surely the united states government is capable of that. in the united states of america, we must work to secure our border in a manner that reflects our values. and i'm committed to working with anyone on comprehensive bipartisan immigration reform. mr. president, separating children from their families was an abhorrent policy to pursue. and it will forever mark a dark and shameful period in our country's history. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california is recognized. a senator: i want to thank senator merkley for bringing us all together, what i would address, senator hassan, one of the dark marks in the history of our country. rise today to call attention to what has clearly been a human rights abuse committed by the united states government. ms. harris: and that is this outrageous and inhumane separation of children from their parents at the border. this morning thousands of children woke up without their parents not knowing where they were, not knowing when they would see them again, no

about their own family history, about their own parents or grandparents coming here to the united states of america, placing themselves in the situation of how they might have suffered had president trump been in offic e when their families came to the shores of the united states, if they had been separated from their parents when they arrived. so it really helps sometimes to put yourself in the shoes of others to recognize that virtually all americans outside of our -- outside of our native americans, virtually all of us have roots that involve families fleeing persecution, fleeing civil war, fleeing religious oppression, fleeing starvation, coming here to the united states of america. when they came to the united states, they knew that the general principle of our country was to treat them with respect and dignity. it's always been symbolized by lady liberty. lady liberty who says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. now, that quote is the one we all know from emma lazarus, but her poem inscribed on the statue of liberty has some other powerful lines. like

speaking foreign language] translator: we are approaching the end of the meeting between the leaders of the soviet union and the united states of americathe fourth such meaning and three years. the visits of the united states president to our country is drawing to a close. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: the president and i have summed up the results of a dialogue between our two countries at the highest level. we have discussed both the immediate and longer-term prospects for soviet-u.s. relations. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: we have signed documents which record what has been achieved, and provide guidelines for the future. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: among them, a historic place will belong to the ratification documents to andtreaty on shorter range intermediate missiles. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: the exchange a few minutes ago of the instruments on ratification means that the e ra of nuclear disarmament has begun. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: assessing the work done over the past few days, we can state our satisfaction, save that what is happening these days in

of great uncertainty. i came here to say we stand with you, and i will not rest until the job is done and you have your american citizenship in the united states of america. >> [applause] rep. gutierrez: graduates of northeastern, we need to continue the immigrant experience by saying muslims are welcome in the united states of america. >> [applause] rep. gutierrez: we will keep the diversity program open, so that africans can come as free men to women, and not as labels this nation. 12 million undocumented workers who work tirelessly to make this nation greater, we will say too there will one day be a door for you to walk through, and we will not rest until that is accomplished. >> [applause] rep. gutierrez: i want to talk just a little bit about puerto rico. for eight months, the people of puerto rico has struggled to have electricity, water, schools, medicine, and a roof over their head. the island is nowhere near ready for the next hurricane season. i cannot express to you the pain and the great sadness that watching people suffer for so long has brought me. connected in- i am a profound way to the homeland of my father and mother, as many of you are

delivering every day on his promise to protect faith and restore freedom all across america, the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] as you are all aware, the president spent the last 2 days at the g7 summit in canada, putting america first. now, the eyes of the world are on our president,herals to singapore for a historic summit between the united states and north korea. what the president calls "a mission of peace." after years of failed policy, the president took a strong stand with our allies, to bring unprecedented economic and diplomatic pressure to bear on the regime in pyongyang. after month of steadfast american leadership, strong words and actions, things began to change. north korea participated in the olympics and held a groundbreaking summit with south korea. they suspended all nuclear and ballistic missile testing with no concessions from the u.s. and north korea released three american hostages who arrived home just a few weeks ago. [applause] now comes a historic summit between the president of the united states and chairman kim of north korea. as presi

the motto of the air force is, aim high, fly, flight, win. george keefe did that for nearly a half century. of the united states of america, i want to thank him for his distinguished service to our nation. my thoughts and prayers today are of the united states of america, i want to thank him for his with his sons gary, jim patrick, tim, and their families. may he rest in peace. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. i am delighted to congratulate biscayne engineering as it celebrates its 120th anniversary this year. located in my congressional district, biscayne engineering is one of the oldest if not the oldest business in the city of miami, and the oldest land surveying firm in south florida. over 100 years ago, two partners, j.s. fed rick and w. e. brown, established the company just two years after the city was incorporated in 1898, and made the first official map of the city of miami ju

the southern border of the united states. and on the world stage, it has been america's strength as well. esident donald trump has stood without apology as leader of the free world. you saw that at the g7 summit the last two days. the truth is, america is once again standing with our allies and standing up to our enemies. this president for instance, he promised to take the fight against radical islamic terrorism on our terms, on their soil. thanks to the leadership of our commander in chief, i am proud to report isis is on the run, their caliphate has crumbled, and we are on the verge of driving isis from the face of the earth! [applause] [crowd chanting, usa! usa!] vice pres. pence: god bless our troops. this president stood up to the leading state sponsor of terrorism when he withdrew the united states of america from the disastrous event a nuclear -- iran nuclear deal. and said, no more. [applause] this president also stood with our most cherished allies. unlike other presidents succeeding administrations, who made similar promises, president donald trump kept his word when last month,

sessions to put on his big boy pants and to do what he is supposed to do as the attorney general of the united states of america. or else. >> we still have another report, the intelligence surveillance act report we are expecting. >> sean: 18 months away? >> it's not going to matter at that point.

this is the united states of america! we now have reports that parents are being deported, but the trump administration is keeping their children here. 2018. in america. we do not need legislation. this is a policy. and understand this, this was a policy invented, implemented, and executed by president donald trump. so, in conclusion, mr. chairman, we need you. those children need you. and i'm talking directly to my republican colleagues. we need you to stand up to president trump. we need you to join us in telling him that we reject this mean policy. we need you to tell him to abandon this policy. we need you to remind him that this is the united states of america, and it is a great country, and we need you to stand up for those children. and with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> gentleman from maryland yields back. gentleman from virginia's recognized. >> we are here to shed light on decisions that have terribly tarnished the reputation of our chief law enforcement institutions and undermine americans' confidence in

that this is the united states of america in the 21st century. and there is another colleague who has that this is the united states of america in the something that she'd like to share. she's the gentlelady from the 12th congressional district of new york, a member of the congressional progressive caucus, the honorable carolyn maloney. mrs. maloney: thank you. i want to thank my good friend and colleague from the great for of york, ms. clarke, organizing this incredibly important special order. her mother and i served together on the city council. she was one of my best friends there. she's one of my best friends here. i'd say that they have been major leaders in the immigrant community, thrick from the caribbean -- particularly from the caribbean where her mother was born and been a leader n all forms of social justice 20 -- a leader in all forms of social justice in the 20th century. throughout history we have been a nation in which the -- the world's oppressed and vulnerable look to for hope, a beacon of light signaling a better life. the zero

the state of texas. connected by the rio grande river to renosa, mexico. forming one of these extraordinary binational communities that distinguish our connection with mexico, with the state of texas, for the united states of america. and i was able to visit the border patrol station in mcallen, texas, which is the busiest border patrol station in the country. and i happened to be there during the busiest shift during that day in that busy station. and i was able to spend some time with the amazing women and men of the border patrol. who have one of the toughest jobs that i can imagine, of keeping our country safe, of protecting our communities and the families within our communities. and of meeting those who are at their most desperate, most vulnerable moment in their lives. people who have fled terror and violence, death and -- death in their countries to come to ours, to seek asylum, to seek safety, to seek refuge. and in that border patrol station i had the ability to meet a family, a young mother and her young child, who had fled honduras and had traveled more than 2,000 miles to come to this country. and because they presented themselves to border patrol agents, didn't try to flee from them, went to those bo

much pain and destruction in the united states of america. [applause] bottom line is we are sending $1 billion a year at the local, state and federal level to lock the fellow americans. and it makes a lot of sense to conservatives, to progressives to be investing in education and jobs in this country rather than in more jails and more incarceration. the most interesting fact of what's going on in congress right now is the incredible degree to which congress ignores the will of the american people .

sure the example i said as a leader is consistent with the great values of our state and the great founding values of the united states of america. thank you so much for your help. you did it. >> look at those people there. thank you. thanks, guys. thanks, guys. ank you. you're so kind to be here. thank you. thanks for coming by. ♪ >> here is a look at once live on the c-span networks. we are also excited work on immigration legislation was this week. that is on c-span. on c-span2, the senate continues debate on the farm bill, and on testing and development secretary ben carson testifies at a hearing at 10:00 a.m. eastern. delta0 p.m., the ceo of airlines because the national press club. and thenobert wie will take questions at a confirmion hearing at the senate veterans affairs committee at 2:30 eastern. fbi director christopher wray and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testify thursday before the house judiciary committee about actions. -- c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. washington journal is next. coming up, congressman tom cole of oklahoma on immigration and border security. the and the

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that's the jeff sessions, donald trump, john kelly policy of the united states of america. when i heard about this, i didn't really believe it was possible that we could adopt, any administration could adopt a policy of inflicting deliberate trauma onto children. there is no moral cod the world that supports such an action. there is no religious tradition on our beautiful planet that supports such an action. but there it was, the decision to create a deterrence from peopleomg to our shores by mistreating the children who have already arrived. mistreat the child today, deter so family abroad from ever bout coming. that is a dark stain on america. this strategy of deliberate harm to children. so last sunday, a week ago sunday, i went down to find out is this really true? so i went to a detention center and gain admission to the detention center. now, the detention center is a large space split into different yo ce can call them cells of fencing. fencing posts, chain-link fencing. the first room that i went into had smaller cells, maybe 12 by 12r 15 by 15. they looked like cage

the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, mr. green. please place your right hand over your heart and stand. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. duncan, is recognized for one minute. mr. duncan: thank you, mr. speaker mr. speaker, i rise today to welcome our guest chaplain, reverend dr. alexander campbell. alex, to those who love him, he's of christ reform church in anderson, south carolina. in 2007, dr. campbell and his family moved from columbia south carolina, anderson, to become the senior pastor of christ anderson, south has served the carolina. his masters of divinity in 2001. and his doctorate oministry from reform theological seminary in charlotte, north carolina, in 2015. in addition, he's a chaplain and south carolina state guard where he faithfully serves and is wearing his uniform today. he's married to his wonderful wife, nancy, his children, some of which are joining us in the gallery for this special moment. i'm proud to j

about our unique standing in the world and the opportunities and responsibilities that, as a result of that mandate. from its very creation the united states of america has played a vital role in world leadership . our founding fathers showed how a band of colonies break free, holy break free from the despot monarchy but to build a functional democracy, built on a sturdy scaffold of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. >> the entrenched this hollow field of principle within our declaration of independence. making america the first country in the world to be born bottom-up accident of geography or tried with an idea, a powerful idea, the idea of you . more than 100 years later, that the turn of the 20th century, one would be called the american century, president theodore roosevelt used his inaugural address to highlight america's role. the country had broken free from tyranny hmoral obligation to help others do likewise. >> that has been us, he said, and what will rightfully be expected from us. we have duties to others and duties to ourselves and we sure neither. >> we have become a great nation. by the fact of its werichness into relations w

every great nation, even the greatest nation in the history of the world like the united states of america, has moments of extraordinary shame, times when it loses its moral compass and takes the wrong direction. we can remember them in our nation's history and one was the internment of japanese children thrown into world war ii era detention camps and imprisoned in effect with their parents. almost every lawyer in the united states of america and most citizens know the name coramatsu because it was a moment of shame for this country. ending family separation, the process of tearing children away from their moms and dads, is a welcome and humane step, butt butted-- but the solution should not be indiscriminate and indefinite detention of children. family separation should not be replaced by family imprisonment. there is no moral advantage to incarcerating children as opposed to tearing them away from their parents. and, in fact, it's not only immoral, it's illegal, the courts said so in a number of cases, 1997 the flores case now well-known to anyone. as recently as 2016. and the reason go

that the example i said as a leader is consistent with the great values of our state and the great founding values of the united states of america. thank you so much for your help. thank you. [applause] look at all those people. [laughter] guys, thanks, thank you. you.to see thank you. hey, guys. you are kind to be here. ♪ [indistinct conversations] >> this past week with the help of our cable partners, gci, the c-span bus travel to juneau alaska. continued to our next stop in fairbanks. >> c-span is valuable for alaskans, for most of us it is the only way to see our delegation hard at work in washington. proud to carry c-span for a number of reasons, especially for their emphasis on education. from lesson plans to handouts to timely videos and educator conferences, the c-span classroom program offers so many resources to teachers and adds a great deal of value to today's classrooms. bank for being part of -- thanks for being part of this. andeard stories from people it was a nice trip from what i heard and i understand, i have given it a few times myself and it is an awesome trip and we are so glad that your bus came here and u

klein does not want to see a korean peninsula that could be uber friendly to the united states of americaand i think one of the critical things that the united states may be in position to do is to say that we will provide a security blanket for you and enable you to have the same type of economic prosperity that you have seen to your neighbors to the south so that when people have a satellite picture of the korean peninsula at night, they don't see one-half of it lit up and the other half in complete darkness. trish: if kim jong-un is able to continue on in power he would certainly like a real hero to people. >> he saves face. yeah, he saves face. he doesn't have the collapse on his watch. trish: colonel west, good to see you. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. trish: big day. historic stuff happening right here and you have a front row seat to all of it. meanwhile the trump administration is rolling back obama era regulations on internet service providers. what is it going to mean for you and your internet connection? we have more coming up. again, we are looking at at the countdown to

and so this moment really is a moral -- moment of moral reckoning in the united states of america. it is a low point. it is a heart breaking point, and i'm one of those people that believes if this country hasn't broken your heart, you probably don't love her enough. this is one of those moments like we've seen in the past where we will be judged. how we react in this moral moment, future generations will look back at this cross roads of conscience in the same way that we look back at some of the most shameful chapters, shameful moments in our own history, they will look back and see what we did, what we said, how we acted, how we stood up, how we fought, how we demanded during this time. today we look back at the horrors of slavery, the shame of that time, and the way that purposefully fracturing families was used to terrorize and subjugate black americans. how children were torn from their mothers, sold away, how wives and husbands were violently separated, and we know that these acts were not just financial decisions on the part of slave owners, it was deeper than that. it was th

the other thing they did is they broke their own record. of being the most closed congress in the history of the -- history of the united states of america. i mean, they have brought more bills to the floor under a restrictive, close process than any other congress in history. yeah, they've accomplished a lot and it's only june. and it's going to get worse. there's virtually no oversight of the executive branch from this majority. none. just one example, and this is a beauty. we have an e.p.a. administrator who allegedly got a sweetheart deal on an apartment, spent $43,000 on a phone booth and you can't -- you can't make this stuff up. he asked a federal employee that reported to him to hunt for a used mattress from president trump's hotel. none of this seems to bother my republican colleagues. how is that possible? mr. speaker, it is time for the adults in congress to stand up. bring sanity back to our government. bring professionalism back to our government. bring some integrity back to this institution. make your skits proud. make your government great again. you can start here today by voting no on this rule. i reserve my time. the spe

the champions for change one-hour special tonight, 8:00 p.m. >>> and tomorrow on an all new "united shades of america," heads north to canada. >> what is the biggest difference between canada and the united statese informed on what's going on in canada and the world and some of the places i go in the u.s. really don't know a whole lot. and i'm sorry, i have to be cautious about what i say. >> i can't act like it's not true. >> it's not like what's happening in the u.s. -- >> what do you mean about this? what do you mean by what's happening -- >> south of the border type situation. >> south of the border, in this case i do. from your perspective, what's going on south of the border? >> you know, people are staying in their sections, whether it's white, black, asian. i think that in canada as a whole, there is a lot more of that understanding, you know, there's a lot of americans that do come up here. they go, oh. >> really like that up here? >> i can walk safely, i can do this? >> it's always that. >> this is canada. >> yeah, yeah. >> an all new episode of "united shades of america" airing tomorrow, 10:00 eastern and pacific only on cnn. and we'll be right back. can we k direct at choicehotels.c

ultimately become more like the united states of america? dn't wa nt united states of america? i wouldn't want them to become more like the united states, especially today's american democracy. but i did think that it was possible that russia could be part of the west, could be pa rt could be part of the west, could be part of europe, could be a democratic place, could be a place where capitalist institutions, market institutions, function. and most certainly there were periods in their history where they were moving in that direction. more like us was your basic approach, because you are a student there, then you turn into a student there, then you turn into a sort of activist there for some time, you worked with the national democratic institute, and that was your overarching ambition, was it? to do your little bit to make them more like us? well, to make them more like us? well, to make them more free. i don't think we have some monopoly on what the definition of freedom or democracy is. certainly we americans don't. but the idea that most

so when you're talking about this issue, we have an ms-13 gang problem in the united states of america. that's one issue. but don't try to put the audience in a pretzel conflating the fact that we have kids there, and the president of the united states, your former boss, calls this a humanitarian crisis and he can fix it. >> i get that you don't like the zero tolerance policy, we can't have a 100% tolerance policy. that's why they're losing on this. >>> chris cuomo comes up in a few minutes on "cuomo prime time." hi, chris. >> it's clear the president doesn't want to, he favors this. the polls suggest he's right. he's got republicans moving his way on this issue. the problem is they have every two or three other people in the country against him. tonight he has his great defender coming on the show, "prime time." kellyanne conway will be here to make the case. we also have what the democrats will do, and we're going to have a debate of our own tonight. two on one. both chairs will be filled with people who say this is the right policy. >>> coming up, roger stone missed a meeting that h

who is standing up for the united states of america i swore on the bible that i would protect the united states of america. nelson, your question for our guest specifically? suggest --do you can you inform our people, the republicans and the democrats and all the people across the nation -- host: thanks. guest: this is why i think someone like mother is what we need. he is a longtime republican political appointee. he has put together a staff of current and former prosecutors. i know there are claims there are angry democrats. stackedr's edition was with many republicans including rod rosenstein. the current secretary of labor worked for ken starr. the later solicitor general. the team was heavily republican. republican.f was what we have here is mueller, who is himself a republican reported -- appointed by a republican, appointed by donald trump. mueller, for 30 years, has been a legend in the law enforcement communities. since long before he was fbi director. he is someone who has widespread trust. until this investigation began few ever questioned his ethics, his standing, is worth it

tragically today you call that country the united states of america. we have heard the children screaming. we have seen the images of children being told to go to sleep in cages. we know that children have been ripped from the breasts of nursing mothers and taken away, maybe never to be found to be reunited again. as a mother, as a grandmother, i can't stand it. madam speaker, can you stand it? can this country stand it? what happens to the soul of america when we do this to children? these parents, these have come with their children fleeing violence, take thinking they're coming to the land of the free, home of the brave, thinking they will get asylum. here in the united states are at least the chance to get asylum here and to be safe, finally, with their children. and instead, they are put in jail. they are put in prison. i'm here today with bruce and felix, children whose parents are in the gallery. they will go home tonight and sleep in a comfortable bed while thousands of children are put to sleep in cages. i say to you, mr. president, you can end

this makes absolutely no sense to say create jobs in the united states of america, we are celebrating 3.8% unemployment. that is the best it's ever been in almost half a century. so what jobs is this going to be bringing back. only going to impact jobs. that's why most of us, a lot of us in congress thinks this is not the way you handle trade, this is not the way you deal with your allies. >> brennan: on the issue. immigration majority of americans seem to support some kind of protection for dreamers, so-called daca recipients, but your bosses in congress have tried to block a vote on this. do you have a sure fire way to force a vote in the house and get a bill to the president's desk? >> margaret, let me correct you for a second. they're not my bosses. my bosses are the 800,000 people that i represent in the 23rd congressional district of texas that's where i'm working on this issue with friends like jeff den ham from california, others from florida and new york city to force this discharge petition where it's saying we're going to bring multiple bills to the floor on immigration hav

and for the syrian people, through the united nations process and continuing that united nations process. >> he talked about the attitude of the united states of america whether as allies we're working together. if you take a look at the actions united states has taken in support of thed kingdom, the amount of russians they expelled after the sasbur action and of course,he t americans have recently taken action in relation to extra sanctions with the russian-- on the russians. what is important is that we're able to sit down and talk about these issues together and the information that we need to share and we need to determine the way forward. on t steelminum tariff, i've been clear to president trump and in this house and elsewhere, these are unjustified and the european union will take counter measures on this. what we want to ensure is that we're able to get a dialog going forward so that we don't have a tit-for-tat escalation on the measures because that's in the interest of nobody and we'll be playing our part as we've done already in discussions with others around th european council tabo ensure that the eu is able to take the right proportionat

we've got to have a better system of government or the very foundation of our rule of law and the united states of americas in jeopardy. joining us now, president trump's attorney, former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani. mr. mayor, before you took on this position, you had on this program identified crimes. i think it is extraordinarily relevant how the upper echelon in the fbi treated hillary clinton so she could survive without being indicted as a candidate, and how they have treated donald trump. and i do believe this impacts whether or not the mueller investigation at its foundation, considering it's the same people involved, now should all go away as a result. >> sean, you are right. i was on your show about a year and a half before the election. we identified i think it was 18 violations of the law by hillary clinton, none of which comey and his fix were able to prove, and it's disgraceful. we are way beyond hillary clinton. we now have an investigation that, in the words of president donald trump, from the very beginning, has been a fix, a frame up, and a witch hunt. it was led by peter strzok,

the critical role that law must play. and we have moved so far away from that. jeff sessions as the head of the department of justice, the president of the united states of americaal bench with conservative people, some of whom are not even competent as we've seen in some of their discussions before the senate. but let's not be mistaken. this is a deliberate attempt to sway this court in a very conservative direction that really spells trouble for minorities in this country. >> i want to take you back again for a moment and talk about dr. king and also robert kennedy. >> right. >> after the anation o dr. king, robert kennedy broke the news to some of his own supporters in indianapolis. here it is. >> what we need in the united states is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another. feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country whether they be white or whether they be black. >> i got to tell you so much like ameritoday. how did we move this closer to this unfinishrsation about race in america that you speak of. >> you're absolutely right. what a sharp contrast between bobby kennedy quoting aeschylus,

and you should have the time to talk to the president of the united states of america. >> he's ignored his chief of staff, but me might listen to -- >> i'm going to correct it when you say he never listen tuesday somebody. >> your argument is that the president has listened to somebody, kim kardashian. cool, if that's who he wants to listen to. >> ben, you have to let other people talk. i would spend the entire conversation correcting misinformation you give out. so let's just let other people talk. >> name one thing i said. >> please stop interrupting. >> here's my point, ben, there are multiple ways to resist. one way to resist is to go to the white house and talk to the president. i think there's a legitimate argument the president hasn't been thoughtful to the black voices and the other way is to ignore. people weren't disrespecting the counters of the montgomery busboy county system, and finally there are many people in the last eight to 16 years who have told sitting u.s. presidents they shouldn't go to certain regimes, they shouldn't talk to certain people if they find them unre

the linchpin of legal rulings to defend the most vulnerable. and we have moved so far away from that. jeff sessions as the head of the department of justice. the president of the united states of of americal binch with conservative people, some of whom who aren't even competent, as we' seen in discussions before the senate. but let's not be mistaken .3 this is a deliberate attempt to sway this court in a very conservative direction that really spells trole for minorities in this country. >> i want to take you back again for a moment and talk about dr. king and also robert kennedy. after the assassination of dr. king, rnnedy broke th news to some of his own supporters in indianapolis. here it is. >> what we need in the united states is not violence or lawlessness, but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another. feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black. >> i got to tell you, it doesn't sound much like america today. how do we move us closer to this unfinished conversation of race in america, so to speak. >> you're absolutely right. what a sharp contrast between bobby kennedy, looking at the great greek cla

of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson. mr. wilson: everyone, including our guests in the gallery, please join in. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair willeceive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message if the president of the un stas. the staspmrker. the speaker pro tempore: mr. secretary. the secretary: i'm directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purposdo the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman s recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: an extraordinary highlight for me on friday was foxive a momentous event on news with harris faulkner. discussing north korean talks envoy a prelude to the coming to the white house to deliver the letter from the envoy. we were waiting a delivery of a letter to the white house rather than a missile to vaporize the american territory of guam. v

the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from -- the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. mccollum. ms. mccollum: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from illinois, mr. bost, is recognized for one minute. mr. bost: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to welcome dr. ron bracy as our guest chaplain. dr. bracy has served our nation uniform and through his faith. he eered the air force academy after high school and served in the u.s. air force for 4 years. dr. -- 42 years. dr. bracy is the veteran of the vietnam war where he flew 183 combat missions and on duty in the pentagon during the 9/11 terrorist attack. he is a retired minister and author of "walk on" from the valley of despair to the mountaintop of praise. he has taught at all levels of education, and currently teaches at the geneva classical christian school in texas. dr. bracy was my family pastor for many years. he and his wife are truly loved. we're incredibly blessed to have dr. bracy here with

speaker, peaceful protest is how i arrived in the congress of the united states of america. if not but for peaceful protest, i probably, most likely, and believe in the sincerest corners of my heart that i would not be in the congress of the united states of america. peaceful protest has brought about positive change in this country, but peaceful protest is under assault from the highest office in the land. the office of the presidency. peaceful protest is under attack , and i rise today, mr. speaker, to defend peaceful protest. i rise especially to defend it as it under assault from the highest relates to the flag, because the flag stands for for all.nd justice peaceful protest is about liberty and justice for all. so, mr. speaker, i'd like to share a for all. peaceful protest very shocking information, perhaps not should to some, but it shock our conscious. this was compiled by the guardian and reported by fox. the information is as follows. 37.4% minorities make up of the general population. some things bear repeating. 34.7% --37.4% of the general population. unarmed peopl

of the state. we are people who are standing by while this -- while our government, the united states of america is violating international human rights' law. that's who we are. and until we face the reality of who we are, we can't fix this. could not have -- two years ago, ever predicted that the united states would behave in this manner. this is the horrific practice. the demand is for all americans to rise up against this. and especially those americans who have been endowed with the privilege of representing the people of the united states of america, especially those people who are in leadership in this body. and with that, i would yield back to the gentleman. mr. correa: thank you. ms. moore, i agree with you, we cannot be silent in these very challenging times. the whole world is upside down and people are counting on us to make sure that we remind people of what's going on in washington. thank you very much. with that, i yield to my good friend and distinguished colleague, mr. gonzalez fromhe tate of texas. mr. gonzalez: i rise today to remind the american people of the quick phrase that wa

the most popular president of the u.n. he wanted to be the president of the world and not the president of the united states of america. t in parcel of why we have president trump today. all along the campaign he's promising the veterans we'll bring back accountability to the va, bringing back private health care to the veterans and i'm so proud today he signed the va mission act. charles: close to $6 billion access to not only va hospitals but also private facilities so these folks don't die while they wait. how do you feel now, as we look ahead. i've seen a lot of people talk about the greatest generation. can we keep it going? >> we have. my father was part of that h. he spent four and a half years in the pacific fighting the japanese. my father's generation was phenomenal but so is this one, and the ones we're bringing up now. we have a phenomenal country. right now what's happening is these wars are being fought by less than 1% of the country. it's an all volunteer force and that's a buying deal. my father's generation, there was a draft. charles: got to leave it there, sir. lou: good evening, everybody. our top st

the wonderful people here and all of those that support you in this work. may god bless venezuela. may god bless you all. and may god bless the united states of america. [ applause ] >>> if you would join me in a moment of prayer. heavenly father, your word says that you inhabit the praises of your people. lord, we praise you for these beautiful people. we praise you for this haven, for this beautiful place. but we ask, lord, for wisdom for our leader. wisdom to bring the people of venezuela back to a country of freedom. jeremiah 29:11 says for i know the plans i have for you says the lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope. lord, we pray for the future of the people of venezuela and i pray today, lord, that you would pour out your spirit of hope on these people. all these things we ask in jesus name, amen. >> thank you. [ applause ]

the table. he ended up by talking about trade deals and the possibility of a trade deal with the united states of america. we have committed when we have an independent trade policy to ensure that we are able to put in place a trade deal around the rest of the world, and the united states has been speaking to us about the possibility of such a trade deal, and of course when we negotiate with the united states or indeed any other country around the world, we'll be ensuring that we negotiate in the interest of the u.k., but we do believe that that free trade, those open markets are the best way to bring prosperity, to bring jobs, to encourage competition, to increase productivity and to encourage innovation which at the end of the day is what advances people, advances medicine, advances people's lives and so many different ways, and we will be looking forward to as i say making sure we do trade deals which are firmly in the interest of this country. >> mr. speaker, does she not agree with me that global free trade has been the single biggest reason why poverty around the globe has fallen so dramatically ov

detailed analysis thousands of other inquiries were also conducted by this team both in ireland and in other jurisdictions including the united kingdom the united states of america the banks collapse had disastrous consequences for ireland to the taxpayer funds used to rescue the bank and mounted to a fifth of the country's economic output the bank remains under seventy five percent state ownership furthermore many ordinary people lost their homes during the financial crisis and many continue to struggle to pay off their mortgages while the hours she called me has grown evidence of the crash remains for all to see. europe's summer holiday just around the corner about some travelers may have to change their plans strikes could hit popular holiday carrier ryanair and gap pilots and germany have walked away from salary negotiations for their ally the union wants the budget airlines pilots could hold strikes in august their counterparts in other european countries are also planning to strike. and that's your business frappe thanks for your company i'll be back tomorrow same time same place thanks for watching. elaine. if you accidentally share some famous musical. t

the playing field. we would love to live in a world where the rest of the world caught up to us. i don't know if you know this but the united states of america has among the lowest tariff and nontariff barriers in the world. last thing i should tell you is about the world trade organization which is very, very interesting. you might thing the world trade organization was an organization where it led to a lowering of tariffs for everybody. but the problem is they have is thing called m.f.n., most favored nation, rule which says any given country has to charge the lowest tariffs in the -- to any one country that they charge to everybody else. let me say that again. the tariff they're going to set , the lowest they give to one country they have to charge to everybody else. so if we set 2.5% tariffs on autos, that's what we set to everybody. but if china sets 25% to everybody, they can get away with that. european union can get away with 10%. so that's the global trading order that this president and this administration wants to move towards the more ideal world of free, fair, balance, and reciprocal trade. now, let's get to the matter at hand.