in the house of representatives. i want to thank the army string quartet for making it so pleasant for us today. i am honorable to be here with kevin mccarthy and the bipartisan representatives of congress. we salute our cochairs of the bipartisan caucus for women's issues. [ applause ] and let us welcome cokie roberts, a trailblazing force for women in congress. and her daughter. [ applause ] as many of the women members and, the only woman named for a woman is named for cokie's lovely mother and rebecca's grandmother. let's thank her for her leadership. [ applause ] we thank the bipartisan women suffrage content deal centennial commission. we are honored to have the chair of the committee, and the vice chair, and the executive director with us today. let's acknowledge them. [ applause ] and to each and every one of you, i could name you all for the contributions that you make for expanding freedom and opportunity in our country. especially today as we acknowledge that for women. how wonderful it is to see so many y

representatives to pick voters.heerrymandering, in negative sense, has sometimes been used to defuse parties amongst several districts. >> i think that is one of the sinister things about gerrymandering. it gets down to street addresses in terms of where lines are drawn. >> throughout recent history, we have seen minority groups become the target of political gerrymandering. the 1993 case, shaw versus reno, north carolina drew two majority black districts snaking through districts dividing towns. >> they wanted to exclude durham because they didn't want to draw a district that a black had a fair chance of being elected in. >> these were struck down, declared unconstitutional. nevertheless, putting the power into the people voting for, -- >> everyone's voice should be heard. if you engage in gerrymandering, that undermines the basic principles of democracy. >> welcome back. native americans have been struggling with the right to have a voice in the u.s. government since the nation was born. >> to the average american

house of representatives. cheers and applause] ms. pelosi: yes, indeed, this afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and cheering for what happened 100 years ago today. in the house of representatives. i want to thank the u.s. army string quartet for making it so pleasant for us. i'm honored to be here with leader kevin mccarthy and the bipartisan members of congress. mostly our women members of congress. we salute our co-chairs of the bipartisan house caucus for women's issues. congresswoman brenda lawrence and congresswoman debbie lesko. [applause] and let us welcome cokie roberts, a trail blazing force for women in journalism and her daughter rebecca, an outstanding journalist in her own right, writing about women. [applause] as many of the women members know, the lindy boggs room, this room, the only room named for a woman in this capitol is named mother, s lovely rebecca's grandmother, lindy boggs. we thank the women's bipartisan suffrage centennial commission for their leadership to educate the am

focusing on the house of representatives which guaranteed women the right to vote. it passed the house may 24, 1919 and was ratified on august 18, 1920. >> accompanied by the honorablekevin mccarthy , the honorable barbara mikulski. the honorable brenda lori. the honorable debbie lesko. miss cokie roberts and miss rebecca bosse roberts. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives . >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. yes indeed, this afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and cheering. for what happened 100 years ago today. in the house of representatives. your u.s. army marine cortex were making it so pleasant for us. i'm honored to be here with leader kevin mccarthy and the bipartisan members of congress. mostly our women members of congress. i cochaired the bipartisan house of representatives on women's issues, congresswoman brenda lauren and congresswoman debbie lesko. [applause] let us welcome cokie roberts, a trailblazing force for women in journalism and her daughter rebecca , an outstanding journalis

our representatives need to be more reflective of the america we represent. maybe that young girl yesterday will go into politics. maybe she won't. but she saw -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. houlahan: you can't see -- you can't be what you can't see. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the vote to pass the 19th amendment, i'd like to recognize tennessee's crucial role in the amendment's ratification. mr. cooper: state representative harry t. burn was a slow learner. he was originally anti-suffragist but he turned his nay vote to a aye to heed his mother's advice to, quote, be a good vote -- be a good boy and vote for ratification. our state was the final state needed for ratification. representative burn explained his vo

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 422, the nays are 0. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on suspending the rules and passing h.r. 1520 as amended. which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: union calendar number 26, h.r. 1520 a bill to amend the public health service tookt provide for the publication of a list of licensed biological products and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the the are suspended -- gentleman from new york is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote, please. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient

[cheers and applause] representative ocasio-cortez: that is the simple truth. so often when folks, particularly conservatives on both sides of the aisle, say -- [cheers and applause] representative ocasio-cortez: when they say that calling for a green new deal is too much or too extreme or to radical -- too radical, no middle ground is right because i'm always curious when they say that, what do they actually mean by that? is 100% clean and renewable energy too much? is fighting for dignified jobs that pay people enough to live too much? on theosing a solution scale of the climate crisis to solve it too much? no, but let me tell you what is too much for me. here is what is too much for me. what is too much for me is politicians looking and allowing babies' blood to get poisoned in flint for corporate profit. that is what is too much for me. what is too much for me -- what is too much for me is coal coming up to washington, d.c., demanding tail out after tax break after bailout for themselves and not even paying their own miners'pensions and their own miners' he

that you represent? guest: the president is bringing countries back to the table to negotiate so we can get better agreements. isiffs our taxes, so low better, zero is best. i would like to see us get through these parts of the negotiations, reached a deal, and lower the barriers to trade so we can take products that are manufactured, raised, or grown in the united states and ship them and trade them around the world freely, fairly, and reciprocally. host: member of congress brian steil here. if you want asking questions, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 were republicans. independents, (202) 748-8002. district ofe first wisconsin, formerly served by paul ryan. what advice did you get going into the position? guest: what you learned more than anything else is how to have a conversation. you can have a fight about policies without fighting people. we would be much better in washington if we took that approach working together, not fighting people, but fighting for our policy. what having a coll

signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, the reverend alisa lasater wailoo of the capitol hill united methodist church in washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. god of love, as we return to work after memorial day, help us remember these words of jesus saying, this is my commandment, that you love one another. no one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. thank you, lord, for all american soldiers who put the welfare of others ahead of their own. and literally laid down their lives for us. comfort the gold star families. help us care for them, for all solders who return wounded -- soldiers who return wounded by wars' traumas and all innocent civilians caught in wars' way. thank you, lord, for each civil servant, member of this house, their staff, the clerk's office, the chaplain, the custodian, then all who make the work of the people's house possible. help each of us lay down our fears, pride, cynicism, and any sin

host: representative wild represents the seventh district. robert is next from alabama. caller: good morning, pedro. good morning, representative wild. my gosh, what a breath of fresh air to speak with you, ma'am. the previous guest you had there, pedro, just answered all questions of a bunch of gobbledygook and talking points. this lady is on point. she knows her subject material well. it's a breath of fresh air to speak and listen to her. so i wish you well in your new endeavor. host: what would you like to ask her? caller: yes, i would like to ask her if she would come down here and help me start a campaign to change the alabama's right to work laws. we have po put up with it. host: the larger issue of right to work clause, how do you think that factors into your efforts regarding unions? guest: let me say to robert that i have great respect for the state of alabama. many of my family live there. it's my father's home state. right to work laws, i call those the right to work for less. right to work states typically have lower safety standards for employees and lower r

we see the house of representatives adopting it. it is a backstop that the house can say to an individual we will threaten to hold you in contempt as a way to force negotiation. indeed, usually that is how these end up. congress and the executive branch come to some sort of negotiated agreement that is at least somewhat mutually agreeable to both sides. that is usually what happens with the contempt power. in this case, we are seeing the executive branch take a hard line across the board. president trump has said he is going to fight, so that kind of a cross the-board digging in is unusual.bit we will see how it turns up, the meeting, hopes that house judiciary committee -- it will be important regarding this negotiation with the attorney general. or if we end up in court. host: the topic of contempt of congress. if you want to ask questions about what you have heard and have her answer those, give us a call. 202-748-8000 for democrats, 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8002 for independents. how does it impact them? contenthe c

of wide or mr gates is recognized as a political representative. of quiet or better but not as an ambassador and i think this. also resulting from this recall condition of door it is confusing to me isn't it i mean how would jimmy communicate then with them. administration if you want to call it that if they have no diplomats if he said i recognize. there is no god or administration there is no administration we call the no state. by the us political reprieve that said all over the world one of them here in germany and. while they are talking with him but only as a political representative. and still the embassy is not far away from here embassy from a business or era. it's the ambassador from a was said by mother and. pragmatic issue of. german foreign minister it's cooperated with the embassy of course which oh it's because you cannot deal with real issues with a president who has no power in the country i know why even if he didn't even recently tell us what was your impression of the country and certainly in terms of supports what sort of level

house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 191. the chair: on this vote the yeas are 192, and the nays are 235. he amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 14 printed in part a of house report 116-79 by the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. stevens, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 14 printed in part a of house report 116-79 offered by ms. stevens of michigan. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise nd be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will bo-minute vot [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-ptioned coverage of the house pr

house of representatives." the u.s. capitol historical society hosted this talk. it is about one hour. >> right now it is about matt green. you may remember him speaking at last year's lecture series. like last time, he is professor of politics at catholic university and associate fellow at their institute for policy research and catholic studies at american university. i conferred with him. a few minutes ago on something that i thought might be unlikely, but it is true -- he has two books hot off the press in the last few months. these aren't just any presses. from cambridge university press, :is book "legislative part all ," anduse freedom caucus before that, "choosing the leader: leadership elections in the u.s. house of representatives." it looks like this. i think there are copies in the back -- >> no copies. i will speak about that. matt to speak on his colleague's behalf. matt, congratulations. thank you for your time. welcome. [applause] green: thank you for the opportunity to speak. can everybody hear

house of representatives." we don't have copies for sale here, but there is information about how to get one. -- a copy of your own. i spoke previously about the subject but i am off the going to talk about additional information i have not discussed, and time permitting, i would like to talk about the most recent seriously contested election in the house of representatives. which was the race for speaker of the house of representatives and the battle within the democratic party. what i want to do first is talk a little about what we are doing and why we think it is important. we know intuitively that party leaders in congress are important. we have a wealth of social science research that tells us that leaders are important in congress. they help set the legislative agenda, they can craft legislation, they help members get elected or reelected, and we know that there are a number of significant bills that have become law in american history in which party leaders played a key role in either the content of the

even send representatives to different nations around the world despite them not receiving diplomatic credentials in some countries like here in germany where we have a situation that the ambassador who sits in the embassy just behind me represents a government deemed illegitimate while the representative of the government deemed legitimate holds no diplomatic rank here in germany though that hasn't stopped quite those man from at least calling himself ambassador a little puzzled by what i'm thinking because he more that in venezuela we are living under a dictatorship there needs to be international pressure to end the a separation of power when we can have a real transitional government so we can hold elections then we can have our consulates and embassies full steam ahead for regime change as politicians and news networks cheated each official that defected from the madieu road government but then there was the failed coup attempt and the ball of aryan republic and the standoff outside of the venezuelan embassy in washington. internationally and she. she's just west. of here is that

(speaking foreign language). >> it represents a place and cannot represent this place. we need to protect the concept of chinatown. it's a broad concept. nobody cannot substitute and represent this concept. the next one is drury company. (speaking foreign language). >> to improve the public and not to use rose pak or play politic. just to use a good naming for the subway station will be fine. why didn't you want to use something like rose pak? this person does not even deserve to receive the honor of receiving a street after her? >> next speaker, please. >> hello, supervisors. i'm doria. today i'm here to represent the correlation of naming after rose pak. she was not an honorable person. here is evidence to prove that she does not deserve the hounder to have chinatown central subway station named after her. let us share information with you from the fbi investigation, which is now available online. number one, according to fbi's investigation report, rose pak. she bought a house in rodeo, california in 1991. nine months later, she bought another house in oakland and sh

that you represent?uest: the president is bringing countries back to the table to negotiate so we can get better agreements. isiffs our taxes, so low better, zero is best. i would like to see us get through these parts of the negotiations, reached a deal, and lower the barriers to trade so we can take products that are manufactured, raised, or grown in the united states and ship them and trade them around the world freely, fairly, and reciprocally. host: member of congress brian steil here. if you want asking questions, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 were republicans. independents, (202) 748-8002. district ofe first wisconsin, formerly served by paul ryan. what advice did you get going into the position? guest: what you learned more than anything else is how to have a conversation. you can have a fight about policies without fighting people. we would be much better in washington if we took that approach working together, not fighting people, but fighting for our policy. what having a colleg

this is representative jimmy panetta of california and representative don bacon of nebraska, republican from that state. both of them representing the four country caucus. both serve as co-chairs. good morning to both of you. talk a little bit about the formation of this caucus, particularly its name and what you plan to do with it. >> look, i think, you know, during my last term and my first term, it got to a point where the only bipartisanship you were seeing was when you would turn on the tv was about funerals of statesmen, be it john mccain, george h.w. bush, or john dingell recently. we wanted people to understand there were members in congress who were not just here to make a point. we're actually here to make a difference. those are the types of people -- those qualities come from veterans, people who serve. they understand what it means to get the job done. so coming into this congress in the 116th, don and i came together and basically decided let's make sure that there is a venue for us to sit down at the table, republicans and democrats, those of us who have served, to actual

this is representative jimmy panetta of california and representative don bacon of nebraska, republican from that state. both of them representing the four country caucus. both serve as co-chairs. good morning to both of you. talk a little bit about the formation of this caucus, particularly its name and what you plan to do with it. >> look, i think, you know, during my last term and my first term, it got to a point where the only bipartisanship you were seeing was when you would turn on the tv was about funerals of statesmen, be it john mccain, george h.w. bush, or john dingell recently. we wanted people to understand there were members in congress who were not just here to make a point. we're actually here to make a

wright: in closing, i want to thank representative frankel and representative perry for their persistence in this fight. every case of female genital mutilation is one too many. this resolution calls on the nations of the world to do more to stop this awful violation of the dignity and safe i have to women and girls. it deserve ours unanimous support. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. wright, yields back. the gentleman from texas, mr. castro, is recognized. mr. castro: madam speaker, we all agree female genital mutilation or cutting is a horrific form of child abuse and violation of women's rights. the resolution before us today is a sig until to the rest of the world that the united states congress is paying attention to this issue. we stand with the millions of women who are still being subjected to this practice. and we will not stop fighting for their right to dignity and respect. soy urge my colleagues to join me in supporting h.res. 106 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields bac

there's a certain decorum on the floor of the house of represe representatives, probably rules we all should apply wherever we are. i have deep respect for representative green, but he was right up to the line, and i simply reminded him that we have rules on the floor about what we're allowed to say and who we're allowed to say it about. >> when you're in that chair, is it your call of when you remind him or another member -- >> basically, basically. but there are staff people standing next to you, and i knew that he had gone close to the line. so i knew that i had to remind him with the formal words of the floor of the speaker that you cannot personally attack either another member of congress or the president of the united states. >> what happens if he does it again? are there any consequences beyond that reminder? >> i do not know because i've never seen anyone do it again. remember, i'm a freshman. >> just a few minutes left with freshman congresswoman donna shalala. alonzo is waiting in fremont, new york, a democrat. good morning. >> caller: good morning to both of you. actually,

is recognized as a political representative of quote all but but not as an m ambassador issue was. foreign minister is cooperating with the us embassy of cross which else because you cannot deal with real issues with a president who has no power in the country. coca-cola has launched a ramadan version of its logo in norway it features the crescent moon to celebrate the muslim holy month but not everybody has welcomed the idea shame on you for promoting women oppressing homosexuals terrorizing islam do you also make adverts with the cross in saudi arabia an easter this is getting too stupid if your company is easing the christian universal i mean norway as a marketing tool during ramadan i will have no choice but to boycott your products according to the pew research center the number of muslims in norway is increasing in 2016 they represented almost 6 percent of the population. has defended the ramadan legace saying it's part of the brand's commitment to diversity and inclusion and it's on the 1st time that the company is trying to appeal to muslims and its promotional campaigns. e

representatives from the u.n. the e.u. and the african union have urged sudan's military and the protest leaders to resume talks immediately both sides were expected to reach a deal earlier this week but the dialogue was suspended for 72 hours after protests is set up roadblocks across the capital khartoum in the latest round of demonstrations have been morgan has more from the sudanese capital. protesters in front of the army headquarters and are saying that they're waiting for the military headquarters to let them know what will happen after the 7 to 2 hour deadline expires now that deadline expires on saturday at midnight and they're waiting to know if the military council will extend an invitation to the opposition to resume talks or whether they will continue with their sit in to put pressure for a civilian independent transitional government to be formed now the 2 sides still have a lot of things to sort out including the sovereign council which effectively will be the presidential body the military council wants to

john represented maryland's sixth district from 2013 to 2019 in the house of representatives. he was known for his work crafting innovative bipartisan legislation to rebuild america's infrastructure. in 2017, he was named one of the world's greatest leaders. by fortune magazine. john authored legislation to create a carbon tax, establish access to pre-k nationwide, end gerrymandering, create a national artificial intelligence strategy -- which i want to ask you about later -- studied social media's impact on minors, and support veterans. he was identified as one of the most bipartisan members of congress. as a member of the house he founded the ai caucus, go ai, a bipartisan group dedicated to educating policymakers on technology and the future of work issues. john has campaigned in all 99 iowa counties and has multiple offices in iowa and new hampshire, with the quarters in maryland. he and his wife, april, live in potomac, maryland, and have four daughters. please give a warm hollis welcome to john. [applause] mr. delaney: thank you for that nice introduction. let's hear it

the house of representatives is not friendly toward it already. so i'm not sure what's in it for nancy pelosi to fast track the president's new nafta agreement through the house of represeti representatives. >> think of the negotiating position he's taking here, i'm not going to do any work as president. we're not going to do any legislation, nothing, unless you drop au your investigations into me. what does he think is going to happen in response to that? does he think even the republicans will say democrats you better drop your investigations? the president says the country will get it if you don't. what does he expect to be the response to this? the only thing he's done is if there was ever any inclination by anyone to drop an investigation into him they now can't because he told them they needed to and it would be giving into this weird threat to the country if they went along with it. i don't know if this was the president doing this on his own. i don't know if there's some mad genius at the white house who thinks this will end well. this is

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[cheers and applause] representative ocasio-cortez: that is the simple truth.o often when folks, particularly conservatives on both sides of the aisle, say -- [cheers and applause] representative ocasio-cortez: when they say that calling for a green new deal is too much or too extreme or too radical, no middle ground is right because i'm always curious when they say that, what do they actually mean by that? is 100% clean and renewable energy too much? is fighting for dignified jobs that pay people enough to live too much? is proposing a solution on the scale of the climate crisis to solve it too much? no, but let me tell you what is too much for me. here is what is too much for me. what is too much for me is politicians looking and allowing babies' blood to get poisoned in flint for corporate profit. that is what is too much for me. what is too much for me is coal barons coming up to washington, d.c., demanding bail out after tax break after bailout for themselves and not even paying their own miners' pensions and their own miners' health care. that is too much

representative: excellent. thank you forn your service and express that i am embarrassed by the way you were treated in this committee. secretary carson: thank you. you, membersind will refrain from impugning the personal motives of other members. the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. sherman: thee member controls there five minutes. the witness controls the five minute opening statement. many of our witnesses have an outstanding bully pulpit outside this room. two then turn and say to members, they don't even control there five minutes, is a denigration of our role as members of this committee. as to affordable housing, the witness does point out that there are barriers to the creation of more rental units and we need many, many hundreds of thousands built. we need to keep interest rates low. zoning in most cities makes it impossible to build rental housing in neighborhoods where people are not poor. and we can say we don't discriminate against poor people, we just discriminate against

bio information about every senator and representative. information about congressional committees, state governors, and the cabinet. the 2019 congressional directory is a handy spiral-bound guide. c-spanour copy from the online store for $18.95. the next address is from freshman congresswoman lauren underwood, a democrat and defeated a republican in illinois, making her the youngest black women to serve it -- woman to serve in congress. she was introduced by barbara lee. this is at mills college in california. [applause] representative underwood: good morning. here in my3, i sat cap and down in this belief that i would soon be getting my degree from the greatest college in america. yes, i am a proud alumna of wills -- mills college, but i want to congratulate you to the awesome class of 2019. i am so happy to see you, so proud of you, so glad to be here. let me take a moment to thank president elizabeth hillman for that very inspiring introduction, but also for her tremendous leadership. to dr. hernandez, the trustees, administrators, sta