congressman ed royce chaired the 50 minute hearing. mr. royce: the committee will come to order. we meet today to consider a single item. pursuant to notice for purposes of markup i call up house resolution 1017 requesting the president and directing the secretary of state to transmit to transmit to the house copies of all documents in their possession relating to certain communications between president trump and russian president putin and move to report it adversely to the house. without objection, the resolution is considered read and open for amendment at any point and committee members may have five calendar days to submit statements for the record. because we're dealing with floor votes, activities of other committees, and hurricane-related uncertainty this afternoon, i'm going to use my vote postponement authority under committee rules to ensure that all members have given fair notice to participate in any recorded vote we may have. i now recognize myself for opening remarks. this afternoon, we meet to consider house resolution 1017. as members know, we typically want to

royce: state the nature. mr. connolly: i have a series of 20 different quotes with respect to the helsinki performance, i ask unanimous consent they be entered into the record. r. royce: without objection. >> can i ask if the gentleman read the statements before i decide if i can protest. mr. royce: that concludes our business. without objection, the committee is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] washington post reporter bob woodward's our washington journal guest monday at 7:00 a.m. eastern, talking about his new book "fear: trump in the white house." on tuesday, former independent counsel, ken starr joins us to discuss his book, a memoir of the clinton investigation. watch next week on c-span's "washington journal." coming up tonight on c-span, the senate judiciary committee holding a meeting on the brett kavanaugh supreme court nomination. th

royce: mr. speaker, i move the house pass the bill as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the -- the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 2497. an act to amend the foreign assistance act of 1961 and the arms export control act to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriations of funds to israel and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. royce, and the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. royce: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include any extraneous material in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. royce: i also ask unanimous consent to place into the record letters exchanged between the committees of jurisdiction on this bill. the speaker pro tempore: witho

royce: state the nature. mr. connolly: i have a series of 20 different quotes with respect to the helsinki performance, i would ask unanimous consent they be entered into the record. mr. royce: without objection. >> may i ask if the gentleman read the statements before i decide if i can protest. >> i think there will be objection at that point. fromwould ask my friend rhode island to withdraw his request. >> very good. be helpful here. that concludes our business. without objection, the committee is adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> here's some of the live events we are covering on friday. at 10:00, a discussion about the 2008 financial crisis. at 7:00, a chef talks about hurricane relief efforts in puerto rico and his book. c-span2, house democrats will talk about hurricane preparedness and recovery efforts in puerto rico and the virgin isla

royce. mr. royce: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include any extraneous materials in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. royce: thank you. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. let me make the observation to our colleagues here. the u.s. department of state operates 270 diplomatic posts around the world. and often these are in difficult and sometimes very, very hostile environments. these embassies and consulates project american power and they reflect our values. and they protect the lives of the americans who work in and visit those embassies every day. we owe it to the american people . we owe it to those who serve us overseas to build the most secure, effective, efficient embassies and consequence late that we possibly can. that -- consulates that we can. that's why i thank chairma

which marco royce should have doubled a minute later only to be denied by norm bird's fabienne braids. but shortly after the half hour mark dortmund's captain made up for his wasted chance i. too neil the well deserved lead coming through royce whose shot took a slight deflection through the onrushing georg mcgregor. in the second half the already one sided affair became even more humiliating for the visitors first awestruck he made it three after forty nine minutes the on loan players from rail madrid scoring on his goodness lead to debut. were playing cat and mouse with nuremberg markel royce with his second of the evening making it for now. by this point the dortmund players were taking turns at trying to score against their hapless opposition manuel ican she make it. nail after seventy four minutes. and it wasn't over yet jayden sound shows scoring the sixth of the evening and he later turned provider for julieann vital to rounded off the scoring at seven dortmund's biggest bundesliga win in more than thirty years. so an absolutely huge win for dortmund there against nuremberg who

were playing cat and mouse with nuremberg markel royce with his second of the evening making it for now. by this point the dortmund players were taking turns at trying to score against their hapless opposition man well ican she make it. five mil after seventy four minutes. and it wasn't over yet jaden san shows scoring the sixth of the evening but he later turned provider for yulia inveigle who rounded off the scoring at seven dortmund's biggest bundesliga win in more than thirty years. so an absolutely huge win for dortmund there against nuremberg who were left a little shell shocked to say the least at thought before we get on to anything else we really need to start and talk i thought first goal did jacobian larsen really mean or was it a cross now i have my opinion but i want to hear yours don't want me out pablo of course he meant i know what you're going to say ridiculous to say he didn't if you scored a goal not that down the fall let's take a look at why you would let anyone say that was a fluke i get why people might think it was he was he was looking backwards as if he might b

which marco royce should have doubled a minute later only to be denied by norm berg's fabienne brave low. but shortly after the half hour mark dortmund's captain made up for his wasted chance i. too neil the well deserved lead coming through royce whose shot took a slight deflection to the onrushing georg mark reiter. in the second half the already one sided affair became even more humiliating for the visitors first awestruck he made it three after forty nine minutes the on loan player from rail madrid scoring on his bundesliga debut. were playing cat and mouse with nuremberg marco royce with his second of the evening making it for now. by this point the dortmund players were taking turns at trying to score against their hapless opposition manwell a conduit make it five nil after seventy four minutes. and it wasn't over yet jaden sensual scoring the sixth of the evening and he later turned provider for julieann vital two rounded off the scoring at seventy dortmund's biggest quintus legal win in more than thirty years. a labor couzens start to the new season has been their worst since

chairman royce: all right. let's go to mr. eliot engel of new york for his opening statement, and then afterwards for his questions of the witnesses. and i thank you both for your testimony here today. rep. engel: thank you very much, mr. chairman, and thank you for calling today's hearing. assistant secretary singh and assistant secretary billingslea, welcome and thank you for your service and your time this morning. we appreciate having administration witnesses here, but if i have to be honest, i have to say it happens too rarely. since coming into office, frankly, the administration has been increasingly reluctant to work with congress. that is how it seems to us, and it is very, very frustrating, but we are happy you are here. the latest example pertinent to our conversation this morning was the development of this week's executive order on sanctions. there was no discussion of this effort with congress whatsoever. we learned about it from reuters, and from what i hear, your agencies were caught equally by surprise. obviou

for roy sprite technique for royce knocks it all summer and so possibly. just one hundred call it all competitions force you to. mark arroyo scored his one hundred goals adult. stuff. right up a notch in his nights you going to goals. and assists are quite the showing. when you play like this it's going to be really good for us but yeah we could pick up. seven mill opened up firing on all cylinders. it may fail next week. offensively we have the quality and we have the players who can score the goals and that's what we saw today and the best way to get the big fifty seven elena shows made tracy come a mob. the big. dogs. come on. come. on. come on. come on her. shoulder. her first day of school in the jungle. first including the san doris crane the moment arrives to. join the ring a change on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary. storm coming into returns home on d w dot com bring a child. birth. home to moons of species. a home worth saving and. get most of those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stor

which marco royce should have doubled a minute later only to be denied by norm bird's fabienne brave low. but shortly after the half hour mark dortmund's captain made up for his wasted chance. to milk a well deserved lead coming through royce whose shot took a slight deflection through the onrushing georg mark reiter. in the second half the already one sided affair became even more humiliating for the visitors first but he made it three after forty nine minutes the on loan player from rail madrid scoring on his goodness lead to debut peripherial were playing cat and mouse with norm bird marco royce with his second of the evening making it for now. by this point the dortmund players were taking turns at trying to score against their hapless opposition man well ican she make it five nil after seventy four minutes. and it wasn't over yet she hadn't sent shows scoring the sixth of the evening and he later turned provider for julieann baikal who rounded off the scoring at seven dortmund's biggest bundesliga win in more than thirty years. and had been his. fifteen minutes to see you then.

>> thank you chairman royce.1017 is an important measure, and i think my colleague congressman boyle for introducing it, and i also want tothk chairman royce and ranking member angles for bringing it before this committee. hr 1017 supports the ministration turning over documents relating to the denial -- july 16 meeting that took place between president trump and vladimir putin, in helsinki. as i recall, the crowds were not the only ones with very serious questions about that meeting, or concern. as i recall, many of my republican colleagues were shocked at the fact that resident trump would meet with putin, with no staff, and shocked by the bizarre spectacle of a joint conference, in which president trump treat -- treated putin like a friend, not the adversary that he is. he is not our friend, let us be clear about that. russia is not our ally. as we discussed at this morning's hearing, russia is a subject to multiple u.s. sanctions for many malign activities. the united states has sanctioned russia for corrupti

lieu and chairman royce. it seems to me, mr. speaker, that we've been caught flat-footed before a range of new threats, including cyberattacks. our agencies haven't done enough to root out vulnerabilities and frankly congress hasn't done enough either to make sure our agencies across government have the tools they need to tackle these challenges. i hope going forward we'll be able to take a comprehensive look at cyberthreats and make sure the state department and all our departments and agencies are up to the tasks. for now this bill is a good step in the right direction. it replicates an approach that has worked well over the last few years. i urge all members to support it and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, in closing i would like to thank my colle

the equities team looking at rolls-royce.ocused on all things italian this morning. >> this morning we have an -- saying profit this year was going to be the higher part of their original guidance. in terms of the outlook for next year, it looks like a bit of a hit for the airline, taking a higher price this year as well. ryanairlook out for is across parts of its markets in europe striking. we are expecting a disruption to 200 flights today. fourlls-royce, we saw minutes were the reaction yesterday. of reaction yesterday. >> the stock fell. rolls-royce engines are continuing to have trouble, leading to more groundings of their green light are jets. -- liner jets. this has cost rolls-royce $1.5 billion. this is not great news. only 8% of the global fleet is affected. rolls-royce has been trying to downplay the concern. it has been called the biggest operational issue that have currently faced. anna: the banks in italy? down asan banks called the government suggested a target of 2.4% gdp. anna: keep an eye on the italian banks

chairman royce, hr 17. [audio lost] i want to thank royce and engels for bringing it before this committee. hr 1017 would force the administration to turn over documents related to the july 16 meeting that took place between president trump and vladimir putin in helsinki. as i recall, democrats were not the only ones with very serious questions about that meeting or concerns. as i recall, many of my republican colleagues were shocked at the fact that president trump would meet with putin with no staff and shocked by the bizarre spectacle of a joint conference in which president trump treated putinlike a friend, not the adversary that he is . he is not our friend and let us be clear about that. russia is not our ally. as we discussed in this morning's hearing, russia is a subject to multiple us sanctions for its many maligned activities. the united states as sanctioned russia for corruption, for interfering in our elections, for invading crimea, for using chemical weapons the poison of former spy in the uk a

back to flat out marker royce and jade in such. haste to better than to fly the flag for the black in yellow over a few full throttle laps of the local nascar circuit. one of them was clearly in his element. the young. less so. new to all the cats in locker royce isn't likely to be swapping football for stock car racing any time soon. the market is vital to us i think lucianne far from making him captain is special for mark around the club you really feel his attachment to development not least when we're struggling he's developed as a person and leader in. the on field business in charlotte involved in meeting with champions league final this little hole and their coach still a dog and i call feel good luck. the crowd had plenty to cheer. christie a ballistic score twice. also rescued one young d.v.c. from the clutches of the stadium security the busy shift off the bench. three one of the finnish another handy when lucy and. the new coach making his mark already. very meticulously for every match whether it's the champions league.

new to have been captain mark or royce isn't likely to be swapping football for stock car racing any time soon. the market is vital to us i think lucianne far from making him captain is special for mark around the club you really feel his attachment to development not least when we're struggling he's developed as a person and leader from here. the on field business in charlotte involved in meeting with champions league final this little hole that coach still adored and i called. the crowd plenty to cheer. christie a prolific score twice. and also rescued one young diva you see from the clutches of the stadium security the busy shift of the bench. three one of the finish another handy when. the. the new coach making his mark already. very meticulously for every match whether it's the bonus league champions league or whatever and work on the smallest details to try and get in and he wants to win every game and i'm very optimistic going forward with. final pitstop miami. after spending last season on live hoffenheim. me to the person that i am today and i would do it over and over again

back to flat out locker royce and jade in such. a tight better than to fly the flag for the bonus league of black and yellows over a few full throttle laps of the local nascar circuit. one of them was clearly in his element. the young. new dog and kept him off the royce isn't likely to be swapping football for stock car racing anytime soon. markham's final to us i think lucianne father of making him captain is special for marco and the club you really feel his attachment to dortmund not least when we're struggling he's developed as a person and leader for. the on field business in charlotte involved in meeting with champions league final it's liverpool their coach still a dog a dog on. the crown have plenty to cheer. christie and prolific score twice. also rescued one young the new coach making his mark already. very meticulously for every match whether it's the bonus league champion. so you work on the smallest details to try and get and and he wants to win every game and i'm very optimistic going forward so. final pitstop miami.

on the stock markets, european markets trading up this lunchtime, but shares in rolls-royce are down after iberia flight had to make an emergency landing at logan airport, which has been with the rolls-royce built engine for investors reacted to the news. today's business headlines for you, the head of the imf christine lagarde says the u.s. china trade war as the potential to shop emerging-market like argentina. in interview with the financial times, she says while the imf doesn't currently see a risk of contagion from the sell affecting emerging markets, the situation could change rapidly. shares in the freshly brewed brand irma's are up more than 2% in paris after they reported a nearly 1/5 jump in net profits in the first half of the year. the brand is best known for so scarves special silk scarves and handbags. the germans as they didn't see any impact of the global trade tension on their sales. the owner of fashion brands are has seen profits and revenues rise despite a stronger euro hurting its bottom line. the spanish group is the world's largest fashion retailer and also own

congressman ed royce chaired the 50 minute hearing. mr. royce: the committee will come to order. we meet today to consider a single item. pursuant to notice for purposes of markup i call up house resolution 1017 requesting the

i yield to congressman royce, representing the 39th district of california. mr. royce: mr. speaker, let me begin by thanking the gentlelady for yielding to me. and i do want to commend my colleague, mimi walters, foring or -- for organizing this special order. i want to commend her for her tireless effort for the release of her constituent by the name of michael wynn. someone whose family i happen to know. and i rise today to request that the government of vietnam release an american citizen. and if i could just share with you my observations about this situation, we are really speaking out on behalf of a u.s. citizen from orange, california, who was detained as the congresswoman shared with you on july 7, and what i wanted to share with you is he was touring vietnam and visiting elderly relatives. i think that's a commendable thing he does, that he stays in touch, he tries to do this once a year. to see his elledler -- elderly relatives in vietnam. we have been informed that he's under investigation for engaging in activity against the people's government, which in 24 case

coach michel foucault look clueless at half time but his team up their game after the break mark or royce tested lucas radebe steve and jacob from larsson tapped it in the leverkusen keeper impressive but he had no chance on the rebound. dortmund kept up the pressure jayden sanchez came on and set a price to two all up for grabs dortmund's captain with his fourth goal of the season. leave accusing were struggling and packer captain came off the bench to complete the comeback his second goal for dortmund in his second game. i was in injury time the hosts put it all on the line but i kept the raced away and scored again for two at the end of a crazy game. cycle hellish and his squad drop important point. dortmund on the other hand showed their mental strength and topped the table after a strong comeback. you're about to see one of the buddhas the most bizarre own goals ever it featured in stuttgart to win against bad braman. went ahead in the first half thanks to this goal from honest us don't need us but they almost threw away that lead literally when goalkeeper wrong robert fail to deal w

again, ed royce is leaving, i'm leave, richard baker has left and i haven't found that person who is going to take up this fight. so -- but it is a fight worth fighting and last i looked, housing is still roughly 80% of our -- 18% of our economy. and again, there's no reason we ought to have a government guarantee in the secondary mortgage market. none whatsoever. as you well know, most oecd nations don't have it, don't have anything remotely resembling fannie and freddie. they have an f.h.a. type structure but nothing like fannie or freddie. most of them have fairly comparable rates of home ownership and none of them had the foreclosure crisis we had. and i just believe, alex, you can't get it done now, i'm not sure you're going to get it done. so i'm trying to figure out how do you rationalize a bad system? i still think you can do both at the same time. and i think again one may have to be a catalyst for the other. but please know, hopefully nobody in this room is satisfied with the status quo. because it's too risky and as americans we shouldn't settle for -- we shouldn't settle

but today, a tory donor and former rolls—royce chairmanjoined the a tory donor and former rolls—roycer wrecks that vote and there are now mps from all the main parties who backed the idea. well, she is rattled. until recently she didn't talk about having a referendum on the final deal. she now knows that opinion is moving in favour of it. theresa may insist the chequers plant is the only one on the table, but with the eu and parliament sceptical, it may struggle to survive the autumn. ben wright reporting there, and with mps set to return to westminster this week, he sets out the challenges ahead for both parties. mps are braced for a very stormy autumn. both the government and labour are fractured. there is a sense of rebellion in the air. it was labour's deputy, tom watson, who said last week that his party was deeply divided and engulfed, in a sense the drift. he was speaking, of course, after the labour mp frank field resigned, the party whip, about how labour has handled the anti—semitism row that has com pletely anti—semitism row that has completely dominated labour's summer. co

coach michel foucault look clueless at half time but his team up their game after the break mark or royce tested lucas credit steve and jacob rehm larsson tapped it in. the leverkusen keeper impressive but he had no chance on the rebound. dortmund kept up the pressure jayden sanchez came on and set a price to two all up for grabs dortmund's captain with his fourth goal of the season. leave accusing were struggling and pack our captain came off the bench to complete the comeback his second goal for dortmund in his second game. was in injury time the hosts put it all on the line but i cassell raced away and scored again for two at the end of a crazy game. haiku hallis and his squad drop important points dortmund on the other hand showed their mental strength and topped the table after a strong comeback. elsewhere a struggling stuttgart played host to fedor braman who hadn't lost a game this season but the hosts turned the tables to secure its first victory of the campaign in a match that also featured one of the most calamitous own goals we've seen in a long time. an unbeaten start to the s

to see a fountain look clueless at halftime but his team up their game after the break marco royce tested lucas radebe steve and jacob oram larsson tapped it in. the leverkusen keeper impressive but he had no chance on the rebound. dortmund kept up the pressure jayden sanchez came on and set a price to two all up for grabs dortmund's captain with his fourth goal of the season. leave accusing were struggling and catherine came off the bench to complete the comeback his second goal for dortmund in his second game. in injury time the hosts put it all on the line but i cassell raced away and scored again for two at the end of a crazy game. i could hellish and his squad dropped important points. on the other hand showed their mental strength and topped the table after a strong come back. stuttgart with their backs against the wall the nothing to lose will convert her brain into town a side that's picked up points every time out this season thanks to buyers friday night defeat braman had a shot at taking the table lead let's see if stu court decided to finally show up and play in front of a hom

but ten man don't been struck by its own marker royce's pinpoint pulse proceed to see the symptoms decisions by a goal to blow the game wide open. to shut bell for deal was handed a gilt edged opportunity to restore his side's lead to support one down five he somehow managed to miss the target yard out scoring would have been easier. so a point each for two of the fun is leaders european representatives a fair result on a day of high tension. now if you think there was a short as a goals across the board on saturday you are sadly mistaken we have two matches that featured a living. ols in no draws werder bremen look to extend their unbeaten streak in alberta but first germany's capital club had to berlin they've been on a hot streak since the start of the season now they have to take on another team in good form club but let's take a look. germany coach your kid learned made a visit to the capital and he was in for a treat as heads of a linen club back turned on the style nicolas start five five pm jumps on half an hour to concede have to evolve penalty in four games talking has a responsibi

side's best chance in the first off but he could only hit the ball from close range in the second hoff royce's set up maximillian phillips as dortmund so a breakthrough but he deflected his head and that hit deep but. that's the latest here on d w i've had enough free in balancing. earth. home to millions of species a home worth saving. here which is on the other.

friday but only by a point after they were held to a goalless draw and hand over to them captain marco royce had his side's best chance in the first off but he could only hit the ball from close range in the second half roy set out much of an infinite don't win sort of breakthrough but his deflected had picked. off a german champions by munich it's been business as usual as they seek a record seventh title in a row after a comfortable home whenever hoffenheim on the league's a. getting database very unstable to stop got you need an unlikely witness there to recover from a poor start to the season. things are not running smoothly at the missy's bens early in stuttgart have been undone by individual errors the latest from holger budge tuber and the one nil loss to mind. i mean we haven't got the results that we wanted in our first two competitive matches and specifically in our first ponderously game but we know why and we've worked very very well this week. last season typhon. pairing again losing only once and claiming thirty one points from his fourteen games in charge after taking over in