united states army. the president of the united states of america, authorized by acts of congress march 3, 1863, has awardedn the name of the congress the medal of honor to specialist iv jerry g. wetzel, united states army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity of action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. specialist iv jerry g. wetzel, 103rd helicopter company, distinguished himself near the -- in the republic of vietnam. january 8, 1968, he was serving as a door gunner on a helicopter which was part of an insertion force trapped in the landing zone by intense and deadly hostile fire. he was going to the aid of aircraft commander when he was blown into a rice paddy and critically wounded. although bleeding profusely due to severe wounds, he staggered back to his original position and took enemy forces under fire. his machine gun was the only weapon placing effective fire on the enemy at that time. specialist wetzel remained at his position until he eliminated the automatic weapons inflicting heavy casualties on the american troops. refusing to attend his own extensive wounds, he a

the security of americans at risk to appease a dictator, today's hearing will show that the united states congress will not. and, mr. chairman, with that i yield back. chairman katko: thank you, mr. chairman. i now recognize the ranking member of the full committee, the gentleman from mississippi, mr. thompson, for any statement he may have. representative thompson: thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you for convening this important hearing. i welcome our witnesses, also, to this hearing. earlier this year, the obama administration and cuban government finalized an arrangement that will resume commercial aviation between the united states and cuba. we, as a committee with oversight jurisdiction of transportation security measures, have the great responsibility of ensuring that the transportation security administration, the department of homeland security, customs and border protection, and other relevant agencies are doing their due diligence to ensure that the flights departing from cuba to the united states are secure. although not last points of departure, the recent bombings of planes o

did not know whether 1968 act and subsequent amendments to that act by the united states congress was being implemented at the local level. and this was the g.a.o.'s finding. they did the audit. and in response and h.u.d. is often criticized for not responding effectively to the g.a.o. or anyone else, here they responded. they required and developed regulations which would insist that grantees conduct a fair housing analysis and submit their fair housing assessment to h.u.d. for review. as a result of this proposed regulation, h.u.d. went through a two-year rule-making process. this was not some whimsical spur of the moment decision, a press release to say let's do this. two years, fully open to public hearings, comment and review, fully susceptible to challenge in court if it was not measured up to the administrative procedure act and fair housing act of 1968. so this process is a result of the regulations that will actually carry out the intent of the united states congress. and to reinforce and to clarify what the chairman has said, these regulations, you're not changing existing l

that gave them the a scombloort in the united states congress -- them a majority in the united states congress. right now we see republicans much more focused on their relationship with the presumptive nominee than they are on things like passing a budget or passing funding for the zika virus, to avert a public health disaster. or passing much-needed funding to relieve the financial turmoil on puerto rico that's having a negative impact on three million americans who live there. we certainly haven't seen any action in either house of congress on funding programs to fight opioid addiction. we see the house trying to take victory laps on legislation that doesn't actually provide any money to ensure that anybody, any more people can get access to treatment. if republicans had much conviction about their agenda, they'd be trying to implement it now as opposed to trying to convince other members of the republican party or the presumptive republican nominee that what they propose is the right thing to do. if they thought it was the right thing to do, why wouldn't they be trying to implement

. >> my candidacy for united states congress. >> in press releases. the 25-year-old aannounced her candidacy on facebook >> i clicked submit and the world responded. >> her background is in nonprofits. she describes the moment she decided to run when an older male mentor told her. >> don't. you cannot run. you will not have the support of environmentalists, or organizations. just wait 20 years, sweetie. >> she's hoping for success. >> if elected i will be the youngest person ever elected for house of representatives. there has never been a person under 30 elected to national politics in my opinion, has to change. >> no party affiliation, no donations. he's a middle schoolteacher in novato. one thing you'll notice in his class, money seems to be going around. this is a bookie dollar. for participation, they get pencils, erasers. >> they requested cup o' noodles. >> he is not accepting campaign donations. at 39 he spent two years in the peace corps and 12 years teaching. this is why he's running now. >> that is my son. i didn't know what chance i would

. >> crockett has made a remarkable journey, from bound boy to the united states congress and now withs on the white house, he wastes no time ruffling feathers. >> andrew jackson has a near singular focus, passing the indian removal act, which will relocate numerous native-american tribes to greater west. even though it will benefit his constituency, david crockett has strong moral objections to forcing native people from their ancestoral lands. >> i move to provide the removal of any native americans west of the mississippi, how do you vote? >> aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> aye for an eye. >> mr. crockett? >> nay! >> given his history with the indians, it is remarkable that he had the humanity in him to be their defender, to go up against andrew jackson. >> crockett's voice infuriates the jackson dems who, once again, target his campaign. >> william fitzgerald was a candidate hand picked to bring down crockett and, ironically, he used some of the same folksy down-home tactics that crockett had mastered against him successfully which annoyed crockett. >> any man that calls me a liar is going

. >> my candidacy for united states congress. >> in press releases. 25-year-old aannounced her candidacy on facebook live. >> i clicked submit and the world responded. >> her background is in nonprofits. she describes the moment she decided to run when an older male mentor told her. >> don't. you cannot run. you will not have the support of environmentalists, or organizations. just wait 20 years, sweetie. >> she's hoping for success. >> if elected i will be the youngest person ever elected for house of representatives. there has never been a person under 30 elected to national politics in my opinion, has to change. >> no party affiliation, no donations. he's a middle schoolteacher in novato. one thing you'll notice in his class, money seems to be going around. this is a bookie dollar. for participation, they get pencils, erasers. >> they requested cup o' noodles. >> he is not accepting campaign donations. at 39 he spent two years in the peace corps and 12 years teaching. this is why he's running now. >> that is my son. i didn't know what chance i woul

the solicitors general of the united states of america just sent a letter to the congress, to the senate. nine of them signed, democrats and republican. men who have argued before the supreme court representing the united states of america. attorneys who were familiar with that court, the gravity of the decisions that they face, the requirements to serve on the court. unanimously democrats and republicans said to the senate merrick garland is the right man to serve on the supreme court. we come today with sadness and even more with a sense of injustice that the republicans would allow this political gambit to continue. to think that they are waiting for president donald trump to fill this vacancy is almost impossible to say or to believe, but it is a fact. i will close by saying i have checked the constitution and i check it regularly. there has been no change in the provision that says in november of 2012 barack obama was re-elected president of the united states to serve for four years, four full years, and that would include this year. the republican argument that he's out of business

the white house, the united states senate, united states congress, governors offices around the countrye positions so important if we'll be able to bring this country to financial viability, to compete with the rest of the world and the moral compass to lead the rest of the world. >> if you were in the voting booth today, donald trump, hillary clinton, a couple of third party candidates, where would you put the checkmark? >> i'd probably write in another name today. but i'm waiting for donald trump to show me he has the capacity to lead in a responsible way and that he recognizes that's he'll be the leader of all the republicans. if he gets elected president, he'll be president of all of the people. that's important to me. i've come from a different place. i've witnessed three presidents do the tough job of being president. and i watch them up close and personal. especially with george w. bush. and i have great respect for the burden the president carries. i want our president to have the capacity to carry those burdens but i also want him to do it with courage so it doesn't dictate he

this emergency, before we start to see direct transmission of zika by mosquitoes in the united states , congress has not acted. congress has basically done nothing to act on this specific request for funding put forward by the administration and endorsed by democratic and republican governors across the country and our nation's foremost public health experts. as you can see in the graphic behind me, the time to prepare before zika begins to spread in the continental united states is rapidly closing. as c.d.c. has said for months, based on historical trends, we expect to see transmission of zika from mosquitoes inside the united states starting in june or july. this graphic shows the expected abundance of the mosquito and increase in its presence over the summer months. as you can clearly see, the threat from the zika virus is only increasing. the truth is, this is an emergency now. and congress should treat it that way. we need emergency funding from congress that allows us to take urgent and immediate steps to limit the impact of the zika virus. what this graphic clearly shows is we cannot wait

oversight of the credit rating agencies and the united states congress oversite over the s.e.c.specially as it relates to consumer protection because each of the witnesses in their opening statements indicated one of the foundational principles whether it's whistle-blower section, office of credit rating agencies, and investor protection sort of central to what you do. i've been following a couple of issues that are the subject of the hearing today. first actually slightly separate issue has to do with foreign companies that somehow get listed on the stock exchanges of our nation and end up being fraudulent companies, many chinese companies, we find out nothing but shell entities. a lot of u.s. investors have been hurt significantly. i'm not going ask did members of the panel to address this but with the chairman's permission i'd like to write to the members, through the chairman's office. i'm concerned either the s.e.c., united states congress, us working together, not doing enough to protect issue. but today i want to follow up on the issues that were raised by the members mr.

it is unfortunately still making its way through the united states congress. we would have liked to have seen congress begin the effort many months ago. at present, the president met with his security team and public health experts in january to discuss the issue. a couple weeks later, he signaled his intent to request resources from congress. a few weeks later, we had a detailed postal to show how the $1.9 billion would be spent. we work at a very rapid pace over the winter to put forward this request. three months now have gone by, almost three months, and we have seen very little movement from congress. and that has been quite disappointing. but, maybe as people like in, and bringway in bipartisan support for our public health officials, maybe we will build up some momentum here. is hostingident several world leaders. the refugee crisis, back in september, he wanted to allow 10,000 syrian and the country. 2015, but of fiscal they are showing just a little bit more than 2000. do they think they will reach their goal of 10,000 by october, and can you also expl

more than 90% of the laws issued by the federal government are never even voted on by the united states congresse living under the dictate of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats. that must change, and congress has not shown the background to change it. that is what the states must lead the way. so people say there is the governor of texas, i and not interested in politicians' books. this is targeted to. explain who this is targeted to. willie: the grassroots people. looking at bernie sanders campaign, you see people who are washington, have been there a long time, can i get the job done. they are a part of the problem. the solution is not invented by many. it was invented by james madison, alexander hamilton. at the very beginning, the states have a vibrant role to play in america. the current washington, d.c. has the role of states in america. it is time we returned power in this country to where it belongs, and that is the states. mark: you have a lot of constituents supporting donald trump. have you talked to their decisions? /i have not -- greg: i have not. mark: what would you tell them? t

united states army. the president of the united states of america authorized by acts of congress march 3, 1863, has awardedname of the congress the medal of honor to wetzel,st iv jerry g united states army for an sticky with gallantry and risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. jerry g wetzel, 103rd helicopter company, distinguished himself near the republic of vietnam. january 8, 1968, he was serving as a door gunner on a helicopter which was part of an insertion force trapped in the landing zone by intense and deadly hostile fire. was going to the aid of aircraft commander when he was alone into a rice paddy and greatly wounded. profusely dueing to severe winds, he staggered back to his original position and took enemy forces under fire. his machine gun was the only weapon placing effective fire on the enemy at that time. the specialist wetzel made at his position until he eliminated the automatic weapons inflicting heavy casualties on the american troops. refusing to attend his own extensive wounds, he attempted to return to the aid of his aircraft commander, but passed out from loss of bloo

united states, we will not forget you. we will stand with you. the people of the united states and the united states congressstand tall with you and appreciate that you have risked your lives in a way that saved american lives. thank you very much. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. moulton: i have no further speakers. i urge adoption of the en bloc amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. thornberry: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of the bipartisan amendment with congressman seth moulton, number 95, that would increase transparency and accountability in addition to promoting peace through strength. in the past few months this etehran regime has repeatedly pushed the boundaries of the dangerous tehran deal and on security council resolutions. since january, the iranian regime has tested at least

juan has always been a strong -- taiwan has been a strong trend and critical jool eye to the united states. congress has championed a strong relationship like the taiwan relations act and through successive administrations to fulfill their obligations to sell defensive arms to taiwan. taiwan is now the united states' ninth largest trading partner and it is in the u.s. interest to have a stable and a prosperous taiwan. it is an exciting time in taiwan. in january, a free and fair election once again demonstrated the strength and vibe bransy of die wan's democratic system and in three days we expect the null elected president to be inaugurated in a peaceful transfer of power from one party to another. the people of taiwan should be proud of their prosperous, free and democratic society and what they have been able to accomplish despite having to face countless challenges outside of their control. mr. speaker, when the u.s. established plementic relations with the peoples republic of china on january 1, 1979, the u.s. congress acted just 100 days later to pass the taiwan relations act, which would ensu

ensuring that all americans can enjoy the country's pros sparety to which they contribute the united states congress recognized in 1938 what today's working women and menopause to still to be true. economic stability can be achieved through family supporting wages and hours. if today's employees are to realize the laws basic promise of reprieve from over work in order to spend time with their families, the flsas over time protections must be strengthened and protected. we believe the u.s. department of labors proposal to adjust the salaried test for determining over time el blt wiigible blt w just that. raising it in 2016 will broadly benefit millions of working people, whether they're newly eligible for over time protections or more squarely protected against over time misclassification that can occur under the more ambiguous duties tasks. the the current threshold covers only 8% of salaried employees today. employers employers are even currently within their rights to deny over time pay to employees who earn less than the poverty level for a family of four. real lives will change for the better by

can say the co-leadership since paul ryan is the highest elected republican official in the united states congress. he did win it. he earned it. and i think that's what has so many anti-trump, you know, never trump folk bent out of shape. >> should speaker ryan have endorsed donald trump as the speaker of the house leader of the republican party? should he endorsed him or dodged the question or how should he have handled it. what do you think about the summit this week and would you like to be a fly on the wall? >> i would love to be a fly on the wall. speaker ryan could have said he's going to support donald trump since he's the presumptive nominee. that's different than saying endorse. you say endorse some people assume you agree with every position they take and how they say it. he could have said i support them rather than i'm not ready for that yet. all that did was to throw more gasoline on the internal feud that's going on in the republican party. the meeting next week i think is excellent. if they sit down and go to the table with open minds they will probably realize that they have more i

. >> my candidacy for united states congress.year-old democrat aaron announced her candidacy on facebook live. >> sat in my bed in million valley and clicked submit and the world responded. >>reporter: now this picked up the story. you can see the video. more than 4 million view in 4 days. background non-profit and environmental advocate. described the moment she decided to run when older male mentor told her. >> don't. you can not ruchbility you will not have the support of any environmentalist. of any environmental organization. just wait 20 years sweetie. >>reporter: she was hoping for success. >> if elected i will be the youngest person ever elected to house of representatives. never a woman under 30 elected to until office which in my opinion has to change. >>reporter: next candidate is also doing things a little differently. the no party affiliation and no donation. he's a middle school teacher in novato. one thing you notice money is going around. this is a rookie dlaivrment definitely a positively affect. >>reporter: part

responsibility to deal with the result of the last elections that gave them the majority in the united states congressnow we see republicans much more focussed on their relationship with the presumptive nominee than they are on things like passing a budget or passing funding for zika virus to avert a public health disaster or passing funding to relieve puerto rico. we haven't seen action in either house of congress on funding programs to fight opioid addiction. we see them trying to take victory laps on legislation. if republicans had much conviction about their agenda they would be trying to implement it now as opposed to trying to convince other members of the republican party or the presumptive republican nominee that what they propose is the right thing to do. all of the things i just outlined are things that republicans at one point or another have indicated is a priority to them and all of those are things that i have said president obama believes are a priority. we have been working hard to try to cajole congress to act on the budget, zika, puerto rico and opioids. republicans do have a governi

potentially ten times that amount of money in an account that has very little oversight from the united states congress it tells these countries what we think is most important and as part of this balance it's difficult to do when the numbers are that skewed. to that end, i don't know exactly who to put this question to, in these three conflict zones that we're talking about, can you talk a little bit about this mystery which is the attractiveness of a sunny ideology that are often dominated by muslims and the story has to be partially about schools that are on the ground funded by some of our allies in the middle east and some of it has to do with young men who go to the middle east to get taught in schools funded by our allies in the middle east. what is the level of seriousness about the countries on the ground in understanding and trying to tackle this problem of radicalization that happens in these funded schools either in theater or back in the middle east. >> i think it's a real concern on the part of many governments in the region and we hear that from those governments. as you pointed out ther

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they gave them the majority of the united states congress.licans focused on the relationship of the presumptive nominee than on things like passing a budget or passing funding to a zika virus or passing much needed funding to release the financial turmoil that had a negative impact on three million americans worked there. >> and unfunding programs to fight opioid addiction. so, if republicans had much conviction about their agenda. they'll be trying to implement it now as oppose to trying to convince other members of the republican party or the presumptive republican nominee of what they prosed is the right thing to do. if they thought it is the right thing to do, why won't they implement it right now. >> all those are things that i have said, president obama believed there is a priority. so i think that's why there maybe skepticism outside the republicans party. they have not done anything. >> do you think it is a show? [ inaudible ] >> i am not going to -- i don't know anybody that's going to be a asleep over the meeting. >> thank you, josh

private vaccine inroduce a that largethat are so that's why we've made a strong case to the united states congress that they don't just to provide funding expeditiously as a bipartisan group of governs as indicated but we also need them to make a longer term commitment to those private sectorhe can be confident about making their own long-term commitment be necessary to complete testing and manufacture protectcine that could the american people from zika so this is an urgent effort that long-term commitment and those are two things that good at.isn't very they aren't very good about aren'tquickly and they very good about making long-term quiments to things but for the american people and the safety of our public health, we need congress to act quickly a long-term commitment to the resources that our public health officials need to keep us virus.om the zika >> what are the republicans to you or to the legislators as to the reason why they're not this an urgent issue right now? >> i don't know what good there could be. >> what is the explanation they've given? >> i'll leave it to the their owns to m

al: you are in a unique position, the only independent member in the united states congress.were king, who would you tap as president? who that we don't consider what impressed? -- would impress? sen. king: the guy that i have been most impressed with is tim kaine of virginia. he is prominently mentioned as a vice presidential candidate for hillary clinton. he was a successful -- he was a mayor, a governor, he knows about being an executive. a very successful governor. virginia is a contentious state with conservatives and liberals. he was very popular. he worked with both sides. i got to know him personally. he is a deep guy, spiritually and intellectually. a terrific public speaker. he is a guy i hope someday will lead the country. al: angus king, thank you so much for being with us. and thank you for watching. ♪ ♪ i am mark crumpton, and you are watching bloomberg west. air city officials tell us the debris in the mediterranean sea does not belong to egyptair , contradicting early reports that said it was from the plane. the plane went down halfway between the greek island

the previous occupant of that office had decided to run for the united states congress after mel reynolds then the occupant of that office, fell into some hard times. >> right. >> and we'll leave it there. [laughter] and so the reality is that this woman said i'm going to run for that office. but when jesse jackson jr. threw his hat into the ring, all bets were off. >> right. >> so she said let me go back to the state senate, and let me do that. in chicago politics it was like everybody, you know, a pecking order. you served your time, you did your thing, this, this particular office then you have to acknowledge that the older person or the person more senior gets the nod. well, the younger guy named obama wasn't really -- let me think about that. not only did he think about it and said, no, i think i'm going to keep my name in and didn't give her her seat back rhetorically, symbolically. he said he was going to stay in the race. he figured out a way not only to remove her from officially being able to run, but everybody else who was on the slate. >> challenged her signatures, right? >> c

the clerk: to the congress of the united states. section 202-d of the national emergencies act, 50 united states code 1622-d, provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency within 90 days prior to the date of its declaration. the president transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision, visanthe to the federal register for publication the inclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to burma that was declared on may 0, 1997, is to continue in effect beyond may 20, 2016. the government of burma has made significant progress across a number of important areas since 2011. including the release of over 1,300 pli political prisoners, a peaceful and competitive election, the signing of a nation-wide ceasefire agreement with eight ethnic armed groups, the discharge of hundreds of child soldiers from the military, steps to improve labor standards, and expanding political space for civil society to have a

the only independent member of the united states congress. if you were king, if you were king, who would you tap as president of the united states as their leader? who that we don't consider would really impress. >> well, the guy that i have been most impressed with since i have been in washington is tim cane of virginia. who is prosm nently mentioned as a vice presidential candidate for hillary clinton. >> you liked that choice. >> he was a very success-- he's a mayor, a governor, he knows about executive-- he knows about being an executive, very successful governor. virginia is a contentious state with, you know, conservatives and liberals, and he was very popular, worked with both sides. and i have gotten to know him personally. he's a deep guy, spirit allly and intellectually. terrific public speaker. he is a guy i hope some day will lead the country. >> that say nice note to end on. thank you so much for being with usment an thank you for watching. >> for more about this program and earlier episodes, visit us online at pbs.org an charlie

more than 90% of the laws issued by the federal government are never even voted on by the united states congressans are living under the dictates of unelected, unawe countable burro cats. >> so people watching, they say that's the governor of texas. i'm not interested in politicians books. explain who this is targeted to? >> those grass roots, you see it in the presidential election on the republican and democrat side. look at bernie sanders campaign. you see people fed up with people in washington who have been there a long time and cannot get the job done. they are part of the problem. the solution is not invented by me but james madison, alexander hamilton. they may clear the beginning, the states have a vibrant role to play in america. the current washington d.c. destroyed the role of the states in america. it's time that we return power in this country to where it belongs and that is the states. >> you got a lot of constituents supporting donald trump and two prominent ones sitting out the campaign, both named bush. have you talked to them? >> i have not. >> what would you tell them? >> it

lali's law has already brought alex's story to the united states congress. and it's amplified the life-saving benefit of live for lali's amazing work. now, by passing this overwhelming bipartisan bill, we can ensure that alex's lasting legacy includes helping countless others get a second chance at recovery. and saving their families from the unbearable heartbreak. mr. speaker, together we truly can save lives. again, i want to thank representative clark, i want to thank the -- alex's family, i want to thank the first responders, the stakeholders back in lake county, and all of those here in this body that are working to try and create an environment, create the opportunity for us to be able to take a huge step forward in combating this prescription drug and heroin epidemic. i want to thank the gentleman for yielding the time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. green: mr. speaker, i reserve -- mr. guthrie: mr. speaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gent

leaders have said are worthy of an investment from congress that have been underfunded by the united states congress. there are a number of things that the president and our military leaders believe we could do that would enhance our readiness and there are a number of things that congress should not do that would degrade our readiness and so there are concerned about the way congress handles its business with respect to the military but the president is quite proud of the finest fighting force the world has ever known. he is often described his role as commander in chief in leading the men and women of the night states military as the greatest professional honor of his life and on time -- time and time again we have seen the heroism the professionalism yield significant benefits and that is true when it comes to fighting ebola, rescuing hostages, and true when it comes to taking out terrorists. to president is quite proud lead the united states military. >> he may veto the defense bill despite the fact that there are beumber of teams that cannot launched. i am wondering if the president the service

you never know that if you listen to the debates in the united states congress.nk it is an extravagant benefit. people say that people on snapper on it for [indiscernible] the median time a family is on we are toldyear and that the snap rules are exploding, which i hear from a lot of my republican friends. the reality is that as the economy gets better, millions and millions of people are now coming off of snap. i am so the issue is used to get people to work, but the majority of people on snap our children, senior citizens, people disabled and the majority of those who can work do work, so people who are working are earning so little that they do qualify for snap. raise theught to minimum wage to a livable raise in the country and invest a little bit more in job training programs that people can make transitions into jobs. right now, the speaker of the house in order to get the republican budget passed, which has thrown aap and whole bunch of people off the program, but it is not radical enough for the majority of republicans to support it. if they threw in more

run a fiscally sound economy through the decisions that we make here in the united states senate and the united states congress and at the white house. yes, i have blamed this president for not treating this in a serious enough manner. you know, there's been every type of effort you can think of in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and finally we just threw our hands up and gave up, because of the six or seven things that have been presented to the president over a that tiernlg -- over thae has rejected every one of them. i have been involved with the president and his top people. we gave him a lot of -- of what he wanted and in the end he turned it down. i wish we had the clock here, which was ticking behind me, evermore getting into debt that is going to have a significant impact on the future of this country. i was down here speaking yesterday. the latest quarter growth, if you can call it that, 0.5%, about as anemic as it gets, teetering on falling into a recession. that's what the statistics show the growth was for the first quarter of 2016. the number from the unemployment -- that came in from the department of la

health but you would not know it from the attitude of my former employer, susan sue, in the united states congress. for too many members this is just another occasion for the blame game. with failures like flint michigan on everybody's mind, i would have thought there would have been a rush to get ahead of the next preventable tragedy. because when these a public health crises blowup, politicians who drag their heels get embarrassed. but much more important, people become ill and some die. to their credit to the individuals on today's panel have been out there on the airwaves getting the word out from a range of angles. i am delighted they are taking our stage today. susan molinari, as i have mentioned was one of my colleagues in the house,. >> a reforming politician also. >> she, like i have escaped the toxic partisanship. she now heads public policy at google which is dedicated funds, data, and engineering to mapping the transition of the zika virus. thank you google. likely, i'm thank you google. likely, i'm sure she is frustrated that her colleagues are not moving faster to address the health

the united states congress and franklin delano roosevelt recognized in 1938 what today's working women men know to be stability canic only be achieved through family supporting wages and hours. if today's workers are able to spend time with their families, the overtime protections must be strengthened and protected. we believe the department of labor's proposal to adjust the salary test for determining overtime eligibility will do just that. 23,66g the threshold from 0 will broadly benefit thousands of working people, whether they are newly eligible for protection or more squarely protected against misclassification that can occur under the duties test. the current threshold covers only 8% of salaried employees today. currently within their rights to deny overtime pay to employees who earn less than the poverty level for a four. of real lives will change for the better by updating overtime rules. ck,l people like wanda woma who manages a dollar general in alabama. puts in 60 hours a week, most of it doing nonexempt work, like running the cash register or unloading merchandise. part-tim

the united states congress and president franklin delano roosevelt recognized in 1938 what today's working women and men know to still be true, that economic stability can only be achieved through family-supporting wages and hours. if today's employees are to realize the law's basic promise of reprieve from overwork in order to spend time with their families, the flsa's overtime protections must be strengthened and protected. we believe the u.s. department of labor's proposal to adjust the salary test for determining overtime eligibility will do just that. raising the salary threshold from $23,660 in annual pay to $50,440 in 2016 will broadly benefit millions of working people, whether they are newly eligible for overtime protections or more squarely protected against overtime misclassification that can occur under the more ambiguous duties test. the current threshold covers only 8% of salaried employees today. employers are even currently within their rights to deny overtime pay to employees who earn less than the poverty level for a family of four. real lives will change for the better b

twice ratified about it united states congress. >> governor, there is no doubt that, you know, i see rico and to me it is the greece of the united states. there are so many similarities, so many vested interests that don't want to give up and all the things they were promised. but they're just never going to get that money because the money isn't there. you can't squeeze, you know, money if a rock. the former guest says eight million puerto ricans. only five million live on the island because so many left. how much more of an impact do you think this means when it comes to the municipal bond market overall? is there some bigger threat here that goes beyond puerto rico and that bond holders in the united states should be worried about? >> well, first of all, i'm concerned indeed that whatever is done in the case of puerto rico may be seen as a precedent for other states across the union. that should be -- i'm sure that it's a concern of congress. secondly, what has been done in greece and i heard previous section certainly hasn't worked. what works is restoring the rule of law. guaran

you folks can raise all the money you want to but it doesn't mean anything unless the congress of the united states passes your budget. the district followed the charter procedure. that was in the diggs budget. to pass the budget autonomy act. and as the court noted, congress had the authority to pass a disapproval resolution. while the district budget -- while the referendum was over here for 30 days. but did not disapprove it. the federal courts also have evaluated the validity of the budget autonomy act. a federal district court indeed did find the act to be invalid. but then look at what the u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia did. after receiving briefs, reading them, hopefully, and hearing oral arguments, the higher court , the court of appeals for the district of columbia, vacated the district court decision altogether, meaning that that initial decision against the budget autonomy act had no force or effect. instead of issuing a decision on the merits or sending the case back to the lower federal court, the federal appeals court, without explanation, simply remanded the case

united states, the leader of the free world. how does she work with the united states congress, if we can't take even take her at her word in a classifiedr the voters, that's for sure, if she gets the nomination. she is not where donald trump is as far as being the presumptive nominee. let me ask you something. we ask you about not getting things done down there, but it sounds like a lot of work going on behind you. what's going on? >> just a lot of noise. tourists coming through and fairly active day. i didn't look around very much. i came up the elevator to get in front of the camera as fast as possible, but it's an active place with a lot of background noise, and i'm fortunate that i've got a dual set of earpieces today so we can talk in thais arena. >> it sounds like you're doing trap shooting. >> thank you for being on "new day" as always. have a good weekend. >> thank you, chris. >> all right, john. >>> a man rescued from a burning car by two police officers. we have a look at how they went beyond the call of duty. >>> as heros often do, two maryland police officers saying they were just doing their job when they raced to a burnin

its due diligence although the administration may want to put american security a risk that united states congressthe ranking member of the full committee for any statements he may have. >> thank you very much for convening this hearing. i welcome our witnesses also to this hearing and earlier this year the administration and cuban government had an arrangement with those security measures have a great responsibility to ensure that transportation security administration in the department of komen security and other relevant agencies are doing their due diligence to ensure that the flights departing from cuba to the united states are secure although not last points of departure the recent bombings of planes from mogadishu and one was killed tragically killing everyone on board serves as a reminder that they do wish to do us harm with commercial air fare there over 300 airports around the world that serve as less points of departure that fly directly to the united states this standard is always tsa to perform that investigation in mitigation necessary to ensure that these flights are not able to be

so here's my call to the united states congress. we have to begin the process of dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline. we have to understand that children can learn. no child is a throwaway. i offer that often in my remarks in my district. and the detention system is an unfair system. i don't know how many of you realize that when a child is sent to juvie, that child can remain there until they reach the age of 21. how does that happen? even if there sentence is not as egregious as one might think, a simple misbehavior in school, and the way that happens is because in juvenile, you can assess more time on a child without telling that child's parents because that child did not follow orders. or in essence that did not behave or that child chewed gum when you told them not to. we in the jew dish db -- judiciary committee are working on juvenile justice reform. one of them i'm most concerned about and want to move is ending solitary confinement for juveniles. recognizing the ka leb's law that caused the death of one inside of a ne

. >> i think it's fair to blame the president of the united states and the u.s. congress. that's their job immigration, right? >> immigration, yes, is. >> because i take it that judges want to do their jobs. everyone wants to do his job, right? >> absolutely. >> so the reason they are not doing the job they cannot do the job because they don't have the right laws. they don't have the resources. they don't have any of these -- any of the tools they need? >> absolutely. right now the resources are absolutely critical. but, in addition to to that, are the regulations, the policies and the laws that are in place. look, we have said for a long time we need to revisit that in order for a person that is on the docket to be removed, it used to take as recently as two years ago up to six years to remove them from the country. that's crazy. >> now what is it? >> now we have gone down but not by a lot. it is between three and four years. still a long time. we can't forget during that time these people are allow to do remain here in the country. they are given employment authorization