u.s. house of the u.s. house of representatives here on c-span. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] 28, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable roger w. marshall to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will aernate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the ge

u.s. house of representatives has passed a one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill by a vote of two twenty seven to five what's next for terrorist group tax reform. that is the term big data gets thrown around a lot in the business and the financial world what is it and what does it mean for the future blossoms the best data wranglers in the world plus if someone searches for you on the world wide web what do they see what is your online existence and what more is there lurking beyond what people can easily check out west cyber security expert morgan right before you get to that bianca give us some of the business and financial headlines today well after a failed bid last month emerson electric has sweetened its offer to buy a rockwell automation and worse it is now offering twenty nine billion dollars or two hundred twenty five dollars a share up from its initial bit of twenty seven point six billion dollars rockwell which is based in milwaukee is a six billion dollar company with over twenty thousand employees worldwide and emerson which is located in st louis has been trying sinc

house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on november 13, 2017, at 12:38 p.m. that the senate passed, senate 324. senate 886. senate 906. senate 1153. and senate 1266. signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant >> senate leaders intend to debate and vote on a tax reform package after thanks giving. republicans say they aim to send a final message to president trump by christmas. find the senate tax republican plan online and click on the congress tab and with the summary of the senate proposal, the draft that was put forward by the committee chair and other links. tonight, we'll discuss legislation opposing online sex trafficking. representative wagner talks about her bill. the fight online sex trafficking act. and counsel for net choice discusses why he has a different approach. >> actually many different actors can be affected by the communications act. what we are doing with my piece of legislation to

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 206 the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on november 7, 2017, at 9:47 a.m., that the senate passed, with an 5e789 -- with often amendment, h.r. 1370. that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 3031. signed sincerely karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, by direction of the house committee on rules i call up house resolution 607 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 198. resolved, that at any time after adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 3043, to modernize hydropower policy, and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order aga

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 195 and the nays are 221. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on amendment number 4 printed in house report 115-430 on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in house report number 115-430, offered by mr. connelly of virginia. the chair: a recorded has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] chris: on this vote the nays -- the chair: on this vote the nays

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 237 and the nays are 189. the bill is passed and without objection, the motion is laid on the table. the unfinished is adoption of the conference report on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2810 an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the department of defense, for military construction to prescribe military per song ell strengths for such fiscal year and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on adoption of the conference report. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this rote, the yeas are 366, the nays are 30, with one answering present. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker: members will take their seats. members, please take conversations off the floor. staff, take conversations off the floor. members will please take their seats. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, i have the honor to transmit here with a scanned copy of a letter receive the honorable censer j. cox, lieutenant governor, the state of utah, indicating that according to the preliminary results of the special election held november 7, 2017, the honorable john curtis was elected to congress for the third congressional district of utah. with best wished, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker: the house is not in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah see

of universities in the u.s. . the u.s. house of representatives has passed a one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill president donald trump was on capitol hill earlier today to press the flesh and rally republicans and it worked only thirteen of the two hundred forty eight republicans opposed the measure joining all of the democrats in the house here to discuss the vote and the next steps the president trump hopes will result in a final new law by the end of this year is conservative t.v. and radio host steve malzberg steve thank you again for being with us you know the republicans must feel as if they've dodged a little bit of a bullet here i mean if this tax reform bill had not passed it would have hurt a heck of a lot that said i recall when the house passed the repeal and replace obamacare bill earlier this year. i think in may the president invited them all down to the rose garden at the white house they had a little party and celebrated perhaps a little bit too early so how confident are you steve that the senate will pass a bill they

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 19 and the nays are 232. he amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 3 printed in house report 115-378 by the gentleman from arizona, mr. o'halleran, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the nays prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 3 house report 115-378 by mr. ole haleran of arizona. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial pur

u.s. house of representatives had passed a one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill by a vote of two twenty seven to two o five what's next for tax reform will ask. that is the term big data gets thrown around a lot in the business and the financial world what is it that in the future the best data in the world plus if someone searches for you on the world wide web what do they see what is it emerson electric and its.

u.s. house of representatives. one of her colleagues and co sponsor, anne mclean cluster said, back in the 70, she was a staffer, too. she said she was assaulted by somebody up here on capitol hill. who was visiting the member of congress, she was working for. she kept this a secret more than 40 years, coming out now she hopes will inspire others to do the same >> when this happened to you, what did that do? you stayed here right now? >> i'm here. fortunately, for me, i think i was of a generation of survivors that never said a word. i didn't tell my roommates, i didn'tel didn't tell my husband or my children. until last year. >> reporter: fact the congress woman said it's a burden she's carried around for most of the past four decades, a burden she is hoping to put to good use. shawn and sarah, one of the other things they want to do is end the secrecy surrounding this. this legislation would end this practice where if a member is accused or found guilty that their identity remains secret, also those payments we've

u.s. house of representatives. >> well, my answer to i did not meet with the russians was explicitly respondingking suggestion that i, as a surrogate, was meeting on a continuing basis with russian officials and the implication was to impact the campaign in some sort of nefarious way. >> the attorney general is also challenged about reports the department of justice is considering appointment of a special council to investigate the clinton foundation. the possible probe stems from the sale of the uranium company to russia while hillary clinton was secretary of state. sessions assuring lawmakers his decision will be made without regard to politics, ideology or bias. >> the department of justice can never be used to retaliate politically against opponents, and that would be wrong. >> critics claim sessions ordered his prosecutors to consider a special counsel after president trump expressed frustration that he could not order the fbi to take action against the clintons. that has long been the allegation that the president is weaponizing the d.o.j., certainly looks that way but jeff sessions seems

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on his vote the yeas are -- the speaker pro tempore: the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 233, the nays are 187. the resolution is adopted. without objectio

u.s. house of representatives. one of her colleagues in attendance today, anne mclean cluster said in the 70's when she was a staffer, she was sexual assaulted on the job. it was a secret she tells fox 5 she kept for nearly 40 years. coming out now. she said, inspiring others to tell their stories as well. speiiers >> i'm here fortunately for me, i think i was of a generation of survivors that never said a word. i didn't tell my roommates, my best friends, i didn't tell my husband or children. until last year. >> reporter: one of the aims of the me too act is to also end that nondisclosure agreement once and for all. get the guilty parties' names out to the public. also have to reimburse any settlements to the u.s. treasury and taxpayers, live on the hill. tom fitzgerald. >>> rough weather in washington state turns deadly >> we'll have the aftermath of severe storms out west. and find out if they're headed for us. sue? . >>> we're tracking a much weaker system that will move showers. but will it rain on your thursda

u.s. house of representatives in the utah special election third district beating dr. allen. alled because jason chaffetz resigned from the u.s. house of representatives. so a win in utah as expected. let's go over to john king. you've been studying virginia. earlier it looked close, but he went onto win and he won impressively. >> and one of the reasons democrats are celebrating is because of the margin. democrats were expected to win this state, they should win this state. but to win it by a margin like this they're also picking up seats in the house of delegates with a chance to take control, the democrats are very encouraged in the state of virginia. and democrats around the country are very encouraged because of what they see in the state of virginia. and i can say during the reporting, a lot of jitters in the republican party as they look at what happened here. you see ties vote total. ed gillaspie is a little bit short of what bob mcdonald got, a last republican to win statewide. this was not an underperformance by ed gillaspie. but the growth here in virginia is in the

u.s. house of representatives. >> well -- >> reporter: the attorney general not just facing heat from congress but the white house as well, the a.g. under president trump has been pushing the justice department to investigate his political opponents. >> they should be looking at this democrats, and a lot of people are disappointed in the justice department, including me. >> reporter: we're now learning ten days after the president's comments, sessions said they would look into a special counsel to investigate the clinton foundation. but the attorney general insists -- >> the attorney general can never be used to retaliate against political opponents, and that would be wrong. >> reporter: he says there has to be evidence to appoint a special counsel. he recused investigation into the 2016 campaign. so it's unclear how this will turn out. >>> the u.s. embassy in zimbabwe is urging residents to shelter in place. the army took over a state-run television to reassure the country that this is not a military takeover. we're told that the 93-year-old president, robert mugabe is safe and sound. >>> a f

u.s. house of representatives also voicing concern showing a picture of a severely malnourished child where is the blame going what why has the reaction from the global community towards riyadh in saudi arabia why has it been so muted. at the end of the day the i.c.r.c. as a humanitarian actor these are not our concerns what we are concerned is more about the population and the suffering that they are subject to we cannot prevent wars we cannot stop wars but we remind all parties because of the end of the day this is their responsibility they need to make sure that humanitarian aids and humanitarian workers will have axes to the almost population who are in dire need and this is what we call and recall again to all the parties to the conflict or we hope as you continue to call for more help but your calls are heard red cross spokes person so my ability for joining us here on r.t. international thank you very much for your time and your insight today thank you. and i thank you for joining us here on the program as well we are back with more of your weekly in about half an hour. it's the crad

u.s. house of representatives on hr 1865, and along with 50 attorneys general, a coalition of some 70 differentdvocacy groups, prosecutors, law enforcement is a diverse umbrella but decided to team up with us in the house in order to fight the human trafficking. >> what about the fact that the internet is borderless and a send and if you do this legislation here, that doesn't mean that it won't happen somewhere else. >> well, obviously we are just looking at the federal statute and federal legislation, but the legislation also bolsters things that the state and local level. we know how to fight crime in the united states of america the federal, local, civil level we want to make sure that all of these across the country at all different levels of jurisdiction have the tools in their tour -- toolbox and at the federal level we could not have bad actors like that hiding behind the misanthrope could decency act for immunity. certainly we do a lot in the foreign affairs committee which i'm a member of on the international level to address the issues. i just gave a speech last thursday at the united

u.s. house of representatives in 1978 -- in 1798. he secures that seat. two years later, john adams names them secretary of state. so he is moving from a career in virginia to a central role in the early federal government. these artifacts tell that story. they tell it through the lines -- through the lens of one episode in his career. this is during the adams administration. he is called on to become an envoy to france. it is amazing how much the politics are defined by the rivalry between great britain and france and where the u.s. fits their. the former colonies of great britain, and the former ally of france. george washington has to decide how he is going to address the conflicts happening between france and great britain. he sends john a over to rate written and creates a treaty that ends up being important for establishing political and commercial relations tween great britain and the u.s. but that inflames thomas jefferson and others supporters of france. they were hostile towards great britain and the commercial relationships that gave rise to an

of the colors by the u.s. capitol police ceremonial unit. the opening prayer will be offered by reverend patrick conroy. chaplain of the u.s. house of representatives. >> order arms. >> let us pray. god of mercy, we gather here to recognize the men and women in blue, both of the u.s. capitol police and the alexandria police department, who responded and executed their charge with exemplary courage. special agents krystal griner and david bailey, officers jensen, areander heroes to their colleagues and to all at the u.s. capitol and the city of alexandria. for their rapid response to the cowardly attack upon the republican baseball team, which was dangerously exposed on a quiet neighborhood ball field. thanks to their selfless actions, all present that day are with us today. it testifies to their create -- to their courage. bless them with all your graces as the medal of honor is bestowed upon them here. may they and their families and loved ones know of our appreciation for the sacrifices they make every day so the security of the capital and the city of alexandria is guaranteed and may we all be inspired to serve others as we are able to express i

u.s. house of representatives. the problem is when you're fighting among yourselves, you're not dedicating yourself to that task. and, you know, they fundamentally have taken their eyes off the ball as they have time and again. >> is this really just a gift for the president in order to deflect, to change the topic, to find a way to rally his supporters around him and against the dnc and against his best enemy, which is hillary clinton? >> absolutely. if hillary clinton's campaign did not exist, he would have to invent them. >> he'd have the media to go after just alone, i guess. >> i would recommend that they go back and read dana milbank's column earlier. you think about the timing of this. after these indictments, the day after the republicans roll out their tax bill, the weekend before crucial elections in virginia, what are democrats doing? their forming the circular firing squad. they're not only continuing to relitigate the clinton/trump election without learn, the lessons, but now they're going into the cli

house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on november 8, 2017, at 9:37 a.m. that the senate passed, senate 1088. that the senate passed senate 10125. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house this enrolled bill. h.r. 3031, an act to amend title 5 united states code to provide for flexibility in making withdrawals from a thrift savings plan account, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rules i call up house resolution 609 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 100. house resolution 609. resolved,that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 2201, to amend the securities act of 1933 to e

u.s. house of representatives, representative king, representative ross-layton, both experts on and seasoned in national security and foreign policy issues, raising red flags, writing letters and yet, this was approved. remember, 500 million-- half a million, i'm sorry, $500,000. half a million for bill clinton's speech. that's one-fifth paid by-- that was paid by a russian backed bank, a kremlin-backed bank. one-fifth of what was paid for by facebook ads that the russians claim influenced the election. and that's what the democrats are saying-- >> they're saying-- they're saying it never got to hillary clinton's desk, and that's the excuse. shouldn't it have gotten to someone's desk? >> of course it got to her desk. this had to be approved by treasury, by state department. hillary clinton was the most powerful member of that cabinet. she was going to be the next nominee and they thought president of the united states. believe me, i've been on boards before. the most powerful member of the board has a lot of influence, she may not have-- herself, stamped that, but believe me everybody at the

u.s. house of representatives. >> my answer to that question i did not meet with the russians was explicitly responding to the shocking suggestion that i is a surrogate-- i as a was meeting with russian jonathan: he said that facts, not president trump, will conclude whether special panel will investigate hillary clinton. alison: all members and staff of the senate and house are being required to take anti-harassment training. this after senator barbara comstock accused colleagues of misconduct. >> this member asked the staff are to bring over materials to their residence. the young staffer, a young woman, went there and was greeted with a member in a towel, a male, who invited her in. at that point he decided to expose himself. alison: a california congresswoman testified she knows of two male colleagues, one of each party, who have engaged in sexual harassment. none of the lawmakers were identified by name. president trump is five countries. he held one-on-one meetings with 11 heads of state. the president said he will make "a major announcement on trade and north korea upon his return." j

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 400, the nays are zero. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker: hey, guys. sshh. sshh. members, please take their seats. staff, please move to the back f the aisle. members please take their conversations off the floor. the house is not in order. sshh. the chair would ask that all members present rise for the purpose of a movement silence. the chair now asks that the house observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the attack in southerland prings, texas. without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the unfinished business is the vote on the gentleman from tennessee, mr. roe, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1066 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1066, a bill to direct the sec

u.s. house of representatives agreed on monday to back out of supporting the saudi led coalition and a normal rights activist who was jailed for releasing thousands of animals from a farm is pushing for changes on laws on defending animal welfare kevin johnson was locked up for three years on charges which included terrorism he took us through what he did how and why. two thousand and thirteen a close friend of mine tyler lange and i entered the east fork mean cranch in northern illinois for thirty six years as a facility that was imprisoning and killing manc killing children within the sight and smell of their mothers all for fashion and so we entered the facility we opened all the cages in the facility to free two thousand mink and saved their lives and we painted the words liberation is love on a barn to demonstrate that we weren't trying to threaten anybody we were trying to have a message of compassion when we were arrested we were sensed under state law for possession of burglary tools we were already doing time for the crime in illinois state and the federal government intervenes to in

u.s. house of representatives, michael, former member of congress from staten island.just got out of the federal penitentiary for tax fraud, not the first person steve bannon says -- >> martha: he says it wasn't his fault! he was wrongly accused! >> exactly right. sent to jail, but i would like to see him make that argument on the campaign trail. the first candidate for governor who steve bannon picks is tom, the disgraced former republican congressman from colorado who last year was protested the cancellation of the hotel reservations for whites premises meeting. he doesn't have good luck in picking candidates. >> martha: thank you very much. good to see you tonight, as always. >> you bet, thank you. >> martha: breaking news tonight on capitol hill, a new plan to add the obamacare repeal. at the individual mandate would be gone under the tax reform deal. does it put that in jeopardy? we will break down the tracks from town hall with house speaker paul ryan with campaign insiders marc theissen and robert shapiro, who have a lot to say on this, they will tell you what y

u.s. house of representatives tweeted t.v.'s recipients have been contributing to local economies nationwide for years ending at what cost the u.s. dearly representative luis gutierrez says we should not take hundreds of thousands of documented immigrants who are working illegally and push them into the black market on top democratic leader in the house to me hoyer tweeted this photo urging donald trump to extend t.p.s. activists have also been trying to raise awareness on twitter using hash tags a g.p.s. about what would. happened to recipient if the program is not extended for certain countries at least two hundred seventy three thousand u.s. citizen kids have parents under t.p.s. but others are pointing out that the program was always meant to be temporary geoffrey says there's no such thing as temporary protected status for any foreigners is protected status always finds a way to become permanent so joining us now in the sand least we have cynthia for us she's a lawyer with the coalitions the human immigrant rights in massa

u.s. house of representatives said it should back out of supporting the saudis now it acknowledges washington's goal is to defeat al qaida and supporting riyadh in yemen ultimately contradicts that target congress also colin donald trump to pull out any armed forces the u.s. house and yemen this horror and i'm a story it's hard to see is caused in part by our decision to facilitate a bombing campaign that is murdering children. now since the start of the war in twenty fifteen the u.s. has provided saudi arabia and its allies in yemen with intelligence and wide scale military equipment including missiles and warplanes and all sorts of other armaments and as i mentioned americans of all involvement was originally intended to fight terrorist organizations however huth the opposition fighters remain the main target of saudi attacks it's a group not recognised as terrorists and that would go against washington's own terms of authorization for military force and investigative journalist dave lindorff says u.s. officials are now beginning to change their mind on the situation or seeing that may be the

u.s. house of representatives is hol hearing to take a closer look at how it smentng for t r mhe sexually re today. house speaker paul ryan said that moore should drop out of the alabama senate race and jeff sessions says he has no reason to d sexual misconduct. yesterday beverly young nelson said moore when she was 16. she said regular customed. he offered her a ride home but instead parked the car behind a business and assaulted her. >> i twistinand struggling and begging him i rape >> moore denied the accusations missed calls to drop out of the race. >>> president trump will make an appeal to house republicans ahead of an expected vote on tax reform. this legislation is a must-win for the president who has not had any major achievements. the tax bill being promoted. it is really a tax this done. >> this tax cut and jobs bill will provide tremendous families across the board. goingrge tax cuts for middle class families families that have been struggling that are living paychecko paycheck arefits. >>> republicans say this will make the u.s. more competitive by pro iry trial is back in cou

house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 242, the nays are 181. he bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from michigan, mr. huizenga, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3911 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 281, h.r. 3911, a bill to amend the securities exchange active 1934 with respect to risk-based examinations of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. the speaker pro tempore: members will record their votes by electronic deis right -- device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.

u.s. house of representatives on fosta, h.r. . 1655. and a coalition of some 70 different advocacy groups, prosecutors, law enforcement. it's a diverse umbrella that has decided to team up with us here in the house in order to fight this scourge of human trafficking. >> host: ann wagner, what about the fact that the internet is borderless, in a sense, and if you do this legislation here, that doesn't mean that it won't happen somewhere else? >> guest: well, obviously, you know, we're just looking at state -- pardon me, at federal statute and federal legislation. but the legislation also bolsters things at the state and local level. we know how to fight crime in the united states of america. we do it at the federal, state, local, civil level. we want to make sure that they all, all of these across the country at all different levels of jurisdiction, that they have the tools in their toolbox in order to lift up and hold up their state statutes and here at the federal level. we cannot have bad actors like backpage.com and others hiding behi

u.s. house of representatives agreed on monday to back out of supporting the saudi led coalition and a non-binding resolution that acknowledges that washington's goal is to defeat al qaida and supporting riyadh in yemen contradicts that target congress also called on donald trump to pull out any armed forces the u.s. has in yemen this all horror and i'm a story it's hard to see is caused in part by our decision to facilitate a bombing campaign that is murdering children a sense of sort of the war in march twenty fifth day in the u.s. has provided saudi arabia and its allies in yemen with intelligence information and military equipment the support also included refueling flights for coalition warplanes as i mentioned earlier america's involvement was originally intended to fight terrorist organizations however the healthy rebels remain the main target of saudi attacks and they're a group not recognized as terrorists and that's a good journalist dave lindorff says that u.s. officials are beginning to change their minds on the situation in yemen. for seeing that may be the the images coming out in ma

u.s. house of representatives passed a one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill by a vote of two twenty seven to two hundred five what's next protest group tax reform will last more than the term vague data gets thrown around a lot in the business and the financial world what is it and what does it mean for the future i'll ask one of the best data wranglers in the world plus if someone searches for you on the world wide web what do they see what is your online existence and what more is there lurking beyond what people can easily check out west cyber security expert morgan right before you get to that you want to give us some of the business of financial headlines today well after a failed bad last month emerson electric has sweetened its offer to buy a rockwell automation and worse it is now offering twenty nine billion dollars or two hundred twenty five dollars a share up from its initial bit of twenty seven point six billion dollars rockwell which is based in milwaukee is a six billion dollar company with over twenty thousand employees worldwide and emerson which is located in st lou

overall and pundits hypothesize that the virginia house of delegates results are a predict door of the twenty eight thousand u.s. house of representatives joe how purple is the old dominion now well i think some of the virginia house of delegates races have been attributed i've talked to some. insiders who have said there was a lack of shoe leather in some of them and i think some of it has to do with the trump effect but not necessarily bad things the president did but republicans not as enthusiastic about standing next to them or flinching when their opponents cast them with the same aspersions eric you probably have spent more time covering chris christie than anyone else in media because you host the ask the governor show with him no pun intended he has a bigger than life personality who is this guy and where does he go from here. you know i honestly don't know we all expected that he was going to join the trump administration in some role and even when there was turmoil in the oval office and among the senior staff we were all taking bets on whether chris christie would be the one to ride in and be the adult in the room and bring s

u.s. house of representatives have agreed to bach on self supporting the sunday led coalition in a non binding resolution now it acknowledges that washington's goal in the middle east is to defeat al qaida therefore supporting reality in yemen contradicts the target america's involvement in the region is considered to be a part of post nine eleven war on terror but hooty rebels who remain the main target of saudi attacks are not recognized as terrorists therefore america's blocking of saudi operations in yemen might have affected the bloodshed that's the thoughts from inside the u.s. senate this all horror and i'm a story it's hard to see is caused in part by our decision to facilitate a bombing campaign that is murdering children. well since the start of the war the u.s. has provided saudi arabia and its allies in yemen with intelligence information and military equipment the support also included refusing flights for coalition warplanes investigative journalist dave lindorff sais u.s. officials are beginning to change their minds on the situation in yemen. seeing that may be the the images c

u.s. house of representatives have passed a one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill by a vote of two twenty seven to two hundred five what's next for tax reform will ask steve that is the term big data gets thrown around a lot by now. what is it like in the future the past in the world plus if someone searches for you on the world wide web what do they see what is your online existence and what more is there lurking beyond what people can easily check out west cyber security expert morgan right before we get to that bianca give us some of the business. twenty headlines today well after a failed bid last month emerson electric has sweetened its offer to buy a rockwell automation and worse it is now offering twenty nine billion dollars or two hundred twenty five dollars a share of from its initial bit of twenty seven point six billion dollars now.

u.s. house of representatives will hold a hearing to take a close look at how it hans sexual harassment training. just yesterday staffers working in all 100 senate offices learned they and their senate bosses have to watch sexual harassment awareness videos. both houses of congress are examining how they handle sexual misconduct as a fifth woman now says that alabama senate candidate roy moore sexually assaulted her. >> this woman says by coming forward, moore no longer has power over her. yesterday, beverly young nelson came forward and said moore sexually assaulted her when she was 16. nelson says moore was a regular customer at a restaurant where she had worked. she claims moore, who was the district attorney then, offered her a ride home but then instead parked the car behind the business and assaulted her. >> i was twisting and struggling, and i was begging him to stop. i thought that he was going to rape me. >> moore has denied the accusations and dismissed calls to drop out of the race. >>> new from overnight, air force one officially wheels up, headed back to the united states. president

u.s. house of representatives approved the biggest tax overhaul and three decades bringing donald trump closer to his first major legislative victory in office. and an evening of high drama at the united nations russia and the united states have vetoed competing resolutions on syria the key resolution was the u.s. one it sought to extend an international inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in syria so this means the united nations team and best getting the use of deadly gas sarin and syria will be disbanded russia's veto was sharply criticized by france the united kingdom and the u.s. . russia has issued vetoes before to prevent council action and accountability in syria russia has invented reasons not to support a mechanism it helped create because it did not like its scientific conclusions russia has acted to obstruct these investigations many times but today it strikes a deep glow russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council and by a lemonade in our ability to identify the attackers russia has undermined our ability to deter future