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another one from representative jayapal of washington state. we heard fromer earlier, shevers here earlier. she's a judiciary committee leader on immigration and an immigrant herself. 22-year-oldester was a valued intern in representative jayapal's office last year and also a dreamer who came to the united states when she was just 3 years old from south korea. they arrived on a visa, and sought help from an immigration lawyer to obtain more permanent legal status in the united states. they filled out application, paid their dues, gave the lawyers most of the money they had and they ran away with all of it. he scammed them and left them with nothing. ester's parents visas expired they pushed their kids around in shopping carts because a stroller was too expensive. but then they started over. they built their lives in the united states. they raised a smart, passionate daughter who is now a senior at harvard. the daca statusester obtained in 2013 gave her the freedom to pursue her own american dream. even when her daca status was secure, she said

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we move a lot slower over here but that's an example to us, i , hope we can get done in washington on what we can agree on and debate and act on other things. there are things we agree on. we owe it to these families to do those things. president trump: i agree, marco. chuck, anything? sen. chuck grassley: i would like to comment from this standpoint. first of all, a caution on mental health because there's a lot of people that have mental health issues that are not dangerous to themselves or to others. so i think we've got to concentrate on those not just that have mental health issues, but the ones that show danger to themselves or others. because otherwise it's not fair to other people that have mental illness that isn't. i'll comment on the culture within the schools but i can't say it any better than sen. rubio said it or sen. hatch would say it. it seems to me we have to have a culture in our schools where people are attuned to the people that have problems that could create this massacre sort of thing or anything else that would even connected with bullying as just one example.

stand the statues of heroes who led the nation in prayer during the great and difficult times, from washington to lincoln to eisenhower to king , and today, in the center of this great chamber lies legendary billy graham, an ambassador for christ who reminded the world that the power of prayer and the gift of god's grace. only, we honor him as three private citizens before him have been so honored. and like the faithful of today, we say a prayer for our country that all across this land, the lord will raise up men and women like billy graham to spread a message to everynd hope precious child of god. thank you. god bless you. and god bless america. thank you very much. ♪ ♪ just as i am ♪ lamb of god, i just as i am come,-- o lamb of god, i i come , thou will receive will welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieved because i promise i believe come of god, i come just as i come, i do believe ♪ >> let us bow our heads for the benediction. , the fountain of every blessing. we praise you for your greatness and goodness. worldave our nation and the gift of your servant, even angela's william franklin

you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is but you by your cable percent like provider. announcer: a memorial service for billy graham was held this morning at the rotunda. president trump and his family attended and can watch the ceremony tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and reverend graham continues to lie in honor at the rotunda with the public invited to pay respects until the evening and again throughout the day tomorrow. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: you can continue to watch the public visitation of billy graham at our companion network, c-span3. we'll take a look at the

since december 2017, i have been a partner at the law firm in washington. cummington represents a number of clients in the food, drug, and cosmetics industries that use encapsulating machines, the subject of the draft bill under consideration, which is the tableting and encapsulating act of 2018. with the views expressed today here are my own. i share the concern about the opioid abuse epidemic, and i am encouraged to see so much action in congress and society at large. in my role at fda, i was aware of the acute problem of the importation of illicit opioids, opioid analogues, and synthetic drugs from overseas to international mail facilities. this appears to be a different issue than the use and regulation of tableting and encapsulating machines in the united states. virtually all manufacturers of solid oral drugs in the united states use tableting or encapsulating machines in some form at least as those terms are defined under the draft bill. this includes prescription, nonprescription, and many animal drugs covering everything from innovative new drugs t

stand the statues of heroes who led the nation in prayer during the great and difficult times, from washington to leak and how best to lincoln, two eisenhower. in the center of this great chamber lies legendary billy graham. whombassador for crist reminded people of the gift of grounds grace. today we honor him as owner -- only through private citizens before him have been so honored. and like the faithful of today we say a prayer for our country. all across this land, the lord will raise up men and women like billy graham to spread a message everye and hope to precious child of god. you, and, god bless god bless america. thank you very much. ♪ >> let's bow our heads for the benediction. the fountain of every blessing, we praise you for your greatness and goodness. that gave our nation and world the gift of your servant, evangelists william franklin graham junior. tothank you for using him preach your gospel around the counsel and prayed for national and global leaders, and to invite the multitudes to anrt and sustain experiential relationship with you. with -- we are grateful for his scanda

to say i e so bold as think we're an example of washington how to get things and make sure government works for people. it is not something that is embarrassment. new mexico is working, legislature on good track and i people of new mexico and people watching c-span will take nother look at how thing consist work in government and encourage their representatives elsewhere to follow our lead. host: brian egolf, speaker of new mexico house of representatives, our guest on the c-span bus, which is parked new mexico state capital in santa fe. thanks to our cable partners comcast in santa fe for their help in get thanksgiving set up. tay tuned for the next stop in phoenix, arizona. now billy graham memorial at 11 a.m. this morning. his casket will be arriving at u.s. capitol at 10:30, in half an hour or so. repose.essary public visitation starts 1:00 c-span.tern live on we'll go to the capitol now. ready, step. >> ready, step. ready, step. step.dy, ready, step. >> ready, step. >> ready, step. >> ready, step. >> ready, step. >> ready, step. >> ready, step. ready, step. >> ready, step. >> rea

washington. these fraudsters are overrunning washington now, so it is only fitting that he would get a memorial in washington. host: robert in clear lake, iowa. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i just called to say that i think that billy graham was a modern-day moses. peopley just leading the of his country, but the people of the whole world knew and respected moses, yes. -- billy for what he was and who he stood for. the christian ethic in the world, it might be damaged by his loss. i hope not, but he was very great in the eyes of the people of the world and the christian sector of the world. the world is going to miss him, i think. said, he stirred the hearts and minds of people all around, and he demonstrated the christlike lifestyle that he led . his word brought many people, including myself, to an understanding and a truth about who jesus christ was. god, the incarnate everlasting, almighty that billy graham spoke of continuously. there is only one way off of thi

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be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. the supreme court ruled 5-3 that immigrants being detained are not entitled to a timely bond hearing. the ruling pertained to the jennings versus rodriguez case. here is the october 2017 oral argument. it is one hour. we'll hear argument next in case -- >> we'll hear argument next in case 151204, jennings versus rodriguez. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court. this court has often stretched the breath of constitutional authority to establish the rules under which aliens will be allowed to enter and remain in the united states. this case squarely implicates that principle. during proceedings the question whether a

they'll makeup for all of the mistakes we're making here in washington. i see behind you, sir, the green shirts that call for full employment and it's not enough to go with the economist definition of full employment, say 4%. we need real full employment that causes a labor shortage and desperate employers bidding up the price of labor. and that is also consistent with the fact that many economists are saying you should be aiming not for 2% but 2.5% inflation. that's the kind of expansionary economy that allows folks to come back in fancy polo shirts with the same slogan on it in a couple of years from now. when we talk about some workers getting a thousand dollar bonus, yeah, a few have. but a family of five's share of the increase in the national debt from the tax bill is $26,000. what greater proof do we need of the need for financial literacy in this country than that some charlton can say here's the deal. i'll give you a thousand dollars, it's money in your pocket, and we'll slap a $26,000 mortgage on your future. now chairman powell, in your confirm

we have a very robust staff in washington, d.c. they work in that area also and they hook right in to our local electronic crimes taskforces. >> director, i'm president of a local company here in atlanta. we are definitely seeing an increase in bot technology. faceless and borderless crimes. dot specific recommendations you have for private enterprises to engage with you organization to help follow these folks and try to prosecute them? randolph: again, the best place to hook in is with our electronic crimes task force. we are seeing more of those botnets that basically roam the internet looking for open devices that they can access. that was a problem, we had a camera hack at one of the municipalities where they lost control of their cameras. that was a botnet. obviously, the ectf will tell you standard information which is to make sure your software is updated, make sure the patches are on your devices. for the more technical parts, i would refer to the ectf, is where i would go. >> the field office of the greater atlanta area. s

of george washington and our founders manifested in a man who reached and saved millions. in this country over those years with his crusades. a couple of my colleagues already mentioned his interaction, his -- with dr. king and with this being black history month the last couple of days of it here, i thought it to touch on that as well. billy graham helped be a force in the civil rights movement, showing the way for others who may have been hesitant or breaking down the barrier for those who still wanted to sustain segregation my colleague mentioned at the chattanooga rally where he himself went down when the ushers would not do it and removed those ropes so it would be integrated because in god's eyes, all are equal. and setting out in the constitution, all are created equal. so billy graham sustained that in his years of friendship with dr. king and showing that he was a nonpartisan, nonracial leader, helped save the lives of all men created equal. so that goes so far that he's willing to put it on the line. he made the head usher resign that day when he made that courag

george washington. who is probably the single most selfless politician i can ever think of in terms of giving of service, putting himself left and the country first he didn't want to be king. he didn't really want to preside so much. but he wanted to help. god was always on his side. i see in billy graham that same ind of greatness of founding policies, founding values. of george washington and our founders manifested in a man who reached and saved millions. in this country over those years with his crusades. a couple of my colleagues already mentioned his interaction, his -- with dr. king and with this being black history month the last couple of days of it here, i thought it to touch on that as well. billy graham helped be a force in the civil rights movement, showing the way for others who may have been hesitant or breaking down the barrier for those who still wanted to sustain segregation my colleague

we all know megabanks have been given a free ride in washington for far too long. during the savings and loan crisis, the government had no problem throwing bankers in jail, breaking the law. over 1,000 bank executives were prosecuted, but now megabanks just get a fine, a slap on the wrist for harming consumers. since 2010, megabanks have racked up over $160 billion worth in fines. and yet, they keep breaking the law. we have talked about wells fargo's growing list of illegal actions that have harmed millions of consumers. sure, they have been find, but these fines are just -- fined, but these fines are just the cost of doing business. this soft enforcement approach is just increasing their operational risk and losses, which at the end of the day will impact not only all of their customers but the broader economy as well. i hope republicans and democrats can all agree that any megabank that engages in a pattern or practice of unsafe or unsound banking practices and other egregious violations that has resulted in profound consumer harm in the last 10 years is not en

. >> we leave washington jourble here. the house back for work on votes. the first vote of the day starting short-term. question of thhouse and offe the resolutiopreviously notid. the speaker pro tempore: the clrk will reporthe resolution. the clerk: whereas gun violence eects eve community in our nation. ereas 30 peop are killed everday by seone using a gu whereas more than 2,2 peoe have been killed this year by someone using gun. wheas there have been at leas34 mass shootings this ar. while mass shootin often receive media attention, gun violence is present every day in every community. whereas since e tredy at sand hook lementa school, the house ofepsentatives haseld 43 moments of silence to honor the memory of people lled someone using guns. whereas most gun owners are responsibleand law-abiding. whers the supreme court in s district of columbia vs. hellerdecision recognized the right tkeep and br arms. where the bradhandgun violence prevention act was enacted on november 30, 1993. whereas backgrounhecks ve been successful and every day stop more than

we are talking with congressman. >> we leave washington jourble here. the house back for work on votes. the first vote of the day starting short-term. question of thhouse and offe the resolutiopreviously notid. the speaker pro tempore: the clrk will reporthe resolution. the clerk: whereas gun violence eects eve community in our nation. ereas 30 peop are killed everday by seone using a gu whereas more than 2,2 peoe have been killed this year by someone using gun. wheas there have been at leas34 mass shootings this ar. while mass s

host: you got up early if you are in washington state. that's about 5:00 in the morning i guess so good morning to you. i think it's important to recognize that yes, we have had these tragedies but overall, the decline of firearm related deaths in our country has declined in recent years. recognize need to that we do have a second amendment. we have a legal right to bear arms. the question is, what measures can be put in place that are logical, that adhere to due process and the constitution but would fly people who clearly should not have the capacity or ability to own a firearm. of these instances, whether it was columbine or sandy hook or the south carolina church shooting, whether it was the sulfur springs, texas church shooting and they missed one, the orlando nightclub. all of those instances, there were clear examples of neglect or negligence or gaps in our system on background checks that we need to fix. the background check system has ported hundreds of thousands of people over the last number of years who should not have been ab

rock, here in washington can't colora. i'm tired of the arrogance of washington telling us in eastern colorado which banks we can and can't use to it finance our mortgages. it is time that we bring financial accountability to the place that needs it most. washington. that's what these two financial bills do. they return power to the american people. they reduce unnecessary regulations on small community banks and credit unions, thereby freeing up capital, the small businesses and employers can access to create new jobs. they make commonsense changes to federal law so regulators have to routinely review their regulations to ensure that the regulations are not overly burdensome. eastern coloradoans are frustrated with the washington knows best mindset of their government. i'm listening to them. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman from colorad

the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., february 27, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable paul mitchell to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue past 10:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i offer my deepest condolences to reverend billy graham's children and grandchildren on this very sad occasion. reverend billy graham will be remembered by millions of people for millions of reasons, which is a testament to the people

announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: john faso is from new york my one of 19 republicans pushing speaker ryan to schedule a vote on a bill to strengthen the federal background check system in the wake of that valentine's day school shooting in florida. congressman, remind us what the six -- act is. gaps: intended to correct in the system, you remember the shooting in the church in texas. that was by a dishonorably discharged air force veteran, whose background should have been disclosed. he had obviously caused problems in the air force and also had a domestic violence issue. and this was never disclosed in the background check, it was never provided to the background check system and it should have been. is tot of the fix nix encourage estates to provide information. some states are good with it and others are not, but also to force federal agencies like the military branches, to report personnel who clearly should not have been able to purchase a firearm. the: it strengthens background check system, but would it

one from the state of washington. thank you. we have a program called the extreme risk protection orders system that has been supremely effective in allowing family members that realize there's a risk, to have them separated from their firearm. it involves a judicial decision. it involves a hearing. and it has saved lives, and i'm sure, in the state of washington. and i would commend it to you for national attention, because it makes sure that when you have an uncle that might be -- you have concern about depression -- it allows law enforcement to separate your uncle, and depressed uncle, from his firearm. if you have somebody in your family that might have some violent tendencies, after a hearing and a potential ex parte order, you get an order to actually allow law enforcement to remove them. it's been in operation for a year. it's been extremely successful. i would commend it to you. second issue. now i know that you have suggested arming our teachers. and i just -- pres. trump: no. no, no. not your teachers. gov. inslee: not

much c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> here's what's live tuesday on the c-span networks. the house is back at 10:00 a.m. eastern time and will work on operationalne on risk capital requirements and the second measure looks at ways to prohibit online extracting -- online sex trafficking. the senate will continue debate on the nomination of elizabeth branch of georgia to be a federal judge on the 11th circuit court. the senate is in at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span2. on c-span3, jerome powell testifies before the financial services committee. former chairs janet yellen and then burning people give there their perspectives on the economy -- bernanke janet yellen and then give their perspectives on the economy. >> we will hear from senate minority leader chuck schumer, florida senator bill nelson and utah's orrin hatch. >> mr. president, in the wake of the horrific shootings at stoneman douglas high school, the deadliest school shooting since sandy hook, there has been a broad national conversation

he spoke earlier at the financial services roundtable here in washington. this is 25 minutes. >> good afternoon and we are honored and grateful the deputy general is with us this afternoon, rob rosenstein. he is serving as the 37th deputy attorney general for the united states of america. he served the government of justice for three decades. he served under five u.s. presidents and has a most distinguished career with the department of justice. this is what vice president pence said about him when he was being sworn in. he said he is a man of independence and integrity and good character. in terms of the rule of law, in terms of upholding justice. the rules are very broad. talk to us about a day in the life and what you do with respect to fighting terrorism, fighting crime and upholding the rule of law. rob rosenstein: as you recognize, it is a low-profile job in many respects. employees in the front of justice. you would not know that from the newspapers or cable tv news. but there is a lot that goes on in the government of justice. the deputy attorney's

one from the state of washington. thank you. we have a program called the extreme risk protection orders system that has been supremely effective in allowing family members that realize there's a risk, to have them separated from their firearm. it involves a judicial decision. it involves a hearing. and it has saved lives, and i'm sure, in the state of washington. and i would commend it to you for national attention, because it makes sure that when you have an uncle that might be -- you have concern about depression -- it allows law enforcement to separate your uncle, and depressed uncle, from his firearm. if you have somebody in your family that might have some violent tendencies, after a hearing and a potential ex parte order, you get an order to actually allow law enforcement to remove them. it's been in operation for a year. it's been extremely successful. i would commend it to you. second issue. now i know that you have suggested arming our teachers. and i just -- pres. trump: no. no, no. not your teachers. gov. inslee: not

be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" tuesday morning. joined the discussion. announcer: here is what's live tuesday on the c-span networks. the house is back in town clock a.m. eastern time and will work on a two hills. the second measure looks at ways to prohibit online sex trafficking. follow house coverage on c-span. the senate will continue debate a federalination of judge on the 11th circuit court. the senate is in at 10 a.m. eastern time on c-span2. on c-span3, federal reserve chairman jerome powell testifies about the health of the u.s. economy before the house financial services committee. that is at 10 a.m. eastern. then former fed chairs janet yellen and ben bernanke will give their perspectives on the economy. our coverage from the brookings institute starts at 2:00 eastern. sunday, on c-span's q and a, politico magazine picture contributingr -- editor talks about his book about the members of president johnson's staff who helped implement his great society programs. >> how an administration within the space of four and a half years built all these

us on in washington, d.c., mark janus, an illinois child support specialist and the lead plaintiff. his litigation director, an attorney for mark janus, thanks for joining us. .plaintiff you cast your argument before the court today as a first amendment issue. the first amendment guarantees me the right of freedom of speech and freedom of association. the problem is i am not allowed to make that decision for myself. i don't have that choice. , the union that represents me, mandate that i pay these fees, whether i want to or not. i was not asked. it came out of my paycheck. for i saw the deduction union dues, i said, where is this coming from? i am not a member of the union. i never signed a pledge card, i never asked. my colleague said you have to have this fee come out. if you do not, you lose your job. what about the idea that you want the benefits of union protection but you do not want to pay the fees? guest: they are getting all of this money from public sector workers like myself, that choose not to be a member of the union. therefore, because of that, they -riding on our mone

the social seasons in washington were marked by certain things, and one of the social seasons in washington was when the court convened in february and was in there for five to six weeks and there was a constant parade of people coming in and listening. and joseph story talks about how during the oral argument that the chamber was full. it was very important to the city, both in terms of what the issues were, and in terms of just the social scene in washington. >> well, it's time for your questions and comments. we're going to begin with bill, who's watching us in lake bluff, illinois. hi, bill, you are on landmark cases. welcome. caller: so, given that marshall was sort of a federalist in the era dominated by democratic republicans, was there any political or partisan backlash to his decisions, or his decision in this case, or -- host: thanks, and we will spend more time in the end about the impact then and now. guest: what would your answer be there was tremendous backlash, tremendous. and it took the form of pointed and heated debate in the newspapers, where the great lawyers of states t

live "washington journal" at 7 a.m. tuesday morning. join the discussion. graham, whobilly died last week of the age of 99, will lie in honor at the u.s. capitol wins a, and later a u.s. capitolice -- wednesday, and later memorial service with speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. this is the first time that a private citizen will announcer: next, president trump ands about nonviolence school safety. it was part of the national governors association annual winter meeting. president trump will meet wednesday to discuss ways of addressing gun violence. [applause] pres. trump: thank you, everybody. thank you very much. and i want to thank our vice president for that really lovely introduction. that was very nice, mike, and i appreciate it. this is a time of great opportunity for our country. we've created nearly 3 million jobs since the election -- a number that nobody would have thought possible.

ut inside, at the top it says, white house, washington. i commend the reading of the bible to all who serve in the emunited states. many of many faiths have found in this sacred book, words of wisdom, counsel and inspiration. and now as always, attaining the highest inspiration of the human soul. signed by franklin roosevelt. that is not a mistake that president roosevelt made. we don't make. and with ta, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair will entertain a motion if adjourn. mr. gohmert: i move to now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the motion is adopted. a cordingly the house follow the house live on c-span when members return tuesday at 10 a.m. eastern for morning speeches and 11 a.m. for legislative work. and it is a short week in the house due to last week's passing of the reverend billy graham at the age of 99. he will lie and honor at the uso capital run

one such incident was the trak derailment near dupont, washington, on december 18, 2017. that incident resulted in three passenger fatalities and 70 injuries over a businessy freeway. as -- busy freeway. as we've seen having experience to trauma care can be the difference between life and death for a critically injured patient. there is no doubt integrating military physician noose the trauma and disaster -- physician into the trauma and disaster system will help civilian patients. this will help our servicemen and trauma system and i thank the co-sponsors from both sides of the dieas for their support of this -- dias for their support of this legislation. quite simply, the mission zero act is common sense and i urge members to join me in supporting this life-saving legislation. i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess, reserves his time. the gentleman from texas, mr. gene green, is recognized. . mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is

ahead of the -- >> joining us on set here in washington, d.c., stefan mittens, a member of acsme council 31 and president of acsme local 3821. good morning. make the case you heard our guest talk about on the phone about union fees. why should someone pay for it if they don't want to do so necessarily? the broader issue becomes this. the union provides a vehicle f guest: theor union provides a way to have a collective voice. one of the more surprising things i found was how the union really advocates for the community at large. as a child protection my job investigator in chicago, i go into some of the most impoverished areas in chicago. i get to see the living standards of folks and what they have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. the union provides the vehicle for me to come back through a labor management system, where i get to sit down with members of management and discuss what it is i see. and give recommendations with servicean better deliver, better streamline our approach. how we can better access resources and get them to places that are needed. the union bargains for society

we have two folks at home in washington. randy, one of our field crew people. we are sending him out. this goes to the people stories. he's going on location to the personal stories, the hometowns of where these cases took place, and getting video, for example, visiting chinatown, and going to des moines for tinker versus des moines school district. so you'll see the cases where these -- places where these cases took place. and finally our production assistant. we also have a big technical crew. thanks to all of you. the series starts next monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. it will be live for 90 minutes. and we will go for 12 weeks. each case gets its own program. we're hoping so much to have you in our audience. phone in with questions or send us a facebook comment. make it interactive. your questions really make the discussion. thanks for helping us kick it off. thank you for being here. i'm going to turn it over to jeff rosen. thank you. [applause] jeffrey: thank you so much, susan. susan is a masterful moderator. it's such a pleasure to learn with her

francis xavier catholic church, washington, d.c. the chaplain: o god who are the hope of sinners and joy of the holy, grant this house a spirit of compunction for failures, perseverance for growth, and humility in success. for the good of our country we ask you to inflame the members of this chamber with wisdom, hope, courage, and all the other virtues necessary to secure prosperity throughout our land and equal justice unto the law. above all, help us to be a ople of loving and counter with our ther and neighbors around the world. establishing an ever more perfect society on earth we may one day know the joys of paradise with you. we ask this with our neighbors around the world. establishing an in your most ho name, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his pproval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from innesota, miss mccall lum. ms. mccollum: i pledge alleg

. >> from the state of the net conference held in washington, d.c., we'll discuss the impact of technology on democracy and voting. watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. tonight on c-span's landmark cases -- we'll look at the supreme court case mccullough v. maryland, a case that solidified the federal government's ability to take actions not explicitly mentioned in the constitution and restricted state action against the use of the power. explore this case and the high court's ruling with university of virginia associate law professor sarah peterson and mark, university of arkansas law professor and author of "mccullough v. maryland: securing a nation." watch "landmark cases" on c-span, c-span doirk or listen with the -- c-span.org or listen with the free c-span app. and the book is available for $8.95 plus shipping and handling at c-span.org/landmarkcases. for an additional resource, there is lang on our website to the national constitution center's interactive constitution. >> for nearly 20 years "in depth" on book tv has featured the best known nonfriction write

the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. february 26, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable dan new house to act as speaker pro tempore -- dan new houses to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, sprine, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the 2018, the nuary 8, chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate p.m. ue beyond 1:50 each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana, mr. abraham, for five minutes. p.m. mr. abraham: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor one of the hardest working men on capitol hill. joe. joe's 84th birthday was saturday, february 10. he's been cutting hair in the house for 47 years. joe embodies the principles of hard work, dedicat

if we spend $100 last year in washington, $102 next year, we call that a cut. i'm not making that up. if we can control expenses and grow the economy, because when the economy gets bigger, you make more money. and when you make more money, the government makes more money because that is how we get paid. we get paid through taxes. the more money you make, the more money we make. if we can figure out how to make you wealthier, the government will benefit. our revenue will grow and deficit will shrink. that is the formula we are trying to put in place. >> let me ask you about interest rates. interest rates rising. let me ask your thoughts on the federal deficit. mr. mulvaney: every additional 1% interest rate increase -- we

you have covered this issue for some time in washington. if ever seen a time where potentially some legislation on guns, significant legislation on guns could be enacted? >> the only time that i think is comparable was after the sandy hook tragedy, when president obama took on the national rifle in one of the biggest lobbying battles i have seen in my time in the nation's capital. the nra won that. there was a bipartisan proposal, but it got voted down. this is somewhat different because the movement seems to be thanating the news more so back end. i think the momentum of shifting positions about whether it is rubio other republicans saying we need to rethink this, that is something that you did not see after sandy hook, and certainly, the president has been the

marking george washington's birthday by reading his farewell address and the senate will consider judicial nominations. on c-span3, a look at the federal budget process with the house and senate budget committees. at four clock p.m. eastern, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on federal law enforcement priorities. >> this week on "newsmakers," the president of the american federation of teachers randi weingarten joins us. >> great to be here. have evergreen with the new york times. i will begin with your response to the president calling for teachers to be armed in our nations schools. -- it is ast terrible idea. period, full stop. but it saddens me, because it shows absolutely no understanding that children, parents, and educators all want and need schools to be safe sanctuaries for teaching and learning, not armed fortresses. not armed camps. and it felt like oh, this is what the nra has wanted all along. this is now a new market for the gun manufacturers. and this is where the president, after that listening session, to ok this conversation instead of actually trying to reduce gun v

eastern marking george washington's birthday by reading his farewell address. these senate will consider judicial nominations. on c-span3, a look at the federal budget process with members of house and senate budget committees. later in the day, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on federal law enforcement priorities. conference hosted by the financial services roundtable at 4:00 p.m. eastern. on "landmark cases." we look at the supreme court case mcculloch v maryland, a case that solidified the federal governments ability to take actions not specifically specified in the constitution and restricts the state actions against this manner. we speak with university of virginia associate law professor peterson and university of law professor at arkansas. watch landmark cases live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. for background, order a book -- order the companion book landmark cases. for additional resource, there is a link on our website to the national constitution center's interactive constitution. the supreme

and in the senate is back for the annual reading of george washington's farewell address and then senators consider the nomination of elizabeth branch to be u.s. circuit judge for the 11th circuit with a procedural vote set to follow at 5:30. in a look at budgets. in the day, deputy attorney general rudd rosenstein talks about priorities for federal law enforcement. round table. body >> coming up on today's talkingon journal, about today's supreme court oral argument the challenges whether unions can collect

washington state is like many states. in king county, where seattle is, the unemployment rate in december was 3.6%. in ferry county, a county in northeastern washington, the unemployment rate in december was 14.1%. every state has a ferry county. i ask the question, do the people in this county with this high on a planet rate have access to broadband? the fcc says yes they do. but what made base their data -- what they base their data on is a questionnaire. they ask internet service providers if they do or if they could, without extraordinary commitment of cost, provide broadband. if they do, or if they could, they count that census block, even if only one person in that block could get broadband. if you live in ferry county and go to the fcc, and find there is not one, but two isps that could provide you broadband. if you go to the websites of these isps, they show you where they provide this service. the first one is not in ferry county, the second one is not in ferry county. we decided to go ask some people in ferry co

once you're up there and understand how different it is, it's easy to sit in washington and say everyone should be the same. i'm very open to considering waivers. i does need you to tell me what you need me to do. you are not going to recommend something if it's not the right thing. we are not here to second-guess you. we are here to support you. and we will do that. >> thank you and thank you mr. secretary for being here. if you could expand quickly on the opportunities for sister living, particularly with aging veterans of it can stay at their homes and extending an invitation, we are opening a veterans home in reno nevada. it would be a clerk -- a privilege and an honor if you could join. >> thank you. this moonshot of helping to try veterans, and frankly all americans be able to remain in their home, i don't have to many patients who say help me find a nursing home. i think we are at a breaking point that we can do this. sometimes more often on their mobile phones or their ipads with homecare visits, we have home directed primary care teams that go into homes, homes specialty care. a

we states can move a lot faster than here in washington. any advice for us as we enter into what may be a land of unknown here? ginni: i understand the question very well. i understand the challenge. the one is i think something that many of you do well. the entrepreneurial startup communities -- we are helping them. they are a healthy thing to have in every state. when you set up that ability to attract and put that infrastructure in, it is contagious. it is not like they operate alone. the big companies feel the little companies. i think the second thing -- we would be happy to follow up with everybody after. i believe so strongly that these companies are going to compete on the basis of information that now is the time to get voluntary adherence to a set of data principles and what happens in your state. i was voluntary to start with. it is around data ownership, security, privacy. it is the i.t. of the next generation. you do not have to pay to play with data. the things you can do with what is good hygiene and good with companies is im