleman has not been recognized for debate. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlelady from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlelady is recognized. >> a few months ago my office launched a congressional use cabinet for students in pennsylvania's 5th district to share their ideas to faye the issues while l

everybody in pennsylvania is happy. we will continue to make helicopters in pennsylvania.hank you. of the manufacturers represented today have been around for a long time. more than a century in a couple of cases. johnson mills was founded in before the civil war. is the fourth generation to run the company. wherever you may be -- please stand up. congratulations. started,e just getting like the snakebite company in missouri. nothing to do with snakes. i'm happy about that. lastked at your product night and it is incredible. startup funding was raised on line a few years ago. now he is selling specialty bottle openers and so many other things on two continents. is amazing. kevin, congratulations. that is a great job. thank you. where does snakebite come from? where does that term come from? i get it. ok. it has been working, right? and has been working. while those here today create many different goods, you are also devoted to one of the greatest missions on earth. making the best products from the best materials. workers anywhere in the world, right here in the united st

there's a reckoning under way, prompted in part by the release last summer of the pennsylvania grand jury report, which alleged a disturbing pattern of church leaders covering up serious allegations of abuse. priests were raping little boys and girls. and the men of god who were responsible for them not only did nothing, they hid it all. for decades. >> reporter: the time pennsylvania released its report, buffalo was already in the midst of its own reckoning at bishop malone's direction. in march of 2018, he directed the diocese to disclose the names of dozens of buffalo priests who were credibly accused of abusing children. 42 names, right? >> we've added to that. yeah. that was the group at that time that my staff here who work on those things knew were for sure were corroborated. >> reporter: have we since learned that maybe a hundred, maybe more? >> yeah. that was a decision at the time, it is something that we continue to evaluate over and over again. we're not finished with that list at this point. >> reporter: that original list of credibly accused priests did not include prie

bellefonte is one of 300 in the commonwealth of pennsylvania and 30 located in pennsylvania 15th congressional distrifpblgt these opportunity zones were nominated by the governor and governor by the governors of each state and territory, and the final vetting and finalization for selection is up to the united states treasury department. opportunity zones are investment in pennsylvania's future. and our commute's futures, our businesses, and the people who call the commonwealth home. these zones have a great potential when it comes to revitalizing economic distressed communities across the united states. it is my hope they can become a katjalies for change. a catalyst for hope in communities across the country. this investment by private investors who can take their capital gains that they may realize because of business transactions they have engaged in, these capital gains normally these aren't the type of communities where these capital gains are invested. these are areas of higher unemployment and infrastructure issues, maybe housing issues. lower medium income. not prime places for economi