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 2 10rk the nays are 206. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to house resolution 918 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house for the further onsideration of h.r. 5895. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 5895, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30rks 2019, and for other purposes -- september 30, 2019, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the rose earlier today, pursuant to house resolution 918, a request for a recorded vote on amendment number 39 printed in part b of house report 115-711 offered by the gentleman from south carolina, mr. norman, has een postponed. pursuant

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 june 15, 2018, at 2:03 p.m. that the senate passed senate 2652. with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, 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 june 19, 2018, at 11:28 a.m. that the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 5515. with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call >> today's hearing will talk about the privacy concerns raised in the wake of the cambridge analytica facebook scandal and potential steps to protect consumers. live coverage starts at 2:30

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 june 19, 2018, at 11:28 a.m. that the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 5515. with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call

house of representatives, -- 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 june 27, 2018, at 11:38 a.m. that the senate passed senate 2385, that the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 5895. signed, sincerely, karen l. aas. 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. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. he house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? mrs. brooks: mr. speaker, i move to the suspend the rules -- mr. brooks: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 5345, the american leadership in space technology and advanced rocketry act, otherwise known as the alstar act. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman move to pass the bill a

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 219 and the nays are 172. the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen a recorded vote is 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: on this vote, the yeas are 222 the nays are 171. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are

u.s. house of representatives. the chair lays before the house a -- a commaun case from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. june 25, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable jody c. arrington 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 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and

u.s. economy is strong and that's what republicans are banking on in order to hold onto control of the u.s. house of representatives and the senate in this november's midterm elections and i you mentioned the european union was targeting some all-american or products things like a bourbon jeans harley davidson motorcycles and that is meant to be politically damaging in states where trump has a lot of support and in areas where there are republicans seeking reelection. richardson in washington thank you very much. well the escalating international trade dispute made itself felt on the markets on friday the looming trade will between the u.s. and china and europe is certainly making invest this global share markets are under pressure even the dow jones lurching into negative territory and croft build a boeing was among the heaviest news's traders were reacting to their belief that aircraft and agricultural produce would be on the list of retaliatory chinese sanctions and covering the fallout on wall street is a financial correspondent yens court against what are you hearing there on the floor. well the first round of

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 june 13, 2018, at 11:13 a.m. that the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 2229. that the senate agreed to, without an amendment, house concurrent resolution 111. with best wishes i am, signed incerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. biggs: i congratulate my friend, umh beer toe lopez who received hotel of the year award this past may. he rose from humble roots and is the true definition of the american dream. his father passed away worked at the university of arizona and became a c.p.a. arizona he found an tourism and owes them in bringing excellence to hospital and the outstanding hotels he manages. he created a foundation which works to improve the quality of life of communities and families across s

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 406. he nays are three. 2/3 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 unfinished business is the vote on the motion by the gentleman from wisconsin, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5892, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5891, a bill to establish an interagency task force to improve the federal response to families impacted by substance abuse disorders. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. 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 c

u.s. house of representatives attempted to answer at least one of these questions with a new immigration bill but the bill failed. and a vote on a second bill has been postponed. meanwhile federal health officials have requested the pentagon prepare housing for up to twenty thousand unaccompanied migrant children on military bases and on thursday first lady melania trump went on a p.r. offensive making a surprise visit to a detention center on the border damage control from president trump by all means necessary. are you want to go now to our washington bureau chief alexander phenomena good evening to you all xandra so the department of defense this is remarkable reportedly been requested to help us up to twenty thousand migrant children on u.s. military bases and we will the u.s. resume the policy of separating children from migrant families i mean why is this twenty thousand words that number coming from. well that wouldn't be my interpretation that the administration is willing to start a family it's really separation policy again i would say that it's something that the trouble with ratio

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 june 21, 2018, at 9:31 a.m. that the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 770. appointment, united states commission on international religious freedom. with best wishes, i am, signed sib searly --sincerely, karen haas. l. the speaker pro tempore: the chair declares the house in recess for less than 15 minutes. >> we do expect them to return for more debate on two republican immigration bills. we'll have live coverage here on c-span when they gavel back in. ahead of that we'll show you a speech from this morning on the house floor by texas democrat al green talking about the president's executive order signed last night ending the separation of migrant children from their families at the border. and his own experience with segregation. thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise because i love my country a

u.s. house of representatives has passed legislate. to scale back nutrition assistance to less fortunate americans as part of a massive new farm bill the legislation is a long way to go it has not yet been considered by the us senate all that may occur in the coming days but the passage in the house is particularly significant in that it was not a bipartisan bill with both republicans and democrats supporting it that usually takes place the reason stems from the controversial provision related to changes in what is called the supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap or some people know it as food stamps which currently assist roughly forty million lower income americans here and tell us about the provision and why it made the legislation so unpalatable for many is fred kaufman the offer of bet the farm fred thanks for being with us as always it's great to have you i worked on many farm bills as you know and you know i love working with republicans and democrats one of the things nice about government what's going on this time f

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, 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 june 7, 2018, at 9:04 a.m. that the senate passed senate 1692, that the senate passed senate 2857, that the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 88, that the senate passed without an amendment h.r. 1397, that the senate passed without an amendment h.r. 1719, that the senate passed without an amendment h.r. 1900. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house an enrolled bill. e clerk: h.r. 3249, an a county to authorize the project safe neighborhoods grant rogram and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up, -- up house resolution 923 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 15

u.s. of house of representatives.ack the trust of the american people and restore checks and balances. david: 950 million dollars, who would've thought for a congressional campaign? that his countrymen -- congressman ben ray lujan. shery: president trump speaking in the rose garden arena. he is signing a bill to overhaul the v.a.. president trump saying the bill will provide choice and freedom to veterans. you can watch the full event online. this is bloomberg. ♪ pres. trump: it is less expensive for us, it works out better, and it is immediate care. that is what we are doing. that is what we are doing. breaking news on alphabet. shery: the board has voted down on pay that would be tied to congress in workplace diversity. employees had teamed up with investors and a push to tie executive pay to progress and work with diversity recut -- requesting off of it consider those planes. this proposal was presented at wednesday's annual shareholder meeting in mountain view, california on behalf of asset management which submit

u.s. house of representatives newt gingrich has been a longtime ally of regularly addressing her programsnd conferences during his time during and after his time in congress. speaker gingrich supports our center in santa barbara california and along with his wife found one of their many documentaries ronald reagan rendezvoused to destiny. we honored to have him here for the very first time at young america foundation's national headquarters. it's no surprise as speaker gingrich understands importance of educating young people with the principles that make america great. prior to his career in public service he taught history and environmental studies at western college. the congressmen once said newt gingrich is a teacher who did not stop teaching when he left campus. first in congress in 1970 t. represent the sixth district of congress for 20 years and was elected a speaker in the house where he served until 1999. in his first speech as speaker newt gingrich told the young audience he felt compelled to public service at an early age noting some people have to be willing to dedicate their

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 212. the nays are 201. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 15 printed in part b of house report 115-712, offered by the gentleman from north carolina, mr. meadows, on which further proceedings were postponed and which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 15, printed in part b of house report number 115-712, offered by mr. meadows of north carolina. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for 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 is a two-one 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

u.s. house of representatives, we're here with the children because we believe that this is what is important. i want to thank all of my colleagues. i know that the rules to not speak, but iyou to think you speak with your presence here and with these children in your arms. but i want to tell you something, i know this is a tragic moment, but this speak, i weekend, i couldn't have felt prouder to be an american. i couldn't have felt prouder about just what our exceptionalism is. i saw americans everywhere across this country standing up for children. standing up for those that are in need. standing up for moms and dads that are being separated let's celebrate, too. america sees this injustice, see this is cruelty, sees this evil and it not remain silent. and that is the america that i am so happy i was born into. we have a great country. and let's remember that. so let's keep the fight. let's keep the fight for these children that are here. they are so beautiful. i want america -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman'sime has expired. mr. gutierrez: these are the children -- the speaker pro

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 383 the nays are 13. recorded as present, none. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5041 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r5041, a bill to amend the controlled substances act to authorize the employees of a hospice program to handle ntrolled substances on the residence of a deceased hospice patient to assist in disposal. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. 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 unite

u.s. house of representatives. the chair lays before the house a -- a commaun case from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. june 25, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable jody c. arrington 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 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. -- chair will alternative alternate recognition between the parties, all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue john 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 gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. as we recover from the chaos emanating from the white house and the tweeter in chief this last week, it's important to recognize children are not invaders. children must no

u.s. house of representatives will vote on legislation to stop family separations but the broader issue of immigration reform is yet to be resolved kimberly health at al-jazeera the white house well toned javits says the vice president of immigration policy at the center for american progress he says the executive order doesn't actually reunite families. yeah i want to be crystal clear the administration today didn't do anything that will end family separation the executive order that the administration announced today is going to set up family incarceration camps on department of defense facilities around the country but the executive order itself acknowledges that that is not a long term solution and kids will not be allowed to remain in those facilities for the duration of their proceedings the court that the executive order specifically says are going to go back to a court to request that a court allow them to do what they fully acknowledge and recognize this point is not lawful so all this does really is delay a future family separations for a few weeks but we're going to bring me bac

u.s. house of representatives is up for reelection and many u.s. senate seats referee election as well so congress may feel some pressure to do something because some of the seats may be affected by how they stand on this issue although i'm doubtful that anybody would lose their seat over this issue although it's right now dominating the news lindsey graham only reason have to lose this seat have. you explain that to us joe there's often a lot of skepticism and pessimism about whether a congressman wants to quote unquote take a risk to try and fix this why well because members of congress want to keep their seats and so often times they want to test how their constituents feel about a matter of asli this is a matter that is bothered a lot of people republicans and democrats because it seems to be so he inhumane and it's caused the first lady malani attempt to speak out about its cost because former first lady laura bush to speak out to write an op ed piece strongly condemning the policy and obviously there are democrats republicans that think that t

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u.s. house of representatives committees include energy. we will go to the republican line. caller: good morning. i have a couple questions to ask you. do you have a wall around your house? not, sir.o caller: second question is. second question is. well, you have a fence in your backyard. how many of these illegals will you take in coming across the border? third question is, was hill it -- if hillary was elected, would we find out what went on with the fbi and how corrupted they were? guest: investigations are showing there was a clearance there. there was not any misdoing. also, with the illegals, as you label them, undocumented might be another choice of verbiage, but this is about finding a sound pathway to citizenship so there is a legal standard established and there are resources at the agency to provide for a sound bit of policy reform, which we hav tried to initiate for several years. ehost: jack from arizona, democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? thank you for taking my call. i have a quick question for your representative from new york.

u.s. house of representatives is up for reelection and many u.s. senate seats are up for reelection as well so congress may feel some pressure to do something because some of the seats may be affected by how they stand this issue although i'm doubtful that anybody would lose their seat over this issue although it's right now dominating the news lindsey graham only reason have to lose this seat have. you explain that part to us joe there's often a lot of skepticism and pessimism about whether a congressman wants to quote unquote take a risk to try and fix this why well because members of congress want to keep their seats and so often times they want to test how their constituents feel about a matter of asli this is a matter that is bothered a lot of people republicans and democrats because it seems to be so he inhumane and it's caused the first lady malani a trump to speak out about its cost because former first lady laura bush to speak out to write an op ed piece strongly condemning the policy and obviously there are democrats republicans that think

u.s. house of representatives. ndy, can you talk about your view of threat intelligence, how using it and how well is it working? >> sure. thanks, ron. so the way i see threat intel is that data, that understanding -- and we've had several people define it today. but that data and that understanding of the attack vectors, the threat, the ttps, and that information that can be used to, one, reduce risk, and, two, to reduce that dwell time. you know, that dwell time metric that everybody says that you hear in various speaking engagements, where there's 208 days that malware sits on a machine undetected. i think that is where threat intelligence can help reduce or prevent to some degree that dwell time. now, how do we use it? so one of the things the way i've talked to my threat intel team is i kind of put in in the concentric circle model. so internal inside the wire is where you do your day to day business. you do event management, hopefully not incident response, but we do incident response. then that threat intel t

u.s. of house of representatives for the first anytime four decades. the passed welfare reform, the first balanced budget in a generation and the first tax cut in 16 years. iring and educating young people. in 1997 he addressed -- held a press conference in front of 400 students on capitol hill, covered by every major news network and broadcast live on c-span. he launched the center for -- and served as general chairman of american solutions for winning the future until his 2012 presidential bid. he has pressured 36 books include 15 knicks and nonfictio "new york times" best sellers and his baitest book is "trump's america." he a fox news contribute job. "time magazine" named him man of the year for 1995 and said liters make thing possibles. exceptional leaders make things inevitable. we agree. join me in welcoming, 50th 50th speak of the house of representatives, newt gingrich. >> thank you very, very much. i'm glad you're here so she's also an intern with us at gingrich productions so we're delighted to have him here today to cover the things we talk

u.s. house of representatives will vote on legislation to stop family separations but the broader issue ofimmigration reform is yet to be resolved kimberley health at al-jazeera the white house. says the vice president of immigration policy at the center for american progress he says the executive order doesn't necessarily reunite families what we've learned in this associated press report is that an m.r.e. run prisons in yemen mass rape is being used as a weapon of torture and interrogation and humiliation it's a war crime on a pretty epic scale and that the u.s. is turning a blind eye to it completely i know from my own reporting that the u.s. government is not being frank even with u.s. lawmakers about what the u.s. i'm sorry that's the but the wrong vision we're playing over that that interview that let's move on actually presses u.s. news and world report contributor and a board member of republican women for congress she joins us now live from washington and we heard very briefly there in the small about of that interview that we heard that this isn't really a reversal of policy is i

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of the people who made that happen. ashley represented northwest -- represented northwest ohio in the u.s. house of representatives from 1858 to 1868. in 1824 he was born. came of age at the same time as the political anti-slavery movement and the u.s. labor movement and was influenced by both. ashley was a passionate opponent of slavery from an early age, a protege of ohio governor and senator salmon chase. was, as a young boy, he worked on the boats on the ohio river. he was from southern ohio, and -- he saw how the evils of slavery on the boats, that were on the river, so from his early teenage years, he was passionately opposed. he used to practice, he used to --nd on his neighbor's tabor table and practice anti-slavery, getting ready for his future as an anti-slavery politician. ashley was originally a democrat, economic populist and , who hendrew jackson saw as a champion of workers rights. but ashley led the -- left over the issue of slavery and helped to found the republican party. in congress, ashley chair the the houseof -- committee on the territories at a time when slavery was the ho

u.s. house of representatives. also the first woman to serve from her district. >> that's a lot of firsts. >> it's a lot. >> is that a lot of pressure? >> to me, i'm more concerned that i'm not the last. >> reporter: a ground swell in a conservative climate. the state hasn't elected a democrat to statewide office in nearly three decades. and during their last session, texas lawmakers trying to pass legislation denying gay couples adoption services and marriage licenses. >> it's clear that we're being targeted. so we need to fight back and i look forward to doing that. >> reporter: the uphill battle getting harder for valdez following a report that she owes $12,000 in unpaid property taxes. a spokesman tells nbc news valdez plans to pay it off entirely, but the odds don't scare her. >> we've made quite a few advances, but we're not done yet. >>eporter: hoping 2018 will be a winning year for equality on the texas ballot. catie beck, nbc news, san antonio, texas. >>> after months of political turmoil, italy finally ha

u.s. house of representatives by california congressman roca hahn of the bill would give employers both public and private subsidies to hire workers for eighteen months the proposal would also aim to offer workers a living wage with key benefits many jobs have been created over the past decade but don't provide that living wage some of call this a watered down version of a similar piece of legislation crafted in the u.s. senate the idea of a federal job program has been praised by several economists including economist stephanie kelton a former economic advisor to u.s. senator bernie sanders who claim that the program would be something fundamentally transformative. and returning to a story we reported last week anti pollution protesters in the indian town of two to corin in southeastern and southern india have finally won their twenty two year fight to close the sterile light copper smelter owned by then donta resources of london residents near the plant have long blamed it for increased cancer rates in the area as well as skin and respiratory problems they were provoked to push hard for clos

he was first elected to the iowa legislature in 1958 and to the house of representatives, u.s. house of representatives in 1974. since 1981 he has served the citizens of iowa and, indeed, the rest of the nation as a united states senator. senator grassley is has long bn considered a champion of government oversight and transparency and is often referred to as the patron saint of whistleblowers. he is currently the chairman of the senate judiciary committee where his fervent belief in the need for robust oversight has been on full display as of late. please join me in welcoming senator chuck grassley. [applause] >> thank you for a kite introduction, and if i could make just one little correction because i don't want to be misleading here. i was elected to the legislature while i was in the middle of that phd crusade i was on, and so i'm one of those people that almost -- that the privilege to be here with you. in 1980, that's before most of you were born, i was elected to the united states senate, and during my early years in the united states senate i met a man who had a signifi

from indonesia we had speakers from both north and south korea were represented here now the united states was invited both houses of the u.s. congress the house of representatives and the u.s. senate were both invited to participate but they and fortunately declined so the usa did not send any lawmakers to this huge international conference i know you were a very active it's late late at night over there now and i know you tweeted from over there but one of the big things to make international headlines was of course the president trumps announcement to hit allied nations and various other nations with tariffs and and there in russia with economic sanctions which have been going on for several years what has been their reaction from the attendees with regard to the latest round of trumps sanctions and tariffs. well we heard from the chairman of the russian state duma he opened the conference welcoming legislators from around the world and when he spoke he specifically called out the economic sanctions described them as basically an attempt to you know bully countries around the world into doing what the usa wants and from

u.s. house of representatives, republicans secure a top-ticket candidate in california. aew study looks at major cities across the country where homicides are common, but arrests, rare. and, diving deep into humanity's past. what scientists are learning afrbout humans today om studying the d.n.a. of our ancient ancestors' bones. >> people today are almost never directly descended from the people who first lived in those places. there's waves and waves of population reacement, and that we're all interconnected. >: > woodall that and more, o

u.s. house of representatives, and his committees include energy and commerce. we'll go toat mark joining us fm henderson, north carolina. good morning, republican line. >> caller: hi, good morning. a couplean, i've got questions to ask you. >> guest: sure, mark. >> caller: first question is do you have a wall around your house? >> guest: i doun not, sir. >> caller: second question is, second question is -- well, you have a fence in your backyard. a second question is how many of these illegals will you take in coming across the border? thirdd question is if hillary ws elected, would we even find out what went on with the fbi and how corrupt they actually were? >> guest: well, i think, you know, investigations are showing that, yourr know, there was, the was a clearance there that was not any misdoing. also with the, with the illegals as you label them, undocumented might be another choice of verbiage, but this is about finding a sound pathway to citizenship soun that there is a legal standard or established and that there are resources at the agency to provide

u.s. house of representatives. ndy, can you talk about your view of threat intelligence, how you're using it and how well it is working? >> sure. the way i see threat intel is that data and we've had several people define it. that data and understanding of the attack vectors, the threat, the ttps, and that information that can be used to one, reduce risk and two, to reduce that dwell time. you know that dwell time metric everybody says that you hear in various speaking engagement, 208 days malware sits on a machine undetected. that's where threat intelligence can help reduce or prevent to some degree that dwell time. now how do we use it? one of the things the way i talked to my threat intel team i put it in the concentric circle. internal inside the wire as i like to call it is where you do your day-to-day business, soft works, event management. hopefully not incident response but we do incident response. that intel sits at the edge of the wire. first thing they look at in our case is any information that we're get

u.s. house of representatives.to serve from her district. >> that's a lot of firsts. >> it's a lot of >> is it a lot of pressure? >> to me i'm more concerned that i'm not the last. >> reporter: a groundswell in a conservative climate. the state hasn't elected a democrat to statewide office in nearly three decades. and during their last session texas lawmakers tried to pass legislation denying gay targete. and so we need to fight back and i look forward to doing that. >> reporter: the uphill battle getting harder for valdez following a report that she owes $12,000 in unpaid property taxes. a spokesman tells nbc news valdez plans to pay it off entirely. but the odds don't scare her. >> we've made quite a few advances. but we're not done yet. >> reporter: hoping 2018 will be a winning year for equality on theasballot. katie beck, nbc news, san antonio, texas. >>> the daughter of a fallen state trooper was supported by dozens of her dad's friends at graduation. lauren rich lost her dad in the line of duty when she was

u.s. house of representatives have rejected an immigration bill which would have addressed the crisis of families separated at the border with mexico it also would have given president twenty five billion dollars to build a wall along the border as well as long term protection for children brought into the country illegally by their parents vote on the bill is being delayed twice an attempt to rally support. u.s. defense secretary james mattis has been in china's capital for talks on regional security territorial disputes in the south china sea and the presence of u.s. troops in south korea one of the main issues discussed in beijing adrian brown has more from beijing. well james mattis said he was here to in his words take the measure of china's strategic ambitions joining the photo opportunity before their closed door meetings both sides issued brief statements and it was then the president xi jinping said that china would never concede give an inch of its territory he also said to sort of mollify his guest the china didn't want to create global chaos and would pursue a path of peaceful develop

u.s. house of representatives have rejected an immigration bill which would have addressed the crisis of families separated at the border with mexico it also would have given the president twenty five billion dollars to build the wall along the border as well as long term protection for children brought into the country illegally by their parents a vote on the bill has been delayed twice in attempt to rally support the u.s. and russia say a summit between their two leaders will take place but few further details have been released officials say the talks between donald trump and live in mere putin will be held in a third country comes a day after trump's national security advisor john bolton met the russian president to moscow our state department correspondent roslyn jordan reports from washington . it was the warmest of welcomes for john bolton the national security advisor for u.s. president donald trump is greater president vladimir putin's west but he just must cool off so your visit to moscow gives us hope that we can at least make the first steps towards restoring for formal relations betw

u.s. house of representatives has passed legislation to scale back nutrition assistance to less fortunate americans as part of a massive new farm bill the legislation has a long way to go it has not yet been considered by the u.s. senate all that may occur in the coming days. the passage in the house is particularly significant in that it was not a bipartisan bill with both republicans and democrats supporting it usually takes place the reason stems from the controversial provision related to changes in what is called the supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap or some people know it as food stamps which currently assist roughly forty million lower income americans here and tell us about the provision why it made the legislation so on palatable for many is fred kaufman the author of bet the farm fred thanks for being with us as always it's great to have you i worked on many farm bills as you know and you know i love working with republicans and democrats one of the things nice about government what's going on this time fred. well bart all i can say is that it's disgusting when pe