your't want to ruin reputation, but next will be sheila jackson lee. i quote her frequently. good news has no feet and bad news has wings. the bottom line is you are telling me democrat and republican, but we do work on many issues. we disagree on this and that is why we need to have hearings where both sides can make their point of view. we need to get away from anonymous charges. this is just absolutely insulting to the american people. that is insulting to your intelligence. host: eric from maryland, hi. caller: good morning. thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. my message this morning is going to the american people, especially the democrats. i used to be one and i had to leave the party to become an independent. why? just because the democrats have a very stunning way to see the truth. it's only when it's convenient to them that it's a problem. we seem to forget what they did with hillary. hillary lost the election because she was a bad candidate. she did not lose it because of russia. now talking about donald trump, the man is who he is, but i really feel b

. >> sheila jackson lee joining us. you can tweet us @cspanwj. you are a lawyer. is there enough to prove obstruction of justice? what do you have to have in order to meet that standard? >> i'm so glad you asked the question. this is not a rush to judgment. whenever you begin to ask the question, you must have a legal construct to be able to address. and so investigations would determine whether or not we had a case for obstruction of justice or a criminal case. in this instance there are a lot of elements that suggest that there may be an attempt or may have been an attempt to obstruct justice. the first, of course, was, in this instance, the firing of director comey in the manner that it was done. the misrepresented memo that suggests that it was on the basis of the clinton e-mails. the president then tweeted himself and said it was because of this russian thing, which he thinks is in essence fake news. so the timing of this firing seemed to be in connection with director comey asking for more resources or testifying the week before, saying or giving the suggest

let's listen in. >> thank you, sheila jackson lee. sorority and all the distinguished women of alpha kappa alpha sorority, what happened at american university is tragic. a young woman's historic achievement has been clouded by hatred and bigotry. this incident is just the latest in a string of atrocities sweeping our nation, and it's by no coincidence since president trump's election that we have experienced a wave of intolerance and divisive rhetoric. it has emboldened and legitimized of the behavior. as a former educator, to see the level of hurtful crime be displayed in our schools and on our college campuses, it is heartbreaking. i am here today as a member of congress, as a woman of alpha kappa alpha, as a former educator to send a different message to our young people. we are a country rich in country that embraces -- rich in diversity, a country that embraces tolerance and acceptance. as members of congress, we cannot be silent, allowing young people to think division and hatred are the norm, because it is not. the newly inaug

texas democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee discusses the latest on the firing of james comey at the future of the fbi. the assertions of american railroad president discusses the infrastructure week and washington, d.c. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live on wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> agriculture director testifies this tomorrow about the importance of agriculture in the world economy. that is live from the house agriculture committee at

coming up in a talk to sheila jackson lee, a member of the house committee on the budget.e'll get her thoughts about what the president has proposed in his budget today. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is bloomberg markets, the trump economy. i'm david gura. of we are getting reaction from trump's first budget. we're joined by members of the house budget committee -- sheila jackson lee joins us from capitol hill. great to have you with us. on the start optimistic way. is there anything in this document you would solidly back proposed by the president. meeting in just about 3 --- 40 minutes going over the details. veryusly, democrats have much in the past supported rebuilding infrastructure of the nation. i'm not sure that the proposal the president has can work, or that there's been any thought to it. the overall budget of course got the opportunities for working families to one points 7 -- trillion dollar republican debacle. 's $800 billion from health care cut. this does not appear to the principles i think most americans do -- that allowing americans to access decent stand

host: sheila jackson lee taking your calls. this is from the associated press. according to them, senator tom tillis, republican of north carolina, reportedly collapsing during a race. he is getting cpr and was taken away in an ambulance. we will update more. new jersey on the democrats line, kevin, go ahead. caller: thank you, representative jackson lee, for all that you do. that i'm calling really as an american. do to further this -- as an american, what can we really do to keep russia out of our country? because it seems like we are being invaded by the russians. thank you for all of your hard work that you are doing in the house. guest: well, thank you. , thistarted out opportunity with c-span, which i enjoyed all the time, i let me offer my concern for his speedy recovery. the important thing is that we act as americans. we don't act in any partisan manner and at the temperament in which we move forward is to find out the truth. so as a citizen, i think it's important that you encourage your congressperson and your senator to seek the truth. allow us to se

. >> let's bring a democratic congresswoman, sheila jackson lee, of texas.he's on the house judiciary and homeland security committees. representative, thanks for being with us here. you've heard of the eight potentially nine, merrick garland has been thrown out there. we're unaware of whether he is on the list interviewed by the justice department. of the eight, anybody you like? who do you like the most? >> well, first of all, richard, thank you, happy mother's day to all of the mothers across the nation and particularly those in houston. i believe that the message to the american people should be that we'll find the most independent, objective person to lead the fbi that we can find, that the president can find, the most non-political, if you will individual, and i respect those names that are serving their country as politicians or former politicians. i think we can do a good job. but i think the circumstances that we're now in, the cloud of potential coverup, the interaction with director comey and president trump cries out for an independent profession

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texas democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee discusses the latest on the firing of james comey at the future of the fbi. the assertions of american railroad president discusses the infrastructure week and washington, d.c. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live on wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> agriculture director testifies this tomorrow about the importance of agriculture in the world economy. that is live from the house 10:00lture committee at a.m. on c-span3. you can also watch on c-span.org and listen using the c-span radio app. for american progress hosted there annual ideas conference. we will look at a panel on economic and workforce issues. the stagewelcome to -- iscernible] >> good morning everyone. i am the president for the center of american progress and i am thrilled to welcome you to the 2017 ideas conference. we are thrilled to have people from all over the country here for the conference. as many of you know, i am an active twitter user so i encourage you to tweet about today's event using the h "capideas." our agenda,ell from enhance progr

they're saying in their districts, republicans and democrats are speaking loudly, i spoke to sheila jackson leehugging her, republicans are hugging her, saying please keep fighting, i talked to someone else in another state. they're saying, look, it's a mixed bag. this is not about republicans or democrats or men or women, this is about people who are hurting. i am a concern with pre-existing conditions as well. and it's not about me, it's about the issue at hand, millions of americans have pre-existing conditions and they are the most vulnerable. >> a high-risk pool, if they only are under the strictest of conditions this can work in a more effective way. >> it just seems to harken back, the lack of women in that photo, in decision making, it just harkens back to a time that i kind of thought we were beyond. >> i think two things, one, that picture says it all and what it says is they don't really care. they don't care what women think, they don't care what mothers think, what men think about how women should be treated. but i just want to pick up on what kelly said about state's rights and st

. >> congresswoman sheila jackson lee, who is a member of the judiciary committee is asking the justice department to investigate this incident. >>> now to the weather, back to our top story tonight, and the historic flooding in parts of the midwest, blamed for five deaths across five states from illinois down to missouri. chec the air. people in those states dealing with yet another round of heavy rain today, and that same system is the one that is in route our way. let's bring in chief meteorologist doug kammerer. doug, what's the timeline on when that stuff makes it here? >> it could get here quickly. over the next couple of hours, we'll see the rain moving on in. some of it will be heavy in about two or three hours. that's how fast it's moving in. as you mentioned, radar is dry across our region. it's a cool night tonight considering whether we've been over the past week. the rain is not here just yet, but it's just down to the south. take a look at the yellows here, the reds, these are individual thunderstorm cells as well, but areas of heavy rain. this is all moving up from the so

sheila jackson lee says she didn't learn a whole lot that was new. heard from a succession of people in there. a lot of it classified. that's part of the problem, at least for those of us on the outside. joining me now, frank montoya, a former special agent in charge of the fbi's seattle division. and also the press secretary for intelligence issues. and a former prosecutor in new york. she's a professor now. yesterday, as the senators were coming out, and now we're hearing it from members of congress as they're coming out in the last half hour or so, about the criminal side of this. does it change in any way what mueller is going to do? is he going to pursue it and the chips fall where they may? >> he'll look into the whole picture. it is still an intelligence investigation, trying to figure out what russia did, how they did it. making sure it doesn't happen again in the future, to understand what happened in the past. so they can use that. but if it turns out they come across criminal activity, they're follow up on that, as well. you could have --

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compliment congresswoman wagner, congresswoman bass, congresswoman maloney and congresswoman sheila jackson lee and other mention. and i mention that because when we presented the justice for victims of trafficking act two years ago and worked on that massive legislation that's excellent legislation, i am convinced that it was the women in the united states house of representatives that got it done. they made sure that this legislation passed and then they trotted down the hallway to the senate -- i'll use the word encouraged -- our senators to take the bill up and it passed there and president obama did sign the legislation. but i am convinced it is -- there's nothing more powerful than a woman that has made up their mind. and the women in this house made up their mind about human sex trafficking. i just want to point that out. but this legislation is important. there are many stories. i am going to talk about a 9-year-old girl that lived not far from where we are today here in the united states capitol. when ashley's mother died, she was left alone. like any lost and lonely child, she sought

and sheila jackson lee discusses the latest on the firing of james comey and the future of the fbi. and amtrak president and ceo charles mormon and association of american railroads president edward hamburger discuss the state of the rail system during infrastructure week. join the discussion. >>> agriculture secretary sonny perdue testifies on the impact of agriculture on the u.s. economy here on c-span. you can also follow live on www.c-span.org and our free c-span radio app. >>> thursday, treasury secretary stevemy mnuchin testifies about international fiscal policy. he'll testify. our live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> saturday on book tv live all day coverage of the maryland book festival. starting starting 10:00 a.m. eastern, at 10:30, melvin goodman, author of whistle blower at the cia. sharon wineberger discussing her book, the untold story of darpa, the pentagon agency that changed the world. at 1:15 eastern, craig shirley on reagan rising the decisive years. at 2:15 p.m., sydney blumenthal author of the political life of abraham lincoln. and at

then texas democrat congresswoman sheila jackson lee discusses the latest on the firing of james comey and the future of the fbi. and a.m. track president and ceo charles mormon and association of american rail rods president edward hamburger discuss the state of the union rail system during infrastructure week in washington, d.c. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live wednesday e wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> tonight on c-span 3, a hearing on improving care for patientsing with chronic illnesses then members of the democrat policy and communications committee hold a meeting on the republican healthcare legislation. after that, homeland security secretary kelly on u.s. relations with countries in central america. later the senate judiciary committee considers several executi executive nominations. next healthcare experts on the benefits of telemedicine technology and how it can better manage the patients on medicare. members of the finance committee are working on lek leg slaits slags aimed at improving care for chronic sufferers in the is an hour and 45

y from sheila jackson lee. and i yield her as much time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i think the work we are doing in judiciary certainly has far-reaching impact. d it's important to try to make more efficient the way that we address these very heinous acts against our children. as a strong advocate for children throughout my career, i agree we in congress must do everything within our power and authority to prevent child sexual exploitation and abuse. the targeting child predators act of 2017 is intended to assist investigators in their pursuit of online predators. i fully support efforts to locate and prosecute individuals who commit such heinous crimes. however, i believe we should discuss the proposal before us with more information from all who would be impacted prior to approving the changes that the law this bill proposes. this has a lot of moving parts and participants, particularly in relation to online, internet and a variety of providers that are stakeholders in all of this. this bill wo