wittman: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield one minute to my friend and colleague, the gentleman rom nebraska, mr. bacon. the chair: the gentleman from . braska is recognized mr. bacon: -- mr. bacon: thank you, mr. speaker. these are indispensable tools to assure the safe and rabbit -- rapid movement of waters. however, the responsibility and accountability for constructing and operating america's icebreakers must rest solely where the congress has assigned it. department of homeland security and the u.s. coast guard. the questions we are debating today is not whether we need icebreakers, but whether how to appropriate the funds and who should build them. as important as ice breaksers are, they are not warships. we must not allow funding legitimately appropriate for our combat fleet to be diverted for nondefense needs. i acknowledge the temptation to raid defense accounts for a worthy cause, we must be mindful of how deep in the hole we are with our air, land, sea, space and cyberforces. we need to keepure oioop the bal

up to this point wittman had a roll at boej companies.from uper insiders that ub's pretty committed to finding itself a female ceo and their lot of good candidates out there, the problem is like wittman, they already have a job. shares in facebook hit a new hype as that company raked in money. twitter turned in its numbers this morning, not a lot of growth in the number of people joining twitter. all three industries hit new records on wednesday. then the white house yesterday announced a new foxconn plant will be built in wisconsin. you remember president trump promised three new apple factories and that left us confused. this might be what he was talking about. foxconn does make the iphone and its factory's in china. so not three apple factories just one apple factory and they're making apple products but this might be what the president was talking about. >> trying to refer to, i guess. >> this doesn't officially count but it's kind of on the right track. it's big apple products. >> you're decoding it for us, thank you. >>> take a look

wittman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wittman: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of h.r. 2810rks the f.y. 2018 national defense authorization act. i continue to be surprised at some of the national security pundits who believe that a diminished force structure will improve our national security. some have questioned whether we should fully fund national defense. some have even questioned whether we should continue to expand our armed services to meet the strategic challenges posed by a rising china and russia, by an unpredictable north korea and a belligerent iran. mr. chairman, our time is up. the time of action is now. the focus of our nation is upon us to provide for our national security. i am pleased that we appear to have turned the tide and properly -- and are properly resourcing the requirements of our armed services and i am pleased that we are authorizing the funding to match our strategy and providing what our combatant commanders need to win any future conflicts. i am pleased that we have acknowledged the importance of our serv

there are lots of good candidates out there, but the problem is like wittman, they already have a job. >>> the white house yesterday tauted a nou new foxconn plant to be built in wisconsin. you remember president trump promised three new amen facilities, even apple didn't seem to know. this might have been what he was talking about. foxconn does make apple pro drukts ducts. it's just one factory and not three, it's foxconn and not amen but it will add 3,000 jobs. shares in facebook hit a new high as the company raked in money. executives on the phone call with us, the reporters kept trying to remind everybody huge growth can't last but nobody seemed to listen. twitter nurnd its numbers this morning, seems very few people are joining twitter. amazon says it will hire 50,000 people next month to work at ten warehouses throughout the united states, including tracy. there's been a big jobs hooirlg hiring fair on august 12th. it's a big day for jeff bezos, the led of amazon might become the richest man in the world today. amazon reports its profits, it's a good report and the stock jumps.

wittman: thank you viewed -- thank you. ms. macgregor, you heard concerns from both of these states from the state and local level about making sure that there is the highest and best use of those lands that are now under federal control. give me your perspective on what department of interior can do to help address these concerns and make sure that these states have these federal lands producing to help them deal with the issues they have to deal with. ms. macgregor: thank you for the question, sir. every state has their different infrastructure needs and different economies and goals. these states being represented here today clearly would like to see responsible oil and gas development on their lands. the good news for them that is a priority of this administration very clearly from the top down starting with the white house. so we are allocating resources and making sure that we are addressing not only planning issues and making sure in the planning side of things that we are finding and striking the appropriate balance to

wittman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wittman: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of h.r. 2810rks the f.y. 2018 national defense authorization act. i continue to be surprised at some of the national security pundits who believe that a diminished force structure will improve our national security. some have questioned whether we should fully fund national defense. some have even questioned whether we should continue to expand our armed services to meet the strategic challenges posed by a rising china and russia, by an unpredictable north korea and a belligerent iran. mr. chairman, our time is up. the time of action is now. the focus of our nation is upon us to provide for our national security. i am pleased that we appear to have turned the tide and properly -- and are properly resourcing the requirements of our armed services and i am pleased that we are authorizing the funding to match our strategy and providing what our combatant commanders need to win any future conflicts. i am pleased that we have acknowledged the importance of our serv

wittman: i yield back the balance of my time. for what purpose does the gentleman from is recognized. mr. smith: i -- thank you, mr. chairman. to the eld one minute gentlelady from florida, a member of the armed services committee, mrs. murphy. the chair: the gentlelady is for one minute. mrs. murphy: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleagues for in this my amendment enblach package. my amendment will authorize procurement technical centers to assist small business owners in pursuing funding opportunities phasings of the fcir and ftr programs. small rograms enable businesses to perform research and development that advances the national interest and has he potential for commercialization. my central florida district is imed to benefit from these programs since it's home to large and growing number of small firms that harness power produce ogy, innovative products for customers in the public and private sector, and in the create well-paying jobs and generate broad-based economic growth. thank you, i yield back. the chair: the

wittman, you might remember once she was ceo of ebay and a presidential candidate.uite a bit of experience. bloomberg report that's uber has a short list of fewer than six candidates. many in the bay area. they are looking to replace the chief executive. travis kalanick resigned after troubles with the company. the ride sharing company hopes to fill the position by september. >>> roomba by irobot is gathering information on your house that could soon be for sale. the ceo says the little clanners make a map of your house in order to improve efficiency. he hopes to one day sell the data to bigger companies like google, apple and amazon. he argues that doing so would help enhance the devices already connected smart phone -- smart home enhancement. you can discorrect your roomba from from the wi-fi so it won't send the information but that will prevent you from controlling it with your smart phone. >>> a new study shows the majority of americans don't like their job. "usa today" finds 52% of americans are not happy at work. staying in a job makes you miserable as a big

. >>> a new report suggests that you knower is considering meg wittman to lead the san francisco basedide share company. she was once the ceo of ebay and ran for governor in 2010. uber has a short list of fewer than six candidates. they are looking to replace the chief executive officer travis kalanick who resigned last month. they hope to fill the position by september. >>> it's almost back to school time. this morning, some families in the east bay are getting much needed help to buy the supplies. target in emryville donated $100 gift cards to 100 students from low income families in the oakland unified school districts. the students are loading up on pencil, paper, backpacks and even new clothes. >> we have a lot of families who are newcomers to the city. we have a lot of families who may have had parent health issues and money is tight because of medical expenses. so these give cards make a huge difference for them to get the supply that's they need that would have otherwise been a stressor. >> the students were chosen to get the gift cards by the school district staff. >>> the cre

wittman for his first year as subcommittee chairman, in particular i want to highlight the work of our subcommittee staff in helping us craft a -- the bill. i'm joined by one of my staff, steven, who has been working with us and is going to be moving on to better things. i want to publicly thank him for his outstanding work in terms of helping us get to the place we are here today. in closing i would urge my colleagues to support the defense authorization bill and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: i'm pleased to yield one minute to a valuable member of our committee who continues to serve our nation in the reserves. the gentleman from indiana, mr. banks. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. banks: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to express my strong support for the fiscal year 2018 national defense authorization act. as the most recently deployed veteran serving in congress, serving in afghanistan, just two years -- serving in afghanistan just two years ago,

. >> chairman gosar, representative wittman, let me give you two quick answers, one not really going to the economic, but from an economic perspective it boils down to infrastructure. roads and sewers are the bread and butter and council, local government officials. they're really on the front lines of governing. i know you all interact with them constantly in your districts, and i interact with them in my prior role and current role. less revenue mean less infrastructure projects for roads, sewers, for drinking water systems, period. the second issue i would point out really from -- we've talked about the economic issues, but we talk about the delays at blm in processing right of ways. if climate change is an issue you believe is important like i do, then one of the key infrastructure challenges we see to reducing emissions from venting and flaring is related to infrastructure, to reduce flaring events. so right-of-way approval not being processed actually contributes to the problem that we see when it comes to green house gas emissions. so beyond the economic issue there are profou

hewlett-packard enterprise rob wittman has reportedly been meeting with members of the leadership team allegedly part of six people consider for the job right now which goober hopes to fill the job by the month is over. by the way, on the board, travis kalanick part of it. the company is giving an update on policy for items left in cars and boxes in chicago. they should not charge a $15 fee when they successfully returned a lost item to you. uber will accept the policy if it works out of course. a big week for earnings. towing, coca-cola reporting before the bell. revenue estimates 37.1 billion. earnings per share estimate 43 cents. we look at those numbers. facebook that report "after the bell" today. the estimate of $1.12 revenue estimate then played 2 billion. shares of facebook in the premarket at a fraction. 165-60. >> earnings have been pretty good so far. >> that is because global growth is improving down 6% and the beginning of the gear. we saw that play through on caterpillar earnings yesterday. this isn't because it was strong. it's actually been weak for low 2%. the problem