texas lt. gov. dan patrick said the attack may have been enabled by texas schools having too many entrances and d exits, not enonh security and blamed it on abortion. have devalued d life, whether it is through abortion, whether it is the breakup of families, through violent movies and particularly violent video games. amy: we will host a round table discussion with the texas observer's kolten parker and texas gun sense's ed scruggs, along g with the intercept's murtaza hussain on the pakistani exchange student who was among the dead and the first funeral. we will also talk to soraya chemaly of women's media center speech project about how the high school shooter may have targeted a student who had pursuedd aggressively for months. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in santa fe, texas, funerals have begun for the victims of friday's school shooting massacre at santa fe high school, where eight students and two teacher

texas wouldn't be texas without oil. 1901, there was a hill outside called sour spring mount and it was gasy. schoolboys used to set it on fire sometimes and there was a disreputable conman which is a theme in texas history. this one was only one arm, he lost one arm in a gunfight with the deputy sheriff and he forecast he would drill and find oil at 1000 feet. that was a lie. and at 1026 feet, there was an explosion. 6 tons of drilling fluid over the derek. this never happened before. roughnecks were crawling, waited a moment and crawled back to clean up the mess and suddenly boulders and mud and oil started flying out until higgins, 50 barrels a day, 100,000 barrels, flank 150 feet into the air. that was called spindle talk, that was 1901, gateway to beaumont. >> the second -- >> got to get around the fact, he saw the injustice, he built a skyscraper on rust street and learned the texas company to take care of their oil, rather than john d rockefeller, standard oil and gulf oil, humble oil, to houston, skyscrapers with

texas city office. the address, 600 golden freeway suite 211 in texas city and also anybody with additional information, please call 1-800-call-f.b.i. 1-800-call-f.b.i. thank you for your help. mr. abbott: once again, we want to thank the heroes of law enforcement who stepped forward to respond to and confront this shooter. their action probably ensured that more lives were not lost. and also once again, we send our hearts out to comfort the families of the victims. and we want to ensure those families, as well as every person across the entire state of texas, that we as leaders of this state view what happened today as unacceptable and we're going to be striving to find strategies that will prevent actions like this from ever happening again. we'll be happy to take a few questions. reporter: who is on your dream team? who do you want at that round table come monday morning? mr. abbott: very importantly, we need to have people participating in this round table who will bring a diversity of ideas, strate

of pride for you, growing up in texas? >> not at all. i was in dallas when kennedy was killed. and it was a tremendous stigma. one of the reasons i fled the state, you know, shortly after that, because having -- you know, even being from texas at large, but especially being from dallas. dallas was taken down like no other american city in our history. >> all of after the assassination? >> yeah. and the idea -- i really felt alienated from the political scene in dallas, which was extremely right wing. but it was not a right winger that killed kennedy. it was a marxist and i had no idea we had a marxist in dallas. i hardly new any democrats, but it was -- it was awful being from dallas and being from texas then, and you know, and then when lyndon johnson was president. it was -- such, a lot of sneering that went on because of his accent and i know how self-conscious i felt the first time i heard myself trying to anish in language lab and talking through my nose like a real texan. i was done with that accent. >> and still hav

, the store clerk in texas, or the teacher in garland, texas, that i represent in the fifth district. where's their government subsidy program? this is anti-job, it is a food tax, it is income redistribution at its worst, and it is not commensurate with any free market principle i know. i urge all members to support the amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas eserves. ms. foxx: the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves. the chair: i'm sorry, thank you. the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. conaway: thank you, mr. chairman. we would point out that over half of sugar operate prague sesses in the united states have closed -- operating processes in the united states have closed. i yield to the gentleman one minute. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is a farm policy. farm policy. the farm policy is there to produce a policy so that the american farmers can go out and raise crops for the united states of america. to continue to produce the highest

texas has seen too many of these. we have seen deranged murderers, whether this morning here, whether a deranged bomber in austin murdering innocent people, or whether six months ago in sutherland springs, another evil criminal murdering innocent people. two weeks ago, i was back in sutherland springs at the dedication, the rededication of that church. on the six months anniversary of that horrific crime. and word of encouragement that i would give to the people of santa fe as you deal with this unimaginable grief is that in the wake of this horror, that community and this community came together, leaned on each other, stood side by side with each other, cried on each other's shoulders, held each other, prayed for each other, helped each other stand up. and i can tell you, in sutherland springs six months after the horror there was hope and joy. there was grief and mourning and loss, but there was also hope and joy. i'll tell the people of santa fe, you are right now being lifted up at this instant in prayers by milli

texas would not be texas without oil. 1901 outside beaumont it was gassy and schoolboys used to set iton fire it was gassy and schoolboys used to set it on fire time in texas history he came from one arm because he was in a fight with a deputy sheriff and he swore that he would twirl one --dash drill and find oil at 1000 feet. he had no evidence. he just made up the figure. but yet at 1046 feet -- 1026 feet there was an explosion that never happened before. they waited then he crawled back and then there was a roar and mud and starts flying out he wanted to produce find about to produce 50 barrels a day. 100,000 barrels per day flight 150 feet into the year. that was 1901 houston was calling himself the gateway to beaumont. [laughter] . . . . >> the texas company which had been established to take care of oil, not of the spindle to, rather than john d rockefeller's standard oil he leeward goal oil and then they did this with nominal risk. the plus the ship channel if you ask me what made texas, second imagination and energy that has transformed taxes and made it into what it is. >> i w

thoshberry of texas -- thornberry of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 905 the gentleman from texas and the gentleman from washington will each control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i have no speakers for this en bloc package. i urge its adoption and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: i too urge adoption and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the en bloc amendments are agreed to. the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman will suspend. just one moment. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek reck fligs? mr. thornberry: -- seek recognition? mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i move the committee no

texas has seen too many of these. we've seen deranged bombers murdering innocent people or six months ago in southerland springs, another evil criminal murdering innocent people. two weeks ago i was back in southerland springs at the dedication -- the rededication of that church on the six month anniversary of that horrific crime. the word of encouragement that i would give to the people of santa fe, as you deal with this unimaginable grief is that in the wake of this horror that community and this community came together, leaned on each other. stood side by side with each other, cried on each other's shoulders, prayed for each other. helped each other stand up. i can tell you six months after the horror, there was hope and joy, grieve and mourning and loss but also hope and joy. i'll tell the people of santa fe, you are right now being lifted up after this incident in prayers by millions of people across texas, across the country and across the world. in the public policy arena, we need to do everything humanly possi

and texas, i promise you, texas, we're going to be back. we will be back in 2019 and talk about these criminal justice reforms in the states and at the federal level and america is going to be a better place because of what jared and ivanka and people like van and topeka and you all have worked on together. god bless you, i'm in the fight.

texas has seen too many of these. we've seen deranged murderers, whether this morning here, whether a deranged bomber in austin murdering innocent people or whether six months ago in sutherland springs another evil criminal murdering innocent people. two weeks ago i was back in sutherland springs at the dedication, the rededication of that church on the six-month anniversary of that horrific crime, and the word of encouragement that i would give to the people of santa fe as you deal with this unimaginable grief is that in the wake of this horror, that community and this community came together, leaned on each other, stood side by side with each other, cried on each other's showuldershould each other. and six months after in sutherland springs, there was hope and joy. there was also grief and loss but there was also hope and joy. i tell the people in santa fe, you are being lifted up by millions of people in prayer from across the state of texas and across the world. we need to do everything humanly possible to stop th

one of them was in tyler, texas, and that was east texas pflag. pflag at that time stood for parents, family and friends of lesbians and gays. i had never heard of it, but i call the phone number, found out when and where their next meeting would take place, and on monday, april 10, 2000, i drove parkedepiscopal church, my car and just sat in it for a while, working up the courage to walk into a meeting of strangers and out myself to them. i was 61 and i had spent my whole life hiding the fact that i was gay. and i knew that my life would be changing after that evening. when i sat in my car that evening, i will have to admit that there was a certain curiosity on my part, as to what gays and lesbians looked like and acted like, because i was just as much a victim of misinformation as everybody else. when i eventually walked into that room of 20 52 30 people -- people, there was one empty chair next to the woman who is now my wife, renda mcwilliams. we were in a relationship for over 17 years now, and the last two, legally married. i have always fel

one of them was in tyler, texas and that was east texas pflag. i had never heard of it but i called their phone number and found out when and where their next meeting would take place and on monday evening, april 10 of 2000, i drove to st. francis of piscopo church, parked my car and just sat in it for a long time, working up the courage to walk into a meeting of strangers and out myself to them. at that time, i was 61 and i had spent my whole life hiding the fact that i was gay. and i knew that my life would be changing after that evening. when i sat in my car that evening i have to admit that there was a certain curiosity on my part as to what gays and lesbians look like and acted like you cause i was just as much a victim of misinformation as everybody else . when i eventually walked into that room of 25 to 30 people, there was one empty chair. a woman who is now my wife, brenda mcwilliams. we were in a relationship for over 17 years now and the last two legally married and i've always felt god was really watching over me that evening. that fi

deadly texas shooting. ten people are dead after a gunman opened fire inside of a texas high school. the teenage suspect a student is in custody. but did he act alone? search for explosives, the police say the gunman left behind a variety of explosive devices and there is an urgent search underway for more with residents urged to be on the lookout for suspicious items. >>> and the shooter's motive, why would a 17-year-old turn on fellow students? authorities say there are clues in his journal and cell phone and he left the social media footprint with chilling images. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news. a mass shooting at a high school. this time in texas. ten people are dead, ten others are wounded. a 17-year-old suspect is in custody, along with another person held as a possible accomplice. then it could have been worse. police say they found improvised explosives at the school and off campus. i'll speak with the h

fe, texas, it has happened again. another massacre at an american high school. >> he's actively shooting. he's in the art room. >> at least ten people are dead including nine students and a teacher. ten more are injured. some in critical condition after police say a student opened fire. >> i was scared for my life. nobody should go through this. nobody should be able to feel that in school. >> tonight, just three months after the massacre in florida that spurred a nationwide call to action, another community, a school that stood with parkland joins a tragic epidemic. >> also tonight, a horrific air disaster, over 100 dead and three survivors clinging to life as a passenger jet goes down moments after take off. >>> major health news, a game-changing new medicine approved by the fda, new help for millions who suffer from migraines. >>> and here comes the bride, hours from a royal wedding bonanza and american invasion tonight in windsor. is your alarm set? >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> go

we do appreciate the texas military forces and texas national guard in texas. they do a great job and in fact we have had them involved in border security operations from the beginning and we will continue to do it and recently they have been able to plus up. they bring with them not just the uh 72s but also other resources we can use in terms of observation, listening posts. i can did every to mr. judd in how important those things are to be able to deny cartel's access to those key issues. i will stop right now and move on. >> thank you, chairman. >> thank you. >> chair now recognizes mr. arthur for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch and members of the subcommittee, thank you for gnawed gnawed. >> make sure your mic is on. >> i should know that, shouldn't i? >> a caravan organized by immigrants rights group in the middle of march 2018 in top chula had grown to more than 1,000 people mostly who had do you know nationals. this was the eight year such caravan had been assembled but the most notable because of th

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thornberry of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 908, the gentleman from texas, mr. thornberry, and the gentleman from washington, mr. smith, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i'm pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from california, mr. rohrabacher. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. rohrabacher: i rise in upport of this legislation and especially this part of the bill which includes a provision that declares dr. afritty an international hero. for those who don't remember him, who now languishes in a pakistani prison, this was the brave soul who helped us identify osama bin laden, the mastermind of the slaughter of 3,000 americans on 9/11. trumped arhysed him on don't rr up charges and ignored by us, ignored by the world. this is an international hero. this is a man with courage. it is a disgrace that our country still has relations when pakistan rubs this in our face. i would hope that this congress and i'm glad -- thank you for putting this in the

public policy foundation they were on the lead of that in texas, and in texas we're going to be back in 2019. and we're going to talk about these criminal justice reforms in the states, and at the federal level, and america is going to be a better place because of what jared and ivanka and people like van and topeka and you all have worked on together. god bless you. i'm in the fight. [applause] >> i want to add -- just a minute. woo. i want to add to our great governor, secretary perry, i'm brook rollins and i'll be joining jared and a office of american innovation and eye can to at the white house in two weeks time. >> the governor told a great story of texas and not to correct you but we're at eight prisons closed in texas. but more importantly than that the crime rate in texas is down 30% since we have done that. texas' population has doubled. exploded. because of our great job growth, thanks to a great lead leader, but as far as the prison reform symptoms we have closed down eight prisons and completely changed licensing laws and probation laws. secretary acosta in miami you int

we need it in eastern texas, central texas, houston, dallas, austin and san antonio. but that's part of why, as dr. krapels said, texas leads the nation in wind power. one day a couple of years ago half of our energy was provided by wind. offshore corpus christi, texas, that wind whips 300 days a year. my question is for you, can you talk about how the model worked and if that's something we can do elsewhere? mr. gramlich: you are absolutely right. that model as well as the market structure overall as a model for the country. and we would be doing a lot better if we had the market model throughout the northeast and the rest of the areas as well as proactive transmission planning model that has accessed all of that wind and gas resources and serve gas resources out on western texas in the panhandle. it is a simple formula of identifying where general resources are and proactively building to those resource. the alternative that is often used in the other places is to wait one by one for all the little projects to connect and know one of them are going to build the tran

conaway of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 900, the gentleman from texas, mr. conaway, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. conaway: thank you, mr. chairman. h.r. 2 includes a substantive and forcible work requirement for work-capable individuals. waivers and exemptions were tightened to make sure little abuse. we've also heard from our conservative stake holds that are work fare is an important tool for e.p. participants. based on their feedback and explicit examples of where this has been implemented correctly this includes an establishment of that. it's good policy to send unexpended funds back to the treasury. this amendment does that. my colleagues on the other side said we did not count veterans, specific work force development programs as a part of h.r. 2. in addition to the provisions of h.r. 2 that's permitted, state-based veteran work force programs to count toward the work requirement, this amendment expands to include programs for veterans run by the department of labor and the depar

in the history of the state of texas. so beginning immediately, i'm going to be working with members of the texas legislature but also members of our communities across the entire state of texas to begin with roundtable discussions beginning next week, where we will assemble all stakeholders to begin to work immediately on swift solutions to prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. we want to hear from parents. we want to hear from students. we want to hear from educators. we want to hear from concerned citizens. we want to hear from those who hold the second amendment right in height steak. we want to hear from anybody who has an interest in what has happened today so that we can work together on putting together laws that will protect second women rights but at the same time ensure that our communities and especially our schools are safer places. these include things like speeding background checks, also including strategies to keep guns out of the hands of those who post an immediate danger to others incl

this is coming from the governor of the state of texas. he said there's two people police are talking to right now. one person on the scene and had a suspicious reaction to the events that unfolded. and another person they want information from. just behind me, david, this is the family reunification center. this is where parents are picking up their children. children in the school at the time of the shooting. you have to understand there are a lot of parents who have a lot of unanswered questions. wondering where their children are. tonight we can report one of the victims was a teacher. david. tom llamas leading us off tonight from texas. tom, thank you. you heard tom report on the explosives left both inside and outside the school. authorities believe the suspect booby trapped the area. hoping to inflict more damage. tonight what was in some of those bombs as they search his home as well. abc's marcus moore also in texas tonight. >> reporter: authorities tonight are digging through the suspect's house looking for evidence and unexplode

houston, texas. the same area hit very hard by hurricane harvey back in the late summer. we will continue our coverage next. the first survivor of alzheimer's disease is out there. i how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we'll keep -- oooooohhh! you stopped! you're gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. we have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. let's plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. prudential. bring your challenges. >> dana: all right, breaking news. we have more information, trace, and the viewers watching us today. there was the shooting in santa fe, texas, of a high school, at a high school there. nine people killed. students killed. one teacher. the "associated press" is now reporting that the shooting suspect is dimitrios pagourtzis.

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also, pete, in texas, we allow teachers to carry. we leave it up to the local school board and parents to make that decision. we have school districts that allow trained teachers to carry. when they are trained how to handle an active shooter for quite a few years. when i was at a hospital with a young man, i will leave his name private for now. he was shot twice. he was in the classroom. when the shooter came and shot him, he played dead and thought the shooter had moved and he got up and he was shot again. he will recover but had a series injury. i was there with ted cruz and greg abbott and there were a lot of student friends in there. they all said arm our teachers. the parents all said arm the teachers. next door to the art class was a marine substitute teacher who heard the noise, went out and saw the shooter and locked the door and protected his shooters, -- students. but he wasn't armed. some thing if that marine had been able to carry this that school district, he may have been able to stop that shooter. for those who say gu

, el fbi y el atf, el departamento de texas city, de houston.ue depende de la rapidez del sitio de los hechos penales puede ser investigado a fondo, con la preocupaciÓn de que en potencia existen dispositivos explosivos en el sitio de los hechos. eso es a lo que podemos solucionar en tiempo. en segundo lugar, es la necesidad de proveer conserjerÍa, asesoría a todos los involucrados. asesorÍa, conserjerÍa a familias, para cualquier vÍctima viva y para todos los estudiantes en esta escuela. yo dirÍa tambiÉn cualquier estudiante en todo el escolar que asÍ lo necesite. el condado estÁ proveyendo recursos con respecto a esto y tambiÉn por parte del estado. tendremos el nÚmero de consejeros asesores que necesite el distrito escolar. he tenido la oportunidad de reunirme con el superintendente del paquete escolar. fÉlix: vamos a ir a un cortecomercial y volvemos a una rueda de prensa. presentadora: estamos hablando de las personas que habÍan perdido la vida y 10 mÁs que estÁn lesionadas. de los 10 que perdiÓ la vida estamos hablando de nueve estudiantes

probably pretty common in texas.think there's a lot more digging that needs to go on here, and we need to know what the family knew. that's going to be the big question. >> getting more information. i want to go to our correspondent drew griffin who has been looking into the suspect's social media postings and a whole lot more. drew, i understand you have some new information? >> we are digging into his social media which has been mostly taken don. but -- down i want to add to the conversation in terms of early warnings and was there a warning, wolf? compared to all the other shootings we've covered, and we've covered a bunch of them. by this time, this is many hours after the shooting, we would have information on warning flags by friends. warning flags by police reports. warning flags not just on social media but other places. and i think what's striking about this case as we're about to show you is this suspect really was as the governor said earlier, a clean slate. >> pagourtzis, 17, had scant details of his life

deadly texas shooting.after a gunman opened fire inside of a texas high school. the teenage suspect a student is in custody. but did he act alone? search for explosives, the police say the gunman left behind a variety of

in the history of the state of texas. so beginning immediately, i'm going to be working with members of the texas legislature but also members of our communities across the entire state of texas to begin with round table discussions beginning next week where we will assemble all stakeholders to begin to work immediately on swift solutions to prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. we want to hear from parents, we want to hear from students, we want to hear from educators, we want to hear from concerned citizens, we want to hear from those who hold the second amendment right in high esteem. we want to hear from everybody who has an interest in what has happened today so we can work together on putting together laws that will protect second amendment rights but at the same time insure that our communities and especially our schools are safer places. these include things like speeding background checks, they also include strategies to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose an immediate danger to others.

in the history of the state of texas. >> for more i'm joined by representative joaquin castro of texas, shannon watts, founder of moms demanding action for gun sense. and greg pittman, a history teacher at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland. thank you all for coming here tonight. a grim night again. congressman, tell us what you know about this shooting by this 17-year-old down in texas? >> well, you know, that area is a small town, probably about 13,000 people on the edge of rural and suburban, and it's in between houston and galveston. and a fairly conservative area but, you know, just like any other place in america, you have students who are finishing off the school year, maybe just finished up with prom, getting ready for graduation. and then they're confronted with this massacre and this tragedy today. >> do most people in that area -- can you generalize and say whether or not they own shotguns? if they have weapons in their homes? >> generally in texas, you know, there are a lot of folks that hunt for sport. a lot of people do own either shotguns or handguns. so, y

i thank the gentleman from texas. today is a great day for north carolina's community financial institutions, small business innovators and, most importantly, our economy. i rise today in strong support of this rule that will bring a much-needed regulatory relief bill, s. 2155, to the house floor. the most damaging aspect of the dodd-frank bill was the additional and unnecessary regulatory burden placed on community financial institutions. and because of this, we've seen american consumers and small businesses struggle to get the credit and the support that they need. economic growth is held back because of dodd-frank. i am happy to report that relief is on the way, with the passage of s. 2155. mr. speaker, while i urge adoption of this rule and urge passage of this bill, i also look forward to working with our chairman and our leader, jeb hensarling, senator mike crapo, and senate democrats to craft a package of bills that focuses on capital formation. i offer any support i can to help bring that collection of bills

killed in this school shooting in santa fe, texas. this is a number that we're hearing from local affiliates on the ground. we have heard from our federal law enforcement sources there were multiple fatalities. but as i talked about before, this scene is still being processed. the tactical teams are still out there. while this is no longer an active shooter scene, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done on the law enforcement side. while we report eight numbers according to our local affiliates now, there is the possibility that number could grow. we have seen scenes unfortunately like this before. it was just a few months ago in the middle of february that we saw something like this in parkland, florida. where 17 people ended up being killed there. this is a very fluid situation here, kate. and we're trying to get as many details as we can. it is a mix of local officials on the ground who have been tweeting and talking with our local affiliates there, we're getting some information from federal law enforcement officials as

chairman, texas size. and yet -- >> it's very big. >> it is very big. >> huge. >> it represents a capital investment opportunity of 30, 40 billion dollars, big even by texas standards. and yet our transmission policy in the northeast is the opposite of that of texas. it is let the generators build and own the transmission which seems almost insane to me. we should do what texas did. we should learn from texas and build the transmission and plan the transmission first and then let the generators compete like hell to get access to that transmission. that's what you did and it works great. >> this is a great hearing so far. last question for you, you recently wrote a paper about new technologies that can optimize the transmission system in a much lower cost than building new transmission lines. can you briefly describe how that will work and to compare that for the costs to the consumer, what the benefits are of your plan? >> yes, thank you, congressman, for the question. i formed a coalition called the watt

this time in texas. a 17-year-old allegedly concealing a shotgun and a revolver under a trench coat. opening fire seemingly at random. abc's marcus moore is in santa fe with students who lived through it. >> reporter: as schools across america near the end of the academic year -- >> shots fired. >> more shots fired. additional shots fired. >> reporter: it has happened again. the recognizable dispatch audio. >> they're having a shooting at the high school, i have an officer down, shooter not in custody. >> reporter: the familiar images of loved ones clinging to one another. >> i've always kind of felt like eventually it was going to happen here too. >> reporter: this time in the small town of santa fe, texas, located just 30 miles southeast of houston. >> i didn't know what to think. i shouldn't be going through this at my school. this is my daily life. i shouldn't have to feel like that. i feel scared to even go back. >> it was nothing i would ever want another person to have to see. it was horrible. >>

the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hensarling: i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from minnesota, mr. emmer, the author of key regulatory relief provision for small banks and credit unions in s. 2155. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. emmer: mr. speaker,ed to has a rare opportunity to help millions of americans achieve their version of the american dream. the economic growth regulatory relief and consumer protect act is the most significant pro-growth deregulation bill this chamber has considered in years. it will reduce amount of red ape that prevents it will foster economic greth, make regulation efficient, effective and tailor and perhaps most importantly, it will empower individual americans to make independent financial decisions and informed choices in the marketplace. dozens of the provisions in senate 2155 originated here in the house and i'm pleased to see the text of my home mortgage disclosure adjustment act and the keeping capital local for

texas republican dan patrick. thank you for joining us. our thoughts and prayers have been with the town of santa fe. you have been speaking with family members and talking with survivors. how is the community doing? >> the community like texas is very strong, but obviously hurting, jake. there was a prayer vigil the other night. i will be joining governor abbott later this morning at a church service. this is a community that stands on the rock of faith. jake, in the last ten months texas has been through a lot. largest natural disaster with the hurricane and church shooting and now this. we stand strong together. we believe in our freedom and our liberties and second amendment. we will stand strong and we will stay together as a community as we have done for almost the last year in many crisis situations. >> we have also been following the latest developments about the shooting. is there any new information that you have learned about the tragedy either having to do with whatever sick motive the shooter had or h

texas, republican dan patrick. lieutenant governor, thanks so much for joining us. first of all, obviously our thoughts and prayers have been with the town of santa fe over the last few days. you've been there speaking with family members, talking to survivors. how is the community doing? >> the community, like texas, is very strong, but obviously hurting, jake. there was a prayer vigil the other night. i'll be joining governor abbott later this morning at a church service. and this is a community that stand on the rock of faith. you know, jake, in the last 10 months, texas has been through a lot. largest natural disaster with the hurricane, the largest church shooting and now this, and we stand together with a rock of faith and a rock of our constitution. we believe in our freedom and our libertys and our second amendment and we will stand strong and we will stay together as a community as we have done for almost the last year in many crisis situations. >> we've also been following, of course, the latest developme

we are following a high school shooting in texas. inside the school, we now know that several people are dead. at least eight have died. this is santa fe, texas we're talking about just outside of houston. the harris county sheriff just minutes ago said the majority of those killed were students. as for the person or people who did this, police say one person is in custody, another person is detained and that the situation at the school is now contained. here in washington, president trump said he is monitoring it from the white house and had these remarks a few minutes ago. >> unfortunately, i have to begin by expressing our sadness and heartbreak over the deadly shooting at santa fe high school in texas that just took place moments ago. we're close to monitoring the situation and federal authorities are coordinating with local officials. this has been going on too long in our country. too many years, too many decades now. we grieve for the terrible loss of life and send our support and love to everyone affected by this absolutely h