. >> mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mrs. feinstein. >> aye. >> mr. gergen. -- mr. durbin. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. blumenthal. >> aye. mr. chairman. aye.grassley: >> 21 yeas, no nays. roll onk will call the cj williams, northern district of iowa. sen. grassley: aye by proxy. >> mr. cruz. sen. grassley: aye by proxy. >> mr. flake. >> aye. >> mr. tillis. >> aye. >> mrs. feinstein. sen. feinstein: aye. >> mr. durbin. sen. feinstein: aye by proxy. >> mrs. klobuchar. >> aye. >> mr. blumenthal. >> aye. >> mr. booker. >> no. >> ms. harris. >> no. sen. grassley: mr. chairman. >> aye. nays.yeas, 2 sen. grassley: with that majority vote, mr. williams will be reported to the floor. nt, assistant attorney general, civil division. arer. chairman, the votes 18 years, three nays. sen. grassley: with that majority vote, jodi hunt will be reported to the floor. i believe we can consider the executive nominees by voice vote. we will consider the following nominees. steve gladden, u.s. marshal, middle district, north carolina. brendan heffner, united states marshal for the central dis

the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from texas, mr. cornyn. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. the senator from colorado, mr. gardner. the senator from tennessee, mr. corker. the senator from arkansas, mr. boozman. the senator from arkansas, mr. cotton. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin. the senator from washington, mrs. murphy. the senator from vermont, mr. leahy. the senator from minnesota, ms. klobuchar. the senator from wisconsin, ms. baldwin. the senator from new jersey, mr. menendez. and the senator from delaware, mr. coons. the speaker: members of the escort committee will enter the chamber through the lobby doors. asst. sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the acting dean of the diplomatic corps. asst. sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the president's cabinet. se sergeant at arms: the president of the french republic.

mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session for the en bloc consideration of the following nominations: executive calendar 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, and 825. the presiding officer: without objection. the senate will proceed to the nominations en bloc. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the senate vote on the nominations en bloc with no intervening action or debate, that if confirmed the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, that no further motions be in order, that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the question occurs on the nominations en bloc. all those in favor sa

mr. costa: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the amendment being offered by congressman denham and myself, h.r. 4, and i thank the gentleman for yielding time. together, we have worked long and hard to reduce the duplicated environmental permitting requirements that can contribute, as we know, to delays and delivery of important transportation projects throughout the nation and throughout california, as both congressman denham and i experienced. california finds at the forefront to streamline the transportation project delivery process without compromising the natural environment and complying with environmental laws. as a matter of fact, we have a very big initiative that was passed last year to provide another $52 billion in construction projects over the next 10 years. so this is an important amendment. 2015, congress passed the fast act, which implemented a pilot program to provide reciprocity for environmental permitting and requirements with states like california that have laws that pro

mr. clarence earl gideon of copy of the order of the day, announcing he could proceed in former poppers and -- the supreme court had decided to take up the case. the case began here in panama city, florida. it is a county seat with motels and lodges, good fishing, some of the finest beaches in america. the man who was to lead such a lasting imprint on the lower left little imprint on this town. panama city was gideon's home and this was the scene of his alleged crime. the bay harbor pool room, on a rundown street on the edge of town. reported stolen, some wine, some soda, some beer. the exact amount unlisted. also some coins from the juke rocks and the cigarette machine. no one seemed sure how much. maybe five dollars, maybe $60. directly across the street, across the town line in springfield, the bay harbor hotel. one of the residents, clarence earl gideon, 51, smalltime gambler and drifter with a record of your glory and larceny come off for felony convictions, 17 years in jail through

mr. higgins: mr. speaker, the house will vote tomorrow to re-authorize the federal aviation administration. in 2010 congress approved landmark flight safety legislation after the flight of 3407 crashed outside of buffalo, new york, in 20 2009. the national transportation safety board concluded that pilot error was a cause of that trangdy. the bill the house will vote -- tragedy. the bill the house will vote on tomorrow must uphold and reaffirm our commitment to those safety standards. the southwest airline emergency landing two weeks ago is an urgent and inspiring reminder of the importance of pilot training to keep the flying public safe. the southwest pilot, tammy joe shultz, piloted that plane to a safe landing in a calm, controlled, and confident manner born out of one thing -- excellent pilot training. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition. >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the sp

mr. brown: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, there's a civil war in syria and a humanitarian crisis that the united states simply cannot and should not ignore. today, there are some 2,000 u.s. soldiers and marines on the ground in syria who spent the past several years engaged in the fight to defeat isis. that fight has been largely successful. yet, troops remain in syria to prevent a resurgence of isis. u.s. forces are engaged in hostilities against isis not in the syrian civil war. congress was informed in 2015 that our forces in syria where there pursuant to the aumf enacted in 2001 in response to the attacks on 9/11. . although u.s. ground forces aren't engaged in the war, our farce vs. engaged syrian forces and its regime. last year a u.s. navy f-18 shot plane in the ar collective self-defense of our coalition partners. the use of force in self-defense is unquestionably authorized however risky plane in the that may be in efense of potentially drawing the u.s. into armed conflict with syria or into the syrian civil

mr. rokita: thank you, mr. chairman -- mr. keating: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, madam secretary, for being here. you are talking about a culture of preparedness. in response to congressman king's questioning. you said you want to build up a greater capability for emerging threats. we'll never know where the emerging threats will come from but we're pretty sure where the response to those threats are coming from. and those responses are coming from the front lines. in fact, my years here on the committee i often ask, what's the most important aspect to our homeland security? and the answer almost always is our front line responders. that being said, this budget does not reflect that commitment to preparedness at all in terms of those responders. there's cuts to the state homeland security grants in states like massachusetts. my state used of $157 million the urban area security initiatives which were so critical in the boston bombing marathon and in responses to cities like new york, cut $180 million. the transit security grants which is a target of gre

mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i rise strong support of h.r. 5438 and proud to join my colleague, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. holding, in sponsoring this bill. our bill is very simple. it helps taxpayers receive the upport and guidance they need. low-income taxpayer clinics offer free, low cost service for taxpayers across our country. these clinics help taxpayers resolve disputes with the i.r.s. h.r. 5438 would allow the i.r.s. to share information about low-income taxpayer clinics for those who might be eligible. the oversight subcommittee held a hearing on the taxpayers' experience. t was one of many bipartisan meetings to improve tax administration. during the hearing, we heard testimony from ms. tamika lester. she is the associate director of the low-income taxpayer clinic at the georgia state university college of law. this outstanding institution is located in my congressional district. ms. lester and other witnesses shared their experiences and offered many great suggestions. h.r. 5438 r

nixon or mr. rockefeller? mr. reagan: you could probably say that to me. >> no -- >> i think on the basis of views expressed, for example right now the vietnam conflict or on the or the involvement of government and the solution of some problems, yes. i think this would be a fair statement. be a fairuld statement? mr. reagan: that i have perhaps tended toward solutions of national problems more in the same context that richard nixon has then i have, at times, with rockefeller. >> take this a step further, governor. when we took about the convention of delegates, there are estimates ranging from 38% -60 4%. goldwater delegates returning this year to miami. do you see yourself as the only hope of the conservatives in the party? they are certainly not going to rally around nelson rockefeller aroundy of them may not richard nixon. where else did they have to go except you? as you know, those labels -- i've been working to get the party to drop those labels. >> but many people do use them. mr. reagan: i think there is

chairman -- mr. wicker: thaurks mr. chairman. mr. zucker -- thank you, mr. chairman. mr. zuckerberg, thank you for being with us. my question is going to be a follow-up on what senator hatch was talking about. let me agree with basically his advice that we don't want to overregulate to the point where we're stifling innovation and investment. i understand with regard to suggested rules or suggested legislation there are at least two schools of thought out there. one would be the i.s.p.'s, the internet service providers, who are advocating for privacy protections for consumers that apply to all online entities equally across the entire internet ecosystem. now, facebook is an edge provider on the other hand. it's my understanding that many edge providers, such as facebook, may not support that effort because edge providers have different business models than the i.s.p.'s and should not be considered like services. so, do you think we need consistent privacy protections for consumers across the entire internet ecosystem that are based on the type of consumer information bein

mr. denham: i yield to mr. panetta. mr. panetta: thank you, mr. denham. mr. speaker, i rise today along with my good friends and colleagues, mr. denham, mr. costa, to recognize somebody you can tell clearly impacted not just the lives of the three of us but the lives of many people on the central coast of california and central valley of california and across this nation. today we obviously commemorate, we celebrate rick antol and what he's done for the salinas valley agriculture industry and what he and his family at t&a did to claim that area as the salad bowl of the world. let me tell you he did it through innovation and he did it through ingenuity. in dealing with the specialty crops and the technology and the practices that are needed in order to grow those types of crops. i mean, he was on the forefront of innovation when it came to precision farming. from growing hydrouponic lettuce to a robovator, they used less water, less pesticide and that led to less harm. they continued to grow a vast amount of vegetables. in wasn't his innovation that set rick a

mr. bloch has depicted hoover leading a couple of capitalists to his camp. and they are fishing. instead of getting economic benefits in the form of cash incentives they get fresh fish to sell. it is heaven and ink style -- pen and ink style and on a very smooth board. this is typical of what would have been produced in the midwest at this point in time. the second cartoon is about fdr. mr. bloch has not yet come to a point where he is embracing the democratic party yet. what you are seeing is a cartoon that makes fun of those for -- fun of roosevelt for being unable to add additional supreme court justices to implement his plans to improve the economy. we know that ultimately roosevelt prevailed. the new deal past. -- passed. bloch is making fun of him for wasting time when he could have been passing legislation by trying to implement the court plan to add six more justices to the court. here we have both candidates for president in 1948. truman and dewey gesturing to a man who looks lik

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, yesterday i introduced a bill with colleagues langevin and david young of iowa to modernize the charter of the modern f.f.a. organization. formerly called the future farmers of america, was founded in 1928. congress recognized the importance of f.f.a. as an integral part of vocational agriculture, and in 1950 granted it a federal charter. the charter provides federal authority to create interagency working agreements that's focused on strengthening f.f.a. and school-based agriculture education. it's important to note that only about 100 organizations have charters with federal agencies. with six organizations require the government agency to select one member for the board of directors. f.f.a. is the only organization that requires a majority of its board of directors to be chosen by the partnered government agency. mr. speaker, h.r. 5595, the national f.f.a. organization charter amendments act, makes updates to allow the national f.f.a. to be a self-governing organization wh

mr. mitchell: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members y have five legislative daysn which to revise and extend their remarks and inude extraous materials on h.r. 4921, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. . mr. mitchell: mr. speaker, i yield self such time as i may consume. the speakerro tempore: e gentleman is recognized. mr. mitchell: the s.t. informati security improvement act requireshe surface transportation board to develop a timeline and plan to plemen the recommendations d improvementslined in the information system security. afr a concerning report from the department of transportatios specto genal thashowed inefficiencies, it appeared rapidly.nges needo be made they gained full rponsibility and coro of the i.t. system and it lacks any cybersecurity. the imovents needed include basic building ocks such a changes to policand procedures. the s.t.b. is incurvered by a number of -- encumbered by a number of wknesse summaryf the bill is, it requires the s.t.b., the

mr. allen aye. mr. bost? mr. bost aye. mr. rouser? mr. rouser aye. mr. abraham? aye. mr. kelly? mr. kelly aye. mr. comber? mr. comber? ye. >> mr. comer yes. mr. marshall? >> yes. >> mr. marshall yes. mr. bacon? yes. >> mr. bacon? yes. >> mr. foss sew? aye mr. dunn? mr. dunn yes. mr. arrington? mr. arrington yes. mr. peterson? mr. peterson no. mr. david scott? >> no. mr. david scott no. mr. costa? mr. costa no. mr. walls? no. mr. was no. mist fudge? no. miss funds no. mr. mcgovern? no. mr. bell la? mr. develop la no. miss lou grish im? no miss custer? miss custer no. mr. nolan? no mr. nolan no. miss boost toss? no. mr. milano? mr. milano no. miss mass ket? no. >> miss plaskett no. miss adams no. mr. evans no. mr. lawson? no. mr. owe lal ran? no. mr. panetta? mr. panetta no. mr. sew to? mr. soto no. miss blunt rochester no. mr. chairman? yes. >> mr. chairman, yes. mr. chairman, the vote is 26 yays to 20 nos. >> thank you. the ayes have it and the motion to pass the bill and move to the house voted is agreed to. does any member give notice of intent to file dissenting views to hr 2? if

mr. thune: mr. president, is senate in a quorum call? officer yes, it is. mr. thune: i ask that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, today is tax day, not typically a day of celebration for anyone, with maybe the exception of the i.r.s. you go this year -- but this year, mr. president, there is believe it or not something to celebrate because tax day 2018 marks the end of the old tax system. next year americans will be filling out their taxes under the new tax system that was created by the tax cuts and jobs act. and that means that they will be paying less in taxes and keeping more of their hardearned money. mr. president, if anything became clear during the last election cycle it was that the psyche economy was not working well for american families. in cnn exit polling, 62% of americans rated the economy as poor and that wasn't surprising. the obama administration was tough for american workers. job creation was sluggish. wages were sta

mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, scott pruitt is the administrator of the environmental protection agency. he is charged with running the agency and ensuring its mission. there are serious questions about mr. pruitt's leadership, but we'll get to that later. today the senate is preparing to vote on the nominee to be the second-highest ranking official at the environmental protection agency, andrew wheeler. and as the number two at the environmental protection agency, andrew wheeler deserves the kind of scrutiny that reflects a position one step away from being the administrator. andrew wheeler has spent years protecting the coal industry. first, from here in the senate where he worked to prevent passage of climate legislation. then as a lobbyist for murray energy, one of the largest coal companies in america that has led the fight by the coal industry to undo the progress that we have made on climate policy. andrew wheeler's coal credentials are without equal. he is, without question, a member of the coal

mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in celebration of national library week which began on sunday and runs through saturday, april 14. this year's theme is library's lead and misty copeland is the chair. national library week is an observance sponsored by the libraries across the country each april. it is time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and promote the support. all types of libraries, school, academic, special participate. celebrations during national library week including national library workers day which is a day for library staff, users, administrators and friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers. national book mobile day which is celebrated today to recognize contributions of our nation's book mobiles and the dedicated professionals who make outreach possible in their communities. tomorrow is take action for libraries day which is a national library advocacy effort. mr. speaker, this year marks the 60th ann

mr. perdue: mr. president, i rise today to talk about a milestone here that just happened about three weeks ago. we've had a couple of interesting dates coming. april 15 just passed. we called it tax day but it was another date. it was also a date that we were supposed to complete the senate budget for fiscal year 2019 that starts in october 1 of this year. well, april 15 came and the i.r.s. deadline did indeed hit, but there was no budget completed. and that's part of the dysfunction that people back home are so upset about. today i want to talk about that, but first i want to talk about the derivative of that broken process. to date, mr. president, in my office we have a debt clock. in that debt clock a few weeks ago it passed a milestone. $21 trillion. and if that weren't bad enough, mr. president, the commitments of this federal government over the last 50 years actually indeed over the last hundred years, the commitments that have been made in the structural programs of this big government burea

mr. payne: mr. speaker, i've never met a person who wakes up in the morning and says, i want to be poor today. that's just not the reality. yet my colleagues across the aisle and their friends in the white house keep pushing this false narrative that people who rely on government assistance to make ends meet are moochers who take government handouts and buy drugs. mr. speaker, in my district, 17.9% of households rely on snap to feed their families. they aren't lazy. they aren't addicts. they are hardworking people. some of them with two and three jobs. just trying to make ends meet. the united states government should be making it easier for americans to maintain a decent standard of living. let us end this administration's war on the working poor and help make better lives for all of our citizens. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i rise to ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, r

mr. thompson: mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. mr. thompson: mr. speaker. the speaker: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new york, mr. higgins. mr. higgins: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman, is rec

mr. newhouse: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker: the speaker: further pr seedings on this question will be postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from alabama, ms. reby. mrs. roby: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair now asks the house now observe a moment of silence in honor of those who have been killed or wounded in service to our country and all those who serve in their families. the speaker: the chair will now entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and reth rhett my

mr. thune: mr. president, i was reading a piece in the wall street journal by the chairman of the white house economic advisors. his piece made an important point. that is when american businesses benefit, american workers benefit. my friends on the other side of the aisle like to obfuscate that point. presumably they think they can gain political points by pitting workers and businesses against each other as if benefits for businesses and benefits for workers are somehow opposed. as somehow workers could thrive while businesses are strugglingi pointed out and i quote nrks a modern competitive economy, workers do well when their employers do well. end quote. and really, it's just common sense if you think about it, mr. president. the vast majority of working americans work for businesses. whether they're self-employed, an employee of a small business or an employee of a large corporation. and for those employees to thrive, the businesses that they're working for have to thrive as well. struggling bu

mr. thompson: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from utah, mr. curtis. mr. curtis: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is rec

mr. block drew cartoons about presidents from hoover to the second george bush. and so you get to see how his career evolved, how his opinions changed, see how he drew particular presidents. obviously i've just brought out a selection of cartoons to get a sense of how he perceived different presidents and how his style evolved. the first cartoon we have is about herbert hoover who which was the first president that mr. block covered. and it shows hoover at the camp before camp david existed. hoover favored a camp further down in the shenandoah mountains in rapidan, virginia. so mr. block has depicted hoover leading a couple of capitalists so his camp and they're fishing. and then instead of getting economic benefits in the perhaps in the form of cash incentives, the capitalists get some fresh fish to sell. and it's a pen and ink style. it's on a very smooth board, and this is very typical of what would have been produced in the midwest at this point in time. so the second cartoon i've bro

mr. o'malley: we think kevin can win by two points. i said, i think you were going to win by more than two points, and indeed they did. oklahoma had the largest margin for donald trump of any state in union. they have had seven special elections now. i flew out to oklahoma city for two happening on the weekend just a few months ago. stephen vincent in oklahoma city wore blue jeans, drove a pickup truck, gave a great talk. i said man, union. they have he looks like someone who can win a state seat in oklahoma. came up 700 votes short, in a district donald trump had won by 40%. then we went up to tulsa. a really decent hearted person who had to be one of the most soft-spoken candidates i had ever campaigned for. until three years ago, she was homeless. she is now a mental health counselor at a clinic in tulsa. she is running in a district by 40%.ald trump won she is a lesbian mother of three. the wife is african-american, in by 40%., and she won by 44 votes. and shewashington statewashingw

mr. poe: mr. speaker, it is remarkable that harris county, texas, precinct four deputy constable christopher gains is alive. on anita: 17 deputy gains -- on anita: 17 deputy gains and three other officers responded to a call. approaching the house, the officers were cautious and rightfully. so after all, mr. speaker, 22% of police officers that are shot occur during domestic violence calls. suddenly the outlaw dashed out of the house with his guns blazing. the deputies returned fire, but with little or no area to take cover, two-year veteran of the force, deputy constables gains, was shot in the abdomen at point blank range with a shotgun. gains' wife even heard the shots from their nearby home. gains' fellow officers rushed him to the hospital and put him directly into surgery. gains' only thoughts were of his wife and 4-year-old daughter. thanks to the good lord and the medical professionals at memorial herman, zoe's dad is alive. after speaking with him, he told me he is in high spirits and exp

mr. hoyer: mr. speaker -- excuse me. mr. speaker, is it correct that the chaplain is elected by the whole house to be the chaplain of the house of representatives? >> regular order. the speaker pro tempore: the chair is not going to respond to the matter as expressed by the distinguished minority whip. >> regular order. the speaker pro tempore: the issue before the house presently is a matter of the privileged resolution just noticed. mr. hoyer: therefore, mr. speaker, further parliamentary inquiry. are we in the position where the house will be unable to speak to the issue of removing the official, i.e. the chaplain, elected by the whole house? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is no longer recognized. the gentleman has not offered an inquiry that is in keeping with matters before the house. mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker. i have a motion at the desk. the clerk: resolution be laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those oppo

mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i now yield two minutes to a senior member of the judiciary committee, the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman very much for yielding. and i make the very point that there are three members on this floor today from the judiciary committee that has an enormous amount of seniority that have seen the long journey that our talented, genius-based musical icons in our nation have traveled to come to this point. so i say congratulations. in the markup i indicated that there was a harmonious sound coming from the judiciary committee and that it was evident that we could work together in a bipartisan manner. so i thank the chairman, mr. goodlatte, and the ranking member, mr. nadler, who have been intimately involved. i'm reminded of all of those who have come in and out of my office through the years as i served on the intellectual property committee some years back and th

mr. walden: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow and, further, when the house adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 3:00 p.m. on monday, april 23, 2018. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. the chair requests the house to be in order. the chair would ask all members to please take their seats. please take their conversations rom the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? mr. paulsen: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the chair would ask all members to please take their onversations from the floor. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. without objection, for one minute. mr. paulsen: mr. speaker, i rise to recognize a pioneer of women's sports in minnesota. dorothy mcintyre, who was recently

mr. sullivan: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for alaska. mr. sullivan: mr. president, every week i've been coming down to the floor to talk about my great state and a person in my state who has made a difference in their community, in the state, sometimes throughout the entire country. i call this person our alaskan of the week, and it's actually one of the best things i get to do each week here in the united states senate. there's a lot to brag about with regard to alaska. and, frankly, while i love my job here, i wish i were home right now. my wife's there. *6 -- and though the temperatures are still only in the single digits in some places, particularly up north in alaska, springtime, what we call breakup in alaska, has hit much of our state. now, i'll admit it, breakup is not always pretty, and the state gets a lot of snow. dirty, melting snow, sloshing through the slush, big, huge puddles everywhere, but the sun is now high in the sky and staying up longer and longer every day.

mr. president, was the iran deal. the iran deal. and for years and years, as some of you may recall, we suspected that iran was secretly developing nuclear weapons. didn't know for sure. we suspected the worst. and in the last administration here in this country, we work to work with the new leader in iran to see if we might be able to better ensure that they're not going to develop nuclear weapons. and provide safeguards and early detection systems that if they do, we'll know p about -- about it. in the meantime, we have placed a lot of economic sanctions on iran, trying to get them to give up what we thought was their development of nuclear weapons. they always said no, no, we're not doing that. but we didn't believe them. and at the end of the day, we knew we were entering this agreement between the u.s. and iran, and five other nations. and the long and short of it is iran had to open up -- open themselves up to intrusive inspections. they had to be willing to give up some of the more

mr. kneedler. mr. kneedler: mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: the ninth circuit erred in holding that this court's decision in johnson compelled the conclusion that the definition of crime of violence in the ina's broader definition of aggravated felony is unconstitutionally vague. that is so for two reasons. first, the standard for assessing vagueness in the immigration context is not the one that's applicable in criminal cases. immigration removal is not a punishment for past conduct. it operates prospectively on the basis of the application of standards adopted by congress under which an alien is regarded as no longer conducive to the safety and welfare. justice ginsburg: but mr. kneedler, if you're -- if you're making the distinction that johnson was a criminal case and this is a civil case, this court has had a number of decisions saying that line is not so rigid. for example, mlb, taking away parental rights, is a civil proceeding. and yet the court said, as in a criminal proceeding, for an indig

mr. zuckerberg: yes, we do. barton: unless they specifically allow it, then don't allow it -- that is my point. mr. zuckerberg: primus meant him every time some one chooses to shares of the facebook, go to app right there it says to get who you want to share with. if you want to change it publicly, you can specifically -- rep. barton: out of time. i actually use facebook, and i know that if you take the time you can go to your privacy and click on that and go to your settings and click on that. you can pretty well set up your facebook account to be almost totally private, but you have to really work at it, and my time has expired. hopefully we can do some questions in writing as a follow-up. mr. zuckerberg: absolutely. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. rush, for four minutes for questions. rep. rush: mr. zuckerberg, welcome. in the 1960's, the government acting through the fbi and local trickedaliciously individuals and organizations into participating in something

mr. corker: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: mr. president, thank you for acknowledging me and letting me speak today on behalf of our nominee to be secretary of state, mike pompeo. i did not know mike pompeo well. as a matter of fact, i'm not sure i ever met him until he was nominated. and i just want to say to people in this body, i don't think anybody would view me as an apologist in any way for the administration. i view mike pompeo as a highly qualified nominee. i spent a lot of time with him privately on the phone. he did, i thought, an excellent job in his hearing. and we've had a tradition here of confirming people to important positions. just to give a little history, john kerry was confirmed as secretary of state. republicans and democrats, 94-3. obviously john kerry, my friend, no doubt had been involved in partisan activities. he had run for president. someone no doubt who i'm sure had said things that people did not agree with. secretary clint

mr. zuckerberg: this is important and the point is important that we have heard today, a number of examples where we may have made content review mistakes on conservative content. i can i sure you there are folks who thought we made content review mistakes of liberal content. , my point is we do not favor centering in any way, as long as it does not -- censoring and anyway, as long as it does not about terrorism or hate speech. congresswoman blackburn mentioned her legislation of which i'm a cosponsor, the this is forslation, the entire ecosystem, it is for isps and edge providers. not just for one or the other. it is an often system, similar -- opt in system, similar to the one in europe. may i request that you and your company review the browser legislation and i would like your support for the legislation after your review of it. kevin: we -- mr. zuckerberg: we will review it and get back to you. rep. lance: sheryl sandberg was and saidoday show" additional breaches and personal inform

mr. chief justice, may it please the court, all nine justices, agreed that artisan gerrymandering can violate the constitution. the press -- question here is whether this course has the ability to do anything about it. we submit it does under the first amendment. according to the retaliation, invalid access cases, government officials may not single out particular individuals for disfavored treatment on the basis of the views that have expressed of the ballot box in prior elections. >> may i ask you a pulmonary question? i think it is much too late, even if you are successful, for there to be any change in the 2018 election. if that is so, are we willing to have a preliminary injunction? >> we are talking about that. >> how would you be irreparably injured with the pulmonary injunction, assuming you are right, that this would be going into effect in 2020? >> we don't concede it is too late to enter release for the 2018 election. congress has enacted a statute that deals with these sorts o

mr. peterson: mr. chairman. mr. conaway: the ranking member is recognized. mr. peterson: i would like to strike the last word. can do i that? i want to ask a question about title 1. you know, as we work through this, i think you are aware and others that the only reason some of my producers have survived the last three years of low prices is because we had extraordinary yields. and it's saved us. and i've been concerned about what's going to happen going down the road -- >> we want to let you know this hearing continues likely throughout the afternoon. you can follow it on c-span radio on the c-span radio app, online at c-span.org. we expect resume television coverage over on our companion network c-span3 in just a bit. here on c-span, we'll take you live to the house momentarily. they're gaveling in for a couple of i.r.s. and taxpayer related bills. one making improvements and modernizing the i.r.s. another improving cybersecurity and taxpayer identity protection. live coverage from the house floor now on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite cor

mr. chief justice and may it please the court, california took aim at pro-life pregnancy centers by compelling license centers to point the way to abortion and enforcing onerous advertising rules on unlicensed centers that do not provide ultrasounds or any other medical services. the state then provided exemptions for all the medical providers who served and women. particulargets a topic of discussion, employs compelled speech and is directed at favorite speeches with disparate viewpoints. >> if the state law were that health provided that perform abortions would have to s, if you wouldt' like to carry dependency to to a you would have access clinic which will assist them and provide adaptive facilities or provide antact instruction on how to care for suppose that were the statute, would that be unconstitutional? >> no, your honor. in ay similar case decision from pennsylvania. pennsylvania imposed the requirement in the context of the context of informed consent discussion. it is trigger

mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, i yield myself 10 seconds just to say, as the jihad against banks continues, if you read the bill, it doesn't have to do with banks. it has to do with nonbanks. and the apocalyptic vision that is described by the ranking member is supported by a majority of democrats on the committee. i'm now very pleased to yield five minutes to the gentleman from florida, mr. ross, who serves as the vice chairman of our subcommittee on housing and insurance, and is the republican sponsor of this piece of legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for five minutes. mr. ross: thank you, mr. speaker. and, chairman, thank you for yielding. thank you for your kind words. thank you for your leadership and more importantly, thank you for your friendship. i also wish to thank the staff of the financial services committee, and the work you've taken on behalf of the people in this country. as some of you may know, the financial services committee has been operating

so, if mr. cohen and mr. trump were communicating on matters that were unrelated to mr. cohen providing legal advice -- and it sounds like that was the vast, vast majority of their communications -- then those communications would not be privileged and mr. trump could not prevent federal authorities or others from discovering them. >>> now, nicolle, i think the most shocking or surprising thing to come out of the hearing today that i just returned from was that my understanding is that in connection with the raids that the fbi conducted at mr. cohen's house, the hotel room and the office, they seized somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 cell phones, including a couple blackberries. now, i don't know about you, but the last time i had a blackberry was sometime ago. so, what that says -- >> i love my blackberry, but yes, i hear you. >> i used to love mine, too. but that was ten or 12 years ago. what that tells me is michael cohen had the propensity when he changed phones to keep his old phone, put it in a drawer or in a box or something of that nature. that could prove to b

mr. hatch. >> no. >> mr. graham. >> aye. >> mr. cornyn. >> no. >> mr. lee. >> no. >> mr. cruz. >> no. >> mr. sasse. >> no. >> mr. flake. >> aye. >> mr. crapo. >> no. >> mr. tillis? >> aye. >> mr. kennedy. >> no. >> mrs. feinstein. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. >> aye. >> mr. durbin. >> aye. >> mr. whitehouse. >> aye. >> ms. klobuchar. >> aye. >> mr. coons. >> aye. >> mr. bum that will. >> aye. >> miss hirono. >> aye. >> mr. booker. >> aye. >> ms. harris. >> aye. >> mr. chairman. >> aye. >> mr. chairman, the votes are sh yays, seven nays. >> okay. 26-44 will be reported to the floor. i will call on senator leahy. i will go back and forth. let me call on leahy and then you and then durbin and -- is there any other republican wants to speak? okay. then we will do it this -- >> okay. thank you, mr. chairman. i will put my whole statement in the record if i might. but as the most senior member of the senate, the dean of the senate, i feel obligated to share my perspective today. i'm a lawyer, former prosecutor as many are on this committee. during my four decades in the senate both re

mr. scully: along those lines, this is from october of 1968. a conversation between president johnson and everett dirksen, republican from illinois. a mention of richard nixon, the issue of vietnam. he was at the time, the republic nominee. let's listen. [audio clip] >> now, i have told nixon and i repeat to you that i'm trying as hard as i know how to get the peace in vietnam as quickly as i can. for that reason, i am not running. now, when i have anything that i believe justifies or warrants a consultation, i will initiate it. mr. scully: as you hear that conversation, your reaction, james jones. former rep. jones: well, in october, maybe 10 days, two weeks before the election, we were pursuing, or the president was pursuing, a peace agreement in paris and we had the north vietnamese, south vietnamese, et cetera. and the president really thought he was going to reach an agreement. along about that time, our intelligence sources intercepted a phone call from vice president agnew's campai

mr. chair, and thank you to the witnesses for joining us this morning. eye like to think the subcommittee hearings are high octane but none mo so than today. it's 9:00. which will focus on the challenges and opportunities of high octane fuels and vehicles efficiency. we heard about the future of the transportation fuels and learned mow about the doe program sitting out to produce fuels and vehicles in tandem. today's panel represents the cross-sex of the transportation sector. refiners, vehicle manufacturer, fuel producers and retailers. this hearing comes as the administration and some members of congress have considered changes to our existing fuels and fuel economy policies. earlier this month the epa administrator scott pruitt determined that emission standards for model year 2022 to 2025 light duty vehicles to sciri viced. do not believe this position is justified by the technical record, and similar lay discussions on how to reform the rue knewable fuel standards continue. in both c

mr. shah: we have a preparation process i used to oversee the previous role for that? mr. shah: here. -- oversee in a previous role here. our staff have to produce our answers, and we will have a briefing prep session with the person that goes behind the podium. usually that is sarah. &a before things get revisited one more time, and prepare the book the individual gets sent out with. usually it is her, so it is her voice. when i do it, i am reflected in the talking points and answers we have. >> our most of the questions you anticipate usually asked? mr. shah: most of the questions we anticipate are not asked. do anticipate most of the questions. we create a big universe of potential questions, and we get a lot of viewpoints in terms of do anticipate most of the questions. we create asession, have you tht that way?r coming at it from a different angle. time you have done time you ha, or watched sarah sanders do it, what has been the toughest question you have had to answer? mr. shah: the