laho, and the gentleman from illinois, mr. panetta, each will control -- and the gentlema from california, mr. panetta, ea will control 20 minutes. mr. lahood: isk unanimous coent that all membe have five legislative day it is revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro teore: without objection. mr. lhood: i yield myself such time as i may consume. thspeaker o tempore: the gentleman irecognized mr. lhood: i rise today in support of h. 1404, the pascua yaquiribe land condition vayians act, sponsored by mr. grijalva, ranking mber on the naturaresources committee. thisould be a land cveyance involving the pibe -- the tribe, distric.na school it will be placed itrust for the benefit of the tribe if the district releases all rights, title and intere to it. a 13.24 acre parcel of land shall be sdly the u.s. to the distct at fair market lue and a federal interest of 27.5 achers of land held by the district shall be cleared in exchange for the district paying this -- paying the appraise value of thfederal interest. the federal in

sanford: i thank my colleague from illinois. they have worked tirelessly in a way to craft a balance between the competing points of view of this whole issue of ozone. i know he is concerned about people's health and concerned about the environment. but on this particular issue, i respectfully disagree and agree with my democratic colleagues because the time to act is now. at some point it becomes a question of not now, when? delay moves to the point of obstruction moving forward on an idea that has had its different wrinkles in fairness to my colleague from illinois. but you have to act. people's health does weigh in the balance and 2,000 cases a day of asthma that we need to have a bias for action. it's a time for action. i think it's reasonable. billionrom 75 parts per is not a huge change. and finally, simply, i believe it sits with the conservative philosophy that i believe in. my rights end when they begin to infringe upon yours. this notion of privatizing gain and offsetting costs to the public is something we always have

i don't want to see washington end up like illinois. host: jennifer in woodstock, illinois. in new mexico, albuquerque on the republican line. caller: hello. hi, you're on. caller: yes, i'd like to know give president trump a chance. they give everybody else a chance. know why ats, i don't trump don't go after hillary for all the things that she has done in the past. say.'s all i got to host: gary, he's been in office six months, how long of a chance needs?think he caller: well, everybody keeps beating him up, if they would have a better world. host: one more call this will be dewey from dobson, north carolina. go ahead, you're on. hi, thank you for taking my call. first-time caller calling in. dc with a group of 70 america m across north from different churches, here in dc talking about political division. of such division across the country is great to perspective of our youth talking about how to resolve some differences or even allow differences to exist and maintain our civility. we've lost on many civility, i'm inspired the way ou

million. $300 tate of illinois is billion in debt to the pension system for all state employees of illinois. host: that is bill in illinois. talking about s, that state's problems. see more you want to about the information, didn't have a chance to talk to the to mercatus t, go center.org, about the state and fiscal conditions. modesto, california, democrat's line. mike, hi. want to ey, i just comment on the deal about how diverse in are so their having to take care of supportho are unable to themselves. these people didn't wind up in ghettos because f inferiority, as a lot of people like to believe. they wound up there by plan. houses, 't give them all these things, they wind up there. they suck the work out of those are, and there they those states ty, have to pay for them. hey decided, we will keep you alive, after that, screw you. about on't have judgment people on the other side, i totally understand, you know, he high school graduate or drop-out. the most important thing in your a man, is to support your family. this ou are afraid that other group is going to take your borderline job,

and illinois is hollywood hendon. zus out ofthe bejee barack obama before that confrontation took place. his description of that is 100% accurate. i have interviewed another 15-18 people who were present that day and witnessed it. two or three of whom got between them to break it up. without question, they describe barack as the aggressor. senator hendon is in coulgood shape but shorter than barack obama. it is a unique story that senator hendon was so able to agitate barack obama that barack obama wanted to have a fistfight with him. brian: i do not know how to ask this but, in all of the time that you reviewed barack obama's life, did he ever do anything illegal? besides coke? david: no. i would tell you to stories that i think are indicative of illinois politics. in illinois politics, the phrase is well known, pay to play. if someone wants to receive business or grants from the state, you better be a campaign contributor. one of the things in his entire political record that he is most embarrassed about is $10,000

his nickname in illinois is hollywood hendon. the senator teased the be jesus fourf barack obama for years before that confrontation took place. his description of that is 100% accurate. another 18 people who were resident that day and witnessed it, two or three of them. between them to try to break it up. they describe barack as the aggressor. senator hendon is in good physical shape but a good bit shorter than barack obama. it his a unique story that senator had to was so able to agitate barack obama that barack obama wanted to have a fistfight . in all the time that you've reviewed his life, did he ever do anything illegal? besides coke. >> illegal, no. stories thatyou to i think are indicative of chicago politics. phrase pay to play, if someone wants to receive business or grants from state government you better be a campaign contributor. in histhe things in his political record that he is most embarrassed about is $10,000 and contributions he received from a cell site active or -- activist named jesse -- who was sent republi

i'm also from the state of illinois, born and raised there. state in the last four years they built this problem, problem that has been run by republicans in general. governments have been -- state of illinois, i appreciate you deescalate the political environment around this question. come from the s point of the relationship -- and states that are all having fist problems. new jersey, f the illinois, connecticut and california, these states all more in income tax funding receive from states thattates -- receive three to four times the amount of money, paying income of united funding states government, how -- what is the relationship between what by the in income tax residents of the states performing poorly and funding government?deral thank you. guest: yeah, i think those states that you mention are tronger economies, certainly they have got a lot of business and corporations and wealth and receipts are higher. i think the money comes back to what it is being used for. this study evaluates the area hat the state is responsible for themselve

you want to compare to it illinois and connecticut and new jersey where you have an environment that is causing businesses to flee. it's causing people to flee. various factors going on there. but i think you're getting at the notion of making it strong economic environment for texas to thrive. host: let's hear from salem,more fwafpblet this is john for our guest, eileen norcross. hello. caller: yeah. hi, eileen. i come from oregon and like hers is one area where we have things. it seems like all settled out really well. are people here that work for the state have a great retirement system? the only thing i see as an issue in oregon which is a nice state, is that we don't have sales tax. and i know people here in oregon just love that. you know, you answer some of the questions on how you would evaluate oregon of how we're economically appeaseable? i'll take my answer off. guest: thank you. oregon does this pretty well in the fiscal rankings. i would look at the pension system more closely. i think if we are interested in having a robust well funded plan in the states, the first ste

' long-term -- illinois, one of the states operating without a budget. the national conference of state legislatures with a chart showing states that are currently operating without a budget. 46 states began the fiscal year on july 1. as of july 5, 42 of the 50 fores had enacted budgets 2018. three of those states enacted a biennial budget. the budgets in michigan and pennsylvania have passed the legislature and are on their governor's desk. noting thisies chart noting the state budgets including from the patriot ledger in massachusetts. massachusetts, among half a dozen states without budgets in place. pennsylvania missed its budget deadline again so among the eight states without a budget. al.org --e it and cs ncsl.org. your stateng is fiscally responsible. if you live in eastern or central time zones it's (202) 748-8000. if you live in the mountain or pacific time zones, it is (202) 748-8001. if can start calling in. larry is up first in meant this, tennessee -- in memphis memphis, -- in mean tennessee. think their priorities of the state backwards. t

foster of illinois. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 432, the gentleman from -- 473rk the gentleman from illinois plrk foster, and -- 473, the gentleman from illinois, mr. foster, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. foster: thank you, mr. chair. my amendment is a symbolic amendment to raise aware bns two areas of emerging national security risk that i believe deserve more attention and investment. as the only ph.d. physicist in congress, i feel a special responsibility to speak out on issues of national security, especially when they concern emerging technological threats that congress may not be sufficiently aware of. any student of the history of warfare is well aware of the dangers of fighting the last war. for more than 70 years nuclear weapons have held center stage among threats to our national security. and global safety. because of their unique capabilities to threaten the existence of man kind. and that threat remains.

that's why republican governors in nevada and ohio and even illinois came out against the republican repeal plan. they know better. you can't use flexibility to make up the difference for basic health care for thousands of people you represent in your state. i want to reiterate what chuck said inclosing. we are ready to sit down and work with republicans to make the health care system stronger. take this tax cut for the rich off the table take these cuts , for medicaid off the table make a commitment to make sure , americans are going to have more health insurance and more affordable health insurance. >> senator murray. senator murray: it is no surprise that senate republicans need another week or two to try to jam their trumpcare bill through given everything it would mean for families health for their financial security and their own lives. we don't know what kind of backroom deals senate republican leaders are going to be talking about cutting over the next few weeks or which republicans will decide they care more about toeing the party line to protecting patients and families in

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois yields back. without objection, the previous question is ordered this equestion is on the motion to recommit. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. mr. cartwright: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those in favor of a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient numbering are risen, a recorded vote is ordered. pursuant to clause 89 of rule 20, the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 191. the nays are 235. the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those oppo

host: what year from murphy in illinois -- let's hear from murphy in streeter, illinois, republican line. caller: i'm a lawyer from illinois. host: go ahead. caller: am i live? host: you are. caller: all right. i'm from the law offices of my ike hunt. host: go ahead. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. a quick comments or thoughts that i had about this is i think this is a totally ridiculous idea. we couldbe something look at 100 or 200 years from now. what we are spending on the defense or what is being proposed. is only going to bankrupt this country. we just threw away all the plans. researchion just on and development. now the government has contracted to thousand of the at billionof them at 130 -- $130 million apiece. guest: it would almost be budget neutral because you're reallocating resources and people within the existing budget. you would be creating a new headquarters staff to support this. we are talking a few hundred people to do that out of a department that has over 200,000 -- sorry, 2 million employees. have to address the f-35. he is right that the tot

i did see the one sentence about illinois being downgraded. there was a brief discussion of puerto rico. but the idea that we as a country are not discussing our ability to pay our bills is something that i think there is a downside effect to the problem. but the fact that your report doesn't bring up is a little concerning to me. and the way that really played out was a couple weeks ago when chicago schools tried to issue a bond rating and they didn't get any bidders at all. none. so they ended up driving the 3/4.up to seven, 7 1/2, 7 but it seems like the people in charge of the financial stability of our contry, value of our dollar, the value of our promises to pay, it just seems like it would have a little bit more important in the document here. i would expect, frankly, maybe a whole chapter because there are estimates that we can't pay our bills in this country. o we continue to operate as of -- as if it's not going to matter if our ratings are downgraded. if our interest rate goes up. we're already running deficits which means we have t

this is not just an illinois issue. for all the things we can do to make the tools, i don't think the money is money. infusion for cities like chicago, little rock to have the capacity and makes a lot of sense. the point i mentioned about having water utilities, many of those communities do not have the technical capacity to be able to receive federal funding or apply for it and the issue is the fragmentation of the system. we have a handful of sources and yet we have 400 utilities managing these different systems. and many areas of the country are just like this. when every utility operates as a public work department, a lot of the decisions that get made are wrapped up. and so if you are looking at adjusting water rates and providing schooling and things you have to make these decisions with these calculations in mind and rate increases get delayed, infrastructure gets delayed and water is dripping out. the fragmentation come body pounds. if a community like we have in many of our suburbs across the country has lost p

political factors that drive and i think mance if you go back to the really oorly ranked states of illinois, connecticut and new jersey, you have states that have built into the framework of constitution, we're going to take on more debt, it is in some itical culture cases of spending. but i would caution, i don't try to ink political party fiscal performance. i think you have to look long-running choices over period year, legislature and governors and it falls within parties. host: the center provides a map. states like maryland, kentucky, new jersey, top florida, dakotas,ut sxut wyoming. florida is a case study, a lot people, retirees, what are they doing right? guest: several things. they managed to lower spending per capita since the year 2000. aboutave been disciplined spending. this is a state that is conservative in how it saves money. has good, strong fiscal reserve. manages debt well. of debt to e a lot take on current spending, pension liabilities are anageable relative to other states, some scholars have suggested they have term limits factor in fiscal health, this is a well mana

dixon, o to terry illinois. hi, go ahead. caller: hi, how are you doing? yeah, i've been follow two sgiving story and lied on a kushner security form fwe would have done that, each one would have five-year imprisonment, his meeting was on june 9 of last year, 4:00 that afternoon ust so happen the president, mr. trump, was tweeting about the 3000 e-mails. think the american people need to ask what did donald trump when did he know it. i think donald trump knew about his meeting and i think this our s to collusion between government and a foreign basically which is our income. and i'm sorry, i stand for the flag of the united regardless ofica, what party you are, we need to get to the bottom of this. involved, he was needs to be held accountable. no man is above the law. you. host: "new york times" story goes on to say two people briefed on the meeting intermediary, a journalist and he president of a company called we too entertainment that orked with the miss america pageant. mark carello, said on sunday the was not aware of and did not attend the meeting.

the gentleman from illinois. mr. rush: i yield such time as co-spon orume to the of the bill, the gentlewoman from debate. -- the gentlewoman from colorado. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from the football state, colorado is recognized. ms. degette: i won't focus on football today. i want to thank the gentleman for working with me on the bill, it's been a pleasure. also want to thank representatives walden and pallone for helping us work on this bill. it's what we can accomplish when we put partisanship aside and work to address our country's needs. hydropower is a clean, domestic energy source. over the last two years it has provided almost 6% of u.s. eelect trissties and -- electricity and almost half of all renewable electricity. it supports hundreds of thousands of good jobs across the country. as a werner, i know how important water is to our environment and to our community and i'm committed to advancing hydropower in a way that both respects existing water rights and minimizes environmental disruption

haron in worth, illinois, democrat's line. caller: hi, i want to say i have the totally baffled by opposition to the mandates for health insurance. my whole lifetime been mandated to buy auto insurance and the auto insurance industry certainly recognizes he difference between older drivers and younger drivers and older drivers have to pay higher rates. even though older drivers tatistically have fewer accidents, we are not exempt from buying insurance. who are hit by motorists complain bitterly people who don't carry insurance because why should the them.f us have to carry i find the same thing absolutely healthcare, when everyone participates, it the integrity of the market.e understand that and i don't understand people who bitterly. so that is my comment. constance, from jupiter, republican line, you are next, go ahead. caller: the lady earlier calling about single payer -- we have it i was born, here lastived in denmark and my ago, died two iarys curious how the system worked. he should have live thered and suffered under

illinois illinois, and headlines are reading taxation problems. the state is looking for more money so they can produce more spending. banking officials and investment firms, stockbrokers, hedge funds, they have all plummeted. aese are educated men with low rate of consciousness, and you are asking them to get involved in our medical care? helpe government wanted to the citizens that they rule over, they would have provided more medical centers for people that are working minimum-wage and those that are underemployed or not employed at all. host: dr. flowers? guest: there are a lot of problems with our economy right now, and we have kind of a predatory economy where we are seeing privatization of ulcers of services across the board, muchhat is creating too costs and people not being able to get what they need and workers not being able to make a lot of money. that could be of the conversation. a medicare for all system is a no-brainer. we have medicare workers and maryland where i live, people who care about making sure that people can get access

the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i do want to thank my good friend, mr. brady, for being here today, managing this bill. on the other side, i also want to thank the coach of the democrats, who won this year. i certainly liked it better when we had the trophy. but to be able to know that the thoughts and the prayers are with so many of our capitol policemen every single day, and also especially the heroic actions of agent bailey and agent griner, and what you and our neck speaker did with this legislation makes all of us who are part of this team very humbled and thankful. i would like to yield three minutes now to our manager, the gentleman from texas, sponsor of this piece of legislation today, mr. joe barton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. mr. barton: i thank the gentleman from illinois. mr. speaker, i'd ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: .ithout objection mr. barton: i thank you. mr. spea

i currently serve on the board for the midwest gang investigators association, illinois chapter. midwest gang investigators association was formed in 1987 and san organization with over 2,000 members representing 1 states throughout the midwest. it is a collaborative association whose mission is to develop and recommend strategies to prevent and control gang crime, administer professional training as well as assist criminal justice professionals, educators, probation, parole and public regarding gangs in their communities. the last 17 years, i have been employed as a full time sworn law enforcement officer in the mith west with extensive experience in investigating street gangs on both the state both the state and federal level. street gangs today are different than the gangs of 10, 20, even 30 years ago. presently street gangs are more violent, more technological savvy and glorified. street gangs have increased their prominence over juveniles and drug addicts in their day to day operations. social media, the internet, television and the explosion of gangster rap culture has glor

from let's go to ray rockford, illinois on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. this is in regards to journalism. a journalist is supposed to tell the truth and way both sides of both sides ofeigh the story and present evidence. i don't see that happening with our media. they are very, very biased. the clarifying answer i would get is journalists is a large term. i think reporters are expected to try to be objective and look at both sides of any given question and not expose their own opinions on the subject. but journalist is an expensive term. i work for a political magazine -- it evolvesined over time but we have a definite political point of view. as to many other publications on both sides of the political divide. when you say journalist, i agree with you. if you are a political reporter covering the white house, the ideal is you cover the white house. that has changed. host: another tweet from the president. "in all fairness to anthony scaramucci, he wanted to endorse me go for the republican primary started but did nothing i was running." i think he is ref

he's a hero to many in his hometown of springfield, illinois. i'm a better man for knowing steve rockford. please continue to keep his wife, tammy, and their five beautiful children right here in this picture, please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. steve, we're going to miss you. i'm sure you're having fun up there. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until noon today. crig partisan, and he criticized our side the floor of the u.s. senate as lawmakers today are in the third day of debate on the republican health care law. 10 hours of debate remaining on the republican health care law. votes are expected this afternoon. single payer system and democrats have announced they will not offer any further amendments. debate expected to last into the evening. concluding with a final passage vote. live coverage of the senate on our companion network c-span2, c-span.org and with the free c-span radio app. live on capitol hill now as we get remarks from nancy pelosi. she's b

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois yield back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. kildee: i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. kildee: thank you, mr. speaker. well, the senate is moving forward this week on their deeply flawed and really unpopular health care bill. millions of americans know that they will lose health care under trumpcare. it they'll face skyrocketing costs. premiums will go up. prescription drugs prices will go up. republicans need to drop this obsession with repeal. and work with democrats to fix the problems that we know exist in the affordable care act. no law is perfect. at least no law that's ever been written here is perfect. and the american people, at least the folks i talk to back home, they are exhausted, they are sick of this partisanship. we have some ideas you might like. you have some ideas that maybe we could acksefment we ought to get together and figure out a way t

emphasize here is that, over the course of his presidency, there were scores and scores of people in illinois who had known him years earlier, who were deeply disappointed with the two deck three of the obama -- with the trajectory of the obama's legacy. forgotinted that barack many of the people, most of the people who were essential to his political rise. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. >> this week, vice president pence share the first meeting of the presidential advisory which was established by executive order and tasked with studying federal election procedures and voting systems for potential vulnerabilities. vice president pence and president trump both spoke ahead of the meeting. the remarks are 10 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. >> good morning, please be seated. come -- welcome to the white house. welcome to the commission on election integrity. president trump sign an executive order to create a to promoteto help fair and honest federal elections. the foundation of our democracy. election integrity matters to every american

she comes from moline, illinois, where her congressional district is located, which is the international headquarters of john deere. cheri bustos is someone who knows a little bit about the midwest and a lot about our country and how we move forward. .heri bustos of illinois bustos: by the way, senator klobuchar is our play-by-play announcer for our congressional women's softball game. worth noting. hello virginia, hello america. leader pelosi, when you were talking about the orioles hat, i see that, but i also see a dekalb feed hat, and that's my kind of peeps. i am cheri bustos and i represent the 17th district of illinois, 7000 square miles, mostly rural, mostly blue-collar, and all along the mississippi river. so way too many families that i represent understand the economy is not working for them. some have worked for decades in manufacturing. only to spend their last days training the replacements who came over from china. and where their last job was to padlock the factory door. others poured their hearts and souls into main street businesses, only to see the greed of wall street

speaker, it's been a difficult week in northern illinois. a little over a week ago torrential rains entered into wisconsin -- fell on wisconsin and northern illinois and now four illinois counties have been named disaster areas. lake county, mchenry county, kaine county and cook county. as difficult as it is it's an incredibly impressive thing to visit these communities, all in the sixth congressional district and what you'll witness are literally hundreds of volunteers following through and filling thousands of bags of sand to help their neighbors. mr. roskam: municipal employees, first responders, local leaders, the governor of illinois and members of the illinois delegation have all come together in order to meet our neighbors' needs at this time. for those would are people of faith, i ask you pray for these families as they are going through this difficult time and those at home, i commend those who have lended a hand. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from nor

small business owners from illinois, their youngest daughter puppy has a rare genetic condition. children born with it are sometimes called butterfly children because their skin is as fragile as the wings of a butterfly. copy has to wear special bandage has to wear special bandages all the time. her care has been replaced. for her, these plans are not equivalent. her family has spent precious time and tremendous resources fighting for exceptions for her. the washington politicians who made those promises to these families want to ignore all the pain, all the suffering, and all lives --ney that these these lies have caused. for the last several years, republicans have been united in standing up for obamacare's victims. repeal and replace. they kept saying it over and over again. every republican running for office promised immediate relief from this disastrous law. we as a party must fulfill that solemn promise to the voters of this country to repeal and have beenat they saying for the last seven years. so far, senate republicans have not done their job in ending the obamacare nig

mark vanek who is a board advisory member for the illinois chapter of the midwest gang investigators association. the third witness is captain chris marks from the los angeles county sheriff's department. and our fourth witness is dr. gary slutkin, who is the founder of cure violence, a nongovernment organization based in chicago. we will now proceed under the five-minute rule and, mr. blanco, you are first. mr. blanco: thank you. good morning. it is a pleasure to appear before you this morning to discuss the department of justice's efforts to combat gang violence. violent crime is on the rise in many parts of america. gang violence increasingly are in the news headlines every day. there are approximately 1.4 million members of 33,000 gangs operating across the country. all of whom use violence to boost their illegal money making activities, protect their territories, intimidate their rivals, and enhance their status and fulfill their missions. too many of our citizens live in fear of these violent criminals. all americans deserve to be free from violence and safe in their homes, sch

point emphasize here is over the course of his presidency, there were scores and scores of people in illinois who had known him in years earlier who were deeply disappointed with the trajectory of the obama presidency. and disappointed in two ways. number one, disappointed with forgot manyck obama of the people who were central to his political rise. dated black :00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." collects a look at some of this week's developments concerning senate action on the health care lot replacement. on wednesday, president trump posted republican senators at the white house to discuss their strategy for repealing and replacing the federal health care law. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell also spoke to reporters. it will have his remarks after the president. president trump: please, sit down. oh, it's not hard. we're close. i think we are a lot closer than people understand and we have to pull it through. it is so important. we are in this room today to deliver on our promise to the american people to repeal obama care and to ensure that they have a health care that they need. we hav

witsik are small business owners from illinois. they have six children. her youngest daughter has a rare genetic condition. children born with it are sometimes called butterfly children because their skin is as fragile as the wings of a butterfly. popie has to wear special bandages all of the time. unfortunately, under obamacare, poppie's insurance has been repeatedly discontinued and replaced with what washington deems a equivalent policies but for poppie these plans are no equivalent and her family has to spend precious time and tremendous resources fighting for exceptions for poppie. the washington politicians to made that promise to steve, marjory, melissa, aaron and their beautiful children want to ignore all the pain, all the suffering and all of the money the tremendous amounts of money that these lies have caused. they want to forget about the countless americans they've hurt and the many that they are continuing to hurt every day by refusing to help us replace obamacare. for the last seven years republicans have been united in standing up for oba

i'm from illinois. i'm from a rural district that donald trump won. and people are tired of this appearing to be a game. they want us to get the job done. we're saying to mitch mcconnell, to speaker ryan, to any republicans, that we stand here ready to fight for bringing down the cost of prescription drugs, making health care more affordable from a premium perspective cork pays and deductibles. so you know, yeah, we stand here ready. let's get the job done. thanks. ms. pelosi: thank you all. [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] >> good morning, everybody. we're going to have to be a little quick here. there's no flight because of the weather, i've got a get a noon amtrak which we want to keep funded. that's not why i called you here today. this is not an amtrak discussion. we will have those. senator schumer: last night was an amazing moment. the credit goes to a lot of people but at the top of th

let's go to robert in dundee, illinois on the line for others. what you think about the health care law and what should be done? democrats andk togetherns should get and replace obamacare or add to it. a lot of senior people that are wayixed incomes, and the they are going about it is wrong. in augustd not recess and work this thing out. host: they should stay here in host: you are saying they should stay here in washington until they work something out. line from -- for democrats in michigan. actually, i know all of you guys are educated. you understand economics just like i do. don't replace the bill. fix it. what is wrong with fixing obamacare? go and fix what needs fixing. nothing should happen to social security. been --ecurity has forever. but government of the u.s. has borrowed that money. don't change that. you are going to hurt a lot of elderly people that are disabled. we appreciate that call. let's go over to mike in berlin, maryland, calling on the line for republicans. go ahead, mike. your on see their -- on c-span. caller: i appreci

i'm from illinois. i'm from a rural district that donald trump won. and people are tired of this appearing to be a game. they want us to get the job done. we're saying to mitch mcconnell, to speaker ryan, to any republicans, that we stand here ready to fight for bringing down the cost of prescription drugs, making health care more affordable from a premium perspective, co-pays and deductibles. so you know, yeah, we stand here ready. let's get the job done. thanks. ms. pelosi: thank you all.

i'm from illinois. i'm from a rural district that donald trump won. and people are tired of this appearing to be a game. they want us to get the job done. we're saying to mitch mcconnell, to speaker ryan, to any republicans, that we stand here ready to fight for bringing down the cost of prescription drugs, making health care more affordable from a premium perspective cork pays and deductibles. so you know, yeah, we stand here ready. let's get the job done. thanks. ms. pelosi: thank you all. >> this weekend is a kentucky congressman. the top democrat on the house -- committee. he talked about the 2015 budget, which recently included defense spending and funding for a border wall. interview sunday at 10 -- 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. requests on afterwards come up tonight at democratic congresswoman -- talked about a social program in your book, the least among us, waging the battle for the vulnerable. >> of social security reached its lowest point. -- theronald reagan congress acted to make social security -- into the future. meeting with hands about

susan in illinois. republican. caller: we would have money for if we stop sending money over to other countries. we don't have to give arms to any special groups anywhere because you don't know who is who on the ground. america has made the mistake of trying to get involved in controlling things and they send arms to the wrong people and find out later that they are being lied to. russia probably does try to get for all in america -- the newscasters to go on tv and --e russia coverage nonstop it is trying to brainwash the american people. -- iever hear of congress would like to watch c-span and the news and hear a list of exec we what they are doing to help the american people -- exactly what they are doing to help the american people. guest: you raise a very important point. i want to deal with one thing you did say. you need to realize that, yes, this russia thing is extremely important and it is being discussed. on the democratic side, we are developing a series of policies that bothth the fact mother and father

scott calling on the republican line from lake in the hills, illinois. what did you think? caller: i thought it was ok. they had the secretary of state there. he was there to advise the president. during the meeting. he heard everything. erere is a second ear in th listening to what is going on. i was not disappointed. it was the beginning of relations with our president and it must have went well i believe. host: what about the fact that afterward, there was differing accounts of what happened? different countries have different interests but different factual accounts with russia saying donald trump excepted that -- excepted -- accepted that russia did not meddle in the election but rex tillerson said that did not happen. caller: i have a hard time believing anything the left has to say. we were formed as a republic. a christian, moral base. that is where i come from. when i go back and look at history, what john adams said, remember, democracy never lasts long, it exhausts and murders itself. yete is never a democracy, that did not commit suicide. i reflect at those word

i'm from illinois. i'm from a rural district that donald trump won. and people are tired of this appearing to be a game. they want us to get the job done. we're saying to mitch mcconnell, to speaker ryan, to any republicans, that we stand here ready to fight for bringing down the cost of prescription drugs, making health care more ffordable from a premium perspective, co-pays and ke de-- and deductibles. so you know, yeah, we stand here ready. let's get the job done. thanks. ms. pelosi: thank you all. [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] >> we didn't cut our way to surpluses in the 1990's well, didn't tax our way to surplus in the 1990's. what we had in the 1990's was a circumstance where the clinton administration and the gingrich-led house and the senate which was in republican hands came together to get welfare reform and spend regular straint, keep spending flat while the economy grew and reve

i'm from illinois. i'm from a rural district that donald trump won. and people are tired of this appearing to be a game. they want us to get the job done. we're saying to mitch mcconnell, to speaker ryan, to any republicans, that we stand here ready to fight for bringing down the cost of prescription drugs, making health care more affordable from a premium perspective, co-pays and deductibles. so you know, yeah, we stand here ready. let's get the job done. thanks. >> thank you all. >> on newsmakers this weekend, our guest is kentucky congressman john yarmouth, the house budgeton the committee. he tucks about the budget and appropriations process, which recently included defense spending and the proposed border wall. watch the interview sunday at 10:00 a.m. and six clock p.m. eastern on c-span. q&a, art baudouin about thet his book vietnam war. shocked me because the saigon military command was so out of touch with the reality of what was happening in the streets. they literally got a lot of young americans killed. denied the city have been taken. it w

to 4% of urban communities in illinois ensuring every illinois and has access to find a job, improve their businesses, or educate their children. many kids can't do their homework because they don't have broadband. while we have not seen any actual details on the ministrations infrastructure package, several say it will rely on tax incentives to encourage providers to deploy an upgrade broadband enroll areas -- in rural areas. mechanism appropriate , and how would you modify the program to accommodate this role so funding supplements investment and does not take over? for the question. it is an important one, and complicated. i think what is most important to me is something i mentioned to one of my colleagues. if there are additional programs , it is absolutely imperative we think about how they work in conjunction with the end $4.5 billion fund for universal service. i think it is imperative to pry hand talks to the left and we don't duplicate efforts or crowd out private investment. >> along with your fellow expensedners, the fcc -- expressed frustration about delegated authority.

." >> the point to emphasize is over the course of his there were scores of people in illinois who would know him who were deeply .isappointed disappointed that barack forgot the people, many of the people, most of the people, who are central to his political rights. host: freshman congressman jimmy panetta. many of you are thinking that last name sounds familiar. the son of leon panetta. thank you for being here. why start this task force? my cochairs approached me and said we would like you to be on this. we feel the democrats need to recapture messaging when it comes to security policy. the democrats need to make sure credibility is associated with national security. be it credibility with national security abroad. that is something we want to work out and make sure we obtain that information and that we are a forcefuliculate message. history of the united states is about making sure we get out there and promote the common good. we have done that historically by engaging with partnerships and other countries. countries look to us to provide that and we must continue that. is basically

. >> it is 3% in illinois. >> it is a very small market to begin with. these are families buying insurance on their own, they do not get it through their employer. this is where most people in this market are getting --ancial assistant assistance. 80% oft in pennsylvania, the people in the exchange have access and are getting subsidies. over 50% are getting cost-sharing reductions. that policy that allows them to pay less when they go to access care. >> 80% of the 5% are getting health? , part of ourly market is outside of the change. no one outside of the exchange is getting subsidies. the numbers always change. over 500000 and our market and 400,000 are on the exchange. that is 80% of a little over 400,000 that gets the subsidies and the csr's. talking about improvements now in our insurance, are we mainly focusing on a relatively small percentage of people who actually have had trouble with obamacare? >> yes, that is right. think that is missing to a lot of people. our stories about people who have been helped by the aca, they line up people who and i