the chair: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from texas roiches. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. chairman, i believe we are lopsided on the time again. i would like to reserve. mr. barton: could we ask what the time differential is? the chair: the gentleman from texas has 20 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from new jersey as 14 minutes remaining. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. barton: at this time i'm very honored to recognize the distinguished chairman of the energy and commerce committee, from the great state of michigan, my good friend, mr. upton, for two minutes. chairman upton for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for two minutes. mr. upton: thank you, mr. speaker. i really thank chairman emeritus barton for doing a really significant good job on getting this bill, bipartisan support, and working so hard over the last 18 months or so. both in the last congress and this congress, to get this bill ready for the floor today. mr.

because we printed the textbooks, what texas and california wanted, the rest of the country got. texas did not adopt common core standards. they isolated themselves. i suspect that alone will make texas less influential in the future, when it comes to the materials produced for texas, they may not be to the standards that states use. >> so tell me to what extent do you know anecdotally that state school systems are moving from textbooks and going to original sources, to the web. >> i teach history and use original source documents, authentic documents, i use no textbook. in new york state they invested many millions in a system called engage mo engage new york, an open education influence. in other states, 20 million lessons have been downloaded, more than half from out of new york state. that is a glimpse of the diminishing influence of a place like texas, and the power of open educational resources. >> let's go after you, professor eriksson, you have ideas about solutions as we move forward, trying to make sure that history is correct when we are teaching it to our students. >>

the texas education controversy years in the making. this fall texas students got new social studies and history books. many critics say the books white wash history. a lot of these books could end up in classrooms nationwide. >>reporter: flip to a texas school back and this is what you might find. a caption that refers to african slaves as workers. >> it had africans and african americans and the atlantic slave trade as workers implying pay as if we had come here willingly and were paid to do our job. >>reporter: but that's not the only line causing controversy. there's also a section that depicts the biblical figure moses as being a major part of our founding principles in this country. >> you can't be selective in what you teach. it can directly affect how kids think. >>reporter: many parents and teachers are concerned. these books in texas often end up in schools across the country. >> about 15 minutes or so to complete this. california is number one. however, california often demands that its textbooks have a california narrative th

the chair: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from texas roiches. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: mr. chairman, i believe we are lopsided on the time again. i would like to reserve. mr. barton: could we ask what the time differential is? the chair: the gentleman from texas has 20 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from new jersey as 14 minutes remaining. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. barton: at this time i'm very honored to recognize the distinguished chairman of the energy and commerce committee, from the great state of michigan, my good friend, mr. upton, for two minutes. chairman upton for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for two minutes. mr. upton: thank you, mr. speaker. i really thank chairman emeritus barton for doing a really significant good job on getting this bill, bipartisan support, and working so hard over the last 18 months or so. both in the last congress and this congress, to get this bill ready for the floor today. mr.

. >> s that range the gamut from environmental to health. and texas been kind of at the center point of a lot of this issue. whether they're economic, environmental, political, texas is in the mix. >> when we think of texas we think big oil, not earthquakes like we're thinking of california. but they're experiencing seismic activity. >> so we got to see how one small town in texas is dealing with this big national issue. let's check it out. >> we were sitting in the living room one night watching tv and there was a tremendous explosion, it sounded like, and then the whole house shook. >> and the next day there was another one and then just kept coming. and that's whenever we realized we definitely have a problem. we should not be having earthquakes in texas. country. this is reno, texas. population 3200 and just 13 square miles long. if anyplace is small town america, reno is. residents know each other and they know something's changed in their town. >> see it's right here. look, actually let's kind of creep in here. right there see how my foot keeps

the pacific ocean. we will continue to put down huge amounts of rain in parts of texas. it's going to be a fairly good soaker north. for the rest of the country, southeast going to continue to drive high pressure continuing to dominate. the great lakes and ohio valley will continue to be dry as well with another quick shot of cooler air. not cold air but cooler as we head through tonight and early part of tomorrow, you can see the rain spread through the dakotas and parts of minnesota, iowa and into missouri. the heaviest pressure will keep some pressure in the four corner region. some of that will be snow in the higher elevations. heading through the day tomorrow, you can see high pressure along the northeast gulf, keeping things dry in that area. dry up and down the eastern seaboard. the center of the country continues to be moist with that system moving through. high pressure coming in once again for the pacific northwest. here's the precipitation estimate over the past 24 horus. already huge amounts eastern new mexico and western texas and much of that area. adding on

. >>> and you'll meet the texas the internet. >> someone just call brian wilson! >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. thanks for joining us. i'm anne-marie green. >>> well, there were few new revelations about the benghazi attack following hillary clinton's 11-hour grilling by a republican reason controlled congressional committee. clinton was pressed about the events surrounding the deaths of four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. the mood was contentious. >> hillary clinton helped to close the book on one of the darkest chapters of her time as secretary of state with her testimony. some of the most tense moments, though, happened when she was questioned about her use of a private e-mail account. hillary clinton heads back to the campaign trail today after being grilled by lawmakers investigating the 2012 benghazi attacks. in testimony that spanned 11 hours, clinton managed to avoid political missteps. >> i thought more about what happened than all of you put together. i've lost more sleep than all of you

the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: it's my pleasure to yield one minute to the distinguished republican majority leader, mr. mccarthy of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: i want to thank the chairman for yielding. we are having a debate, a healthy debate, but i don't think this is the structure where we or the forum in which we should have the debate about this. because we don't have the options for amendment. i think there's a better way to do this. the argument today and people have two views, but the real question the debate we are having comes down to this, do we let government pick and choose who we give special taxpayer loans to or not? i believe the constituents know what the right choice is. they don't want their tax dollars backing up loans for any businesses. that's not the government's job. the private sector can and should do that and the economy does best when the government is left out. when government gets involved trying to centrali

now the remnants of fatreasury are going to hit texas. what are we expecting to see there. >> we have already seen the flash flooding in texas. the focus will be on the gulf coast as the moisture moves its way eastward sunday into monday. flash flood watches are out. again, we went from flooding to drought and back to flooding in a lot of these locations and locally, especially around houston, jim, we could talk about over 10 inches of rain. so everyone needs too have been cautious about the potential of flash flooding. >> axelrod: eric smith forecasting and explaining the weather for us, thank you. now a major shake-up in education. today, president obama called on the federal government to change course on standardized testing. he says he wants more emphasis-- learning and left on test scores. now now from julianna goldman in washington. >> learning is about so much more than just filling in the right bubble. >> reporter: in a video posted on facebook, president obama acknowledged his administration has contributed to a problem across th

the heaviest stuff is in big thunderstorms in parts of texas. lingering low pressure will keke some pressure in t t four corner region. some of that will be snow in the higher elevations. heading through the day tomorrow, you can see high pressure along the nortrtast gulf, keeping things dry in that area. dry up and down the eastern seaboard. the center of the country continues to be moist with that system moving through. high pressure coming in once again for the pacific northwest. here's the precipitation estimate over the past 24 horus. already huge amounts eastern new mexico and western texas and much of that area. adding on the next 36, we're going to continue to add i mean some of these areas are ing to see 10 inches of rain unfortunately. some of these areas are in a severe drought which will help somewhat. you don't need it that quickly. texas under the guguthere. parts of o oahoma as well. againinhe rain farther north is nice with most areas with an inch or two, perhaps in some of the northern plains states. there's the temperatures. big

the 21st time in his career. over 3,000 yearsards passing didn't play against texas tech last season. return for the game against clemson. the brutal loss by oklahoma to the tigers. he got beat out by mayfield for the preseason. final six minuteses plus. ross again. close to the sticks. trevor kght the mvp. alabama got knocked out by auburn in the de facto sec west title game. so aot of people thought they were dragging a litt bit going into the ball game. if they were dragging, they took full advantage with four touchdowns and 348. >> kelly: one of the sharpest, most efficient performances i've seen out of a quarterback. trevor knight was unreal. it elevated the expectations going into 2014 at a level they weren't ready to ascend to. they fell off in 2014. >> adam: knights keeps it first down. both teams had disappointing times last year. texas tech had a hot start to the year and a cold finish. they go 4-8. oklahoma had won ten games or more, end up going 8-5 after they got off to a good start. there was a lot o disappointment in these two programs at the end of last season. you got

the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from virginia. >> i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. mr. smith: i yield two minutes to a member of the science committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you for your leadership on this issue. mr. speaker, i rise tonight in support of the read act. i rise as a husband of a special education teacher and not just any special education teacher, one that has a real passion for helping children with reading disabilities and research-based interventions are used with children with dyslexia. it is the most common learning disability. it estimated to affect one out of six u.s. school children. this learning disability causes difficulty with reading comprehension, math and a variety of subject matters. students should receive re searched-based instruction so they have the ability to succeed. a bill that requires the national science foundation to fund dyslexia research. it will strengthen interventions and development of tool

the next panel here in texas will begin shortly. it's an author discussion on artificial intelligence. now, while we're waiting for the author and the audience to get ready, we want to show you some of our past coverage from the texas book festival. in 2010 sam harris talked about his book, "the moral landscape." here's a short portion. >> as you know, as many of you know, i've spent the last few years publicly criticizing religion. and when you do that, you immediately discover all the reasons why people think that's a bad idea. [laughter] and they're not so many reasons. and the first reason is almost never that there's so much evidence for the existence of god. not even fundamentalists tend to lead off with a story about the empty tomb or the textual reasons why the bible is probably written by the creator of the universe. what you hear from people on every point of the spectrum of belief is that religion is the only way to think about morality and human values in universal terms. now, i used to think that was an entirely empty cl

the u-s. corsicana, texas... about 55 miles south of dallas... received 16 and a half inces of rain overnight friday... saturday morning found emergency personnel trying to free two union pacific employees from their overturned train. the freight derailed after it was partially submerged by floodwaters... waters that t stranded driversrs too. (stranded driver): "as you can see i have and i didn't think i could make it. and so i stopped and like freaked out and called 911. and they were like, just stay there." houston could be particularly hard- hit. forecasters predict ththcity might receive up to 12 inches of rain over the weekend, and into monday. the mayor says localized street flooding could make things dangerous for residents. (mayor annise parker, houston, tx): "we want to make sure that once that rain starts, that we decide to stay home." that rain is coming...and officials fear elevated tides will add to the risk of severe flooding. i'm steve nannes reporting. deborah: hallloween is one e week away... but those who wanted to get their spoo

history and how the sport overshadows the political and social landscape of odessa texas. >> good afternoon. i'm the host here at book people. we are pleased to be presenting the author buzz h.g. bissinger whose writing has appeared in "the new york times," sports illustrated, "vanity fair" and various others. his previous books include a prayer for the city three nights in august, shooting stars and father's day. he is the recipient of the two bit surprising is here today on the 25th anniversary of his book friday night lights a talented team in the dream. fourth in the list and the best book ever on the football. espn called it the best book on sports over the past quarter century. we are very pleased to have him here following tonight's events will be happy to take a couple of questions and afterwards we will be signing. without further ado please help me welcome buzz. [applause] connector that is one hell of a magazine. [laughter] >> it's nice to save the best for last. i've been on book tours for two weeks if they are tricky. and i've thought about this. i'm 60-years-ol

he also somehow miraculously found himself with a coveted spot in the air national guard unit in texash the sons of other prominent families, rather than in a jungle in southeast asia. in that campaign, despite all that back and forth and lots more besides, ultimately poppy bush and dan quayle won that election. they lost the next one to bill clinton who had his own controversies around his own decisions around the vietnam service or lack thereof. bill clinton went on to serve for two terms as president. by the time the republican party was ready to take the white house back again, the republican candidate was the next time around the aforementioned george w. bush, poppy bush's son. the story of his service, how he got that spot, what was the character of his service once he was in the texas air national guard. that issue simmered as sort of an intriguing, back burner biographical/political story through out his first effort to become president and after 9/11, the start of the iraq war, democrats picked john kerry to run against george w. bush in 2004. when republicans and conservative

the soybean exports. what's it mean for markets. we'll talk about it in profit briefing. and these texas farmers are trying their hand at growing a tiny seed with big potential. agdaybrought to you by the dependable, long lasting chevy silverado. and by the enlist weed control system from dow agrosciences. good morning i'm clinton griffiths. the government updates its winter outlook, powered by el nino. and it could bring additional moisture to the southern tier. but relief to drought-plagued west coast may be limited. forecasters at noaa's climate prediction center issued the u-s winter outlook. this year's el ni-o -which forecasters describe as one of the strongest on record -is expected to influence weather and climate patterns this winter by shifting the position of the pacific jet stream. and while el nino can exert a lot of influence over winter weather. cold-air outbreaks can be difficult to predict. agday meteorologist mike hoffman is tracking this closely for us. mike. clinton. the climate prediction center breaks-out the forecast into three categories -precipitation, temperatur

the gentleman from texas. mr. hensarling: it's my pleasure to yield one minute to the distinguished republican majority leader, mr. mccarthy of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: i want to thank the chairman for yielding. we are having a debate, a healthy debate, but i don't think this is the structure where we or the forum in which we should have the debate about this. because we don't have the options for amendment. i think there's a better way to do this. the argument today and people have two views, but the real question the debate we are having comes down to this, do we let government pick and choose who we give special taxpayer loans to or not? i believe the constituents know what the right choice is. they don't want their tax dollars backing up loans for any businesses. that's not the government's job. the private sector can and should do that and the economy does best when the government is left out. when government gets involved trying to centrali

why it's led the t-c-u football team and an entire texas community to get behind her. and it's a big weekend for the republican party of iowa. hear about its new event...the why ten of the republican presidential candidates will be at one des moines event tomorrow. this new event is called the "growth and opportunity party". crews put last minute touches on the varied industries building at the state fair grounds today. doors open at 10-30 tomorrow morning. ten of the republican candidates will speak to the thousands expected to attend. ben carson, donald trump and john kasich will not be there... organizers say they were invited but had scheduling conflicts. 51:35-51:57 it's going to be a mixture of the typical event, but in addition it's going to be sort of a fair or festival time. so people will be up and moving around. go to each booth. kids can come dressed and go trick or treating from booth to booth. we want time. we let their feet get cold. the three candidates not attending will still have information booths. the event is scheduled to run until three o'clock. t

. >>> and the new concerns in texas. the brutal one-two punch over 20 million in the flash flood zone as the storm sets its sights on water-logged texas. >> gone. >> some parts already hit by more than a foot of rain. streets as deep as rivers. >> look how quickly dallas has gone from drought to a flash flood. >> highways shut down. residents stranded. we have team coverage of this dangerous weather event right now. >>> live from abc news in new york, saturday, october 24th, 2015, this is "good morning america." >> good morning, and we are coming on the air in the midst of a major breaking weather story. the most powerful hurricane ever to hit the western hem sfees threatening mexico and texas. >> we want you to take a look at this video. a truck flipping over in the the storm made land fausm overnight. it's dangerous and already headed to texas. a state dealing with devastating floods. >> we are team coverage with rob standing by in texas. but we're going to start here with matt gutman on the ground in mexico. matt? >> r

the california main freeway of i-5. remarkably no reports of injuries. >>> in texas, the trouble is fire. e burning in drought ridden central texas. it is already burned six square miles and wiped out homes and threatens others. the fire is 25% contained. the texas governor ordered additional resources to fight it. >> they have been stepped up working around the clock to try to contain this fire. they have been dealing with challenges and shifting winds that caused it to go in different directions. they have a singular goal and that is to try to eliminate the fire as quickly as possible to reduce the extent of damages. >> exactly what caused the fire is still not known. >>> the rain that fell in california is heading east. will it hit texas where it needs that water? let's turn to meteorologist karen maginnis. >> one event that was so isolated because of terrain and because we have seen drought conditions there and burn areas. that's why we saw the severe mudslide along the congested portion of i-5. most of the state of california is in severe to exceptional drought. look at eastern texas.

dropped 8% over the last week. >> thanks, hena. >>> still ahead in the morning newsstand, meet the texas law hawk. we will show you the motorcycle riding lawyer whose commercials have become an internet hit. unfortunately, many people who spread it may not know they have it. it's called whooping cough. and the cdc recommends everyone, including those around babies, make sure their whooping cough vaccination is up to date. understand the danger your new grandchild faces. talk to yoyo doctor or pharmacist about you and your the country. >>> one person is dead and two wounded, following a shooting at tennessee state university in nashville last night. it was apparently prompted by an argument over a dice game. authorities say there's no indication of an active shooter. it's not known if the shooting victims are students or how severely they were injured. >>> well, students are arrested in connection with an attack at an ole miss frat house. >>> a texas lawyer draws attention for his wheels of justice. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. > "the washington popo" reports

the last three days. flood watches now extend from texas into louisiana. effectively putting more than 15 million people in the south on high alert. nbc's janet has the latest in houston. >> reporter: off the rails, a freight train overturns in north texas after the track is submerged in floodwaters near corsicana. two crew members escape by swimming to higher ground. >> corsicana just got inundated with so much rainfall. >> reporter: more than 18 inches turned roads into rivers. shutting down a section of interstate 45 that runs through the community. traffic at a standstill for 12 months. the floodwaters swirled around them trapping them in the cars. >> the car was being pushed by the wind. we can't see and can't control the car. >> reporter: with every resource on the road, first responders could barely keep up with the calls for help. >> i've never seen it like this. i coast be gigin to tell you how many high-water rescues we made today. >> reporter: floodwaters making travel difficult and dangerous. and more delays at texas airports tonight. after hund

future radar lights up along the texas coastline. typically, it rains heavier down there. we have a mich feed coming in from patricia and another storm that is coming in from the west. and a big rainfall likely to continue here. have gone from drought to flood here in a hurry. letting up. >> you might need a kayak next time we see you. stay safe. for more grorks to abcnews.com. >>> we want to the move now to the race for the white house. and donald trump lashing out over night at doctor ben carson who for the first time is leading trump in the polls in the key state of iowa. meanwhile, hillary clinton is on a roll and she is prepared to celebrate at a rally with katy perry. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, a very good morning for hillary clinton. she is hitting the trail with benghazi behind her. and tonight, she parties with katy perry. now benghazi is behind her, she is all smiles. >> i'm not running for bill clinton's term. i'm running for my first term. >> reporter: she turned it to her advantage. >> you going to be able t

, taught at vanderbilt and texas a&m before joining faculty at the university of texas in austin where he holds the chairmanship in history, he has written 25 books and cotton or edited five others including a number of bestsellers, two finalist for the pulitzer prize, the first of which is traded his class, the privileged life and medical presidency of franklin delano roosevelt and the first american:the life and times of benjamin franklin. with the publication of his biography of ronald reagan which brings us here today he has now completed a six volume history of america as told through biography. maybe the first of its kind. finally, i am almost certain this is the first of its kind, he is in the middle of tweeting a history of the united states in haiku form. [laughter] and as of thursday when i last checked the has gone up to 1948 with this week on truman's executive order to desegregate the military. truman pushed the cause ordering the pentagon to retire jim crow. so my first question for you is whether you are looking forward to or dreading

too deep into gang territory in the border town of el paso, texas, the boys, teenagers, hurried down a side street toward home. going to the party had been a bad idea. >> i was like, "we gotta get home." and then there it was out of nowhere, the car, the screaming, the sudden burst of gunfire. i was just like, "am i living a nightmare?" this a nightmare? i'm gonna wake up soon! >> reporter: in a bad neighborhood in a town in west texas, two innocent lives were snuffed in one violent moment and a strange story went into deep hibernation as much in the grave as those poor boys. for 12 long years. and then one day in 2005, in sunny el paso -- a place where a person could look ahead, build a business, fall in love -- a man walked into a bank and, that old resurrection. >> you were a teller? >> i was a bank teller, yes. >> reporter: her name was lucy and for some time, as she couldn't help but notice, a particular customer turned up at almost all the teller windows except her's. >> he was a very, very attractive man. we knew he had a business, so he >> reporter: and then one february morn

let the truth fall where it may. ♪ >>> on the south side of san antonio, texas, late on a fall eveningn 1984, a murder was about to take place. >> the neighborhood was very tough. there's street gangs all over the place. people talk about mexican mafia. >> in a small half-built house slept two construction workers, 19-year-old juan moreno and 25-year-old pedro gomez. >> they were spending the night there because, i believe, the owner of the house had a water heater stolen. so he had asked them to stay there to protect his property as he built this house. >> but juan and pedro were about to have unexpected company. >> what happened that particular night, these two decided to go into the house. one of them sneaked in through a window, opened the back door for the other guy. the other guy had a rifle. >> the robbers turned on a light and discovered juan and pedro sleeping on the floor. >> juan moreno was hit on the head with the rifle. the other guy wakes up. he had a gun underneath the pillow. he reaches for it. >> when pedro gomez reached under there, that's when day say they unloaded o

the fire is 25% contained. texasovernor has ordered additional resources to fight it. >> they have been stepping up and working around the clock to try to contain this fire. they have been dealing with challenges and shifting winds to cause it to go in different directions. they have a singular goal. that is to try to eliminate the fire as quickly as possible to reduce the extent of damages. >> what caused the fire is still unknown. >>> the rain that fell in california is heading east. will it make it to texas? let's turn to meteorologist karen maginnis. >> one event that was isolated because of terrain and drought conditions there and burn areas. that's why we saw that severe mudslide along that congested portion of interstate 5. most of the state of california is in severe to exceptional drought. look at eastern texas. we are seeing extreme drought there. the big fire about 4,000 plus acres. no relief in sight. in southern california, still keeping that cut off area of low pressure in the weather picture, but most

it passed through and got out into the atlantic gulf coast would strengthen and would take aim at the texas coast probably somewhere within 100 miles of galveston i'm a journalist and i understand what that means for people of faith in washington and beyond but again i'm not arguing the point of seems a bit unusual and i think unusual that i'm writing a book. it's about to me what is the larger journey of life. "after words" airs every sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous programs on the website booktv.org. ..

it is the oldest dance fall in texas, one hour west of austin. it opened to the public in 1870. it's estimated 1,000 dance halls were built in texas between the late 1800s and the early 1900s. now just 400 still stand and only two operate daily. lukkenback dance haul and this one, gruene hall in new brawn fel where willie nelson still uses a window entrance when he performs. when it comes to preserving texas' decaying dance halls james white broken spoke is still rolling. >> no matter who it is, nobody has to plan where they are at. they know darn well they are not at carn eggee hall. >> all we're going to do is. >> reporter: and that's true texas talking from a cowboy dedicated to saving what's left one two-step at a time. david begnaud, cbs news, austin. >> glor: that is the cbs evenin. later on cbs, "60 minutes." and first thing tomorrow, 6-- cbs this morning. i'm jeff glor in new york. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org or possible flash >>> most of the bay area can't buy a drop of rain but tonight thunderstorms have one city b

west for the texas rangers. as they win 9-2. not the only texas team to qualify for the post season. the houston astros clinching the wild card berth after the rangers beat the angels in that game. houston, a great young team they are. 100-loss seasons. there's jose altuve. he and the astros on the to new dallas keuchel will have to win on the road. it's on espn, tuesday, that's tomorrow, 8:00 eastern. >>> nfl week four. saints-cowboys. let's dispense with the regular play. the first four quarters. we're in overtime. this is the second play of joefrt time. drew brees to c.j. spill person missed tackle. 80 yards for the winning touchdown. 26-20. the 400th career touchdown pass for drew brees. >>> remind you, more highlights. "sportscenter," 9:00 ooma.m. eastern. >> it was a great game. >>> next up, pouring drinks and singing. hillary clinton's surprise appearance on "saturday night live." >>> plus, small but tough. a dog take on two bears. as my diabetes changed, it got harder to control my blood sugar. today, i'm asking about lev

the johnson pick. caroli: and she, remember, held those teas all across texas and insisted on shaking hands with all the 400 or 500 women who showed up. and after texas did go for kennedy-johnson in 1960, didn't robert kennedy say, "mrs. johnson won texas for us?" roberts: right. swain: when approached during campaigning about the catholic issue, how did mrs. johnson reply to people? caroli: i'm not sure i ever heard her reply to that question. roberts: i don't think it was a question that would have been addressed to her, you know. it was -- it was much more either sotto voce or it was directed to the kennedys. swain: next call is from john in charleston. hi, john, you're on. john: good evening. how are y'all? caroli: good. roberts: we're great. thank you. john: good. i appreciate c-span having the "first ladies" series. one question i had was -- you highlighted a little bit about it. but how was mrs. johnson treated on the lady bird express? i know she came to charleston, 1964. i believe congressman boggs accompanied her with congressman mendel rivers, who was a big powerful congressman in the state.

the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: mr. speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. thornberry: i make three brief poivents. number one as this debate goes on it's increasingly clear the real debate is about budget and appropriations not about this bill. secondly, i'm one of those who voted to continue to fund the government because i think it's essential that we pay our troops and there be no lapse in that. unfortunately, we have today the white house playing politics with national security and i think that's what makes an ultimate agreement harder. finally, the president was short in funding israeli missile defense. we fully fund israeli missile defense in this bill and it should be supported. mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the distinguished chairman of the tactical air and land forces subcommittee, the gentleman from ohio, mr. turner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. turner: t