i have support for chairman murray -- german thornberry -- chairman thornberry. it is very rare for freshmen to be subcommittee chairs. i work very well with chairman john kline on the workforce committee. i think that the leadership is very supportive. i understand that i am not a typical member of congress in the sense that the average age is 58. i am 30. slice that in half, pretty much. i am younger than some of their kids. but they are respectful and treat me as a pure. they understand the district i represent is very independent. i feel very comfortable voting on behalf of my district, which is why i was sent here. >> i want to go back to being 30, almost 31 years old. you sit in his office, surrounded by pictures of your campaign and your service so far in progress. do you pinch yourself? representative stefanik: i pinch myself everyday. i pinch myself for the state of the union. it was historic to be sitting on the house for when prime minister netanyahu delivered the joint session. once again, a moment where i thought i couldn't believe i was there. in fe

cosponsoring legislation aimed at manufacturers along with the texas republican covers been mac thornberry. the law would close a loophole that allows companies to make the drug claiming they are not for human consumption. president obama used a visit to a federal prison today to call for a reform of the justice system. the president toward the medium security lock up in oklahoma and that was -- begin the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. the president said the justice system pc dec shooting young people who makes mistakes and does work truly dangerous. next on abc 7 news at 6:00, what jeb bush is revealing about the hospitalization of his father, former president eight george h.w. bush. leon: dragon of high school to fight in a world war. today, the tuskegee airmen return to the sky. what made it possible. doug: today the weather is as good as it gets in the month of july. how long will it last? i will have the forecast still to come on abc 7 news leon: one person is dead after a gruesome crash in wheaton. a loss control and's work across traffic. she was killed. the driv

we hear first from mac thornberry. rep. thornberry: i think it is fair to say there is bipartisan skepticism. about whether the administration will hold the deal and about what happens with all of iran's other activities that concern us. i think there is a lot more work for congress to do in the armed services committee to do it we are going to be holding hearings and other events to examine the military implications, including whether other countries will be encouraged to develop their own nuclear capability in order to keep up with what iran is allowed to do. and whether there is an increased threat to u.s. service members. there is lots of work for congress to do. we will do it and treat this as seriously as it deserves because it is a serious issue. there have been a variety of questions. the way i categorize it is, some questions are about whether this is a good deal or not. another category is whether iran will keep his commitments and another category is what about all of the other things they are doing -- the missil

but -- and in terms of the committee chairs, i also have a lot of support from chairman thornberry who's head of armed services committee. i'm the vice chair of the readiness subcommittee which is a great position to have as a freshman. it's for freshmen to be subcommittee chairs on the armed services committee. and i worked well with the edit and workforce committee. you know, i think that the leadership is very supportive and they understand that i'm not a typical member of congress in the sense that the average age of a member of congress is 58. i'm 30. so i sliced that in half, pretty much. i'm younger than some of their kids. but they're very respectful. they treat me as a peer. and they understand that the district i represent is very independent. so i feel a very comfortable voting on behalf of my district, which is why i was sent here. >> let me go back to being 30, almost 31 years old. you sit in this office, in the candidate house office building surrounded by pictures and memorabilia of your campaign and your service so far in congress do you pinch yourself? >> ms. stefanik: i

services committees, john mccain, a real hero, by the way -- [applause] senator mccain and mac thornberryn the house to reform it to make it more transparent, flexible, and competitive. competition reduces cost and insures our troops have quality equipment that keeps them safe. it's not too much to ask for the people to defend our country that we eliminate waste so that we can invest in them. these problems are not unique to the military. the processes and procedures used to purchase information technology are fraught with crossover runs, delays, and failures. over the past five years, the united states a government cap -- government accounting office have only implemented 23% of changes to the acquisition procedures. this is something that requires leadership here it not just filing an amendment but actually having the hands-on leadership skills to take an idea, put it into reality make sure there is accountability around it, and to go from beginning to end to make sure we transform how our government works. [applause] i just got applauded by ben watkins. i think he deserves a lot of cre

congressman thornberry, thank you very much. >> greg, back to you. >> more on the tennessee shootingsd plus a burglar helping out police by taking an accidental selfie. yep, it is true. next. female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest free for 3 event is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> a lung cancer vaccine developed in cuba is on its way to the united states for testing. scientist say it could help people live longer and feel better while fighting the disese. the u.s. and cuba are working together on the vaccine. dr. marc siegel is here in the newsroom. >> with the united states beginning it change policy from cuba researchers from roswell park cancer institute joined the delegation in cuba led by the new york governor. they brought back a vaccine against lung cancer that could be a game changer. >> the exciting thing is really in prevention. not talking about imvaccines for young people but people who don't have lung ca

george symonds served as principal of a concept score in thornberry township since 2004. authorities say symonds began the inappropriate contact with an eighth grade student last year in the principal's office and in the school's bathroom. >>> we have new information this afternoon on jerry sandusky. the convicted child molester is looking at the possibility of new charges serving out his prison term. a new sandusky accuser gets his day in court in october. the man claims sandusky abused him at penn state when he was 16. he's 43 now. prosecutors told him the allegations are too old under the statute of limitations, but he says changes to the law should permit charges now. a judge has scheduled that october court date. then the accuse ler try to persuade prosecutors to file new charges against sandusky. >>> a judge will decide the fate for one of two men accused in a street racing crash that killed a mother and her three sons. family members of the man tried to dodge our cameras yesterday. the suspect is facing homicide by vehicle and third-degree charges for a crash in ju

i have support for chairman murray -- german thornberry -- chairman thornberry. it is very rare for freshmen to be subcommittee chairs. i work very well with chairman john kline on the workforce committee. i think that the leadership is very supportive. i understand that i am not a typical member of congress in the sense that the average age is 58. i am 30. slice that in half, pretty much. i am younger than some of their kids. but they are respectful and treat me as a pure. they understand the district i represent is very independent. i feel very comfortable voting on behalf of my district, which is why i was sent here. >> i want to go back to being 30, almost 31 years old. you sit in his office, surrounded by pictures of your campaign and your service so far in progress. do you pinch yourself? representative stefanik: i pinch myself everyday. i pinch myself for the state of the union. it was historic to be sitting on the house for when prime minister netanyahu delivered the joint session. once again, a moment where i thought i couldn't believe i was there. in fe

republican congressman mack -- thornberry is the chairman of the house arms services committee. tell us why you disagree with nancy pelosi you disagree with this deal you don't like it. >> well i think it's always tempting for us to feel relief when a complex international problem is solved by diplomacy. but you know history tells us that sometimes what looks good on one day doesn't look so good on future days. and so my concern here is primarily what this deal gets us. it gets us nine months. the administration says today that iran could have a bomb within three months. the goal of this deal is to stretch that out for a whole year. so in exchange for those nine months of extra time they get something like $140 billion of sanctions relief which they will use to fuel their destabilizing aggressive agenda throughout the middle east. so if you weigh it even if it goes perfectly, just the way the negotiators want it to go i'm not sure that's a good deal for us sorvelgts what's the alternative? what would happen if the u.s. right now, for example, let's say -- i suspect it won't happ

joining us now is representative mac thornberry of texas, a republican chairman of the arms services committee. mr. chairman thanks very much for joining us. i know you were in some closed-door briefings with secretary kerry and others yesterday. today we once again are hearing a strong defense of this nuclear agreement with iran. what's your alternative assuming you're going to reject as almost all republicans will reject this deal. >> well i think there are three baskets of concerns. one is will this deal be enforceable and verifiable. another basket of concerns is even if it's enforced perfectly is it a good deal or not. and then the third area is all of iran's other activities. i think the obama administration has hurt their credibility when they try to say it's a choice between this agreement oar war. and that's basically the approach that they have put out there. i think a lot of folks think you can have a better agreement. there are some who believe that even no agreement would be better than this which essentially ratifies iran as a nuclear threshold state. we're going to hav

thornberry: there's been a variety of questions. the way i categorize it is i think some of the questions are about whether this is a good deal or not. another category is whether it will be verified, whether iran will keep its commitments. and another category is what about all the other things they're doing, the missile, the funding of terrorism and and other things. so there's a variety. questioner: how would you describe the tone of the meeting? mr. thornberry: i don't -- lots of questions. i said lots of skepticism. obviously the administration folks are very adamant about what a great deal it is. they're putting on a heavy sales job, you know, as one would expect. but my point is, i think there's a lot more work for congress to do. to examine some of the statements that we've heard and see. thank you all. >> congressman thornberry who is the chairman of the armed services committee saying there is quote, bipartisan skepticism on the iran nuclear deal. members of the house have been briefed by secretary of state john kerry erne

we hear from thornberry. >> there are skepticisms about whether or not iran will meet the deal and what happens with the other activities that concern us. so, i think that there is a lot more work for congress to do in the armed services committee and we will hold hearings and other events to examine the implications including whether other countries will be encouraged to develop nuclear activity and risks to service members. there is work to do and we will do it and treated as seriously as it deserves. there have been a variety of questions and i think it is about whether or not this is a good deal and whether iran will keep the commitments and all the other things they are doing with the missiles and the terrorism and other things. >> how would you describe the tone? >> lots of questions and skepticism. obviously, the administration people are adamant about a great deal of this and are putting on a heavy sales job as you would expect. there is a lot of work for congress to examine the statements >> this agreement would not do anything to prevent the regime from obtaining a nuclear wea

chairman of the senate and john mccain, a real hero, by the way. [ applause ] senator mccain and matt thornberry in the house to reform it to make it more transparent, more flexible and more competitive. competition reduces costs and ensures our troops have quality equipment that keeps them safe. it's not too much to ask for the people who defend our country that we eliminate waste so that we can invest in them. these problems are not unique to the military. the processes and procedures used to purchase information technology are fraught with cost overruns, delays, and outright failures. over the last five years the united states accounting office ha made serve real recommendation. only 23% of them have been fully implemented. we can apply these same principles that we used to fix defense acquisition to address the procurement of washington. this is something that requires leadership rj not just fighten an assessment a success but having on leadership skills to take an idea, put it in reality, make sure there's accountability and make sure we transform how our government works. by the way, i jus

texas congressman mack thornberry chairs the arms services committee. >> the kmlt will come to order. committee meets today to have a hearing on nuclear deturns in the 21st century. i ask unanimous consent that my remarks will be made part of the record. let me just say in my view our nuclear deterrent is the corner stone of all our defense efforts as well as a source of stability around the world. and in my opinion for too long we have taken it for granted, neglecting the systems, infrastructure and the people involved in making the complex machines, safe reliable and effective. unfortunately, the investment that we made in delivery systems and weapons in the past are all aging out about the same time. and that presents us with a substantial challenge especially when we merge that with what other nations are doing. the committee has had a series of events over the course of the past week or so classified and unclassified looking at various aspects of this problem. i understand the oversight investigation subcommittee will have a further hearing on this matter this afternoon. so i thi

in terms of the committee chairs i have a lot of support from chairman thornberry who is head of armedvice committee and vice chair of the writing subcommittee which is a great position to as a freshman. it's rare for freshman qb subcommittee chairs on house armed services committee. i work very well with chairman john kline on the workforce committee. i think of the leadership is very supportive. they understand that i am not a typical member of congress. .. and it is a historic event sitting on the house floor when prime minister netanyahu delivered a joint session. i worked around and once again there was a moment i can't believe i'm here great in bed for a guy participated on a code of congressional delegation to afghanistan, iraq kuwait jordan and to me i was able to visit with soldiers but one of us as we was with president but gone a bit newly-elected president of afghanistan. i was in congress or the president. i pinch myself at that moment as well. so yes it's a very awe-inspiring experience and you understand that the reason why you are put in office is to represent the peopl

already a bill in the house and a companion legislation in the senate that is being sponsored by thornberry, the chairman of house armed services. that seeks to prevent the cuban military and intelligence services from benefiting from any of the concessions or the loosened restrictions that president obama has put into place. and we have made the state department very aware of our concerns with regards to cuban espionage. the fbi has recognized that cuba maintains one of the most robust spy networks in the united states out of any country in the world. that new cuban embassy and the expanded flexibility that the embassy will not have operating as an embassy is also -- it's very dangerous because, you know, cuban spies are not going to have greater latitude and have more resources at their disposal. so the caller from raises some very important points and we are focused here every day on seeing how we can put the brakes on all of this cuban policy that the obama administration is changing. host: augusta georgia, william, and independent. caller: i am going to try and remain calm as best i ca

pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled bills were signed by the speaker pro tempore thornberry. the clerk: h.r. 893, to require the secretary of the treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of boys town and for other purposes. h.r. 1295, to extend the african growth and opportunity act, the generalized system of preferences, the preferential duty treatment for haiti and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6 of rule 20. recorded votes on postponed questions will be taken later. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 907 as amended . the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 907, a bill to improve defense cooperation between the united states and the hashemite kingdom of jordan . t