the power of the united states congress in the future to undertake investigations will be forever compromised either decision of the majority not to push back on these unprecedented claims of privilege against testifying to the united states congress. i would argue to my friends in the majority that someday they may take testimony from a democratic president or a democratic administration. they have now handed a historically unprecedented exemption, claim of privilege, to anybody they seek to investigate in the future, and that is something that not only devastates the united states congress, but actually roads separation of powers. i thinktative speier: the ranking member did an excellent job of providing you with the backdrop. money present you with a few things. first of all, this is a gross dereliction of duty by the republican majority to prematurely put out this report. the chair on fox news last night refers to it as a wound. it struck me that that is how the president of the republicans see it, as a wound they do not want to continue to fester, so let's put a band-aid on it and shut i

problem is that would allow the united states through executive decision only to wage an air campaign against a country that wipes it out without any say to the united states congress. what's happening in yemen today is the definition of hostilities. we short pictures of entire cities that have been wiped out. 10000 plus civilians have been killed. that is hostilities. the united states is clearly engaged in those because we are helping with targeting and refueling. so if we cede to this there is no end to this. then he speaks what's happening on the ground. there is zero evidence that u.s. participation in this coalition has made things better. civilian casualties are not getting better. the day after christmas over 60 civilians were killed. reports are less month the saudis engaged in something called double tapping in which they target an area where civilians live they wait for emergency responders to arrive in the hit again. something that is not allowed by international humanitarian law. the humanitarian catastrophe is getting worse. most importantly the battle lines inside yemen are not changing. saudis have been saying stick with us. if you keep helping us b

sure i've heard it mentioned on cnn, is that there are only six millennials elected to the united states congress. only six. and conor lamb will add to that number or be number six. >> are you trying to make this point, when he said he ran away from nancy pelosi, he's not running as a traditional democrat -- >> that's fine. >> all the people in washington -- >> i have beat this drum, this proverbial drum, for the last year. the fact is the democratic party and our leadership and our proverbial leadership, they're all old. i don't make any bones about that. look, you want to talk about hillary clinton, you want to taub joe biden, elizabeth warren, the list goes on and on and on, chuck schumer. the party leadership has to get younger. we have to become more versatile. we have to have a message that resonates across all boards. conor lamb, we have to be a party of bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, conor lamb, and joe man shin.

if the president of the united states, or members of congress believe that support for this war is in the united states interest, and i think some do, if you think that the united states right now for our own interests should be involved in the civil war in yemen being led by saudi arabia, then members of the united states senate should have the courage to vote for u.s.n participation in that war. nothing more complicated than that you want to come to the floor of the senate, take the case why you think it is good public policy for us to be involved in that civil war in yemen, come to the floor and oppose our resolution. but what i hope very much that we will not see today is the tabling of this motion, and the refusal by members of the senate to vote up or down as to whether or not we wish to continue aiding saudi arabia in this humanitarian disaster. if you believe, as i do, that we should not get sucked into the civil w war, which is already caused so much human suffering, please vote against tabling the motion to discharge, and vote with us on final passage. if you believe that th

that they seek to investigate in the future and that is something that not only damages the united states congress but actually erodes the important separation of powers in the united states. >> i think the ranking member did an excellent job of providing you with the backdrop. let me just suggest a few things. first of all, this is a gross dereliction of duty by the republican majority to put out this report. the chair on fox news referred to it as a wound and it struck me that that's how the president of the republicans see it, as a wound that they don't want to have to continue to fester so let's just put a band-aid on it and shut it down. this has never been an independent informativestigatio think this report once it becomes public will suggest to the american people that this is a play book from the president that has been recalibrated to be a report from the intelligence committee. this report was cooked before it was ever baked and it's a truly desperate attempt, i think, by the majority to undermine what is a very important function. two other areas they spend very little time on, the fac

it's talking about the authority of the congress of the united states versus the president on introduction of our troops into war hostilities. and this is been a struggle that we've been debating for a long time. congress passed the war powers act over the objections of the present because we recognize the constitution gives us the power to introduce troops into harm's way, and the resolution says very clearly thatar the introduction of the united states armed forces into hostilities will allow congress to have an expedited process if the administration has not gottenti the authorization for e use of that military force. the supreme court made it very difficult for us to enforce that, making us pass in the state department authorization a process in which a joint resolution could be filed in order for congress to express itself if the president has not sought the authorization for use of military force. we now have a circumstance with the united states, in my view, the president has introduced american troops into hostilities by assisting the saudis in the refueling missions in regards to

the american people didn't elect democrats to control the united states congress. they elected republicans. i don't think we told the voters we were running for job, gave us privilege to serve we would continue to fun planned parenthood. this gateway earmark boondoggle project and not fund the border wall? you will see a lot of conservatives vote against it because it is not what the american people want. brian: speaker paul ryan has a different view. he says no bill this size is perfect. jump ahead to get into your mind. you believe jim jordan is wrong. this is not the worth bill ever. why is he wrong, mr. speaker? >> good to see you. he is wrong. jim has never voted for any of these bills. i don't expect him to do anytime in the future. it doesn't fund gateway and funds the wall. you know how long the funding bill lasts? six months. this is not a 10-year bill, six months. what we did in this bill we funded in the next six months exactly the budget requests the administration asked us for the border. funny we pass -- the house passed all these bills back in septem

willing to have a subpoena because we have the possibility that he was not honest with the united states congress, but are they willing to push back on all the other areas in which witnesses have thumbed their nose at the united states congress. we have this broad assertion of executive privilege from steve bannon, from hope hicks, where they say we're not talking at all about our time in the white house or during the transition. an unprecedented privilege. this is not just an anti-trump, pro-trump fight. this is a precedent for the united states congress. there will come a time when the republicans want to do an investigation, where if anyone can come in and say i'm not answering those questions because i don't feel like it or whatever, you have badly damaged the ability of the congress to do investigations. >> and what -- this goes to the question of corey lewandowski's testimony too. he refused to answer questions apparently today, and the remedies for that, i guess, are the same issue can you subpoena him? will the republicans agree to subpoena him? >> again, you heard from adam schiff, so i

support it, the president of the united states, president trump called for it in both of his two state of the union addresses. i think the vast majority of the members of congress would vote for it if it were brought up for a vote but nothing's happening. that's case number two. case number three, another thing that's been very much on the mind of the public and in public policy debate. 83% of americans favor continuing the daca program and passing the dream act and allowing the dreamers a path to citizenship in the united states. hese, of course, are 800,000 young people who were brought to america with their families when they were kids, grew up here, know this as their country, are in the armed services, are working here, are in school and we have 83% of the american people who say quite logically exercising their common sense, let's create a pathway for those people if they're in school, if they're working, if they're in armed services to stay here and become united states citizens. yet, again, nothing happening in congress. ok. now, why not? what is it that's going on? so we go back to the problem of faction. obviously people are going to have different vi

a number of americansg saying that the united states congress bears the responsibility for the epidemic because we have not changed a single gun law except to make them weaker. it's allowed them to get weapons into passing a law last year. record numbers of americans want us to taker. action. 97% want us to pass universal background checks. i encourage senator mcconnell to not limit the debate and constrained the senate. let's use this weekend next week to come up with a set of measures we can debate and let's hope in the meantime he flushes out what he is for and against. he supports comprehensive background checks and maybe today will find out if that is true for closing the loopholes that existan but hopefully can lead us to a conclusion that is much more. it's not enough to meet this moment and i hope we build upon it in the coming days. thank you mr. president, i yield the floor. i understand there is a bill after this do for a second reading. >> the clerk will read the title of the bill for a second time. >> the bill to improve border security and support. to place the bill in the

if the president of the united states or members of congress believe that support for this war is in the united states' interest -- and i think some do -- if you think that the united states right now for our own interest should be involved in the civil war in yemen being led by saudi arabia, then members of the united states senate should have the courage to vote for u.s. participation in that war. nothing more complicated than that. you want to come to the floor of the senate, make the case why you think it is good public policy for us to be involved in that civil war in yemen, come to the floor and oppose our resolution. but what i hope very much that we will not see today is the tabling of this motion and the refusal by members of the senate to vote up or down as to whether or not we wish to continue aiding saudi arabia in this humanitarian disaster. if you believe, as i do, that we should not get sucked into this civil war, which has already caused so much human suffering, please vote against tabling the motion to discharge and vote with us on final passage. if you believe that t

zuckerburg engaging with the united states -- zuckerberg engaging with the united states congress and also the creativity to deal with that crisis. but the i.c.a. intelligence community assesses that russian president vladimir putin ordered an influenced campaign in 2016. let me be very clear. ordered an influenced campaign in 2016. aimed at the u.s. presidential election. not stood by as a leader of a particular nation and ignored, if you will, the individuals that were doing it, but in fact ordered an influenced campaign in 2016 aimed at the u.s. presidential election. russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the u.s. democratic process, denigrate the former secretary of state, and harm her electability and potential presidency. the intelligence community further assesses putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for a president-elect who is now the president of the united states. the i.c.a. has high confidence in these judgments. the intelligence community also assesses putin and the russian government aspired to help elect the present president and to i

the number of americans saying that the united states congress bears responsible for the epidemic of mass slaughter in this country because we've not change a single gun law, except to make them weaker. since sandy hook. when younl become the only thing this body has done on guns since sandy hook is to allow hundreds of thousands of seriously mentally ill people to get weapons, past that law last year, signed by the president. nothing to actually strengthen gun laws. record numbers of americans want us to take action. 97% of americans want us to pass universal background checks. apple pie isn't as popular as background checks are in this country today. no other public policy that we arein considering gets and 97% approval rating from the american public other than universal background checks. let's listen to them. let's listen to them. i encourage senator mcconnell to not limit debate, to not constrain the senate. let's use this week and next week to try to come up with a set of measures that we can debate and have up or down votes on. and let's open the meantime the president flushe

as it relates to my colleague, my friends, a member of the united states congress the ranking member of the financial services committee and that is congress woman maxine what'ss who happens to be a senior member. her iq is very high. she has commanded the elements of financial services, considered a real leader on the issues of the xi and finance in the united states congress. president trump is an abiefs and bullying personality, as evidenced on his treatment longstanding of women. but let me make this very clear. it seems that as an administration is committed to attacking black women as he has attacked all women. first his chief of staff called one member of congress an empty barrel. now he seeks to undermine a leader of our congress, not an african-americans or the congressional black caucus, but a leader on issues that have been very important for the american people, protecting consumers, making sure that banks treat all of its customers fairly, making sure the financial system of this nation works. i am disappointed in these comments. he owes an apology, he will not give an a

political opinion sway over time is continuing overwhelming bipartisan support for israel and the united states congressport. we don't often get 98-2 votes in the united states congress. you saw that bipartisan support in the introduction that the answer he israel acts legislation that will fund the misguided pbs movement he saw been a bipartisan letter into the old winter program signed by all 100 members of the united states senate. you saw that the house of representatives passing the act which says no to funding palestinian authority's continue citing violence and financial support for convicted terrorists and effort are urged the senate to take up in short order and you saw that bipartisan support in the historic 38 billion-dollar memorandum of understanding we fought to secure and 2016 in agreement that ensures israel's defenses remained unmatched and that the united states and israel continue developing defense technologies of outstanding education by the missile defense systems. these technologies have not only save the lives of israeli civilians by hamas rockets they have enhanced the security

want to thank the young people throughout this country who have the courage to do it the united states congressis not doing we need to lower the slaughter that were seen coast-to-coast in terms of gun violence. the good news is the american people have come together around common sense solutions to lower the level of gun violence that we are experiencing. the american people know we need to expand and improve background checks. then we need to do away with provisions and more and more americans understand that we should ban the sale and distribution of military style weapons. in my state of vermont between 2011 and 2016, 42 people were killed by guns. some of the art lyla, julie, regina, molly kevin ron these are just some of those people who lost their lives to gun violence. with that, i yield the floor. >> mr. president today many of us will join with students and others from throughout the region that they take common sense action slaughters and churches in mass deaths at school throughout the country mr. president going to read the names of 17 marilyn young people, people under 20 have died

any you know on cnn, should worry people that folks they have hired to represent them in united states congress are so busy voting against tax cuts voting to shut down government, and not and sitting on hands literally 12-year-old boy honored to save ipo flags an 40,000 veterans' graves should worry them instead they run to cameras friends in media leak confidential information from testimony that just happened should bother everyone. >> we want accountability, we want to know why this stuff keeps leaking adam schiff on speed dial at cnn, telling what dame came out of a classified meeting we have breaking news grofrer hitting tape going to accept selling guns to buyers under 21 on top of walmart dick's sporting goods is this what companies should be doing i mean this is not the law of the land yet, i know the president has he thinks m it but these companies are going ahead of the law saying why not selling guns to anybody under 21 good move. >> president mentioned that that is what free market system allows each company makes decision on number of issues based on how board feels shareholders, m

and she did not rest until sojourner truth found her place in the united states congress. rosa parks, who now sits in statutory hall to the tribute of many members of the congressional black caucus. i thank our chairman, mr. rich mnd, for creating opportunities for us to have this kind of experience. let me get to the crux of what we need to do to be fair to black women. we need to quash, extinguish the stereotype of welfare queen, incarcerated women, women with children and no spouses and talk about the mountains black women have climbed to raise children and to create heroes across the spectrum of leadership from science to medicine to education and yes, to sports. let's make sure that we never have a president that says sons of a b to malign the many mothers, many of them african-american, who are the moferse sports persons who only because of their upbringing had a sensitivity to criminal justice reform. let us always characterize the mothers of the movement for what they are. not individuals who are against law enforcement or order. but mothers who have lost their chi

what we're talking about is the fact that during the civil war, the united states congress enacted a vast new, complex financial structure for the government in order to finance the war. taxes were raised very high. , excise taxes, tariffs taxes, income taxes, inheritance taxes, on and on. some people said the federal government in the civil war text anythingjust about that moved and some things that didn't move. that wasn't enough. the government also engaged in very heavy borrowing. at the end of the civil war, the national debt was in excess of $2 billion. that doesn't sound like much at all today but at that time, this was a tremendous some. there is a huge debt at the end. the interest rate on government bonds is quite high. so we need to bring that interest rate down. another problem related to the finances was the fact that taxes were not enough, borrowing was not enough, the government resorted to simply printing paper money. the so-called greenbacks. these were authorized by the legal tender act of 1862. they had no gold behind them. the united states went off the gold stand

ron and i served in the united states congress together.were on the same oversight committee as well as the judiciary committee. he is also now running for the governor of florida. congressman desantis, thanks so much for joining us. >> hey, jason, good to see you. >> jason: the governor signed a bill. would you, if you were elected governor, would you have signed that bill? >> i think i would have approached it a little bit different. i think certainly the school security i think is long overdue. the money for mental health and being able to identify these individuals who are dangerous so that they are not able to possess weapons. i think all of those are good. i think when you start getting into some of the blanket restrictions on people's second amendment rights, i think that is constitutionally vulnerable. i think those lawsuits are probably going to succeed. i mean, think about it. have you enumerated right in the bill of rights. there is really no precedent to just do a blanket ban on certain adults. i mean, we wouldn't say that if yo

that sending men and women of the united states military into conflict is the responsibility not of the president of the united states alone, but of the united states congress. and let us be very clear -- and i say this especially to my conservative friends who talk about the constitution all of the time. let me remind you what article 1, section 8, of the constitution says in no uncertain terms, and that is, and i quote, congress shall have the power to declare war. end of quote. the founding fathers gave the power to declare war to congress, the branch most accountable to the people. for far too long congress, under both democratic and republican administrations, has, in my view, abdicated its constitutional role in authorizing war, and we are moving down a very, very slippery slope where congress is now becoming increasingly irrelevant in terms of that vitally important issue. and in my view, the time is long overdue for congress to reassert its constitutional authority. and that is why senators lee, senator murphy, and i, that is what we are doing with senate joint resolution 54. and i'm proud to have as cosponsors on that resolution senator durbin, sen

as we celebrate women's history month here in the united states congress, these dynamic women are worthy to be praised. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman yields. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess

marcy kaptur is one of the hardest working members of the united states congress. and she is one of the most dedicated advocates for the people and the values that she represents. congresswoman kaptur is a community organizer and a serious public policymaker. she serves on the house appropriations committee, where she is an incredibly powerful voice for appropriate spending levels, for programs and projects important to working families across the country. she serves as the ranking member on the subcommittee on energy and water development. where she has been tremendously impactful on promoting u.s. energy independence and the protection of the natural resources. congresswoman kaptur previously served on the committee on banking, finance and urban affairs, which is now known as the committee on financial services. as the current ranking member of the financial services committee, i'm grateful that congresswoman kaptur has not lost interest in financial issues. in fact, she has remained extremely engaged on issues pertaining to wall street. she has been a leader in

i know we are going to see your representative reelected to the united states congress. we are going to fill up the state senate here and the state of new hampshire. i look forward to that moment on cnn and abc and cbs and the five different webpages i have on my internet -- to the moment -- i look forward to the moment on fox news. [laughter] mr. castro: when they announce the 24th congressional district has gone to the democrats, and we take back the house of representatives. in 2018, and two years later, the democratic nominee for the president has become the next president, and we can say we made america better than ever, and donald trump is back to reality tv. thank you very much. [applause] mr. castro: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> sunday, on q&a. >> in the space of five years, we built all of these programs into they were built congress and signed into law. how do they build medicated medic

has to go through official channels, not through the press or yelling and hollering in the united states congress. >> we'll have much more of megyn's reporting from russia in the coming days. >>> tonight an nbc news investigation involving russia. claims that russian ships are being used in an elaborate operation to help north korea evade sanctions. a lot that has major implications in the growing concerns over the north korean nuclear threat. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel went on the trail to a remote russian port looking into this. >> reporter: one of the keys to north korea's funding its expanding nuclear program might be here in russia. we came here to investigate how the sanctions-starved regime is getting cash through smuggling right under everyone's nose. this area may look completely blocked off right now by the ice, but this is actually an essential shipping route. a route, apparently, used to move banned goods and keep kim jong-un's regime afloat. a still-unpublished u.n. report obtained by nbc news says north korea made $200 million in just nine months last year through

it is the will of the united states congress, plain and simple. we can make reforms on process. we might be able to put some accountability measures in there that could help but ultimately it is the collective will of the united states congress and as a new member i'm awfully discouraged by myit first year d what we were able -- even as majority, i will just say it, to send a budget that finally got at the drivers of the debt which is our mandatory spending programs, reduced that, more than we have in 20 years, sent it to a majority, simple majority republican senate because there is reconciliation, they pulled it out. so, interesting way to start my time here in congress. nuts and bolts, would you agree with me, mr. davis, that success for cbo is delivering timely and accurate information to this committee so we can do our job? >> as best they can. >> to put it simply? >> yes. >> so i subscribe to the peter drucker, if you can't measure it, you can't manage it. how well is cbo doing on delivering timely and accurate information? >> i think considering the demand they're under i

then she ended up in the united states congress. what a great country we live in. marcy has never forgotten those roots. if you want to know one thing about marcy kaptur, who has i said works down the hall in the other end of the building, if you want to know one thing about marcy kaptur, you know she has never forgotten her roots. that's what drives her, that's who she is, that's why she is such a terrific public servant. that's why she will break the record of 35 years, two months, and 15 days. she remembers her roots as ohio's polish and ukrainian communities and how much they matter. unemployment reached 19% in toledo in the early reagan years when marcy first ran for office. she said it was the condition of working people that drove me to change my life and run for office. she has lived up to that ideal fighting for working families in ohio for every one of the nearly 13,000 days she served in congress. my first year in the house, marcy was a mentor to me. i worked with her to fight against the north american free trade agreement. she showed me the way in unde

lot of those judges and read a lot of thosend opinions and sod, we cannot let a law of the united states congress a law on the books in our country -- allow perpetrators who sell children for sex to be absolutely -- to absolutely avoid any civil or criminal penalty. we cannot allow that to happen. not a law of this country. we don't have the ability to restrict or modify the first amendment in this body but we do have the ability to amend a law that is being used inappropriately to protect the most hideous criminals in america. so no law should put anyone above liable if they're actively involved and complicit in selling children for sex. and so as we stand here today, we know that we are with doing something that -- that we hope would happen more often in the united states senate. we're standing for those victims. those children, those women who are stillho in the struggle. of human trafficking. those children who are still in the struggle of human trafficking. we are standing with them today to say, no more. and people who will illegally profit from selling children for sex are going to be held

which then led me wanting to be in the united states congress. i remembered what the drums of war sounded like in the run-up to the iraq war which i didn't support. i was proud to serve in it. but i personally did not support it. i didn't want to see senate happen again. that's what i am seeing happening towards north korea, where i see people who have never served, or, folks who have a hollywood understanding of what war is like, are the first ones to say, we'll launch missiles and, who don't understand the true cost. so i feel like, it's my, my mission in life to be here, to, to talk about what the costs of war are. and if that is, justifiable and in my nation's interest. then of course i will support it. but i am not going to lot this nation blunder into a war like we did in iraq. >> on ttnote, you say, hollywood ideas of wha war is. i have to, at thisointay that you have a nickname for the president, i believe you call him cadet bone spurs. >> i do. i feel look he is somewhat something of a bully. he makes up these nicknames for other people.

slaughter served the people of rochester and monroe county as well as the city of buffalo in the united states congress from 1987 until her untimely death last week. louise slaughter was a champion of progressive causes in the liberal lioness of the united states congress. she knew who she was fighting for and she knew how to fight. for the homeless, the helpless and the voiceless, louise slaughter championed all her causes because her political ethos was to forever defend the dignity of every citizen. she never deviated from that cause and reinforced it each and every day on the floor of this congress, the institution that she loved. she served as chair and ranking member of the rules committee and championed the first $500 million earmark for breast cancer research to the national institutes of health and the violence against women act. these are among a long list of impressive accomplishments that were championed by louise slaughter. her friends and her family will miss her but her accomplishments will forever be enshrined on this institution representing the people that she loved in rochester and m

jewelry but then again other people have a say europeans russians and chinese ever say the united states congress has a say in part here has to go through a confirmation hearing. moscow has said it had nothing to do with the poisoning of former russian intelligence agency i guess cripple and his daughter in the english city of salisbury but i see you in the over the russia is innocent we're waiting for the united kingdom to respond to a request that we filed in accordance with the very same convention about the necessity to provide those with the substance in question and the necessity to make the whole investigation open with us because we're talking about a russian citizens first now authorities in the u.k. are still investigating the poisoning of sergei screwball and his daughter yulia earlier this month they believe the pair were deliberately targeted with a nerve agent first produced in the soviet union traces of this substance have been detected at the restaurant where the two aide before they were taken ill and found unconscious on a park bench nearby are disappoint boyko has the latest on

anti- russian to support russians and thank god there has been one positive thing that the united states congress is completely unified i think the vote in the senate was 96/two to install sanctions. as an anti-communist with putin as a nun constructed roman asked i am delighted to make is a lot of things but he is not a communist i will tell you that. [laughter] >> no question the unified approach by the united states government with this issue is appropriate. >> the senate intelligence community i hope will not simply have a report on the russian attempts on the election but a concrete series of recommendations and they have conducted their investigation in a way that has not been highly partisan or polarized to give them credibility to make those suggestions to the senate and i would speculate it comes out with strong numbers no way the house will not adopt those same kind of recommendations and my hope is to have a conversation with a couple of members of the committee who are vaguely implying that yes we will. >> i will be the ring cloud here but one -- the rain cloud but i am discouraged by

stacks we know that countries around europe are looking to germany as a guy right now the united states congress at least at the moment shows no signs on the side that it's interested in any kind of regulation this really really remains a european story doesn't it that's right we're seeing a real divide opening up and it's interesting lee enough it's a divide that actually puts the tech companies and donald trump on one side you know we often think these tech companies they're all led by democrats silicon valley as blue as it gets but the fact is the tech companies and trump have some things in common there really are regulation masters of tax avoidance like things big don't object to a good all the gospelly or maybe even the good all of our key all of them saying essentially the big bigger the better and the state needs to get out of the way and in the other corner we have the european social market economies that say you know what there are plenty of areas where regulation is necessary and absolutely effective in dealing with imbalances in the economy. our chief political correspondent linda c

many good folks here in the united states safe also did find themselves asking why does our congress seem so out of touch with the actual problem facing the citizens they represent for the answer to that question one can very easily start with the wealth gap separating elected officials and the people they represent according to open secrets dot org and twenty fifteen it would take the combined wealth of more than eighteen american households to equal the value of a single federal lawmakers household and nowhere is this wealth gap more apparent that in california where it was written recently really revealed that members of the california legislature are worth a combined four hundred and thirty nine million dollars at least parties natasha sweet has more from los angeles. in the united states congress there are about twenty millionaires coming from the state of california and their net worth adds up to at least four hundred thirty nine million well california is the most populous state and rank the third most expensive place to live in the country several members of congress receive

and nowadays we have the same three things the problem is that down the territory of the united states congress can discriminate against a church or whatever weight it wants to as long as it's not fundamental rights so therefore you are discriminating in terms of federal funding etc independence of course you have certain of that it has and its advantages and statehood you have it the better it is and certain disadvantages right so you're weighing up all those advantages and disadvantages and you're kind of falling in the camp of statehood yeah it was just a little bit explore that a little more so what would that mean for people living well first of all first thing that you would do is that i was born in hawaii so i wasn't born in puerto rico my so this ship is protected by the fourteenth amendment poured into dinosaurs a bit will. porton case in nineteen zero one the puerto rican citizenship which came in one hundred seventeen is not so but as long as i live here congress can say you can't have this you can't have that. once we become a state you will have equal rights but because your state

whether things change as a result it's hard to tell because the recently as you know the united states congress which stuns me voted almost unanimously for sanctions to be expanded against russia. this happened recently so it seems to be almost a reaction to trump. as putin says a domestic politics doesn't feel like trump is trying to sort of way emulate leaders like putin behalf he is i'm not sure i can't tell you what is in donald trump's had i don't think anyone can and if they tell you that i don't think he's stupid i think he's a very sharp guy and i'm sure he wrecks risk. things he may misunderstand mr putin to so i don't know but he certainly hasn't lived up to the idea that he gave many people during the campaign that he was against any foreign of the interventions that he thought the united states it squandered its resources its assets in wars abroad so we there was his thinking that it would change but it hasn't changed not because of his willpower it that because he hasn't been able to get anywhere in his administration it behaves been stuck in gridlock from the beginning opposition

then again other people have a saying you're lenience the russians and china ever say the united states congress has a say in pompey who has to go through a confirmation hearing in the senate where it where there are forty nine democrats and two republicans rand that's what i was going to get yeah if we jump the gun ears on a chance any chance at all to explain to our viewers how it works is going to be passed is going to be scrutinized are going to able to have a say about the job is there a danger they might fall of that hurdle is a done thing that it will get the job. i don't think it's a done thing it's a it's a difficult hill to the start of a presidential appointment of a cabinet secretary particularly when the senate is controlled by the same koreas the president but they're going to a majority fifty one there is some skepticism you know a lot of democrats most democrats support the iran nuclear deal many in the senate are skeptical of the you know neo con in iran who are action trump kick the iran deal to the president to congress and gave congress the opportunity to re-impose sanctions